How many people have CIA killed? | Annie Jacobsen and Lex Fridman

[@LexClips]

Full podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYnKeIVugN15l9E Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzbin.info Guest bio: Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of "Nuclear War: A Scenario" and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security.

[@derekthompson9136]

It isn’t but that’s the point of clandestine operations.

[@Rays_Bad_Decisions]

Even if you don't think 9/11 was them, how many people did the Opium from Afghanistan kill globally???

[@DobieDad]

Lex, you need to watch the movie, "Red Sparrow" it is an example of women assassin's, how they are selected, groomed, and trained to kill men.

[@chrisshowalter5625]

😊

[@WillS-x9y]

Worked with them many times in my previous life. They are super incompetent.

[@nicolasrose3064]

"How many people has the CIA killed....?" CIA : "Today.....?"

[@roroflowazoro]

No the last 2 hours?

[@w4rl0rd93]

@@roroflowazoro”dozens of kids, rape, murder, lies… quite a bit we can do in a two hours”- CIA

[@religionisapoison2413]

The central intelligence agency's role does not include harming anyone.

[@roroflowazoro]

@@religionisapoison2413 who told u that? 😭

[@religionisapoison2413]

@@roroflowazoro economics. Contract work.

[@kevindorland738]

CIA has no authority to arrest anyone......however......

[@ronjon7942]

Laf. “No, sorry, I can’t bring you in as my prisoner. Buuuut….”

[@walkertongdee]

You pay them, you enable them.

[@theoak64]

Well why would you need authority to arrest if you can just make them disappear?

[@denroy3]

Of course they can't arrest, international borders...that would be kidnapping and may cause an incident. Murder, there is always denial.

[@chowell1451]

@@theoak64I bet u there’s a lot of undiscovered Abu ghraib out there

[@Laconic_]

Directly? Thousands. Indirectly? Millions.

[@WeAreLegion-]

42

[@JesseMartinez-cm7tl]

​@@WeAreLegion-I get it. HGTTG

[@TheSwegBucket]

Millions? Absolutely delusional. You'd have a better time making the argument that American voters have done that killing.

[@420haxx]

@@420MrReeferThe title is 'How many people has the CIA killed' not assassinated. In this case saying that the CIA has indirectly killed millions is certainly true.

[@tidakada7357]

Anticommunism and the jakarta protocols alone killed over 100 million.

[@darenm617]

She’s so measured, I could listen to this lady talk about a paint factory and be intrigued.

[@Mraquanetchris]

"How many square feet?"

[@akaJackLugar]

Even those working in/for CIA have no idea how many.

[@N0sf3r4tuR1s3n]

It's so classified that just about none of them know the answer. Just like the recipes for the grilled sandwiches in the cafeteria...

[@lotuttv]

@@N0sf3r4tuR1s3ntroo

[@walkertongdee]

Follow the money it comes from you, that's who to blame

[@stopdacap2991]

​@@walkertongdee The average American who is just trying to survive is to blame for the things that our high and mighty government does? Your foolishness amazes me 🫢

[@mp5kfisher241]

Lorena Bobbitt was a Russian spy, her real name was Lorena Cutachunkov

[@qedsteve]

When I get a book on an historical topic, I FIRST turn to the sources/bibliography to determine whether it's worth the effort to read. Annie's statement at the end about her book having "100 pages" of sources at the end will see me heading to the bookstore cash-in-hand.

[@Zappappappappa]

You think that's impressive you should read Whitney Webb's two volume mammoth of a research/historical text I have ever encountered. It is absolutely absurd.

[@christopherharper1586]

I would listen to more of her interviews before spending the money. There are somethings she speaks on that is sourced and just flat out incorrect. whether from the source or from her it is still false information. I am still interested in her work and will probably pick it up but I will read it with that in mind.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

@@christopherharper1586 And those incorrect statements are...?

[@christopherharper1586]

@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx One of the largest is that our nuclear program is still analog and independently fired.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

@@christopherharper1586 I agree with you. I read her book on Area 51 history and it's total garbage. After reading 3/4 of that dog, I trust nothing she writes. The book was full of conflicting information and so full of logical problems that events could not have happened per her sources, somebody was wrong and somebody was right and she did nothing to address any of it. (One glaring example: if the USSR had UFO stealth technology and were flying the saucer that crashed at Roswell, NM that entered our country undetected and remained undetected until it crashed, why were they floating spy balloons in the early 1970s and they have yet to manufacture a legitimate stealth aircraft?) The Area 51 association of former employees regrets ever having anything to do with her, she took their information and twisted it to fit some fiction account. It's also glaringly obvious that she has ZERO knowledge of anything to do with aerospace. I don't expect everybody to know the published specs of the SR-71 to a whisker, but she's not even aware of the typical speed that an airliner flies, where the space shuttle flew, or what it's typical orbital speed was +/- 1000 MPH. She doesn't even know a ballpark figure of what Mach 1 is, and she's writing books about aerospace? That's pretty appalling. With that piece of garbage under her belt, I trust nothing that comes from her. Pulitzer Prize author my a$$.

[@BajatheChickenMan]

They dont even know how many people they've ended.

[@davesskillet9235]

they know what happens in the field stays in the field.

[@kelvinwilson4419]

Yes they do, it's just under a different company as "privatized trade secrets" 😂😂😂

[@RobertHoward-k8r]

You have to be as evil as those you fight &silent for ever

[@kYnTso]

They probably know the number of the high profile targets but as for the "colletaral damage" theyr approach is probably "Who's counting"

[@markscerbo3029]

God is Love

[@roberta.6399]

Annie's voice is so smooth, and an outstanding reporter/writer.

[@cherylsmith8274]

Remember it's not the president in control.

[@dananorth895]

Certainly not his own bowel movements!

[@bittnerbs]

For sure it’s the CIA & NSA.

[@fredwhisman7866]

Pretty sure CIA revealed to the World that they are indeed in control, November 22,1963.

[@orthostice]

- Biden 2024

[@BrockOBauma]

The intelligence community has 6 ways from Sunday at getting back at the president... or so I've heard.

[@Swampfox42]

Same answer that a cop gets when he asks how many beers you’ve had. TWO

[@rrrrramone]

John Perkins called them “Jackals”

[@martinvanburen4578]

Tony calls them night creeping American soldiers

[@jamiparrish8806]

That is a great book!!

[@planetclay]

@@jamiparrish8806 books...the second one might be even better....but yeah...then he went all spiritual South American herb-studies....not dissing it...totally love and respect the man forever.

[@jamiparrish8806]

@@planetclayI didn’t know he had other books- will check them out, thanks

[@planetclay]

@@jamiparrish8806 The Secret History Of The American Empire is his amazing follow-up.

[@hunternotbiden]

Do we count US presidents in the list?

[@superduper1917]

🤭

[@grimmertwin2148]

Just made me think. Accuse the FBI as a distraction...... meanwhile lol You know what I mean lol

[@disco1974ever]

POTUS are responsible for 100% of people killed by CIA Everuthing the CIA does is the responsibility of the President. Congress only authorises their budget.

[@pietskiet42-_]

Ooh ...you just made a list.....😮😮😮😊

[@Cantsaydog]

Amen

[@magg93]

*"Women can get a lot closer to a target"* - Indirectly implies that all targets are male.

[@JohnBurman-l2l]

She really gets off on this stuff...the little smiles.

[@tmtb80]

Annie Jacobson should narrate audiobooks. Great voice.

[@ryancarmona290]

She narrates her own books, go get one!

[@user-xn4hu3nh9n]

Right

[@Overtimeheat]

As long as she doesn’t say “right?” or “Okay?” after every sentence I’m all for it

[@stephenrosenthal5252]

​@@ryancarmona290 are they in the fiction section?

[@swiftnsilent1]

"Right?!" 😂

[@albollinger5431]

I don't know about being the sign of a great journalist.... But at least the sign of a truthful journalist. 🤷🏽

[@bobbys4327]

Those two: great journalist and truthful journalist would never collide in the same paragraph.

[@notrealnic]

Murdering people so to out trial based on your own interests and ideology? How is this different to ‘terrorism’?

[@djquinn11]

Because the US government says so?

[@RootBeerGMT]

It’s not

[@defatgames2796]

Terrorism is trying to deal with something by causing straight terror. Assassinations are the opposite, they're for when democracy is impossible and when war is unavoidable, if a leader of a country for example was clearly leading his people to March on the US im pre sure if you were in the US' shoes you would want that leader dealt with quickly and quietly. Again terrorism is causing terror on purpose to achieve a goal, assassinations are about quietly dealing with a threat in order to avoid causing terror. Literally the opposite.

[@foff-666]

@@defatgames2796 found the bootlicking mental gymnast

[@ssgtomen621]

Indiscriminate targeting of civilians would be terrorism. This is surgical. Though it doesn't feel right. But to outright diss it without diligence is another level of ignorance.

[@SM2099]

First unnofficial Halo Jump in history? August 24, 1964. Performed by a CIA Operative named: John (last name classified). Operative Unit: FOX. Operative codename: Naked Snake. Target location: Tselinoyarsk, USSR. Mission name: Virtuous.

[@qasimrashidi6870]

mission result?

[@grimmertwin2148]

Father of D B Cooper?

[@SM2099]

@@qasimrashidi6870 Rank: "Fox", new codename: "Big Boss".

[@SM2099]

@@grimmertwin2148 Wouldnt be able to hold a candle to Snake.

[@OrdinaryJo3]

It’s so sad how few people will get this reference. This blew my mind when I played the series back in the late 90’s early 2000s.

[@trevornever27]

We need to get Whitney Webb and Annie Jacobsen together!

[@Braveheartless]

🙏🏾

[@nancysmith4848]

Whitney Webb seems too gleeful about misery to me. Also she mixes facts with assumptions. I like this lady better.

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

@@nancysmith4848 This lady seems to revere the psychopaths she writes about.

[@trevornever27]

@@nancysmith4848 interesting take Nancy, Whitney could definitely learn a thing or two from Annie for sure. Partly why I was saying this, it would be interesting to see

[@danchristopher7957]

💯👏👍🏆

[@cccmmm1234]

The whole Angolan war, and many others, were kicked off by CIA.

[@joyholtzhausen8976]

They didn't mind using South Africa as their proxy .... to what end?

[@cactusblossom7210]

And Ukraine

[@titrecords2294]

The lack of regard for human lives makes you wonder if being a good person is really worth it, because the good people always end up as “collateral damage” smh!

[@titrecords2294]

@@Mr.G237 why not back further? Did history start that day??

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

It's not, but the good people can't help it.

[@jamberry8026]

True. The worse thing free Americans ever did was to trust the government. Blacks were not free and ha no say do in the matter.

[@jamberry8026]

@@jumpinjohnnyruss Yes, you could. You could have stood up and said no when they were telling you to hate the Indians and the Black slaves when the government was small. It's too late now.

[@gabriellagelir2027]

Be good, but know when to turn your humanity off.

[@albertsolberg8682]

She keeps mentioning how it was not classified. She knows more than she’s saying, she just knows how the game works.

[@audreyl704]

🙈🙉🙊

[@daniellazarus7943]

She probably is CIA

[@Zappappappappa]

​@@daniellazarus7943 she's literally their podcast correspondent

[@kirillvoloshin2065]

yeah, definitely plays safe even though knows much more

[@invisiblecollege893]

You know what happens to someone who reports classified information. They go to jail. Do you want her speaking in public and writing books or in jail and doing none of that. Use your brain

[@wedtofate31]

The book, The Science of Coercion fits in well with this conversation. Annie is a great journalist!

[@mrkennedy1213]

I could fall asleep listening to her soothing voice.❤

[@MrMorbingdun]

Hey Lex - I’m a big fan of your podcast been following for a couple years now. Big fan of Annie Jacobson as well so this one was a real treat. I believe you may have spliced in the wrong Richard Proto - I believe she was talking about Rick Prado, legendary SAD operator. I did have a good laugh imagining a math guy and Billy Waugh in a fight to the death though. Keep up the fantastic work my man!

[@jimo680]

Thanks Ms. Jacobsen and Lex. I almost forgot what a real journalist is supposed to be like. God Bless, and thank you both for your work.

[@AJ93-lx6on]

Telling assassination stories with smile, USA does it that's national interest and security but if Saudi or Iran does that breaking international law and proxy terrorism label put upon them. Saudi assassinating journalist was wrong but if USA agent in foreign country doing that its ok. There are multiple examples of USA doing that. Not supporting any country assassinating on foreign land but that does shows any one with power can do it 1000 times and still be called hero using soft power and social media. These rules and regulations are for all countries except USA which can force power to do the opposite while if any other country does it sanctions and threats roam around them.

[@poolhalljunkie9]

It's not just the US. I'm convinced 99% of the countries are in bed with one another and have talks to allow certain things to get away with other things. Like the US either allowing 911 to get something in trade or doing it themselves for another country to get something from said country, such as, the blame on certain individuals and the take down of others. Not saying that's what I necessarily think happened, I'm just using it as an example.

[@sharonwickens6921]

Always a pleasure Lex thanks Annie I've lived knowing it's about time it was discussed openly, enough time has gone by and this affects everyone ,respect from sxx bravo Juliett

[@jorgevasconcelosmadetomove]

And God said “Love your enemy”, and I obeyed him and loved myself.

[@basilivanovo841]

The Jerky Boys taught us to never trust a Rizzo.

[@mikedoyle2023]

Fantastic! "GET BRETT WEIR I SAID!!!!"

[@MrChuckwagon55]

I’m the super across the way!

[@144k_Kingdom_Living]

​@@mikedoyle2023I got a log splitter for sale. Do you have balloons?

[@7Moonbeam6]

Fckn Rizzo 👊🏻🕶️

[@leeshiflett1863]

It's a dirty world.

[@jamberry8026]

The world isn't dirty. The people are.

[@MrFlickzHD]

At minute 10:04, I could be wrong but I believe she was referring to Ric Prado, who was the former CIA Counterterrorist Chief of Operations, he has a book called Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior. I hope you see this Lex.

[@JohnCox-ut3cv]

Just did a search on Wikipedia for Ric Prado and of course nothing came up. We are like mushrooms - kept in the dark & fed shit.

[@convictednotconvinced]

Yes, check out his interview on The Team House podcast.

[@coryhoggatt7691]

She clearly said Prada, not Proto.

[@dennissmith6783]

they lost count around 1970 and havent kept track since

[@AKrasheninnikov]

I was lucky to listen to one of Annie’s books, and it really sounded like true journalism with sources and tough questions. Thank you both for this interview.

[@kene6838]

A always question someone who continually says “ RIGHT”. Right

[@chrispreston256]

Always question everyone and everything

[@gregoryhagen8801]

Right! 😆

[@jtcouch]

The "accountants" lost count in 1959.

[@foff-666]

Epstein knows this first hand lol

[@GonzoA211]

😂😂😂

[@GonzoA211]

P. Diddy may find out as well I hear.

[@ruckinehround6965]

Geoffrey was alive until he wasn’t.

[@Ray-kg9gq]

who said he isnt alive you werent there

[@serg3123]

He is alive in Israel bearded in the basement

[@oregonoutback7779]

Did Billy ever talk about the removal of President Diem of South Vietnam in October of 1963? That's a pretty fascinating story, especially the why.

[@nigeltollit4113]

"Killing people is a dirty game" thanks for that info,I will remember that when I am job seeking.

[@svenrehulka5688]

Do not be hypocrite !

[@thejtd21]

The guy who broke the halo jump world record for the US jump team and also a macv sog operator in vietnam and did halo jumps after Wahs, was my good neighbor and family friend James W. Hauck, callsign "Ninja Man" RIP sir we miss you

[@OGatosCorner]

Her covert ops book surprise kill vanish is great highly recommend

[@tmgrk1]

Funny how Delta is left out and the Navy Seals gets all the credit. Shows you how much Delta isn’t hungry for glory praise.

[@G.Sharb1]

Lex is so good he commented 5 days ago on a 5 min old vid

[@208flatheads3]

Because all of these came out days ago he's just editing them to boost views.

[@TheLeadHook]

No it’s a scheduled upload

[@Cornelius-David]

​@@TheLeadHook no... Lex is just that damn good.

[@Cornelius-David]

@@208flatheads3 no... Lex is just that damn good.

[@astralfluxaf]

✨ scheduled posts ✨

[@TheRescueDog]

I respect people who can say "I don't know."

[@matthewshannon6946]

It's also a good dodge...

[@mikestone9129]

Annie needs to go to Israel and talk to Mossad Agents. They have o many stories I'd love to hear about. And she's the one person we can trust to tell it like it is.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Like how they got caught doin 911... N were let go???

[@bugtusslealien3931]

Open your parachute at 1000 feet? In the French Foreign Legion we opened our chutes at 100 feet and the Japanese never used chutes.😂😂

[@AustinBrawner-ml5su]

The japs didn’t need em 😂😂😂😂😂 but did you guys seriously pop at 100ft dude that’s insane!!! Balls of steel!!

[@lifewithlouie420]

😂

[@thelastboomer9088]

Ninja no need chute

[@boeingseven6939]

I remember President Obama in late 2015 said, in regards to Assad in Syria, that we (the US/him) does not do "pin-prick" strikes on foreign political leaders. Syria had a crazy humanitarian warcrime situation going on back then, but I remember him saying that.

[@DavidWood-r8k]

Obama campaigned on being directly opposite of crazy war mongering republican George Bush. He ended up signing more executive orders and more drone bombing deaths all across globe. He ran out all the parts nessary to keep jet fighter's in air during war-time. Used up all bombs. That is why Trump took so much criticism at first in white house. Biden has run into same thing with equipment left behind in Afghanistan. Then spending 160 billion in Ukraine. Everything is running out and will cost even possibly double due to inflation. So that 80 billion of equipment lost in Afghanistan is now over 160 billion. 160 billion plus in Ukraine is double too. That's taxes for now and next 100 year's. China refused to sell rare earth minerals that are needed to make computer chips in our guidance control systems. Strategic oil reserves gone too. Petrol dollar gone because of President Joe Biden spending Stock market crash now & bsnk failures are close to 1929 levels

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

And when he said the word "foreign" did he give Bernie the side-eye?

[@boeingseven6939]

@@jumpinjohnnyruss no he was alone in the Oval Office

[@Shaun-fe1ve]

Syria is sending us back the gmo soldiers that the US secretly sent there. The war crimes were done by Obama...

[@anibaldamiao]

The immigration issue across Europe started there when no one fixed Syria

[@adrianc.demery8872]

Great interview

[@flamebroiledsquirrel]

Jan Michael Vincent played a young hitman against Charles Bronson's older hitman in "The Mechanic". Spoiler alert, the young guy got the drop, but the old guy boobytrapped the getaway rig... Some games aren't worth playing if you believe you have a soul and value its positive integrity.

[@juandager5220]

Did you spoil the ending...

[@ronjon7942]

Wow, there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. I man crushed (well, boy crushed) Stringfellow Hawk and his faithful steed, Airwolf when I was growing up in the 80s. Couldn’t believe the gutter he ended up in. He looked like the dead walking…well, sitting; think he lost both legs to diabetes or something alcohol related.

[@STaSHZILLA420]

When the sentient A.I. gets created, I hope it has the same voice as Annie Jacobsen.

[@nadimkhoury5547]

She narrates her own audio books. They're free if you pay for Spotify. Listening to one atm 👌👌👌👌

[@STaSHZILLA420]

@@nadimkhoury5547 thanks for the heads up!

[@quackyduck1499]

I cant ever see AI becoming sentient. That's the god factor and AI is man made. But if they do learn to want, then that's what they'd want. Just like us, and why people like Gates, Bezo's and Musk are fucking insane. They have it all. What's the point of getting out of bed? So they come up with theses Ideals and try to convince the world that they're right. They could use their money for the good of mankind. But they grow meat in labs, create deadly viruses and fly to places we will never live. They think they're like a god and man will exist for ever. Yet history shows we get wiped out pretty bad every 12,000 years and completely every few hundred thousand years. In the time span of the history of the universe. A mere blink in time.

[@itsthelittlethings100]

​@@nadimkhoury5547yes, ty!

[@GregGremlin]

When it gets created? I mean uffa buddy if u saw what they saw what i at Clonaid HQ in Windsor,Ontario,Canada then u might feel vile for a full year plus so forgetaboutit pal,but on the flipside this broad has the imagination of James Cameron n George Lucas if they used strictly dirty meth so what im saying here is shes selling her books at all costs,u gentz figure out the rest huh That's my time everybody i gotta go take a sh*t👌

[@KatrinaDancer]

Saying "right" at the end of a sentence repeatedly makes a person sound less confident. It's a way of telling someone how they should think rather than asking for agreement.

[@cranegantry868]

I'm an author of many books. When explaining quite unusual things to people, I will often say 'see?'...

[@larrysnipes7113]

Right!

[@coast335]

Couldn’t finish listening, to the hundreds of “right” …… “right”……. “right”……..

[@mikeb5372]

Thanks Dr. Freud! It doesn't mean that and it doesn't not mean it

[@staunchy3283]

Very hard to get through this clip with how distracting “RIGHT?” being said every 5 seconds was

[@JustNowNews365]

Excellent Interview.

[@coriyork2534]

Fantastic interview, I enjoy listening to both of y'all ❤👍🏼🙏🏼💐🎉

[@ryann.9636]

Right and Ok are like punctuation marks

[@joebagodonuts4039]

No, that’s an attempt to get one to believe a lie! Never believe someone who talks like that!!!

[@Gunnumn]

I love this woman. Her books are truly incredible.

[@ImdaSnackGuy]

Yall may have just made the list.

[@JRT140]

Fantastic interview

[@hectorelmexican4014]

Excellent audio💪💪

[@matthewcox4]

Audible should sign her...amazing voice!

[@BetaBuxDelux]

3:14 The current president just wants some ice cream and hair to sniff. 😢

[@thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697]

You be voting for the guy that wants the constitution terminated, lies on a scale far beyond anyone and who tried to steal an election to keep himself in power.

[@glennmcnease8359]

He wants that little to keep a bullet from his brain. Ice cream and little girls hair to sniff. What a bad man a real jackass

[@AntonioPeralesdelHierro]

Last time I looked he isn't headed for the slammer like you very well know who. My antipathy for you know who is more than just political/cultural, it's about social aesthetics. I refuse to be associated with or governed by what appears to be utterly gross and psychotic trash if I can help it.

[@burkena]

3:50 Seals were chosen..ìt was rotation..but I believe U.S. Could have gotten him years earlier.but GWB & family were too closely tied to his family.. Prior..and couldn't DO IT SOONER..

[@ezo4]

I can listen to her talk forever

[@LetsGoSomewhere87]

Lethal drinking game: take a shot every time she says "right"

[@unnamedchannel1237]

“You know” : no I don’t fucken know , that is why you are talking ffs .

[@WTPFreedom]

Right……Okay????? 🤣🤣

[@bffalcon3378]

She was on Joe Rogan and her answer to EVERYTHING was "read my book" 😂

[@milkcrate805]

When someone uses “right?” too much, subconsciously their insecure about what their saying and want to make sure they can keep their audience believing what they are saying. I’d suspect that most of this is nonsense. Intelligence and SOCOM are supposed to lie, it’s part of the deal. Intentionally leading you away from the secrets they definitely don’t want to expose. Put it in a book.

[@kennethmullen-qe9hg]

​@@bffalcon3378 Yeah, that ish was annoying af! Dude with the 30-year in-the-makin' book gave a way way better interview!

[@rodgertoner5705]

She has a great voice for a navigation aid! Especially if you needed to turn right! Right?

[@milkcrate805]

“Right?” “Right?” “Right?” “Right?”

[@privatemilo]

❄️

[@emoneytrain]

Right?😂

[@ForrestGumpWR]

Right?? 😂

[@fredwhisman7866]

OK?? OK ??? OK ???

[@ForestBlue7]

Riiiiiiiight..

[@BTCforce]

Millions and counting. F CIA, FBI, IRS

[@donknotts5625]

Slightly more then the clintons

[@cashmayes2343]

Directly and indirectly probably millions

[@Robert-g2b]

Delta force also included, like Seals, Green Berats

[@hiddenpathshiddenventuresi5845]

Berets

[@MrBoykauvball]

Her voice is mesmerising. I can go to sleep listening to her

[@WagnerPD]

Xcuse me? What did you say?? You woke me up.😊

[@tonybmusic1166]

I’ve read your books…..you’re great at what you do…..presenting the data in an easily digestible form for the reader. Your books are entertaining as well as informative and thanks for giving credit to the folks who came before you doing research on a subject and laying down the foundation. Whitney Webb did the same thing in her two-volume set on blackmail. Always share some credit with the people who may have started the process.

[@christinaforras]

“Health alteration” 🤣💀🖤

[@madden12]

Drone last-package delivery 😅

[@DRPaulk]

Religion verification..

[@georgemmak2224]

………………………………right…………….

[@marycollins8215]

Thanks Lex!

[@StopWarring]

Thank you Lex. Awesome topic.

[@jacobsanchez628]

I serviced two MACV SOG pilots. (Owner of a business) All their citations were classified because of the locations and missions. I did get to hear some stories as I’m a Marine Vet. They were a little open to talk about it. Crazy stuff.

[@AllenDarvis]

Ain't nobody getting away

[@FarbotBurunetNia]

Thank you for the report.

[@RonaldWarren-fy1ns]

The president is so powerful, both sides are more and more terrified when the other side has the office.

[@JakeSelkirk]

Too many "rights?"

[@jaykay6387]

Right, Right, Right, Right and, Right! Yeah, starts to get a bit annoying, right?

[@JakeSelkirk]

@@jaykay6387 I know right? Good info but it hurts the delivery to use that so many times. It sounds like "believe me, believe me, believe me." She could fix it probably pretty easy. No big

[@joebagodonuts4039]

A sign of lying or not knowing facts.

[@firemanmcdonald]

I’m a Veteran. Form your own opinion on what she says. But just remember, sometimes they pay guys to throw Journalists like herself off the REAL path.

[@jerrypiper3936]

You know when people try to convince you. They say “right?” All the time to make you agree. Just saying

[@bobtaylor170]

It's a verbal tic, like "you know" and "I mean." Don't read things into it. Why would your uncharitable hypothesis be correct? He's not hostile. He's not contesting anything she says. She doesn't need to convince him of anything.

[@kreb12]

It's also something smug people say in condescension. Like, this is obvious, right?

[@oscaracme]

Right.......just saying, right?

[@PedroKing99]

Anyone else LOVE Annie!? Such a beautiful voice. ❤

[@hillbilly4895]

Dangit...now I gotta buy another book.

[@billvinson7859]

I have 2 of her books. Now I will buy all of them. ❤

[@JTNugget]

Imagine believing that we're the good guys

[@myprobate1661]

This is what the term "hubris" was invented for. But with them, it's almost certainly a psychological disorder.

[@froggerland]

I think it’s probably passed good guy bad guy. You have a job and you do it

[@JTNugget]

@@froggerland Morals be damned!

[@froggerland]

@@JTNugget I mean morals and guilt or feelings and thoughts that could be turned off. How do you think most factory workers make it through a day. They shut down and do their job. Imagine believing human rights is real and politicians care about you instead of just using it for political gain.

[@jessetheskeptic601]

​@froggerland I understand that some people can turn it off and say, "I was just doing my job", but not everyone can or does. I certainly don't, and that's why the entry testing the alphabet agencies perform would root me out as a no go for employment. These agencies select for the type of person you were describing, and that's by design. I think what OP was pointing out is that most Americans do view themselves as the "good" guys on the world stage and there's little nuance in their thinking: US = Democracy = Good Russia/China = Communism = Bad The reality is that our country ruthlessly engages in crimes to secure whatever it deems to be in the best interest of those in control (not the people). They've started using more money to try to get what they want, but violence is always an option. The media feed the population propaganda to get em on board, and most are too uninformed or distracted to see what's actually going on. The US is not a force for good or bad, it's a self-interested police state that serves the needs and wants of the elite. For better or worse, it's a force to be reckoned with. All powerful nations engage in these kinds of behaviors. What bothers me is all the hypocrisy and the doublespeak. Just own it and stop pretending like we're not doing the illegal things we do.

[@kjvail]

There was a movie that helped end the Cold War. “ The Day After”. It’s dated now but is still worth a watch.

[@BrightResultsMedia]

Wasn’t that a TV movie…? I vaguely remember it as a child.

[@kjvail]

@@BrightResultsMedia yep. I think you can find it on KZbin

[@kjvail]

@@BrightResultsMedia there’s another, very similar movie that came out of the UK around the same time, also on KZbin. It’s call “Threads”

[@ronjon7942]

@@BrightResultsMediaya. It was required viewing in grade school, think someone here said in 83, so I’d have been 13. Think I only saw it the one time, but it made an impression. I remember a pastor trying to hold service outside, with a handful of people there, traumatized, dying of radiation poisoning…

[@Zappappappappa]

Nuclear war is bad for business. Great piece of propaganda, worked like a dream.

[@billquinn6224]

As a former employee, I have to say, NONE.

[@TheJoker6789]

Seriously, do you know who John Stockwell was and what he said about the Cia?

[@frothin7923]

What about all the people they’ve saved?!?! Like literally hundreds of warlords, war criminals, drug dealers, human traffickers, terrorists, nazis… come on, give em a break!

[@poindextertunes]

so that nullifies all the lives they’ve destroyed of their own American citizens that had nothing to do with war or espionage?

[@SAR0311]

And maybe you and your family and you can't even realize it

[@DonHavjuan]

Today? Not that many. It's still early.

[@Von45Rose]

We are better than them.

[@Bordeaux1979]

Probably, the varied intelligence agencies either knew Israel was about to be attacked and allowed it or none of them knew and there’s a systematic failure

[@Ms_Ve]

Fascinating life Annie.

[@VancouverIslandoutdoor]

She's got a great asmr voice

[@djcoinlaundry]

Before watching the video my prediction is she won’t say a number, but she’ll say it’s in her book.

[@soffmusic9655]

If you make a drinking game out of Lex's heavy sighs you'll be drunk af in 30 minutes.

[@GonzoA211]

Interesting explanation on the legality of it. On a lower level, the USCG falls under DHS instead of DOD to be able to conduct Law Enforcement capabilities, even though they are a Military Branch. When conducting military operations, specific units are detached and assigned to either the Dept. Of the Navy or the Dept. Of the Army. So what she is saying is true.

[@parkpunk2]

She says "right" and "OK" a lot. It's a habit of speech. We all have them to some degree. Neil Degrasse Tyson does the same thing.

[@johnnyjamz6372]

Whitney Webb does and she’s great

[@FloridaManMatty]

Jordan Petersen too. “It’s like…”

[@JesseMartinez-cm7tl]

Right

[@tomking7080]

@@johnnyjamz6372I love Whitney. She does amazing research

[@Arturoalexzander]

Mike Baker on jre is the worst!

[@taradeleeuw2344]

There’s assignation and then there’s assignation,what are we talking about

[@El_pedro81]

You can read it in my book!!!

[@tripp5576]

Agreed on the great question, and even more with your thoughts on Annie saying she doesn't know. Great Interview, you both are class acts.

[@stevetrent4638]

Great interview! Also can we get her to narrate audiobooks?