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I am completely bemused that on the one hand the CIA is quite happy to literally murder, rape and and torture left right and centre, overthrow foreign governments, interfere with elections etc ... but is careful about adhering to the finer points US Constitution.

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This is because if they answer to anyone, it's the US Gov that is structured by the Constitution.

They have no issue with commiting those attrocities in foreign lands, in which Constitutional protections and rules do not apply to them.

That's why the CIA doesn't operate inside of the United States.

It is beholden to the laws of the United States and tasked with protecting and upholding the Constitution.

But there are no stipulations against doing bad things in non-US lands.

> That's why the CIA doesn't operate inside of the United States.

False [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_ARTICHOKE [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_for_Freedom [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTLINGUAL

Why the CIA isn't supposed to operate inside the United States.

That's just it. Are they "supposed" to be out raping and murdering in foreign countries?

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