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nxzero on Aug 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The CIA’s 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual (2015)

Plausible deniability is a huge factor in convert operations.

If the target can't prove something is intentional, it compounds the damage done, manages risks, etc.

dredmorbius on Aug 9, 2016 [–]

Targeting trust is among the most disruptive attacks you can make.

Take movies with unreliable narrators (say, "Gur Hfhny Fhfcrpgf") as an example. Who or what can you trust?

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