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defrogYou’ve probably heard by now that the CIA has finally admitted there is such a thing as Area 51.
That’s not all they’ve been copping to, though. The also admitted helping stage the 1953 Iranian coup that put the Shah into power.
AND they’ve owned up to starting a file on Noam Chomsky after decades of denying any such file existed. Of course, that file has since been destroyed, but at least they admitted there used to be one.
Progress!
The Area 51/Iran admissions are, of course, somewhat humorous given the fact that they were among the worst-kept secrets in the CIA for decades. But it also says a lot that the CIA has a long, broad history of denying things that later turn out to be true.
And they wonder why no one believes their claim that Area 51 has nothing to do with aliens.
Because that’s what they WANT you to think, you dig?
I’ve got a secret,
This is dF
That’s not all they’ve been copping to, though. The also admitted helping stage the 1953 Iranian coup that put the Shah into power.
AND they’ve owned up to starting a file on Noam Chomsky after decades of denying any such file existed. Of course, that file has since been destroyed, but at least they admitted there used to be one.
Progress!
The Area 51/Iran admissions are, of course, somewhat humorous given the fact that they were among the worst-kept secrets in the CIA for decades. But it also says a lot that the CIA has a long, broad history of denying things that later turn out to be true.
And they wonder why no one believes their claim that Area 51 has nothing to do with aliens.
Because that’s what they WANT you to think, you dig?
I’ve got a secret,
This is dF
