The CIA & Covert Action: Assassination Plots, Destabilization, Dirty Tricks

In this thought-provoking video, former CIA official John Stockwell and Louis Wolf, co-editor of Covert Action Information Bulletin, discuss the nature and activities of the CIA, including their covert and overt operations, manipulation of public opinion, and their attempts to silence criticism and scrutiny of their activities.

The discussion begins with an overview of the CIA, including their involvement in assassination plots, destabilization of foreign governments, and other "dirty tricks." The focus then shifts to the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" and the Reagan executive order on intelligence agencies, which would promote media self-censorship and repress public scrutiny and criticism of intelligence activities.

John Stockwell explains how this legislation effectively amends the First Amendment by abridging freedoms of speech and press, without having gone through the constitutional amendment process. The conversation then delves into specific covert and overt activities of U.S. intelligence agencies and their surrogates, including the instruction in torture techniques to Salvadoran army troops by U.S. Green Berets, the attempted coup in the Seychelles Islands, the Argentine torture squads, and the South African wars in Angola and Namibia.

The discussion also includes attempts to destabilize the Mozambique government and the attempted Klan coup in Dominica, all of which are reported in Louis Wolf's Covert Action Information Bulletin. The U.S. government, as the conversation points out, would like to put this publication out of business.

The conversation continues with a focus on the CIA operations in Central America, including covert operations and "disinformation" campaigns directed against the government of Nicaragua. In addition, the video includes a report by SANE spokesperson George Humphrey on the nuclear weapons freeze referendum in Austin, and a discussion with an Iranian student on torture and murder by the Khomeini regime and growing opposition to it in Iran.

This video is a must-watch for anyone interested in learning more about the CIA's activities, media self-censorship, and covert operations. Through the insightful commentary of John Stockwell and Louis Wolf, viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the implications of these issues for our society and democracy.