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  "path": "/2026/02/06/the-cia-erased-the-world-factbook-with-no-warning-and-told-everyone-to-stay-curious/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T18:49:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
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  "textContent": "For over half a century, the CIA’s World Factbook has been one of the most quietly useful things the federal government has ever produced. A comprehensive, regularly updated, freely available reference on every country in the world—population stats, government structures, economic data, geography, the works. It was the kind of thing that made you think, […]",
  "title": "The CIA Erased The World Factbook With No Warning… And Told Everyone To ‘Stay Curious’"
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