Great video, thanks.  As a complete lay person with respect to government and the intelligence operations, there is more than enough information to piece the dots together.  This video corroborates my own theory, the early CIA saw how much they could do with the funds they had (Mossadegh was overthrown for a song) and they probably figured how much more they could do with more funds.  But the funding they got through US budget was limited, so they sought other mechanisms. I had not heard the info before about Kai Shek using poppy/heroin money to fund his movement, but it makes sense and also provided the blue print for the CIA to copy.  I don't even think the initial motives were 'evil' but done for patriotic reasons.  At some point, however, the organization's purpose becomes protecting itself rather than America, and with JFK, they crossed the Rubicon.