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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Exactly. Fabricating intel on your enemies literally happened in the past, the US even unapologetically admitted as much.

Doesn't even need to go as far as the Cold War. The Iraq War was declared on false intel. Fabricated with the help of an ad company.

And let's not forget the CIA "I'm an escaped Uyghur, AMA" incident.

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

And let's not forget [...]

Which one was that? Rushan Abbas?

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Yup, don't remember the name, but it was a CIA agent with ties to Guantanamo Bay pretending to be a Uyghur freshly escaped from a concentration camp. Redditors actually called her out on her bullshit, which is surprising given the state of Reddit today.

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Fissionami@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Probably. She got caught red handedly lmao 🤣

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

You won't find those kinds of comments on R*ddit nowadays

[–] asdfghjkl@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

This would be funny if it wasn't sad...

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