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5. As much as I love Casablanca, it's not a documentary

Reply to villager (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:48 AM

Nov 2014

The idea that countries haven't kept dossiers, or the equivalent before that word came into existence, is just silly. Sun Tzu was talking about the importance of intelligence on the other side in war more than 2,000 years ago.

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Watching "Casablanca" last night, I was again reminded it used to be the bad guys keeping "dossiers" [View all] villager Nov 2014 OP

The bad guys NOLALady Nov 2014 #1

You're right. *That* part hasn't changed, after all. villager Nov 2014 #2

Round up the usual suspects! kwassa Nov 2014 #3

An entire script comprised of classic lines! villager Nov 2014 #4

As much as I love Casablanca, it's not a documentary mythology Nov 2014 #5

And there you go interrupting a rant based on fantasy with facts. How dare you!!! stevenleser Nov 2014 #6

Dismiss intelligence gathering overreach all you want. Yes, Hoover *was* already doing it here, villager Nov 2014 #7

+1000 nt Javaman Nov 2014 #8

thanks, Javaman! villager Nov 2014 #9

Hope and Change did not mean destruction of the Republic treestar Nov 2014 #11

+1 treestar Nov 2014 #10

You *do* realize that *you're* a "bad guy" for posting here, right? According to those currently villager Nov 2014 #12