The C.I.A. and Wall Street [View all]
Started reading "The Secret History of the C.I.A." by Joseph J. Trento last week. What I learned in the first few chapters alone is enough to make me rethink a lot of opinions I thought were based on fact.
The truth is, in high school and probably college, little is taught of the true history of this country.
The founders of the C.I.A. were, to a man, Wall Street bankers and lawyers. Some of them were former O.S.S. from WW2.
Truman tried to put the brakes on the new intelligence agency early. Dulles and others started running operations without his approval, and he later had to act like he gave them the go ahead. The C.I.A. men wanted to rebuild postwar Germany's industrial might as a bulwark against the Soviets. Truman's vision was of turning
Germany agrarian to prevent another monster from rising out of the ashes.
The real kicker was "Operation Paperclip" - the C.I.A. gave a new life to most of the former S.S. members in Hitlers intelligence services, not just scientists. The C.I.A. was deeply influenced by the likes of Reinhard Gehlen, Hitlers top intelligence officer against the Soviets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Gehlen
It wasn't just Wall Street alone Occupy was fighting. It was the secret army appointed to protect their interests.
The co ordinated crackdown now makes complete sense.
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