Comment by arrowsmith 1 day ago The CIA World Factbook is a tertiary source. 3 comments arrowsmith Reply hulitu 21 hours ago But treated by Wikipedia as _the_ primary source. /s red-iron-pine 7 hours ago it is an official release put out by an organ of the US government responsible for creating intelligence.presumably their facts are undergoing vetting and validation. thaumasiotes 3 hours ago Yes, I was surprised by the overwhelming consensus here that the CIA, which is responsible for knowing what's true about other countries, doesn't do any validation of the claims they make about other countries.
hulitu 21 hours ago But treated by Wikipedia as _the_ primary source. /s red-iron-pine 7 hours ago it is an official release put out by an organ of the US government responsible for creating intelligence.presumably their facts are undergoing vetting and validation. thaumasiotes 3 hours ago Yes, I was surprised by the overwhelming consensus here that the CIA, which is responsible for knowing what's true about other countries, doesn't do any validation of the claims they make about other countries.
red-iron-pine 7 hours ago it is an official release put out by an organ of the US government responsible for creating intelligence.presumably their facts are undergoing vetting and validation. thaumasiotes 3 hours ago Yes, I was surprised by the overwhelming consensus here that the CIA, which is responsible for knowing what's true about other countries, doesn't do any validation of the claims they make about other countries.
thaumasiotes 3 hours ago Yes, I was surprised by the overwhelming consensus here that the CIA, which is responsible for knowing what's true about other countries, doesn't do any validation of the claims they make about other countries.
But treated by Wikipedia as _the_ primary source. /s
it is an official release put out by an organ of the US government responsible for creating intelligence.
presumably their facts are undergoing vetting and validation.
Yes, I was surprised by the overwhelming consensus here that the CIA, which is responsible for knowing what's true about other countries, doesn't do any validation of the claims they make about other countries.