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“... discussed in the press except in reverent generalities. Then, in 1974, a newspaper report (by Seymour Hersh in the New York Times) charged that the CIA had carried out a massive and illegal programme of spying inside the United States, tapping the telephones and opening the mail of thousands of innocent citizens. President Ford appointed a commission ...”

“... consistently challenged the Intelligence estimates coming out of the Bush Administration has been Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker. In the issue of 27 October he described how senior officials demand access to raw Intelligence before it has been vetted for accuracy and reliability by the CIA and other agencies, a process known as ‘stovepiping’. This ...”

“... listing. During the past five years the US has invaded and attacked Libya, tried (according to Seymour Hersh) to assassinate its leader, and tried to coax Egypt into an invasion. It has been a participant in the Lebanese war. It has backed Israel in innumerable local as well as transcontinental adventures. It has deliberately prolonged the Iran-Iraq ...”