--- title: "1 Death Squad Quotes By Medea Benjamin" description: "1 Death Squad quotes by Medea Benjamin. Plus more from Medea Benjamin and more Death Squad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/medea-benjamin-27522_acclaim_the-cia-is-absolutely-out-of-control-the_1543302.jpg" --- > [ The CIA is absolutely out of control. The CIA has been on a killing spree... The CIA has become a death squad and to see these films \[ like Zero Dark Thirty\] get so much acclaim at the time when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/the-cia-is-absolutely-out-of-control-the-cia-has-been-on-a-killing/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/medea-benjamin-27522_acclaim_the-cia-is-absolutely-out-of-control-the_1543302.jpg) ## More by Medea Benjamin > [It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but on all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/it-is-so-inspiring-to-see-a-new-group-coming-together-not-to-focus-on/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [John Brennan has been the mastermind of the drone program. He's the one who'd convene the terror Tuesday meetings at the White House.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/john-brennan-has-been-the-mastermind-of-the-drone-program-he-s-the/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [It hit me very early on that something was terribly wrong, that I would see silos full of food and supermarkets full of food,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/it-hit-me-very-early-on-that-something-was-terribly-wrong-that-i/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [If it weren't for people like the people in Berkeley, standing up for what they believe, we'd be living under Hitler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/if-it-weren-t-for-people-like-the-people-in-berkeley-standing-up-for/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [ Hip to the fact that well-behaved women rarely make history, Diane \[Wilson\] has already inspired a new movement of totally uncontrollable, irresistible and unreasonable… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/hip-to-the-fact-that-well-behaved-women-rarely-make-history-diane/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [That information, those 6,000 pages, should be released to the public. It's our right as U.S. citizens to know what our government has done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/that-information-those-6-000-pages-should-be-released-to-the-public/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [ There were between 46 and 52 drone strikes under the \[George W.\] Bush administration. And now there are over 400 - that's not counting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/there-were-between-46-and-52-drone-strikes-under-the-george-w-bush/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [There is a real attempt to sanitize the CIA killings and to glorify the CIA and to give it a new face. That's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/there-is-a-real-attempt-to-sanitize-the-cia-killings-and-to-glorify/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [The CIA is absolutely out of control. The CIA has been on a killing spree... The CIA has become a death squad and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/the-cia-is-absolutely-out-of-control-the-cia-has-been-on-a-killing/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/we-civilians-defend-our-own-right-to-free-speech-the-military-in-iraq/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [It's not as "cheap" as it's put out to be. One predator drone in one day of activity supposedly needs 168 people... to carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/it-s-not-as-cheap-as-it-s-put-out-to-be-one-predator-drone-in-one-day/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [I actually think it is people like myself who have been fighting for our rights to free speech and I would like the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/i-actually-think-it-is-people-like-myself-who-have-been-fighting-for/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [I wouldn't characterize anybody who fought in Vietnam as a war hero. In 23 bombing sorties, there must have been civilians that were killed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/i-wouldn-t-characterize-anybody-who-fought-in-vietnam-as-a-war-hero/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [The CIA runs the drone program in Pakistan solely, not with the military. Then there's a joint CIA-military program in Yemen, then the CIA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/the-cia-runs-the-drone-program-in-pakistan-solely-not-with-the/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) > [When Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was asked why there was so much animosity in her country towards the United States, she gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medea-benjamin/when-pakistani-foreign-minister-hina-rabbani-khar-was-asked-why-there/) [Medea Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medea-benjamin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death-squad/medea-benjamin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Death Squad Quotes By Medea Benjamin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The CIA is absolutely out of control. The CIA has been on a killing spree... 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