The Memory Hole > Documents from the Phoenix Program
'Brickham [creator of the program] kept copies of the documents he wrote while with the CIA; otherwise, there would be no documentary evidence of how Phoenix was actually created. During the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975, the CIA destroyed most of the documents it had about its assassination program, and none of what it kept at Langley headquarters can be obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. This is no accident, for Phoenix is the model for the equally terrifying US homeland security aparatus.'

The most frightening prospect for the United States is that the social, political and economic methods of administration that have for so long been employed in client countries beyond its borders will one day be brought home. And meanwhile many, but not all, Americans sleep through it all.

The Memory Hole > Documents from the Phoenix Program
'Brickham [creator of the program] kept copies of the documents he wrote while with the CIA; otherwise, there would be no documentary evidence of how Phoenix was actually created. During the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975, the CIA destroyed most of the documents it had about its assassination program, and none of what it kept at Langley headquarters can be obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. This is no accident, for Phoenix is the model for the equally terrifying US homeland security aparatus.'

The most frightening prospect for the United States is that the social, political and economic methods of administration that have for so long been employed in client countries beyond its borders will one day be brought home. And meanwhile many, but not all, Americans sleep through it all.