# Sometimes we get so cynical we forget all the truly mindbendingly crazy shit the CIA was up to

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**Created:** [December 2, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-we-get-so-cynical-we-forget-all-the-truly-mindbendingly-crazy-shit-the-cia-was-up-to/642768 "2012-12-02T16:50:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-we-get-so-cynical-we-forget-all-the-truly-mindbendingly-crazy-shit-the-cia-was-up-to/642768/1 "2012-12-02T16:50:23Z")

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[Reading this article](http://www.salon.com/2012/12/02/better_than_bourne_who_really_killed_nick_deak/) brought a lot of it back to the surface. The for real stuff they were up to is just unreal.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-we-get-so-cynical-we-forget-all-the-truly-mindbendingly-crazy-shit-the-cia-was-up-to/642768/2 "2012-12-02T17:48:10Z")

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That story would make an excellent movie in the right hands.