Current Events > Ex-CIA director: US meddles in foreign elections for a 'very good cause'

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/374372-ex-cia-director-us-meddles-in-foreign-elections-for-a-good

Following a federal indictment of Russians accused of meddling in the U.S election, a former CIA director on Friday said the U.S. probably meddles in other countries elections, as well.

The Russian embassy flagged his comments.

When asked whether the U.S. interferes in other countries elections, James Woolsey said, Well, only for a very good cause in the interests of democracy." [Antifar's note: ]

Oh, probably, but it was for the good of the system in order to avoid communists taking over, he told Laura Ingraham on her Fox News show on Friday night.

Woolsey served as CIA director under former President Clinton.

His comments follow a federal indictment released on Friday that accused 13 Russian individuals and three Russian groups of attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election.

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Its good for us when we meddle in foreign elections. Its bad for us when people meddle in ours. I dont know if anyone actually thinks were innocent
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But we needed to stop them darn communists from taking over the world.
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a very good cause in the interests of Western Imperialism and large American corporations

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averagejoel posted...

a very good cause in the interests of Western Imperialism and large American corporations

ElatedVenusaur posted...

averagejoel posted...

a very good cause in the interests of Western Imperialism and large American corporations

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EnragedSlith posted...

Its good for us when we meddle in foreign elections. Its bad for us when people meddle in ours. I dont know if anyone actually thinks were innocent

Didn't work out so well for us in the arabic world though.
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Pretty sure the US has caused more harm than good by interfering with other countries elections. Also doesn't really help the case of being against foreign interference either.
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