The files are a wealth of information about the CIAs tradecraft, including revelations about the so-called Family Jewels.
The CIA has done a lot of illegal stuff and isnt supposed to operate inside the United States.
A report about these illegal operations and how they functioned from 1959 to 1973 was called The Family Jewels.
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Weve seen some of it before, and some of it with heavy redactions.
Thanks to this release of files, we know a lot more.
Heres all the most interesting stuff weve seen this week in the JFK files.
A lot of whats in the files is just stuff that was previously redacted.
One previously redacted file detailed how the CIA attempted to train birds for domestic surveillance operations.
The Washington Postran a roundupof its favorite revelations.
To make it taste gross.
This was in 1962.
The CIA said this spoiled sugar would cost the Soviet Union between $350,000 and $400,000.
The Post also detailed the massive amount of personal information that was uploaded in the files unredacted.
According to The Post, the total number of social security numbers is more than 400.
The files contained the social security numbers of spies, lawyers, legislators, and former Congressional staffers.
Pyle is very much alive.
Good lord, government doing foolish things as usual,he told the Postwhen it contacted him.
An anonymous White House official told the Post that the people they doxxed would get free credit monitoring.
Among the new files is a 1961 CIAInspector Generals reporton the assassination of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo.
It also suggested that former CIA chief John McCone had dealings with the Vatican that were inappropriate.
The memo was written by agent Walter Elder and meant for then CIA chief Walter Colby.
Finally, and this will reflect my Middle Western Protestant upbringing, Elder said in the memo.
Another fascinating tidbit comes from a note to JFK on the day of his inauguration.
In the Paris embassy alone the CIA had 123 spies working as diplomats.
CIA today has nearly as many people undercover overseas as [the State Department3900 to 3700.
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