well when i came into operation merlin and it had been going for some time before my involvement i was assured of all these safeguards and that it was approved by the highest levels of government. and background on the operation as had been said it was designed to slow down the iranian program to gain a nuclear weapon well during the process all of the safeguards that i was told about turned out to be false. and so i felt that it was going to be actually something that would inhance or speed up the iranian efforts to gain a nuclear weapon as opposed to hamper them so i made the appropriate reach out to individuals within the organization within the cia and i was basically told to shut up and i did eventually go to actually both the senate and house intelligence committees mr sterling in your book that i wanted spy has everything that tale of a career civil servant a minority rising through the ranks at a time where it was almost unbelievable that someone who looked like you could be in the position that you were in establishing yourself and really taking control to also shedding light

jeffrey sterling sterling if you remember help blow the whistle on not only the mysterious operation merlin which involved the united states is dangerous efforts to attack iran's nuclear. program but also he blew the whistle on the institutional racism found within the central intelligence agency we started out by asking him about operation maryland and what role did his whistleblowing play in exposing it as one of the cia's all time great blunders. that well when i came into office and it had been going for some time before my involvement i was assured of all these safeguards and that it was approved by the highest levels of government. and background on the operation as had been said it was designed to slow down the iranian program to gain a nuclear weapon well during the process all of the safeguards that i was told about turned out to be false. and so i felt that it was going to be actually something that would inhance or speed up the iranian efforts to gain a nuclear weapon as opposed to hamper them so i made the appropriate reach out to individuals within the organization within the c

we are off to our next stop merlin. to this day these modern and social housing estates have been hugely influential in architecture and city planning this world heritage site consists of 6 ensembles designed by architects like. punch a hole on the globe b.s. in the 1920 s. . the housing estates were well proportioned had modern furnishings and were affordable marking a historic turning pale. in city planning. the wotton sea is one of europe's largest ecosystems an area of 11500 square kilometers connects germany denmark and the netherlands. rule. this world natural heritage site is a unique habitat for around 10000 different species of plants and wildlife. the ancient beach forests of germany were named unesco world natural heritage site in 2011. they present a fascinating picture of the original european landscapes. due to their remarkable adaptability beech trees spread out across the continent in germany there are just a few untouched beach forests left. 5 areas in germany are part of this cross border world heritag

why is it the russians reportedly had enough information to get a wire on ta merlin talking about it.bi received information there would be a shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. the fbi received a detailed warning at the national call center weeks before the attack. they never forwarded that to the south florida field office, even after that specific threat was linked to an earlier threat that was called in about the same shooter. and get this. the shooter himself even posted on the internet, i am going to be a professional school shooter. if a student rented a billboard with that on it, the fbi if they saw it would suddenly use first amendment free speech to defend their refusal to do anything. and the greatest loss of life was the fbi's handling of the attack on 9/11. there were 12 separate opportunities reported where the fbi could have disrupted the plot and saved 3,000 lives. of course, many referred to organizational deficiencies which is double speak that the fbi for all their talk about law enforcement partners don't play well with them and don't share informatio

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