Re:What Will Become of the CIA?
by cuuupid on Monday July 21, 2025 @03:44PM
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Many would argue there are 2-3 agencies that fit this description but the most famous and clear cut is the NRO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Offi...
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Spun off to another subsidiary seems like the game here!
Not just CIA. Whenever military industrial complex or bankers want a make over, defers litigation risks or just conceal ownership, they just create a subsidiary, spun it off with another name and/or hide the everything behind client attorney privileges.
It also gives the public a memory wipe. Very clever technique indeed.
Re:What Will Become of the CIA?
by firesteelrain on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @03:36AM
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I thought NRO was funded separate from CIA not spawned off from
I encourage you to read more about them.
Re:What Will Become of the CIA?
by eigencoder on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @11:00AM
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The NRO was not spun out from the CIA. It's a separate organization. The wikipedia article you link to suggests that it was not created as part of the CIA.
If you remove government budget from an NRO and it cease to exist, it was never really a non-government organization, it is technically a government organization.
Re:What Will Become of the CIA?
by sam_bristow on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:47AM
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I believe you've got confused between the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) and NGO (Non-governmental Organisation). The NRO is very much part of the US government.