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haele

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3. They've always been somewhat compromised since the Dulles Bros ...

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:35 AM

Jan 3

A lot of folks go to Intelligence because they're either authoritarian "Defenders of the Faith", control freaks who want to be in the "room where it happens" , or adrenaline junkies who can't get enough of causing chaos but don't like to stick around for the aftermath and responsibility. And those are the personalities the leaders within the intelligence community look to hire
Then you get the external money and political power bases angling to control intelligence "mission" priorities, and the priorities begin to start leaning more to benefitting who funds the mission than any national of strategic benefit of the mission itself.

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I don't understand why the CIA hasn't had enough of Trump. [View all] Chasstev365 Jan 3 OP

Trump has purged the intelligence agencies along with the rest of the federal government. Ocelot II Jan 3 #1

I've wondered that myself. They know what's happening, how many intelligence assets have been lost. Gaugamela Jan 3 #2

They've always been somewhat compromised since the Dulles Bros ... haele Jan 3 #3

CIA has some dark history moondust Jan 3 #4