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Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, owner of the DailyKos website, now admits that he spent six months in the employ of the US Central Intelligence Agency in 2001,” writes Holland. “In a one-hour interview on June 2, 2006 at the Commonwealth Club, Moulitsas, also known as ‘Kos,’ admitted that he was a CIA employee and would have ‘no problem working for them’ in the present.”

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“In a one-hour interview on June 2, 2006 at the Commonwealth Club, Moulitsas, also known as ‘Kos,’ admitted that he was a CIA employee and would have ‘no problem working for them’ in the present.”

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Secondly, I don't know why anyone's surprised that he's not 'anti-imperialist'. From what I understand he's pretty nationalist, and like the average mainstream US liberal, or US Democrat thinks the Bush Administration, US conservatives, and the Republican Party are so incompetent that they're hurting the national interests of the US.

Relating to that, thirdly, I know he's a former Republican military man so it's not as if he's ever presented himself as particularly left wing or as it relates to this issue or had an aversion to US-ian government institutions that promote US-ian interests. I just think he's so ardently anti-Bush, etc, and such a partisan Democrat, that people overlook the fact that he's moderate in a US sense, somewhat conservative in Canadian eyes. I think the major problem with Kos is that he's simplistic. If anyone were to read his diaries, and compare that to the other major contributors, well lets just say that there isn't much of a comparison. Usually all he does is quote some information, and has a few somewhat predictable replies.

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Originally posted by Vansterdam Kid:
First off, 'interesting' source.

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He, like many Americans, is a citizen that became disenchanted, and he matured. When presented with new facts and insights into his government and military he changes his mind on the issues. Isn't that what a citizen is supposed to do?
Is there a rule somewhere that states a person has to deny the facts and stick with a position and be loyal to a political perseptive their whole life no matter what evidence is presented?

Thank goodness he was in the military and worked for the CIA I say, it gives him insight and perspective he can share with other citizens. I don't think he should be condemned and demonised, he should be encouraged to share his insight so we can all get a better, factual understanding how things worked.

Thank goodness there are citizens that are engaged, attempting to keep their governments acountable.

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Originally posted by HUAC:
Kos and DU have been rather thoroughly outed as being under the manipulative control of some "people". I spent a little time at Kos a couple of years ago; there was more channelling going on than in the tunnel between England and France. Walk away.

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Agreed. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest and in fact, he still may be an asset. Disclosure: I was in Army Intelligence (spare the jokes, I've heard them all ) and take it from me, you can leave Intel, you can leave the DIA (up to a point) but you never completely leave the CIA. You carry with you certain legal obligations your entire life. And for him to say he'd have no problem working for them again??? Well.

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Originally posted by Américain Égalitaire:
This doesn't surprise me in the slightest and in fact, he still may be an asset. Disclosure: I was in Army Intelligence (spare the jokes, I've heard them all ) and take it from me, you can leave Intel, you can leave the DIA (up to a point) but you never completely leave the CIA. You carry with you certain legal obligations your entire life.

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