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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)

... protests against the Vietnam War grew larger and larger, ... Angleton was convinced the KGB was inciting the protests with men and money. (later confirmed by defector Stanislav #Lunev). (4/9)

1973, James Schlesinger became President Nixon's Secretary of Defence and William Colby was appointed as the new Director of the CIA. Colby was a strong critic of Angleton's activities.
spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-blog… (5/9)

Colby ... maintained that it was not the CIA's function to fight KGB; the KGB was merely an obstacle en route to scaling the walls surrounding the Politburo and the Central Committee. In Colby's mind, his concept of the CIA's mission was an article of faith. (6/9)

But in Angleton he saw only a KGB fighter and a failed spycatcher. 1974, Colby wanted Angleton to retire ... but he couldn't get him to leave the job on his own ... (7/9)

The following day Seymour Hersh, who worked for New York Times, phoned Colby and told him that he had an important story about the CIA. Hersh revealed that he had discovered both of the domestic operations run by Angleton - HT-LINGUAL and Operation Chaos. (8/9)

Angleton begged him not to run the pending story. 1974, Seymour Hersh published his story in the New York Times. Angleton was identified as the head of the CIA's counter-intelligence staff and the man responsible for these illegal operations. (9/9)