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Or it was intentionally left vulnerable with names of people the CIA wanted dead in Iran? If I were the CIA and I wanted a few of Iran's top nuclear scientists

Or it was intentionally left vulnerable with names of people the CIA wanted dead in Iran? If I were the CIA and I wanted a few of Iran's top nuclear scientists killed, I'd just make it seem like they were working for the CIA and let Iran's counterintelligence do the work for me.

rossdavidh 8y ago
That would be a really brilliant move. I doubt, however, that's the move that was made here.
onetimemanytime 8y ago
"Ali, this is James. See you at [Iranian landmark,] but 50 meters to the left of the place we met last time."
Nasrudith 8y ago
That would still be a pretty dumb move in itself - nobody would want to work with anyone who claims to have CIA connections not even for vast amounts of bribery. I know that countries with less than stellar records of civil rights don't care too much about due process but the not a violent complete moron thing to do would be to ask questions before shooting - namely being sure that they actually are spies or traitors and investigate the claims. For one it could point out peripheral connections down the chain and you know make sure that you aren't getting 'spies lists' of anyone who is close to finding the actual spy. Granted in that sector it seems that there isn't a scarcity of violent immoral morons even in the west given a love for torture among the CIA. Given the known effects pushing torture is really saying a few things: They want to be able to fool themselves by hearing exactly what they want to hear. They want their foes to fight to the death like a cornered rattlesnake - putting their last breaths in killing as many as possible in the face of insurmountable odds. Finally they want no mercy shown to them if captured. There are no words for that except evil and stupid - their deaths will not be mourned no matter how horrific because they deserve it and the world will be better off with their passing. I guess that means that the CIA really may be that stupid which isn't a surprise given their real goal with Castro appears to have been to make him as assassination resistant as possible.

rossdavidh 8y ago

That would be a really brilliant move. I doubt, however, that's the move that was made here.

onetimemanytime 8y ago

"Ali, this is James. See you at [Iranian landmark,] but 50 meters to the left of the place we met last time."

Nasrudith 8y ago

That would still be a pretty dumb move in itself - nobody would want to work with anyone who claims to have CIA connections not even for vast amounts of bribery. I know that countries with less than stellar records of civil rights don't care too much about due process but the not a violent complete moron thing to do would be to ask questions before shooting - namely being sure that they actually are spies or traitors and investigate the claims. For one it could point out peripheral connections down the chain and you know make sure that you aren't getting 'spies lists' of anyone who is close to finding the actual spy. Granted in that sector it seems that there isn't a scarcity of violent immoral morons even in the west given a love for torture among the CIA. Given the known effects pushing torture is really saying a few things: They want to be able to fool themselves by hearing exactly what they want to hear. They want their foes to fight to the death like a cornered rattlesnake - putting their last breaths in killing as many as possible in the face of insurmountable odds. Finally they want no mercy shown to them if captured. There are no words for that except evil and stupid - their deaths will not be mourned no matter how horrific because they deserve it and the world will be better off with their passing. I guess that means that the CIA really may be that stupid which isn't a surprise given their real goal with Castro appears to have been to make him as assassination resistant as possible.