asciilifeform: or with own management, which largely functions to insulate it from the nominal management.
asciilifeform: decimation: the basic 'meta' picture in my head is the small group inside virtually any gigantic and ossified organization that actually gets things done
asciilifeform: can't say the sachs thing is a living animal. but a bone, with just enough meat on it to be worth picking up.
asciilifeform: i can't insist on it. but can't rule out.
asciilifeform: decimation: the historic, self-admitted 'national character' of cia (as described in their authorized histories, note) is as a gang of 'younger sons' of old-money lords in usa. on account of the elementary fact that these were the only possible recruits because no one else was cultured or spoke languages.
asciilifeform: i suppose we'll see if there is a gnome with a hand-edited 'google blackhole' chart, soon enough
asciilifeform: notably, did not see the document linked on cryptome
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they could trivially be stated about you << just about anything could be. and folks would believe it, too.
asciilifeform: admittedly #2 is more my conjecture than sachs text
asciilifeform: decimation: sure he does. in his picture, snowden (but especially the greenwald gang) lead genuine defectors to perdition 2) lead public to use 'blackphones', 'redphones', and misc. garbage 3) drum up a general sense of dread and 'the walls have ears'
