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In reply to the discussion: Binder of Russian Intelligence Went Missing Under Trump [View all]AverageOldGuy
(3,036 posts)81. Did Trump cause the death of several CIA agents?
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/
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Leading counterintelligence officials issued a memo to all of the CIAs global stations saying that a concerning number of U.S. informants were being captured and executed.
The CIAs counterintelligence mission center investigated dozens of incidents in the last few years that involved killings, arrests or compromises of foreign informants. In an unusual move, the message sent via a top secret cable included the specific number of agents killed by other intelligence agencies, according to The New York Times.
Officials said that level of detail is a sign of the significance of the cable. Announcing the specific number of killings is rare as that figure is typically held under wraps from the public and even from some CIA employees, the Times noted.
The CIAs counterintelligence mission center investigated dozens of incidents in the last few years that involved killings, arrests or compromises of foreign informants. In an unusual move, the message sent via a top secret cable included the specific number of agents killed by other intelligence agencies, according to The New York Times.
Officials said that level of detail is a sign of the significance of the cable. Announcing the specific number of killings is rare as that figure is typically held under wraps from the public and even from some CIA employees, the Times noted.
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The article details that it was. He was planning on giving it to RW "journalists"
underpants
Dec 2023
#59
The damage that Trump bunch did to this country can't even be fully calculated.
calimary
Dec 2023
#107
Unfucking believable...this is an act of treason in it's original, classical meaning.
Joinfortmill
Dec 2023
#20
I had been thinking that aside from "cool" stuff and material he could use as leverage
Harker
Dec 2023
#22
Who cares? Really, does anyone who can do something about it care? Cuz, the fucker is still walking free.
CrispyQ
Dec 2023
#24
Let the media folly play with this for a while. I mean, this isn't an accusation, this is intelligence gone missing.
ffr
Dec 2023
#44
Not seeing a ripple on RW discussion sites. Fox not reporting. Only Wash Examiner report that I can find
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2023
#68
K&R - have they looked in BIDEN's garage (sarcasm for what Drumpf zombies will say) .
UTUSN
Dec 2023
#70
There was a mentality in the Trump administration of being frivolous with the country's most sensitive national secrets.
LetMyPeopleVote
Dec 2023
#76
Putin's orange pet. How many more pootypets are in the Republican party?
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2023
#77
This arrogant INEPTITUDE characterized the GWB/Cheney and Drumpf/Pence admins. From
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2023
#84
Let me just add how sold out we were over the last 20 years or so. I hope we can right the ship. Hope. nt
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2023
#87
Remember when we thought Romney's gaffe about "Binders full of Women" was a big deal?
Xipe Totec
Dec 2023
#102