
What Real "Democracy Interference" Looks Like: US in Pakistan, Niger, & Ukraine, w/ Darren Beattie. Plus: Twitter Compelled to Hand Over Trump Records | SYSTEM UPDATE #127
System Update with Glenn Greenwald
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Starting in 2016 we were subjected to incessant cries from American political and media elites about the evils of Russian interference. The absurdity of these claims has been yet again proven by two events just this week. A secret State Department cable proves what US officials have long publicly denied namely that the US security state pressured their counterparts in Pakistani intelligence and military to get rid of Pakistan's most popular politician Imran Khan elected as prime minister for 2018. In 2022, Prime Minister Khan declared Pakistan's neutrality in the war in Ukraine and was even visiting Russia shortly before the invasion for a long planned visit as they so often do.
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