Central Intelligence Agency, The
Central Intelligence Agency, The | The CIA Is Seriously Flawed
Ted Gup, a former investigative reporter for the Washington Post and Time, has covered the U.S. intelligence community for the past twenty years.
Summary: The CIA should be radically reformed or abolished. As evidenced by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, the CIA is incapable of responding to modern threats to America’s national security. The agency still uses the information-gathering techniques that it utilized during the Cold War, but these techniques are no longer effective because America no longer faces just one major enemy...
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- The CIA Is Responsible for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Cannot Be Blamed for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Should Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The CIA Should Not Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Be Amended
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Not Be Amended
- The CIA Has Too Little Accountability in the War Against Terrorism
- Covert Action Is Sometimes Justified
- Covert Action Is Never Justified
- The CIA Helps Promote Peace
- The CIA Promotes Violence
- The CIA Has Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Has Not Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Is Seriously Flawed
- America Still Needs the CIA
- The CIA Should Be Reformed
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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