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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.

Grand Rapids, MI
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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek

      The language in Tenet's book on this is ... fascinating.

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    2. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      How so?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek

      Can't find the cite, but similar to what he said here: https://www.emptywheel.net/2009/12/16/tenet-refuses-to-deny-cia-uses-journalism-cover-and-infiltrating-american-groups/ …

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    4. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      The dates mean that it looks like he's referring to the same regulation. His response is a favored CIA non-denial denial, too.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek @emptywheel

      "I'm not denying this but I'm referring you to something that appears to refute it." Similar to:https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/mar/21/letter-editor-cia/ …

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    6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek

      When I get more time I'll try to find the cite from his book. It was ... more interesting, IIRC.

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    7. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      It's almost amazing how often regulations that ban an activity for an intel agency comes w/ a caveat of "unless Director makes an exception"

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    8. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek

      The entire CIA is built on that exception via POTUS.

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    9. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      pic.twitter.com/984E2USoPS

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    10. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek @emptywheel

      I mean, this is the same Agency that decided that if ordered to terminate an activity, they could end it and resume it and have complied.

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 Oct 2017
      Replying to @NatSecGeek

      I have this theory that CIA employs a bunch of 5 year olds to come up with their legal excuses.

      9:42 AM - 23 Oct 2017
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        1. Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ)  🏳️‍🌈‏ @NatSecGeek 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel

          The same metaphor occurred to me.

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