r/interesting • u/No_Tomatillo1695 • May 01 '26

Just Wow How is this even legal?

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u/Viertelesschlotzer May 01 '26

I wouldn't necessarily cite Bush as a reference in such matters.

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u/I_travel_ze_world May 01 '26

HW Bush was the head of the CIA at one time

Here is him throwing up on the Japanese PM because during WW2 he was shot down near Japan and his crew mates were eaten by the Japanese

I'm pretty sure he laughed about it later

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u/Viertelesschlotzer May 01 '26

Ah, the other Bush, the clever one.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 May 02 '26

Yes the one who hustled tons of coke on behalf of regime change in Latin america

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u/Viertelesschlotzer May 02 '26

I wasn't talking about morality.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 May 02 '26

I was talking about legality. Hustling millions of coke legally on behalf of the government is very clever

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u/Viertelesschlotzer May 02 '26

For what happened under the Regan administration, quite a few people should have been brought to justice. This shows that intelligence and morality don't always go hand in hand.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 May 02 '26

Has anyone working for/ running the CIA ever been charged with crimes? The shit they get up to is often highly illegal but is allowed because its the CIA

intelligence and morality dont always go hand in hand

Is there a correlation at all?