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bucolic_frolic

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2. Secrecy is a license to operate behind closed doors

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2023, 07:42 AM

Jan 2023

It serves the public and national security, it serves the operatives. So many go into private contracting work when they retire, or publish Washington insider newsletters.

You assume the security apparatus is the largest, most dominant, and universally respected entity in the world. Surely it is not, and it must deal with other interests, public and private.

So maybe it's more symbiotic than constabulary?

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I have a question for the group... [View all] PCIntern Jan 2023 OP

Like Ukraine exposes Russia's military, MAGA & Seditionists test US Law & Intel Communities. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #1

Secrecy is a license to operate behind closed doors bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #2

I am the child of a military man. KarenS Jan 2023 #3

There's a substantial yes to the answer. Tetrachloride Jan 2023 #4

Funny you should mention that gibraltar72 Jan 2023 #5

Good Will Hunting 'NSA' (HD) - Matt Damon MIRAMAX old as dirt Jan 2023 #6

Do you get it? gab13by13 Jan 2023 #7

I don't know who is telling you that the agencies you are referring to are sitting around and Beastly Boy Jan 2023 #8

I didn't say that... PCIntern Jan 2023 #9

You are right to be concerned PC gab13by13 Jan 2023 #11

Lol. It happens to me all the time. Some people get peoples posts completely wrong. fightforfreedom Jan 2023 #13

It's dangerous to attack them, yes. Beastly Boy Jan 2023 #15

I have been trying to convince some people J6 was unprecedented. fightforfreedom Jan 2023 #10

Who here has said that J6 was not unprecedented? gab13by13 Jan 2023 #12

People are treating it that way. fightforfreedom Jan 2023 #14

Yes, they have great power. former9thward Jan 2023 #16

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