CIA

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  6/7/2020
  

  A Message from 'Queen Elizabeth' to the Shah Played Role in CIA 1953 Coup in Iran, Documentary Says

  Historians who uncovered a message from "Queen Elizabeth" believe its misinterpretation helped persuade the shah not to flee Iran at a pivotal moment.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/18/2020
  

  Venezuela Failed Raid: US Has a History of Using Mercenaries to Undermine Other Regimes

  by Andrew Thomson

  The arrest of Silvercorp mercenaries in Venezuela echoes a long history of the U.S. government supporting private troops to overthrow foreign governments. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/14/20
  

  In 1933, two rebellious women bought a home in Virginia’s woods. Then the CIA moved in.

  In the late 1950s, the CIA took over the land in Langley, Va., to build a headquarters that could accommodate its fast-growing operations. 

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• SOURCE: Studies in Intelligence
  2/10/10
  

  "No Boy Scout": William Rust Publishes Article on CIA Operations Officer Lucien Conein

  by William J. Rust

  “No Boy Scout: CIA Operations Officer Lucien Conein” tells the story of a polarizing French-American paramilitary specialist who served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II and in its postwar successor agencies.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/27/19
  

  Spies in the White House Have a History of Running Wild Without Congressional Oversight

  A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.

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• SOURCE: Muck Rock
  8/21/19
  

  CIA instructed its historians to omit “embarrassing” details from the record

  In a formerly SECRET “Dos and Don’ts” regulation for historical officers, Agency suggested “unflattering statements” be avoided.

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• SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
  Accessed 8/9/19
  

  2 New Podcast Episodes Discuss How the Republican Party became the Party of Trump and CIA "Black Sites"

  Chris Riback in conversation with Tim Alberta and Philip Mudd.

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• SOURCE: China Rising Radio Sinoland
  7/2/19
  

  Podcast Discusses History of the CIA

  An examination of Douglas Valetine's The CIA As Organized Crime.

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Cold War Spy and CIA Master of Disguise Writing the History of CIA Tactics in the Cold War

  by Aleisha Smith

  An interview with Jonna Mendez. A former Chief of Disguise with 27 years in the CIA, she discusses her latest book (co-authored with her husband Tony Mendez), her experience in the CIA, and her role at the Spy Museum.

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• SOURCE: The American Historical Review
  6/4/19
  

  Frantz Fanon and the CIA Man

  by Thomas Meaney

  Based on an encounter with Fanon’s CIA handler, C. Oliver Iselin, Meaney presents the firsthand experience of a mid-level figure in the U.S. security state who participated in the national liberation movements in Africa. 

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• 4/7/19
  

  The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton

  by James Thornton Harris

  The Ghost, a new biography of Angleton by Jefferson Morley, a Washington journalist, provides an intriguing look at this powerful, enigmatic Cold Warrior.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  3/12/19
  

  Video of the Week: Julia Child from WW2 Agent to Legendary Chef

  Before she became a world-famous chef, Julia Child worked for a top-secret U.S. intelligence agency, where she helped devise a recipe for shark repellent.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  12/17/2018
  

  Communist Parades Gave the CIA What They Needed

  Some of the best opportunities for Western intelligence to get a picture – literally – of Soviet capabilities were presented by the USSR itself at public military parades.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11-28-18
  

  The Forgotten Story of the Julian Assange of the 1970s

  Decades before WikiLeaks, Philip Agee’s magazine blew the cover of more than 2,000 CIA officers.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  8-22-18
  

  NYU's Stephen F. Cohen continues to dismiss theories of Russian collusion

  He says former CIA Director John Brennan's statements about Trump echo Jospeh McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover

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• SOURCE: National Security Archives
  8/10/18
  

  Gina Haspel CIA Torture Cables Declassified

  The CIA director described extended sessions of physical violence and waterboarding.

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• 8/19/18
  

  What a New Study of British Spies Reveals About the CIA

  by Rory Cormac

  For one thing, it shows that during the Cold War the CIA often thought that MI6 adopted hare-brained schemes.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  5-22-18
  

  When the CIA Infiltrated a Presidential Campaign

  Trump’s allegations about FBI surveillance may be baseless. But it actually happened to Barry Goldwater.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  5-15-18
  

  CIA Reveals Name of Former Spy in JFK Files—And He's Still Alive

  Richard Gibson, an African American expat, was friends with Richard Wright.

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• 5/13/18
  

  The Misleading Rationales for Gina Haspel's Nomination as CIA Director

  by John Prados

  They include her promise not to torture people.