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Curiosity question, anybody know why this is this on cia.gov?
by r3trohack3r 2y ago
Curiosity question, anybody know why this is this on cia.gov?
- GuB-42 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook The relevant part: > The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government officials, and its style, format, coverage, and content are primarily designed to meet their requirements.[3] It is also frequently used as a resource for academic research papers and news articles.[4] As a work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain in the United States.[5]
- dilyevsky 2y agoA lot of “intelligence” is just systematizing and analyzing open data. It ain’t all about cloak and dagger
- spencerchubb 2y agoIt's a lot more fun to picture the cia as people wearing disguises to infiltrate foreign governments
- halJordan 2y agoYou lost most of the people here at calling them people
- devmor 2y agoIt is in the interest of the CIA to be an authority on comparisons between countries, especially when it comes to metrics that are of interest to economics.