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It was clearly a simple mistake. The intended distinction was between the Department of Defense and the Department of State, which was once a meaningful distinc
by natrius 13y ago
It was clearly a simple mistake. The intended distinction was between the Department of Defense and the Department of State, which was once a meaningful distinction.
- mikecb 13y agoCIA is not under DoS. It is an independent executive agency that reports directly to the President.
- natrius 13y agoOops, you're right. The CIA is and always was an independent executive agency.
- saraid216 13y agoThese comments are the single best illustrations of why the NSA has gotten away with what it has. So many of its most strident critics have no idea what they're actually criticizing. It's not so much that you have zero credibility–that part is obvious. It's that you have absolutely no capacity for making things better; other than being a constituent (i.e., a target for manipulation), you're irrelevant.