When I first started reporting on the CIA in the 1980s, I learned early on Bill Blum was a good source for stories. He wrote for Covert Action Information Bulletin (later Covert Action), a notorious publication in Reagan’s Washington. The CAIB that had the feel of samizdat, the underground publications of dissidents in the Soviet Union....
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Remembering Bush: The Lies That Led to the Invasion of Panama
Newsweek’s Peter Eisner wrote this account of the 1991 U.S. invasion of Panama after the death of Manuel Noriega last years. It is equally relevant after the passing of the late President Bush. Not only was the justification for the invasion was bogus, Eisner reported, Noriega was a long time asset of the CIA. The...
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Time to Lay to Rest Those JFK Conspiracy Theories About George Bush
As editor of the JFK Facts blog, I often heard the theory that the late President Bush was somehow complicit in JFK’s death. In the comments section of site, it was a hardy perennial. Exactly how Bush was involved was rarely explained. To me it seemed that JFK conspiracy theories about Bush persisted mainly as a way...
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Declassified Records Show Bush’s Oil Business Was Probably a CIA Front
Some may wonder at the outpouring of affection from the CIA for the late President George H. W. Bush. Bush is not merely admired at the spy service. He is, in the words of one his successors, John Brennan, “revered.” As a former Director of CIA, President George H.W. Bush is a revered figure among...
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Pompeo Ignores CIA Findings, Doubles Down on Khashoggi Coverup
As more details leak about why the CIA believes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of a critic, the agency finds itself increasingly isolated within the Trump administration. The White House talking point, repeated by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to CNN over the weekend, is that “there’s no direct evidence linking [the crown prince]...