Department of Defense (DOD) spokesman John Kirby denied claims Wednesday that U.S. military forces are relying on the assurances of the Taliban extremist group in its mission to evacuate thousands of Americans still trapped in Afghanistan. “I’m not going to walk you away from the idea that that’s not important. Of course it’s important,” Kirby…
Pentagon Spokesman: Kabul Evacuations Not Solely Reliant Taliban’s ‘Goodwill’
CIA Chief Warns Taliban Is in ‘Strongest Military Position’ in Decades
CIA Director William Burns said last week that the Taliban is engaged in offensive operations across Afghanistan and that the group is probably in its best military position in decades. “The Taliban are making significant military advances; they’re probably in the strongest military position that they’ve been in since 2001,” Burns told NPR in a July…
How the CIA Failed America on 9/11
Commentary Last month, Washington Post columnist George Will proclaimed, “I would like to see January 6th burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11 because it was that scale of a shock to the system.” For Conrad Black, George Will “seems to have taken leave of his senses,” and the comparison wasn’t even close….
Time for a new Federal Intelligence Agency and a new Federal Law Enforcement Agency
Commentary The glory days of the CIA and the FBI are long past. Some of the elite in the Swamp would argue the perceived glory days of the past never existed, that the past days were days of white male dominated abuse against people of color, racism, imperialism, misogyny, and so on, and so on….
The CIA Gets Woke! They Need a Better Recruitment Video (So I Made One)
The CIA has a brand new, highly woke recruitment ad that highlights a very diverse cisgender woman who is trying to topple the patriarchy. So I made the recruitment video I think they should have made instead. Hosted by the two-time Emmy-nominated actor and singer-songwriter Beau Davidson, The Beau Show addresses issues affecting everyone and…
Central Insanity Agency
Commentary The Central Intelligence Agency is always looking to recruit new agents and advertising is one way it has done so in the past. The difference this time is in a newly created series of recruitment videos that reflect the spirit of the age in which we live, rather than appealing to abilities and patriotism….
The Infiltration of the CIA
Commentary The Central Intelligence Agency is always looking to recruit new agents and advertising is one way it has done so in the past. The difference this time is in a newly created series of recruitment videos that reflect the spirit of the age in which we live, rather than appealing to abilities and patriotism….
The Back Story of the CIA’s ‘Woke’ Recruiting Video
“I am a woman of color, I am a mom, I am a cisgender millennial who’s been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder,” explains a 36-year-old woman in a recent CIA recruiting video. “I am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise,” she says. Though suffering from “imposter syndrome,” viewers learn, “I did not…
Armed Man at CIA Headquarters Shot by FBI Agents
FBI agents shot an armed man after a standoff of several hours outside the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, on Monday. The FBI announced in a statement that there was an “agent-involved shooting” at about 6 p.m. and that an unidentified person had “emerged from his vehicle with a weapon and was engaged by law…
William Burns Confirmed as CIA Director
The Senate on Thursday confirmed without opposition veteran diplomat William Burns as director of the CIA, giving him control of the nation’s premier spy agency as the U.S. government confronts a diverse array of international threats from China, Russia, Iran and elsewhere. The approval, by voice vote, came soon after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) lifted…
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