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27. The CIA created the enemy and has been doing so for decades.

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Blackwater was CIA's extension, founder Erik Prince admits [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 OP

Still short of the full admission, CIA created the FRONT! Coyotl Mar 2013 #1

And not only Blackwater/Xe/Advanti but there are other "Blakcwaters" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #2

The advantage of a CIA Front is that they are not subject to the same rules. Coyotl Mar 2013 #4

The CIA created the enemy and has been doing so for decades. Skidmore Mar 2013 #27

We have always been at war with Goldstein & The Brotherhood Berlum Mar 2013 #42

"One court document even lists “Erik P” as a CIA officer himself." dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #3

Now I feel sick Demeter Mar 2013 #5

Does explain why they got all those no bid contracts for DOD dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #6

Maybe B*shCo is involved with importing and selling illegal drugs. AikidoSoul Mar 2013 #53

And this is a newsy surprise? Yawn... xtraxritical Mar 2013 #7

Sort of a free market SS then. Marr Mar 2013 #8

+1 excellent point. idwiyo Mar 2013 #41

We are not living in a democracy. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #9

Hopefully more and more people are waking up, JD. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #10

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!SPARKAGE!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #15

This is an issue where libs and conservatives can find common ground, actually. reformist2 Mar 2013 #39

Prince is a strange character Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #11

spook work is a 1%-er tradition. it *is* their normal work. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #30

ugh ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #12

It sounds like the agency is being privatized one no bid contract at a time... midnight Mar 2013 #13

Interesting way to look at it... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #23

It does look like the privateers are usurping our infrastructure... midnight Mar 2013 #28

We suspected as much nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #14

I said it before ProSense Mar 2013 #16

the employees had been acting under the orders of the US government. AlbertCat Mar 2013 #17

The CIA has used paramilitary groups throughout their long history.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #18

Gosh, a group known for murder, torture, subversion, spying, hires thugs to help them out. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #19

DeVos, Amway, RW extremists-yep the CIA "had" to go there to accomplish it's fascist agenda K&R bobthedrummer Mar 2013 #20

Used to be the Mafia what got paid to do dirty work for gentlemen who didn't like dirty hands. Octafish Mar 2013 #21

Yikes....but then again, why am I surprised???? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #24

A for-profit government agency? caseymoz Mar 2013 #22

A raise and apparently immunity from the rule of law Vinnie From Indy Mar 2013 #33

Do you remember when Rumsfeld sat in front of a Senate Committee.... bvar22 Mar 2013 #25

Thanks. I think many of us already figured this out. nt Zorra Mar 2013 #26

on the one hand, it's not surprising. On the other hand, it's a black eye for the CIA since these yurbud Mar 2013 #29

Hey yurbud... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #31

family life keeps me busy lately. Thanks for shout out yurbud Mar 2013 #32

Amazing how the government will allow an agency to be Rex Mar 2013 #34

Evening Kick n/t johnnyreb Mar 2013 #35

Oh Canuckistanian Mar 2013 #36

It was a welfare program for rich people. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #37

Meglomania rich people. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #38

I like how they were all prosecuted for treason, warmongering and banksterism... Octafish Mar 2013 #48

"nothing more than probation, house arrest and $5,000 fines" progressoid Mar 2013 #40

k & friggin r! nt wildbilln864 Mar 2013 #43

Federal prosecutors have the DUTY to indict the outlaws in BOTH Blackwater & the CIA. Faryn Balyncd Mar 2013 #44

So this is proof that the government can order crimes to be committed with impunity hootinholler Mar 2013 #45

Well if the CIA "ordered this shit" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #46

The unanswered question for the last half of the 20th century hootinholler Mar 2013 #47

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Octafish Mar 2013 #49

thanks for the link to the National Archives! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #50

Nyet, vui panameiyo nymanoga Russki?! Like Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansen, etc. Kick. bobthedrummer Mar 2013 #52

Anybody with half a brain could have figured this out kattycat Mar 2013 #51