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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 (#25332309)
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.

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Re:The CIA's Deadly Deceits and the Vietnam War, with Ralph ... by nix23 on Monday December 07, 2020 @10:47AM (#25333258)
>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))

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