Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation?

[Andyh2299]

Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation? Often independently and with a blank check.

 

[Mycroft]

Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation? Often independently and with a blank check.

Well, they do have a certain amount of experience.

What's REALLY bad is when they direct their actions toward their own nation.

 

[BitterPill]

Well, they do have a certain amount of experience.

The CIA has certainly has had some successes along with assorted failures.

MAGA.

 

[Peter]

Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation? Often independently and with a blank check.

The CIA doesn't have jurisdiction outside the US.

 

[BitterPill]

The CIA doesn't have jurisdiction outside the US.

Inside the nation.

For example, I believe Britain has the MI5 and MI6 while in the US we have the FBI and CIA; furthermore, the CIA and MI6 have a history of international cooperation, one of the first being in Iran.

MAGA.

 

[Lovebug]

Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation? Often independently and with a blank check.

What brought this on?

 

[Rogue Valley]

What brought this on?

A different asinine bitch every day.

 

[mrjurrs]

The CIA doesn't have jurisdiction outside the US.

That's the only place they work. You are correct in saying they have no jurisdiction, but that only matters if they get caught.

 

[justabubba]

A different asinine bitch every day.

our nation's history indicates it is a very legitimate issue

iran
vietnam
afghanistan
cuba
haiti/dominican republic
iraq

how did the USA and the world benefit from our intrusions into these ^ countries?

 

[Evilroddy]

The CIA doesn't have jurisdiction outside the US.

Peter:

Are you sure that you worded that right? The CIA has no jurisdiction to covertly operate legally within the United States except for analysis and disemination of intelligence. Its mandate (not jurisdiction) is to covertly operate only outside of the USA. The FBI is the body allowed to operate covertly inside the USA as well as some of the 15 other "intelligence agencies" operating as part of the US Government.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy..

 

[MamboDervish]

Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation?​

Because they are a rogue agency.

 

[anatta]

our nation's history indicates it is a very legitimate issue

iran
vietnam
afghanistan
cuba
haiti/dominican republic
iraq

how did the USA and the world benefit from our intrusions into these ^ countries?

and Libya, and arming so called "non-secular rebels" in Syria. all a disaster

 

[justabubba]

Why does the CIA think they can destabilize any nation?​

Because they are a rogue agency.

but isn't the CIA the organization the government/politicians use to effect intended foreign policy objectives?

 

[Andyh2299]

but isn't the CIA the organization the government/politicians use to effect intended foreign policy objectives?

Not all of them. They are made to do dirty stuff

 

[MamboDervish]

but isn't the CIA the organization the government/politicians use to effect intended foreign policy objectives?

With no accountability, it's impossible to know.

 

[justabubba]

Not all of them. They are made to do dirty stuff

if they are following the direction of the politicians/government officials who direct them, how can the agency be found 'rogue'?

it is as if 'plausible deniability' is baked into the CIA's actions, so the politicians/government officials can walk away unscathed when things go south

 

[Andyh2299]

if they are following the direction of the politicians/government officials who direct them, how can the agency be found 'rogue'?

it is as if 'plausible deniability' is baked into the CIA's actions, so the politicians/government officials can walk away unscathed when things go south

Who's more powerful CIA or politicians?

 

[justabubba]

Who's more powerful CIA or politicians?

what era?

allen dulles may have been during the eisenhower era, with brother john foster dulles at state

stansfield turner, not so much under Carter

 

[Andyh2299]

what era?

allen dulles may have been during the eisenhower era, with brother john foster dulles at state

stansfield turner, not so much under Carter

I think after George Bush the CIA was more powerful than Obama and Trump

 

[Peter]

Peter:

Are you sure that you worded that right? The CIA has no jurisdiction to covertly operate legally within the United States except for analysis and disemination of intelligence. Its mandate (not jurisdiction) is to covertly operate only outside of the USA. The FBI is the body allowed to operate covertly inside the USA as well as some of the 15 other "intelligence agencies" operating as part of the US Government.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy..

What I'm saying is the CIA can't pop over to the UK and arrest me for saying baseball is terrible and dull.

 

[Peter]

Inside the nation.

For example, I believe Britain has the MI5 and MI6 while in the US we have the FBI and CIA; furthermore, the CIA and MI6 have a history of international cooperation, one of the first being in Iran.

MAGA.

Yeah, well James Bond is special as he has a licence to kill anywhere on Earth.

He just does.

 

[aociswundumho]

Your tax dollars at work:

In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA

Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and…

www.latimes.com

 

[bomberfox]

Because it has plenty of times before lol.

 

[bomberfox]

Well, they do have a certain amount of experience.

What's REALLY bad is when they direct their actions toward their own nation.

hows it feel to know what lefties have been through since the founding of the CIA?

 

[bomberfox]

That's the only place they work. You are correct in saying they have no jurisdiction, but that only matters if they get caught.

Xactly.