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[–] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Unfortunately this is a "red team" report. Its an internal devil's advocate sort of thing, not actually the internally accepted analysis of the CIA. That this is detailed in a red report seems to suggest that they consider this an unlikely fringe possibility.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I don’t exactly trust the upper CIA echelons to be fair arbiters of this. They have a vested political interest in maintaining a certain vision and message.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago*

    That's correct. The red team reports are a part of how they maintain that vision not a dissenting opinion. Its opposition research. They had one of their least drunk mormons write a paper in the voice of an optimistic pro Palestine analyst to see what would happen.

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