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Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by trhway on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:03PM (#25182901)
So you wanna live in the world where only Russians and Saudis do extrajudicial killings?
Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by pueblito on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:17PM (#25182973)
That would objectively be an improvement, absolutely
Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by seppin on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:55PM (#25183174)
Shutting down spy agencies in democracies will not stop spying done by autocrats. If anything, it will create greater incentives to attack more, not less.
Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by mhh__ on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:37PM (#25183088)
I think drawing direct equivalence to the CIA and what the FSB get up to is a little strong. It's a popular thing to say on HN, but if it were true it would mean there's evidence of (say) finding the CIA planting bombs the day after 9/11 in a different skyscraper i.e. The Moscow apartment bombings.

Mass surveillance is a different matter, although I don't think that (nominally at least) falls under the CIA's remit