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2012-07-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Retired CIA spy accused of being hitman for Miami mob

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Posted by Pappy 2012-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Good to see the Russians are still in control at Langley.

Posted by Pstanley 2012-07-02 08:13|| 2012-07-02 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 No mention of Sinatra, the grassy knowl, or Jack Ruby. The Mail generally lags behind the conspiracy blogs about 2-3 months. Much of what is seen here has been harvested verbatim. It's what they do.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-02 09:23|| 2012-07-02 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The source of the mail story is Evan Wright's new book: How to Get Away With Murder in America, reviewed a few days ago by the Danger Room. Wright previously wrote Generation Kill, which was based in part on his embed with a Marine recon unit during the 2003 invasion. Wright's Rolling Stone articles from the embed are some of the best reporting of that action.

What Wright describes here is an intelligence/covert operations organization that is not fully under control of the state it serves. This is a problem. It is reminiscent of 1960's episodes in South Florida where CIA officers recruited mafia for covert action against Cuba. You can judge the success of those operations for yourself.

What I suspect Wright probably lacks is proper context -- historical perspective. A few years ago Tim Weiner put out a book Legacy of Ashes which laid out, chapter and verse, the failure of CIA operations. But Weiner drew no conclusions about *why* operations failed, only that they did. I expect Weiner will be able to come out with a new edition shortly.

Posted by Pstanley 2012-07-02 11:58|| 2012-07-02 11:58|| Front Page Top

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