![]() ![]() The CIA then finds it cannot overthrow him, because the police and military are under the dictator's control, afraid to cooperate with American spies for fear of torture and execution. And because the dictator knows he cannot be overthrown, he becomes independent and defiant of Washington's will. He becomes an expert at running a police state. Often the newly installed dictator grows comfortable with the security apparatus the CIA has built for him. ![]() The ironic thing about all this intervention is that it frequently fails to achieve American objectives. Indeed, nothing has infuriated CIA Directors quite like a nation’s desire to stay out of the Cold War. Unlucky nations are targeted for a wide variety of reasons: not only threats to American business interests abroad, but also liberal or even moderate social reforms, political instability, the unwillingness of a leader to carry out Washington’s dictates, and declarations of neutrality in the Cold War. But most coups do not involve a communist threat. The CIA justifies these actions as part of its war against communism. (2) Former State Department official William Blum correctly calls this an "American Holocaust." The Association for Responsible Dissent estimates that by 1987, 6 million people had died as a result of CIA covert operations. This scenario has been repeated so many times that the CIA actually teaches it in a special school, the notorious "School of the Americas." (It opened in Panama but later moved to Fort Benning, Georgia.) Critics have nicknamed it the "School of the Dictators" and "School of the Assassins." Here, the CIA trains Latin American military officers how to conduct coups, including the use of interrogation, torture and murder. The victims are said to be "communists," but almost always they are just peasants, liberals, moderates, labor union leaders, political opponents and advocates of free speech and democracy. The CIA trains the dictator’s security apparatus to crack down on the traditional enemies of big business, using interrogation, torture and murder. ![]() These efforts culminate in a military coup, which installs a right-wing dictator. It uses every trick in the book: propaganda, stuffed ballot boxes, purchased elections, extortion, blackmail, sexual intrigue, false stories about opponents in the local media, infiltration and disruption of opposing political parties, kidnapping, beating, torture, intimidation, economic sabotage, death squads and even assassination. First it identifies right-wing groups within the country (usually the military), and offers them a deal: "We'll put you in power if you maintain a favorable business climate for us." The Agency then hires, trains and works with them to overthrow the existing government (usually a democracy). So, on behalf of American business, and often with their help, the CIA mobilizes the opposition. The people support their leader because he intends to conduct land reform, strengthen unions, redistribute wealth, nationalize foreign-owned industry, and regulate business to protect workers, consumers and the environment. First, American business interests abroad are threatened by a popular or democratically elected leader. (1)ĬIA operations follow the same recurring script. The following timeline describes just a few of the hundreds of atrocities and crimes committed by the CIA.
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