Alternative Views #153: COVERT ACTION Pt. 1 (1982)

Alternative Views #153: Covert Action Pt. 1 (1982)

The first part of our three-part series on covert action features former CIA official John Stockwell and Louis Wolf, co-editor of Covert Action Information Bulletin. This episode provides an overview of the general nature and activities of the CIA. The discussion covers the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" and the Reagan executive order on intelligence agencies, highlighting how these measures would promote media self-censorship and suppress public scrutiny and criticism of intelligence activities, including those of the FBI. The conversation addresses assassination plots, destabilization of foreign governments, and other "dirty tricks." John Stockwell explains how this legislation effectively amends the First Amendment by limiting freedoms of speech and press without going through the constitutional amendment process.

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