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Intelligence agencies have played a pivotal but often secretive role in shaping American foreign and domestic policy throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. From covert operations abroad to controversial domestic programs, these organizations have influenced major geopolitical events while operating largely outside public scrutiny. Their declassified activities reveal how national security concerns have sometimes conflicted with democratic principles and individual rights.
In 1953, the CIA and British intelligence overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister to protect oil interests. Every chapter of hostility since traces back to that single decision.
A filing error saved 20,000 pages that were supposed to be destroyed