Able Archer - The Propaganda Theory

The CIA, the analysts who are involved in that estimate, have a vested interest in protecting their own reputations. Nobody wants to say they got it wrong, right? I don't want to turn that into like some great conspiracy theory. That's just, that's human nature. It's really hard to get people to reexamine their opinions at the time. The official CIA party line was the propaganda theory that nothing really had happened. They were happy to shove it under the rug. Big fuck up? Nope, not us. We never make mistakes.