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Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald
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1. A year ago, I mentioned to a intel official that I would be appearing on @FoxNews with @TuckerCarlson. This official risked his life for America many times. Years before 9/11, he was on a Sudan street, a short distance from bin Laden, waiting for the order to take him out....
2...knowing that, as soon as he did, he would be killed himself. The order never came, but that was one of many times he was ready to sacrifice his life for this country. When he heard about my going on @TuckerCarlson, he asked me to pass a message on to him....
3....that being, that Carlson's constant denigration of the American intelligence community, every member of whom has sacrificed far more than Carlson and Trump would ever consider doing, was creating enormous morale problems among ppl who were at the front line of defending....
4...American national security, that because of Tucker and his ilk, these people -- almost all of whom are REPUBLICANS -- felt the president was being empowered to continue ignoring their notifications that a foreign enemy was attacking democracy, that the pride they felt....
5....in sacrificing for their country was being crushed. He asked me to remind @TuckerCarlson of the 125 stars on the CIA memorial wall, the spot Trump used as a TV prop. Each of those stars, he asked me to remind Tucker, was for one of the intelligence agents who died....
6.....in service of this country. Many of them to this day remain anonymous, their names never to be known because of their classified work. This man asked me, begged me to tell @TuckerCarlson to stop insulting America's heroes simply for ratings, to stop denigrating people....
7...who had sacrificed so much for little pay, knowing they could receive much more in private sector. I felt the need to honor these people, to convey that message to @TuckerCarlson. And so I tried. In response, Tucker snickered, sneered, laughed and called me insane. He has...
8...continued to attack the intelligence agencies, because they have used classified intelligence to reach conclusions that upset @TuckerCarlson's partner in propaganda, Trump. Morale has continued to collapse. People I have long admired for their dedication to service have....
9...left the intelligence community because who would want to make so many sacrifices and then spend endless time listening to @FoxNews viewers say how the places they work are anti-American. And so, the result is, @TuckerCarlson and his vomitous ilk have made America....
10...less safe, and have shown theyre unpatriotic bastards who will denigrate even the bravest Americans who sacrifice everything for America if it means they gin up Cult45 and win praise from their man-crush. @TuckerCarlson is anti-American. I know plenty of patriots who agree.
11...I don't expect this to bother @TuckerCarlson, a sneering sociopath willing to play tricks w/ sound transmission 2 make guests look like they dodge his questions. He cares nothing for America. But world needs to know what he is. As do his advertisers (attached). Let em know.
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