James O’Keefe’s recent release through his platform, O’Keefe Media Group, has sparked significant controversy with allegations against the CIA. The video features Amjad Fseisi, identified as a former CIA contractor, who claims that the agency withheld information from former President Donald Trump and continues to monitor him.
BREAKING – EXPOSING THE CIA: “So the agencies kind of, like, all got together and said, we’re not gonna tell Trump…Director of the CIA would keep [information from Trump]…” A project manager working in Cyber Operations for the @CIA and an @NSAGov contractor with top-secret… pic.twitter.com/TXq8ZjJEBq
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) May 1, 2024
Fseisi is recorded stating that intelligence agencies conspired not to inform Trump about certain sensitive matters, labeling him as potentially compromised by Russia. He suggests that these actions were part of a broader reluctance within the intelligence community to fully brief Trump, implying a systemic issue of distrust and political bias within these agencies.
According to O’Keefe, the implications of these allegations are profound, suggesting a breach of the expected impartiality within the U.S. intelligence services. Fseisi’s claims include ongoing surveillance and intelligence manipulation, which, if true, could point to serious ethical and legal violations.
The CIA has strongly denied these allegations, maintaining their stance as an apolitical entity focused on foreign intelligence. They refuted claims of domestic surveillance and emphasized their role in providing unbiased intelligence support to all policymakers, including the President.
A CIA spokesperson released a statement:
“These claims about CIA are absolutely false and ridiculous. CIA is a resolutely apolitical institution that provides intelligence support to policymakers including the President of the United States, irrespective of who occupies the office. We are a foreign intelligence focused Agency and do not monitor the former President. The individual making these allegations is a former contractor who does not represent CIA.”
In the video which was taken last week, the CIA official waves his intelligence community green badge. Green Badges are specifically hired for those contracted by the agency. Kash Patel, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence, said “An individual possessing a contractor Green badge is only allowed to lawfully possess it while official employed as a contractor to the intelligence community. Upon any termination, credentials are returned to the home agency and destroyed immediately.”
When confronted by O’Keefe after the release of the video, Fseisi appeared to backtrack, showing reluctance to confirm his previous statements or his association with the CIA
O’Keefe has stated that this is only part one of this new release, and that more is coming soon.