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The actual reason why Canada is not already a state, from Chretien's memoir recounting a conversation with Bill Clinton (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://books.google.ca/books?id=31A3GW76zKIC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=Chretian%3A+%22I+have+to+tell+you+something.+I+don%27t+want+to+get+too+close+to+you.%22+He+looked+startled.+I+imagine+it+was+a+rare+thing+for+a+U.S.+Commander-in-chief+to+hear.&ots=6qWnsBOlr_&sig=ACfU3U0lXcxu5126--EkRQvKI95mBylLMw&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Chretian%3A+%22I+have+to+tell+you+something.+I+don%27t+want+to+get+too+close+to+you.%22+He+looked+startled.+I+imagine+it+was+a+rare+thing+for+a+U.S.+Commander-in-chief+to+hear.&f=false

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Can someone provide an example of something Canada can do that the CIA can't other than like...vote in the UN or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

There are programs like Five Eyes Burgers And Spies where the different intelligence agencies get around "don't spy on your own people" laws by spying on each other & trading notes but I guess the CIA does that already so I dunno

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The USA uses foreign allied agencies to do off the book work, so it cannot be monitored by FOIA or even congressional oversight stc.

You have an off record conversation with another countries intelligence agency asking them to bug/bribe/detain someone etc.

Or kill someone if it's the ISI in Pakistan or a similar relationship. Then you can say "hey wasn't us"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's mostly creating an illusion that there is a coalition of free democratic states led by the US. Canada also gets used for doing dirty work now and then like kidnapping Huawei CFO for example.