> "it was not immediately apparent, so I did some research and it was x. Now you don't need to do the research."
If OP had written that, I'd have understood.
> And the CIA is mandated to produce such reports, while they could add malware it'd likely be more of a liability than a benefit.
I had a passing paralysis of paranoia. I'm not normally prone to paranoia about the CIA, but the topic is bulk surveillance, and the URL isn't exactly https://cia.gov/report/about-that-bulk-surveillance Its path is `.../63f697addbbd30a4d64432ff28bbc6d6/...pdf` Along with a half understood comment that sounded like "Relaaax everyone! No big deal. It was all about ISIL! Look at this liiiink."
> "it was not immediately apparent, so I did some research and it was x. Now you don't need to do the research."
If OP had written that, I'd have understood.
> And the CIA is mandated to produce such reports, while they could add malware it'd likely be more of a liability than a benefit.
I had a passing paralysis of paranoia. I'm not normally prone to paranoia about the CIA, but the topic is bulk surveillance, and the URL isn't exactly https://cia.gov/report/about-that-bulk-surveillance Its path is `.../63f697addbbd30a4d64432ff28bbc6d6/...pdf` Along with a half understood comment that sounded like "Relaaax everyone! No big deal. It was all about ISIL! Look at this liiiink."