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Even if they come right out and say "it was the CIA", I don't think anything would really happen. It would be like the reveal of COINTELPRO.
I work with a lib who thinks it's a silly conspiracy theory that the CIA would have been involved, and I get the vibe from him that he believes it would actually change things if the facts came out and it was actually the CIA behind it; I've spent a fair bit of time trying to convince him that unlike in the movies, when the facts come out and they reveal horrific stuff, people will just find reasons to be okay with it (as opposed to movies that give the impression that the truth coming out would cause change, as if America isn't just a lib/chud wasteland).
"There's no way it could have been the CIA. Their charter explicitly forbids them from operating on US soil!"
Edit:
It is worth noting that this is a PERFECT crystallization of what idealism means (believing reality is shaped and transformed by thought).
it's amazing and sad how so many liberal beliefs can be distilled into "DOGS CANT PLAY BASKETBALL"