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Is the CIA really necessary?

[joe fonebone]

disband the cia..........re-activate the oss.........bring it all under military command

[G.Mason]

"Is the CIA really necessary?"

Not if your confident that the FBI can do everything.

Perhaps a reading of "Intelligent Wars" [American Secret History From Hiltler To Al-Qaeda] by Thomas Powers, would help you understand more about it.