I don’t know for sure what the deal is with Prigozhin. I was actually surprised Putin has allowed him to get away so far with saying the things he has. But it seems obvious at this point that Prigo has gone rogue. Don’t know if he was bought off by CIA money or in cahoots with the Russian oligarchs. Maybe both.
I do not agree the CIA is funding or doing anything with him.
You give the intel community too much credit.
Check my profile. I was in the Air Force for 22 years. Spent half that time in various intelligence agencies, including Defense Intelligence Agency (DoD CIA) and NSA CSS support. Some of these guys are dumb as a box of rocks. The rest spend most of their time doing studies and reading wire traffic. That wire traffic was like an early version of Free Republic. Lots and lots of opinion with a little news thrown in.
If you ever saw the Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood, none of them are like that in the dark red light director, Dragon, like they like to pretend.