Abolish the CIA!
Chalmers Johnson: ‘A classic study of blowback’, 21 October 2004
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to 10 September 2001
by Steve Coll.
Penguin, 695 pp., $29.95, June 2004,1 59420 007 6 Show More
by Steve Coll.
Penguin, 695 pp., $29.95, June 2004,
“... the CIA’s clandestine officers were too timid. He preferred the type represented by his friend Oliver North. Over time, Casey’s position hardened into CIA dogma, which its agents, protected by secrecy from ever having their ignorance exposed, enforced in every way they could. The agency resolutely refused to help choose winners and losers among the ... ”