Covert actions often escalate through repeated strategies and deceitful tactics.
Evidence
The way to understand covert action, as practiced by the Central Intelligence Agency, is to realize that the same tricks and schemes are used over and over again. There is the same gradual escalation, the same planting of false news, the same bribery of politicians, the same huffy denials, the same urge to create social chaos that requires an imposition of martial law. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 58
Categorization
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 58
- XREF: connects to: Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233; Misleading intelligence strategies can escalate arms races. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1240; A seemingly innocent act can lead to devastating consequences. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 204 (+2 more)
Related
- Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales. (similarity 0.86)
- The CIA aimed to create fear through deception operations. (similarity 0.82)
- Misleading intelligence strategies can escalate arms races. (similarity 0.79)
Library Connections
- Misleading intelligence strategies can escalate arms races.
#exemplifies(0.85) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1240
Broader Connections
- The CIA aimed to create fear through deception operations.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1203 - A seemingly innocent act can lead to devastating consequences.
#expands(0.65) — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 204