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Never, as long as the CIA still exists. The institutional reputation of the agency is very low right now among large swaths of the population. Imagine what wo
by StanislavPetrov 4y ago
Never, as long as the CIA still exists. The institutional reputation of the agency is very low right now among large swaths of the population. Imagine what would happen if it was revealed that they had a hand in killing a sitting US president? No matter how long ago it was, their reputation and credibility (and the reputation and credibility of all the institutions and people who continue to uphold them as patriotic defenders of democracy) would be forever tainted (even beyond what it is today).
- starkd 4y agoI'm not so sure. All the current employees of the CIA are absolved, simply because they were not even alive at that time. All the principles have been long dead. I think they could credibly claim "mistakes were made" and move on. It's a perfect opportunity to sort of wipe the slate clean.
- dls2016 4y agoAs if the CIA could ever have a "clean slate".
- eep_social 4y agoParts of the country are still.. litigating.. the American civil war. We don’t really do clean slates.
- Communitivity 4y agoSomething to keep in mind is that any intelligence service gets blamed for their failures, but gets no bump in reputation for their successes. This means that the more activities any service does, the worse their reputation will be. Because no one has a 100% track record.
- thatguy0900 4y agoI mean the Cia peddled cocaine in America for extra spending money. I really don't think their reputational issues are because they have too many visible failures.