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Operation Underworld's Origins
- Operation Underworld in the 1940s started a formal relationship between US intelligence and organized crime.
- This alliance set the foundation for a long-standing fusion of intelligence agencies and criminal networks.
Sexual Blackmail as Control
- Sexual blackmail was perfected by organized crime and then adopted by intelligence agencies.
- Its goal is to control people by threatening to release damaging information if they don't comply.
Roy Cohn's Infamous Role
- Roy Cohn's early legal career was boosted despite inexperience, including working with McCarthy and later defending Donald Trump.
- He was allegedly entrapped in sexual blackmail operations involving top figures like FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.