{"id":42112,"date":"2014-05-20T23:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T05:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/20\/we-promise-not-to-do-a-criminally-stupid-thing-ever-again.html"},"modified":"2014-05-22T05:58:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T11:58:27","slug":"we-promise-not-to-do-a-criminally-stupid-thing-ever-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/20\/we-promise-not-to-do-a-criminally-stupid-thing-ever-again.html","title":{"rendered":""We promise not to do a criminally stupid thing ever again"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pinky-swear."<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, someone in the CIA thought it was a really cool idea<\/b> to pose as doctors doing vaccinations while collecting intel for various operations (such as nabbing Bin Ladin). Of course, they never considered that once that information became public folks who don't particularly like the US or the CIA might shun all doctors doing vaccinations (sometimes violently so), leading to … well … lots of disease and death.<\/p>\n

But it's okay. I'm sure<\/i> that the CIA promising<\/i> (right now, under a particular director) that they will never, ever, ever, ever<\/i> do something like that again will both magically resurrect those people who have died<\/i> of preventable disease, and convince all those folk who distrust the CIA and the US that they should stop attacking vaccinators. Because that trick always<\/i> works.\ufeff<\/div>\n

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CIA will no longer use vaccine campaigns for spying<\/a>
\n The CIA says that it will no longer use vaccination campaigns as a cover for intelligence programs, as it did several years ago when investigating Osama bin Laden’s potential presence in his…\n <\/p>\n

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Pinky-swear." Yes, someone in the CIA thought it was a really cool idea to pose as doctors doing vaccinations while collecting intel for various operations (such as nabbing Bin Ladin). Of course, they never considered that once that information became public folks who don't particularly like the US or the CIA might shun all doctors … Continue reading “"We promise not to do a criminally stupid thing ever again”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,10,7],"tags":[586],"class_list":["post-42112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-health","tag-pluspost"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28624,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/16\/unintended-consequences.html","url_meta":{"origin":42112,"position":0},"title":"Unintended consequences","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 16-Jul-12 11:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, there's no question that the Taliban are being dicks about blocking vaccinations in \"their\" portion of Pakistan.That said, their suspicion that vaccination programs provide an opportunity for CIA (and Pakistani government) operatives to infiltrate their territory is not without basis -- which means the CIA (et al.) bear some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31871,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/polio-vaccinators-under-attack-in-pakistan.html","url_meta":{"origin":42112,"position":1},"title":"Polio vaccinators under attack in Pakistan","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Dec-12 10:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"There are (un)healthy bits of anti-vax fearmongering involved in the Taliban \/ etc. resistance to vaccination campaigns, but also mistrust of the West, esp. the US, and claims that some of the doctors involved are CIA spies.That CIA spies did enter the country posing as doctors in the search for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128182,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/how-did-the-kgb-keep-spotting-cia-agents-amongst-state-department-personnel.html","url_meta":{"origin":42112,"position":2},"title":"How did the KGB keep spotting CIA agents amongst State Department personnel?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 28-Sep-15 9:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Moles penetrating the Agency? 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