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James Brown said the CIA spied on him. The CIA won't say

6 points by 1cvmask 5y ago

1cvmask 5y ago
The CIA had a thing for Blacks including spying on Malcom X, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Martin Luther King (with FBI and NSA), killing Patrice Lumumba and having Nelson Mandela being imprisoned: https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478272695/retired-cia-agent-confirms-u-s-role-in-nelson-mandelas-1962-arrest https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478272695/retired-cia-agent-c... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/15/cia-operative-nelson-mandela-1962-arrest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/15/cia-operativ... https://www.newsweek.com/richard-gibson-cia-spies-james-baldwin-amiri-baraka-richard-wright-cuba-926428 https://www.newsweek.com/richard-gibson-cia-spies-james-bald... https://www.krabarchive.com/ralphmag/JI/finks.html https://www.krabarchive.com/ralphmag/JI/finks.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24279394 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24279394 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/956741992/documentary-exposes-how-the-fbi-tried-to-destroy-mlk-with-wiretaps-blackmail https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/956741992/documentary-exposes... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/21/malcolm-x-death-family-letter-nypd-fbi https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/21/malcolm-x-de... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_the_Democrat...
- iwasnothere 5y ago
  Anything that challenges the dominant white, anglo christian narrative must be stamped out post haste! I mean, how the hell else do we justify spending $500bn per year on war and spies?
iwasnothere 5y ago
If an American ever starts bragging to you about how free he is, ask him how he squares that with the fact that he is forced under the threat of incarceration and violence, to subsidize the CIA and the NSA which are the antithesis of freedom. I do this, frequently, they always shut up, stammer a bit, then walk away.
throwawaymanbot 5y ago
There is a subsection of American male in 3 Letter organizations, that agree with the General outlook of the Police Commanders. (Particularly back then!) This strain is evident in Trumper types at these organizations today. Its a sad shame on US history that someone like JB got treated like this! We can only march forward from this outlook, and if you look at the decades following, as a country we have.

6 points by 1cvmask 5y ago

The CIA had a thing for Blacks including spying on Malcom X, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Martin Luther King (with FBI and NSA), killing Patrice Lumumba and having Nelson Mandela being imprisoned: https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478272695/retired-cia-agent-confirms-u-s-role-in-nelson-mandelas-1962-arrest https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478272695/retired-cia-agent-c... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/15/cia-operative-nelson-mandela-1962-arrest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/15/cia-operativ... https://www.newsweek.com/richard-gibson-cia-spies-james-baldwin-amiri-baraka-richard-wright-cuba-926428 https://www.newsweek.com/richard-gibson-cia-spies-james-bald... https://www.krabarchive.com/ralphmag/JI/finks.html https://www.krabarchive.com/ralphmag/JI/finks.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24279394 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24279394 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/956741992/documentary-exposes-how-the-fbi-tried-to-destroy-mlk-with-wiretaps-blackmail https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/956741992/documentary-exposes... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/21/malcolm-x-death-family-letter-nypd-fbi https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/21/malcolm-x-de... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_the_Democrat...

iwasnothere 5y ago
Anything that challenges the dominant white, anglo christian narrative must be stamped out post haste! I mean, how the hell else do we justify spending $500bn per year on war and spies?

iwasnothere 5y ago

If an American ever starts bragging to you about how free he is, ask him how he squares that with the fact that he is forced under the threat of incarceration and violence, to subsidize the CIA and the NSA which are the antithesis of freedom. I do this, frequently, they always shut up, stammer a bit, then walk away.

throwawaymanbot 5y ago

There is a subsection of American male in 3 Letter organizations, that agree with the General outlook of the Police Commanders. (Particularly back then!) This strain is evident in Trumper types at these organizations today. Its a sad shame on US history that someone like JB got treated like this! We can only march forward from this outlook, and if you look at the decades following, as a country we have.