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Some historical reflections on Seymour #Hersh and the legendary CIA chief James #Angleton. Hersh was the journalist who (probably) "finally ruined" James Angleton. Angleton understood (thanks defector #Golitsyn) the communist (#KGB) ... historynewsnetwork.org/article/171663 (1/9)
... long-term strategic thinking. He also understood camouflage, deception and infiltration by KGB (timeless!) Angleton came to believe that the KGB had mounted a massive disinformation campaign designed to mislead the Western allies. As Angleton saw it, the split ... (2/9)
between Khrushchev and Mao, which culminated in the Soviet Union suspending all aid to China in 1961, was.. a carefully orchestrated deception – a ploy to persuade the West to lower its guard (according to information of defector #Golitsyn) A decade later, as student ... (3/9)
