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Michael Weiss

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The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

Now, that is a pretty terrifying prospect that people who work for the CIA, the FBI, or other government intelligence law enforcement bodies who guard us while we sleep, who have done things – On behalf of this country, they cannot talk about, but should it ever come to light, and it always does down the line when the history books are written, are decorated heroes for a reason.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

Now, that is a pretty terrifying prospect that people who work for the CIA, the FBI, or other government intelligence law enforcement bodies who guard us while we sleep, who have done things – On behalf of this country, they cannot talk about, but should it ever come to light, and it always does down the line when the history books are written, are decorated heroes for a reason.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

Suddenly they become targets of their own government. I mean, the sense of betrayal, the sense of treachery that they must feel. And also the deterrent effect that this will have on people volunteering to go to work for these services, right? And even more to the point, and this is something that comes up constantly.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

Suddenly they become targets of their own government. I mean, the sense of betrayal, the sense of treachery that they must feel. And also the deterrent effect that this will have on people volunteering to go to work for these services, right? And even more to the point, and this is something that comes up constantly.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

Suddenly they become targets of their own government. I mean, the sense of betrayal, the sense of treachery that they must feel. And also the deterrent effect that this will have on people volunteering to go to work for these services, right? And even more to the point, and this is something that comes up constantly.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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...

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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...

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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...

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical

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.