My contempt for the US intelligence community has never been greater. As a former intelligence person myself, I find myself asking, ‘Were we always this bad?....The record shows the affirmative, that is both the CIA and MI6. That includes J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, too. The FBI should be ashamed to have his name attached their building.One gets the impression that there is now a deep, deep hatred of Russia within the US government, a hatred that prevents any sane analysis of Russian intentions and actions, as well as of US national interests.…Needless to say, this is dangerous. Usually, I put non-economic matters in the links section. But this deserves special attention. Biden is turning out to be another Bill Clinton (Serbia) and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (Libya and Syria). Except
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My contempt for the US intelligence community has never been greater. As a former intelligence person myself, I find myself asking, ‘Were we always this bad?....The record shows the affirmative, that is both the CIA and MI6. That includes J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, too. The FBI should be ashamed to have his name attached their building.
One gets the impression that there is now a deep, deep hatred of Russia within the US government, a hatred that prevents any sane analysis of Russian intentions and actions, as well as of US national interests.…
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How many times must we repeat: in this war which the US and NATO have started against Russia, force will decide the outcome, not words. So if President Joseph Biden (lead image, centre) and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) are afraid of running the risk of losing the former – watch the Donbass in the coming weeks — they will stick to wars of words; that’s propaganda, info-war, cyber-war....Dances with Bears
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Yeah, so, that’s the news. According to the US intelligence cartel, the nations which sought to interfere in the outcome of the US election include Russia, Iran, China, Lebanese Hizballah, Cuba, and Venezuela. Interestingly, exactly zero nations aligned geopolitically with the United States are listed as having interfered in its electoral process....
US Intelligence Cartel: All The Governments We Hate Interfered In Our Election
Caitlin Johnstone
Good God! We pay these “Intelligence” folks to write such drivel, assessing this, and assessing that; and always assessing “Russian interference”?
Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch
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