Via Truthout: Former CIA Agent Reveals Bush-Era Effort to Smear War Critic Juan Cole

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: "Former top CIA counter terrorism officer Glenn Carle has revealed the Bush administration sought damaging personal information on Juan Cole, an academic and prominent critic of the Iraq war, in an attempt to discredit him. Carle says the Bush White House made at least two requests for intelligence about Cole, whose blog 'Informed Comment' rose to prominence after the Iraq invasion. Carle refused to carry out the request. In a joint interview, Carle and Cole join us to discuss the explosive revelation and why Cole is now calling for a congressional investigation."

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