The CIA are assholes, and they do routinely violate the rights of Americans (even today, though it was probably worse decades ago). But their interests are nar

The CIA are assholes, and they do routinely violate the rights of Americans (even today, though it was probably worse decades ago). But their interests are narrow. What about that would have piqued their curiosity? If you are right, does that mean one of the hippies was some Soviet asset? And even then, that's got to be the worst cover story ever. On the other hand, the Feebs were really bad at counterintel tradecraft, but it's difficult to imagine them being sophisticated enough to pull off an academic cover like that. Maybe I was harsh. Near as I can tell, almost all of those agencies were into some seriously stupid shit (when did they give up on psychic phenomena research again?), but it still just doesn't strike me as plausible. I've having trouble processing it. If you ever do write that book, plug it here so I have a chance of noticing it, would ya?