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I'm generally distrustful of intelligence agencies because they are literally designed to carry out underhanded and deceptive operations. If you go back and rea
by BitwiseFool 6y ago
I'm generally distrustful of intelligence agencies because they are literally designed to carry out underhanded and deceptive operations. If you go back and read old WWII and Cold War declassified documents you can clearly see a lot of "ends justify the means" operations. I've never understood why we hold these agencies in such high regard. I guess because they're supposed to be on 'our side'?
- mc32 6y agoUnfortunately one can’t unilaterally be “the nice guy” and hope everyone else will decide, “yeah, let’s all be nice guys”. It doesn’t happen. So everyone who wants a more level playing field for themselves has to engage.
- ideals 6y agoLots of movies showing how great these secret spy agencies are and all the cool stuff they do has really helped shaped the public's image