History of the CIA

Tim Weiner discusses his new book, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. The agency's failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower "a legacy of ashes." Legacy of Ashes is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including 10 Directors of Central Intelligence. Tim Weiner is a reporter for The New York Times. He has written on American intelligence for 20 years, and won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on secret national security programs. He has traveled to Afghanistan and other nations to investigate CIA covert operations firsthand. This is his third book.

[@michele4673]

I could listen to these oral history lectures all day. So very interesting. Tim is a great speaker.

[@MrK-wu7ci]

07:12 "The CIA in the 1950s, under Allen Dulles, had a great reputation and a terrible record. President Eisenhower had begun to suspect that something was amiss."

[@oceansong1]

A great book. To me, an alternative history of the twentieth century seen though the influence and machinations of the CIA and those in power. Required reading for anyone who wants a genuine understanding of the post war era and the current policy agenda. The video is from 2008 and much has changed since then. Still a fascinating analysis. As to weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, I was at a conference in early 2000 with the last weapons inspectors to visit Iraq. What I gleamed was that basically everything had been found and decommissioned. The only sticking point was Saddam's refusal to allow inspectors into a few sites that had already been decommissioned. The weapon's inspectors I spoke to were at a loss for this refusal as it would have lifted a lot of the sanctions in place at the time. Colin Powell and the whole intelligence community really dropped the ball in their analysis in the lead up to the 2003 invasion.

[@realnannob]

I would like an updated version :)

[@AlexPerez-gw8sy]

His allegory of the Canadian lighthouse actually happened in real life with a Spanish lighthouse

[@marshalllapenta7656]

Great lecture/ q and a Very underrated!

[@user-qr2tf8vl4k]

Absolute perfection.

[@DBRooster]

The comment about the generational commitments of the 19th century British intelligence community and the need for a CIA University, or at least better recruitment and training of our intelligence personnel (at young ages) is the most spot on advice in this entire video.

[@mr.b7586]

The CIA have a University, several in fact. It's well documented that they heavily recruit on college campuses, and have run operations from them. Stanford and Harvard come to mind easily. Factor in DARPA, the Rand Corporation and many other NGOs that are connected to academia. The CIA is entrenched in many institutions across many levels of society.

[@Rufus..Calhoun]

awesome speaker. excellent.

[@nemoest0]

John Kiriaku(spelling?) recommended this book. Maybe there's something useful in it. I find this presentation to be a sales pitch for however is in power and in defence of the CIA. -Give them more money = we need the best spies (it didn't turn out that way 2023). In defence of Michael Hayden? - I can't believe a word that man was saying. I understand it's focusing on the analytical failures not the operational side.

[@user-qr2tf8vl4k]

Every recommendation I'd run with, yesterday!

[@acajudi100]

Solution: Send every household $2k per month retro from March 1, 2020. Train people to work online at the same $2K per month. Rent,Utilities, and Food Controls. God is not happy, and we will reap what we have sown. All is FAKE folks.

[@robertkerr3059]

showmanship on display

[@jamesmoseley5428]

Clips 3:50-5:00 letter to Eisenhower

[@lisashapiro4714]

Very very important message this is ! Thank you for Speaking in truth ! Vs corruption in presidency !

[@Chris-cl3jv]

Maybe but could you tell me one thing that the CIA has done over the last 60 years or so that has really made us better off.

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"......I can prophesy that your grandchildren will live under socialism. And please do no be afraid of that. Your grandchildren will........not understand how their grandparents did not understand the progressive nature of a socialist society." Premier of The Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev

[@Kid_Ikaris]

He was right. Just not about their great grandchildren.

[@johnrogan9420]

1 step back...2 steps forward.

[@shanemaddox362]

A production of second all and 714 biscuits after rolling around the jungles of Vietnam

[@robertburke2749]

I'm not trying to be mean and I know this necessity for what you do. When you do the same things these evil demonic governments do in the world and we do it better than they do (what does that make us)

[@dohctorsmith1]

Exactly, we have absolutely no claim to “moral superiority”

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"There is, as far as I know, only one certain rule in international relations," "Interference by one country in the internal affairs of another causes resentment. It is sure to produce a result exactly the opposite of that intended.....We must not build barriers between ourselves and a third world, namely, the world which may practice a measure of state socialism." Allen Dulles, December 3rd, 1947. (p.361; The Gentlemen Spy; Peter Grose; Houghton Mifflin; 1994)

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"We look upon the Russian government as if it were any other government --- but it isn't. Because it is essentially a counterintelligence apparatus. It was conceived in 1903 by Lenin as an operation in counterintelligence against the Czarist regime, and it has remained a conspiracy ever since.......the government is there. It's a front, it performs certain functions. But when a major change takes place, it is within the context of the intelligence apparatus which is identical with the Communist party.”Issac Don Levine; May 23rd, 1960. (p.45; Stalin's Secret War, Soviet Counterintelligence Against the Nazi's 1941-1945; STEPHAN; University Press of Kansas; 2004)

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"Then I will wander godlike and victorious Through the ruins of the world And, giving my words and active force, I will equal to the creator." Karl Marx (p.176; The Thomas Sowell Reader; SOWELL; Basic Books; 2011)

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"......I can prophesy that your grandchildren will live under socialism. And please do no be afraid of that. Your grandchildren will........not understand how their grandparents did not understand the progressive nature of a socialist society." Premier of The Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"It is now clear that we are facing an implacable enemy whose vowed objective is world domination by whatever means and at whatever cost. There are no rules in such a game. Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing America concepts of "fair play" must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by clever, more sophisticated and more effective methods that those used against US." Doolittle Report September 30, 1954

[@thENDweDIE]

What will it take for us to grow out of our infancy!!!???

[@kurtk4223]

don't drink the kool-aid but still useful in understanding the propaganda machine in manufacturing consent.

[@aemaeth.2238]

50:22

[@JoeCiliberto]

$2M/Year to train a CIA person, $2B a day on the DoD. Got it. Yet, our president want to spend more on the DoD. Got it.

[@johnrogan9420]

All 30 trillion dollar deficit is due to military industrial complex..a group that no one benefited more than the dullard General Dwight David Eisenhower.

[@johnrogan9420]

Over the horizon...lol

[@johnrogan9420]

Spy satellites...lol

[@aristotlechange1424]

It's no good having security if you can't even prevent the worst ever thing, greed! You failed and now the earth will show you power unrestrained. God bless God

[@johnrogan9420]

President Diem...not jim

[@freddytait7726]

Prattles on slow. And pauses For nothing. Let it flow

[@babyboy8333]

I used to be loved and respected by so many.The ladies used to respect me so much.I am not sure what happen.Many people turned against me.I do believe this evil-corrupt US gov like the cowards in the cia and fbi ruined my life and turned people against me.This is political.America did not care for Muslims in Bosnia.This does not suprise me.This is not fair i hate injustice.Yes i wish i had a gf. Do not get me started on what Serbs done to my people.The US Arms Embargo On Bosnia Was Disgusting.Respect to the good/fair Americans.I like FAIR-PLAY i hate when its not fair towards someone.I deserve some respect for a change.Good vs evil.Yes,FTP!!!!

[@kirkbowyer3249]

"Then I will wander godlike and victorious Through the ruins of the world And, giving my words and active force, I will equal to the creator." Karl Marx (p.176; The Thomas Sowell Reader; SOWELL; Basic Books; 2011)

[@johnrogan9420]

A satire...as real as NASA...follow this usa 🇺🇸government at your own risk.

[@thENDweDIE]

Why did they kill Patrice O'Neal!!!??? 15:00 EARAPE WARNING

[@nemoest0]

Concerning attacks on America: The US targets moved abroad. 2023: What will happen when Ukraine collapse? Blowback against Europe on massive scale worst case scenario. What happened after Afghanistan 1991 or Syria, Libya etc?

[@bobbybright9334]

Drug pipelines they protect c'mon.

[@johnrogan9420]

Not a true story...like everything said by this mutant group.

[@Tupelo927]

Who is "this mutant group?" Are you referring to CIA?

[@annebradley6086]

This moron doesn't even identify himself. He's an.obvious CIA shill. Spineless bastards who even victimize children.in the world's largest child trafficking business! They do nothing but HARM our country! #TakeDownCIA

[@wally1452]

The sound is so bad I quit watching. Weiner's voice needs to have a god mic because he is hard to understand sometimes...frankly he is hard to watch. No offense here.

[@GiaielPace]

He pretends he's talking to an audience, but there's no1 there lol.

[@truthasareligion9472]

I heard the audience multiple times.