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

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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.

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[LexClips]

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.

[Laconic_]

Directly? Thousands. Indirectly? Millions.

[BajatheChickenMan]

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

[nicolasrose]

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

[albollinger]

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

[akaJackLugar]

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

[cherylsmith]

Remember it's not the president in control.

[magg]

*"Women can get a lot closer to a target"*

- Indirectly implies that all targets are male.

[darenm]

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

[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.

[tmtb]

Annie Jacobson should narrate audiobooks. Great voice.

[wedtofate]

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

[JohnBurman-ll]

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

[SM]

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.

[notrealnic]

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

[trevornever]

We need to get Whitney Webb and Annie Jacobsen together!

[Randal-po]

Secrets are making our country fall apart.

[cccmmm]

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

[Swampfox]

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

[jorgevasconcelosmadetomove]

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