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Generally.
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Should be since the CIA book is compiled by experts while Wikipedia is compiled by everybody else.
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It might be more comrpehensive but remember that it is less objective.
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I don't know what it is, but I wouldn't trust it. The CIA were found to have altered the death toll figures on Wikipedia for the War in Iraq and other wars. I would't trust either of them.
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The problem with the CIA is the fact it is an American organisation and as such only posts information on what it wants people to know. The problem with Wikipedia is that it is written by anyone that wants to write it.
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Why not? Both are edited by CIA personnel...
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I don't think I would trust anything but the most basic fact, like size of population. Anything with the slightest political connotation I would take with a very large pinch of salt. The CIA describe Zimbabwe as a Democratic Republic when it is effectively a dictatorship.
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Of course. Intelligence is their business. If it's a secret, they don't put it on their website.
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