“The CIA is not now and has never been a central intelligence agency. It is the covert action arm of the President's foreign policy advisers.”

— William Blum

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About William Blum

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William Blum was an American author, historian, and a prominent critic of United States foreign policy. After leaving the State Department in 1967, he became a founder and editor of the Washington Free Press, the first...

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