Marc Polymeropoulos (former Senior Intelligence Service officer at the CIA), NBC: The GOP needs a counterradicalization strategy
It’s not Democrats who must act. We need to find strong voices within the Republican Party. I worked in counterterrorism operations for nearly my entire career at the CIA before retiring in 2019.
The battle we engaged in with international terrorist groups like Al Qaeda wasn’t just with their legions of foot soldiers but with their highly effective propaganda arms as well. The U.S. and our allies considered those propagandists fundamental cogs in a terror group’s machinery, and just as culpable as any other terrorist. So we held them accountable when innocent civilians were killed.
Why are these propagandists so dangerous? Because, while they might not supply weapons, they can effectively radicalize individuals to obtain them and put them to use — even from the comfort of their own homes via the internet. They do that by sending the message that violence is permissible, even admirable, in a process of normalization that breaks down the resistance most humans usually experience to such acts. They give them a cause to justify the need for acting out violently, which goads foot soldiers to take steps toward action. And they can provide suggested targets and detailed information on how to carry out attacks.
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Update #1: Former CIA Intelligence officer suggests using ‘counterterrorism’ strategies against ‘right-wing’ Americans (FOX News)
Update #2: Former CIA agent says Conservatives should be met with counterterrorism tactics (BPR)
Update #3: Former CIA officer tells the GOP they need a plan to purge their terrorists (Raw Story)
WNU Editor: Former CIA Intelligence officer Marc Polymeropoulos must be channeling the following quote by Pogo' .... "we have met the enemy, and he is us". It is appalling that NBC is giving this person a platform to spew his hate.
Marc Polymeropoulos is also one of the 51 former intelligence officers who signed a letter that falsely said the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian disinformation campaign.
This is one of the ex-CIA "Dirty 51" who signed that letter falsely claiming Hunter Biden's laptop was a Russian "information operation". He's late to the party here: Marc Polymeropoulos urges ‘counterterrorism’ strategy against ‘right-wing’ Americans https://t.co/JADJmqMnuB
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) November 7, 2022