[hereforphone]

If you think the CIA is one of the most evil and dangerous organizations on earth, you probably haven't had a lot of exposure to organizations around the world. I'm not saying their mission and means of achieving it is necessarily angelic. I'm saying that there are hundreds or thousands of much more evil organizations in this world.

[retox]

It might help your case if you suggest some.

[ethbr0]

Contemporary?

Belarusian KGB, Chinese Ministry of State Security and United Front Work Department and 610 Office, Cuban Intelligence Directorate, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, Haitian Service d'Intelligence National (funded by the CIA), Israeli Mossad, Pakistani ISI, Myanma OCMSA, North Korean Ministry of State Security and RGB.

[red-iron-pine]

You left out French and UK intelligence, and their long history of colonial and post-colonial fuckery.

Singling out the CIA is like trying to give speeding tickets to NASCAR drivers; they're all gonna get one, the CIA is just going the fastest.

[ethbr0]

The Wikipedia pages for various national intelligence organizations are hilarious concise.

Good retirement hobby: summarizing everything from dead tree niche books to the web.

[hereforphone]

Excellent analogy, thanks.

[jasonm23]

don't forget all the Secret police agencies trained by the CIA, at the school of the America's and the rest.

We are terribly lucky to have such wonderful people protecting ${ideology x} /s

[ethbr0]

I only listed contemporary examples.