vcczar Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Allen Dulles is the closest thing that we get to a J. Edgar Hoover of the CIA. Dulles was involved in government as early as the early 1930s, going over to Nazi Germany in 1933 and meeting Hitler, who he thought wasn't as bad as everyone was saying. He changed his mind when he went to Germany again in 1935. By 1936, he was writing routine essays arguing for US intervention. While he was a GOPer, he was basically Wilsonian internationalist, which was rare for the party until Pearl Harbor and the Cold War. The Cold War made just about everyone Wilsonian. His actions: Dulles, Allen 1936 Writes 1st major essay questioning US neutrality in world affairs Dulles, Allen 1949 Co-authors report critical of CIA Dulles, Allen 1953 appt director of CIA by Eisenhower, escalates covert operations Dulles, Allen 1953 Oversees Iran coup Dulles, Allen 1953 Oversees MKUltra mind control program Dulles, Allen 1954 Breaks into McCarthy's office to feed him disinformation to help quickly discredit him (unknown until 2004) Dulles, Allen 1954 Oversees Guatemala coup Dulles, Allen 1956 Oversees U-2 Program Dulles, Allen 1961 Fired by JFK for Bay of Pigs fiasco Dulles, Allen 1963 Appointed to Warren Commission by LBJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 13 Author Share Posted October 13 I don't like covert ops coups unless it is against someone committing genocide or other open murder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 1 hour ago, vcczar said: Breaks into McCarthy's office to feed him disinformation to help quickly discredit him (unknown until 2004) This makes it sound like McCarthy was in the office and Dulles read him a poem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 10 minutes ago, OrangeP47 said: This makes it sound like McCarthy was in the office and Dulles read him a poem. Roses are red, Communists too, Cut that shit out, It makes people vote blue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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