The CIA helped arrest Nelson Mandela in August of 1962, by tipping off police who captured him in disguise as a chauffeur. This is why that matters today... Mandela was sentenced to life in prison, and on Robben Island, he spent 18 years incarcerated – much of his time was spent time in solitary confinement. His cell was so small... he could cross it in three paces. All because he stood up to apartheid. Smh. Thats's not just a tactics of the past though, it's also a tactic of the present. With i