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The CIA World Factbook is a tertiary source.
by arrowsmith 8mo ago
The CIA World Factbook is a tertiary source.
- hulitu 8mo agoBut treated by Wikipedia as _the_ primary source. /s
- red-iron-pine 8mo agoit is an official release put out by an organ of the US government responsible for creating intelligence. presumably their facts are undergoing vetting and validation.
- thaumasiotes 8mo agoYes, I was surprised by the overwhelming consensus here that the CIA, which is responsible for knowing what's true about other countries, doesn't do any validation of the claims they make about other countries.