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#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Director of the CIA vs the President
The director of the CIA is a presidential appointed position. If you're essentially appointing a director to do what you want them to do, then you're assigning a crony. All presidential appointees are appointed on something other than merit. I think we've proven that an intelligence organization can be extremely effective even within the flawed system. The challenge is how much more effective could we be if we improved.
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