{"id":352124,"date":"2025-07-25T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=352124"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:50:50","slug":"aktualni-komentar-erika-besta-kdyz-rakusan-pracoval-pro-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=352124","title":{"rendered":"AKTU\u00c1LN\u00cd KOMENT\u00c1\u0158 ERIKA BESTA: Kdy\u017e Rakusan pracoval pro CIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><em>Ve sv\u00e9 nov\u00e9 knize \u201e<a href=\"https:\/\/harpercollins.co.uk\/products\/the-mission-the-cia-in-the-21st-century-tim-weiner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century<\/a>\u201c (Mise: CIA ve 21. stolet\u00ed) se Tim Weiner zmi\u0148uje o\u00a0aktivit\u00e1ch Tomase Rakusana, americk\u00e9ho agenta CIA, kter\u00fd p\u016fsobil na \u010desk\u00e9m velvyslanectv\u00ed v\u00a0Bagd\u00e1du v\u00a0roce 2003, kdy\u017e byl \u010desk\u00fdm ministrem vnitra Stanislav Gross a\u00a0ministrem zahrani\u010d\u00ed Cyril Svoboda.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Mezi d\u016fstojn\u00edky CIA, kter\u00e9 v\u00a0Ir\u00e1ku \u0159\u00eddil Charlie Seidel, pova\u017eovan\u00fd za nejlep\u0161\u00edho arabistu v\u00a0cel\u00e9 CIA, pat\u0159il Tomas Rakusan. Ten ji\u017e p\u0159ed koncem studen\u00e9 v\u00e1lky zpravodajsky pracoval proti Rusku, p\u016fsobil nap\u0159\u00ed\u010d st\u0159edn\u00ed a\u00a0v\u00fdchodn\u00ed Evropou a\u00a0ovl\u00e1dal n\u011bkolik slovansk\u00fdch jazyk\u016f natolik dob\u0159e, \u017ee se mohl vyd\u00e1vat za rodil\u00e9ho ob\u010dana. Do Bagd\u00e1du se dostal pod diplomatick\u00fdm kryt\u00edm jako \u010dlen t\u00fdmu \u010desk\u00e9ho ministerstva vnitra, kter\u00fd na za\u010d\u00e1tku roku 2003 vypracov\u00e1val bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed a\u00a0evakua\u010dn\u00ed pl\u00e1ny pro velvyslanectv\u00ed sv\u00e9 zem\u011b. Rakusanov\u00fdm \u00fakolem bylo shrom\u00e1\u017edit situa\u010dn\u00ed anal\u00fdzu pro invazi.<\/p>\n<p>V noci se pohyboval po m\u011bst\u011b, lokalizoval syst\u00e9my protivzdu\u0161n\u00e9 obrany, objevoval koncentrace vojsk a\u00a0hodnotil nosnost most\u016f, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e ka\u017ed\u00fd den pod\u00e1val zpr\u00e1vy Seidelovi a\u00a0americk\u00e9mu centr\u00e1ln\u00edmu velen\u00ed v\u00a0Dauh\u00e1. Za svou pr\u00e1ci v\u00a0Ir\u00e1ku byl vyznamen\u00e1n Z\u00e1slu\u017en\u00fdm k\u0159\u00ed\u017eem za zpravodajstv\u00ed (Distinguished Intelligence Cross). Rakusan zast\u00e1val funkci \u0161\u00e9fa m\u00edstn\u00ed rezidentury \u010dty\u0159ikr\u00e1t, ne\u017e se stal vedouc\u00edm divize Bl\u00edzk\u00e9ho v\u00fdchodu a\u00a0v roce 2017 \u0161\u00e9fem speci\u00e1ln\u00edch operac\u00ed CIA.<\/p>\n<h6><em>Rakusan byl do kv\u011btna leto\u0161n\u00edho roku v\u00fdkonn\u00fdm \u0159editelem spole\u010dnosti Cerberus Capital Management a\u00a0o sv\u00e9 minulosti v\u00a0CIA se zmi\u0148oval v\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250516133729\/https:\/\/www.cerberus.com\/our-firm\/leadership\/tom-rakusan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ofici\u00e1ln\u00edm \u017eivotopisu<\/a>. Nyn\u00ed pracuje jako\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tom-rakusan-74ba74132\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vrchn\u00ed poradce<\/a>\u00a0n\u00e1m\u011bstka americk\u00e9ho ministra obrany Steva Feinberga.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Erik BEST<\/strong><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-136426 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28\/erik-best.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"279\" \/>Erik Best<\/strong>\u00a0<em>se narodil 11. \u0159\u00edjna 1962 v Severn\u00ed Karol\u00edn\u011b na v\u00fdchod\u011b Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f. Prakticky cel\u00e9 d\u011btstv\u00ed v\u0161ak pro\u017eil v Montan\u011b, na severoz\u00e1pad\u011b USA, kam se jeho rodi\u010de p\u0159est\u011bhovali kr\u00e1tce po jeho narozen\u00ed. V roce 1985 absolvoval s bakal\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdm titulem z v\u00fdchodoevropsk\u00fdch studi\u00ed na Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. B\u011bhem tohoto studia se zam\u011b\u0159oval na rusk\u00fd jazyk, v \u010dem\u017e pokra\u010doval i na Middlebury College ve Vermontu, kde z\u00edskal magistersk\u00fd titul. V r\u00e1mci vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed t\u00e9to univerzit\u011b dvakr\u00e1t studijn\u011b pob\u00fdval letech 1983 a 1984 v Moskv\u011b. V dal\u0161\u00edch letech studoval obchod na University of North Carolina. Titul MBA zde z\u00edskal v roce 1987. Erik Best se v \u010cesku o\u017eenil. Jeho man\u017eelka Dita je \u010desk\u00e9ho p\u016fvodu. Spole\u010dn\u011b vychov\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u010dty\u0159i d\u011bt\u00ed. V Praze podle vlastn\u00edch slov \u017eije od \u00fanora roku 1991. P\u0159esn\u011b rok pot\u00e9 zde za\u010dal pro m\u00edstn\u00ed anglicky hovo\u0159\u00edc\u00ed komunitu vyd\u00e1vat denn\u00ed zpravodaj Fleet Sheet, stru\u010dn\u00fd p\u0159ehled vybran\u00fdch zpr\u00e1v z \u010desk\u00e9ho tisku. P\u016fvodn\u011b p\u0159edpokl\u00e1dal, \u017ee v\u011bt\u0161ina cizinc\u016f Prahu je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed rokem 2000 opust\u00ed, tak\u017ee jeho vydavatelsk\u00e9 vize nem\u011bly horizont del\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e \u0161est let. K \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9mu odchodu cizinc\u016f z \u010cesk\u00e9 republiky v\u0161ak nedo\u0161lo a Fleet Sheet nav\u00edc postupn\u011b p\u0159il\u00e1kal i \u010desk\u00e9 p\u0159edplatitele. N\u00e1klad bulletinu se proto zv\u011bt\u0161il a vych\u00e1z\u00ed doposud. Sv\u00e9 po\u010d\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed tuzemsk\u00e9 podnikatelsk\u00e9 aktivity zah\u00e1jil Erik Best na ja\u0159e 1992 jako \u017eivnostn\u00edk. Na podzim 1994 zalo\u017eil spole\u010dnost The Bohemia Daily Standard, jej\u00edm\u017e je jednatelem a spolumajitelem. V roce 2000 zalo\u017eil se svoj\u00ed man\u017eelkou Ditou Bestovou nakladatelstv\u00ed E. S. Best, kter\u00e9 je ofici\u00e1ln\u00edm vydavatelem obou zpravodaj\u016f. S rozvojem internetu toti\u017e Erik Best za\u010d\u00e1tkem tis\u00edcilet\u00ed roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159il sv\u00e9 publika\u010dn\u00ed aktivity a od roku 2001 vyd\u00e1v\u00e1 je\u0161t\u011b elektronick\u00fd Final Word. Od roku 2010 existuje i jeho \u010desk\u00e1 mutace. Final Word je kr\u00e1tk\u00fd a origin\u00e1ln\u00ed denn\u00ed koment\u00e1\u0159 p\u0159ipraven\u00fd t\u00fdmem Erika Besta, v\u011bnovan\u00fd v\u00fdznamn\u00fdm ekonomick\u00fdm a politick\u00fdm t\u00e9mat\u016fm posledn\u00edch dn\u016f. Pr\u00e1v\u011b d\u00edky sv\u00e9mu elektronick\u00e9mu bulletinu Final Word vstoupil Erik Best do \u0161ir\u0161\u00edho pov\u011bdom\u00ed \u010desk\u00e9 ve\u0159ejnosti a za\u010dal b\u00fdt zv\u00e1n do \u010desk\u00fdch rozhlasov\u00fdch a televizn\u00edch po\u0159ad\u016f. V letech 2011\u20132013 publikoval sv\u00e9 post\u0159ehy tak\u00e9 na blogu Aktu\u00e1ln\u011b.cz. Prezident republiky Milo\u0161 Zeman ud\u011blil 28. \u0159\u00edjna 2018 Eriku Bestovi st\u00e1tn\u00ed vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed \u2013 medaili Za z\u00e1sluhy o st\u00e1t.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ve sv\u00e9 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/25\/best-250725.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=352124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352126,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352124\/revisions\/352126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/352125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=352124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=352124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=352124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}