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Government & Politics · Intelligence agencies & covert programs
The CIA conducted special operations as part of the secret war in Laos. CIA assessments during the Vietnam War were often at odds with U.S. military views on the likely impact of large-scale military operations.
Open the caseDocumented4
- Documented · Archival collections document CIA covert operations spanning the Eisenhower through Obama administrations.
- Documented · CIA activities in Vietnam included intelligence gathering in remote areas and large numbers of personnel in Saigon at the height of the war.
- Documented · During the Cold War, CIA covert and overt operations followed formal proposal and approval processes involving higher authority.
- Documented · The CIA conducted special operations as part of the secret war in Laos.
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- Official · Public CIA materials describe the Directorate of Operations as central to intelligence collection and operational work.
- Official · The CIA Directorate of Operations is the component responsible for clandestine human intelligence collection and covert action.
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- Contested · CIA assessments during the Vietnam War were often at odds with U.S. military views on the likely impact of large-scale military operations.
- Contested · The Iran-Contra affair is widely treated in secondary narratives as involving covert CIA-linked operations and political scandal.