FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/ON6hz-HvjE8
Foreign policy analyst Scott Horton explains how the CIA turned its power inward under George H.W. Bush — changing America forever.
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From Iran-Contra to covert media manipulation, Bush’s leadership inside the agency built what would become the modern Deep State. Horton lays out how the CIA broke the line between foreign and domestic influence—and how that shadow government still shapes U.S. policy today.
Inside this clip:
How George H.W. Bush used the CIA to centralize power
The roots of the Deep State in the 1970s and ’80s
How covert operations came home to U.S. soil
The CIA’s influence on presidents and media
Why America never recovered from what Bush built
***TIMESTAMPS***
00:00 — H.W. Bush, What He Actually Wanted, Chicken Kiev Speech, Lifelong Spy, CIA Overstep After Overstep, Is There Anything Good About the CIA?, Black Budget, No Accountability, “A Finding Is an Illegal Act,” Not Built for a Republic, “Let’s Be the Wrong Tree,” We Don’t Need a World Empire, Tell 1,000 Lies
10:38 — John Brennan, Torture Committee, “Brennan Is a Snake,” Saudi Arabia During 9/11, Yemen Operations, The Foundation, “50lb Bomb = Scalpel,” Drives Insurgency, Al Qaeda Growth
23:32 — Arab Spring, Hillary Clinton, One Ballot One Choice, Sadi the Failed Dictator, Gasoline Ration Cuts, Obama Teams Up
33:53 — Israel Stays Out, MBS & MBZ with Obama, “This Is How We Do Business,” “9/11 Never Happened,” Yemen Blockade, 300,000 Killed, Why Trump Kept It Going
43:05 — Hot Potato Wars, Trump Era Airstrikes, Few Ground Battles, Regime Change Afghanistan, Anti-Fragile Groups, Northern Alliance Propped Up
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