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Explanation: The CIA, the main foreign intelligence arm of the USA, has a very... dubious history (and dubious present, for that matter). While their most infamous exploits were done with full knowledge and consent of the highest echelons of the US government (such as Operation Ajax ), there have been times when the CIA's operations have been unknown even to the US government - or in direct contradiction of their orders from the US government. Illegal by international law? Almost always. Illegal by domestic law too? Why not?
The CIA continues their bullshit today because they've never been properly punished or reformed, even after Senate hearings in the 1970s established that they were playing fuckwad games that even insane Cold War era politicians were not down with.
And sadly when they were "punished" (had funding withheld) they would just drum up their own cash by trafficking guns and drugs. Nowadays they just don't even bother trying to pass audits.
They are the main suspect in the assassination of their own leader - the JFK assassination.
They even had Dulles, the founder of the CIA, lead the investigation into the same assassination that their organization was complicit.
It would be like having a mob boss of a city lead the investigation into the murder of the mayor that was perpetrated by the mob boss's own people.
The funny part is that the conspiracy is so old and so often repeated now that no one cares or have become so conditioned to the idea that the CIA does terrible things and that's acceptable.
Main suspect insomuch as they tried to get Castro 3-5 times but it was kennedys who died instead.