People were shocked when Eisenhower lied about the U2 spy plane crash back in 1960. He said that the U2 was a weather research aircraft, then Khrushchev produced a live pilot and wreckage that proved it was a spy plane.
The credibility of the FBI reached a low in the 1970s after the Church committee showed that the agency had spied on antiwar and civil-rights groups during the Vietnam War. They also engaged in a wide variety of dirty tricks to discredit and confuse these groups.
What is the COINTEL program? Is it relevant today? - Outside The Beltway - Hannity Community
They seem to be up to their old tricks now. The difference is the FBI and CIA are now dominated by leftist elements instead of anti-Communist Cold Warriors.
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