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Originally Posted by GWN7

Really?

"The US has made more than 50 attempts to assassinate political party leaders according to William Blum in "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions since World War II", 2003. Noam Chomsky called this book "Far and away the best book on the topic.". Former CIA officer John Stockwell called the same book "The single most useful summary of CIA history."

All such operations are illegal and almost all such killings are aimed at geopolitical objectives. In almost no cases can any clear humanitarian benefit be identified, even if the target is/was indeed tyrannical."

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/US_Foreign_Assassinations_since_1945

While the CIA may not directly murder people they have been noted for arranging the deaths of people who's interests are contrary to US business interests and that is what happened in Cuba. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar looked after himself and the other 1% ers in Cuba. He carry out wide-scale violence, torture and public executions; ultimately killing anywhere from 1,000 to 20,000 people. For several years until 1959, the Batista government received financial, military, and logistical support from the United States. He looked after US business interests for a fee. Batista's net worth was estimated as 1/2 a Billion dollars. Not bad for a little guy on a little island. Well the 99% decided they had had enough and the revolution happened. First the US government tried to work with Fidel but when he nationalised US business interests the Bay of Pigs and the assignation attempts started. Some were in conjunction with Myer Lansky and friends because they were pissed that their casinos and brothels were closed.

While I agree with you that the CIA probably doesn't kill anyone in the USA because as you pointed out it's illegal for them to do that, the evidence shows they might help in arranging the deaths of people in other parts of the world. But that's ok as it's not in the USA.

Really. US law since 1976 (executive order)...anywhere in the world. The attempts on terrorists and folks we were at war with do not count....as they are lawful. Arranging deaths. No. Friendly to or provide support to folks who do not obey our laws and don't play nice with our enemies? Of course.