I... get the feeling you're not trying to have a conversation about the particular incident in the OP article. Which is fine, and good, but don't overproject.
Simple: one of the basic requirements of being in power is wanting to have power. It's also one of the basic reasons one shouldn't be allowed to have power.
-Are y'all with the cult?
-It's not a cult, it's an organisation that promotes the deprograming of-
-This is it.
Simple, we wrrie down the information on how to read the discs!
No, it's from a news graphic giving a detailed, annotated breakdown of the "compound" he was hiding in, the compound being an actual, literal hole in the ground, but presented as if explaining some piece of high-tech military hardware, with Saddam himself presented as if he were a component.
It's not cheaper, it costs me time.
IIRC "Calendar" was one of the proposed solutions, but the bone actually had a lot more than 28 holes. It's one of the reasons it's purpose is considered unknown.
I always find this particular strain of antiintellectualism deeply ironic, because it claims to oppose women being forgotten, but the premise assumes the "scientists" are all male.
wizards of the coast
Of the "sent the literal Pinkertons after a streamer" fame.
Oh wow, it's still updated!
He blanks them out in real life too.
Best for the job, sure, but not randomly.