License to spy: How USAID acted as a CIA front in Portugal - CovertAction Magazine

License to spy: How USAID acted as a CIA front in Portugal - CovertAction Magazine

Between 1975 and 1989, the primary U.S. intelligence agency leveraged various financial assistance programs to shape Portuguese democracy and prevent the country from falling under Soviet influence. Here’s how. The involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Portugal is widely acknowledged. In fact, it was primarily thanks to this magazine’s founder, Philip Agee, that […] The post License to spy: How USAID acted as a CIA front in Por…