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From the 'pen' of the president who 'created' the CIA...

osu68

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and his views post JFK Assassination.

http://www.maebrussell.com/Prouty/Harry Truman's CIA article.html

"But there are now some searching questions that need to be answered. I, therefore, would like to see the CIA be restored to its original assignment as the intelligence arm of the President, and that whatever else it can properly perform in that special field—and that its operational duties be terminated or properly used elsewhere.
We have grown up as a nation, respected for our free institutions and for our ability to maintain a free and open society. There is something about the way the CIA has been functioning that is casting a shadow over our historic position and I feel that we need to correct it."

And this was in 1963! What has changed???
 
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