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> taking the statements of the the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security at face value Frankly, it's hard to do that in a p
by dxhdr 10y ago
> taking the statements of the the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security at face value
Frankly, it's hard to do that in a post-Snowden, post-Comey world.
- ak4g 10y agoThen use your critical thinking. I'll repeat the question: > Why would they lie? What gives you reason to think they (not the DNC!) be that colossally stupid?
- zigzigzag 10y agoBecause it helps them justify a larger budget? This is ridiculous. Why would they not lie? The US intelligence community appears to lie reflexively about everything. Why would anyone take their words at face value?
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- grandalf 10y ago> it's hard to do that I'd say it's completely impossible to do that :)
- tptacek 10y agoFor what it's worth, and apropos this thread, I responded to your comment about this issue from earlier this week (sorry it took me so long). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12664172 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12664172
- grandalf 10y agoThanks for replying. I don't disagree with any of your conclusions but I'll reply in that thread with a brief comment in a moment.
- marcosdumay 10y agoThere are some people that, if they told me the sky was blue I'd look around for unexplainable chromatic aberrations.