John Ferguson
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If they do one thing, we will do two. I would like to add that we are proud of our former prime minister who enabled us to obtain nuclear bombs. These bombs are not here just to be displayed in museums. They exist in order for us to use them. Therefore, if Pakistan needs to use them, we will use them.
If they do one thing, we will do two. I would like to add that we are proud of our former prime minister who enabled us to obtain nuclear bombs. These bombs are not here just to be displayed in museums. They exist in order for us to use them. Therefore, if Pakistan needs to use them, we will use them.
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And you right out of the gate come out with this new intelligence that the CIA has concluded the deadly COVID-19 pandemic arose likely from the leak out of a laboratory in Wuhan, as our audience expected. Tell me the significance of the CIA now confirming this, sir.
And you right out of the gate come out with this new intelligence that the CIA has concluded the deadly COVID-19 pandemic arose likely from the leak out of a laboratory in Wuhan, as our audience expected. Tell me the significance of the CIA now confirming this, sir.
Well, it's one of the things President Trump and I talked about. Part of what we have to do is we have to restore Americans' trust in our own institutions like the intelligence community and law enforcement, and that includes the CIA. And one of the things the president stressed, the purpose of the CIA is to protect Americans, to keep us safe from foreign threats and foreign adversaries.
Well, it's one of the things President Trump and I talked about. Part of what we have to do is we have to restore Americans' trust in our own institutions like the intelligence community and law enforcement, and that includes the CIA. And one of the things the president stressed, the purpose of the CIA is to protect Americans, to keep us safe from foreign threats and foreign adversaries.
But we also need to be truthful with Americans. And he has stressed to me and others that these aren't mutually exclusive missions. We can do both. And so in the case of the CIA, which is the best foreign intelligence service in the world, after five years to not have a public assessment, to be honest with the American people about where the likely source of a pandemic that
But we also need to be truthful with Americans. And he has stressed to me and others that these aren't mutually exclusive missions. We can do both. And so in the case of the CIA, which is the best foreign intelligence service in the world, after five years to not have a public assessment, to be honest with the American people about where the likely source of a pandemic that
that killed millions around the world, including a million Americans, and really impacted all 345 million Americans in some way. People lost jobs. They lost houses.
that killed millions around the world, including a million Americans, and really impacted all 345 million Americans in some way. People lost jobs. They lost houses.
Mr. Holman, what kind of civilian oversight would there be?
Mr. Holman, what kind of civilian oversight would there be?