'Half of the US State Dept is actually the
#coup-plotting CIA:
Declassified
#JFKFiles reveal that, in 1961, 47% of so-called "political officers" working in US embassies around the world were intel agents
#spying on/destabilizing the countries where they were stationed.
In
#Chile, 11 of the 13 embassy “political officers” were undercover
#CIA.
At the time, the CIA had 3700 operatives undercover overseas, compared to 3900 officials for the State Dept.' -Ben Norton
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/2025-03-19/cia-covert-ops-kennedy-assassination-records-lift-veil-secrecy