The fascinating, furious rhythm of ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’
In the ’60s, the US sent jazz stars to Africa as an assassination plot unfolded. Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez revisits ...
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My father fought the CIA's secret war in Laos
Allan Stanton, the author's father, in a photo dated April 1969 Peter Lang-Stanton set out to make a radio documentary about the truth of his father's role in one of the largest clandestine ...
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Filmmaker Chris Hilton on the Anti-Communist Purges in Indonesia in 1965-66
It is quite striking that none of the American government officials interviewed in the documentary expressed much remorse about their involvement in what the CIA itself has termed "one of the worst ...
Reagan FBI director urges caution against Gabbard, Patel
The only man to lead the FBI and CIA urged caution to senators who might vote to confirm former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as DNI and ...
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The Iran-Contra Affair
Under the so-called Reagan Doctrine, the CIA trained and assisted this and other anti-Communist insurgencies worldwide. Oliver North. Credit: Corbis Assisting involved supplying financial support ...