"There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy,its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself." — Senator Daniel K. Inouye at the Iran Contra Hearings (1987)

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[–]passionflounderIndependent 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We have since outsourced shadow government services to the Chinese. It was a bargain and it's important to save taxpayers money. No, really.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, I don't think that grandstanding clown needs any more time in the spotlight. He's not wrong, but he is (was?) a clown.

Get this information from Alex Jones if you still need a source.

[–]Insider 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Alex Jones, who mean the disinformation agent where half of his family is CIA?

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know, who means that?

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Good. I don't want America's enemies to take advantage of our open society to simply google for how many vessels or airframes the CIA have access to. So I support the state of affairs described here

[–]Insider 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

since everyone on here knows you're an astroturf that works for the "shadowy government"...what was the point of this comment?

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh sorry are we only supposed to leave comments that are aligned with your worldview? Is that how this is supposed to work, in your opinion?

At the end of the day. America's enemies are surely not telling the world how their KGB funds itself, how many aircraft it has access to, etc.

So there's nothing unusual or suboptimal about America's secret services doing the same thing.

Come on are you really going to tell us that the CIA would be more effective if subject to FOIA? Go ahead and lay out an argument for why I'm wrong