> The NSA? No, I don’t think they’re for-hire. The United States of America, always an ally and at service to friendly right-wing politicians from around the w

> The NSA? No, I don’t think they’re for-hire. The United States of America, always an ally and at service to friendly right-wing politicians from around the world. "What was the sense at the time of the degree to which the United States was involving itself in undermining Allende’s government? MS: I think most people knew, and part of this was because a scandal broke in 1972 that the Chilean subsidiary of ITT had lobbied the CIA to intervene and fund different renegade military factions in Chile to try to keep Allende out of office during that brief two-month window between when he was elected in September of 1970 and when he would be sworn in, in November 1970. So it was fairly common knowledge that, despite the public declarations by the White House that they were neutral toward Chile or that they had no official oppositional stance to him, behind the scenes, the CIA as well as the White House were actively opposed to Allende." source: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/salvador-allende-chile-coup-pinochet https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/salvador-allende-chile-coup-p... great recent docu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJLA2_Ho7X0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJLA2_Ho7X0