Yes, I'm sure the fact that they are denying any public oversight wouldn't suggest any nefarious activities. Obviously it is not directly equatable, but to dismiss their history and pattern of actions as not continuing into the present day is ridiculous, frankly. To say that I'm being "needlessly" inflammatory. Are you kidding me?

The CIA has murdered and lied with reckless abandon for almost a century. They murdered at least one US president (JFK), and have controlled more (HW, Clinton,..). The CIA has infiltrations in major media, in our news, in our bestselling novels, the top tv shows and movies, the celebrity culture.

Their shape on the world is immense, and immensely evil. So I'm sorry if that is too far for you, but its not even close to far enough to account for the depths of darkness to the CIA.

The GAO being unable to audit the CIA, and the CIA still having the same incentives and structure as during an uninterrupted 60+ year spree of committing atrocities almost non-stop is a very good indicator that yes, they are still committing atrocities.

Which ones, we couldn't tell, that's kind of the point of the CIA. But in this case, the incentives are the same, the structure is the same, the unaccountability is the same, so past behaviour is a good predictor of future behaviour.

Written like a true spook!