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Old 01-11-2008, 18:58 PM   #71 (permalink)
HistoricalDavid
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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter View Post
I think one of their arguments is compromising intelligence. You start having to name sources or make strong suggestions in a court of law, all you need is someone on the suspect's legal team (if they are guilty) to be an "Al-Qaeda" spy, make a phone call and your source will end up dead on camera.
What, there's no witness protection programme?

And with spies at that level, you have much bigger problems than just PR I suppose.
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