Reply #13: Great idea! Thanks.

[dgibby]

A personal story that may relate to the CIA,but certainly involves some type of black ops.

One of my older brothers joined the Nat. Guard, went AD Army, was stationed at a base that served as a trolling place for CIA recruits. He was sent to another base for "training" in the "SS", according to my SIL.

Whatever he was involved in was definitely deep undercover. No one in the family except her, knew of his "extra-curricular" activities, not even his only child, and my SIL didn't want to know the scope of his involvement, even after he retired and was able to share some of it with her.

What she did tell the rest of us after his death was that he was SS, that he would often leave in the middle of the night, accompanied by strangers who would handcuff an attache case to his wrist, and that he could be gone several months at a time. His cover story was that he was doing either Army or NG maneuvers.

As a military retiree, I don't believe for one skinny minute that he was SS. I think that was another cover story for my SIL's benefit.

Whatever he was involved in started in the late '50's-early '60's and continued through until his retirement in the late '90's- early 2000's.

Needless to say, I'd love to know what he was involved in, but if they told me, they'd probably have to kill me, so I guess I'm not THAT curious.

Having this personal experience has made me acutely aware that we don't know even a fraction of what these covert organizations do, where they do it, and who's involved.

If anyone has any idea of what he was involved in, I'd love it if you'd share. It's really disconcerting that someone so closely related could have a whole other life.

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