Originally Posted by
Drake
I also read once that people are more comfortable believing that everything is secretly being handled by covert operations than believing that we really AREN'T in control, and yes, some of those covert organizations totally dropped the ball.
People forget that the CIA and whatnot is ran by the same fallible humans... the same folks who also accidentally pour their cereal into their coffee in the morning because they are half awake. And the same folks who miss what, in hindsight, were clear warning signs.
For a lot of people, the thought of superhuman covert operatives is easier to deal with.