Disastrous. But it wasnt the cias fault we started that war. The chief briefer for the agency told me on air that no one in the ccia ever told an Administration Official that iraq had Nuclear Weapons. He has in fact reconstituted Nuclear Weapons. Is that true or not . We were saying can you answer that question . Is that true . No, thats not true. Youre saying you made that case when you didnt. So theyre using your credibility for making the case as dishonesty, as you just admitted. Im telling you you just admitted it. They gave you false presentation on what you said to them. In some aspects. It wasnt them that took us into iraq, it was the Vice President s office that pushed for the hard war since day one, and it was john bolton from the state office pushing it all the way. When we learned there were no Nuclear Weapons, they wanted to blame it on the cia. I watched dana priest and dan millbank cover that for weeks, and yes, i watched claims of undercover identity in order to throw of
Hes much more than a business executive. Hes a world class player. Hes in charge of, i guess, the Largest Company in the world. Its been a company thats been unbelievably managed, and to me a great advantage is he knows many of the players. And he knows them well. He does massive deals in russia, he does massive deals for the company. Not for himself, for the company. That was president elect trump, of course, speaking about exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson who nbc news reported over the weekend is expected to be named trumps secretary of state perhaps in a day or two. The reaction of tillerson could be greeted with a reaction between trump and the people on the hill. Taking shots at u. S. Intelligence officials is concerning, to put it lightly, to the republican party. The upwardly mobile report of the cia saying that russia may have helped trump win. They were given russias reward of decoration. There he is getting the reward in 2012. They fired the first shots over the weekend. Former s