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@john_sipher

Former CIA Clandestine Service. Sometimes writes and talks about stuff. Good Father, Decent Husband and Excellent dog owner. Much nicer than my picture suggests

Washington, DC
Joined July 2017

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    Mar 28
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    18 hours ago

    People in Kaliningrad are feeling a bit cut off from their motherland. Wouldn't they like German passports?

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    The people in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine are Ukrainian citizens and it is the duty of the government to do everything possible to support them and allieviate the suffering caused by Russian aggression.

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  5. ‘No collusion’? I managed Russia operations at the CIA. Read between the lines. - The Washington Post. Thanks ⁦

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  7. Good overview of today's challenges. It also begs the question of who benefits from the attacks on the FISA process to deflect from the ugly details outlined in the Mueller report.

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  8. Crap, I didn't realize it was behind the pay wall. I'll see if I can revise it and put a version out elsewhere.

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  9. As we explore how best to defend against future Russian attacks we should reconsider the failure to create a domestic intelligence service.

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  10. Oh, the Premier authority on rule of law. I wonder which law sanctions assassinations of journalists and use of chemical weapons to kill his enemies abroad?

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    15 hours ago

    UVA b-ball is built on 5 pillars: Humility, Passion, Unity, Servanthood, Thankfulness. Trump has 3 pillars: I, Me, Mine. Good call Hoos!

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    Only because someone asked my “top” 10 American generals would be: -Marshall -Grant -Washington -Pershing -Eisenhower -Davis (Benjamin O.) -Truscott -Abrams (Creighton) -Clay -Goodpaster Just my personal list, you can have different ones but these are 10 I think were “great.”

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    14 hours ago

    Great postgame interview honestly

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  14. YouTube recommended a Russian media site thousands of times for analysis of Mueller’s report, a watchdog group say…

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    14 hours ago

    The balance of power in the spy world is shifting; closed societies now have the edge over open ones. It has become harder for Western countries to spy on places such as China, Iran, and Ru and easier for those countries’ intelligence services to spy on the rest of the world.

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  17. Retweeted
    Apr 26

    ok, this is shameless but I was re-reading Strange Justice to remember how Biden handled Anita Hill et al, and was happily reminded it's a GREAT story! Hope anyone else who is forgetting, or never knew, reads it too!

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    Apr 26
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    14 hours ago

    Trump ignores black #1 NFL pick to congratulate white player with history of racist tweets

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    Apr 26

    What happens in Ukraine, doesn't stay in Ukraine. Western leaders should have learned by now that Moscow's destabilizing tactics don’t stop in Ukraine, they are part of Russia's larger efforts to undermine democracies around the world.

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    Apr 26

    If only there had been some kind of warning that Oliver North was untrustworthy

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