TLDR: The Narrative that Mike Pompeo is Evil because he tried to or wanted to assassinate Julian Assange started from extremely dubious origins. Researching the origins of the narrative raises some important questions.
Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson came out and stated that "Mike Pompeo tried to have Julian Assange Killed. It's a known fact".
It appears that since then, some people have simply swallowed the narrative whole, gobbling it down without any critical thinking or without any independent research.
Independent research. It's what anons should be specializing in, right? IMO, one is NOT anon simply if one follows or is familiar with Q, or simply if one believes in the Q operation and "the Plan". To be truly anon means to adopt the methods Q exhorted anons to:
Unity is Strength. Unity is Love. Unity is Humanity. Trust yourself. Think for yourself. (Q4462)
Knowledge is power. Think for yourself. Trust yourself. Do due diligence. (Q3662)
Think for yourself. Research for yourself. Trust yourself. (Q3683)
Exclude emotion and personal desire, instead use logic and critical thinking based on situational awareness (Q2381)
Amplification By the Mainstream Media
Anyway, when I heard the statement by Tucker, I felt more than sceptical. After all, Q reinforced their endorsement of Mike Pompeo multiple times. E.g.
See also: Q1122 (Trust Kansas), Q2979,
More importantly, Mike Pompeo worked with DJT to accomplish a lot of work. He was put in place by Trump, worked with Trump. Is it reasonable to think that on one hand, Trump is a 5D chess genius BUT also he put Deep State people in his most important cabinet positions?
Anyway, after listening to Just Human on Defected (https://rumble.com/playlists/Hdp1AQdJ7JI), I decided to dig on the story itself. Here is what I found:
The narrative that Pompeo at the CIA was "investigating ways" (not even actually trying, but just "looking at possibilities") starts from some extremely dodgy, deep state and Anti-Trump authors. It was taken up and promulgated by the Deep State propaganda apparatus, including The Guardian, Reuters, The Independent, etc., and since then, it has been kept alive and given new energy this year in particular.
Here is what the Guardian said:
Mike Pompeo and officials requested ‘options’ for killing Assange following WikiLeaks’ publication of CIA hacking tools, report says
Senior CIA officials during the Trump administration discussed abducting and even assassinating WikiLeaks founder, according to a US report citing former officials.
The discussions on kidnapping or killing Assange took place in 2017, Yahoo News reported..... Mike Pompeo, and his top officials were furious about WikiLeaks’ publication of “Vault 7”.....
So, just here, let's pause. Knowing Q, do you really think that the Trump Administration was "furious about WikiLeaks’ publication of “Vault 7”? Anons know that according to Q, Assange has been under White Hat protection while the Wikileaks organization itself was taken over by deep state Clowns In Action. Q1849, Q1595
Who would have the most interest in smearing Trump, Pompeo and the Trump Administration? Everyone knows that Assange has been the darling of the left, because he represented such an attack on the Establishment. But it was also Assange who declare that he (they, wikileaks) didn't publish any dirt on Trump because "there isn't any".
Given what we know about Seth Rich, Assange, Trump and Q, is there ANY reason to really suspect that DJT or anyone part of his team would want to get rid of Assange?
So, then, what does this story represent? Nothing more than a deployment intended to paint Trump with the smear of 'dirty CIA' (which the Left will use when convenient,. Remember, divide and conquer. The Left have their useful evil enemies (i.e. CIA) and the Right have their useful evil enemies (i.e. Marxists).
But how to smear Trump? By painting Mike Pompeo as an evil CIA director working at Trump's behest, or driven by the obvious corrupt CIA elements. Typically, the 'report' cites officials, former officials, etc, ALL ANONYMOUS...
Think about that.
The Origins of the Narrative
So where, then, did the 'report' actually originate? Yahoo News:
It is true that a report published by Yahoo News in 2021 claimed that, based on the accounts of former unnamed U.S. officials, there had been discussions considering killing Assange, with "senior officials inside the CIA and the Trump administration" even requesting "sketches" or "options" on how to kill him.
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-cia-want-julian-assange-killed-1917171
"former unnamed U.S. officials" speaking to leftist propaganda anti-Trump 'journalists'? Really?
Where did the narrative start?
Sources speaking to Yahoo News called the plans "unhinged and ridiculous," and it was unclear how serious they were, one saying, "It was just Trump being Trump." Trump denied the claim.
(ibid)
Here's where it started
Yahoo News: "Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks" by Zach Dorfman, Sean D. Naylor and Michael Isikoff
So who are these authors?
Zach Dorfman
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/zach-dorfman
His work has appeared in Politico, The Atlantic, Atavist Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, and The Nation, among other publications.
Sean D Naylor
https://www.yahoo.com/author/sean-naylor/
Michael Isikoff
https://www.yahoo.com/author/michael-isikoff/
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency.
This is where it started.
So the question is, is this a legitimate reveal of plans and efforts by evil Mike Pompeo and/or evil Donald Trump to murder Julian Assange? Or is it a smear operation intended to divide and conquer?
Is it an important red-pill truth being revealed by establishment mainstream journalists, or a deployment by anti-Trumpers to add more propaganda showing Orange Man Bad, or for Trump Supporters, to sow seeds of doubt and distrust of Mike Pompeo, who was Trump's right hand man in so many critical international initiatives during 2018 - 2020?
Also, did Trump aka Q+ assign evil Mike Pompeo to the CIA as one of the very first aspects of his Administration (January 2017) as soon as he got in to the White House because ... well, Trump knew the CIA was corrupt and knew that they were deeply involved in the Russia Hoax amongst other things, so, "yeah, what the heck, I should assign an evil Deep State player like Mike Pompeo to the CIA for the first year"?
Or does it make more sense that Trump put Pompeo there to make changes and clean up certain key core sectors in the CIA to disable them and advance the Agenda of the Plan, and that the reports of 'discussions' from anonymous sources are bogus and fabricated?
I think anyone with a solid understanding of Q and Q+, and what has been going on the past 7 years, the answer is pretty obvious. But maybe that's just me.
Tucker Carlson
I like Tucker and I think he is playing a really interesting role in reaching out to a LOT of the middle-stream America and world, with information that they have been unaware of. In other words, Tucker is helping in the work of making the Great Awakening go mainstream.
But his blanket anti-Pompeo statements, promoting what seems obvious to me to be a deep state narrative planted by deep state operatives and promulgated by deep state propaganda organs, make no sense. So I remind myself that no one is perfect, and no one knows everything, and that everyone has their own biases and prejudices.
Personally, I find
the story that Pompeo (Kansas) is trusted deeply by Trump and the White Hats, that he was given a mission to execute at the CIA (which I assume he accomplished, as part of the overall plan), that after that mission he worked very closely with DJT at DJT's state Department to accomplish key diplomatic and other objectives, that after 2021 any strange stuff between Trump and Pompeo are partly kayfabe, that the White Hats have been protecting Assange UNTIL now and that Assange is now being set free as part of an overall plan (timing)
much more credible than
the narrative that Trump was dumb in trusting Pompeo, or that he for some reason put an evil actor in charge of the CIA as one of the first acts of his administration (for some unexplained and unfathomable reason, or to 'expose' evil Pompeo for a whole year and three months ), that Q lied or gave us disinfo when saying "Trust kansas", that somehow Trump managed to accomplish his international objectives even while using a deep state evil Secretary of State (again, for some weird reason, because not only are patriots NOT in control, but even DJT is NOT in control, and in fact has to do whatever the Cabal tells him to? /sarc), and that the CIA wanted to murder Assange but for some reason decided not to, and that three MSM propaganda merchants, including one who wrote a big book about the "harrowing story" of how Putin, Russia interfered with the 2016 election in order to get Trump elected", are disclosing the real truth about either Trump OR Mike Pompeo.
But maybe there is more information here? Did you find OTHER facts that make the second scenario more credible? if you did, put them in the comment section. After all, its really about independent research, thinking for yourself, and not just accepting something because Tucker or Joe Rogan or anyone else said so. Right?
Side Comment
It's natural for anyone who is awake to develop a deep thirst for some form of justice. We all desire it. And, given how long this operation has been going on and all the tensions, disappointments, re-orientations and patience it has required, its understandable that at various points in time, we desire a sense of relief.
Finding someone to hate, despise, and lay obvious blame to, can be cathartic in some cases and can sometimes offer emotional release. But this can also be a vulnerability that disinfo agents and psyop deployments by the Cabal can exploit.
To me, one of the best guards against being manipulated is doing one's own research to check and vet the information that one comes across, and to self-reflect, consider what emotions the information brings up, and to then apply critical thinking while putting the emotions to one side.
EDIT:
Addendum I
Recommended Reading:
Bubble Bursts: Was the entire Assange witchhunt a sting operation against CIA ? Theory submitted for Anon peer review.
https://greatawakening.win/p/17tLFhJg2K/was-the-entire-assange-witchhunt/
u/13Buddha/ : What we FACTUALLY Know About Julian Assange is not Veritas Verum. WikiLeaks IS Veritas Verum
https://greatawakening.win/p/17tLFgDTqD/what-we-factually-know-about-jul/
Well done in actually doing your due diligence, fren!!!
You are right to listen and review this in an attempt to get what was actually said. And, yes, what Trump says is actually inaudible in a key part. But where the audio is lacking, we can examine other factors to gain more information that may help us figure out what's actually being said.
After listening to the clip a few times, I'm confident that the explanation is very obvious and straight forward. So I listened, then began to dig and analyse 3 major aspects. One, the narrative the author of the article poses, and the interpretations that frens here have posited. Two, the speech itself and the context in which it was given. Three, DJT's body language. Finally, I went to the sauce, the transcript to get a final conformation.
Firstly, let's note that the clip comes in the context of someone's already invested interpretation. Let's Look at the article author's contextualization:
The author interprets "live exercise" to mean "this situation is a simulation" and leaps from there. He then interprets DJT's words as being directed towards Pompeo, because the author thinks that Pompeo slipped up. Already the author has switched on the conspiratorial eyeglasses that say "Pompeo is a deep state who 'made a mistake' of calling the pandemic a 'live exercise'" which the Cabal is pretending it is not, so he goofed, and then Trump chastises him".
Does this make sense? Is Trump deep state? Cabal? The incident in question took place in March of 2020. Pompeo was kept as Secretary of State until January 20, 2021, ALL the way through to the end of DJT's administration.
Does it make ANY sense whatsoever that DJT would keep a Cabal henchman as his secretary of state for that period? For what purpose? Does it make any sense that Trump did NOT know a) how the so-called pandemic was caused (release in Wuhan, by evil actors) b) that if it's a so-called "live exercise" aka a pure simulation, that DJT just stood by and let Pompeo's goof up not be held accountable?
It makes no sense. To me, this is a case of someone taking a massive quilt and attempting to stuff it into a small pillow case. The author takes the premise that Pompeo is evil (deep state), that DJT is not in actual charge, and that DJT is actually playing a role like the rest of the deep state, and attempts to stuff that idea ignoring many other factors. The author is not an anon, and does not think Trump is legitimate.
(One factors considering DJT's actions overall is that DJT has to fight on the battlefield presented to him. Even if he knows the 'pandemic' is not 'natural' but man made, and/or not actually that dangerous, he has to still act AS IF IT IS because otherwise, the entire country and population and world under the control of the mass media would attack him relentlessly. He tried to cut through the bullshite by bringing forward Hydroxycholorquine, and look what happened with that. So, Trump has to maneuver as best he can on the playing field he needs to deal with. Same principle applies to why he could not just come out and slam all the vaccines.)
Secondly, some pedes here are positing a slightly different explanation from the author of the article. They are positing that DJT is yes, white hat, yes, in charge, yes, the genius potus running the plan with the white hats, BUT he put in a deep state scumbag as a Sec of State and KEPT HIM THERE for the entire duration of the most critical period for the US and the world - 2020 'pandemic'. And, when Pompeo 'revealed' to the world that the pandemic isn't real and that its their (their = deep state, of who Pompeo must therefore be a part) "live exercise simulation", the only thing Trump says is "you should have let us know...." and that's it. And he continues to stand back behind Pompeo WHO TRUMP himself put in place to give the conference, and let him go on.
That's simply illogical. It does NOT make sense, unless you try to stuff the Evil Pompeo narrative into the pillowcase that ignores too many other factors.
So let's take a revisit of the actual talk.
First, let's look at context. Mike Pompeo is Sec. of State. What's his responsibility? Foreign Policy. International relations. International issues. So why would Pompeo be put forward in this case? Because he is addressing international concerns.
Let's look at the actual speech, and see if it corroborates this point.
Text of clip
"The Chinese Government was the first to know of this this risk to the world, and that puts a special obligation that the data, the data gets to our scientists, our professionals. This is not about retribution. This matter is going forward. We're in a live exercise here... To get this right. We need to make sure that even today the data sets that are available to every country, including data sets that are available..."
"The Chinese Government was the first to know of this this risk to the world, and that puts a special obligation that the data, the data gets to our scientists, our professionals. This is not about retribution. This matter is going forward. We're in a live exercise here... To get this right. We need to make sure that even today the data sets that are available to every country, including data sets that are available..."
Let me break it down, by paraphrasing. The Chinese government was the FIRST to know about this, and they had a SPECIAL OBLIGATION to get the data they had to our scientists, etc. (They should have let us know.) This is not about retribution. (This press conference is not about punishing China for not giving us the data.) This matter is going forward. (The situation is alive and continuing, so we're not coming out and saying this to punish China. That is not what's important NOW. What's important now is that the situation is LIVE. So we need to get the necessary data sets to ALL COUNTRIES..... And that's out priority now, not retribution because China..... failed to let us know.)
Let's now look at DJT's behavior.
"The Chinese Government was the first to know of this this risk to the world (Trump nods, hands clasped, serious), and that puts a special obligation (Trump nods, in agreement) that the data, the data gets to our scientists (DJT looks at Fauci), our professionals (Trump nods, in agreement). This is not about retribution. This matter is going forward. (Trump nods). We're in a live exercise here... (Trump nods, says quietly as an aside, [inaudible] should have let us know)To get this right. We need to make sure that even today the data sets that are available to every country, including data sets that are available..."
Doesn't that make a whole lot more EASY sense that DJT is saying that "CHINA should have let us know"? It fits the context, it fits the actions and body language of Trump, it fits the words that Pompeo is saying.
Ok, yeah sure, if you believe as your gospel that Pompeo is an evil deep state player, then you can try and fit the different factors to suit that belief (narrative), but its a stretch at best. That interpretation contradicts Trump's behavior and body language, and subsequent actions, ignores the context, posits that Trump is either too dumb to realize Pompeo is evil or for some weird, inexplicable reason is keeping an evil person as his right hand man for international relations through 3/4 of his presidency....
I don't mean to be overly critical of pedes who favor that interpretation, but I think there is potentially a good lesson in checking one's own biases and working from bias confirmation. Aks if you are somehow suspicious of Pompeo (for some reason), then you might take SOME of the information presented here and squeeze it to fit that previously held bias or conclusion, instead of looking at ALL the information, including that which does not fit your bias or previous view.
On that note, maybe more context would be convincing....
Here's a short (earlier) clip of the press conference in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCmHlp97YNk
And here is a transcript of the whole thing.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-coronavirus-task-force-march-20-press-conference-transcript-trump-spars-with-reporters-in-fiery-briefing
And here is the section in question, in it's entirety.
Donald Trump: (01:07:15)
Excuse me, we’ll do that in a second. Let Mike-
Sec. Pompeo: (01:07:18)
May I just say one more thing. There’s been some discussion about China and what they knew and when they knew it, and I’ve been very critical. We need to know immediately the world is entitled to know. The Chinese government was the first to know of this risk to the world and that puts a special obligation to make sure that data, the data gets to our scientists, our professionals. This is not about retribution. This matters going forward. We’re in a live exercise here. To get this right. We need to make sure that even today the datasets that are available to every country, including datasets that are available to the Chinese communist party are made available to the whole world. It’s an imperative to keep people safe. We talk about the absence of datasets, not being able to make judgments about what to do.
Sec. Pompeo: (01:08:02)
This is absolutely, this transparency, this realtime information sharing isn’t about political games or retribution. It’s about keeping people safe. And so when you see a delay in information flowing from the Chinese communist party to the technical people who we wanted to get into China immediately to assist in this, every moment of delay connected to being able to identify this risk vectors, creates risks to the people all around the world. And so this is why it’s not about blaming someone for this. This is about moving forward to make sure that we continue to have the information we need to do our jobs.
See? Given ALL the different data points, personally, I think it's clear and obvious. Aka DJT is NOT giving an aside warning a deep state Pompeo that he's made some mistake, that he should have let "us" know (who is "us" here, btw?) and, by the way, "you are evil". This is DJT dropping an aside saying "The CHINESE should have let us know.
("us" here is the United States government under Donald J Trump)
wwg1wga
This is the kind of analysis that should not have to be done, BUT must be done with these kinds of ‘social media indictments’.
Anons need to be more discerning when it comes to applying the “white hat - black hat” monikers. 100% like what your analysis clarifies … what sense would it make to keep Pompeo as SoS believing he is dirty … if he is dirty? It doesn't. That is ridiculous. So now, at least half our community questions Pompeo, and by extension, Trumps competence, based on some junior varsity mental gymnastics.
Anons frustrating anons 😂😂😂
I hate to come across overly critical or even harsh when I write, because more often than not it simply elicits and emotionally charged kickback, but frankly, you are 100% right and I am finding it harder and harder NOT to just come out and slam the (stupid, in my opinion) dumb ideas and idiotic twists of logic that some of our community do in order to make dumb disinformation deployments palatable to their own thinking.
No one likes to be called dumb. But frankly, too many people are NOT thinking critically with their reason and mental powers and instead are just whacking off to emotional stimulants where X is evil, I don't trust Y, [Key Player] is suspicious.
Too many make themselves willing victims of pysop attacks on our community that are facilitated by deployments of disinfo, illogical doubt sowing, etc.
Anons frustrating anons 😂😂😂
"junior varsity mental gymnastics"
Eloquent. Kek. El-o-quently put.
anyway, now that I've had my little rant, just wanna say, I really appreciate the feedback and comment. It's encouraging and on target, too, imo. TY