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		seppin on Nov 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Danish military intelligence uses XKEYSCORE to tap... > One gets the impression his claim that all the CIA's successes are secret is a lie. Because there never were any Who do you think fought and won the cold war, Seal Team Six?

Gibbon1 on Nov 2, 2020 [–]

What won the cold war was the West's consumer industrial base. Not the military industrial complex, and certainly not the incompetent people at the CIA with their cunning plans.

seppin on Nov 3, 2020 | [–]

> West's consumer industrial base. Not the military industrial complex

Imagine thinking those are two separate things.

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