In 2018, @nytimes.com published an investigation into the CIA-trained units that the National Guard shooter was a part of in Afghanistan, documenting horrific crimes they committed.

It's insane that investigating these programs is not our first response www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/w...

As beaten down as a lot of us felt, it was highly predictable that doing racially profiled mass kidnapping operations while not making the shitty economy better and trying to steal as much food and health insurance as possible while throwing decadent parties for your club members would poll poorly

2/ CIA Acting General Counsel, a career lawyer, "was among those who had raised questions about the legality of the agency’s use of lethal force."

What happened next?

CIA Deputy Director Ellis stepped in to become acting General Counsel and still hold his policy position. He then approved the ops.