I can't see myself agreeing to meet the CIA like Gavin did especially that early on, why would I want to meet with the enemies of Bitcoin let alone the enemies of humanity, intelligence agencies aren't above the game, they are still controlled by the same bankers and thus they are the same racketeers.
The influence corporate America has over all facets of the government is alarming. You'll get no argument from me about that. But their corruption is the profitable kind, that is their interest. A business cabal might lean on a Senator to manipulate a CIA report so that it is more favorable to their plans for contracts. That kind of thing makes sense, it's a greedy investment in future profits. I don't see many logical motives for the CIA's role in BTC and I see no real evidence to support the various theories that they created, or are destroying it.
It sound like you suspect the CIA is an enemy of BTC. We know they have some interest in it because they invited the chief scientist to come speak. That is not at all unusual, analysis of overseas payment networks is stock stuff and they are constantly hosting lectures on damn near everything. As for intelligence services being an enemy of humanity, by and large that may be true. All over the world countries use their services on their own people for corrupt reasons. By comparison with them, let alone with history, the corruption I am exposed to is little. Besides, if you want to go after the real enemy of humanity you must confront the master these entities serve. War.
Most of these agencies seem to have a thirst for intelligence & information of their own citizens as well as other countries, it seems unlikely that they would support an innovation like Bitcoin that could be used to protect citizens worldwide against their information gathering techniques and make their jobs harder.
Bitcoin also lends a big hand in educating people about encryption and how to protect your privacy online
these things I cannot see agencies like this being happy with, they would much rather people know nothing about how to protect their privacy online.
But does not being happy with something necessarily mean you are an all out enemy of it?
My personal feeling would be, if we are taking about the CIA, yes, they would want to neutralize or mitigate the success of any threat to their intelligence gathering techniques. Or, at least ensure they have their own ways of gathering the intelligence they want within the Bitcoin world.
So I guess I can understand where these thoughts come from.