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There is zero meaningful congressional oversight of the CIA. They broke major laws and tortured people, hacked the computers of the congressional oversight gro
by sneak 2y ago
There is zero meaningful congressional oversight of the CIA.
They broke major laws and tortured people, hacked the computers of the congressional oversight group to delete evidence, got caught hacking, lied about it, and nothing happened anyway.
The mental model you have where the CIA is in any way constrained by the law is an utter fiction. They would summarily execute Snowden in a millisecond if they could.
- ForHackernews 2y agoWhy haven't they, then? Your model of intelligence agencies as sinister and omnipotent is at odds with all the available evidence. This is who is lurking behind the curtain, petty, fallible humans just like everywhere else: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/the-surreal-case-of-a-cia-hackers-revenge https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/the-surreal-ca...
- sneak 2y agoThey are sinister and competent; nobody said anything about omnipotent. The question was why should we be more concerned about government data access than private industry. The answer is because the government claims a monopoly on violence, up to and including murder and assassination; Google does not.