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Re: C.I.A. Plays It Safe by Accentuating the Negative

Michael Pollak writes: [An obvious point but a good one to keep in mind: there are always at
least two very strong incentives toward threat assessment inflation: CYA
and the drive for institutional expansion]

speaking of "threat assessment inflation," there was an ad by the Committee on the Present Danger in the NY TIMES yesterday. That kind of inflation is their business. 

some of them were called "honorable" as their titles. What makes someone officially "honorable"?
jim devine
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