Along with former CIA officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, I was interviewed extensively for this two-part show on NHK Prime, a magazine show on Japan’s leading television network. Here’s how NHK presents our findings about the CIA and accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
Category: Assassination
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Russia’s GRU Offered Bounty on U.S. Soldiers; Trump Dismisses CIA Findings
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Deputy Saudi Intelligence Chief Indicted for Khashoggi Assassination
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Judge Asks Trump Administration for CIA Documents on 1981 Massacre in El Salvador
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Pakistan’s ‘Deep State’ and the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
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