Interview · moment 6 of 23
The Schumer/Maddow 'Six Ways to Sunday' Moment and What the CIA Really Is
from #259 - Independence Day with Glenn Greenwald | The Tim Dillon Show · #259
2 min
Guest
Greenwald cites Chuck Schumer's warning to Trump on Maddow's show as a rare admission of the deep state's power, and Tim lays out his own theory of the CIA as the enforcement arm of a corporate/military elite; Greenwald largely agrees.
- Tim recommends reading post-WWII National Security State history, like The Devil's Chessboard, to understand American politics
- Chelsea Handler's book about espionage and Russian politics is surprisingly credible despite her lifestyle
- Tim notes that comedians who've spent careers talking about their penises are actually very good at counterintelligence
- Trump was a creation of Hollywood and a reality TV star, which made his political rise harder for that world to accept than an outsider candidacy