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Re:CIA spies on Senate by altrus on Saturday September 10, 2016 @08:22PM (#12471495)
The very purpose of a clandestine intelligence service is to obtain the facts and analysis necessary to advance foreign policy objectives.

Within that context, the expectation is that the advancement of those goals is for the benefit of your own citizens (and possibly at the expense of other people).

This is very different than advancing policy goals at the expense of your own citizens.

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Re:CIA spies on Senate by totalcrepe on Saturday September 10, 2016 @09:11PM (#12471616)
Give me money and I'll make you rich. Don't mind that I am spying on your allocators of money. More money please. My friends that I bought with your money want to sell crack on your streets, thats cool right? How about some heroin? More money please, I'm having trouble tapping the lines of everyone who has something bad to say about me. Oh I mean us.
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