If the CIA had a weapon that would make citizens invisible?

[kentuck]

But were forbidden by Congress to use it?

Do you think they would use it?

Would you think me naive if I said "No"?

[brooklynite]

1. Well of course, it depends...

...on whether our Lizard Overlords ordered them to.

[Adam051188]

4. all hail the cold blooded

[JanMichael]

2. they do not need one

Our economy already makes people invisible. The poor are a good example.

[Aerows]

9. +1

Excellent observation (no pun intended).

[Warren DeMontague]

3. How about the one that makes citizens think they're invisible.... when they aren't?

[valerief]

6. That was great. And then there's Soap.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Yeah, that show was a classic.

Edited to add: I still remember the "scandal" around the fact that Billy Crystal's character was supposed to be Gay. O NOES!

[valerief]

5. Why would the CIA ask Congress? When was the last time they did that? nt

[surrealAmerican]

8. Surely, it's easier to keep track of people when you can see them.

Why would they even want to use such a thing?

[GeorgeGist]

10. They already have ...

so yes, I think you're naive.

[Aerows]

11. Congress wouldn't know they had it

because they would spy on Congress to make sure they were unaware that they had such a "device necessary to maintain national security".

Besides, even if they found out about it, it would be too classified to discuss it due to the fact that the "device is critical to maintaining national security".

How do you provide oversight for an organization that rules what you can and cannot know, even as a member of Congress, and what you can and cannot disclose to the American people, even as a member of Congress? You can't, thus that is why we are where we are.

[KoKo]

12. I think, at this point, i would think you naive...

in answer to your question. But, personally I've never found you naive. Just a questioner about where we were going. As many of the rest of us were.