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Why punitive action? The CIA is the covert tool through which the USA maintains its global hegemony and reach. No US president in their right mind will ever do
by sph 3y ago
Why punitive action? The CIA is the covert tool through which the USA maintains its global hegemony and reach.
No US president in their right mind will ever do anything to reduce the powers of its intelligence agency.
- Consultant32452 3y agoThe CIA understands that it doesn't need the approval or even the funding of any member of the US government to carry out whatever deeds it wants. We have military leadership admitting publicly that they falsified reports to a sitting President to maintain wars and there are no repercussions. The idea that the President has any power to combat any of this is a fantasy.
- BSEdlMMldESB 3y agoI think USA congress is also disabled from acting against them, though it probably costs them a bit more to neuter as there are many more people involved
- Consultant32452 3y agoHypothetically the congress could defund them or even outlaw them, but the CIA could operate solely on the funds of its own illegal operations. And only a fool would think they don't have blackmail files on enough key players.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoMeanwhile it seems that the US economy has historically been the overt tool through which the USA maintains its global hegemony and reach. I mention that because the politicians seem determined to break that trend.
- bilbo0s 3y agoAll the more reason no US president will do anything to reign in the CIA. If anything, we'll be trying to use more covert power in the future.
- pessimizer 3y agoNo, the USA is one of the overt tools which the CIA uses to maintain its (fragile) global hegemony.