Thread by @BenjaminNorton

More propaganda from the former FBI counterintelligence agent. CIA crimes continue right to this day:

CIA tortured people (some to death) under Bush

CIA armed and trained al-Qaeda-linked Islamist "rebels" in Syria

CIA is trying to overthrow Venezuela's and Iran's gov right now

https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1231737320455524353

Under the Trump admin. the CIA has been pretty openly running a regime-change center to try to overthrow Iran's government

Of course the CIA overthrew Iran's elected government in 1953. Nothing has changed with the CIA since then — it's still just as evil
nytimes.com/2017/06/02/wor…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire training courses."

Never forget—the CIA dumped drugs into poor, largely Black communities in the US and used the money to fund fascist death squads in Central America

When journalist Gary Webb exposed it all, the US "intelligence community" destroyed his life
#AbolishTheCIA
ips-dc.org/the_cia_contra…

The CIA also helped the white supremacist apartheid regime in South Africa imprison liberation hero Nelson Mandela for 27 years.

#AbolishTheCIA
salon.com/2016/05/17/how…

The CIA and other US "intelligence agencies" (ie, organized crime gangs run by the state) tried to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro at least 638 times.

The CIA also armed and trained Cuban fascists who murdered many civilians.

#AbolishTheCIA
theguardian.com/world/2006/aug…

The US gov. trained Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles as a CIA agent. He is known as "the Osama bin Laden of Latin America."

This CIA terrorist bombed a Cuban airliner in 1976, murdering 73 innocent people. He also bombed hotels in Cuba

#AbolishTheCIA
venezuelanalysis.com/news/1388