Public interest in leaked and declassified intelligence reports has surged in the era of
WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden. But while media outlets focus on the antics of Donald Trump, they continue to ignore hugely revealing information that could really embarrass powerful leaders, organisations, and even entire countries. And recently, as
WikiLeaks continues to uncover covert US actions around the world, the CIA has actually had to release documents itself.
Below are five key revelations from a recent document dump from the CIA.
New WikiLeaks release downplayedWikiLeaks recently published a '
smoking gun'; a high-level US intelligence
report which proves the US sought to interfere in the 2012 French presidential elections. While the
revelation headlined in European newspapers,
The New York Times and others
downplayed it. And
The Associated Press, in its very brief
coverage, dismissively (and falsely) labelled the CIA spying as "standard intelligence gathering".
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