Much of US foreign policy is so depressing, that people have a hard time facing it; and many are open to comforting rationalizations or deceptions about it - the sort of thing that so much of the establishment media provides.

This slim volume provides thumb-nail sketches of 42 cases of CIA murder and mayhem. One story is about how, under the guise of fighting narcotics, the CIA coordinated efforts to suppress popular movements in Haiti.

CIA Doctors exposes the CIA's sensory deprivation, radiation experiments, electroconvulsive treatments, etc. All this and more have been carried out by leading psychiatrists, psychologists, neurosurgeons, universities, med schools and maximum security prisons.

The Italian government wants to put over a dozen CIA agents on trial for their role in the abduction of an Imam off the streets of Italy, who was then sent to Egypt to be tortured.

The Wilson/Plame affair has provided endless good PR for the CIA. Since the 'outing' of Plame presents an opportunity to 'get Bush,' even progressives are praising the CIA and saying it's 'treasonous' to reveal operatives, fronts, or activities (exactly what former CIA director Bush, Sr. was saying about Phillip Agee).

Suicide? Hmmm . . .

I'm not sure about this book, since it hasn't been released yet. But, the title and the description make it something to look for in the near future.

Another former CIA agent who is full of shame.

It's good books like these are being translated into Spanish and other languages. It's human beings in other parts of the world who are suffering most intensely from the CIA's success of creating hell on earth.

Very good marketing for the CIA. In fact, the actress, Jennifer Gardner, was on the CIA's website encouraging people to sign up for the cause of global repression.

We hear so much about all those dreaded liberals at US universities. There are plenty of CIA-friendly folk as well, along with a ton of funding from the Pentagon.