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Watergate wasn't exactly a professional job. Or the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Government dirty tricks rarely involve their A team, because when doing so
by ethbro 8y ago
Watergate wasn't exactly a professional job. Or the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Government dirty tricks rarely involve their A team, because when doing something illegal loyalty is even more important than competence.
- ncmncm 8y agoThe ones with self respect decline. Cf. "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"
- jessaustin 8y agoThose with self-respect don't last long in murderous Middle Eastern dictatorships. Why would they even want someone like that around? Of course, one doesn't detect a great deal of self-respect in the upper echelons of power in more "democratic" nations, either.