Thread by @BenjaminNorton

Now that US Attorney General William Barr has stepped down, it's a good time to remind people that he is a far-right theocrat who was on the board of directors of an Opus Dei front group - and it's insane that he was in charge of the DOJ in the first place
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/o…

Even more shady than William Barr's deep links to Opus Dei is the fact that his father, Donald Barr, was the headmaster of the elite NYC Dalton School when they hired a then little-known 20-year-old college drop-out named... Jeffrey Epstein
lawandcrime.com/high-profile/t…

It gets crazier: far-right Opus Dei-linked US Attorney General William Barr's dad Donald was an agent with the US govt's OSS (precursor to the CIA).

And around the time his elite school hired Jeffrey Epstein, he wrote a batshit book about child sex slaves
vice.com/en/article/qvg…

The CIA has deep ties with Opus Dei, a far-right Catholic group that has worked with US intelligence agencies and organized crime networks to murder leftists, overthrow socialist govts, and support fascist dictators, from Spain's Franco to Chile's Pinochet
motherjones.com/politics/1983/…

Opus Dei helped the CIA launch its 1973 coup against Chile's elected socialist President Allende and install fascist dictator Pinochet.

Then CIA/Opus Dei-backed death squads merged with Pinochet's secret police, DINA.

And the CIA funded far-right Opus Dei think tanks and media

The CIA worked with Opus Dei to crush liberation theology and left-wing forces in the Catholic Church.

A former member said it is "imbued with fascist ideas turned to religious purposes."

In Spain's fascist Franco dictatorship, 10 of 19 cabinet officials were Opus Dei assets

Former Pope John Paul II was a right-wing cold warrior who worked with Opus Dei and a key weapon in the US empire's war on socialism.

The CIA and JPII's church worked together to overthrow communism in Poland and crush liberation theology in Latin America
content.time.com/time/magazine/…

This intersection of US spy agencies, Opus Dei, the Catholic Church, organized crime networks, and international fascist groups is all part of the political infrastructure at the foundation of the US empire -- and it's Capitalism's Invisible Army (CIA) that keeps it all running.

Some people have been attacking this thread claiming it's "conspiratorial" to link US Attorney General William Barr to the CIA.

But this is an undeniable fact: Barr worked for the CIA from 1973 to 1977 (at least -- that's just what has been disclosed)
news.columbia.edu/news/two-time-…

William Barr worked at the CIA from 1973-77 (at least) -- right when the coup-plotting agency was directed by George H W Bush.

Then when H W became president, he made Barr his attorney general.

Barr has extremely deep links to US spy agencies, Opus Dei, and who knows what else

The US held a commission on intelligence agencies in 1996, and brought in William Barr to testify (and he praised cops and spies of course)

The chair noted Barr had been a CIA analyst, then CIA's assistant legislative counsel.

He joked this would "fuel many conspiracy theories"

Ex CIA agent Bill Barr in 1996: "there's never been a greater need for a robust intelligence capability in this country than now, and although the Cold War is over in many ways the task of intelligence is... more needed than ever," including "very strong covert action capability"