The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on personnel https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/personnel/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on personnel: 2 verbatim quotes from August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:27 +0000 Dearlove says CIA deputy director Tom Sylvester was denied the London post for insufficient MAGA loyalty. https://minutesof.com/q/de5cb4a9-b608-45d4-a3d0-5e5243670dec/ https://minutesof.com/q/de5cb4a9-b608-45d4-a3d0-5e5243670dec/ “Think the previous or departing DDA, that's the head of the operational bid of the CIA, I think it was called Tom Sylvester, who should have finished his career in London has been denied the job and has retired because it wasn't clear that he was a sort of uncritical mega Republican supporter.” — Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 personnel Dearlove reveals CIA's deputy director for operations Tom Sylvester was denied the London posting over politic https://minutesof.com/q/a82447a5-4265-41ce-ab1d-78211814af95/ https://minutesof.com/q/a82447a5-4265-41ce-ab1d-78211814af95/ “the previous or departing DDA, that's the head of the operational bid of the CIA, I think it was called Tom Sylvester, who should have finished his career in London has been denied the job and has retired because it wasn't clear that he was a sort of uncritical mega Republican supporter.” — Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 personnel