Yes, basically. The CIA professionalized after that era and crazy schemes really stopped being a big thing they did. None of this stuff stayed secret very long, really, so if it was still happening I'm pretty sure we'd know.— David (@atonal440) October 3, 2022
Normal schemes are when you have extremely stovepiped and decentralized ops like Iran-Contra and 9/11 which involved everyone from Presidents/PMs/5 star generals all over the world, all the way down to random dudes off the street to push drugs to fund operations or idk, do some shit like bomb a building in OKC
And everyone once in a while, we have "real journalists" over at a rag like the Intercept talking about how much of a bumbling operation the CIA is, which then gets used as blunt instrument to beat down anyone questioning official narratives -- "just one degree away from Alex Jones"
Normal schemes are when you have extremely stovepiped and decentralized ops like Iran-Contra and 9/11 which involved everyone from Presidents/PMs/5 star generals all over the world, all the way down to random dudes off the street to push drugs to fund operations or idk, do some shit like bomb a building in OKC
And everyone once in a while, we have "real journalists" over at a rag like the Intercept talking about how much of a bumbling operation the CIA is, which then gets used as blunt instrument to beat down anyone questioning official narratives -- "just one degree away from Alex Jones"
That angle always bugged me - if the CIA is a secret organization then ofc we'd hear more about their failures than their successes.