Espionage
Former CIA Official Accuses Bob Gates of Cooking Intelligence on Mandela
Mario Nawfal Interviews
How the CIA Actually Manipulates the President - w/ Fmr. CIA Larry Johnson
What was said
"Bob Gates tried to override what the analyst assessment was and the question was was Nelson Mandela a communist and part of the communist party communist system and the analyst said no and Bob Gates wanted to say yes because That's what the White House wanted to hear."
A former CIA insider alleges that Bob Gates, while serving as Deputy Director of Intelligence at the CIA, attempted to manipulate intelligence assessments about Nelson Mandela to align with White House preferences, claiming Mandela was a communist when analysts concluded otherwise. The speaker describes Gates as 'unprincipled' and draws parallels to intelligence manipulation under George W. Bush to justify the Iraq invasion. Analysts successfully resisted Gates' pressure in the Mandela case.
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- Programme
- Mario Nawfal Interviews
- Episode
- How the CIA Actually Manipulates the President - w/ Fmr. CIA Larry Johnson
- Clip time
- 0:39
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