The only question seems to be: Did the CIA know what it was doing? I argue yes. It seems silly, but I feel like an agency charged with gathering intelligence would have at least a loose handle on U.S. internet memes.

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The only question seems to be: Did the CIA know what it was doing? I argue yes. It seems silly, but I feel like an agency charged with gathering intelligence would have at least a loose handle on U.S. internet memes.
WTF? OMG, LOL! CIA gives WikiLeaks taskforce naughty name The CIA has launched a taskforce to assess the impact of 250,000 leaked US diplomatic cables. Its name? WikiLeaks Task Force, or WTF for short. The group will be charged with scouring the released documents to survey damage caused by the disclosures. One of the most embarrassing revelations was that the US state department had drawn up a list of information it would like on key UN figures – it later emerged the CIA had asked for the information. "Officially, the panel is called the WikiLeaks Task Force. But at CIA headquarters, it's mainly known by its all-too-apt acronym: WTF," the Washington Post reported. READ MORE