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The way people interpret the data in favor of one side or the other has more to do with the basic assumptions under which they operate. I want to write an article about this.
So if you are one who generally distrusts the government like most libertarians you will find it easy to see a conspiracy. If you generally trust the government you will tend to dismiss any conspiracy.
One question you have to ask yourself in this specific context is: what do you think about secret services in general(not only the american ones), what is their mission? Once you understand that they are not there to protect the people or democracy but to advance the geopolitical interests of their respective nations you are set.
What are you talking about with the Secret Services?
I don't understand your question.
In the original comment to which I responded, you make a query about "what do you think about secret services in general, what is their mission?"
Where you referring to THE Secret Service... Or to more general services of some sort that also happen to be secret?
I assume that by "secret services" he was referring to the CIA (known for covert ops and espionage), rather than the agency called the Secret Service (known for its presidential bodyguards).
Secret services in general all over the world: Russian FSB, british MI6, CIA, NSA, etc... I mean it in the sense of wikipedia: Secret service, umbrella term for various kinds of police or intelligence organizations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(disambiguation)
That's a rather loose association of organizations there, as they each have a very different mission (although MI6 & CIA are mostly on the same page for each respective country). The NSA, though, is mostly just about crypto and hiding things, where the others are usually more concerned with finding things.
They are a sort of necessary evil that really needs some newer controls for their operations in this day and age.
BTW, here is a handy graphic representing the relation between the various U.S. intelligence agencies.