Top CIA Official Posts Palestinian Flag Image to Facebook—Two Weeks After Hamas Terror Attacks

We don’t need to guess where this top CIA official’s loyalties lie, because she’s telling us herself by posting a pro-Palestinian image to Facebook just two weeks after the horrific Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7 and while the U.S. president was in Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the Financial Times, the unnamed associate deputy director changed her profile picture on October 21 to this photo of a man waving a Palestinian flag.

One former agent did not approve of the posts…

"The public posting of an obviously controversial political statement by a senior analytic manager in the middle of a crisis shows glaringly poor judgment,” said one former intelligence official, who added that some intelligence community members were concerned that the post expressed a bias that could undermine the analysis directorate.

FT did not name the analyst because "the intelligence agency expressed concern about her safety." They did, however, opine that social media posts like this from intelligence analysts are not the usual practice…

The flag image was reportedly taken in 2015 and has been used in news stories and opinion pieces criticizing Israel’s policies in Gaza and the West Bank.

One former agent did not approve of the posts. The CIA naturally tried to downplay the situation. Personal views are one thing, but when a CIA officer undermines the president of the United States while he is overseas, it's reprehensible.

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Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s Sharp-Witted Right-Hand Man, Passes at 99

Charlie Munger, an investment genius who eventually became Warren Buffett’s right-hand man at Berkshire Hataway, the multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, died peacefully at age 99 Tuesday at California hospital.

Munger, who in 1978 rose to the position of vice chairman at the investment giant, would have turned 100 on New Year’s Day.

Munger was something of a renaissance man and had other interests outside Berkshire Hathaway: he was also a real estate attorney, chairman and publisher of the Daily Journal Corp., a member of the Costco board, a philanthropist, and an architect. His net worth was estimated at $2.3 billion, which is a tidy sum but nowhere near the size of Buffett's $100 billion fortune.

In a 2019 interview with CNBC, Munger taught us how to lead a happy life:

You don’t have a lot of envy, you don’t have a lot of resentment, you don’t overspend your income, you stay cheerful in spite of your troubles. You deal with reliable people and you do what you’re supposed to do. And all these simple rules work so well to make your life better. And they’re so trite. And staying cheerful ... because it’s a wise thing to do. Is that so hard? And can you be cheerful when you’re absolutely mired in deep hatred and resentment? Of course you can’t. So why would you take it on?

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