In September, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency was founded and tasked with conducting the secret operations of the United States. Now more than a half century of covert exploits has earned the CIA a bad reputation in countries all over the world, including the United States. From political interventions, to mind control experiments, to assassination plots, the CIA has been implicated in enough undercover improprieties to raise pressing questions. Will history catch up with the CIA? Will the agency's criminal record grow longer? Will the Congress continue to pour money into any agency that has run roughshod over the rights of American and foreign citizens? To keep you informed of the ways the public can hold U.S. intelligence accountable, Dossier has kept a watchful, inquisitive eye on the CIA since we began publishing. Over time we've assembled one of the largest collections of material on the agency currently available online. Now we've collected our coverage of the CIA in the chronological menu below. We invite you to investigate... 1952: The Robertson Panel Report As the CIA's interest in UFOs peaks, the agency convenes a secret panel of experts to examine the phenomenon. 1953: The CIA and Mind Control CIA Director Allen Dulles authorizes the MKULTRA experiments, sending the agency on a multi-million dollar trip into the science of mind and behavior control. 1958: Subliminal CIA? A CIA officer reports on "The Operational Potential of Subliminal Perception," presenting the agency's first analysis of the power of hidden persuasion. 1960: Plots to Kill Castro The CIA begins years of frustrated attempts to assassinate the Cuban revolutionary. (Also available: an exclusive online tour of the Havana museum that unveils CIA ops against Cuba.) 1960: Hypnosis in Interrogation The CIA's in-house spy journal explores an unconventional method of extracting closely held information. 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion One of the CIA's most extravagant operations -- the landing of a paramilitary force of exiles on Cuban shores -- becomes the "perfect failure." 1962: Operation Mongoose PSYOP Papers In a multi-agency operation against Cuba's revolutionary government, the CIA helps design secret psychological operations. 1962: Xerox Spy-Cam The CIA enlists the Xerox corporation in the espionage business, and soon a hidden spy-cam is (re)producing an intelligence goldmine of secret Soviet documents. 1963: The CIA's Counterintelligence Interrogation Guidebook The CIA drafts a secret interrogation manual, applying all the agency knows about breaking down an individual's psychological defenses. 1965: The Kooks and the Spooks A classified report catalogues the agency's difficult encounters with citizens from "the fringe and farther out." 1967: Counterinsurgency Comics in Vietnam The CIA launches the infamous Phoenix program, spreading terror with deadly repression and an array of counterinsurgency tactics, including this psywar comic book. 1974: Parapsychology in Intelligence A paranormal project officer reveals the secret story of "remote viewing" operations conducted from Washington. 1975: The CIA and the Media The Church Committee in the U.S. Congress investigates decades of CIA manipulation of the press. 1981: A Spook for All Seasons "Dewey" Clarridge, newly appointed chief of the CIA's Latin American Division, begins plotting a series of controversial covert operations. 1983: Contra PSYOP Manual A CIA-prepared manual, "Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare," is passed to Nicaraguan contra rebels to train them in art of intimidation. 1989: CIA FOIA Follies A Freedom of Information officer reviews some of the agency's most troublesome and entertaining requests from researchers. 1990: The CIA and Guatemalan Atrocities American citizen Michael DeVine is murdered by CIA-paid military officer -- one of many such killings perpetrated by agency assets in Guatemala. 1991: The CIA vs. Saddam Hussein America's spies kick off a doomed covert operation to topple the Iraqi leader. 1995: Psychic Spies A CIA-funded study evaluates military and intelligence "psychic spying." 1996: CIA and Cyberwar CIA Director John Deutch tells Congress that the agency is gearing up to wage information war. 1996: CIA's Contras Linked to Crack Trade A controversial investigative series in the San Jose Mercury News sends anti-CIA sentiments soaring, prompting Director Deutch to make an unprecedented public appearance to field questions and complaints. Meanwhile, rage over the contra/cocaine allegations fuels "Crack the CIA" protest marches, and a wealth of online documentation on the controversy prompts further activism.) 1997: The Price of Dissent Ralph McGehee, a CIA analyst turned critic, reflects on his life on both sides of the intelligence reform debate. 1997: The UFO Cold War A declassified CIA report reveals that the government systematically lied to the public about UFO sightings. 1998: CIA's Broken Promise Shocking historians, the agency announces it will not follow through on several long-awaited declassification projects. DOSSIER: Covert Ops & Secret Docs PARASCOPE Main Screen