Thursday, 18 August 2016

The CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: An Everyday Guide To “Purposeful Stupidity’ (1944)

quote [ This Simple Sabotage Field Manual Strategic Services (Provisional) is published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doctrine for Strategic Services training for this subject.

The contents of this Manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands. ]
[SFW] [history] [+5 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@12:39amGMT]

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sanepride said @ 1:55am GMT on 18th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
Except that the CIA didn't exist until 1947.
arrowhen said @ 2:02am GMT on 18th Aug
That's what "They" want you to believe!
steele said @ 11:29am GMT on 18th Aug
Pretty sure the OSS was basically the CIA before they were the CIA.
XregnaR said @ 11:43am GMT on 18th Aug
Exactly this. Take a gander at some of the stuff written about Wild Bill Donovan.

I'd say the biggest difference was that the OSS was a lot more "hands on".
Arravis said @ 6:15am GMT on 19th Aug
Hey, it's the management manual they use at my work... this explains much.

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