Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Probably 20,000 of those are, you know, are patriotic Americans and really good public servants, and they're doing important work for our country. But the institution is corrupt because the higher ranks of the institution. And in fact, Mike Pompeo said something like this to me the other day. He was the director of the CIA.

He said, when I was there, I did not do a good job of cleaning up that agency. And he said, the entire upper bureaucracy of that agency are people who do not believe in the institutions of democracy. This is what he said to me. So I don't know if that's true, but I know that, you know, that's significant. He's a smart person and he ran the agency and he was the Secretary of State.

He said, when I was there, I did not do a good job of cleaning up that agency. And he said, the entire upper bureaucracy of that agency are people who do not believe in the institutions of democracy. This is what he said to me. So I don't know if that's true, but I know that, you know, that's significant. He's a smart person and he ran the agency and he was the Secretary of State.

He said, when I was there, I did not do a good job of cleaning up that agency. And he said, the entire upper bureaucracy of that agency are people who do not believe in the institutions of democracy. This is what he said to me. So I don't know if that's true, but I know that, you know, that's significant. He's a smart person and he ran the agency and he was the Secretary of State.

But it's no mystery how that happened. We know the history. The CIA was originally, first of all, there was great reluctance in 1947 that we had, for the first time, we had a secret spy agency in this country during World War II called the OSS. That was disbanded after the war because Congress said having a secret spy agency is incompatible with a democracy.

But it's no mystery how that happened. We know the history. The CIA was originally, first of all, there was great reluctance in 1947 that we had, for the first time, we had a secret spy agency in this country during World War II called the OSS. That was disbanded after the war because Congress said having a secret spy agency is incompatible with a democracy.

But it's no mystery how that happened. We know the history. The CIA was originally, first of all, there was great reluctance in 1947 that we had, for the first time, we had a secret spy agency in this country during World War II called the OSS. That was disbanded after the war because Congress said having a secret spy agency is incompatible with a democracy.

Secret spy agencies are things like the KGB, Stasi in East Germany, SAVAK in Iran, and PEEP in Chile, whatever, all over the world. They all have to do with totalitarian governments. They're not something that you can have. It's antithetical to democracy to have that. But in 1947, we created it.

Secret spy agencies are things like the KGB, Stasi in East Germany, SAVAK in Iran, and PEEP in Chile, whatever, all over the world. They all have to do with totalitarian governments. They're not something that you can have. It's antithetical to democracy to have that. But in 1947, we created it.

Secret spy agencies are things like the KGB, Stasi in East Germany, SAVAK in Iran, and PEEP in Chile, whatever, all over the world. They all have to do with totalitarian governments. They're not something that you can have. It's antithetical to democracy to have that. But in 1947, we created it.

Truman signed it in, but it was initially an espionage agency, which means information gathering, which is important. It's to gather and consolidate information from many, many different sources from all over the world and then put those in reports so the White House, so the president can make good decisions based upon valid information, evidence-based decision-making.

Truman signed it in, but it was initially an espionage agency, which means information gathering, which is important. It's to gather and consolidate information from many, many different sources from all over the world and then put those in reports so the White House, so the president can make good decisions based upon valid information, evidence-based decision-making.

Truman signed it in, but it was initially an espionage agency, which means information gathering, which is important. It's to gather and consolidate information from many, many different sources from all over the world and then put those in reports so the White House, so the president can make good decisions based upon valid information, evidence-based decision-making.

But Alan Dulles, who was essentially the first head of the agency, made a series of legislative machinations and political machinations that gave additional powers to the agency and opened up what they called then the Plans Division, which is the Plans Division is the dirty tricks, it's the black ops, fixing elections, etc.

But Alan Dulles, who was essentially the first head of the agency, made a series of legislative machinations and political machinations that gave additional powers to the agency and opened up what they called then the Plans Division, which is the Plans Division is the dirty tricks, it's the black ops, fixing elections, etc.

But Alan Dulles, who was essentially the first head of the agency, made a series of legislative machinations and political machinations that gave additional powers to the agency and opened up what they called then the Plans Division, which is the Plans Division is the dirty tricks, it's the black ops, fixing elections, etc.

murdering what they call executive action, which means killing foreign leaders and, you know, making small wars and bribing and blackmailing people, stealing elections and that kind of thing. And the reason at that time, you know, we were in the middle of the Cold War and Truman and then Eisenhower did not want to go to war. They didn't want to commit troops.

murdering what they call executive action, which means killing foreign leaders and, you know, making small wars and bribing and blackmailing people, stealing elections and that kind of thing. And the reason at that time, you know, we were in the middle of the Cold War and Truman and then Eisenhower did not want to go to war. They didn't want to commit troops.

murdering what they call executive action, which means killing foreign leaders and, you know, making small wars and bribing and blackmailing people, stealing elections and that kind of thing. And the reason at that time, you know, we were in the middle of the Cold War and Truman and then Eisenhower did not want to go to war. They didn't want to commit troops.

And it seemed to them that, you know, this was a way of kind of fighting the Cold War secretly without and doing it at minimal cost by changing events sort of invisibly. And so it was seductive to them. But everybody, you know, Congress, when they first voted it in place, Congress, both political parties said,