People who are deeply affected by American blockbusters often regard the US intelligence community as unpredictable and magical, but the recent "Kabul moment" staged in Afghanistan has made the world really see how incompetent the US intelligence community really is.
Of course, it is not accurate enough to say that the US intelligence service has no "ability" at all -- at least in terms of fraud and evil, they can be called "professional".
In fact, these despicable tricks that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is proud of are only the tip of the iceberg compared with what the US intelligence community has actually done. From fabricating fake information to provide an excuse for the United States to invade other countries, to organizing and carrying out assassinations, torturing prisoners, eavesdropping, and other visible evils, the crimes of the US intelligence community are too numerous to describe.
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From the Vietnam War to the Iraq War
Consistent fraud
A 2005 NSA declassified study of the Vietnam War showed intelligence officials deliberately distorting evidence to falsely claim that a U.S. destroyer cruising the Gulf of Tonkin on August 4, 1964, had been attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats. Then-US President Lyndon Johnson then ordered the bombing of northern Vietnam, and the "Beibu Gulf Incident" became the trigger for the escalation of the US War against Vietnam.
Facts have proved that the intelligence services are an important tool for the United States to promote hegemonism and carry out foreign interference, and deception is a common tactic used by the US intelligence community.
A well-known case is when the United States claimed "credible intelligence" that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction as a result of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but no conclusive evidence was ultimately found. At the UN Security Council meeting that year, then US Secretary of State Colin Powell held a test tube containing so-called "chemical weapons" powder to prove the necessity of using force against Iraq, and this "classic picture" became the laughing stock of the world.
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From prisoner abuse to assassination
It has always been unscrupulous
In order to achieve their goals, the US intelligence agencies can be described as unscrupulous and unscrupulous.
Prisoner Abuse — The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee released a 2014 report detailing how the CIA used to extort confessions during the interrogation of prisoners, using "enhanced interrogation" methods such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, confinement in small spaces, and physical humiliation. The report also notes that the CIA tried to cover up the abuse and obstruct supervision. Diana Feinstein, the committee's chair at the time, said bluntly that the CIA's actions were a stain on U.S. history.
Eavesdropping – U.S. intelligence agencies engage in surveillance activities in the name of "national security," using cyber superiority and hacking techniques to reach the world. In May, the NSA was exposed to using Danish Internet facilities to spy on some European allied leaders, causing another uproar. As early as 2013, Edward Snowden, a former U.S. defense contractor employee, exposed the widespread monitoring of domestic and foreign telephone and Internet communications by U.S. intelligence services. It can be seen that the US intelligence community has not relented in this regard, even to the allies.
Assassinations – According to reports released by the U.S. Senate, the CIA has attempted to assassinate leaders in Cuba and other countries, and has also assisted in assassinations in Chile, Vietnam and other countries. Although the United States has since introduced an assassination ban, an article published on the website of the British "Guardian" pointed out that the United States has never completely abandoned this terrorist method, but has changed the term "assassination" to "targeted killing". Over the past few decades, with the support of intelligence services, the US military has frequently used air strikes to clear overseas targets, resulting in a large number of civilian casualties.
Media manipulation – The CIA launched Operation Mockingbird during the Cold War to influence public opinion by manipulating the media. Carl Bernstein, a prominent American investigative journalist, revealed as early as 1977 that many of the reporters recruited by the program were paid to provide intelligence to the CIA and write "fake news" at its behest. To this day, some US media and intelligence agencies still maintain mutually exploitative relationships and secretly act as "pawns" for the intelligence community.
From: Xinhua International Headlines
Copywriter: Sun Ding
Draft: Pan Hongyu
Source: Xinhua Net