CIA releases past secrets on site

[Toon]

The US Central Intelligence Agency has posted hundreds of once secret documents on its website.

The papers include documents known as the "Family Jewels" detailing some of the agency's worst abuses and illegal activities from the 1950s to 1970s.

Other documents include the CIA's analysis of the Soviet and Chinese leaderships at the time.

Many of the incidents were already known, but the documents provide more comprehensive accounts of events.

Last week, CIA chief Michael Hayden announced the decision to declassify the records, saying the documents were "unflattering but part of CIA history".

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[Zaoris]

I don't really think they just shared everything for nothing. There's a purpose in that aswell, maybe we'll hear more about it soon. Time shall tell.

[El Peligroso]

so people stop looking for things for a while, as the read through these...