To the Point
The CIA Then and Now, and the Role of Dick Cheney
Today, the CIA released 693 pages of reports about 25 years of illegal activities during the 1950's, 60's and 70's, a report nick-named " Family Jewels ." It tells of illegal wiretaps and domestic surveillance, assassination plots and human experimentation.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readToday, the CIA released 693 pages of reports about 25 years of illegal activities during the 1950's, 60's and 70's, a report nick-named "Family Jewels." It tells of illegal wiretaps and domestic surveillance, assassination plots and human experimentation. CIA Director, General Michael Hayden, calls it, "a glimpse of a very different time and a very different Agency." What are the differences -- and similarities -- between then and now, with Dick Cheney the President's "go-to guy" on intelligence?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Vanessa Romo
LA School Report
Barton Gellman
senior advisor at the Brennan Center for Justice
John Prados
Senior Fellow at the National Security Archive
Melvin A. Goodman
Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy