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I am completely bemused that on the one hand the CIA is quite happy to literally murder, rape and and torture left right and centre, overthrow foreign governmen

I am completely bemused that on the one hand the CIA is quite happy to literally murder, rape and and torture left right and centre, overthrow foreign governments, interfere with elections etc ... but is careful about adhering to the finer points US Constitution.

Donzo 10y ago
This is because if they answer to anyone, it's the US Gov that is structured by the Constitution. They have no issue with commiting those attrocities in foreign lands, in which Constitutional protections and rules do not apply to them.
huffmsa 10y ago
That's why the CIA doesn't operate inside of the United States. It is beholden to the laws of the United States and tasked with protecting and upholding the Constitution. But there are no stipulations against doing bad things in non-US lands.
- 1001101 10y ago
  > That's why the CIA doesn't operate inside of the United States. False [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_ARTICHOKE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_ARTICHOKE [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_for_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_for_Freedom [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTLINGUAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTLINGUAL
  - huffmsa 10y ago
    Why the CIA isn't supposed to operate inside the United States.
    - afandian 10y ago
      That's just it. Are they "supposed" to be out raping and murdering in foreign countries?
dang 10y ago
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13810721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13810721 and marked it off-topic.

Donzo 10y ago

This is because if they answer to anyone, it's the US Gov that is structured by the Constitution. They have no issue with commiting those attrocities in foreign lands, in which Constitutional protections and rules do not apply to them.

huffmsa 10y ago

That's why the CIA doesn't operate inside of the United States. It is beholden to the laws of the United States and tasked with protecting and upholding the Constitution. But there are no stipulations against doing bad things in non-US lands.

1001101 10y ago
> That's why the CIA doesn't operate inside of the United States. False [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_ARTICHOKE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_ARTICHOKE [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_for_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_for_Freedom [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTLINGUAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTLINGUAL
- huffmsa 10y ago
  Why the CIA isn't supposed to operate inside the United States.
  - afandian 10y ago
    That's just it. Are they "supposed" to be out raping and murdering in foreign countries?

dang 10y ago

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13810721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13810721 and marked it off-topic.