An ACLU lawsuit revealed that the CIA has also used National Security Letters to demand Americans' personal financial records without prior court approval. And the USA Patriot Act eased restrictions on the sharing of information the FBI collects in grand jury investigations and law enforcement wiretaps with the CIA. Today we know that the CIA is a participant in FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which engage in both foreign and domestic terrorism investigations. Unfortunately, the exposure of intelligence failings before the 9/11 attacks caused policy makers to promote "information sharing" among intelligence and law enforcement agencies as a cure-all, creating the likelihood that the CIA would increasingly operate domestically. During the 1960s, in clear violation of its statutory mission to co-ordinate foreign intelligence operations only, the CIA ventured into the domestic spying business through "Operation Chaos," in which it spied on as many as 7,000 Americans involved in the peace movement. But the law didn't stop the CIA from spying on Americans.
In its 1947 charter, the CIA was prohibited from spying against Americans, in part because President Truman was afraid that the agency would engage in political abuse. Because of the excessive secrecy surrounding CIA operations, little is known about its domestic activities. Not much information on why exactly the word was chosen, but it probably was an easy jump from "ghost that haunts people" to "mysterious secret agent who spies on people".Central Intelligence Agency. This suggests the word would be mainly used in reference to American spies, but I think the 1954 reference is Australians talking about constables, so at least occasionally it has referred to any undercover person. 9 ‘My training was also in espionage at the CIA farm.’.
50 I'd like him to get out of the spook business. 434/1 The idea of making a living as a spy ‘spook’ in current Washington slang is repugnant to most of us. 24/1 The spooks were senior constables who wore no uniform, worked in pairs and followed constables about the city and suburbs to see if they did their work properly. §765/7 Rat, rubber heel, spook, spotter, a person employed to detect irregularities. Slang §458/16 ‘Spotter.’ (One who spys upon employees.). An undercover agent a spy.ġ942 BERREY & VAN DEN BARK Amer.
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