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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:11:51 -0500,  Chris Ahlstrom says...   
      
   > Biden Approved National Guard Shooting Suspect's "Special Agent" Status   
      
   If the CIA hired an individual in Afghanistan, the process of hiring them as a   
   "special agent" would likely involve the CIA's Directorate of Operations (DO),   
   WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE for conducting human intelligence operations overseas.   
      
   The specific individual or entity responsible for hiring the agent would   
   likely be:   
      
   1.) A CIA Station Chief or their deputy, who oversees CIA operations in a   
   specific country (in this case, Afghanistan)   
      
   2.) A CIA Case Officer, who is responsible for recruiting, handling, and   
   managing foreign nationals as agents   
      
   3.) A CIA Operations Officer, who is responsible for planning and executing   
   operations, including the recruitment and management of agents   
      
   These individuals would typically work together to identify, recruit, and   
   manage foreign nationals as agents, and would be responsible for making   
   decisions about who to hire and how to utilize them.   
      
   In terms of specific titles, the individual responsible for hiring the agent   
   might be:   
      
   A Clandestine Operations Officer (COO)   
   A Special Activities Officer (SAO)   
   A Case Officer (CO)   
      
   These individuals would work together to evaluate the agent's skills,   
   experience, and potential, and to determine whether they are suitable for hire   
   as a "special agent" in country.   
      
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   Generally, the President is not directly informed of every hiring of a   
   "special agent" by the CIA, and does not have direct input in the hiring   
   process.   
      
   The CIA's hiring process for special agents, also known as Clandestine   
   Operations Officers (COOs) or Case Officers (COs), typically involves:   
      
   The CIA's Directorate of Operations (DO) identifying a need for a new agent   
   The DO conducting a thorough evaluation and vetting process, including   
   background checks and psychological assessments   
   The CIA's Office of Personnel Security and the Office of Medical Services   
   reviewing the candidate's suitability for the role   
      
   The final decision to hire a special agent is typically made by the CIA's   
   senior leadership, including the:   
      
   Director of the CIA   
   Deputy Director of the CIA   
   Chief of the Directorate of Operations   
      
   While the President may be briefed on high-level CIA operations and strategic   
   objectives, they are not typically involved in the day-to-day hiring decisions   
   of individual agents.   
      
   However, it's worth noting that the President may be informed of certain high-   
   profile or sensitive hiring decisions, particularly if they involve:   
      
   High-risk operations   
   High-profile targets   
   Significant resource commitments   
      
   In these cases, the President or their National Security Adviser may be   
   briefed on the hiring decision, but this is not typically the case for routine   
   hiring of special agents.   
      
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   Be prepared to back up what you knee-jerk-off next time, Democrat Liberal   
   Liar.   
      
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   "Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition   
      
   All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.   
      
   "Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has   
   been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the   
   point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."   
      
   Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the   
   Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into three distinct phases or   
   stages:   
      
   "In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The   
   president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, as if 140 characters were   
   all it took to change the world."   
      
   "The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's   
   vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of   
   hyperbole."   
      
   "As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from   
   reality."   
      
   The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk   
   opposition from liberals to anything and everything Trump does. If Trump   
   announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would   
   suggest he was up to something nefarious, according to the logic of TDS.   
   There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be   
   received positively by TDSers.   
      
   The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early   
   2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a punch line for late-   
   night comics and nothing more.   
      
   Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first   
   coined by the late conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer back in 2003.   
   The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in   
   otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay -   
   the very existence of George W. Bush."   
      
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