>For what its worth, kids, seems like folks in the old socialist
>crowd sought out and or used the CIA for their own practical,
>political, ideological interests. Not a terribly novel or new
>twist eh? I mean really, the story is too easily told about how
>the CIA is the force that sucked otherwise ideologically pure types
>into the dark side.
Hardly pure, but my impression is that the CIA got the better end of the bargain. You have evidence to the contrary? Getting liberals and social democrats to support imperial war adventures was a major political victory. What'd the "old socialist crowd" get in return?
Doug