Stephen Richter person
also: Stephen Ritker, Ricker, Stephen Ricker, Ritker, Reichter, Stephen Ripker
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CIA recruited
Stephen Richter book_quoted
“basically overrunning Iran like there was ever a chance of that. There was not. Interesting that he uses the words stay behind group since we now know what that is. A number of Iranians were recruited. As early as 86, there were warnings th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 11:10
Iran covered_up
Stephen Richter book_quoted
“Secret writing, an old method, rather than new technology. Tehran had indeed penetrated his scheme. Beginning in 88, Iranian authorities arrested more than 30 people, and they accused them of being agents of the CIA. Ricker could do nothing…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 11:41
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basically overrunning Iran like there was ever a chance of that. There was not. Interesting that he uses the words stay behind group since we now know what that is. A number of Iranians were recruited. As early as 86, there were warnings th…
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Secret writing, an old method, rather than new technology. Tehran had indeed penetrated his scheme. Beginning in 88, Iranian authorities arrested more than 30 people, and they accused them of being agents of the CIA. Ricker could do nothing…
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In 94, Stephen Richter replaced Frank Anderson as the head of the division. He wanted action. Fred Turco agreed that Langley should at least be testing possibilities. His deputy, Robert Bayer, plus a couple of other staffers visited Kurdist…
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Here lay potential answers to the CIA's dilemma on how to neutralize Saddam's best troops. Sawani popped the great question, would the U.S. support a coup if he launched one? Willing to take all the risks, the Iraqis nevertheless needed sec…
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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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Stephen Ritker also convinced General Shawani to try his coup again and had him coordinate plans with Alawi. Langley told Congress in May that Saddam's chances for holding power were diminishing. They haven't done anything, but Director Deu…
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whose disarmament teams were primed to investigate concealment activities by Saddam's special security organizations, the CIA planned to use his inspectors as triggers for the covert operation. Ritter believes that Reichter actually cut bac…
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Neocon Richard Perle actually gave a speech at the American Enterprise Institute denouncing CIA Stephen Ritker, not using his name, of course, demanding he be cashiered for incompetence. How dare you not kill Saddam Hussein? And in 1998 ele…
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He became a figure in the U.S. installed Iraqi provisional government. Of course, he's a spy. Other Iraqi elections, Shalabi had failed to gain any seats at all for his political party, but may yet appear in the Baghdad government, which he…