When most in this country think about the CIA, they assume, and wrongly so, that this powerful, secretive agency is only involved in foreign affairs. Even if that were so, it would still be an evil institution, but apparently the CIA is working directly with domestic police. That is a recipe for disaster.
At least since 9/11, the CIA has been involved in counterterrorism efforts with local police. In one case, the CIA sent agents to work with and train the NYPD’s counterterrorism unit, and wouldn’t you know, that unit’s head is a former CIA agent.
Exactly what is the reason that the CIA is involved with local domestic police? It is now evident that the police have become nearly fully militarized, and this country is now a police state. With the local police departments gaining access to military grade weaponry and military training, the risk to the citizenry has vastly expanded. That is certainly bad enough, but add to this the specialized training and brainwashing by the CIA in counterinsurgency, and a ticking time bomb has been created.
In an article titled Brooklyn is Not Baghdad, these comments were made:
When deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the agency has to assume that it is working in a hostile environment. It’s operations are necessarily covert. It is not restrained by the full panoply of constitutional rules that apply at home.
What the author is implying here is that the CIA is above the law, and can act covertly and in total secrecy overseas, and not be hindered in any way by constitutional law. No one I know would question that the CIA in fact is completely corrupt and acts outside of any moral or legal boundaries, but when a secret agency that obeys no law and has no moral compass is now training local police inside U.S. borders, what result should be expected?
If the local police are being trained by the CIA to act covertly and in secret, and act without restriction and without adherence to laws, everyone will be in danger. Since 9/11, Muslims living in New York have been monitored by police. Their communities have been mapped and surveilled, and active files are now being kept by police. This is being done outside the law in the false name of counterterrorism. It is a travesty, and a direct assault on the liberty of U.S. citizens.
Given the recent revelations about the NSA and FBI, it should be obvious that everyone in this country is being watched, and their actions and communications captured and stored. With that kind of massive information being collected by this government , an entire population can be monitored, and a watched society is a controlled society.
When the very secret CIA takes charge of training the domestic police, all should be very worried. In a perfect world, the CIA would be abolished, but in our world, it is gaining more power. When domestic policing begins to mirror that of policing during U.S. foreign invasions built on aggression, the population at large has already lost, and tyranny is firmly in place!