Dearlove asserts Russia has never experienced a coup, only revolutions throughout its history.
“Historically, there's never been a coup in Russia. There have been revolutions, there haven't been coups.”
Dearlove says there has been a shocking purge of senior CIA officers based on loyalty to MAGA republicanism.
“I think rather shockingly, been a purge of senior officers on the basis of the degree of their loyalty to mega republicanism.”
Dearlove reveals CIA's deputy director for operations Tom Sylvester was denied the London posting over political loyalty concerns.
“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.”