Reply #20: Loony?

[heliarc]

You might take some time to read the reports of the Church Committee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee

The CIA makes a whole lot of mistakes, but they are pretty scary ones, and when they have a mission or two that really gives them leeway to act they destroy whole nations. Afghanistan is probably the most recent successful venture of the CIA (even if the Defense department dragged their feet that effort), and the result of that was the ousting of the Taliban which is no small feat.

Overthrowing Allende, propping up Noriega, Aid for the Anti Soviets in Afghanistan, the list of very very meddlesome deeds across the globe is long and has real human and political costs for democracy around the world. "Successes" of the CIA are numerous, and for millions of people around the world, they have lasting consequences.