Is there a list somewhere of actual CIA successes? I'm no fan, but it sometimes seems like the CIA has never really succeeded at any intervention. Have they ever had an unqualified success that actually helped people?
Edit: I mean by any measure. They don't seem to actually succeed in furthering any of the possible motives, whether you think it's about democracy or business interests, as soon as the CIA touch it it gets worse.
Edit: I mean by any measure. They don't seem to actually succeed in furthering any of the possible motives, whether you think it's about democracy or business interests, as soon as the CIA touch it it gets worse.