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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPompeo is on Putin's State TV: "I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole"
UPDATE.....some are saying this is a clip of him speaking at a Texas event, but now is being aired by RT.Altho, given the current state of affairs, I don't think he minds becoming propaganda for Putin and RT,
and it is an idiotic thing to say anywhere in public.
Link to tweet
spanone
(135,907 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,232 posts)bdamomma
(63,933 posts)Pompeo is admitting this on Russian airwaves?????
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Some are now saying he indeed said this...out loud and on video, at an event in Texas, and the video is being shown on RT now.
Which barely improves the issue, that a former head of the CIA, and a current head of the State Dept. said this at all in public.
Baitball Blogger
(46,770 posts)If true, he turned! No longer an American.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)You know you're not supposed to do that (lie, cheat and steal) to the people who fund your agency while offering total transparency to unfriendlies, right Mike?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes questions following a speech at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, April 15.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)dalton99a
(81,648 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)dalton99a
(81,648 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)stopdiggin
(11,391 posts)there are reports that this happened at a speaking engagement, earlier this year. But we need another clip, or something published at that time.
Rural_Progressive
(1,107 posts)The ability to doctor videos has, as can be seen on any sci-fi adventure movie, advanced to a formidable state.
You still have to have some serious computer power but even a talented amateur can change faces and/or audio and create an alarmingly persuasive video that has no basis in reality.
There really is nothing completely trustworthy any more. Audio, video, images can all be modified and be made to look authentic if you have the computer, software, time, money, and data.
We truly are living in interesting and dangerous times. Happy beginning of the 3rd decade of the 21st century!!
stopdiggin
(11,391 posts)and we're going to have to learn how to vet things at an entirely new level.
hedda_foil
(16,376 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,056 posts)This makes me sick.
I am an American.
I am not a Russian Asset or pawn.
RT is a propaganda instrument of the Soviet Mob.
What in the holy hell would he go and talk badly about the US.
It is obviously part of the Soviet Mobs plan to divide the United States.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Takket
(21,649 posts)Link to tweet
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Captain Zero
(6,845 posts)"It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment." ??
He says that after talking about lying, cheating, stealing.
lame54
(35,332 posts)It failed - time for full blown Trumpism
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)moondust
(20,017 posts)Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Mike Pompeo Says 'We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole' in CIA"
"But in terms of how you think about problem sets, I when I was a cadet, what's the first what's the cadet motto at West Point? You will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do. I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. (Laughter.) It's it was like we had entire training courses," Secretary Pompeo told the audience during a Q&A discussion at Texas A&M University as part of the Wiley Lecture Series, in College Station, Texas on April 15, 2019.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Of course we did. In support of US foreign policy and intelligence objectives, as discussed within the intelligence community and then with the White House. This is not news, and on a macro level it is not really much of a secret. The secret part arises when you get to the nuts and bolts, and that should most definitely be secret.
The problem arises when the cheating, lying, and stealing is done by American officials, on US soil, and directed against America.
The problem gets worse when you know with 100% certainty that Russians lied, cheated and stole, on US soil, directed against America, and American officials not only did nothing about it, but denied that the Russians were responsible for it. On the one hand, you gotta give the Russians credit for such audacious operations. But they wouldn't have been successful were it not for Republican complicity at every step along the way.
stopdiggin
(11,391 posts)how many current (and/or former) CIA directors as making public statement such as this? But, of course .. let's create sound bites for or enemies and opponents!
Jezzzus C.! How much scotch do you suppose is on board this evening?
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Doremus
(7,261 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)progressoid
(50,001 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)And yes I am yelling.
stopdiggin
(11,391 posts)It's a matter of how damaging to the country it is (witness today) to be running your big fat mouth!! Sure .. let's just package up some opo research, and send it to our opponents!
We've become numb to it .. but the unfitness for office ....
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,788 posts)gordianot
(15,248 posts)There is no excuse for this traitor.
turbinetree
(24,735 posts)fucking traitor......................
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)kill him.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)I think he called it "Unamerican Activities" or was that just another name for Liberals. I'll tell you these RW clowns have been here since The Founding.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Blood is dripping from their hands...the Head betrayer, Jared, Miller, Pompeo, Mulvaney...and whoever you want to add
Backseat Driver
(4,400 posts)but why confess it and brag about their short-sighted self-serving lack of vision? - It's in their nature - The GOP no longer has any respect, ethics, morality, nor any shame in determining right from wrong - in short, no souls! Our veteran's have given the ultimate sacrifice for this? Their depravity shows no boundaries against all our doom!
RESIST their instigation, their incitement, their mayhem and inhumanity. Crying, "baby, baby...
They've lost that lovin' feeling...Bump,bump-bump, bump-bump, bum-bump - bump .....for America.
Initech
(100,112 posts)peoli
(3,111 posts)Don't be so easily fooled
LW1977
(1,237 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)I dont have in my Dish package, but I have the stupid Chinese propoganda channel CGTN. I block it.
Mr. Ected
(9,674 posts)Stupid idiots trying to cozy up to the enemy.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)They collect intelligence through spy craft. Ranks right up there with the wetness of hurricanes and healthcare being complicated.
Pompeos chuckle, wink-wink, and nodding deep state crap was a daft and unnecessary comment for puffing himself up. That Russian state media (rt) put out that sound bite yesterday is doubly gross considering hell be in Ukraine on Friday. Will meet with Zelensky it seems.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/12/30/Mike-Pompeo-to-visit-Ukraine-Friday/8361577725352/
That he hasnt testified, yet, makes his trip there seem to be a dubious attempt to further muddy his status as a witness to the very scheme that got tRump impeached. Looks to me like taxpayers will continue footing the bill for a crime and coverup in progress.