https://scheerpost.com/2024/03/03/cia-in-ukraine/
The New York Times on February 25 published an explosive story of what purports to be the history of the CIA in Ukraine from the Maidan coup of 2014 to the present. The story, “The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin,” is one of initial bilateral distrust, but a mutual fear and hatred of Russia, that progresses to a relationship so intimate that Ukraine is now one of the CIA’s closest intelligence partners in the world. One of the reasons that I believe the Times article was “authorized” by the intelligence community is because of what isn’t in it. There’s no mention, for example, that the United Nations has deemed Ukraine to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world, where money just seems to disappear into foreign accounts and the pockets of Ukrainian government officials. There’s no mention that Ukraine has become a “supermarket” for black market weapons and that western weapons meant for the war effort have popped up all over the world. And there is no mention at all that it was the CIA and the State Department that were responsible for the 2014 overthrow of the Ukrainian government in the first place, an action that resulted in Russia’s decision to invade eight years later.
I know the CIA well. I spent 15 years there, both in analysis and in counterterrorism operations. I know how CIA leaders think, how they push the legal and ethical envelope until somebody in a position of authority tells them “stop!” I’ve sat in on meetings where decisions like those in the New York Times article have been made. I’ve participated in strategy sessions where CIA officers worked to manipulate politics and policy.
The bottom line here is rather simple. Don’t believe them. Don’t believe either the CIA or the New York Times. Seldom are these major international issues so simple and so divided easily between good guys and bad guys. Life should be so easy. Years ago, when my eldest sons were little boys, I took them to Madison Square Garden to see a WWE “professional wrestling” show. A half-hour into it, I asked my then-nine-year-old, “So, I’m confused. Who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy.” He responded, “That’s just it, dad. There is no good guy.” That’s exactly what we’re seeing in Ukraine. Don’t let the New York Times convince you otherwise.
The New York Times on February 25 published an explosive story of what purports to be the history of the CIA in Ukraine from the Maidan coup of 2014 to the present. The story, “The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin,” is one of initial bilateral distrust, but a mutual fear and hatred of Russia, that progresses to a relationship so intimate that Ukraine is now one of the CIA’s closest intelligence partners in the world. One of the reasons that I believe the Times article was “authorized” by the intelligence community is because of what isn’t in it. There’s no mention, for example, that the United Nations has deemed Ukraine to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world, where money just seems to disappear into foreign accounts and the pockets of Ukrainian government officials. There’s no mention that Ukraine has become a “supermarket” for black market weapons and that western weapons meant for the war effort have popped up all over the world. And there is no mention at all that it was the CIA and the State Department that were responsible for the 2014 overthrow of the Ukrainian government in the first place, an action that resulted in Russia’s decision to invade eight years later.
I know the CIA well. I spent 15 years there, both in analysis and in counterterrorism operations. I know how CIA leaders think, how they push the legal and ethical envelope until somebody in a position of authority tells them “stop!” I’ve sat in on meetings where decisions like those in the New York Times article have been made. I’ve participated in strategy sessions where CIA officers worked to manipulate politics and policy.
The bottom line here is rather simple. Don’t believe them. Don’t believe either the CIA or the New York Times. Seldom are these major international issues so simple and so divided easily between good guys and bad guys. Life should be so easy. Years ago, when my eldest sons were little boys, I took them to Madison Square Garden to see a WWE “professional wrestling” show. A half-hour into it, I asked my then-nine-year-old, “So, I’m confused. Who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy.” He responded, “That’s just it, dad. There is no good guy.” That’s exactly what we’re seeing in Ukraine. Don’t let the New York Times convince you otherwise.
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