> However, it's also common sense that it's inevitable that any complex large-scale long-term operation will ultimately come to light.
Is it, though? Is it unlikely that some projects that a government undertakes could remain hidden indefinitely, or at least until after the collapse of said government?
If anything, it's even easier to leak the existence of evil government projects (in the U.S. at least) than in practically any time in the past. The U.S. even provides the majority of the funding to Tor that could help you do it too.
Back in the day you had to somehow take pictures of documents you wanted copied, do it in a way that didn't draw suspicion, you were limited to what you could physically examine (and carry), and pretty much everything was huge compared to miniturized technology of today.
And after all, think back to who provided the intel to Greenwald and the WaPo again? The vast majority of government employees, even in agencies like NSA and FBI, feel that they are acting in the public interest (or at least, not against the public interest).
It's not as if there's a University of Illuminati and Zionists for the government to hire conspirators out of.
So I think Ray Ozzie is right on point, with that part among his other points.
Is it, though? Is it unlikely that some projects that a government undertakes could remain hidden indefinitely, or at least until after the collapse of said government?