Do Clandestine Operations really exist within CIA?
Any secret intelligence organisation is bound to have as many internal secrets as external. The easiest way to ensure secrets remain secret is to ensure as few as possible people have access to information. If information is released only on a need-to-know basis there are far fewer chances of leaks. Although we are in an age where agencies such as the CIA and MI5 are at pains to project an image of greater openness, the public are only aware of a very tiny amount of what goes on. There are always rumours flying around about the CIA being involved in any number of secret operations, assassinations and conspiracies. From CIA paramilitary groups fighting in Afghanistan to faking the moon-landings, how much of this you choose to believe is entirely up to you! What would happen to an MI5 officer who went bad? Disloyalty to your country is treason, and this is considered to be an extremely serious crime. So serious in fact that it still held the death sentence until as late as 1998. However
