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Legacy of Ashes: The Secret History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | Ep. 167

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What Was Nixon's Position When the CIA Fucked Him?

There was an interesting contemporary parallel, I thought, in your book as far as Richard Nixon and his war against the so-called liberal CIA cabal or deep state. He believed that the CIA was a bunch of liberal academic, George Town, Democrats. Part of an establishment that he wasn't a part of. And when it goes wrong, because the president wants the CIA to do X, Y, and Z, the president is going to hang the CIA for doing it.

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