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If its good for the CIA, it's good for me. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/russia-responsible-podesta-wikileaks-hack-230095 http://www.politico.com/story

If its good for the CIA, it's good for me. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/russia-responsible-podesta-wikileaks-hack-230095 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/russia-responsible-pod... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.df06dceaa831 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama...

blfr 9y ago
If its good for the CIA, it's good for me. Really? Despite their motivations to distort reality and after all the incompetence they displayed over the decades, you still consider CIA a credible source? You're not even reading their internal reports, these are just some leaks and statements to the press.
- akhilcacharya 9y ago
  Yes, really, because the alternative is abandoning all reason and believing a hostile pariah state.
  - sievebrain 9y ago
    Isn't that circular? Part of the reason you believe Russia is a hostile pariah state is because the CIA tells you it is. As for "If don't believe US intelligence agencies I've abandoned all reason" ... just laughable, really
    - akhilcacharya 9y ago
      I saw the pictures of the bodies in Donetsk after MH17 and the propaganda war that followed, at this point it is self-evident.
      - emodendroket 9y ago
        What does Ukrainian separatists (who, yes, enjoy Russian backing) mistakenly shooting down a passenger plane have to do with Russians supposedly hacking the DNC? It's like saying the US must be making it up because look at the pictures of Abu Ghraib.
  - vim_wannabe 9y ago
    Eh... You are not supposed to believe everything CIA says is true. The most basic application of 'Critical reading' and evaluation of their past statements disproves that. If you want to 'believe in' CIA (as opposed to the 'hostile state'), what you should believe is that whatever CIA tells you to believe is beneficial to you and the States, regardless of if it is true. Now of course you might be thinking, are you and the States really millions of Afghan, Iraqi, Libyan and Syrian lives more safe?
KGIII 9y ago
We just recently ended a war that was started because of that sort of thinking. It even involved that same government agency. You might even say we are still dealing with the horrific aftermath from that war, caused by that same sort of thinking, done by that same group of people...
fiblye 9y ago
The CIA's missions for the past 60 years have been overthrowing random governments and imposing dictatorships just for fun (with the results almost always backfiring massively on the US) and spreading ridiculous propaganda. Their lies and interference made the Middle East the mess it is today. If they're trustworthy, so is Charles Manson.
emodendroket 9y ago
The same CIA who told us Iraq had WMDs, right? Sounds like a great idea to believe everything they say uncritically.

blfr 9y ago

If its good for the CIA, it's good for me. Really? Despite their motivations to distort reality and after all the incompetence they displayed over the decades, you still consider CIA a credible source? You're not even reading their internal reports, these are just some leaks and statements to the press.

akhilcacharya 9y ago
Yes, really, because the alternative is abandoning all reason and believing a hostile pariah state.
- sievebrain 9y ago
  Isn't that circular? Part of the reason you believe Russia is a hostile pariah state is because the CIA tells you it is. As for "If don't believe US intelligence agencies I've abandoned all reason" ... just laughable, really
  - akhilcacharya 9y ago
    I saw the pictures of the bodies in Donetsk after MH17 and the propaganda war that followed, at this point it is self-evident.
    - emodendroket 9y ago
      What does Ukrainian separatists (who, yes, enjoy Russian backing) mistakenly shooting down a passenger plane have to do with Russians supposedly hacking the DNC? It's like saying the US must be making it up because look at the pictures of Abu Ghraib.
- vim_wannabe 9y ago
  Eh... You are not supposed to believe everything CIA says is true. The most basic application of 'Critical reading' and evaluation of their past statements disproves that. If you want to 'believe in' CIA (as opposed to the 'hostile state'), what you should believe is that whatever CIA tells you to believe is beneficial to you and the States, regardless of if it is true. Now of course you might be thinking, are you and the States really millions of Afghan, Iraqi, Libyan and Syrian lives more safe?

KGIII 9y ago

We just recently ended a war that was started because of that sort of thinking. It even involved that same government agency. You might even say we are still dealing with the horrific aftermath from that war, caused by that same sort of thinking, done by that same group of people...

fiblye 9y ago

The CIA's missions for the past 60 years have been overthrowing random governments and imposing dictatorships just for fun (with the results almost always backfiring massively on the US) and spreading ridiculous propaganda. Their lies and interference made the Middle East the mess it is today. If they're trustworthy, so is Charles Manson.

emodendroket 9y ago

The same CIA who told us Iraq had WMDs, right? Sounds like a great idea to believe everything they say uncritically.