Re:Xi Goes Full Stalin with Purge
by nvm0n2 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @12:14PM
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I wonder if it's really wise for the CIA to be publicly saying they rebuilt their spy network. That seems very likely to trigger redoubled efforts in spy hunting, whereas if they had just said nothing, perhaps Beijing would still believe they had fully wiped out the spy network in 2012.
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Perhaps they haven't, and they only seek to stir up a witch hunt.
Re:Xi Goes Full Stalin with Purge
by Wildliferanger on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:26PM
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What if they said that after planting false trails or setting up people to spefically cause purges.
Witchhunts tend to be a good time for the intel guys to set up people with just rumors and whispers with far less blowback than trying to assassinate them.
Might also be a good time to hire informants. When you’re suspected of spying anyway, you might as well collect the benefits for doing it.
Given the intensive surveillance state set up by the CCP, it would be very hard to hide such benefits.
Re:Xi Goes Full Stalin with Purge
by mensetmanusman on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:34PM
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They can neither confirm nor deny whether it is true.