The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Marchetti, John D. Marks
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Current affairs
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History
- Subjects: Politics, Twentieth century, Vietnam War, Political science, Government, Espionage or spies, Secret service, Geopolitics
The Work
Victor Marchetti, an intelligence agent who had risen to the level of special assistant to the executive director of the U.S. federal government’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), left after becoming disillusioned with the CIA’s covert actions to destabilize governments considered unfriendly to the United States. When he submitted an article to Esquire magazine, the CIA charged that his manuscript contained classified information and won an injunction to enjoin it from publication. Marchetti appealed, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...
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