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Former CIA agent and Georgetown University professor John Gentry, who served at the agency from 1978 to 1990, claims the CIA underwent mass politicization during the Obama administration, it was reported.

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Former Agent: CIA Politicized Leftward During Obama

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Former CIA agent and Georgetown University professor John Gentry, who served at the agency from 1978 to 1990, claims the CIA underwent mass politicization during the Obama administration, Just the News reported.

In his new book, "Neutering the CIA: Why U.S. Intelligence Versus Trump Has Long-Term Consequences," Gentry details that the leftward shift in the intelligence agency occurred with the hiring of Democrat activists.

Gentry traces the roots of the CIA's politicization back to the 1990s, under the tenure of CIA analyst Robert Gates, who later served as defense secretary for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. According to Gentry, Gates was responsible for skewing agency reports to align with the political narratives of elected officials, as reported by The Washington Times.

The former CIA agent asserts that the Obama administration made significant changes to the agency, which he believes were designed to align with Obama's political agenda.

Obama and his appointees, Gentry writes, "made and institutionalized significant changes, largely by creating new structures, policies, and incentives designed to alter organizational cultures in ways congruent with Obama's political agenda."

Gentry goes further to label the CIA as a "center of partisan political activity." He argues that this political shift became particularly evident during the 2016 election, highlighting the embrace of the Christopher Steele dossier, which has since been discredited.

Gentry warns of the long-term implications of such politicization within the intelligence community, stating, "While activists tried hard to keep
observers' focus on Trump and his exceptionalism, the preponderance of evidence points strongly to the continued existence of a politicized [intelligence community] that will cause problems for years to come - long after Trump has left the political scene."

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1. Obama provided aid and comfort to the enemy by releasing five suspected terrorists and former members of the Taliban who participated in or orchestrated attacks against Americans.

2. Obama violated a law he signed six months prior requiring him to notify Congress 30 days before releasing GITMO detainees.

3. Obama willfully and repeatedly violated Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution by continuously amending the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

4. Obama knowingly and willfully violated Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution by signing the ACA, knowing full well it was a bill for raising revenue that had originated in the Senate.

5. Obama engaged in fraud by repeatedly lying to the American people about the effects of the ACA by claiming that Americans could keep their current coverage and physicians if they chose.

6. Obama exercised an abuse of power by instructing, through his proxies, agents of the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative organizations and his critics for extra scrutiny and audits.

7. Obama participated in an obstruction of justice and a criminal conspiracy by hindering a Congressional investigation into the Internal Revenue Service targeting scandal and using Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice in that obstruction.

8. Obama provided aid and comfort to the enemy by ordering or allowing the sale of arms and ammunition to al-Qaida-linked terrorists in Syria and by dispatching agents of the government to advise and train in the use of the those weapons and in military tactics.

9. Obama failed, despite repeated requests by the U.S. Consulate, to provide the security necessary to ensure the safety of U.S. personnel and the Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

10. Obama knowingly and willfully denied military assistance to Americans under attack at the Benghazi Consulate, resulting in the trashing of the U.S. Consulate building, the theft of sensitive documents and the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

11. Obama knowingly and willfully lied and ordered his proxies to lie about the circumstances surrounding the attack on the U.S Consulate in Benghazi, thereby perpetrating a fraud on the American people in order to ensure his re-election and to cover up his illegal gun running operation.

12. Obama violated the War Powers Act by failing to gain Congressional approval for the military attack on Libya that resulted in the overthrow of the Libyan regime.

13. Obama provided aid and comfort to the enemy by using the American military and intelligence organizations and allowing the sale of arms and ammunition to al-Qaida-linked terrorists in order to assist them in overthrowing a legal regime in Libya that Congress had not declared war upon.

14. Obama has repeatedly made war on various Middle Eastern countries with the use of drone attacks without the approval of Congress in violation of the War Powers Act and in violation of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

15. Obama has ordered the murders of at least three American citizens without due process in violation of Amendments 5, 6, 8 and 14.

16. Obama has repeatedly used the Environmental Protection Agency to contravene Congress and pass laws harmful to American businesses and consumers, in violation of Article I, Section 1.

17. Obama has repeatedly violated the 4th Amendment by allowing agencies under his direction to continue to spy upon, wiretap and collect personal information of American citizens who are not criminal suspects.

18. Obama has repeatedly violated Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution by disregarding laws passed by Congress, including, but not limited to, U.S. immigration laws, civil rights laws and the Defense of Marriage Act.

19. Obama knowingly allowed the illegal sale of weapons to Mexican narco- terrorists that were later used to kill Americans, including border agent Brian Terry.

20. Obama obstructed justice by participating with Attorney General Holder in a cover-up of the Fast and Furious gun running scheme.

21. Obama knowingly and willfully violated Article IV, Section 4 by failing to protect the border States against invasion, and in fact encouraged that invasion through his rhetoric and with the use of executive orders that contravened U.S. immigration law.

22. Obama knowingly and willfully violated Article IV, Section 4 (guaranteeing a republican form of government to each State) by strong-arming, intimidating and threatening to withhold funds from the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, Rhode Island and Arizona in order to coerce the people and legislatures of those States and prevent the passage of laws according to the citizen's wishes.

23. Obama instructed his Interior Secretary to ignore the orders of Federal courts to lift a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which denied oil workers an opportunity to earn a living and damaged the U.S. economy.

24. Obama broke established precedent and contravened established bankruptcy law, to the detriment of the bond holders and the advantage of his campaign contributors (auto unions) in the General Motors bailout.
In the auto bailout, he knowingly and willfully deprived numerous auto dealers of their dealerships for political reasons in violation of Amendments 4 and 14.

25. Obama repeatedly transferred funds from the U.S. Treasury to his cronies and campaign contributors for use in failing green energy schemes.

26. Obama violated Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution by appointing officers without first obtaining the "Advice and Consent of the Senate."

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