I'm of the opinion is that even most of the enemies are made up by the agencies, both in terms of creating, enabling, supporting and amplifying them, and in making you worried about them.
Our Man in Havana is a very good book about the topic.
Secrets are a dark illiquid market where there’s high demand for things that don’t exist. So naturally there’s a lot of supply for that information. The fact that is almost all bogus is irrelevant.
