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Comment by csdreamer7 | Hacker News Reader

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"The most common reason for bias internal to the IC is self-censorship

    IC analysts and managers have consciously changed or watered down assessments. This self-censorship was largely driven by a desire to stay relevant or an effort to avoid retaliation from policymakers.

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Would anyone be able to offer insight into this? Are they worried about pointing out ties of lawmakers foreign investment ties? Biden's son to Ukraine and Republicans to Russia?

Due to the political nature of this please post credible links to back up your claims.

I've read about it or something similar in other reports: The administration puts pressure on them to produce certain results or to not produce others that conflict with their priorities or worldview. People hesitate to stick their finger in their boss's eye, and to produce work that will result in them being ridiculed, demoted, or simply excluded from the power structure, even though it's true.

I remember some intelligence agency or agencies assessing that Iran had much less of a nuclear weapons program than generally thought. The report was dragged through the mud.

Look up reports on past intelligence failures and you'll find similar issues.

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