Russell Brand
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Should we abolish the intelligence agencies?
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September 1, 2026
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0:57Now PlayingRussell asks a former member of the intelligence community a pointed question, are these institutions fundamentally corrupt, and if the goal was to fix the world, would you get rid of them entirely. Her answer isn't what you'd expect, she argues real democracies actually need intelligence agencies for genuine defense, but only if they stay under proportional democratic control, with real limits on what they're allowed to legally cover up. She closes with a warning about the growing link between big tech and government, calling it one of the most dangerous paths a democracy can go down, something she says Edward Snowden was already warning about a decade ago. A sharp, nuanced take from someone who's actually worked inside these institutions.
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