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Curtis wrote also wrote a great piece about the role incompetence played in the formation of intelligence agencies, titled "BUGGER: Maybe the Real State Secret
by chc 12y ago
Curtis wrote also wrote a great piece about the role incompetence played in the formation of intelligence agencies, titled "BUGGER: Maybe the Real State Secret Is That Spies Aren't Very Good At Their Jobs And Don't Know Very Much About the World".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/BUGGER http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/BUGGER
- mpweiher 12y agoYep, that was also excellent. Some confirmation from the highest places: Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt recounts that he never read the BND reports, because anything they wrote was tainted. He just asked other world leaders directly instead. http://www.zeit.de/2013/45/nsa-abhoeraffaere-gelassenheit http://www.zeit.de/2013/45/nsa-abhoeraffaere-gelassenheit