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> right wing conspiracy theory regarding the fact that the government is hiding information from the public You mean information like the existence of the surv

• retrac 6y ago
  That notion was taken credibly by sensible people even before the Snowden leak. Snowden was hardly the first leak, after all, just the most spectacular. If the US government can't even keep its own spy programs secret without repeated leaks, it's hard to believe they've managed near-100% success with their alien guests since '47.
  • cat199 6y ago
    agreed hard to keep secrets, but compartmentalized research into abstract weapons/physics/non-earthlings is probably easier for employees to digest ethically speaking than breaking the law to exert control over your fellow citizens