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I don't think this is the same thing. You're conflating a bureaucracy and expenditure problem with the CIA. I mean it's hard to say which one is the bigger problem, but they're very clearly 2 different issues.

The problem with pointed out by the article is that there's a closed community within the security apparatus that has grown so big and extensive that it's difficult for the government to control, and could give us a situation where the tail wags the dog. Greater transparency there could be helpful.

On the other hand I don't see how the CIA could work without secrecy. It's nuts.



>On the other hand I don't see how the CIA could work without secrecy. It's nuts.

Whether the CIA is a net benefit to society is debatable.


>On the other hand I don't see how the CIA could work without secrecy. It's nuts

Names of agents in foreign countries secret = yes.

Existence of the CIA, the number of agents, the cost of operations, illegal operations, agents that have committed criminal offenses = no




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