So says the banner of the Washington Post. Democracy also dies when the people are fed lies and nonsense; then again, democracy dies when the system ensure a large portion of the population lack the critical thinking skills to recognize they are being fed lies and nonsense.
From the Post:
Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA, it carried “eyes only” instructions that its contents be shown to just four people: President Barack Obama and three senior aides.
It was so critical and so secret that it could not be shown during the normal daily security briefing – that audience was too large. But now the Washington Post knows about it.
Inside was an intelligence bombshell, a report drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government that detailed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race.
Imagine…we, the entire world, are being told that the United States has a mole – human or cyber – so deep inside Putin’s inner circle that we can understand his “direct involvement” in any action. If true, would this fact be worth advertising?
But it went further. The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.
The mole was so deep that it captured Putin’s “specific instructions.” And now you and the entire world are being offered this information, gratis.
A mole that would have taken years or even decades to develop; a mole that could reveal every step and action taken by Putin…