Langley, Virginia, USA, Bob Archer

Earlier today I finished an interview with the CIA director of the United States, Bob Archer. I could tell from the interview that he truly cared about his country and wanted to protect and serve it. He also seemed frustrated with the criticism of the CIA, which I will get to later. He began telling me that the CIA is different than the stereotypical thought of what they actually do. This stereotypical thought is that they know of most of the threats going against the US and that they were behind most of the killings of high officers. He told me that they only focus on possible dangers that are clear and present, and plus they wouldn't have the money to do that either. He then started to tell me about how the Chinese hid the outbreak of the disease. The Chinese started war threats, the assassination of the PRC defense minister, and crackdowns. These were started just to distract from what was actually was happening and it worked. Everyone blamed the CIA for not knowing what was going on and the disease. Many people left the CIA, and the only people that were left were slouchers, and people who really cared about the US. He tried to inform his coworkers to look into, but it just never got done. I think it was not his fault because the Chinese created a good distraction from what was happening to know what was going on. He said before that the CIA only looks at the present possible dangers, and he's not going to notice the disease when all these threats and killing is going on. All the dead people there was explained by all the issues going on in China. In all, I learned a lot about what the CIA is all about and how the Chinese distracted their disease. That's it for my interview with Bob Archer.