As a manager, I long ago understood that this sort of conversation reveals
a lot about the character of the—in this case—poster and little to nothing
about the facts.
The US Government and it’s intelligence agencies in particular try to avoid
false statements (WH excepted);I have seen people “lie” to the extent that
if pushed into a corner by a direct question they will say they don’t know
rather than reveal classified information—I have so done myself.
I have also seen disinformation operations directed against foreigners get
picked up by the US press; I am unaware of any domestic disinformation
operations run by NRO, CIA, or any other foreign focused intelligence
agency. To my knowledge, only the FBI has engaged in disinformation
directed at the US public.
NRO launches are public because they can’t be hidden; saying nothing about
them is the preferred and standard practice. Lying about then is not.
Bill
On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 11:28 AM David Spain <david.l.spain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 1/8/2018 11:20 PM, BrianK ABQ wrote:
Any confirmation that the Zuma payload was a complete loss??https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/the-zuma-satellite-launched-by-spacex-may-be-lost-sources-tell-ars/
Wait a few weeks, see if the semi-pro "amateur" spy sat trackers find
it. If so, then no, otherwise likely yes.
