Yes, basically. The CIA professionalized after that era and crazy schemes really stopped being a big thing they did. None of this stuff stayed secret very long, really, so if it was still happening I'm pretty sure we'd know.— David (@atonal440) October 3, 2022
The CIA and origin of modern intelligence agencies was the most professionalised time in history. From the blueprint of the OSS through to at least the 1970s they were literally all from the same schools, the same families, and often the same companies. It was such a fucking boys club that they literally turned a blind eye to people high up in their own orgs being double agents just because they were friends and colleagues. Read the history of these bow-tie wearing motherfuckers, I beg you. :picard-annoyed:
And even if you did believe the absurd notion they somehow "professionalised" and gave up the... checks notes... shit they were always designed to do, then the history of Gladio is as a stay-behind operation so it wouldn't fucking matter! All those hidden weapon caches, slush funds, and unhandled terror actors don't just magically turn into lanyards, lunch expense accounts, and NGO middle management. What the fuck are you talking about? :picard:
The CIA and origin of modern intelligence agencies was the most professionalised time in history. From the blueprint of the OSS through to at least the 1970s they were literally all from the same schools, the same families, and often the same companies. It was such a fucking boys club that they literally turned a blind eye to people high up in their own orgs being double agents just because they were friends and colleagues. Read the history of these bow-tie wearing motherfuckers, I beg you. :picard-annoyed:
And even if you did believe the absurd notion they somehow "professionalised" and gave up the... checks notes... shit they were always designed to do, then the history of Gladio is as a stay-behind operation so it wouldn't fucking matter! All those hidden weapon caches, slush funds, and unhandled terror actors don't just magically turn into lanyards, lunch expense accounts, and NGO middle management. What the fuck are you talking about? :picard:
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