So the real CIA just pulled a Burn Notice move so monumentally stupid it makes the show Burn Notice’s plot seem plausible by comparison. An unclassified email sent to the fucking White House in February has potentially exposed undercover officers, and now the agency is scrambling like cockroaches when you flip on the kitchen light. This shit is beyond embarrassing. It's dangerous, incompetent, and reads like a rejected script from the show's writers' room for being "too unrealistic." Yet here we are, watching America's premier intelligence agency commit an error so basic that even the show's protagonist would facepalm. And in case anyone is asking, yes, I was actually a pretty huge fangirl for the USA TV Series, Burn Notice.
The Email That Burned Everyone
Let's break down this clusterfuck with the detail it deserves. In February, some genius at Langley decided to send an unclassified email—yes, UNCLASSIFIED—to the damn White House. The content? Oh, just a casual list of newer CIA emplo…
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