The must-read (parody) beauty blog of a top CIA Girlboss/Torture Queen!
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What is the CIA what do the torturers do when they retire? According to a new Reuters article on Alfreda Scheuer, one possibility is to become a beauty and life coach for middle-aged women.
Scheuer, née Bikowsky, who spoke to journalist Aram Roston in her very first interview, retired from the agency in 2021. Today, she speaks proudly about her participation in the notorious rendition, detention and detention program. CIA interrogation in the years immediately following 9/11. According to Scheuer, “I was not on the sidelines. I didn’t bury my head in the sand. Her legacy in the CIA inspired Maya, the character of Jessica Chastain, in the film “Zero Dark Thirty”, as well as Diane Marsh in the television series “The Looming Tower”. Today, she is married to Michael Scheuer, the former head of the agency’s division responsible for tracking Osama bin Laden, and who has his own story.
Her work also led to her being dubbed the “Queen of Torture” by The New Yorker. According to reports surrounding the conclusive 2014 Senate investigation into the actions of the CIA, Scheuer was one of the main forces behind the waterboarding of American prisoners; the arrest and execution of a German citizen by the agency; a wild goose hunt for al-Qaeda in Montana; and attempts to lie to Congress about the effectiveness of torture.
But now Scheuer is a life coach with a #hashtag #heavy Instagram account, where she writes that “even in my former career, my passion for all things beauty was well known, and the women who worked with me sought my advice and saw that it was okay to be both boss and daughter.
What does her company’s website, YBeUBeauty, look like? Currently it seems to be down. You can check out an archived version or, if you’re like us, imagine what her beauty blogs could say. We emphasize that the writing below is parody. Please do not sue and/or torture us.
Do good by feeling good
Your children have left home. Your husband is engrossed in his career and his online community. But where is life taking YOU?
Have you ever looked in the mirror and wondered how you even sleep at night? Do you see fine lines, tired eyes and graying hair and wonder why the fake media keeps calling you a freak?
Well, I don’t, and I can teach…
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