#CIAOperations
2 entries tagged CIAOperations.
People (1)
- George W. Bush George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009), son of former CIA Director and President George H.W. Bush; his presidency initiated the War on Terror following the September 11, 2001 attacks, launched the 2003 Iraq invasion based on false WMD intelligence, authorized the CIA's 'enhanced interrogation' torture program and black site network, and approved the NSA's warrantless mass surveillance program.
Places (1)
- Ayacucho Ayacucho is a city in the Andean highlands of Peru that served as the founding base of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), the Maoist guerrilla movement that launched its armed insurgency in 1980 and fought a conflict that killed approximately 69,000 people; it appears in this vault as the origin point of the Shining Path insurgency that prompted CIA advisory involvement in Peruvian counterinsurgency operations.