[1Old Pro]

Just consider this: A fake of that magnitude would require so many people, at so many levels that to keep it secret would be more of a complex task, than actually going to the moon.

The CIA is corrupt, covert and criminal, but not near smart enough to pull off something of this magnitude.

[alloysteel]

“The CIA is corrupt, covert and criminal, but not near smart enough to pull off something of this magnitude.”

I fully agree with your statement about the CIA. They are really full of themselves, playing their blood sport games like denizens of the Byzantine Empire, weaving in and out of the palace corridors plying their skullduggery and intrigue on the courtiers.

The CIA does not want to assume the reins of power, but they want to make those who do beholden to them and “lead from behind”.

As a strategy, leading from behind rarely works the way it is expected. Too many ways things can veer off from the way it was supposed to go. But a lot of new opportunities then spring up.

[carcraft]

Yep, the CIA couldn’t convince the World that Hunter’s lap top was Russian disinformation, imagine getting people to believe we got to the moon when we didn’t.

[cherry]

NDA's with millions of dollars dangling in front of you can make many men quite compliant especially if they were convinced it was for the greater "good"....

also, NASA works on compartmentalization...one engineer may not know what the next is working on....

covid and the vaxxes....did you see how thoroughly corrupt that whole thing was?....and very few drs/nurses, pharmacists, etc said anything....