Teflon CIA has spooky record of failure. (includes a related article on CIA involvement with Guatemalan assassins)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: July 26, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

The resilient CIA has survived two recent attacks. The Presidential Oversight Board has condemned its actions in the death of Americans in Guatemala. There is also a negative Twentieth-Century Fund evaluation of the CIA. After the spotlight is out, the CIA will probably continue as before.

WASHINGTON -- The CIA is like asbestos, impervious to heat. Otherwise it would be curled up, charred and singed from two recent reports and a Center for International Policy seminar. First, a blistering report of its Guatemalan behavior in the Presidential Intelligence Oversight Board's "Guatemala ...

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