Yeah, basically from the jump they gave them power to essentially do anything. Once you remove civilian oversight and allow them to keep things secret they're just going to act with impunity.
They had autonomy from the US, but they did not control the US. It took awhile for the higher ups in the US government to be replaced with CIA loyalists.
Eisenhower could've fired Dulles without getting Oswald'd, Kennedy could not.
Yeah, basically from the jump they gave them power to essentially do anything. Once you remove civilian oversight and allow them to keep things secret they're just going to act with impunity.
They had autonomy from the US, but they did not control the US. It took awhile for the higher ups in the US government to be replaced with CIA loyalists.
Eisenhower could've fired Dulles without getting Oswald'd, Kennedy could not.