Charlie Stross on Nostr: Somewhere there's a tiny overworked government department of plausible conspiracy ...
Somewhere there's a tiny overworked government department of plausible conspiracy theories, whose job is to come up with plausible-sounding nonsense that can then be fake-classified TOP SECRET and plausibly leaked to the dingbats who will publicize it, thereby proving that government can't keep secrets so REDACTED is obviously just an urban legend so remember kids REDACTED does not exist FNORD.
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