来自MSN6 天
CIA releases docs on Latino civil rights-era surveillance
The CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late ...
CIA releases documents showing past surveillance of Latino civil rights groups
The CIA has released documents showing it monitored Latino activists who had supported late civil rights icon Martin Luther ...
The American Conservative11 年
Vietnam: A War on Civilians
Whenever she mentioned the war she referred to the former ... of 1954 to guarantee free elections in South Vietnam, elections scuttled after the CIA predicted that Ho Chi Minh would win.
来自MSN3 天
The CIA Thought Fighting for Equality Was a Threat—Latino Leaders Were Their Target
The CIA’s secret surveillance of Latino civil rights leaders reveals how fighting for equality was seen as a threat.
The Daily Telegraph1 个月
Richard Secord, decorated Vietnam War pilot later exposed as middleman in Iran-Contra scandal
From 1962 to 1965, Secord flew 285 combat missions in Vietnam. Graduating from Staff College in 1966 and transferred to Thailand, he was detailed to the CIA’s “Secret War” in Laos.
PBS7 年
Timeline: Vietnam War and Protests
Dewey, an employee of the CIA's precursor agency, the Office of Strategic Services, is shot and killed on his way to the Saigon airport, becoming the first American casualty of the Vietnam War.
Washington Monthly6 天
Secretary of Enablement
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s subservience to President Lyndon Johnson led America to disaster in Vietnam.