Remember when ex SOS Hillary Clinton asked why America let Palestine hold an election? And why we didn't make sure that we already knew who the winner was before letting them?
She was talking about this agency fixing the election
Current SOS Blinken is also super pro-Israel and as SOS has control of this agency.
So while it's "good" at what it does (stamping out democracies) what it does is not "good".
This agency that has zero foreign assets or any function beyond analyzing raw intelligence gathered by other agencies? They were going to fix an election?
Did you read the article? Ham-handedly manipulating foreign elections is clearly stated as within the jurisdiction of the CIA.
The INR was literally created to be the oversight to the CIA and other intelligence agencies...
They report directly to SoS and are featured heavily in the presidents daily briefings...
Are they the ones stuffing ballot boxes?
No, because they're a higher level than that. They advise on where to stuff the ballot boxes, what gets stuffed into them, and the amount that gets stuffed.
Like, you're acting like all they do is book reports, they're an instrumental part of how America controls other countries.
Regarding the election, in which Hamas beat Fatah by 74 to 45 seats, Clinton said "I do not think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake. And if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win."
Nothing that you’re saying about INR is remotely true. They’re academics and specialists who produce long form research and in depth studies. They’re not “in charge” of anyone.
Up until the post-9/11 shuffle, the US intelligence community (IC) was led by the director of the CIA, and the IC comprised CIA, DIA, NSA, NRO, INR, defense branch agencies, and others. CIA and DoD were the ones with operational branches alongside analysts, the rest were pretty much analysis-oriented or technical (eg cryptography). Although there is some overlap, the individual agencies largely have complementary missions.
Foreign actors were already at work in the Palestinian elections. Netanyahu spoke about how his administration was supporting Hamas as the best way possible to avoid having to establish a two state solution with a stable Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank.
Instead of arguing why you seemingly want to lay all of this at the feet of INR, due to some hatred towards Hillary Clinton you’re trying to get out of defending your assertion by criticizing IS foreign policy as a whole. That’s not arguing in good faith, and you’d be better off just acknowledging that you didn’t read the article and have no idea what you’re talking about.