Talk:Operation CHAOS

Actual Start Date of Operation CHAOS

According to the Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency (W. Thomas Smith, 2003) Operation CHAOS was launched in 1959 by the Eisenhower administration. Aspects of it did indeed escalate, however, under LBJ. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.92.99.228 (talk) 17:20, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Domestic Operations Division

Not sure about this. According to Jeffrey T. Richelson's The U.S. Intelligence Community , fourth edition:

The FRD was created in 1963 as the Domestic Operations Division and given the responsibility for 'clandestine operational activities of the Clandestine Services conducted within the United States against foreign targets'.

This implies an earlier existence than that given in the article. I haven't been through all the external links yet. - Crosbiesmith (talk) 21:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Illegal Activities

Shouldn't a section of this article be devoted to how domestic spying on U.S. citizens by the CIA is illegal according to US law. Has anybody in the CIA ever been prosecuted for violating the law during Operation Chaos? 76.23.152.119 (talk) 19:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)R.E.D.

This page is completely worthless. The one citation I saw was to a New York Times article that mentions some CIA investigations in America, but does not detail the ones given here. The suggested links go to far-out conspiracy theory pages. This article does not cover a valid topic, it is baseless conjecture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.75.35.192 (talk) 02:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

No, No, No

President Lyndon Johnson betrayed the nation in July 1964 by setting up a fake premise and justification for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Then he watched in outrage as huge segments of the American public, particularly American youth, began to make dramatic protest against his military tumescence.

LBJ developed a rationalization that took complete possession of him. He believed that =Communists= were not only behind the antiwar movement, they were actually financing it. In calling for the CIA to take domestic action, Lyndon Johnson did not say: "Let's make a neutral investigation to see if I am correct in my hunch." What he basically said to Helms and Angleton was: GET THE PROOF THAT I AM RIGHT!

In addition to targeting known, organized protest organizations he aimed MHCHAOS at American university and college campuses. These campuses soon became home to bogus students who were monitoring and reporting, not only upon student protest but ranking and naming students who demonstrated any leadership. A great many invasive things followed that identification as a "trouble maker". Senator Frank Church extracted the truth of this case from William Colby, plus the admission that no evidence was ever found of communist "influence" NOR OF FOREIGN MONEY supporting antiwar protest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.142.167 (talk) 17:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Legality

The article's lead should mention the legality (or lack thereof) of the CIA's activities under this operation. I haven't been able to find good sources discussing this. If the activities were not legally challenged, perhaps they were at least analyzed from a legal perspective by some commentators? 67.188.230.128 (talk) 02:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Israel

Israel is and always was a base for US military and intelligence operation in the region. B'nai Brith is not a leftist organization! The War Against The Jews is not a reputable citation. Such a poor article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:540:C001:7708:D184:8B97:800F:74A6 (talk) 01:59, 19 September 2015 (UTC)