Liars at the CIA?

Likely the most credible part of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) story about her briefings by the CIA is the claim that they misled her. Why does everyone seem to find this so hard to believe? I have always thought that deception and misdirection were at the very core of the CIA's mission.

Was it not the CIA that provided the fabricated yellow cake uranium trail from Niger to Saddam? Was it not their faulty intelligence, distorted at the direction of Dick Cheney, that falsely created the case for the Iraq War? Has it not been abundantly clear over the past seven or so years that the truth was being concealed from the American people?

There seems to be concrete evidence of their efforts to mislead both the Congress and the people and cover their trail (and tails) with misleading memos. Former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), known for his overly detailed personal notebooks, has refuted that he was briefed on at least three of the four occasions that the CIA claimed. Records of another briefing indicate the presence of a Congressional aide who had already left the job. There is already a court case involving the destruction of videotapes of torture. Obstruction of justice is hardly a character reference to inoculate the agency against charges of lying.

The CIA is indignant about accusations of lying? Are we really supposed to pull the wool over our own eyes and act as if this is beyond their moral boundaries? If you are not already aware of the following incidents and the CIA's part in them, please research the following (please note that a general search involving "CIA" and any of the terms below should give you enough to sort through for hours):

1. The murders of the duly elected South American leaders, Salvadore Allende and Jacobo Arbenz.

2. The murder of Che Guevarra.

3. The Bay of Pigs

4. Cocaine smuggling (please refer to Gerald Hossenfuss, check spelling, in search).

5. LSD experiments on unsuspecting members of the public.

6. Initial funding of Osama bin Laden (he was their boy when he was fighting the Soviets).

7. Manuel Noriega, drug smuggling and political repression.

8. Vietnam: drug smuggling to assassinations.

9. Iran-Contra.

10. "False Flag" Operations.

These were just ten examples off the top of my head on a Friday afternoon. If you get through all of this and you still have any delusions about the moral character of the CIA please do not open any emails asking you for your help in claiming money that is being held in another country.

The mission of the CIA seems centered around deceiving the public and operating in secret. Spies are people who must be willing to do egregious things. Believing that they would not lie is naive or self-deluded. Continue your own research into this matter, look for more of the damage left in their wake. Just whatever you do, don't look into Dallas '63.