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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 6 Sep 2013

    Here's a question: Will CIA trained rebels ever match al-Nusra skill level? Is Al Qaeda better trainer than US?

    8:38 AM - 6 Sep 2013
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      2. Martin Longman‏ @BooMan23 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Motivation wise? No. But training/equipping wise? We're much better. Also, too, remember Northern Alliance.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @BooMan23

        @BooMan23 We get credit for training Northern Alliance? Why? Don't we also get credit for "training" Hekmatyar?

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      4. Martin Longman‏ @BooMan23 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel not a whole lot of boots on the ground during Northern Alliance victory. Mainly for spotting for airstrikes.

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @BooMan23

        @BooMan23 Right. But right now our plan is to sic CIA trained rebels on Assad after we weaken him w/spanking.

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      2. EM Simpson‏ @charlie_simpson 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel They've had a lot of live-fire opportunities the last several years...

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @charlie_simpson

        @charlie_simpson Yup. But does that mean CIA trainees can never catch up? If so, isn't that a problem? (Honestly don't know answer)

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      2. Mike Murphy‏ @sailvarmint 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Rhetorical question or is it known who the CIA trained ppl are and where they went?

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @sailvarmint

        @sailvarmint It is not known publicly. So it'll be hard to measure until al-Nusra ends up leading even CIA trainees.

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      4. Mike Murphy‏ @sailvarmint 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel ouch!

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      1. David‏ @primalpancake 6 Sep 2013
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel this is part of a broader question I think - how effective are we really?? Lots of $$ to spend but we don't seem to get results

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      1.  🤪 WokeWikidWizurd  🤯‏ @RamilioVerduzco 6 Sep 2013
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        @emptywheel there's a language gap.

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      1. zenmouser‏ @zenmouser 6 Sep 2013
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        @emptywheel Outsiders appear to have better grasp of facts vs. 'diplomats' who defend statquo, use manip & deception wrt resources & tactics

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      1. zenmouser‏ @zenmouser 6 Sep 2013
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        @emptywheel Depends. What training4? As if askg if conservatives better (en)training toward consensus. Uh, yes. Is that the preferred goal?

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