Re:The CIA's Deadly Deceits and the Vietnam War, with Ralph ...
by throw2012071056 on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:01AM
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I find it absolutely ridiculous that the news uses headlines such as "sources from FBI say" (or any other US spy agencies) as though they are the real source of truth, whereas reports such as these show that they should be treated with a greater amount of suspicion. But you know what, people still fall for it all the time!
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Re:The CIA's Deadly Deceits and the Vietnam War, with Ralph ...
by refurb on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:19AM
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Yup, it's amazing how intelligence sources get passes 100% of the time. "High ranking CIA source says..." is assumed to be 100% true.
That's a pretty big assumption that is no doubt abused.
I love Matt Taibbi's example where the FBI got a search warrant, based on a news article that they were the source on. Talk about compromised incentives.
Re:The CIA's Deadly Deceits and the Vietnam War, with Ralph ...
by nix23 on Monday December 07, 2020 @10:47AM
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>Yup, it's amazing how intelligence sources get passes 100% of the time. "High ranking CIA source says..." is assumed to be 100% true.
That 100% are just not true, every respectable paper and or journalist know that there is quite a big chance that your are being used, not just from Services but also from Company's, just have a look at Elon's Hyperloop and the massive Fan-hype (even in the University Space (which is kind of super-sad))