United States — History — 1945-
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Blow back / Christopher Simpson ; interviewed by Alan Fong.
Author Christopher Simpson discusses his book entitled “Blow Back: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and its Effect on the Cold War.” Simpson’s interest in the topic started during the deportation trial of Otto Van Bolswing, who argued against deportation because the CIA had brought him in. Simpson has attained information through the Freedom of Information Act.…
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The Criminal aspects of the Reagan-bush years / Joseph P. Trento ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
Joseph Trento, with the National Security News Service, discusses how the CIA got into a position of power, starting with the Truman administration up through the Bush Presidency. He begins with the origins of the CIA during World War II under the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Its original function was to gather and evaluate…