Daniel Childs person
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Daniel Childs member_of
U.S. Congress documented
“Finally, and this is a point that needs to be driven home repeatedly because it's happening today. Listen to this. There was a matter of the Intelligence Committee staff director himself. So they actually referred it over to the Intelligenc…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Devil’s Chessboard Part 1 @ 11:58
Daniel Childs member_of
CIA documented
“Because word was getting back to the CIA that Pete Bruton was asking questions. So Childs, you might ask, what was his background? Oh, he just happened to have worked for the CIA for 26 years. And not just any place in the CIA. He was a fin…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Devil’s Chessboard Part 1 @ 12:59
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▶ 11:58
Finally, and this is a point that needs to be driven home repeatedly because it's happening today. Listen to this. There was a matter of the Intelligence Committee staff director himself. So they actually referred it over to the Intelligenc…
▶ 12:27
In January of 90, one month before the Post series began, one month, several months after the CIA became aware of the fact that the newspaper was working on it. So quick, get a guy over there so that he can head off any uncomfortable inform…
▶ 12:59
Because word was getting back to the CIA that Pete Bruton was asking questions. So Childs, you might ask, what was his background? Oh, he just happened to have worked for the CIA for 26 years. And not just any place in the CIA. He was a fin…
▶ 13:35
He is the lead guy on the Senate intel staff, quote unquote, looking into financial shenanigans of the CIA of which he was part of. Childs had joined the CIA in 1957 and worked in the administrative branch until 1976 when he went to work fo…
▶ 14:06
about the church committee. Childs stayed in the Senate committee until 82, until that was put to bed. He rejoined the CIA as the comptroller, now that that fire had been put out. In 1983, Childs appeared before the Senate Intelligence Comm…
▶ 14:38
In January of 91, one month after the House Intelligence Committee released the savings and loan SNL findings, Childs resigned. He returned to work at the CIA. So he literally was brought over there to make sure the CIA's in Congress. He ha…
▶ 15:07
They brought this guy in to protect the CIA. They didn't have to hire him. They could have hired anybody. They didn't. They brought him in twice to protect the CIA. The CIA's placing one of its own on a congressional investigation is not un…
▶ 16:05
Childs denied that his former CIA position was a conflict of interest. He said, I didn't conduct the investigation. No, you were there as a gatekeeper. It certainly appears that Childs was brought in specifically to run damage control for t…
▶ 18:32
and the people that backed Pol Pot. Initially, only small amounts were involved, starting at 5 million and rising only about half. The one count has Casey contemplating up to $12 million, not far from the initial funding of the Nicaraguan p…