14-08-2013, 09:12 PM
Steve Minnerly Wrote:David wrote -
Steve...
It is VERY important to remember that Angleton was running all sorts of operations as was the rest of the CIA.
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Yes i think thats a more accurate way of putting it than what i implied in my first post. Maybe Im just naive but when i first heard about Mr. Armstrongs book and how far back evidence of the doppleganger plan began i was pretty amazed.
But i suppose technically it could have started the year that Truman initiated the CIA which was 1947 according to wiki (although I'm not claiming it did )
According to a 2005 study on the History of US Intelligence Reform.. the "Central" part of CIA was a product of the Joint Chiefs... Eberstadt's Report was pushing for the opposite it seems.
The CIA was initially staffed with OSS, Military and a whole slew of Germans/Russians.... the concept of DCI was also JCS. and most recently (after 9/11) DCI became the Director of National Intelligence relating to both foreign AND domestic spying.
WWII exposed the USA and allies to techniques and areas of study not given the time of day to that point.
This also does not mean that these activities only began after 1947... there simply was no formal means to oversee, direct and reap the benefits from such activity.
Deviously intelligent men given the resources and edict to STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM with a minimum of oversight and accountability...
What could go wrong with that? :-)
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in the strangest of places if you look at it right..... R. Hunter