Thursday, March 08, 2007
Out of Control
The corrosive effect of recruiting criminals, mercenaries, and torturers as CIA contract operatives extends well beyond the impact of any single incident...From a strictly practical point of view, these networks of [compromised] contract agents provide a relatively easy means to penetrate U.S. espionage operations--through blackmail.
--Christopher Simpson, Blowback, 1988
--Christopher Simpson, Blowback, 1988
