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Government Conspiracies, MKUltra, and Boston Bombing Skepticism
from What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy · #82
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3 minRiffing on whether elements of the government would stage or allow atrocities, referencing MKUltra and Tuskegee, then turning to skepticism about the FBI's Boston Bombing investigation and a supposed second person of interest.
- 6:00Tim compares an all-you-can-eat buffet to the military-industrial complex: pay one price, all-inclusive.
- 6:25Tim stipulates the government has done horrific things: MKUltra, Tuskegee—documented history. The question is whether they developed a conscience in the last twenty years.
- 6:54Imagining government torturers suddenly growing a conscience while dropping drone strikes and torturing innocent Arab men overseas.
- 7:05The Boston bombing killed a few people and caused some maiming—compare that to what a conspiracy would theoretically accomplish for the government.
- 7:29The FBI announced a second person of interest in the Boston bombing, but Tim notes they've had enough time to be clearer about it.
- 7:51When reading news about investigations, the actual language matters: they hinted at possible other persons of interest, not definite ones.
- 8:07Investigations operate under constraints where nothing can be confirmed until full autopsies with toxicology reports come back, which takes time.