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From: hijab@cad.UUCP (Raif Hijab)
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Subject: Re: CIA and terrorism
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 21:59:50 EST
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Summary: Is the CIA the culprit?

> And what about the college graduates who want to work for the CIA with the
> intent of rising to a level in the organazation where they can effectivly
> change policy.  Such is not unreasonable.
> 
> 				-- Roger Bly

This is really dreaming! Changing the CIA from the inside?
It should be evident to most that the vast majority of CIA
actions implement administration policy. True, the president
may not know every detail, but if he thought the CIA was 
working against his policy, or subverting it, he would fire
its chief tomorrow. Further, if the congress really did not
like what the CIA is doing, they have ways of crippling it.

The fact is, the executive and legislative branches, on the
whole, approve of the often - to be charitable - unsavory
actions of the CIA, not to mention other agencies with police
or intelligence gathering powers. They somehow rationalize to
themselves that it is all for the good (of?). If you do not
like what the CIA does, point the finger at the policy makers
(e.g. the National Security Council), and at the sheep in
Congress.