CIA Director Mike Pompeo summarized the job of the US spy agency: "We lied, we cheated, we stole"

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo admitted in 2019 that, in the coup-plotting spy agency, "We lied, we cheated, we stole. It was like, we had entire training courses". Pompeo then became secretary of state - head of the US State Department, overseeing Washington's foreign policy.