This is the grave of Vernon Walters, though his whole life he preferred to be called Dick. Born in New York City in 1917, Walters had a bit of an odd childhood. His father was an English insurance guy and he didn't really value education...
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This is the grave of Richard Bissell. Born in 1909 in Hartford, Bissell grew up very wealthy. His father was a big-time insurance executive who had purchased Mark Twain's former.
In the 1980s, the CIA realized that the only way to get Reagan to pay attention to what they were saying was to make movies for him. So they did..
This is the grave of Allen Dulles. Born in 1893 in Watertown, New York and brother of future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Allen grew up in an elite Republican family. In fact, his sister Eleanor would later be a major diplomat. His grandfather,...
This is the grave of William Colby. Born in 1920 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Colby came from a military family. His father was a longtime officer who had served in.
This is the grave of James Angleton. Born in 1917 in Boise, James Jesus Angleton (his parents really gave him the middle name of Jesus? Which is common enough in.
Still trying to figure out just who was cheering at Trump's visit to the CIA? The answer is: it's murky. Like at his press conference, there were supporters brought in—apparently with the expectation of Pompeo's swearing-in ceremony—but, well... Authorities are also pushing back against the...
On June 18, 1954, the CIA-trained coup against democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz began, an event that crushed Guatemalan labor, happened with the complicity of the American labor movement,.
I suppose it's good to know for sure that the CIA orchestrated the 1953 coup in Iran, overthrowing a democratically elected government and replacing it with a corrupt but oil-providing.
I must credit Michael Scheuer; all previous efforts at pro-torture buffoonery pale in comparison to this:In surprisingly good English, the captive quietly answers: 'Yes, all thanks to God, I do know when the mujaheddin will, with God's permission, detonate a nuclear weapon in the United...
Spencer has some thoughts:And here's how it's problematic for Obama, Blair and Panetta to indicate to the CIA that they'll stand by CIA officers who relied on OLC guidance for.