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I can understand the need for compartmentalization, but why send the false information at all? Why not just send the real cable to the select few who need it, a
by zhemao 11y ago
I can understand the need for compartmentalization, but why send the false information at all? Why not just send the real cable to the select few who need it, and not send anything on the regular channel?
- xenophonf 11y agoIn a word, counter-intelligence.
- tedajax 11y agoIf the recipients of fake information are properly logged then it becomes much easier to track down leakers. If only one group of people received a piece information and then a leak includes fake information that was only given to a particular group then it gives a pretty strong indication that the leak originated from that department.
- Terr_ 11y agoPerhaps, but there's an important difference between changing minor details to trace leaks versus "We are not at war with Eurasia."
- fabulist 11y agoSilence speaks volumes. I imagine they don't relish sending out eyewash cables, and use them them to misdirect conversations that are already happening at the agency. If the conversation never began, or was held behind closed doors, there would be no need for such an unwieldy tools.