Unfortunately this is a "red team" report. Its an internal devil's advocate sort of thing, not actually the internally accepted analysis of the CIA. That this is detailed in a red report seems to suggest that they consider this an unlikely fringe possibility.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don’t exactly trust the upper CIA echelons to be fair arbiters of this. They have a vested political interest in maintaining a certain vision and message.

[–] robotElder2@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's correct. The red team reports are a part of how they maintain that vision not a dissenting opinion. Its opposition research. They had one of their least drunk mormons write a paper in the voice of an optimistic pro Palestine analyst to see what would happen.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago