Re:Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death
by mrguyorama on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:14PM
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We've literally toppled free governments, administered LSD to vulnerable people without their consent, and started purposeful rumors about important people being <insert bad thing here>. What makes you think the CIA wouldn't run a child sex trafficking ring for "the greater good"?
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Re:Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death
by meowface on Thursday February 06, 2020 @02:23PM
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Well, for one, it's [current year], and ethical standards within the CIA seem to have shifted a little. But also, I do actually think operating a child sex trafficking ring would probably be a lot more objectionable for most intelligence handlers than toppling governments.
If someone asked you right now "you have two options: topple a government and replace them with a puppet, or run a child sex trafficking ring", and you had to pick one, which would you choose? If I had to choose, I'd definitely choose the former.
Re:Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death
by filoeleven on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:58AM
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> Well, for one, it's [current year], and ethical standards within the CIA seem to have shifted a little.
The current head of the CIA is a torturer who illegally destroyed evidence. “Shifted a little” is awfully generous.
Re:Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death
by meowface on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:30AM
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Torture is heinous, of course. But, I have to admit, the torture tactics employed by the CIA in the past two decades against alleged terrorists still seem to be quite an ethical leap compared to what they used to be doing.