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History of the CIA
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In the early days of the CIA, it was largely looked at as a young, inexperienced, naïve sort of agency. In ‘The Spy Who Came in From the Cold’ (Le Carre, 1964), In the first chapter, the author describes a CIA agent in Berlin. As the CIA agent asks the lead character (Leamas) questions, he is constantly irritated and telling the agent to shut up. When Leamas later asks where the CIA boy is, he is told that it was Bed time’ (LeCarre pp7). I believe this is a statement directed at the relative newness the CIA had to international affairs, and epitomized the British view of the agency in the sixties. The CIA is considered young, past their bedtime, and incapable. ...
As of yet the CIA was young, inexperienced, and incapable to handle the situations they were involved in. ... We see in future decades the CIA operating in the same fashion. ... In the book Helms ultimate undoing was the CIA role in the subversion of Chilean democracy and the overthrow, under Nixons orders, of that countrys president Salvador Allende in 1973. Helms had supposedly opposed this operation then refused to cooperate in the Watergate cover-up and later was fired from the position of Director of the CIA by Nixon in 1973 because he thought Helms was disloyal. This shows corruption taking place in the CIA. The president is using the CIA to do his dirty work and punishes Helms for not following his orders.
Jumping forward to ‘Clear and Present Danger’, we see the CIA as high tech, coordinated, efficient and partially corrupt. The CIA is high in their ability to tap cell phone and landline calls from around the world.
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Title: History of the CIA
Words: 1372
Rating: None
Pages: 5.5
submitted by: chellie1
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