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Over the past 24 hours the media, and that includes the Internet’s blogosphere, has been filled with reactions over the reported (by the Guardian Newspaper, and the NY Times) `vaccination ruse’ used by CIA operatives in Pakistan to try to obtain Osama Bin Laden’s DNA.
While this may seem like small potatoes to some people, Maryn McKenna has penned a terrific article today on why this was a extraordinarily bad idea.
The best thing I can do is step aside, and let you go read:
File Under WTF: Did the CIA Fake a Vaccination Campaign?
- By Maryn McKenna July 13, 2011 |
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