1. CIA Activities
Tip of the Iceberg?

2. Regime Change (success)
• ‘53 Iran
-overthrew elected Mosaddegh
-nationalized oil fields
-re-installed monarchy (Shah)
• ‘54 Guatemala
-Pres. Arbenz - agrarian reform
-most land owned by United Fruit
-flees – Castillo Armas takes over
• ‘73 Chile
-Allende wins disputed election
-nationalized industry & banks
-Allende commits “suicide”
-Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes over
Iranian Military 1953

3. Regime Change (failure)
• Cuba
-Bay of Pigs (‘61) train exiles to lead
rebellion against Castro
-Op. Mongoose –overthrow Castro
• Nicaragua (1980s)
-funded/trained Contra
-attempt to overthrow Sandinistas
-’84 Civil War >50,000 die
Contra Rebels 1987

4. Executive Actions
• refers to assassination operations
-includes Castro, Guevara, Allende
• ‘76 Pres. Ford- Exe. Order 11905
-bans “intentional” assassinations
-cleared for “accidental” killings
• 9/14/01– Congress passes –”Authorization
for Use of Military Force”
-Op. Neptune Spear – Bin Laden

5. Special Projects
• ‘48 Operation Mockingbird
-infiltrate foreign media
-NY Times, Wash Post, Time given
classified info
• ’50s/60s Project MKUltra
-behavior modification
-drug, hypnosis, etc.
• ‘67 Operation CHAOS
-domestic surveillance
-passed by LBJ, expand by Nixon
• 60s Acoustic Kitty
-implant microphone/battery
-antenna in tail
-eavesdrop on Soviets

6. More Projects
• ‘70-’95 Stargate Project
-use psychic phenomena
-”remote viewing”
• ‘79-’89 Operation Cyclone
-fund & train mujahideen
-fighting USSR Afghanistan
• 2000 – Operation Merlin
-feed false nuclear info to Iran
-Russian scientist
-backfires

7. National Security Archive
• ‘85 at George Washington Univ.
• archives & publishes declassified
gov’t documents
-obtained Freedom of Info Act
• has more than 75,000 documents
-uses lawsuits when nec.