Comment by themafia
6 months ago
> So I'm not sure what's meant by the "got away with" part.
The agency still exists, in the exact same form, with no additional oversight. Did you think it just meant remaining obscured from the public? Shouldn't someone have gone to jail for this?
> Recreating the Church commission today wouldn't be just difficult, it is completely impossible.
The CIA has literally taken "ex-employees" and run them into the House and the Senate. It's far worse than you imagine. They "got away" with it and they continue to "get away" with it.
Schlesinger was right. The CIA needs to be divided into two separate firms. One responsible for research which reports directly to the civilian administration and the other responsible for operations which reports directly to the military administration.
It's not hard to kill people or anything. Doesn't exactly take a lot of research to do either. If your agency is developing a bunch of new ways to kill people, it doesn't actually increase capabilities, doesn't it just mean they're bored?
> It's not hard to kill people or anything.
Unless you want to be completely clandestine about it. Then it is very hard. My understanding is this is why the CIA exists, to perform work, and remain unknown.
> Doesn't exactly take a lot of research to do either.
You're basing this off of years of experience within or with the agency? You've reviewed many CIA political assassinations over the years and came to a careful conclusion on this point?
> it doesn't actually increase capabilities
Yea. The world is static. So developing new techniques is just "for funsies." It's not like cameras, cell phones, and advanced sensors haven't made this more difficult or anything.
> doesn't it just mean they're bored?
Doesn't it just mean they no longer have a reason to exist?