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What levels did you three serve at? Asking this question to better understand your context when you say you worked in intelligence. Are we talking tactical, operational or strategic levels? Did you serve at the regimental level and above or what was your highest level?

For the record, an E-3 can serve in Intel and know absolutely nothing about anything.

It's important to your audience that you describe your P & A, within the military (in a very general, unclass sense) so your audience understands what perspectives you're providing information and context from.

I don't doubt that you guys know what you're talking about in many aspects. Thank you for providing that background info.

I do agree with a couple points others have said. The majority of the people you're interacting with on this reddit feed probably don't have any context of the information you've provided about yourselves and your background. They are likely to assume that you're all "in the know" for myriad topics ranging from policy to politics. And we know this is not the case.

I think it's cool you're willing to discuss your opinions about certain topics but I would be aware of how that could come across to those individuals who know no different. Perhaps consider underscoring some of your replies are simply your own opinions prior to answering the questions, as though you're speaking on behalf of an enterprise.

I'm telling you this because some of your answers sound as though you're claiming them as a matter of fact even though we both know you have a limited perspective on some of these topics.

Just offering you constructive criticism. I wish the best for your podcast.

Do you think the CIA would ever publicly, openly admit that torture does work?

I only say that because if torture does work, no government possesses the political capital to survive the fallout from the international community if they were to come out and publicly announce torture's effectiveness.

Here's the politically incorrect answer;

Torture can be an effective tool for achieving results however many factors determine its usefulness and every opportunity presents unique factors that must first be considered, particularly when determining the timing and veracity of the information gathered.