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Ex CIA Agent: Why Israel and Ukraine Can’t Win - Andrew Bustamante
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Private Intelligence and the CIA
The President is willing to cut funding and stop using the CIA if he disagrees with them, as he has a history of turning to private intelligence instead. The concept of private intelligence saw a surge after 2016. Intelligence focuses on assessing the unknown, not proving facts, and is separate from law enforcement, which deals with proven facts. The CIA's shift in attitude towards Trump may be linked to politically liberal careerists within the agency who were wary of Russian influence, reflecting a lingering cold war mentality.
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