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If You Ran the CIA Please Shut the Fuck Up Forever

A modest proposal!

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Katherine Krueger
Aug 18, 2022
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A modest proposal: If you were ever the head of a blood-soaked government agency, maybe sit this one (and every one after this) out!

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Gen Michael Hayden @GenMhayden
I agree. And I was the CIA Director https://t.co/LRAHDDyy4n
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Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce
I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career. Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.
10:15 PM ∙ Aug 17, 2022
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Cheeky, cute!! LOL! Gen. Michael Hayden, former head of the CIA, has NEVER “come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous, and contemptible than today’s Republicans.”

What follows are a few examples of things that are EVEN MORE “nihilistic, dangerous, and contemptible,” all of which Hayden has intimate knowledge of:

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