Former US President Harry Truman once penned an op-ed decrying the unaccountable power of the agency his administration created. The piece ran in the Washington Post one morning in 1963, but was removed from the paper’s evening edition.

“The US government is preparing for its adversaries to intensify efforts to influence American voters next year,” the piece, published late last year, ominously begins. “Russia appears to be paying close attention to the election, as its war in Ukraine is soon to enter a third year… With Republican opposition to Ukraine funding growing, officials believe that Moscow is likely to try to interfere even more in 2024.”