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Obviously. Look, I disagree with virtually all of what the CIA is doing, but day one Snowden was pretty up front about this. "There is a CIA field office close
by vonklaus 11y ago
Obviously. Look, I disagree with virtually all of what the CIA is doing, but day one Snowden was pretty up front about this. "There is a CIA field office close to here, bet those guys are working overtime" or something to that effect. Thats what you do in this situation. The CIA isn't dumb, their failure mode is thinking everyone else is. If they could have got him cleanly, they wouldve.
- sethhochberg 11y agoRight? It seems like one of those standard planning exercises that governments have for just about everything. Plans for if Canada invades the US, plans for a hypothetical US invasion of the UK, etc, etc, etc. I'd actually be surprised if someone who was such a high-profile target for the espionage community didn't have plans drawn up for their quick retrieval if needed under some circumstances.
- chippy 11y agoThere are plans for hypothetical scenarios, and then there is the enacting of the initial stages of the plan by stationing a plane and team and securing the cooperation of a host country.