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On the relationship of CIA and the media there is always the 1977 classic https://www.carlbernstein.com/the-cia-and-the-media-rolling-stone-10-20-1977 https://w
by rdtsc 11mo ago
On the relationship of CIA and the media there is always the 1977 classic https://www.carlbernstein.com/the-cia-and-the-media-rolling-stone-10-20-1977 https://www.carlbernstein.com/the-cia-and-the-media-rolling-...
An interesting tidbit I found, somewhat related:
> Employees of so‑called CIA “proprietaries.” During the past twenty‑five years, the Agency has secretly bankrolled numerous foreign press services, periodicals and newspapers—both English and foreign language—which provided excellent cover for CIA operatives. One such publication was the Rome Daily American, forty percent of which was owned by the CIA until the 1970s. The Daily American went out of business this year,
- cess11 11mo agoThe Church Committee also produced interesting documents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee#External_links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee#External_link... As a consequence a lot of such activities were instead moved over to special operations forces, as detailed by Seth Harp in his recent book The Fort Bragg Cartel. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730414/the-fort-bragg-cartel-by-seth-harp/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730414/the-fort-bra...
- toofy 11mo agothis is a fantastic book. immediately what i thought about the instant you mentioned the church committee.
- maybelsyrup 11mo agoSeconding the recommendation of Harp's book, it's excellent.
- webdoodle 11mo agoThe pike committee documents provided more information about Operation Mockingbird and the CIA's influence in the new media. selected docs: https://maryferrell.org/php/showlist.php?docset=1107 https://maryferrell.org/php/showlist.php?docset=1107 https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-06-02/white-house-cia-pike-committee-1975 https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-06...
- jesuswasjew 11mo agoAny source on CIA's old involvement in India's press?
- defrost 11mo agoThey absolutely didn't have their finger on the pulse in 1998 ... https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/98-672.html https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/98-672.html They grilled some Australian bush pilots no end over that, wanting to know how they knew what the CIA didn't.
- MrBuddyCasino 11mo ago"Proprietaries" are also known as "cutouts", and the CIA uses those extensively in order to do things they really aren't allowed to do and to provide plausible deniability. Mike Benz [0] is a good introduction to how the CIA (and, by extension, the state department and Pentagon) work. I promise "The History of the Intelligence State" is worth your time. [0] https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber