[Clutch Martin]

And then ambassadors have access to intelligence? Why? they’re just ambassadors. I can understand intelligence sharing between intelligence services but not ambassadors They really don’t have the need to know anything except diplomatic stuff and statesmanship and other such glad-handing and back-slapping information.

[thinden]

And then ambassadors have access to intelligence? Why? they’re just ambassadors. I can understand intelligence sharing between intelligence services but not ambassadors They really don’t have the need to know anything except diplomatic stuff and statesmanship and other such glad-handing and back-slapping information.

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wonder what would chris stevens have to say about that?

[liberalh8ter]

Christopher Stephens comes to mind. I’m thinking ambassadors do a lot more than we think they do.

[Jumper]

When I performed IT in the foreign service in posts abroad, the ambassador or consulate general was given distribution on nearly everything.

This is an entirely different situation.