The CIA aimed to create fear through deception operations.

Evidence

But once the operation was blown, I think, the CIA quickly mounted a bigger campaign that was biological only in the sense that living creatures were involved. … The 1952 effort quickly became a psychological-warfare campaign, or a nerve-war campaign—a campaign to cause fear and confusion and revulsion. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1203

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1203
• XREF: connects to: Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233; The CIA aimed to disrupt Albania’s economy under Project BGFIEND. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 710; Covert actions often escalate through repeated strategies and deceitful tactics. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 58 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Fear of an internal enemy is manufactured to secure consent for empire #corroborates (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 491
• Terrorism fear uniquely suits political manipulation because it resists quick fixes #expands (0.50)