Covert Operations

Covert operations


Iran/contra affair: A variety of reports and declassified documents, including reports of drug-running.

CIA vs. Guatemala: The 220kbyte file contains all the references to Guatemala in CIABASE (opcit.)
See also the Jennifer Harbury page
The BNL affair: The story behind the arming of Iraq by western nations, including the US, Britain, Germany and Italy.
COINTELPRO lives: The FBI's Counter-Intelligence program put progressive activists under surveillance because of their political activities. Evidence suggests that aspects of the program live on.
The Inslaw affair: Includes congressional reports, interviews, documents, attorney commentary on the theft of the PROMIS software by the US Department of Justice.

Information on CIABASE: Created by former CIA Officer Ralph McGehee, very useful.
New feature We've included a simplified version you can use with your Web browser.
Also see this Actiopron Alert on continuing harrassment of Mr. McGehee

Another way to organize these documents is by country. We've started doing that on this page.

We also host a moderated list of news reports on para-political matters. To join the list, click here.