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Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 08:36 PM Aug 2022

CIA admits to losing dozens of informants around the world: NYT

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/?fbclid=IwAR1rYwM0XE3hg8hbxwLqpczephKBiiL_NU2BQtvjDPwq9CW_rZuTG2xSGfQ


It is obvious the traitor gave this info to the Russians, probably the day he had them in the oval office.

Why is this not talked about more?

And listening to Randi Rhodes today, was Jamal Khashoggi an informant and did the traitor and his son-in-law sell him out for the $2 billion?




Leading counterintelligence officials issued a memo to all of the CIA’s global stations saying that a concerning number of U.S. informants were being captured and executed.

The CIA’s counterintelligence mission center investigated dozens of incidents in the last few years that involved killings, arrests or compromises of foreign informants. In an unusual move, the message sent via a top secret cable included the specific number of agents killed by other intelligence agencies, according to The New York Times.

Officials said that level of detail is a sign of the significance of the cable. Announcing the specific number of killings is rare as that figure is typically held under wraps from the public and even from some CIA employees, the Times noted.
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CIA admits to losing dozens of informants around the world: NYT (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 OP
I heard Randi's conjecture about that too. Marcus IM Aug 2022 #1
Yep...hello! Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #2
Great idea. I listen/watch her show on a smart TV, so I don't catch the chat. Marcus IM Aug 2022 #8
Lock that mofo up. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #3
I just tweeted Joy Reid, I need to do the others and ask them why in the HELL arent they Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #5
Wonder how many stars in Langley are due to Trump? TheRealNorth Aug 2022 #4
These are the issues identified in teh memo Ms. Toad Aug 2022 #6
Coincidence, of course Stinky The Clown Aug 2022 #7

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
2. Yep...hello!
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 08:41 PM
Aug 2022

Did you listen to her when we had Randi Rhodes Message Board back when she was with Premiere?

There is a "chat" on the youtube version of her show.

Marcus IM

(2,201 posts)
8. Great idea. I listen/watch her show on a smart TV, so I don't catch the chat.
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 09:31 PM
Aug 2022

I guess that I'll check that on a phone or computer.

Thanks for the heads-up.

I've been listening to Randi since she followed Neil Rogers on WIOD 610 in Miami. Now, 610 is radical RW nut jobs 24/7.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
5. I just tweeted Joy Reid, I need to do the others and ask them why in the HELL arent they
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 08:56 PM
Aug 2022

talking about this?

Ms. Toad

(34,069 posts)
6. These are the issues identified in teh memo
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 09:03 PM
Aug 2022
The memo also noted long standing issues like placing too much trust in sources, a speedy recruiting process and inadequate attention to potential intelligence risks among other problems.

The uptick in compromised informants highlights the more sophisticated ways in which foreign intelligence agencies are tracking the CIA’s actions. These mechanisms include artificial intelligence, facial recognition tools and other hacking methods, per the Times.

The New York Times also reported that CIA case officers were sometimes promoted for recruiting spies often regardless of the success, performance or quality of that spy.


Sounds to me like issues in selecting, vetting, and training informants.
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