Modern art was CIA 'weapon' (1995)

The CIA also covertly funded an "Anglo-American left-of-centre" literary journal named "Encounter".

More details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter_(magazine)

And here: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...

This is a fascinating article, from beginning to end. Really mind boggling.