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Many would argue there are 2-3 agencies that fit this description but the most famous and clear cut is the NRO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconna
by cuuupid 1y ago
Many would argue there are 2-3 agencies that fit this description but the most famous and clear cut is the NRO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Offi...
- lowwave 1y agoSpun off to another subsidiary seems like the game here! Not just CIA. Whenever military industrial complex or bankers want a make over, defers litigation risks or just conceal ownership, they just create a subsidiary, spun it off with another name and/or hide the everything behind client attorney privileges. It also gives the public a memory wipe. Very clever technique indeed.
- firesteelrain 1y agoI thought NRO was funded separate from CIA not spawned off from
- eigencoder 1y agoThe NRO was not spun out from the CIA. It's a separate organization. The wikipedia article you link to suggests that it was not created as part of the CIA.
- egberts1 1y agoIf you remove government budget from an NGO and it cease to exist, it was never really a non-government organization, it is technically a government organization.
- sam_bristow 1y agoI believe you've got confused between the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) and NGO (Non-governmental Organisation). The NRO is very much part of the US government.
- egberts1 1y agoWrong article, was reading about NGO. My bad.