Of course, the classic "don't ask, don't tell" of the national security state. The careerists don't want oversight and the president wants plausible deniability so they're left to just do whatever tf they want with no democratic accountability whatsoever.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I know you want to imagine something darker, but once you get you're first job you'll realize how very very very very easy it is for simple things to slip through the cracks, let alone complex things like a conflict on the other side of the planet from you in a region your country hasn't traditionally cared about.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And that in itself is a reason why the intelligence community cannot be allowed to exist in its current form.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is? That humans are fallible?

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That it's trivially easy for them to just casually decide to do a genocide with no input or oversight from any democratic process that could hold them accountable or allow the people to actually control what our foreign policy is.