Yeah, basically from the jump they gave them power to essentially do anything. Once you remove civilian oversight and allow them to keep things secret they're just going to act with impunity.
They had autonomy from the US, but they did not control the US. It took awhile for the higher ups in the US government to be replaced with CIA loyalists.
Eisenhower could've fired Dulles without getting Oswald'd, Kennedy could not.
They've gotten much more powerful over the years due to decline in the size of foreign intellegence agencies and ballooning budgets during the Bush years.
CIA was always shit.
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Yeah, basically from the jump they gave them power to essentially do anything. Once you remove civilian oversight and allow them to keep things secret they're just going to act with impunity.
They had autonomy from the US, but they did not control the US. It took awhile for the higher ups in the US government to be replaced with CIA loyalists.
Eisenhower could've fired Dulles without getting Oswald'd, Kennedy could not.
Oh, they were always shit, but they, and the rest of the deep state, didn't always have total control over US foreign policy.
I dunno, the Dulles brothers were pretty fuckin bad
They've gotten much more powerful over the years due to decline in the size of foreign intellegence agencies and ballooning budgets during the Bush years.
but the look cute lil puppy awww!