> "It happens quite a lot. The catch is that the whole thing end-to-end is secret, with the result being that you don't hear about it at all." That's not a cat

> "It happens quite a lot. The catch is that the whole thing end-to-end is secret, with the result being that you don't hear about it at all." That's not a catch, that's an unfalsifiable statement. Here's another way to end your comment for which there is a lot more evidence: All we really hear about on the outside are the big screwups. All the normal screwups and marginal successes are silent. Here's a great article on just how crappy the record of these secret organizations is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/3662a707-0af9-3149-963f-47bea720b460 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/3662a707-0af9-...