Legacy of Ashes: Book Review and Analysis. Grade A-
Project IMPACT: Empowering Parents with Intellectual Disabilities I just finished Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner , the history of the CIA. Let me first start by trying to explain what the CIA is actually supposed to do.
1) Gather intelligence outside the US : Until World War II , the US had no agency to gather or organization facts about governments and people outside the US . There are somewhat legal ways of doing this , such as utilizing spy satellites or by simple having people go a country and do some fieldwork. The second way is to have spies; that is to have people pretend to be someone else in order to get/steal information. The third way is to bride , blackmail , or torture people to get information. 2) To manipulate the people and leaders of foreign countries: This includes propaganda (such a fake radio or news stations or spreading rumors) , sending money to political leaders , rigging elections , regime change , and supporting