Tucker Carlson: “By 2015, the CIA's public budget had risen to $15 billion…”

“The United States knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. It was all lies. But in Washington, failure is seen as success and rewarded. By 2015, the CIA's public budget had risen to $15 billion, 500% higher than it was in the mid-1990s. when they were fighting for post Cold War relevance. And by the way, that's simply the public budget. Much of CIA's funding remains classified. The FBI was also rewarded for failing to protect America.” (24:50–24:59)

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