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== Real Life ==
* The [[Trope Codifier]] might well be [[wikipedia:Golda Meir|former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir]], who is believed to have uttered the oft-quoted "Even a paranoid can have enemies" line to Henry Kissinger during the 1973 Sinai peace talks (in reference to her reluctance to give the Palestinians additional concessions). [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|The line is sometimes attributed to Kissinger.]]
* Fidel Castro. The CIA actually tried to assassinate him ''over six hundred times''. The only reason he
* The Martha Mitchell effect, named for Martha Beall Mitchell. Mitchell told reporters that White House officials were committing criminal acts and that they once even went so far as to keep her sedated and imprisoned in a hotel room. It was leaked to the media that she had a drinking problem and most of her family abandoned her. Take a guess who was [[Richard Nixon|president...]].
* Among sysadmins and other IT specialists, there's a saying that "adequate computer security is indistinguishable from paranoia". Justified as there are more and more signs of organized crime being behind many of present day's virus and worm attacks.
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