Pubdate: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2002 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.sunspot.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Rev. John Oliver CIA MISDEEDS FIT PROFILE OF TERRORIST OPERATIONS How interesting that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, testifies before Congress about a worldwide terrorist network ("Tenet says al-Qaida still serious threat," Feb. 7). He's in a good position to do so, since he heads the largest terrorist organization in the world: the Central Intelligence Agency. How many thousands of people have been killed in the last 50 years by CIA operations such as Operation Mongoose (in Cuba), the overthrow of governments in Guatemala, Iran, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Congo, Indonesia and Haiti, and assassination plots? Perhaps CIA agents don't set off suicide bombs or fly airplanes into buildings, but they have been guilty of a multitude of murders, along with drug-running and total disregard for human rights, human welfare and democracy. How about a report on the CIA's crimes against humanity? The Rev. John Oliver, Catonsville - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager