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The Many Crimes of CIA Covert Actions

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By Melvin Goodman* – CounterPunch The United States must not adopt the tactics of the enemy.  Each time we do so, each time the means we use are wrong, our inner strength, the strength that makes us free, is lessened.  – Senator Frank Church, 1976  The CIA has committed every crime there is except rape.  – General Walter Bedell Smith, former Director of Central Intelligence, 1949  The term “covert action” is a peculiarly American invention; it d…

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The Many Crimes of CIA Covert Actions

The term “covert action” is a peculiarly American invention; it does not appear in the lexicon of other intelligence services.  Nor does the term appear in the National Security Act of 1947, which created the Central Intelligence Agency.  Covert action refers to secret operations to influence governments, organizations, or persons in support of a foreign policy in a manner that is not attributable to the United States.

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