CIA Transnational Human Rights Actions
This article deals with those activities of the Central Intelligence Agency that preserve or violate human rights.
Read more about CIA Transnational Human Rights Actions: General Principles, Torture and Rendition, Police Training, Human Experimentation, Assassination and Targeted Killing
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