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#538 - Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy Explains Nukes, Wars & Double Agents

Modern Wisdom

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Is the CIA a Reputable Source?

I imagine that being in the position where you perhaps have to defend the president's decision to do something, even if secretly behind the scenes, you didn't agree with it. So many, many people either find their way out or are terminate at a lower level of it with their career. You'll disappear into the ether until 1520 years into your career. You pop out the other side. And now you are a reliable source for them to put on CNN or to defending the president's decisions in Afghanistan or whatever else it might be. We're not hired because we're agreeable. We're hired because we can keep our mouth shut when necessary. But we're all very fire and brimstone

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