Unfortunately Eisenhower’s CIA did far more harm than good to American interests. Rather than enhancing national security, Eisenhower’s secret wars created great human suffering, propped up awful dictatorships, left the U.S. government vulnerable to exposure and public humiliation, and alienated millions of people who otherwise had reason to like and admire the United States. Over the course of the 1950s the CIA engaged in sabotage, arms smuggling, destabilizing of governments, widespread radio and print propaganda, and the arming of insurgencies. It supplied arms, intelligence, and training
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