Humint Events Online: Collapse of Democracy

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Collapse of Democracy

CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump’s handling of protests

 The scenes have been disturbingly familiar to CIA analysts accustomed to monitoring scenes of societal unraveling abroad — the massing of protesters, the ensuing crackdowns and the awkwardly staged displays of strength by a leader determined to project authority. 
In interviews and posts on social media in recent days, current and former U.S. intelligence officials have expressed dismay at the similarity between events at home and the signs of decline or democratic regression they were trained to detect in other nations. “I’ve seen this kind of violence,” said Gail Helt, a former CIA analyst responsible for tracking developments in China and Southeast Asia. “This is what autocrats do. This is what happens in countries before a collapse. It really does unnerve me.”

1 Comments:

Blogger the mighty wak said...

hey joe biden is running for president opposing the trump! he has a list of only women who the DNC are considering to be his VP. not a single man, only women. it is almost as if the democrats WANT a trump reelection.

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