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Sounds like something a couple of CIA operatives (plus support) could do easily, without leaving a trail. And then the only other thing to risk might be to rel
by guscost 6y ago
Sounds like something a couple of CIA operatives (plus support) could do easily, without leaving a trail.
And then the only other thing to risk might be to relay “anything in this sector is with our boys, wink wink” to one person in command locally, who will know not to engage, and who will never ask any questions.
Matter of fact, they could get away with just reading and maybe temporarily “influencing” the rules of engagement for drones, and then allowing them to be amended “in light of the incident”.
- zozin 6y agoNow it's the Navy and the CIA? When does the NSA get roped into this elaborate conspiracy? Get a grip.
- guscost 6y agoWell the CIA isn’t technically supposed to operate on US soil, but this happened at sea, loads of people think that claim is a total joke anyway, and PSYOP is one of their specialties. Or it could have been highly compartmentalized within the Navy[0]. Or it could have been foreigners or pranksters! I have some “grip” on all of those possibilities, and I don’t claim to know what happened. Anyway, the possibility it was staged is not as ridiculous as you assume, even before considering precedent. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_team https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_team
- wongarsu 6y agoThe Navy doesn't need to be in on it, all that's needed for the described conspiracy is the CIA operating some drones with sufficient range. Range isn't that hard to get if you don't need any other payload, and they can probably launch them from one of the nearby islands.