Johnson was at the CIA for less than four years--one of which was for training. He was a desk jockey.
He then got shipped to the State Department, where it sounds like he worked as a glorified (by himself) claims adjuster.That's all nice to know. Does any of that negate my previous comment? He is still the idiot who said that Americans were putting too much emphasis on terrorism right before 9/11 and if his intelligence level is representative...well, my statement stands.
And you
really have to ask yourself...
why in the world would the CIA allow a person with such minimal training and experience to put out such a stupid statement/article?
Sounds like a diversion tactic to me, but I'm rather eccentric so you may see things differently.
BIG DUH on their part! They, and he, rightly deserve to be lambasted.
You might also view my previous reply as somewhat "tongue-in-cheek", as in "just being a cheeky fellow". Your call.
"And you really have to ask yourself...why in the world would the CIA allow a person with such minimal training and experience to put out such a stupid statement/article?"
Johnson hasn't seen the inside of the CIA since 1989.
He has played upon his less than four year stint there (he calls it his career) to get media attention.
He hates America and its intelligence agencies. So the media is more than happy to print his ravings and give him face time on TV.