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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Eric Zuesse — Seymour Hersh: "RussiaGate Is A CIA-Planted Lie, Revenge Against Trump"
During the latter portion of a phone-call by investigative journalist, Seymour Hersh, Hersh has now presented “a narrative [from his investigation] of how that whole fucking thing began,” including who actually is behind the ‘RussiaGate’ lies, and why they are spreading these lies.
Bookmark this, everyone. It WILL NOT BE COVERED IN THE MSM. Even though it should be. This is an accurate transcript of the audio, available on youtube.
Brennan spoke for the CIA while director to whom the entire agency reported, and he still has that caché after leaving.
If he were speaking as a private individual, would what he says carry the same weight of authority?
While the anonymous sources that the NYT and Wa Po reported remain unknown, they would have had to be either from the intel community or people receiving intel. Those anonymous narratives were deliberately "planted," as Hersh also implies.
Bookmark this, everyone. It WILL NOT BE COVERED IN THE MSM. Even though it should be. This is an accurate transcript of the audio, available on youtube.
ReplyDeleteThe quote is not what Hersh actually said....
ReplyDeleteThe transcript of Hersh at ZH is accurate. I just listened to the audio.
ReplyDeleteWhere does he say "CIA planted"?
ReplyDeleteSo "Brennan" is "the CIA" ?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so...
Sounds like Hersh is saying Rich put it all in DropBox and gave the pw to several people ...
ReplyDeleteThe plot thickens...
So "Brennan" is "the CIA" ?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so...
Brennan spoke for the CIA while director to whom the entire agency reported, and he still has that caché after leaving.
If he were speaking as a private individual, would what he says carry the same weight of authority?
While the anonymous sources that the NYT and Wa Po reported remain unknown, they would have had to be either from the intel community or people receiving intel. Those anonymous narratives were deliberately "planted," as Hersh also implies.