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> Dulles

One gets the impression his claim that all the CIA's successes are secret is a lie. Because there never were any. You would thing 50 years after the man kicked it that at least something would be come out. Not really surprising. If you look at how successful organizations are structured the CIA is not that.

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If it gets out then by definition it's a failure.

> One gets the impression his claim that all the CIA's successes are secret is a lie. Because there never were any

Who do you think fought and won the cold war, Seal Team Six?

What won the cold war was the West's consumer industrial base. Not the military industrial complex, and certainly not the incompetent people at the CIA with their cunning plans.

> West's consumer industrial base. Not the military industrial complex

Imagine thinking those are two separate things.

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