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Anthony Lake member_of
United States government book_quoted
“Ali recounted a visit that he had in early 1990s with the then National Security Advisor Anthony Lake, who told him that the U.S. strategy for maximizing its influence in Africa in the post-Cold War era was by dividing the continent into fo…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Ethiopia @ 12:05
Anthony Lake covered_up
Operation Achilles documented
“The action you have planned for this weekend has been totally compromised. We believe there is a high risk of failure. Any decision to proceed will be on your own, unquote. The message instructed Bob to tell the plotters and confirm once he…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 50:00
Anthony Lake funded
Iraqi National Accord host_asserted
“of Saddam's party. But the task force at the CIA forged ahead. Stephen Ricker one day went to the White House to brief the Alawi option to Clinton officials. Lake approved it, contingent on the action being carried out by the summer of 96 t…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 53:40
Bill Clinton appointed
Anthony Lake documented
“the CIA as there were questions about Tony Lake's nomination, which is who Clinton had nominated. So we're going to pick up from there. The major logjam for Tony Lake was Richard Shelby from Alabama. He is the Senate Select Committee on Int…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55) @ 1:04
Richard Shelby removed_from_power
Anthony Lake documented
“not going to allow Anthony Lake to be the CIA director. So he tried several different stalling tactics. Asking for his FBI file was but one of those. They had lots of questions about his involvement in Bosnia. And they focused on…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55) @ 1:34
Bill Clinton nominated
Anthony Lake documented
“And because President Clinton shortly thereafter nominated Anthony Lake as the CIA director in his place, the Senate would have to confirm Lake. And the Intelligence Committee had jurisdiction. Here lay the ground on which the latest round …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 55:05
Anthony Lake covered_up
Bosnia book_quoted
“Trudsman's vice president clarified the U.S. position by emphasizing that Clinton did not wish to be put in a position to say yes or no. Isn't that a great way to run foreign policy? On May 2nd, Tony Lake, trying to keep this entire matter …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 52 (54) @ 18:13
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Ali recounted a visit that he had in early 1990s with the then National Security Advisor Anthony Lake, who told him that the U.S. strategy for maximizing its influence in Africa in the post-Cold War era was by dividing the continent into fo…
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and parapolitical action. Washington had every advantage. Casey's excitement is all the more remarkable because the secret warriors divided over whether the covert actions were feasible or even necessary. Analysts like Robert Pasture and An…
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Anthony Lake later said, not only in perception of the U.S. abroad, but in our confidence at home. Lake recalls the battle as the worst moment of the first term of Clinton's presidency. All three used the image of the Bay of Pigs. It had no…
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National Security Advisor Anthony Lake and Sandy Berger, now the deputy, also gave the CIA short thrift. Journalists attributed their attitudes to experience in the Nixon White House. When a small plane crashed into the White House grounds,…
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increased. The leak might have come from there. Suddenly, in a move nearly unprecedented in CIA covert operations, an agency-based chief in the field received a cable direct from the White House from security advisor Anthony Lake. It came t…
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down the river on orders from Nixon and Kissinger. Now Barzani made common cause with Iran. Bayer saw the Iranian gear with Barzani's fighters, even Iranian militia guarding Kurdish supply points. His faction seemed already to know of the L…
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of Saddam's party. But the task force at the CIA forged ahead. Stephen Ricker one day went to the White House to brief the Alawi option to Clinton officials. Lake approved it, contingent on the action being carried out by the summer of 96 t…
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Leaders indicated that they might go for the strike, but not the lift part. Clinton's national security advisor was Anthony Lake. He was on board. He publicly advocated for the lift and strike policy. In the administration, Soderbergh watch…
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which it became difficult to ask others to do the same. That summer, Clinton directed Lake to reexamine all options. The security advisor responded in July, asking the Pentagon how many U.S. troops would be necessary to end the siege in Sar…
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With opinion polls running against American participation in the UN force and even more opposed to airstrikes, Lake wanted to coerce the Bosnian Serbs into freeing Sarajevo and other enclaves and thought air power could do the job. Clinton …
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So the question went to Strobe Talbot. Yeah, Strobe Talbot. The later held discussions at the State Department then consulted Christopher and security advisor Tony Lake. Talbot cited Galbraith as thinking the U.S. should show at least a yel…
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Galbraith was to inform the Croats that he had no instructions, making him fear an attempt to sidestep the issue. He and Redmond telephoned on April 29th. Lake's assistant, Jane Watson, took their call. Quote, your instructions are to say y…
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Trudsman's vice president clarified the U.S. position by emphasizing that Clinton did not wish to be put in a position to say yes or no. Isn't that a great way to run foreign policy? On May 2nd, Tony Lake, trying to keep this entire matter …
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Price warned the CIA director that a covert arms channel would be costly and inevitably found out. Jim Wolseley, reading the feed from Zagreb, his link to Lake was very tenuous, feared the extent to which the NSC contemplated a covert opera…
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In October 94, Woolsey again complained about the Bosnia policy. The CIA doubts contributed directly to rejection of the Holbrooke plan by Lake and Secretary Christopher in early November. The National Security Advisor went beyond simply re…
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Of course, poor relations were the very essence of Jim Woolsey's association with the White House. But by the time the report emerged, Woolsey was gone. John Deutch now manned Langley, where Anthony Lake and the NSC staff had perhaps been t…
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not because so many covert operations were underway, but because notification requirements had expanded. By far, the key oversight action of this period with respect to covert operations was a series of inquiries into the Bosnian arms traff…
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These were the most important of the congressional probes into the Bosnian affair. Yet aside from generating heat and a huge report, nothing happened, which is par for the course. For the purposes of the Senate Intelligence Committee inquir…
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And because President Clinton shortly thereafter nominated Anthony Lake as the CIA director in his place, the Senate would have to confirm Lake. And the Intelligence Committee had jurisdiction. Here lay the ground on which the latest round …
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Congress inevitably wanted to sink its teeth into that. Nevermind that the Senate had pressured Clinton to lift the embargo, passing some of the legislation at the very moment that Lake and Galbraith was making their plans. Or that a few mo…
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also resurrected the issue of third-party operations and the responsibility of notifications that that was happening. Iran and others helping arm the Bosnian Muslims obviously fell under that third-country provision. President Clinton's nom…
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at an event, but that counted for little on the Hill. Not surprisingly, in phone calls and informal meetings, a nominee typically has before appearing, late told senators that the administration had erred in not informing Congress of the Bo…
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The senators had other concerns about Anthony Lake too. Some of them responded to Langley's doubts, given that Lake seemed to have had little time for the CIA during his White House years. Lake mobilized support to counter such complaints. …
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Today's going to be our last show on the content of this book. We may do kind of an overview summary tomorrow, but this session will continue the second to the last chapter called Struggle for Control. And where we left off yesterday was th…
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the CIA as there were questions about Tony Lake's nomination, which is who Clinton had nominated. So we're going to pick up from there. The major logjam for Tony Lake was Richard Shelby from Alabama. He is the Senate Select Committee on Int…
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not going to allow Anthony Lake to be the CIA director. So he tried several different stalling tactics. Asking for his FBI file was but one of those. They had lots of questions about his involvement in Bosnia. And they focused on…
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A couple of things that Lake said, one of which was that he believed leakers in the CIA were the equivalent of a spy. That sink in for a little bit. So if you see humanitarian disasters while the CIA is overthrowing a government and the peo…
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you're a spy, like a traitor to your country for not wanting innocent people to die. And so, of course, Shelby, along with the other Republicans, because this is under the Clinton administration, made hay with that, as he should have. So th…
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So when Shelby, after he got the files and reviewed them, demanded another delay so all of the committee people could see it, that's when Lake threw in the towel. He withdrew his nomination and Clinton had a few choice comments about being …