Tony Schaefer
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Someone going into CIA, and I'm getting this from Jim Woolsey, our friend Jim. Jim has said from his own experience, you need to have been a serving line intelligence officer to fully understand and run CIA. That's from Jim Woolsey, who's not an intelligence officer. So I'm just going with what Jim is saying. So I think there were better, more adequate and effective choices.
Someone going into CIA, and I'm getting this from Jim Woolsey, our friend Jim. Jim has said from his own experience, you need to have been a serving line intelligence officer to fully understand and run CIA. That's from Jim Woolsey, who's not an intelligence officer. So I'm just going with what Jim is saying. So I think there were better, more adequate and effective choices.
Someone going into CIA, and I'm getting this from Jim Woolsey, our friend Jim. Jim has said from his own experience, you need to have been a serving line intelligence officer to fully understand and run CIA. That's from Jim Woolsey, who's not an intelligence officer. So I'm just going with what Jim is saying. So I think there were better, more adequate and effective choices.
Maybe Mike Baker would have been one just saying. Uh, because I think that guy, I'm just, I'm just telling you to be effective. Look, I'm, I'm, I'm trained by you guys. I went through the farm. Uh, I'm just saying that if you're, you need to have the respect of the DO you come on, Mike, you know, if you don't have the DO, you don't run the eights.
Maybe Mike Baker would have been one just saying. Uh, because I think that guy, I'm just, I'm just telling you to be effective. Look, I'm, I'm, I'm trained by you guys. I went through the farm. Uh, I'm just saying that if you're, you need to have the respect of the DO you come on, Mike, you know, if you don't have the DO, you don't run the eights.
Maybe Mike Baker would have been one just saying. Uh, because I think that guy, I'm just, I'm just telling you to be effective. Look, I'm, I'm, I'm trained by you guys. I went through the farm. Uh, I'm just saying that if you're, you need to have the respect of the DO you come on, Mike, you know, if you don't have the DO, you don't run the eights.
Uh, and I know a lot of folks who've never really gained, uh, the respect to the DO. And if you don't have that, you're not really running CIA, just saying. So I'm skeptical, and I'm going to give it a B at this point, based on a little bit of skepticism, since he's not an intelligence.
Uh, and I know a lot of folks who've never really gained, uh, the respect to the DO. And if you don't have that, you're not really running CIA, just saying. So I'm skeptical, and I'm going to give it a B at this point, based on a little bit of skepticism, since he's not an intelligence.
Uh, and I know a lot of folks who've never really gained, uh, the respect to the DO. And if you don't have that, you're not really running CIA, just saying. So I'm skeptical, and I'm going to give it a B at this point, based on a little bit of skepticism, since he's not an intelligence.
And so... Jim Woolsey, I love Jim Woolsey. Jim Woolsey, I thought was a great director. I worked with him when he was director himself. Yeah.
And so... Jim Woolsey, I love Jim Woolsey. Jim Woolsey, I thought was a great director. I worked with him when he was director himself. Yeah.
And so... Jim Woolsey, I love Jim Woolsey. Jim Woolsey, I thought was a great director. I worked with him when he was director himself. Yeah.
All right, Tulsi and I are friends. Full disclosure, I just posted a congratulations photo of she and I in her office when she was a Democrat when I was advising her. So Tulsi's been on a long journey of... Both. And I, you know, it's been said, Mike, by several of my Democrat friends, I didn't leave the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party left me. I think Tulsi is of that mind.
All right, Tulsi and I are friends. Full disclosure, I just posted a congratulations photo of she and I in her office when she was a Democrat when I was advising her. So Tulsi's been on a long journey of... Both. And I, you know, it's been said, Mike, by several of my Democrat friends, I didn't leave the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party left me. I think Tulsi is of that mind.
All right, Tulsi and I are friends. Full disclosure, I just posted a congratulations photo of she and I in her office when she was a Democrat when I was advising her. So Tulsi's been on a long journey of... Both. And I, you know, it's been said, Mike, by several of my Democrat friends, I didn't leave the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party left me. I think Tulsi is of that mind.
Having been an advisor of Tulsi Gabbard, someone who knows her, I think it's a great choice. Now, while she was not on the Intelligence Committee, while she was in Congress, she was on armed services, as you and I both know. I'm a military case officer. DOD has a significant intelligence holding, if you will. NSA is actually DOD. NRO has, you know, NGA. CIA and DOD jointly man NGA.
Having been an advisor of Tulsi Gabbard, someone who knows her, I think it's a great choice. Now, while she was not on the Intelligence Committee, while she was in Congress, she was on armed services, as you and I both know. I'm a military case officer. DOD has a significant intelligence holding, if you will. NSA is actually DOD. NRO has, you know, NGA. CIA and DOD jointly man NGA.
Having been an advisor of Tulsi Gabbard, someone who knows her, I think it's a great choice. Now, while she was not on the Intelligence Committee, while she was in Congress, she was on armed services, as you and I both know. I'm a military case officer. DOD has a significant intelligence holding, if you will. NSA is actually DOD. NRO has, you know, NGA. CIA and DOD jointly man NGA.
So there's, you know. So I think based on her experience within Congress, being a lieutenant colonel in the reserves, which I still respect and obviously I think it's a good thing.
So there's, you know. So I think based on her experience within Congress, being a lieutenant colonel in the reserves, which I still respect and obviously I think it's a good thing.