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The CIA’s Argo File

The CIA’s involvement in Argo is obvious from simply watching the movie – they shot several sequences at Langley, after...

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ClandesTime 217 – The Day After

In November 1983 ABC aired The Day After – a one-off TV movie depicting a nuclear war between NATO and...

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ClandesTime 214 – The Secret World of Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is perhaps the last of the classic Hollywood leading men, and has starred in some of the most...

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Limited Hangout Podcast ‘Winds of Change’ Being Adapted for TV

Online streaming service Hulu have announced that they are adapting the popular podcast series ‘Winds of Change’ into a TV...

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Angelina Jolie, MI6 and the CIA – Spy Culture in Mint Press News

Following Angelina Jolie’s recent interview with the head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger, journalist Alan Macleod assembled a critical profile...

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The Pathology of Government Secrecy

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Everyone talks about the need for transparency in public affairs, but what the government means by transparency turns out to be… not all that clear.

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ClandesTime 208 – Platoon

Platoon is one the great American anti-war films, beloved by many veterans for its realistic combat sequences and its full-blooded...

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ClandesTime 208 – Platoon

Platoon is one the great American anti-war films, beloved by many veterans for its realistic combat sequences and its full-blooded...

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Cold War 2.0, Gold Record, Weird Seeds – New World Next Week

This week on the New World Next Week: BoJo and Pompeo turn up the heat on Cold War 2.0; Gold hits records as dollar debasement continues; and weird seeds flood the new normal.

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Mighty Bombs, Mighty Terrorists & Mighty Bugs Make Mighty Propaganda for Mighty Wars

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The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...

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The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...

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The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...

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ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

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ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

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ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

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Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

A recent article on Insider accused my work of being ‘the worst example’ of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...

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Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

A recent article on Insider accused my work of being ‘the worst example’ of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...

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Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

A recent article on Insider accused my work of being ‘the worst example’ of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...

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CIA Mascot Jack Ryan & Venezuelan Regime Change Prestige – Tom Secker on Media Roots

Robbie Martin of Media Roots invited me back on the show for a lengthy, often funny discussion partly inspired by...

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CIA Mascot Jack Ryan & Venezuelan Regime Change Prestige – Tom Secker on Media Roots

Robbie Martin of Media Roots invited me back on the show for a lengthy, often funny discussion partly inspired by...

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CIA Mascot Jack Ryan & Venezuelan Regime Change Prestige – Tom Secker on Media Roots

Robbie Martin of Media Roots invited me back on the show for a lengthy, often funny discussion partly inspired by...

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Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon

The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, in recognition for...

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Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon

The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, in recognition for...

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Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon

The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, in recognition for...

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MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies

A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing cover for Soviet spies to get into the UK. Proving once again that it is the intelligence services who are the biggest conspiracy theorists of all, this suspicion was based on a scant handful of coincidences, interpreted through the paranoid mindset of the spooks.&nbs

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MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies

A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing...

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MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies

A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing...

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Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park

Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of American movies, as well as several countries banning or censoring the Chinese co-production Abominable.

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Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park

Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of American movies, as well...

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Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park

Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of American movies, as well...

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ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War

The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides of the divide, but the new version has been almost entirely ignored.

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ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War

The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides of the divide,...

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ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War

The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides of the divide,...

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ClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK

This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its treatment in the Oliver Stone movie JFK. We look at the psychological and political consequences of the assassination, as well as the political and cultural impact of the film.

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ClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK

This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its...

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ClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK

This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its...

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ROI: Does the Pentagon Fund Movies?

One of the most common conspiracy theories you hear in this line of research is that the Pentagon and CIA fund Hollywood movies. This isn't entirely untrue - the CIA covertly funded productions of Animal Farm and 1984 in the early Cold War period - but on the whole, it is untrue. In all the many thousands of documents I have about the government involvement in the entertainment industry, there are very few indications

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ROI: Does the Pentagon Fund Movies?

One of the most common conspiracy theories you hear in this line of research is that the Pentagon and CIA...

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ROI: Does the Pentagon Fund Movies?

One of the most common conspiracy theories you hear in this line of research is that the Pentagon and CIA...

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Operation Gladio B- Part 6: The Origin, Brzezinski’s Grand Chessboard & Turkey’s Gladiators

This is Part 6 of my ongoing Operation Gladio B series at Newsbud. In this episode I will be talking about NATO-CIA’s Original Gladio Operations, beginning with the Cold War, the Strategy of Tension, the importance of Eurasia and Brzezinski’s Grand Chessboard. The episode also includes an introduction to Turkey’s notorious Gladiators. Subscribe to Newsbud […]

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Subscriber Podcast #33 – American Moon

Did we really go to the moon? Yes, probably, but American Moon is an epic 3 1/2 hour documentary that tries to make arguments that the Apollo missions were faked. In this month's subscriber podcast I offer a critical review of American Moon, from the photographic evidence to the geopolitics of the space race.

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Subscriber Podcast #33 – American Moon

Did we really go to the moon? Yes, probably, but American Moon is an epic 3 1/2 hour documentary that...

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How the Western media support state terror – while millions die

In this guest article Matt Alford - alongside Drs Daniel Broudy, Jeffery Klaehn, Alan MacLeod and Florian Zollmann - lay out their case that news media has systemically downplayed or simply avoided discussing the bloody consequences of Western foreign policy. While the crimes of NATO allies are frequently portrayed as necessary or even benevolent actions, the brutality of enemy states is pre

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What the Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You About Western Foreign Policy

In this guest article Matt Alford – alongside Drs Daniel Broudy, Jeffery Klaehn, Alan MacLeod and Florian Zollmann – lay...

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ClandesTime 183 – Fields of Fire

Fields of Fire is one of the greatest movies that was never made. A brutal but sympathetic portrait of the Vietnam War, it was denied military support despite being written by a former Secretary of the Navy. This week I examine the story of Fields of Fire using a file from the DOD’s entertainment liaison office.

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ClandesTime 183 – Fields of Fire

Fields of Fire is one of the greatest movies that was never made. A brutal but sympathetic portrait of the...

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Spy Culture Certified by American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Today I received an email that I thought I would share with you, from the publishers of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology. It said that the two articles I penned for the journal were among the top 20 most-downloaded articles in the year following publication, and even offered me a certificate in recognition for my work.

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Spy Culture Certified by American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Today I received an email that I thought I would share with you, from the publishers of the American Journal...

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ClandesTime 181 – The Cinema of Iran-Contra

Iran-Contra is in many ways the definitive government conspiracy – involving guns, drugs, anti-communism and black operations, it went all the way to the White House. This week I examine several films that implicitly or explicitly incorporate the Iran-Contra conspiracy into their plots, as well as movies about Iran-Contra that were never made due to government interference.

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‘The Script was Entertaining but very Sophmorish’ – FBI Deputy Director on The X-Files

In 1998 retired FBI deputy director Cartha DeLoach was asked by the producers of The X-Files to review the script for an episode of the show that was set in the 1950s. The FBI recently released DeLoach's response to the producers, where he branded the script 'very entertaining but Sophmorish', taking particular issue with the depiction of his boss J Edgar Hoover.

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The Pentagon, Superman and the Freedom of Information Act

In 1977 the producers of Superman and Superman II approached the Pentagon to try to obtain stock footage of missiles launching, for use in depicting Lex Luthor's dastardly plot to nuke the San Andreas fault. The Air Force and Strategic Air Command were provided with copies of the script in order to assess the request, and there were disagreements between the various DOD components as to whethe

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Watergate, the Mark Felt Biopic and the FBI

In my latest article for Shadowproof I examine the FBI's role in the Mark Felt biopic Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House. Using documents obtained under FOIA and an interview with Ed Gray, the son of FBI acting director Pat Gray (who is depicted in Mark Felt) I reveal the film's production history, the FBI's influence on the script, and how it came to be so inaccurate when the Bu

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ClandesTime 177 – Ice Station Zebra

While it is now considered a Cold War classic Ice Station Zebra was a flop when it was first released. This week, I review Ice Station Zebra and analyse the development of the film, how it differs quite radically from the book, and why the DOD rejected an early version of the script, leading to a total rewrite.

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How the Hell is Project Blue Book so Boring?

UFOs. Probable extraterrestrials. Investigation and revelation. Nazi scientists. A military cover-up. With all these elements in place the History Channel's Project Blue Book should be an exciting, unpredictable replacement for The X-Files. Instead it is a dull-as-dishwater procedural that lacks tension, drama and political relevance.

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‘Without any assistance from the military, then naturally, anything can happen’ – DOD File on Ice Station Zebra

The production of Ice Station Zebra is a great case study in just how much influence the Pentagon can have over a movie script. The initial script - by multi-Oscar winning writer Paddy Chayefsky - was rejected by the DOD for being too politically critical and culturally subversive. In the midst of the negotiations MGM's military liaison wr

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The CIA, the National Reconnaissance Office and Ice Station Zebra

The 1968 spy and counterspy classic Ice Station Zebra was inspired by a real life event during the CIA/Air Force Corona spy satellite program. In April 1959 the satellite Discoverer 2 became the first to send a recovery capsule containing satellite surveillance imagery back to earth, but there was a problem. The capsule landed somewhere near Svalbard, Norway, but was never found. I

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ClandesTime 172 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Charlie Wilson’s War

George Crile’s book Charlie Wilson’s War is the most in-depth account of the CIA’s support to the Afghan mujahideen, based on countless interviews with inside sources. It tells the story of how a rogue congressman – Charlie Wilson – and a rogue CIA officer – Gust Avrokotos – joined forces to create an army of ‘techno-holy warriors’ to fight against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

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Subscriber Podcast #28 – Panorama Breakdown: The Skripal Affair

In this month’s subscriber-only podcast I break down the BBC’s Panorama episode on the Skripal affair. One year on from the Salisbury poisoning, I offer comments and criticism of one of the most shameless pieces of British state propaganda ever made: Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack – The Inside Story. I detail how the programme changes […]

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ClandesTime 169 – Margaret Thatcher and the Entertainment Industry

The British government’s role in using the entertainment industry is smaller than in America, but nonetheless involves many of the same familiar activities. From helping provide ideas to the writers of Yes, Minister to exploiting the England football team’s success in the 1990 World Cup, the Thatcher government proved adept at enhancing their public image.

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How Many Movies has the Pentagon Prevented from Being Made?

The Pentagon's censorship of movie scripts is fairly well established - I have documented numerous instances on this site. But their ultimate power is the ability to kill a production, to prevent a film being made.

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Was the Integrity Initiative behind the Salisbury Poisoning?

Newly-released documents on the Institute for Statecraft's Integrity Initiative suggest that they had a hand in the Salisbury poisoning fiasco that dominated the British press last summer.

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Two Documents that Prove Phil Strub Has Not Told the Truth About the Entertainment Liaison Offices

A few months ago, then DOD Hollywood liaison Phil Strub gave an interview in which he described the work of the entertainment liaison offices.

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If 2018 Was a Rollercoaster then 2019 Will be a Bouncy Castle

2018 was another year of chaos — in politics, economics, culture, the climate and in most other areas of life worth talking about. Here I explore why 2019 is likely to be more of the same, given the lack of any serious attempts to address the causes and confront reality.

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‘The bad guy/traitor can’t be a Secret Service agent’ – DOD Script Notes on Air Force One

Air Force One is one of the great military commercials disguised as a feature film. Laden with Russophobic rhetoric and corny dialogue about the heroism of the US military, it ticked every box for the DOD so they granted it full production support.

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How Gerard Butler Wound Up Hosting a Press Conference at the Pentagon

A few weeks ago, Hollywood star Gerard Butler found himself behind a podium at the Pentagon talking to the national press. Given how rare Pentagon press conference have become in recent months, a number of people have asked the question as to how he ended up there, and why a Scottish movie star was deployed to talk to reporters.

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ClandesTime Special – The Royal Family, Brexit and Union Jackboot

This week, I welcome Matt Alford to the show to talk about the media manipulation of the image of the British Royal Family, and how it relates to British foreign policy, including Brexit. From the killing of rare animals to closet fascism, to interfering in politics and criminal investigations, we look at numerous stories that reveal the dark underbelly of the Royals.

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How the Pentagon Helped Hollywood Launder the Nazis’ Reputation

Four years ago, scholar Ben Urwand revealed how the Nazis' man in Hollywood Georg Gyssling censored and rewrote film scripts to remove scenes and dialogue that criticised the Nazi regime. He also repeatedly removed references to the suffering of Jews in post-WW1 Germany.

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ClandesTime 162 – The Spook Who Sat by the Door

The Spook Who Sat by the Door tells the story of the first African-American to be recruited by the CIA. After becoming disillusioned with the Agency he quits and sets up a black power guerilla army that wages urban war across the United States. According to its writer Sam Greenlee the film was banned from theaters as a result of pressure from the FBI.

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After Claiming They Couldn’t Find It, FBI Release Sam Greenlee File That’s More Redacted than National Archives Version

The FBI got back to me recently with a response to my request on The Spook Who Sat by the Door, including a few pages from Sam Greenlee's FBI file, which they'd previously claimed they could not find.

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ClandesTime 161 – How the Pentagon Censors Military Mental Illness in Hollywood

The men and women who are employed by the US military to fight its hegemonic wars often suffer from serious mental illness. Depression, PTSD/trauma, extreme anxiety and stress – these are commonplace among people both within the military and among veterans.

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National Security Cinema – Responses to FAQs

Since launching National Security Cinema last year, Matt and I have encountered a lot of questions about the field. These are our answers to some of the most Frequently Asked Questions and Comments about entertainment liaison offices and the politics of Hollywood films.

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Top Gun ‘Rehabilitated the Military’s Image’ After Vietnam, According to the Pentagon

The late Cold War classic Top Gun is one of the most well-liked military movies of all time. It's combination of romance, comedy and never-seen-before aerial action was made possible by extensive support from the DOD, particularly the US Navy.

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FBI Say They Cannot Find Their File on Radical Author Sam Greenlee

Sam Greenlee is perhaps most famous for writing the novel The Spook Who Sat By the Door, which was adapted into a film in the 1970s. Greenlee believed that the CIA and FBI suppressed the film because it portrayed them in such a bad light, and promoted black militancy. A recent response from the Bureau […]

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Does the CIA use Hollywood Movies as Training Films?

In September 1977 the renowned Hollywood gossip columnist Rona Barrett appeared on Good Morning America to talk about spy films. Sat alongside her was CIA director Stansfield Turner, who commented that Hollywood movies would make poor training films for CIA spies.

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War Machine vs Charlie Wilson’s War – Tom Secker on Around the Empire (Part 2)

Joanne invited me on the Around the Empire podcast to do a ‘high level compare and contrast’ of two war comedy films set in different wars in Afghanistan: Charlie Wilson’s War and War Machine.

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ClandesTime 158 – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

The new Amazon series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is the first TV show to film at CIA headquarters for several years, in keeping with the Agency’s long-time support for adaptations of Clancy’s work.

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War Machine vs Charlie Wilson’s War – Tom Secker on Around the Empire

Joanne invited me on the Around the Empire podcast to do a 'high level compare and contrast' of two war comedy films set in different wars in Afghanistan: Charlie Wilson's War and War Machine. The films are similar in many respects - both comedies, both have A-list lead actors, both set in wars in Afghanistan, both based on books - but politically they are diametric opposites.

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What does the CIA’s Office of Public Affairs Actually Do?

The CIA's Office of Public Affairs is - ironically - very tight-lipped about what they actually do, so I was pleased that they recently responded to a 3 year old FOIA request and provided me with a document summarising their activities from 2014 to 2016.

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https://www.spyculture.com/what-does-the-cias-office-of-public-affairs-actually-do/

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Swiss Lab Spy Games Support the Theory that Novichok WASN’T Used in Salisbury - Spy Culture

The last 24 hours of the Novichok saga has seen a new twist — European media are widely reporting that two Russian spies were caught attempting to either hack or break into the Spiez laboratory in Switzerland that was examining samples from the Salisbury poisoning.

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https://www.spyculture.com/swiss-lab-spy-games-support-the-theory-that-novichok-wasnt-used-in-salisbury/

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Dezinformatsiya? The RT interview with Petrov and Boshirov - Spy Culture

The disinformation war kicked into high gear this week with the release of an interview with Petrov and Boshirov by RT. Many people, even sceptics of the British government’s story about the Skripals, have expressed how unconvincing the interview is, leading me to ask: was this RT’s intention?

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https://www.spyculture.com/dezinformatsiya-the-rt-interview-with-petrov-and-boshirov/

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CIA: Where Are Our Passes to Disney’s Magic Kingdom Club? - Spy Culture

The story of the relationship between Disney and the various branches and agencies of the US government is long and complex. A recently uncovered memo adds one more episode to the relationship between Disney and the CIA, and revolves around a question that was critical for national security: How would the CIA get access to […]

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ClandesTime 153 – Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House - Spy Culture

Mark Felt is a 2017 biopic starring Liam Neeson as FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt, telling the story of his role in becoming a source for the Washington Post's reporting on Watergate.

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Salisbury Poisoning CCTV Has Suspects Walking in the Wrong Direction - Spy Culture

Image 5 in the Met Police’s CCTV collection of Petrov and Boshirov also poses some questions. Their timeline says: Image five shows the suspects ten minutes later — at 11.58 — on Wilton Road, Salisbury, we say, moments before the attack.

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Are Salisbury Poisoning CCTV Images Actually Surveillance Pictures? - Spy Culture

In the latest chapter in the Salisbury Novichok saga the police have released a selection of images of two men they are naming as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov.

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https://www.spyculture.com/are-salisbury-poisoning-cctv-images-actually-surveillance-pictures/

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The FBI and the film Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House - Spy Culture

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House is a 2017 biopic of former deputy director Mark Felt a.k.a. Deep Throat. The FBI were involved with the film early on in its development, which is odd because in many ways the film portrays the Bureau very badly.

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ClandesTime 150 – The Weather Underground - Spy Culture

The Weather Underground were the most active and successful militant left-wing group in US history. As part of their anti-Vietnam war operations they bombed the Pentagon, the State Department, corporate headquarters and other high-profile targets. In this episode I examine whether they were a lethal terrorist organisation, or a non-lethal militant anti-war gang.

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How the FBI Rewrote Weather Underground Movie The Company You Keep - Spy Culture

The Weather Underground were the most successful Leftist militant group in history, a radical offshoot of the SDS and the anti-Vietnam War movement. As a result, Hollywood has almost no interest in telling stories about them and the only recent film on the Weathermen was Robert Redford’s low budget thriller The Company You Keep. The […]

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How the FBI rewrote Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Spy Culture

Alfred Hitchcock virtually invented the spy movie genre, and made a career making films about murder, intrigue, cover-ups, suspense and spies. He suspected that he was under FBI surveillance during the production of Notorious, but the release file only covers a later period. Rather than being concerned with Hitchcock himself, it tells the story of […]

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Maximum Stupidity: The Novichok Extradition - Spy Culture

In a low-key announcement the British government have demanded that Russia extradite two suspects in the Salisbury novichok attack. Media reporting on this latest move in the novichok saga is replete with the same contradictions and absurdities that have plagued this story since day one.

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Weaponised Liberalism: Russia, the West and the Great Game of Moral Equivalence - Spy Culture

The West’s claim to moral superiority and its assumption of the role of ‘world’s policeman’ are largely derived from a classical approach to liberalism. In short, the argument is that our societies are more liberal (and therefore superior), so we have the unique right to spread our values around the world by force and coercion.

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Analyzing the New JFK Revelations

Bill Simpich is a civil rights attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is on the board of directors of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, an organization focused on the study of documents related to the 1960s assassinations, Watergate, and Iran-Contra.

In the following essay, he offers a look at some of the gems found in the new JFK document releases and how to speed up the discovery of future finds.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/07/26/analyzing-the-new-jfk-revelations/