The Deep State’s Op-Ed Machine: Why Retired CIA Officers Keep Writing The Same Column
Alexander Muse – This morning, The New York Times published an opinion essay under the headline “I Worked for the C.I.A. for 28 Years. Bill Pulte Is a Dangerous Choice.” [note: the NYT frequently changes the headline throughout the day]
The author is John Sipher, and the Times presents him exactly as the headline suggests, as a retired veteran of the CIA’s clandestine service who left in 2014 as a member of the Senior Intelligence Service, a former station chief, a decorated professional.
Every word of that résumé is true. It is also, for the purpose of evaluating his argument, radically incomplete. The question a careful reader should ask is not whether Sipher served honorably in the CIA. He certainly could have. The real question is what he has been doing for the 12 years since he left, and why the Times declined to tell you.
Begin with a concept. Call it credential laundering. The analogy to money laundering is exact and worth spelling out. Dirty money enters a legitimate business, passes through its books, and emerges clean on the other side, indistinguishable from honest revenue.
Niamh Harris – Former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has warned that European NATO 
Jonathan Turley – This week, Washington was rocked by new releases in the declassification of material related to the origins of the Russian investigation. The material shows further evidence of a secret plan by the