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John le Carre

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the dig

John le Carre

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John le Carre is saying that without a clear connection between what people in power do privately and what the public is told, distrust and anger toward hidden actions and false information are justified. He uses Watergate as an example of when the truth was revealed, showing why secrecy and lies naturally cause suspicion.

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