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Line 53: − − In July 2019, he unapologetically described his tenure as CIA Director as "we lied, we cheated, we stole."<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/mike-pompeo-says-we-lied-we-cheated-we-stole-in-cia/vi-AAEKX7U</ref>
→Trump administration: missing context
In June 2019, Pompeo, along with [[John Bolton]], worked to sabotage attempts by President Trump to enter peace talks with Iran.<ref>https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-how-bolton-netanyahu-and-pompeo-sabotaged-trump-s-dream-of-talks-with-iran-1.8937077</ref>
In June 2019, Pompeo, along with [[John Bolton]], worked to sabotage attempts by President Trump to enter peace talks with Iran.<ref>https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-how-bolton-netanyahu-and-pompeo-sabotaged-trump-s-dream-of-talks-with-iran-1.8937077</ref>
In December 2019, Pompeo, along with Secretary of Defense [[Mark Esper]] and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [[Mark Milley]] acted on their own authority to respond to alleged Iranian proxy attacks on Iraqi military bases hosting American troops. The circumstances behind the strikes are highly suspicious, and it is possibly if not likely that Pompeo, Esper, and Milley intentionally escalated the situation in order to create a justification for a possible war against Iran.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/29/u-s-military-strikes-iranian-militia-in-iraq-and-northern-syria-secretary-pompeo-and-esper-briefing/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/30/important-discussion-col-douglas-macgregor-has-suspicions-about-pompeo-esper-and-miley/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/31/mission-accomplished-chaos-created-the-pompeo-esper-and-milley-iraq-operation/</ref>
In December 2019, Pompeo, along with Secretary of Defense [[Mark Esper]] and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [[Mark Milley]] acted on their own authority to respond to alleged Iranian proxy attacks on Iraqi military bases hosting American troops. The circumstances behind the strikes are highly suspicious, and it is possibly if not likely that Pompeo, Esper, and Milley intentionally escalated the situation in order to create a justification for a possible war against Iran.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/29/u-s-military-strikes-iranian-militia-in-iraq-and-northern-syria-secretary-pompeo-and-esper-briefing/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/30/important-discussion-col-douglas-macgregor-has-suspicions-about-pompeo-esper-and-miley/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/31/mission-accomplished-chaos-created-the-pompeo-esper-and-milley-iraq-operation/</ref>