PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA's Project Artichoke tested whether they could program unwitting people to become assassins using drugs and hypnosis
1.7K votes
Dismissed by — CIA
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA Inspector General admitted the agency covered up Contra drug trafficking for over a decade
2.6K votes
Dismissed by — Washington Post / New York Times / LA Times
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceNSA analysts could search anyone's emails, chats, and browsing history in real-time without any authorization using XKeyscore
1.6K votes
Dismissed by — NSA
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe NSA had direct access to servers of Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo, collecting 91% of internet intelligence
2.8K votes
Dismissed by — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA helped 6 South American dictatorships coordinate the assassination and disappearance of 60,000-80,000 political dissidents
1.9K votes
Dismissed by — US State Department (initially)
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA attempted to assassinate at least 5 foreign leaders using exploding cigars, poisoned wetsuits, and mafia hitmen
1.9K votes
Dismissed by — CIA Director William Colby
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA ran secret brothels in San Francisco to drug unwitting men with LSD and watch through one-way mirrors
2.2K votes
Dismissed by — CIA Director Allen Dulles
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceCrypto AG, the world's leading encryption company, was secretly owned by the CIA and BND for decades
3.6K votes
Dismissed by — Crypto AG Management
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA facilitated cocaine trafficking by Contra rebels, fueling the crack epidemic in American cities
4.1K votes
Dismissed by — Washington Post / New York Times / LA Times
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceCNN anchor Anderson Cooper interned at the CIA before becoming a journalist — a fact he acknowledges
1.9K votes
Dismissed by — Anderson Cooper (CNN)
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceOperation CHAOS: The CIA illegally spied on thousands of American citizens during the Vietnam era
2.6K votes
Dismissed by — CIA Director Richard Helms
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceAT&T gave the NSA access to all internet traffic through a secret room (Room 641A) in San Francisco
2.7K votes
Dismissed by — AT&T Corporate
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA and MI6 orchestrated the 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister
3.5K votes
Dismissed by — US State Department (for decades)
PARTIAL🕵️ IntelligenceFormer intelligence officer David Grusch testified under oath that the US has recovered non-human craft
4.0K votes
Dismissed by — Pentagon Press Secretary
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceWikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of classified documents — none have been proven false
4.3K votes
Dismissed by — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceOperation Gladio: NATO ran secret armies that carried out false flag terrorism in Europe
3.5K votes
Dismissed by — NATO Press Office
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe NSA's MYSTIC program recorded every phone call in entire countries, not just metadata
3.9K votes
Dismissed by — NSA Director Keith Alexander
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceOperation Paperclip: The US secretly recruited over 1,600 Nazi scientists after WWII
3.9K votes
Dismissed by — US State Department (1940s-1950s)
PARTIAL🕵️ IntelligenceOperation Mockingbird's legacy continues through modern media consolidation and government-media coordination
2.3K votes
Dismissed by — CIA Public Affairs Office
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe FBI ran a covert program to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt domestic political organizations
1.5K votes
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe CIA conducted secret mind control experiments on unwitting American and Canadian citizens
1.9K votes
Dismissed by — CIA Director Richard Helms
The CIA systematically recruited American journalists and media organizations to spread propaganda
1.7K votes
PROVEN RIGHT🕵️ IntelligenceThe NSA was conducting mass surveillance on American citizens' phone and internet communications
2.3K votes
Dismissed by — White House Press Secretary

