Central Intelligence Agency, The
Central Intelligence Agency, The | Covert Action Is Sometimes Justified
Thomas H. Henriksen is associate director and senior fellow at the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution and Peace.
Summary: Covert action, such as espionage and assassination, is justified when diplomatic means fail and military intervention exacts too high a price. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of CIA intelligence failures during the Cold War, the United States has come to disapprove of covert action and now relies on air strikes to achieve policy goals. Air strikes seem to avoid the costs associated with allout war, but they have largely failed to...
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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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