The Invisible Government Author:David Wise and Thomas B. Ross Vietnam * The Bay of Pigs * Iran * Guatemala * Indonesia — ** The CIA in action ** — In 1963, its budget was $4,000,000,000. Not even the Congress knows how it was spent! It controls private companies, radio stations, a steamship company and a publishing house! — It has overthrown the governments of at least two foreign powers! Its operations pla... more »yed a crucial role in the Kennedy/Nixon campaign! Many regard it as our first line of defense in the cold war. Others regard it as the foremost peril to the American way of life.« less