CIA Declassifies the "Family Jewels"

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:03PM from the in-case-you-were-inclined-to-trust-the-government dept.

An anonymous reader informs us that the CIA has recently declassified for your reading pleasure some records relating to illegal spying, assassination attempts, and other goodies. These are available from the CIA's FOIA portal. From the BBC article: " Last week, CIA chief Michael Hayden announced the decision to declassify the records, saying the documents were 'unflattering but part of CIA history.' The documents detail assassination plots, domestic spying, wiretapping, and kidnapping... Among the documents is a request in 1972 for someone 'who was accomplished at picking locks' who might be retiring or resigning from the agency."

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Re:The message this sends current CIA operatives by dave1791 · 2007-06-26 22:49 · Score: 1, Redundant

"I trust that the US will now press the UN for resolutions condemning countries for human right abuses and acts which break international law, even if it means some of its own agents would be at risk of prosecution?"

Why not? What's an expendable agent against a political opportunity? Case in point, Valerie Plame.