Can we all agree that we need spies?

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24. Fuck the spy business...

C.I.A. Vaccine Ruse May Have Harmed the War on Polio

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: July 9, 2012

Did the killing of Osama bin Laden have an unintended victim: the global drive to eradicate polio?

In Pakistan, where polio has never been eliminated, the C.I.A.’s decision to send a vaccination team into the Bin Laden compound to gather information and DNA samples clearly hurt the national polio drive. The question is: How badly?

After the ruse by Dr. Shakil Afridi was revealed by a British newspaper a year ago, angry villagers, especially in the lawless tribal areas on the Afghan border, chased off legitimate vaccinators, accusing them of being spies.

And then, late last month, Taliban commanders in two districts banned polio vaccination teams, saying they could not operate until the United States ended its drone strikes. One cited Dr. Afridi, who is serving a 33-year sentence imposed by a tribal court, as an example of how the C.I.A. could use the campaign to cover espionage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/health/cia-vaccine-ruse-in-pakistan-may-have-harmed-polio-fight.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

We don't need spies, we need open channels of communication and trust.

We need a free an uninhibited press.

We need to stop fucking over the rest of the world for natural resources and cheap labor.

Secrets and spying are always corrosive. Them that need to steal or conceal "secrets" have already lost the game.