Jim Erdman

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1,069 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 27 Jul

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And I'm paraphrasing, obviously.

We have this much expertise and it looks like a lab leak.

Their careers were destroyed after that.

They weren't no longer part of that establishment.

Yeah.

And why are they still doing it?

Well, because... Well, tell you what.

When the CIA produces the documents that were requested...

To help finish the investigation, I think we'll have a better answer on why.

Oh, that's a packed question.

There's a few pieces to that.

So senior managers allow it to happen inside the CIA.

And oversight, to some extent, lets it – well, oversight has failed clearly over the years.

I'm not criticizing – right now, I just want to be clear, I think actually Rick Crawford is on it right now.

So historically, they've abdicated their role in oversight.

Let me give you an example.

I want to give you a very clear example.

When I was a young officer, you know,

Not a young officer, but I had earned my stripes, done my work, and I was going to do my first meeting with a liaison service.

Now, most of the time, it's like, good luck, buddy.

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