Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepokepreetpodca/video/7435553327196163371
It's real btw but I'm not linking to the CIA.
It's in an archive of the files found in Bin Laden's compound.
Everybody coming up with complex armchair psychologist theories but this is the correct answer lol
"Wait, it's Killing Hope, as in 'making hope dead'? All this time I thought it was Killing Hope as in 'killing it', that is, 'doing a fine job in regards to hope'. I checked every policy to make sure we were still killing hope! Why did no one tell me?!"It's because they want prospective recruits to self-select.
They want to be sure that everyone who joins them knows exactly what they'll be doing.
Getting involved in US diplomacy has a similar reading list. They only want evil fuckers to join. They don't want naive optimists who think they'll be doing anything helpful.
