The two best lines from the document:
Oh gosh no! We can't have a Democratic nation actually acting like one. Whatever will we do?
Now I'm sure there are similar documents drafted by just about every security service in existence. However by no means does it make it right.
One can argue that this can be used domestically which would be outright illegal. Even if you ignore this the fact that they are using this to manipulate allies is enough.
I suppose they haven't learned anything from the Church and Pike Committee reports. Give an agency enough power and they will find a way to abuse it.
Oversight? I got your oversight right here.
Spreading Democracy in the Middle East indeed.
EDIT: I know I missed a word in the title but this forum won't let you edit it. Happens when you re-write the title a few times and can't see all of it at once.
My personal favorite:Public Apathy Enables Leaders To Ignore Voters.
Link: http://file.wikileaks.org/file/cia-afghanistan.pdfIf domestic politics forces the Dutch to depart, politicians elsewhere might cite a precedent for
“listening to the voters.”
Oh gosh no! We can't have a Democratic nation actually acting like one. Whatever will we do?
Now I'm sure there are similar documents drafted by just about every security service in existence. However by no means does it make it right.
One can argue that this can be used domestically which would be outright illegal. Even if you ignore this the fact that they are using this to manipulate allies is enough.
I suppose they haven't learned anything from the Church and Pike Committee reports. Give an agency enough power and they will find a way to abuse it.
Oversight? I got your oversight right here.
Spreading Democracy in the Middle East indeed.
EDIT: I know I missed a word in the title but this forum won't let you edit it. Happens when you re-write the title a few times and can't see all of it at once.
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