Think for a moment about how effective that kind of defensiveness is. Think about the word absurd, as stated by a public official. By stating that it is absurd

Think for a moment about how effective that kind of defensiveness is. Think about the word absurd, as stated by a public official. By stating that it is absurd (unthinkable, out of bounds, paranoiac, laughable) the director has cleanly shoved people accusing the CIA of political coercion into the same camp as "conspiracy theorists"-- people who are too ridiculous of a parody to be trusted or listened to. Who was objectively correct on this one? Whose statements were reality, and whose a falsehood? The CIA, or the conspiracy theorists?