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Can you give any examples of somebody that was unjustly vilified by the public until top secret information was released that exonerated them?
by sp0rk 3y ago
Can you give any examples of somebody that was unjustly vilified by the public until top secret information was released that exonerated them?
- mablopoule 3y agoNot necessarily 'unjustly vilified', but most of Edgar Hoover's biography were done before the extend on soviet spying in the US was declassified. It talked about a very interesting podcast on a previous comment [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36257604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36257604
- MichaelZuo 3y agoFor example, Harry Truman, and his sacking of MacArthur. Now that there's been more info released regarding Army biowarfare programs in the late 40s/early 50s, recruitment of the Japanese specialists immediately after WW2, etc...