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United States involvement in regime change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

United States involvement in regime change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... Won't see any mention of this under "Our Legacy", I'm sure.

derision 6y ago
Not until after you sign the NDA
chumich1 6y ago
Recently read both Legacy of Ashes and The Jakarta Method. The declassified documents directly from the CIA should damn them to the grave. The United States in the post WW2 period turned rightful fear and skepticism of the USSR into violent paranoia, subverting democracy anywhere people dared assert control over natural resources or accept participation of socialist/communist political parties. Whether they did it at the direction of business interests isn't too important. The result of a bloody Cold War in the 3rd World was a cheap non-unionized labor force where organizing for better wages and conditions is dangerous and often illegal. A better world was possible. The Non-Aligned Movement attempted to thread the needle between the US and the Soviet Union, but the CIA's mission was to make sure there was no 3rd option.
jsheard 6y ago
or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_by_the_CIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_by_the... Them pretending this stuff never happened is no fun, I'd like to see them try to justify MKULTRA
stonogo 6y ago
Unlike your resume, which contains a complete accounting of every bad thing you've done, right?
- aparsons 6y ago
  Resume ====== ... - Dropped 3 production tables, losing lead data worth up to $6 million - Designed O(n^2) solution which was fixed in six-person all-nighter a year later when our search p99 plummetted. ... I would interview someone that puts this on their resume, no questions asked. Hiring? Not sure, but the honesty is definitely appreciated.
__turbobrew__ 6y ago
Here is another banger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_...

derision 6y ago

Not until after you sign the NDA

chumich1 6y ago

Recently read both Legacy of Ashes and The Jakarta Method. The declassified documents directly from the CIA should damn them to the grave. The United States in the post WW2 period turned rightful fear and skepticism of the USSR into violent paranoia, subverting democracy anywhere people dared assert control over natural resources or accept participation of socialist/communist political parties. Whether they did it at the direction of business interests isn't too important. The result of a bloody Cold War in the 3rd World was a cheap non-unionized labor force where organizing for better wages and conditions is dangerous and often illegal. A better world was possible. The Non-Aligned Movement attempted to thread the needle between the US and the Soviet Union, but the CIA's mission was to make sure there was no 3rd option.

jsheard 6y ago

or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_by_the_CIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_by_the... Them pretending this stuff never happened is no fun, I'd like to see them try to justify MKULTRA

stonogo 6y ago

Unlike your resume, which contains a complete accounting of every bad thing you've done, right?

aparsons 6y ago
Resume ====== ... - Dropped 3 production tables, losing lead data worth up to $6 million - Designed O(n^2) solution which was fixed in six-person all-nighter a year later when our search p99 plummetted. ... I would interview someone that puts this on their resume, no questions asked. Hiring? Not sure, but the honesty is definitely appreciated.

__turbobrew__ 6y ago

Here is another banger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_...