Here's a 1963 essay where Harry Truman argues CIA should be restricted to strictly gather information and not have an operational arm. http://www.maebrussell.com/Prouty/Harry%20Truman's%20CIA%20article.html …
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And we all know how they responded to Kennedy.
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The CIA pre-Church Committee was very different in many ways, especially wrt oversight than it is today. To compare how it was viewed in the 50s and 60s should take this into account.
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Yeah, because they had nothing at all to do with government-related unrest or the major war on drugs in the 70s, 80s, and beyond. They're good now! *major eyeroll*
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Good book. Highly recommend The Devil’s Chessboard about Allen Dulles too, it’s even more damning
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Get used to this — people will be taking old quotes and removing all historical context to make them seem more radical than they really were.
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