stefania mauriziApr 20, 2024

Today we at #FattoQuotidiano run an interview with former #CIA under cover operative, #JeffreySterling on #Iran,#EspionageAct, #Assange

[ENGLISH, free from paywall]

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/04/20/jeffrey-sterling-i-witnessed-the-obsession-with-iran-in-the-cia-assange-no-chance-he-will-receive-a-fair-trial-and-humane-treatment-in-the-us/7520376/

Jeffrey Sterling: “I witnessed the obsession with Iran in the CIA

Jeffrey Sterling was attempting to serve his country working in the shadowy world of the CIA under cover operations, until he blew the whistle on a botched operation against Iran and paid an immense price. <em>Il Fatto Quotidiano</em> interviews Sterling, on the risk of a war with Iran, the CIA, the Espionage Act and Julian Assange

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#JeffreySterling to #FattoQuotidiano:

"There was a sort of arrogance at the #CIA about #Iran which I think was also rooted in #racism. Iranians were routinely referred to as ‘ragheads’"

[ENGLISH, free from paywall]

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/04/20/jeffrey-sterling-i-witnessed-the-obsession-with-iran-in-the-cia-assange-no-chance-he-will-receive-a-fair-trial-and-humane-treatment-in-the-us/7520376/

Jeffrey Sterling: “I witnessed the obsession with Iran in the CIA

Jeffrey Sterling was attempting to serve his country working in the shadowy world of the CIA under cover operations, until he blew the whistle on a botched operation against Iran and paid an immense price. <em>Il Fatto Quotidiano</em> interviews Sterling, on the risk of a war with Iran, the CIA, the Espionage Act and Julian Assange

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#JeffreySterling :
""But, despite the view of Iran when I was at the #CIA, we also understood that #Iran had a very capable military, and that a war with Iran would be very costly"

[ENGLISH, free from paywall]

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/04/20/jeffrey-sterling-i-witnessed-the-obsession-with-iran-in-the-cia-assange-no-chance-he-will-receive-a-fair-trial-and-humane-treatment-in-the-us/7520376/

Jeffrey Sterling: “I witnessed the obsession with Iran in the CIA

Jeffrey Sterling was attempting to serve his country working in the shadowy world of the CIA under cover operations, until he blew the whistle on a botched operation against Iran and paid an immense price. <em>Il Fatto Quotidiano</em> interviews Sterling, on the risk of a war with Iran, the CIA, the Espionage Act and Julian Assange

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Show threadstefania mauriziApr 20, 2024

#JeffreySterling:
"There was a definite apprehension [in the #CIA] about #War with #Iran; our intelligence on Iran then, and I expect still, is very limited"

[ENGLISH, free from paywall]

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/04/20/jeffrey-sterling-i-witnessed-the-obsession-with-iran-in-the-cia-assange-no-chance-he-will-receive-a-fair-trial-and-humane-treatment-in-the-us/7520376/

Jeffrey Sterling: “I witnessed the obsession with Iran in the CIA

Jeffrey Sterling was attempting to serve his country working in the shadowy world of the CIA under cover operations, until he blew the whistle on a botched operation against Iran and paid an immense price. <em>Il Fatto Quotidiano</em> interviews Sterling, on the risk of a war with Iran, the CIA, the Espionage Act and Julian Assange

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