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Central Intelligence Agency

also referred to as: cia

9 statements across 8 episodes · 0 bullish · 6 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 5, 2022 by David Sacks · said 129 times in 59 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (71), David Sacks (21), Chamath Palihapitiya (8), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (5), Tulsi Gabbard (3), Jeffrey Sachs (3), Tim Dillon (2), Sagar Enjeti (2)

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2022 19 mentions in 12 episodes 2 per episode
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Mar 5, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: 2014 removal of Yanukovych was a US-backed coup
“They had this basically pro-Russian democratically elected Prime Minister, President Yukinovich who was deposed in a coup in 2014, a coup that was supported by our State Department and probably the CIA, ok?”
David Sacks Mar 5, 2022 ▶ 35:13 E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
Feb 11, 2023
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: CIA probably has plausible deniability regarding Nord Stream
“The CIA probably has plausible deniability. That's my prediction.”
Jason Calacanis Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 11:50 E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union
Feb 17, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: FBI, CIA send big tech instructions via Teleporter
“The deep state, the, you know, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, even the CIA is having weekly meetings with these big tech companies, not just Twitter, but we know like a whole panoply of them, and basically giving them disappearing instructions t…”
David Sacks Feb 17, 2023 ▶ 1:25:23 E116: Toxic out-of-control trains, regulators, and AI
May 5, 2023 negative
Opinion
RFK Jr.: CIA ultimately serves corporate interests in oil, coal, and defense
“The CIA is ultimately working for a, for industry like the oil industry, the coal industry, and the military contract.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 ▶ 43:45 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
May 5, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
RFK Jr.: RFK Sr. immediately suspected CIA involvement in JFK's assassination
“My father who believed his, you know, first reaction when his brother was killed was that the CIA had killed him, and in fact, the first three calls he made on that day, and you know, I was home at the time,”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 ▶ 34:36 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Jun 20, 2024 negative
Opinion
Trump believes CIA was likely behind requests to withhold JFK files
“Well, this wasn't CIA that asked me, but I think CIA was probably behind it. But they didn't, they would have preferred that I not release the rest of it.”
Donald J. Trump Jun 20, 2024 ▶ 47:14 In conversation with President Trump
Aug 21, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Declassified records show Brennan overrode analysts to include Steele dossier
“Brennan was like the head of the CIA. He received an intelligence assessment from the organization in which they said, look, there's nothing to this. It's bogus. We haven't. Not just the Steele d'Ossie, but the whole idea of somehow that the Russians had run t…”
David Sacks Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 42:43 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
Jan 22, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Rogers: US House committee and CIA assessed COVID lab leak potential
“And another thing that was suppressed, was the assessment that the virus might have leaked from a lab, and we now know that was the same assessment of a House committee and the CIA.”
Sarah B. Rogers Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 34:08 Europe's Free Speech Failure and the "Censorship Industrial Complex" with Sarah B. Rogers
Apr 6, 2026
Assertion Supported
Sankar: CIA broadly funded the modern art movement to counter Soviet influence
“The modern art movement was really funded by the CIA to undermine the kind of Soviet control of art, you know, and it was broadly funded and it wasn't directed by CIA, but you can see how we have cultural values that we want to inculcate and spread.”
Shyam Sankar Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 1:00:25 The State of Modern War: Palantir & Anduril Execs on Drones, AI, and the End of Traditional Warfare
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