The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poisoner in Chief'

Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by seppin on Sunday November 22, 2020 @10:22PM (#25183294)

My point was a simple one, spying will always occur. If people are arguing it should be the exclusive purview of autocrats, and that would somehow improve the state of the world, I would disagree.

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Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by bryanrasmussen on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:51AM (#25184817)

The arguments for closing the CIA that I am familiar with all revolve around a narrative that it is a non-democratic organization, and that from its predecessors the OSS to the modern day it has been structured so as to help fascistic, autocratic governments gain and hold power.

I've never encountered an argument that it should be closed because spying isn't nice.

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Re:The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poi... by seppin on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:35PM (#25191447)

> it has been structured so as to help fascistic, autocratic governments gain and hold power.

Perhaps during the cold war, but "countering communism" (whatever that means) was the mission of every branch of the US Government then.

So not sure what your point is.

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