Michael Weiss

And also the ability to recruit and run assets in the field. You know, I mean, if you're, you know, let's say you're... Let's talk about this.

Right. So, you know, Tulsi Gabbard, who has made no mystery about her feelings about Bashar al-Assad, Russia's gruesome intervention in Syria and other things, which should raise the eyebrow of the IC, is now going to be the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. So...

Right. So, you know, Tulsi Gabbard, who has made no mystery about her feelings about Bashar al-Assad, Russia's gruesome intervention in Syria and other things, which should raise the eyebrow of the IC, is now going to be the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. So...

Right. So, you know, Tulsi Gabbard, who has made no mystery about her feelings about Bashar al-Assad, Russia's gruesome intervention in Syria and other things, which should raise the eyebrow of the IC, is now going to be the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. So...

MAGA apologists who – or I should say MAGA-adjacent Republicans who don't particularly like the cut of her jib are trying to persuade people, well, it's just a coordinator role. It's kind of like a sinecure. Don't worry. She's not going to make policy. Bullshit. She prepares the presidential daily briefings.

MAGA apologists who – or I should say MAGA-adjacent Republicans who don't particularly like the cut of her jib are trying to persuade people, well, it's just a coordinator role. It's kind of like a sinecure. Don't worry. She's not going to make policy. Bullshit. She prepares the presidential daily briefings.

MAGA apologists who – or I should say MAGA-adjacent Republicans who don't particularly like the cut of her jib are trying to persuade people, well, it's just a coordinator role. It's kind of like a sinecure. Don't worry. She's not going to make policy. Bullshit. She prepares the presidential daily briefings.

So what the president sees on a day-to-day basis in terms of here are all the national security threats in the world, she will have purview over. She has the ability to declassify intelligence, which she can do rather selectively to – advance an agenda.

So what the president sees on a day-to-day basis in terms of here are all the national security threats in the world, she will have purview over. She has the ability to declassify intelligence, which she can do rather selectively to – advance an agenda.

So what the president sees on a day-to-day basis in terms of here are all the national security threats in the world, she will have purview over. She has the ability to declassify intelligence, which she can do rather selectively to – advance an agenda.

And this is somebody who has gone to Damascus, taken tea with Assad, a genocidal dictator who's used chemical weapons against his own people, come back and said, he's our friend. We should support him. Now, if you're the CIA and you're trying to recruit Syrians, which I know you want to get into the discussion of what happened in Aleppo, it might be a good time.

And this is somebody who has gone to Damascus, taken tea with Assad, a genocidal dictator who's used chemical weapons against his own people, come back and said, he's our friend. We should support him. Now, if you're the CIA and you're trying to recruit Syrians, which I know you want to get into the discussion of what happened in Aleppo, it might be a good time.

And this is somebody who has gone to Damascus, taken tea with Assad, a genocidal dictator who's used chemical weapons against his own people, come back and said, he's our friend. We should support him. Now, if you're the CIA and you're trying to recruit Syrians, which I know you want to get into the discussion of what happened in Aleppo, it might be a good time.

It might be a good time to start doing that. Are you going to think twice, three times, four times about whether or not this Assadist, who's now sort of the wrangler of 18 different intelligence services, might declassify intelligence that could expose you, out you, and put you in harm's way, very real harm's way in a country like Syria? Yeah.

It might be a good time to start doing that. Are you going to think twice, three times, four times about whether or not this Assadist, who's now sort of the wrangler of 18 different intelligence services, might declassify intelligence that could expose you, out you, and put you in harm's way, very real harm's way in a country like Syria? Yeah.

It might be a good time to start doing that. Are you going to think twice, three times, four times about whether or not this Assadist, who's now sort of the wrangler of 18 different intelligence services, might declassify intelligence that could expose you, out you, and put you in harm's way, very real harm's way in a country like Syria? Yeah.

I should say you probably are going to think two, three, four times. Same with Russia? Same with Russia. Let's say you're a GRU colonel in Moscow, and you want to become what's called a defector in place, which is to say you don't actually skedaddle to the West and get resettled, but you stay in your job in Russian intelligence, but you're an informant, you're an agent of the CIA. Yeah.

I should say you probably are going to think two, three, four times. Same with Russia? Same with Russia. Let's say you're a GRU colonel in Moscow, and you want to become what's called a defector in place, which is to say you don't actually skedaddle to the West and get resettled, but you stay in your job in Russian intelligence, but you're an informant, you're an agent of the CIA. Yeah.

I should say you probably are going to think two, three, four times. Same with Russia? Same with Russia. Let's say you're a GRU colonel in Moscow, and you want to become what's called a defector in place, which is to say you don't actually skedaddle to the West and get resettled, but you stay in your job in Russian intelligence, but you're an informant, you're an agent of the CIA. Yeah.

You've seen what Putin will do when the U.S. government is not working against their own assets. I mean, look at what he's attempted to do on U.S. soil with respect to defectors here. Look at what he did to Sergei Skripal, who was an MI6 agent.