• dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
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    7 months ago

    This agency that has zero foreign assets or any function beyond analyzing raw intelligence gathered by other agencies? They were going to fix an election?

    Did you read the article? Ham-handedly manipulating foreign elections is clearly stated as within the jurisdiction of the CIA.

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      7 months ago

      Bruh…

      The INR was literally created to be the oversight to the CIA and other intelligence agencies…

      They report directly to SoS and are featured heavily in the presidents daily briefings…

      Are they the ones stuffing ballot boxes?

      No, because they’re a higher level than that. They advise on where to stuff the ballot boxes, what gets stuffed into them, and the amount that gets stuffed.

      Like, you’re acting like all they do is book reports, they’re an instrumental part of how America controls other countries.

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        7 months ago

        You stated that the INR would have rigged an election. That is just as false as saying the FBI rigged a foreign election, that’s not what those agencies do.

        Does the US fuck with the domestic affairs of other nations? Of course. Does the INR play a role in that behavior? Sure. Does that role include rigging elections? Absolutely not. They might suggest it, but the CIA would most likely do the dirt, the same way the CIA may be involved with armed insurrectionists but it’s going to be spec ops operators doing the training.