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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by iAMkenough on Thursday February 05, 2026 @03:25PM (#46904722)
Real reason to remove the facts and archive of the records is so that they're not cited in deportation litigation and government lawyers don't have to argue against the facts the government holds true
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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by dizlexic on Thursday February 05, 2026 @04:55PM (#46905942)
source or evidence of this?
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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by iAMkenough on Friday February 06, 2026 @02:28PM (#46917051)
It's broadly reported that lawyers often depend on it in asylum cases as "a trusted, objective source for country conditions."

If you want an official government source to outright say "it was inconveniencing our mass deportation efforts," I don't know what to tell you.

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