"John Flanagan" wrote in message
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The difference between the media and the CIA is that
the media is "trusted", which makes it all the more dangerous.

John


The difference between the media and the CIA is that the media, on the
average and in the main, is in the business of uncovering and telling the
facts -- something they do with mixed success.

The CIA, on the other hand, is in the business of uncovering the facts and
then telling you whatever furthers their purpose of uncovering more facts.
Telling you the truth about them is not on their agenda, and, to the degree
they *do* tell you things, their purpose is not to inform you but rather to
produce an environment that's favorable to their purpose -- which is
gathering more facts. The truth is a tool they wield as it suits their
purposes.

That is, when they're not helping to overthrow some distasteful regime. g

Ed Huntress