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Great book you should read - Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman. By Merle Miller. Basically, candid conversations with Truman. Some of it makes you like him more, some make you like him less..
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They control themselves and their purpose is their own. Truman regretted ever creating the CIA. He lost control of them as soon as they were created.
>Why, they've got an organization over there in Virginia now that is practically the equal of the Pentagon in many ways. And I think I've told you, one Pentagon is one too many.
>Now, as nearly as I can make out, those fellows in the CIA don't just report on wars and the like, they go out and make their own, and there's nobody to keep track of what they're up to. They spend billions of dollars on stirring up trouble so they'll have something to report on. They've become ... it's become a government all of its own and all secret. They don't have to account to anybody.
>That's a very dangerous thing in a democratic society, and it's got to be put a stop to. The people have got a right to know what those birds are up to. And if I was back in the White House, people would know. You see, the way a free government works, there's got to be a housecleaning every now and again, and I don't care what branch of the government is involved. Somebody has to keep an eye on things.
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