This entire discussion reminds me why James Jesus Angleton drove himself and everyone around him nuts with his CIA mole hunt in the '60s and '70s. The problem w

This entire discussion reminds me why James Jesus Angleton drove himself and everyone around him nuts with his CIA mole hunt in the '60s and '70s. The problem with lying and deception as the standard operating procedure for a government agency is that pretty soon it is the SOP for everyone within the agency when dealing with others, even those within the agency and the people they allegedly serve. It becomes a tunnel of lies and speculation from which there is no escape. Oh, it starts out great when there are clearly defined sides and reasonable evidence of loyalty to a particular party. Real victories and losses can be defined. But it always degrades to this sort of thing after a bit of time and growth in numbers of players, and no one wins or loses. There is just confusion, perhaps even for those at the top of the chain.