John Kiriakou shares how the CIA put a prisoner in a coffin with a box of cockroaches
John Kiriakou: But on August the 1st, 2002, George Tenet went to the White House and he asked the president, for reasons that have never been made clear, he asked the president to turn over primacy to the CIA.
"...the CIA director Robert Mueller, to his credit, he knew exactly what was going to come."
"Not only withdrew FBI personnel from the secret site, he withdrew FBI personnel from the country that the secret site was in."
"And within 12 hours, the CIA began to torture Abu Zubayda. He went completely silent and remained silent."
"...we're putting him in a coffin, and we heard that he had this irrational fear of bugs, so we pour a box of cockroaches on him in the coffin and close up the coffin."
"And we would open it up every couple days to change his diaper and give him food, and he went nuts."
"And so finally, the White House turns everything back over to the FBI. And then the CIA comes back in again and starts torturing him again and screwed it all up."
Jesse Watters CHALLENGES Abdul El-Sayed on ICE — Then Their Debate Explodes Over Wind Turbines in Lake Michigan
Jesse Watters: You want to abolish ICE. Who’s going to deport criminal aliens?
Abdul El-Sayed: Before ICE, we had INS. We enforced immigration laws without shooting people in the face and the back of the head.
Jesse Watters: That’s a dodge. Do you know how many illegal immigrants are in the country now?
Abdul El-Sayed: We had far fewer when we had INS. It worked better.
Jesse Watters: We have twice as many now. You need the manpower.
Abdul El-Sayed: We have ICE now and far more undocumented people, so clearly it isn’t working.
Jesse Watters: What about the man from Southeast Asia who molested a child? ICE just picked him up. You want him to stay in Michigan?
Abdul El-Sayed: I’m glad he was picked up. But that doesn’t prove INS couldn’t have done the same thing. You’re playing a bureaucratic game.
Jesse Watters: That’s because Biden didn’t blow open the border back then.
Abdul El-Sayed: When I travel across Michigan, people ask how they’ll afford gas and groceries. They’re not asking me about immigration.
Jesse Watters: Let’s talk about the Green New Deal. Do you drive an electric car?
Abdul El-Sayed: I drive an American-made plug-in hybrid. But the bigger issue is the trade war with Canada, which could make cars more expensive.
Jesse Watters: You want to get rid of gas-powered cars. That’s what the Green New Deal says.
Abdul El-Sayed: I’m not defending the Green New Deal. I’m asking if you oppose reducing energy costs and creating jobs in Michigan.
Jesse Watters: I don’t want windmills in Lake Michigan.
Abdul El-Sayed: We already have an oil pipeline in the Great Lakes. If it bursts, the consequences could be disastrous. You’d rather risk that than have wind turbines?
Jesse Watters: Those windmills are
Abdul El-Sayed: I’m not saying we should get rid of fossil fuels.
Mary J. Blige thinks fans should leave if they don’t like her show… but if people paid for tickets, don’t they have the right to boo?
Mary J. Blige is making headlines after confronting a fan who booed her during her Las Vegas residency.
The singer called the fan an idiot and said they should be politely removed from the venue, questioning why someone would pay to attend her show just to disrespect her.
While some people believe Mary had every right to defend herself, others may argue that celebrities should handle criticism differently.
One commentator weighed in, saying she understood Mary’s frustration but questioned whether the situation could have been handled more professionally.
Mary made it clear that she wasn’t going to tolerate someone disrupting her performance.
If you pay for a concert ticket, does that give you the right to boo the artist when you don’t like the show, or should you simply leave?
Mary J. Blige thinks fans should leave if they don’t like her show… but if people paid for tickets, don’t they have the right to boo?
Mary J. Blige is making headlines after confronting a fan who booed her during her Las Vegas residency.
The singer called the fan an idiot and said they should be politely removed from the venue, questioning why someone would pay to attend her show just to disrespect her.
While some people believe Mary had every right to defend herself, others may argue that celebrities should handle criticism differently.
One commentator weighed in, saying she understood Mary’s frustration but questioned whether the situation could have been handled more professionally.
Mary made it clear that she wasn’t going to tolerate someone disrupting her performance.
If you pay for a concert ticket, does that give you the right to boo the artist when you don’t like the show, or should you simply leave?
Bernie Sanders says Trump’s attacks on Abdul El-Sayed are about more than just religion.
Bernie Sanders: “ In my view, Donald Trump is the most dangerous president in the history of our country. He is an authoritarian who does not believe in the Constitution or the rule of law, and he makes no apologies for that.
A few weeks ago, he was at a rally and he says, you know what? I can do anything I want to do. I’m the president. Well, obviously, he has not read the Constitution, but that is what he believes.
Trump is an embarrassment, I think to all parents in this country because he is a pathological liar. You know, we try to teach our kids to be honest, this guy lies every single day. I doubt that he knows the difference between the truth and a lie.
Trump is an extreme narcissist. I am not a psychiatrist, but it is not hard to figure that one out. He thinks the whole world centers around him”
Amanda Seyfried says Paramount still owes her money as Mean Girls T-shirts featuring her face continue to sell decades later.
While chatting with Adam Brody, Seyfried admitted she rarely rewatches the 2004 comedy, even though it still plays everywhere.
Adam Brody: “Have you rewatched Mean Girls?”
Amanda Seyfried: “No, I haven’t. It’s on often, though. And you know what? I love it. I really love seeing my face on people’s T-shirts.”
“I’m a little resentful because Paramount still owes me some money.”
Adam Brody: “Oh, yeah? For the T-shirts?”
Amanda Seyfried: “Every store sells Mean Girls T-shirts with our faces. And I’m like, was it because I was 17 and dumb?”
“And I’m like, ‘Great! I was seven. I had nothing to do with it.’”
Piers Morgan ERUPTS at a Panelist Defending Dylan Mulvaney — “Who Are You to Tell Us What a Woman Is?”
Piers Morgan: My problem is that Dylan Mulvaney is making a fortune while seemingly mocking women and womanhood.
Female Panelist: Exactly. The new song reduces women to shopping, medication, laziness, and being obsessed with men. As a woman, I don’t relate to that. It feels like a mockery of womanhood.
James: It’s appalling to give credibility to someone mocking women. Dylan Mulvaney isn’t an example of women.
Piers Morgan: Are you insane? Who are you to tell us what a woman is? You’re a man!
Brandon: Dylan speaks to a generation you don’t understand.
Piers Morgan: I’ll use the pronouns Dylan prefers, but Dylan isn’t a biological woman. My issue is making millions while mocking womanhood.
Brandon: You’re misunderstanding how difficult it can be to discover your identity as a woman.
Piers Morgan: I think Dylan is reveling in mocking womanhood.
Female Panelist: I don’t see Dylan as a woman. I see someone caricaturing womanhood.
Jane Leeves admits she feels guilty about the Frasier fat suit but says body-shaming was so normalized back then that nobody questioned it.
Speaking with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Leeves reflected on the decision to put her character, Daphne Moon, in a fat suit during her pregnancy storyline.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: “Was there anything specific that you had a hard time writing about?”
Jane Leeves: “Yeah, the pregnancy, when they put me in the fat suit. Those were different times, but it became sort of quite controversial.”
“You go to an award show and you’d look at pictures of you the next day saying, ‘Oh, too thin.’ It was just sort of normalized.”
“I do feel guilt about that whole fat suit thing. But at the time, it was just normalized.”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: “I don’t know if you would have even had enough agency as an actor to say, ‘I don’t want this.’”
Jane Leeves: “I’m so grateful to be here. These people are such geniuses, these writers. I’m not going to question them.”
“I don’t think anyone thought about those kinds of things back then because it was normalized. It was normalized to comment. Which it isn’t now, thank goodness for our young people.”
Jennie from BLACKPINK says she would confront a boyfriend for checking out her roommate, but first, she weighs in on a dating red flag that many women can relate to.
During a conversation with Willa Bennett, Jennie discussed what it means when a man constantly updates his Facebook status but takes hours to reply to texts.
The conversation then shifted to whether a woman should confront her boyfriend after catching him checking out her roommate, with Jennie insisting that the situation should be addressed.
They also discussed jealousy, self-love, and trust, with Jennie emphasizing the importance of knowing your worth and building trust in a relationship.
But would you confront your boyfriend if you caught him checking out your roommate, or would you consider it a sign to walk away?
Conan O’Brien says Bill Maher got paid $17,000 to make a room full of toddlers miserable
Conan O’Brien: “ I will say that whenever I’m in a restaurant or any situation where there’s like a little kid, I mean like a toddler, I go to town and work hard on making that kid laugh.”
“ I’m very proud of the fact that kids who don’t know who I am, they have they just see me as this tall, strange-looking woman. I really work hard on making them giggle and try to break through. I think that’s the true test.”
Sona Movsesian: “ Yeah. I think you would be a good writer. ”
Conan O’Brien: “ You know who isn’t good at that? Bill Maher. ”
“Hey, kid! Hey, kid!”
Jennie from BLACKPINK says she would confront a boyfriend for checking out her roommate, but first, she weighs in on a dating red flag that many women can relate to.
During a conversation with Willa Bennett, Jennie discussed what it means when a man constantly updates his Facebook status but takes hours to reply to texts.
The conversation then shifted to whether a woman should confront her boyfriend after catching him checking out her roommate, with Jennie insisting that the situation should be addressed.
They also discussed jealousy, self-love, and trust, with Jennie emphasizing the importance of knowing your worth and building trust in a relationship.
But would you confront your boyfriend if you caught him checking out your roommate, or would you consider it a sign to walk away?
Piers Morgan Puts Nick Fuentes on the Spot Over the Holocaust — His Answer Takes an Unexpected Turn
Piers Morgan: How many Jewish people do you think died in the Holocaust?
Nick Fuentes: Maybe seven million. Six or seven million?
Piers Morgan: So you concede that six million Jews died?
Nick Fuentes: Possibly more. I’m open to believing the official narrative, but I don’t agree with imprisoning people for questioning it.
Piers Morgan: The evidence shows that at least six million Jews were murdered. Do you concede that number?
Nick Fuentes: I said it could be higher.
Piers Morgan: Should Holocaust denial laws be overturned?
Nick Fuentes: I don’t agree with them. People shouldn’t be imprisoned for speech.
Jennifer Lawrence says she spoke up when unapproved crew members were present during her nude scenes to protect younger actresses.
Jennifer Lawrence: “I’m definitely, I speak up more because I’m also aware of the place that I have in the industry.”
“There was an instance on set where crew members who weren’t approved, when I was doing nudity, were on set.”
“If we’re not setting that kind of principle at the level at which we’re doing it right now, then what on earth is going to happen to an 18-year-old unknown?”
“She’s going to be in a position like, do I say something and get a reputation for being difficult? Or do I just let these people that I’m not comfortable with see me naked?”
CIA agent, John Kiriakou reveals how MI6’s number 4 traitor escaped through a bathroom window and into a coffin.
Chris Williamson: Do you know how Philby got rumbled?
John Kiriakou: Yeah, the CIA was able to develop a source inside the KGB that said, "Hey listen, this Brit Philby, this guy's a problem. He's been with us since the thirties." And so Philby was tipped off. He happened to be at a Christmas party at the home of the British ambassador to Lebanon.
“He got a signal that he had been made, and he excused himself to go to the bathroom. He climbed out the window, made his way to the Soviet embassy, they put him in a coffin, and shipped him to Moscow. And days later, he just shows up at a press conference in Moscow saying, "I'm a communist. I've always been a communist. Long live the Soviet Union."
Chris Williamson: Wow.
John Kiriakou: The number four in MI6.
Chris Williamson: And he lived out the rest of his days in...
John Kiriakou: In fact, he became a lecturer in the KGB training center.
Chris Williamson: Fuck me.
Adam Brody reveals why becoming famous on The O.C. was easier before social media and Amanda Seyfried says doing what’s right today means “hiding in a bunker.”
Amanda pointed out that 2003 was a pivotal year for both of them. She graduated and starred in Mean Girls, while Adam became a teen heartthrob almost overnight on The O.C.
Amanda Seyfried: “And then you became kind of like a pop star overnight. So I can’t imagine that was easy.”
Adam Brody: “It was.”
Amanda Seyfried: “It was?.”
“We were in a bubble. It was pre-social media. I can’t imagine it now. Now seems like an incredible responsibility where you could fuck your whole life up in one second.”
“I’m really impressed and proud of some of these kids who have these huge platforms. Some of them are brave and do what’s right.”
Amanda Seyfried: “I think doing what’s right is just hiding in a bunker.”
Adam Brody: “Well, that’s safer.”
“I didn’t feel mobbed, I didn’t feel pressure. I really didn’t. I was like, it’s kind of no different to me.”