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by foobarchu 137 days ago
In what ways would you use it like that? Honest question, I'm not at all familiar with what was in it.
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(eg in asylum arguments)

If you were applying for asylum because the conditions in your country were so oppressive to you as a political actor or member of a disfavored ethnic group, you could support your application with relevant data from the CIA world factbook describing general conditions in that country. As a publication of the US government, those factual claims would not be lightly dismissable or disputable the way third party opinions might.