Talk:State Security Service (Belgium)

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For your information, the law "Special Inquery Methods" has not been voted by the parlement. The Belgian State Security Service do not use for the moment this kind of Special Methods.

June 14 2021 Edits[edit]

As can be seen in the View history section, I have made several minor edits improving grammar, formality, and integration with the site. Please note that I have little to no knowledge on this subject--hence my edits do not add or remove and information; they should not impact the information or neutrality of the article.

I have replaced several informal metaphors/sayings with more formal equivalents. The only one where I can expect dispute is "rolled up". I believe the page's original author uses this to mean ended, disrupted, neutralized, etc. given the context. Since this article is about a Belgian organization and sports somewhat unusual grammar, I assume the original author was a Belgian. I am an American, so I may have interpreted this metaphor/saying incorrectly (if it has a different meaning in Europe, Belgium, or for French-, Dutch-, or German-speakers, I am unaware of it). If I am wrong in this, please edit the article to correct eye errors and leave a notice here.

Furthermore, in its discussion of the Brabant killings (History, 20th century, paragraph 3), the article claims the killers' Nov. 1985 supermarket massacre killed 28. While I have only basic familiarity with this incident and little to none with the organization behind them, sources (including the Brabant killers' Wikipedia page) seem to agree that the group killed 28 people through all of its activities combined, not 28 people in this specific incident. The aforementioned Wikipedia page gives the number of 1985 supermarket fatalities as 8 (other sources differ but stay within the 8-10 range, although they are mostly breaking news articles and thus probably working off limited information). While I think my point is correct (28 is not the 1985 shooting fatality, but the group's overall killing total), I think it is best to leave the edit/verification to someone with a better understanding of the subject. If that is you, please feel free to make the correction!

TransientBovine (talk) 21:33, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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