07-02-2012, 09:08 PM
Mr. Ott need not be a witting disinformation agent to behave as he did.
A scenario for consideration:
STEP ONE: Create a first-class tall tale that points away from truth even as it poses as truth.
STEP TWO: Get the ultimate RVIP -- Relevant Very Important Person -- to buy into it.
STEP THREE: Kill the RVIP soon after the purchase.
STEP FOUR: Beg the conclusion that the RVIP was murdered because he came into possession of the "truth" and was ready to expose it.
RESULT: The tall tale's bona fides are enhanced. The RVIP, who otherwise was a threat, is eliminated. Thus the value of Bud Fensterwald's lesson that "every intel op has at least two objectives" once again is underscored.
A scenario for consideration:
STEP ONE: Create a first-class tall tale that points away from truth even as it poses as truth.
STEP TWO: Get the ultimate RVIP -- Relevant Very Important Person -- to buy into it.
STEP THREE: Kill the RVIP soon after the purchase.
STEP FOUR: Beg the conclusion that the RVIP was murdered because he came into possession of the "truth" and was ready to expose it.
RESULT: The tall tale's bona fides are enhanced. The RVIP, who otherwise was a threat, is eliminated. Thus the value of Bud Fensterwald's lesson that "every intel op has at least two objectives" once again is underscored.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene