Which was the mortal blow, one might ask?
Was it when Tucker Carlson told us the CIA murdered President John F. Kennedy? Or when JFK’s nephew confirmed the CIA’s guilt?
I would say it was when the CIA was born. In its very nature and character it was destined to die.
The CIA has never been stronger.
That said there are really two CIAs.
The “public” CIA has lots of attorneys making sure that no laws are broken. Most folks at Langley can’t go to the washroom without bumping into an attorney.
The “secret” CIA keeps the attorneys out of the loop and works with private corporations and foreign intelligence agencies to “do the dirty”.
Was it when Tucker Carlson told us the CIA murdered President John F. Kennedy? Or when JFK’s nephew confirmed the CIA’s guilt?
I would say it was when the CIA was born. In its very nature and character it was destined to die."
No, not until the Church Committee attempted to dismantle the CIA, and instead the alphabets walked away with the ultimate prize: a brand-new FISA Court. They duped Sen. Church.
FISA is a star chamber that has fueled the nebula of lawfare.
The fix is President Trump creates an new Article III Tribunal to deal with internal state actors. Choice for those actors is imprisonment, or complete civil forfeiture with loss of US citizenship for 3 successive generations and permanent exile.
You exile 2 or 3 like Garland and Biden (including the Shrew), and Langley will take early retirement so fast there will be exactly one 24-year-old Gen Z at all of Soggy Bottom answering all the phones.