Former head of US Intelligence James Clapper just admitted that the United States was simply looking out for citizens of various countries “when we tried to manipulate or influence elections or even overturned governments,” a statement directly at odds with the moral high ground claimed by President Obama and other US officials on the topic of Russian election meddling.
In an interview with Bloomberg’s Tobin Harshaw published Saturday, Clapper – who is promoting his new book “Facts and Fears,” said “I guess the way I think about that is that through our history, when we tried to manipulate or influence elections or even overturned governments, it was done with the best interests of the people in that country in mind,’ adding that the US has a “traditional reverence for human rights.”
According to a February 2016 report by Dov H. Levin, the United States has engaged in over 80 instances of election meddling or regime change between 1946 and 2000, while a February analysis by the New York Times notes that election meddling is hardly unprecedented.
“If you ask an intelligence officer, did the Russians break the rules or do something bizarre, the answer is no, not at all,” said Steven L. Hall, who retired in 2015 after 30 years at the C.I.A., where he was the chief of Russian operations. The United States “absolutely” has carried out such election influence operations historically, he said, “and I hope we keep doing it.” –NYT
“We’ve been doing this kind of thing since the C.I.A. was created in 1947,” said Loch K. Johnson, a University of Georgia professor who began his career in the 1970s investigating the CIA for the Senate.
“We’ve used posters, pamphlets, mailers, banners — you name it. We’ve planted false information in foreign newspapers. We’ve used what the British call ‘King George’s cavalry’: suitcases of cash.”
Don’t forget, the United States has been supporting Al-Qaeda linked terrorists in Syria – guys who were undoubtedly high-fiving on 9/11, in order to overthrow Syrian President Bashir al Assad (in the best interests of Syrian people, we’re sure).
And while the United States has been conducting regime change and election meddling for over 70 years, President Obama’s stated foreign policy objectives as summed up in a November 2016 report in the Washington Post: “not every global problem has an American solution.”
“Obama had run on a platform of ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and regaining the trust of the world. Facing the most significant financial crisis in generations, he stressed the importance of sharing more of the burdens and responsibilities of global leadership with others.“
In other words; the United States will meddle in elections and conduct regime change, but when it comes to dealing with the fallout, not our problem. Hilarious.
I couldn’t get past,” the US has a traditional reverence for human rights”………
Uranus in Toros as of 5/15/18, for seven years .
As Sam Clements reminds us ” history may not repeat itself,however it occasionally rhymes ”
Check out last time 1930 and today..
It gives me an optimistic feeling about losing the likes of liar Clapper.
there is so much bullshit in this I couldn’t even get past the first sentence
this line:.. “the United States was simply looking out for citizens of various countries” yeah right Fcker sell me another pile of steaming shit
This is what they’re even willing to admit to, coincidentally through a dov levin, and probably a whole lot of softball questions if any at all. Crumbs of truth carefully disseminated.
The misdirection portion is the implication that al-qaeda had ANYTHING to do with 9/11. Just look at the pic of clapper when you click the article source and the first thing you see is a guy who talks out the side of his mouth.
And yes, Katie, THAT statement was a real eye roller! BUUUUUULLLLSSSSHHHHHIIII……!!!!
Koyote & Enemy summed up this article nicely (above), and as for myself, I’ll never read another word written by this Tyler Durden fool (author) if he’s still shoveling the “Al-Qaeda on 9-11” BS. He’s either an idiot or a liar; there are no other options.
Squash these BS-shovelers out of existence. Screw “Zero Hedge”. They’re obviously in the business of lying to me, so I don’t really care what they have to say. And this certainly isn’t the first time I’ve seen them peddling the Zionist lies.
“The U.S. Meddled In Foreign Elections And Conducted Regime Change In The “Best Interests Of The People”
That statement is absolutely true.
The ‘people’ he’s talking about are the jews.