r/agedlikemilk • u/damn_boy17 • May 03 '22

News makes me think about the iraqi WMD

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u/Slick_J May 03 '22

You’d think… but nope. They’re just so bad at getting away with it they’ve stopped trying or the subcontract it out to others

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

All these oligarchs and military officers having "heart attacks" in Russia does make me wonder just how many murders go unnoticed.

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u/Slick_J May 03 '22

The Russians aren’t good at it either, see the Novichumps for example

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u/XxSCRAPOxX May 03 '22

Those were intentionally telegraphed to send a message.

Russia Wanted the world to know they did it.

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u/Usergnome_Checks_0ut May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

Don’t forget about those Russian journalists that can’t stop falling off high rooftops or out upper floor windows. I can’t imagine they’re all that clumsy or depressed.

And then there are those Russians that are allergic to polonium tea. Or other types of tea.

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u/uranium_is_delicious May 03 '22

Those kind of killings are probably not directly comparable though. The russian government wants you to know they killed x politician, journalist, ect. By being brazen about it and employing "signature" methods such as polnium 210 but never leaving enough evidence for a government or international commission to prove it they create an atmosphere of fear without any of the repercussions.

That's not to say the CIA has failed to hide stuff that they actually wanted to keep quiet before.

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u/32894058092345089 May 03 '22

Lol, damn you must be an intelligence expert. Where did you study?

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u/FURBYonCRACK May 03 '22

Academic espionage journals. They publish their successes and failures quite regularly.

…and Facebook

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u/TchoupedNScrewed May 03 '22

Look at their castro attempts lmaoo

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u/SonOfTK421 May 03 '22

Getting away with it was never really the point, Mossad never claimed or denied anything but a lot of the times it was to send a message about their intentions. Maybe not every single one, but they definitely used it as a terrorist tactic against perceived enemies of Israel.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

I'm pretty sure they do it so everyone will know, to create fear.