Subject: Book List: CIA - Intelligence (autopost) From: Hiram Clawson Date: 14 Jun 1997 08:32:15 GMT Organization: PACH Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive There are two lists here, the first is ordered by author (most of the time.) A second abbreviated list follows and is ordered by title. These are books related to the intelligence world, the CIA, KGB, NSA, MI5, MI6, etc... I have read most of these books, for some I have a brief description here, for a few I have longer book reviews. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or information you may have on these books. I would be especially interested in hearing about which ones are more works of disinformation by the agencies rather than telling expose's. --Hiram [*~ Hiram Clawson - Member, Technical Staff, The Santa Cruz Operation ~*] [*~ P.O. Box 1900, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 - tel. 408-425-7222 ext. 6289 ~*] [*~ FAX: 408-429-1887, Electronic mail: uunet!sco!hiramc or hiramc@sco.COM ~*] 1. On The Run Philip Agee Lyle Stuart Inc., New Jersey Copyright (c) 1987 408 total pages, 8 pages photographs, 390 pages text, 10 page index Agee's description of how he left the CIA, why he did so, and the account of the subsequent chase as the CIA attempted to call him to account for the damage he did to the Agency with "CIA Diary" and other publishing activites he continued while living in Europe. 2. Inside The Company - CIA Diary Philip Agee Bantam Books, Inc. Toronto, New York, London Copyright (c) 1975 660 total pages, 618 pages text, 41 pages appendix Agee's ground breaking book describing the day to day activities of a CIA officer (Agee) in South America. Often boring in the endless details of mundane activities of propaganda excercises and political control of the governments in the countries where Agee worked. As in Stockwell's case, Agee was a 12 year veteran of CIA service, leaving the service in 1969 thoroughly disillusioned with how he observed the CIA working to destroy democracy. Agee pioneered the practice of naming names in his one person attempt to attack the CIA. For this he was of course labeled a traitor and hounded by the CIA continuously to this day. (Described in his book "On the Run"). Recently, Agee has been able to legally enter the United States and has joined the lecture circuit in the same manner as Stockwell. 3. Dirty Work - The CIA in Western Europe A collection of essays edited by Philip Agee and Louis Wolf Dorset Press, New York Copyright (c) 1978 319 total pages 4. White Paper Whitewash - Interviews with Philip Agee Interviews with Philip Agee, edited by Warner Poelchau Deep Cover Books, New York Copyright (c) 1981 214 total pages, 101 pages text, 5 page forward, 103 pages appendix Page - Heading ---- ------- iii - Contents iv - Acknowledgments v - Editor's Foreword 1 - Introduction 7 - Recent Fals Documents from the United States Embassy in Iran 28 - Cases of False Documentation and False Press Stories Prepared by the CIA 42 - The American Institute for Free Labor Development as a CIA Front 55 - The CIA and Political Repression in Latin America 75 - Critique of State Department White Paper on El Salvador 101 - text ends A1 - Text of U.S. State Department White Paper on El Salvador 23 February, 1981 - 87 pages B1 - Dissent Paper on El Salvador and Central America 11/6/80 - critics of U.S. Policy in Central America statement, from the NSC, DOS, DOD and CIA 5. La Penca: On Trial in Costa Rica - The CIA vs. The Press Edited by Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey Editorial Porvenir, San Jose, Costa Rica Copyright (c) 1988 155 total pages This is the transcript testimony at the Libel trial of John Hull vs. Avirgan-Honey on May 22, 23, 1986 at the First Penal Court of San Jose, Costa Rica. John Hull charged them with Libel in their report on the 30 May 1984 bombing at La Penca, Nicaragua. The court ruled in favor of Avirgan and Honey. John Hull at this moment, November 1990, is on the ten most wanted list of Interpol, wanted in connection with the bombing by Costa Rican authorities. He was in the United States until recently, but present whereabouts are unknown, suspected in Central or South America. 6. The Puzzle Palace - Inside the National Security Agency, America's most secret Intelligence Organization James Bamford Penguin Books, New York Copyright (c) 1982 655 total pages, 518 text, 4 page appendix, 82 pages notes, 12 pages glossary, 28 page index 7. KGB - The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents John Barron Bantam Books, New York Copyright (c) 1974 640 total pages, 16 pages introduction, preface, 456 pages text, 106 pages appendices, 24 pages notes, 4 pages acknowledgments, 10 page bibliography, 39 page index 8. Secret Contenders - The Myth of Cold War Counterintelligence Melvin Beck, introduction by Thomas Powers Sheridan Square Publications, Inc. New York Copyright (c) 1984 183 total pages, 14 page introduction, 152 pages text, 6 page index 9. The CIA, a forgotten history William Blum Zed Books Ltd, London Copyright (c) 1986 428 total pages, 344 pages text, 78 pages notes and appendix, 6 page index An accounting of CIA operations in more than 50 countries since the founding of the CIA in 1947. An excellent companion to Kwitny's Endless Enemies. 10. Operation Mind Control - Our Secret Government's War Against Its Own People Walter H. Bowart Dell Publishing, New York Copyright (c) 1978 317 total pages, 266 pages text, 8 pages appendix, 4 pages notes, 14 pages Bibliography, 6 page index Published only once in this paperback form. Similar too, but different conclusion to "The Manchurian Candidate" by John Marks. 11. Inside The Shadow Government The Christic Institute The Christic Institute, Washington D.C. Copyright (c) 1988 248 total pages, 200 pages text, 27 pages appendices, 6 page bibliography, 4 page index This is the Declaration of Plaintiffs' Counsel filed by The Christic Institute in U.S. District Court, Miami, Flordia on 31 March 1988. It outlines the case against 29 defendants in Avirgan-Honey vs. Hull et al concerning the bombing at La Penca, Nicaragua, 30 May 1984. At the moment, November 1990, the case remains on Appeal in the Atlanta District court. 12. Out Of Control - The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection Leslie Cockburn Atlantic Monthley Press, New York Copyright (c) 1987 300 total pages, 254 pages text, 34 pages notes, no contents or index although zeroxed copies of an 8 page index exist, with contents. So far this book has only been published this one time. This story is the result of Cockburn's investigations for CBS news and parts also show up in her Public Broadcast System special: "Drugs, Guns, and the CIA" 13. Men Of Zeal - A Candid Inside Story of the Iran-Contra Hearings Senators William S. Cohen and George J. Mitchell Viking Press, New York Copyright (c) 1988 382 total pages, 312 pages text, 23 pages notes, 14 page index, 32 pages chronologies and other notes 14. Slow Burn - The Rise and Bitter Fall of American Intelligence in Vietnam Orrin DeForest and David Chanoff Simon and Schuster, New York Copyright (c) 1990 294 total pages, 258 pages text, glossary, 14 page index 15. Assassination On Embassy Row - The Shocking Story of the Letelier-Moffitt Murders John Dinges & Saul Landau McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York Copyright (c) 1980 412 total pages, 398 pages text, 14 page index 16. Story of a Russian Spy - Handbook for Spies Alexander Foote Hillman Periodicals, Inc. New York Copyright (c) 1949 192 total pages, no contents, no notes, no index, no introductions, nothing but 192 pages of text. From the back cover: "I was for three vital years of the war a member and, to a large extent, controller of the Russian spy net in Switzerland which was working against Germany . . . I was a key link in a network whose lines reached into the heart of the German high command itself..." With these words, Alexander Foote, a British subject now working in a Government in London, opens his astounding true story of Soviet espionage. Without covering up the facts or preaching he tells how a Russian spy works, what he looks like, how he lives, and what his aims are. An important and exciting book. 17. The Death Merchant - The Rise and Fall of Edwin P. Wilson Joseph C. Goulden with Alexander W. Raffio Simon and Schuster, New York Copyright (c) 1984 477 total pages, 430 pages text, 7 pages appendix, 6 pages sources and acknowledgements, 17 page index 18. I was an NKVD Agent - A Top Soviet Spy Tells His Story Anatoli Granovsky Western Islands Publishers, Belmont, Massachusetts Copyright (c) ???? 281 total pages 19. In Contempt of Congress Edited by Joy Hackel and Daniel Siegel - prefaces by Senators Tom Harkin and George McGovern Institute for Policy Studies, Washington D.C. Copyright (c) 1985 136 total pages, 8 page appendix Part 1. A Citizens' Guide to the Contra Scandal Part 2. The Reagan Record On Central America: The First Term 1981-1984 a. Nicaragua b. El Salvador c. Honduras d. Guatemala Appendix: Possible violations of Law This book is a two column format. One column is the public stated position of the Reagan-Bush Administration. The second column is publically available evidence to the contrary, whether it be the administration itself in moments of candor before congressional committees, or other sources. 20. The Target Is Destroyed - What really happened to flight 007 & what America knew about it Seymour M. Hersh Vintage Books, New York Copyright (c) 1986 412 total pages, 357 pages text, 20 pages notes, 2 pages acknowledgments, 11 page index, 20 pages introductions 21. The General Was a Spy - The Truth About General Gehlen and His Spy Ring Heinz Hoehne & Hermann Zolling - translated from the German by Richard Barry Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper and preface to the American edition by Andrew Tully Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., New York Copyright (c) 1971 408 total pages, 32 pages photographs, 296 pages text, 39 pages appendix, 24 pages notes, 6 page bibliography, 11 page index 22. October Surprise Barbara Honegger Tudor Publishing Co., New York and Los Angeles Copyright (c) 1989 323 total pages, 292 pages text, 30 pages references 23. Guts and Glory - The Rise and Fall of Oliver North Ben Bradlee, Jr. Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York Copyright (c) 1988 596 total pages, 24 pages photographs, 559 pages text, 2 pages notes, 10 page index 24. The Second Oldest Profession - Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century Phillip Knightley Penguin Books, New York Copyright (c) 1986 462 total pages, 393 pages text, 12 pages notes, 9 pages selected bibliography, 12 page index, 16 pages photographs Knightley is the espionage expert consultant to the London Times and the BBC. This book is an excellent summary of the spy agencies of England, Russia and America during the 1900's. An accounting of their successes, their failures and their boasted successes. 25. The Great Heroin Coup - Drugs, Intelligence, & International Fascism Henrik Krueger, translated from the original German by Jerry Meldon foreword by Peter Dale Scott South End Press, Box 68 Astor Station, Boston MA 02123 Copyright (c) 1980 240 total pages, notes at the end of each chapter, index Probing into the netherworld of narcotics, espionage, and international terrorism. In so doing, Krueger uncovers the alliances between the Mafia, right wing extremists, neo-Fascist OAS veterans in France, and Miami-based Cuban exiles. Concerns the story of Nixon's war on heroin and of whether that war's elimination of the French Connection was dictated by cance, by Mafia penetration of the White House and the CIA, or by Nixon's desire to help old friends in Florida. 26. The Crimes of Patriots - A true tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA Jonathan Kwitny Penguin Books - New York, London, Australia, Canada, New Zealand Copyright (c) 1987 424 total pages, 400 pages text, notes in text, index The collapse of the Nugan-Hand international bank in Australia provides the opportunity to examine how the CIA handles its international banking. From the records that were produced during the court trials in Australia in the early eighties, a most interesting story is laid out that shows the connection of the CIA with international drug-trafficking and arms dealing. Many characters from the so-called "Secret Team" appear in the official record described here, Thomas CLines, Theodore Shackley, General Richard V. Secord, Rafael "Chi-Chi" Quintero, and others. 27. Endless Enemies - The Making of an Unfriendly World Jonathan Kwitny Penguin Books - New York, London, Australia, Canada, New Zealand Copyright (c) 1984 434 total pages, 419 pages text, 15 pages index Kwitny clearly shows how American interventionist activities abroad have consistently undermined our foreign policy goals. Attempts by the government and by giant corporations to manipulate the economies of developing nations, military and political blunders in many parts of the world, and tremendous (often inexplicable) expenditures of lives and money seem to have succeeded only in driving Third World nations toward corruption and communism. Thoroughly documented. The first hardback edition is complete, later paperback editions have Chapter 10 heavily censored concerning the CIA's involvement in the coup in Iran 19 August, 1953, because of legal action pending in federal court, Manhattan, alleging copyright infringement (involving attributed quotations from an unpublished source) and libel. 28. Acid Dreams - The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain Grove Press, New York Copyright (c) 1985 343 pages, 294 pages text, 25 pages notes, 10 page bibliography, 13 page index 29. The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks Dell Publishing Co., New York Copyright (c) 1974 365 total pages, 325 pages text, 40 pages appendix and index And yet another disillusioned CIA veteran with accounts of how the CIA operates, concentrating on the bureaucratic structure. Marchetti worked for the CIA for 14 years, rising to the office of executive assistant ot the deputy director. By Federal Court order, the authors were required to submit the manuscript of the book to the CIA for review prior to publication. Under the terms of the court ruling, the CIA ordered the deletion of 339 passages of varying length. Later, following demands to the CIA by legal counsel for the authors - and the commencement of litigation by the publisher and the authors against the CIA challenging the censorship involved - all but 168 of these deletions were reinstated. Later court cases cleared another 25 passages for publication. 30. The Search For "The Manchurian Candidate" - The CIA and Mind Control, the Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences John Marks, introduction by Thomas Powers Dell Publishing, New York Copyright (c) 1979 264 total pages, 230 pages text, 18 pages notes, 15 page index 31. The Iran-Contra Connection - Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era Jonathan Marshall, Peter Dale Scott, Jane Hunter South End Press, 116 St. Botolph Street, Boston MA 02115 Copyright (c) 1987 313 total pages, 233 pages text, 70 pages notes, 14 page index A study of the roots of contemporary U.S. covert activity in the history of the past two decades. Covers the details of CIA and extra-CIA operations including drug-trafficking, gun-running, government-toppling, and assassination. The authors argue that the Iran-Contra scandal is not merely a plan gone awry, but a consistent outgrowth of a long tradition of covert U.S. activities. From the Bay of Pigs invasion teams to the NSC organizational team; from the CIA and the World Anti-Communist League to the Israeli connection and State Department. 32. Deadly Deceits - My 25 Years in the CIA Ralph W. McGehee Sheridan Square Publications, New York Copyright (c) 1983 243 total pages, 195 pages text, 8 page appendix, 7 page source list, 4 page glossary, 16 page index 33. The Underground Empire - Where Crime and Governments Embrace James Mills Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York COpyright (c) 1986 1202 total pages, 1170 pages text, 12 pages of reproduced documents, 19 page index 34. The Secret Government - The Constitution In Crisis Bill Moyers Seven Locks Press, Cabin John, Maryland Copyright (c) 1988 148 total pages This is basically the transcript of the Public Broadcast System program by the same name. 35. The Chronology - The Documented Day-by-Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras The National Security Archive Warner Books, New York Copyright (c) 1987 712 total pages, 8 pages photographs, 657 pages text, 7 page glossary, 12 page index, 26 pages appendices, sources Covering the time from January 1980 thru April 8, 1987, a daily diary of the Iran-Contra activities. 36. Piercing The Reich - The Penetration of Nazi Germany by American Secret Agents during World War II Joseph E. Persico Ballantine Books, New York Copyright (c) 1979 504 Total pages, 24 pages photographs, 423 pages text, 12 page bibliography, 21 page index 37. The Man Who Kept the Secrets - Richard Helms and the CIA Thomas Powers Alfred A. Knopf, New York Copyright (c) 1979 456 total pages, 356 pages text, 76 pages notes, 4 page bibliography, 16 page index 38. Dirty Work 2 - The CIA in Africa Ellen Ray, William Schaap, Karl Van Meter, Louis Wolf Lyle Stuart Inc., Secaucus, N.J. Copyright (c) 1979 540 total pages A collection of essays on various activities in Africa by the CIA. Included is Louis Wolf's second "Who's Who" of the CIA with 700 biographies on CIA employees that work or have worked recently in Africa. This listing is 200 pages in itself. 39. The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia Alfred W. McCoy with Cathleen B. Read and Leonard P. Adams II Harper & Row, Publishers - New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London Copyright (c) 1972 464 total pages, 385 pages text, 79 pages notes, glossary, index Paperback editions have a few more notes. A classic study of the connection between the CIA and the world heroin trade. Includes an excellent summary of the history of heroin and its connections with the colonial powers of the middle east and the far east. Introduces the connection between the CIA and the Sicilian and Corscian Mafia. Follows the movement of the heroin trade from the middle east to the far east during France's Indochina war following WW II. Details the complicity of our Vietnamese allies and their involvement in the heroin trade of the 1960's, resulting in the heroin epidemic in the U.S. towards the end of the 1960's. The CIA attempted to prevent the publication of this book. Today it is a rare book on the used book market, fetching as much as $60 when a bookstore can find it. Can be found in libraries. Highly recommended. 40. Air America Christopher Robbins Avon Books, New York Copyright (c) 1979 328 total pages, 303 pages text, 2 page acknowledgments, 3 pages notes, 2 page bibliography, 8 page index According to Alexander Cockburn in a review of the movie: "Air America" 13 September, 1990, the first edition of this book in 1979 is different than the second edition in 1988, with CIA drug references toned down. 41. The Sovereign State of ITT Anthony Sampson Fawcett Crest Books, Greenwich, Connecticut Copyright (c) 1973 335 pages, 300 pages text, 6 page chronology, 5 pages notes, 10 page index 4 pages notes on sources 42. BLOWBACK - America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War Christopher Simpson Collier Books, New York Copyright (c) 1988 414 total pages, 16 pages photographs, 290 pages text, 66 pages notes, 12 pages bibliography, 14 pages archival sources, 15 pages index 43. OSS - The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency R. Harris Smith University of California Press, Berkeley, California Copyright (c) 1972 470 total pages, 387 pages text, 34 pages notes, 16 page bibliography, 12 pages acknowledgments, preface, contents 44. Decent Interval - An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam Frank Snepp Vintage Books, New York Copyright (c) 1977 603 total pages, 580 pages text, 8 page index 45. In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story John Stockwell W. W. Norton & Company, London and New York Copyright (c) 1978 285 total pages, 254 pages text, notes in text, appendix, index John Stockwell, former CIA agent, describes his involvement in the Angola war of 1975-76. Stockwell was Chief of the CIA Angola Task Force. He describes the incredible ineptness of the CIA bureaucracy and its constant bungling of the Angola situation. If most of the CIA covert wars are carried out in the same manner as this mess, it is no wonder that they always lose and leave corrupt murderous dictators in the aftermath. After 12 years as a CIA officer, Stockwell resigned from the Agency on April 1, 1977 and has since continued to lecture on the problems that CIA activities cause for U.S. foreign policy. The CIA successfully litigated against Stockwell and continues to receive all royalities that this book generates. 46. The Hidden History of the Korean War I.F. Stone Monthly Review Press, New York Copyright (c) 1952 384 total pages, 348 pages text, 4 page appendix, 11 page reference list, 5 page index A collection of Stone's journalistic writings during the War. Generally regarded as an accurate depiction of the darker side of the Korean War. 47. Journey Into Madness - The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse Gordon Thomas Bantam Books, New York Copyright (c) 1989 387 total pages, 353 pages text, 14 pages notes, 8 pages sources, one page select Bibliography, 10 page index 48. CIA - The Inside Story Andrew Tully Fawcett World Library, New York Copyright (c) 1962 224 total pages, 217 pages text, 7 page index One of the earliest public descriptions of CIA activities. Quite a bit of promotion for the CIA, often glorifying CIA activities in places such as Iran and Guatemala. Neverless, a valuable early look at the CIA. 49. Veil: the Secret Wars of the CIA Bob Woodward Simon and Schuster Copyright (c) 1987 543 total pages, 485 pages text, 2 page Central American Covert-Action Chronology, 3 pages acknowledgments, 30 page index, 16 pages photographs Focusing on the tenure of Director of Central Intelligence William J. Casey, 28 January, 1981 thru 29 January 1987 50. Spy Catcher Peter Wright, with Paul Greengrass Dell Publishing, New York Copyright (c) 1987 481 total pages, 3 page glossary, 12 page index, 9 page preface, no contents 51. Bay of Pigs - The Untold Story Peter Wyden Simon and Schuster, New York Copyright (c) 1979 384 total pages, 32 pages photographs, 327 pages text, 3 page bibliographical notes, 8 pages notes, 10 page index A list ordered by Title: 1. Acid Dreams - The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain 2. Air America Christopher Robbins 3. Assassination On Embassy Row - The Shocking Story of the Letelier-Moffitt Murders John Dinges & Saul Landau 4. Bay of Pigs - The Untold Story Peter Wyden 5. BLOWBACK - America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War Christopher Simpson 6. The Chronology - The Documented Day-by-Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras The National Security Archive 7. CIA - The Inside Story Andrew Tully 8. The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks 9. The CIA, a forgotten history William Blum 10. The Crimes of Patriots - A true tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA Jonathan Kwitny 11. Deadly Deceits - My 25 Years in the CIA Ralph W. McGehee 12. The Death Merchant - The Rise and Fall of Edwin P. Wilson Joseph C. Goulden with Alexander W. Raffio 13. Decent Interval - An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam Frank Snepp 14. Dirty Work - The CIA in Western Europe A collection of essays edited by Philip Agee and Louis Wolf 15. Dirty Work 2 - The CIA in Africa Ellen Ray, William Schaap, Karl Van Meter, Louis Wolf 16. Endless Enemies - The Making of an Unfriendly World Jonathan Kwitny 17. The General Was a Spy - The Truth About General Gehlen and His Spy Ring Heinz Hoehne & Hermann Zolling - translated from the German by Richard Barry Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper and preface to the American edition by Andrew Tully 18. The Great Heroin Coup - Drugs, Intelligence, & International Fascism Henrik Krueger, translated from the original German by Jerry Meldon foreword by Peter Dale Scott 19. Guts and Glory - The Rise and Fall of Oliver North Ben Bradlee, Jr. 20. The Hidden History of the Korean War I.F. Stone 21. I was an NKVD Agent - A Top Soviet Spy Tells His Story Anatoli Granovsky 22. In Contempt of Congress Edited by Joy Hackel and Daniel Siegel - prefaces by Senators Tom Harkin and George McGovern 23. In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story John Stockwell 24. Inside The Company - CIA Diary Philip Agee 25. Inside The Shadow Government The Christic Institute 26. The Iran-Contra Connection - Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era Jonathan Marshall, Peter Dale Scott, Jane Hunter 27. Journey Into Madness - The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse Gordon Thomas 28. KGB - The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents John Barron 29. La Penca: On Trial in Costa Rica - The CIA vs. The Press Edited by Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey 30. The Man Who Kept the Secrets - Richard Helms and the CIA Thomas Powers 31. Men Of Zeal - A Candid Inside Story of the Iran-Contra Hearings Senators William S. Cohen and George J. Mitchell 32. October Surprise Barbara Honegger 33. On The Run Philip Agee 34. Operation Mind Control - Our Secret Government's War Against Its Own People Walter H. Bowart 35. OSS - The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency R. Harris Smith 36. Out Of Control - The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection Leslie Cockburn 37. Piercing The Reich - The Penetration of Nazi Germany by American Secret Agents during World War II Joseph E. Persico 38. The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia Alfred W. McCoy with Cathleen B. Read and Leonard P. Adams II 39. The Puzzle Palace - Inside the National Security Agency, America's most secret Intelligence Organization James Bamford 40. The Search For "The Manchurian Candidate" - The CIA and Mind Control, the Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences John Marks, introduction by Thomas Powers 41. The Second Oldest Profession - Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century Phillip Knightley 42. Secret Contenders - The Myth of Cold War Counterintelligence Melvin Beck, introduction by Thomas Powers 43. The Secret Government - The Constitution In Crisis Bill Moyers 44. Slow Burn - The Rise and Bitter Fall of American Intelligence in Vietnam Orrin DeForest and David Chanoff 45. The Sovereign State of ITT Anthony Sampson 46. Spy Catcher Peter Wright, with Paul Greengrass 47. Story of a Russian Spy - Handbook for Spies Alexander Foote 48. The Target Is Destroyed - What really happened to flight 007 & what America knew about it Seymour M. Hersh 49. The Underground Empire - Where Crime and Governments Embrace James Mills 50. Veil: the Secret Wars of the CIA Bob Woodward 51. White Paper Whitewash - Interviews with Philip Agee Interviews with Philip Agee, edited by Warner Poelchau Subject: Reading list on intelligence agencies & repression (autopost) From: bghauk@berlin.infomatch.com (Brian Hauk) Date: 13 Jun 1997 16:28:50 GMT Message-ID: <5nrsg2$hs0$10@berlin.infomatch.com> Organization: InfoMatch Internet - Vancouver BC Newsgroups: alt.politics.youth [ Article reposted from misc.activism.progressive ] [ Author was Rich Winkel ] [ Posted on 4 Jun 1997 08:32:21 GMT ] /** pn.publiceye: 21.0 **/ ** Topic: Reading List on Intelligence/Spys ** ** Written 6:52 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** READING LIST ON INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & POLITICAL REPRESSION by Chip Berlet & Linda Lotz Revised (1/14/91) Distributed by: Movement Support Network / Center for Constitutional Rights National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee This is the reading list circulated by Phil Agee at his Speakout lectures. For information about the refusal of the U.S. government to enter the country to lecture, see "Agee" topic in this conference. For the reading list, see the following Reply files: THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY #1 CIA--GENERAL #2 CIA--SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND REGIONS #3 CIA--ALLIANCES WITH DICTATORS, FASCISTS AND NAZIS #4 CIA--AT HOME #5 CIA--MEMOIRS OF FORMER DIRECTORS & EMPLOYEES THE POLITICS OF COVERT ACTION #6 INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS & POLICY MAKERS #7 IRAN--CONTRAGATE REPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES #8 THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & COINTELPRO #9 OTHER ASPECTS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION OTHER RESOURCES #10 MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS #11 WHAT TO DO - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT #12 WHAT TO DO - EDUCATION & ORGANIZING GUIDES #13 WHAT TO DO - LITIGATION #14 ODDS & ENDS ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.1 **/ ** Written 6:54 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** READING LIST ON INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & POLITICAL REPRESSION by Chip Berlet & Linda Lotz Revised (1/14/91) THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CIA--GENERAL "At War With Peace: U.S. Covert Operations" Kit Gage/NCARL, First Amendment Foundation, 1990. An indispensible pamphlet chronicling the history of CIA covert actions, its human costs, laws regulating it, and restrictions to information about it. $2.50 NCARL, 1313 West 8th Street, Suite 313, Los Angeles, CA 90017. 213-484-6661. "The Agency: The Rise and Decline of the CIA". John Ranelagh, 1987, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster. A revised edition of the most widely-accepted comprehensive history of the CIA, now current through Iran-Contragate and the appointment of William Webster as Director. "Under Cover: Thirty-Five Years of CIA Deception". Darrell Garwood, 1985, Grove Press. Fully documented history of covert operations by a former UPI Pentagon correspondent. Includes an extensive chronology. "The CIA, A Forgotten History: U.S. Global Interventions Since World War 2" William Blum, 1987, Zed Press. A thorough review of the record of CIA invlovement when the cold war turns hot. "Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era." Steven Emerson, 1986, Putnam & Sons. The best comprehensive account of covert ops. during the Reagan Years. "Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations Since World War II." John Prados, Morrow, 1986. Good overview with linkage to problem of foreign policy and secrecy. "The Man Who Kept Secrets--Richard Helms and the CIA". Thomas Powers, 1979, Knopf. A portrait of the CIA Director who launched nefarious and deadly CIA activities in Chile, Iran and Vietnam. "The Secret Team: The CIA and its Allies in Control of the World" Fletcher Prouty, 1974. Early critical research on the CIA, but is marred by a somewhat over-reaching analysis. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.2 **/ ** Written 6:55 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** CIA--SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND REGIONS "Dirty Work I--The CIA in Western Europe." Philip Agee and Louis Wolf, 1978, Lyle Stuart. A compilation of articles including the classic "How to Spot a Spook" and a list of 700 alleged agents. "Dirty Work II--The CIA in Africa." Philip Agee and Louis Wolf, 1979, Lyle Stuart. (Available from Covert Action Information Bulletin, Box 50272, Washington, DC 20004). Articles focusing on Africa. "Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador." Raymond Bonner, 1984, New York Times Books. "With the Contras: A reporter in the fields of Nicaragua." Christopher Dickey, 1985, Simon and Schuster. "The CIA's Nicaraguan Manual: Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare." CIA, 1985, Vintage. A collection of essays written by the CIA and others. "Washington's War on Nicaragua." Holly Sklar, 1988, South End Press. The only full review of U.S. foreign policy toward Nicaragua. Makes connections between rightist political ideology and support for covert operations as standard U.S. foreign policy tool. "Nicaragua: The Price of Intervention." Peter Kornbluh, 1987, Institute for Policy Studies. Some sections are useful for reference to counter-insurgency. "The Freedom Fighter's Manual." CIA, 1985, Grove Press. A copy, with translation, of the CIA's manual that targets D'Escoto and others in Nicaragua for disruption and assassination. "Ropes of Sand: America's Failure in the Middle East." Wilbur Crane Eveland, 1980, W.W. Norton. The CIA attempted to censor this in-depth examination of the U.S. activities in the Middle East. "The Foreign Policy of Intervention: The CIA in Guatemala." R.H. Immerman, 1983, University of Texas Press. From the 1954 overthrow of President Arbenz to the later role of the U.S. in Guatemala, our government has played a key role in that country. "Bitter Fruit--The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala." Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schleisinger, 1982, Doubleday. "Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia." William M. Leary, 1984, University of Alabama. "Grenada--The Struggle Against Destabilization." Chris Searle, 1983, W.W. Norton. The coordinated efforts of the CIA and economic and diplomatic agencies to resist changes in Grenada. "Decent Interval." Frank Snepp, 1977, Vintage Books. A former CIA officer describes the Agency's failure to prepare for the evacuation of Saigon in 1975. "In Search of Enemies." John Stockwell, 1978, W.W. Norton. The former head of the CIA's Angolan Task Force criticizes the Agency's role in the country. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.3 **/ ** Written 6:56 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** CIA--ALLIANCES WITH DICTATORS, FASCISTS AND NAZIS "Blowback: The First Full Account of America's Recruitment of Nazis, and its Disastrous Effect on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy." Christopher Simpson, 1988, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The title says it all. "Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Reagan Administration: The Role of Domestic Fascist Networks in the Republican Party and their Effect on U.S. Cold War Politics." Russ Bellant, 1988, Political Research Associates. What the Blowback crowd did with their spare time after the OSS/CIA recruited them to the U.S. $6.50 from Political Research Associates, Suite 205, 678 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139. "Inside the League: The Shocking Expose of How Terrorists, Nazis, and Latin American Death Squads Have Infiltrated the World Anti-Communist League." Scott Anderson and Jon Lee Anderson, 1986, Dodd, Mead. Traces role of anti-Semites and neo-Nazis sheltered by CIA in private covert action and propaganda wars around the world and how they network through WACL. "The Belarus Secret: The Nazi Connection in America." John Loftus, 1982, Paragon House. The first full account of the clandestine operation to bring Nazi collaborators to the U.S. to help wage guerrilla warfare against eastern bloc nations. "The Paperclip Conspiracy: The Hunt for the Nazi Scientists" How the U.S. covered up the thousands of corpses at Nazi slave labor rocket facilities so we would beat them Russkies in launching the first intercontinental ballistic missile. "Missing: The Execution of Charles Horman." Thomas Hauser, 1978, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Touchstone / Simon & Schuster Edition, 1988). American officals turn their back when the Chilean Junta murders a young American. "The Great Heroin Coup: Drugs, Intelligence and International Fascism." Henrik Kruger, 1980, South End Press. Drug dealing and other activities in Southeast Asia. "Cry of the People--The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America." Penny Lernoux, 1982, Doubleday. The Catholic Church in conflict with U.S. policy. "Hidden Terrors." A.J. Langguth, 1978, Pantheon Books. How the CIA, the Pentagon, and U.S. police advisors encouraged military takeovers in Latin America. "The Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda". Edward S. Herman, 1982, South End Press. How the CIA's advisors are actually contributing to terrorism, through training, supplying arms, etc. to foreign governments and rebel groups. "The Pentagon-CIA Archipelago: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism". Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman, 1978, South End Press. U.S. counter-revolutionary violence and subversion in the Third World. "The Death Merchant". Joseph C. Goulden, 1984, Bantam. The story of Edwin Wilson , who used his CIA connections to operate an international arms firm and supplied Quaddafi with tons of explosives and with hit men for political assassinations. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.4 **/ ** Written 7:00 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** CIA--AT HOME "Labyrinth" Taylor Branch and Eugene M. Propper, 1983, Penguin. The story of the search for the assassins of Orlando Letelier. "Secret Agenda, Watergate, Deep Throat and the CIA." Jim Hougan, 1984, Random House. One of many books exploring the CIA's role in Watergate. "Search for the Manchurian Candidate." John P. Marks, 1979, Quadrangle Press. The history of the CIA's drug and behavior control programs. "Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion." Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain, 1985, Grove Press. The CIA thought LSD would revolutionize the spy trade...nobody's perfect. "The Mind Manipulators." Alan W. Scheflin and Edward M. Opton, Jr., 1978, Paddington Press, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap. Reviews behavior modification experiments by the CIA and the Army. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.5 **/ ** Written 7:01 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** CIA--MEMOIRS OF FORMER DIRECTORS & EMPLOYEES "Inside the Company." Philip Agee, 1978, Penguin Books. A diary spanning twelve years of Agee's CIA work with a special focus on Central and South America and Mexico. "On the Run." Philip Agee, 1987, Lyle Stuart. The CIA takes a dim view of Agee's philosophical turnabout and chases him around the world with an alarming lack of humor. "Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA." Ralph Mcgehee, 1983, Sheridan Square. ($9.95 + 1.50 S/H c/o IMA 145 W. 4th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10012) Author's growing disillusionment with role of CIA as covert action arm of the presidency. "The CIA under Reagan, Bush and Casey: The Evolution of the Agency from Roosevelt to Reagan." Ray S. Cline, 1981, Acropolis Books. Expanded version of the former Director's memoirs. "Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA." William Colby and Peter Forbath, 1978, Simon and Schuster. From the former CIA Director during the Congressional investigations of the Agency. "Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy." 1981, St. Martins Press. Gives insights into the man who had no qualms about torture or murder to `protect' the U.S. national security. "The Night Watch: My 25 Years of Peculiar Service." David Atlee Phillips, 1977, Athenum. A peculiar yet fascinating un-apologetic reminiscence. "Portrait of a Cold Warrior." Joseph Burkholder Smith, 1976, G.P. Putnam and Sons. An insightful look from the view of the agent on the street--in the Philippines, Indonesia and elsewhere. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.6 **/ ** Written 7:02 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** THE POLITICS OF COVERT ACTION INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS & POLICY MAKERS "The Terrorism Industry: The Experts and Institutions That Shape View of Terror." Edward Herman & Gerry O'Sullivan, 1990, Pantheon. A thorough discussion of how the concept and reality of terrorism has been packaged and manipulated for to promote authoritarian and rightist political ideology. "The Crimes of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA." Jonathan Kwitny, 1987, W. W. Norton. Wall Street Journal reporter Kwitny unravels the mystery of the Nugan Hand Bank scandal. "The Puzzle Palace--A Report on America's Most Secret Agency." James Bamford, 1982, Houghton Mifflin. Details history, bureaucracy and scope of activities of the National Security Agency. "The Lawless State: The Crimes of the U.S. Intelligence Agencies." Morton Halperin et al, 1978, Penguin Books. (Available from the American Civil Liberties Union/Center for National Security Studies, 122 Maryland Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002.) Overview of efforts to spy and disrupt by the CIA, FBI, NSA, IRS and grand juries. "A World of Secrets--the Uses and Limits of Intelligence." Walter Laquer, 1985, The 20th Century Fund. How foreign intelligence is used and misused; and what can be done as seen by mainstream critics. "Secret Contenders: The Myth of Cold War Counterintelligence." Melvin Beck, 1984, Sheriden Square Press. A devastating critique that details the waste and lunacy of some CIA clandestine operations and concludes that U.S. citizens are ultimately the real target of CIA propaganda campaigns. "Covert Action: The Limits of Intervention in the Postwar World" Gregory F. Treverton, Basic Books. A critical re-assessment of covert operations as a tool of U.S. foreign policy. "Intelligence Requirements for the 1990's: Collection, Analysis, Counterintelligence, and Covert Action." Roy Godson, ed., Lexington Books/D.C. Heath. Edited by one of the more horrific geeks of the intelligence empire, this collection of essays provides a blueprint for creating the U.S. police state. A shopping list for the guardians of post-Constitutional America. Sequal to the popular Intelligence Requirements for the 1980's series of books. "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence." Victor Marchetti and John Marks, 1980, Dell Books. Classic overview of the CIA and intelligence operations; updated to include deletions by the CIA. "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia." Alfred W. McCoy, with Cathleen B. Read and Leonard P. Adams II, 1972, Harper--Colophon Books. How the CIA and Air America served as the conduit for the Golden Triangle opium trade in an effort to build an anti-communist army. "Gifts of Deceit: Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park and the Korean Scandal." Robert Boettcher with Gordon L. Freedman, 1980, Holt, Rinehart & Wilson. Moon's links to the Korean CIA and other assorted dirty linen is hung out in this documented expose. Shows Moon as a power-hungry anti-democratic theocrat. "Rollback: Right-wing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy." Thomas Bodenheimer & Robert Gould, 1989, South End Press. A look at the confrontational rightist political agenda that fuels U.S. militarism. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.7 **/ ** Written 7:02 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** IRAN--CONTRAGATE "Out of Control: The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection." Leslie Cockburn, 1987, Atlantic Monthly Press. This account by a CBS News correspondent is currently the best-documented expose on Iran-Contragate. "The Culture of Terrorism." Noam Chomsky, 1978, South End Press. A brilliant polemic which argues that behind Iran-Contragate is a relentless drive for world power by the U.S. government. "The Iran Contra Connection: Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era." Jonathan Marshall, Peter Dale Scott and Jane Hunter, 1987, South End Press. Hunter's section on the Israeli intelligence connection is compelling, but some of the other material drifts into conspiracy-minded conclusions not entirely supported with facts. Still, a good overview of Iran-Contragate covert action as not an isolated incident but a logical outcome of institutionalized U.S. covert action policy. "The Soft War: The Uses and Abuses of U.S. Economic Aid in Central America." Tom Barry and Deb Preusch, 1988, Grove Press. These researchers from the Albuquerque-based Resource Center have compiled a well-documented critique of the uses of so-called humanitarian aid in Central America. "Packaging the Contras: A Case of CIA Disinformation." Edgar Chamorro, 1987, Institute for Media Analysis. ($5.00 +1.00 S/H to 145 W. 4th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10012) A former Contra leader reveals how the CIA created the image of the Contras as the "democratic alternative." ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.8 **/ ** Written 7:04 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** REPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & COINTELPRO "War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists and What We Can Do About It." Brian Glick, 1989, South End Press. Must reading for all serious political activists. Provides a comprehesive and common sense approach for those who must engage in political activity while facing governmental and right-wing attacks. Includes a cogent analysis of the relationship between U.S. political economy and domestic covert action. "Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement." Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall, 1988, South End Press. A chilling account of the murderous tactics used aginst non-white political activists. 500 pages and an extensive index and footnotes. "COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States." Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall, 1989, South End Press. Actual FBI documents and commentary make a strong case for convincing skeptics. Replaces the "Counter-intelligence" book previously issued by the NLG. "The FBI v. The First Amendment" Richard Criley, 1990, First Amendment Foundation. The story of how the FBI attempted to "neutralize" the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL) which was founded in 1960 as the National Committee to Abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC/HCUA). 100 pages, $7.50. Available from: First Amendment Foundation, 1313 W. 8th St., Suite 313, Los Angeles, CA 90017. "The Liberals and J. Edgar Hoover." William W. Keller, 1989, Princeton University Press. How liberal congresspersons squirm and look away when they are supposed to oversee agencies of police power and thus allow their more reactionary collegues to craft agencies such as the FBI into tools of repression. "COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom." Nelson Blackstock, 1976, Vintage Books. The FBI's campaign to infiltrate and disrupt the Socialist Workers Party; good overview of the other Bureau investigations of additional left organizations. "The Age of Surveillance: The Aims & Methods of America's Political Intelligence System." Frank Donner, 1980, Alfred Knopf. The classic tome documenting surveillance and harassment in the United States from World War I to 1980. "The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr." David J. Garrow, 1981, Norton. Documents the extensive investigation undertaken by the Bureau to find ways to discredit and disrupt his quest for freedom. "The File." Penn Kimball, 1985, Avon. How an innocent man became the subject of an FBI investigation. "Hoover and the Un-Americans: The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace." Kenneth O'Reilly, 1983, Temple University Press. Documents the role of the FBI in engineering the rise of McCarthyism. "Racial Matters": "The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960--1972." Kenneth O'Reilly, 1988, Free Press. How the FBI attacked the civil rights movement while posing as its defender against violent attacks. Useful to expose the film "Mississippi Burning" as a dangerous lie. "The Killing of Karen Silkwood." Richard Rashke, 1981, Houghton Mifflin. The FBI's role in the life, and investigation after the death of the Oklahoma atomic worker. "Beyond the Hiss Case: The FBI, Congress and the Cold War." Athan Theoharis, 1982, Temple University Press. "FBI." Sanford Unger, 1976, Little Brown and Co. An in-depth study, with background on many officials; glossary of acronyms for COINTELPRO investigations. "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" Peter Matthiessen, 1983, Viking Press. The story of how the FBI targeted the American Indian Movement. "Voices from Wounded Knee." Told by the participants and residents of Wounded Knee. 1976, Akwesasne Notes (a Native American newspaper published from the Mohawk Nation, Rooseveltown, New York 13683). An account of the occupation at Wounded Knee, with some details on FBI presence on the Pine Ridge Reservation. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.9 **/ ** Written 7:06 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** OTHER ASPECTS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION "It Did Happen Here: Recollections of Political Repression in America." Bud Schultz and Ruth Schultz, 1989, University of California Press. With their own words, victims of political repression in the U.S. discuss their lives and their battles. A powerful indictment of the myth of equal justice under law in the U.S. "Liberty Under Siege: American Politics 1976-1988" Walter Karp, 1988, Henry Holt & Co. Reviewing this book, Bill Moyers quipped it was "like a cold shower on the morning after. Here, finally, is a reveille for reality, a call to stop this long intoxication with illusion and look at what has been happening to our republic." "Universities in the Business of Repression: The Academic-Military-Industrial Complex and Central America." Jonathan Feldman, 1989, South End Press. How campus-based research programs are influenced by a militarist mentality. "Under Cover: Police Surveillance in America" Gary T. Marx, 1988, Twentieth Century Fund/University of California Press. The most thoughtful critical analysis of undercover police techniques currently available. "Murder Under Two Flags:The U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla Cover-up." Anne Nelson, 1986, Ticknor & Fields. How Puerto Rican police officials murdered young "Independenistas" as part of an illegal intelligence operation and then enlisted U.S. government agencies in the cover-up. "Domestic Intelligence: Monitoring Dissent in America." Richard E. Morgan, 1980, University of Texas. Considers the tension between privacy and the need for government to protect the community, from the perspective of the government."My Discovery of America." Farley Mowat, 1985, Atlantic Monthly Press. A Canadian naturalist writer details how he was denied entry to the U.S. under the 1950 McCarren-Walters Immigration Act and how the American people came to his support. "The Great Fear." David Caute, 1978, Simon and Schuster. Anti-communist purge under Truman and Eisenhower. "Political Repression in Modern America, 1870 to Present.", 2nd edition. Robert J. Goldstein, 1978, Schenkman Books, Inc. Government, corporate and other pressures brought to bear on political groups through the years. "Political Hysteria in America--the Democratic Capacity for Repression." Murray B. Levin, 1971, Basic Books. Underlying forces that create repressive periods such as the Red Scare of the 1920's and the McCarthy era. "Spooks: The Haunting of America--the Private Use of Secret Agents." Jim Hougan, 197, William Morrow and Co. How private agents, often former FBI or CIA employees, now provide security services for multinational corporations. "The Private Sector: Rent-a-cops, Private Spies and the Police Industrial Complex. "George O'Toole, 1978, W.W. Norton. Very hard to find but worth it. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.10 **/ ** Written 7:07 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** RESOURCES MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS "Covert Action Information Bulletin." Following in the footsteps of the original 1970's Counterspy Magazine, this periodical chronicles CIA activities around the world. Also looks at surveillance and disinformation campaigns in the U.S. Write: PO Box 50272, Washington DC 20004. "The National Reporter" (Formerly called "Counterspy)". Another spin-off from the original Counterspy, it ceased publication in late 1988. "First Principles: National Security and Civil Liberties." Newsletter that focuses on intelligence operations that undermine fundamental political rights. Special emphasis on the problems of reform. Write: Center for National Security Studies, 122 Maryland Ave. NE, Washington DC 20002. "Lies of Our Times: A Journal to Correct the Record" Devoted to the analysis of misinformation, disinformation and propaganda. Institute for Media Analysis, Inc., Sheriden Square Press, Inc., 145 West 4th Street, New York, N.Y. 10012. "The Right to Know & the Freedom to Act" Newsletter of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation. A First Amendment monitoring service. $15 annually. Write: NCARL, 1313 West 8th Street, Suite 313, Los Angeles, California 90017. "Movement Support Network News." This newsletter provides information about current harassment of the sanctuary and Central American movement supporters in the U.S. A recent chronology shows extensive harassment including: visits to activists, IRS audits, and activities at the U.S. border. $7.50 per year ($6.00 limited income). Write: Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. "Public Eye" Another spawn of the first "Counterspy." Not currently publishing. Last issue Spring 1989. "Our Right to Know" Defunct. Last issue Spring 1989. "Guild Notes". Newspaper that covers current surveillance and harassment litigation. Write: National Lawyers Guild, 55 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.11 **/ ** Written 7:08 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** WHAT TO DO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been in the FBI Files?" Ann Mari Buitrago and Leon Andrew Immerman, 1981, Grove Press. Overview of the FOIA--how to use it, how the FBI will respond, and glossary of terms to help read documents when they arrive. "Using the FOIA--A Step by Step Guide." Center for National Security Studies. Detailed instructions, sample letters, and what to expect from a range of agencies. $2.00 from CNSS, 122 Maryland Ave. N.E., Washington DC 20002. "FOIA-Kit" Available from CCR (see above). ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.12 **/ ** Written 7:09 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** WHAT TO DO EDUCATION & ORGANIZING GUIDES "If An Agent Knocks: Federal Investigators and Your Rights." Center for Constitutional Rights. Explains why it is important to have an attorney with you when you talk to the FBI, regardless of how innocuous the agents' questions may be. English and Spanish editions available. $1 plus postage. Write: CCR, 666 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. "Radical Re-entry (And Departure): Coming through Customs." Center for Constitutional Rights. Because Customs agents are stopping political activists at the borders in search of information such as contacts in Nicaragua, this booklet is helpful for the political traveler. $1 plus postage. Write: CCR (see above). "Political Rights Information Series." #1 Common Sense Security by Sheila O'Donnell. Simple list of safe practices. #2 Bugs, Taps & Infiltrators: What to do about political spying. by Linda Lotz. How to face these problems seriously but without paranoia. #3 Redbaiting & Political Smears by Chip Berlet & Rachel Rosen DeGolia. How smears are used to derail dissident movements, and some suggestions for countering them. #4 Reading List on Intelligence Agencies and Political Repression by Linda Lotz & Chip Berlet. A lengthy annotated bibliography which Phil Agee distributes at his speaking engagements. #5 The Hunt for Red Menace: The FBI and Right-Wing Spy Networks. by Chip Berlet. Ideological justifications used by government agencies for infiltrating and disrupting activist groups. Produced by the National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee. Write: CCR (see above). "Red-Baiting Packet" Bill of Rights Foundation. A collection of material concerning McCarthy-style smear attacks, both old and new. Includes essays by long-time activists Anne Braden and Frank Wilkinson. $2 from BORF, Suite 1400, 220 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605. "Reports on The Secret Team" Publications and organizing guides on Iran-Contragate and intelligence abuse are available from the Christic Institute. The Christic Institute stresses the role of individual bad actors rather than systemic or institutional problems, and sometimes their allegations stretch beyond their ability to provide documentation, still they have been in the forefront of organizing grassroots opposition to U.S. covert action. Christic Institute, 1324 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20002-3337. "NameBASE (formerly SPYBASE)." A computerized database with search features comprising an index of date and page citations to appearances of the names of more than 20,000 individuals and organizations in hundreds of books and thousands of newspaper and magazine clippings, all dealing with the CIA, FBI and U.S. government repression in general. Available for MS-DOS and CP/M machines. Write for pricing for your computer. Available from Public Information Research, P.O. Box 5199, Arlington, VA 22205. 703-241-5437. "Computer Accessed Information Systems (BBS's)." Persons with a computer and modem can read and download information on covert action and repression from the following local computer Bulletin Board Systems: AMNET (617) 221-5815, (3,12,24bps-24hr-8N1); NYONLINE (718) 852-2662, (3,12,24bps-24hr-8N1); Beyond War, (718) 442-1056; NOWAR, (312) 939-4411 (3,12,24bps-24hr-8N1). For information on the international PEACENET, call (415) 923-0900 [voice], or write PEACENET, 3228 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94115. ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.13 **/ ** Written 7:10 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** WHAT TO DO LITIGATION "Litigation Under the Federal Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act." Editions updated regularly. Allan Adler, Ed. Important reference book for attorneys using the FOIA; covers many federal agencies. Write: Center for National Security Studies, 122 Maryland Ave. N.E., Washington DC 20002. "The Law of Electronic Surveillance." Major update 1984, supplemented annually. James C. Carr. Write: Clark Boardman, 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. "Representation of Witnesses Before Federal Grand Juries." The Grand Jury Project. Major update 1984, supplemented annually. Write: Clark Boardman (see above). "Police Misconduct Law and Litigation Manual." Michael Avery and David Rudovsky, National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee, Updated annually. Also available is the bi-monthly litigation newsletter: Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report. Write: Clark Boardman (see above). "Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report." National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee, Bi-monthly litigation newsletter and companion to above manual. Write: Clark Boardman (see above). "Civil Rights Litigation and Attorneys Fees Annual Handbook." National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee. A more issue-oriented and broadly-targeted collection of essays. Issued annually. Write: Clark Boardman (see above). ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** /** pn.publiceye: 21.14 **/ ** Written 7:11 pm Jan 14, 1991 by nlgclc in cdp:pn.publiceye ** ODDS & ENDS Report All Incidents to the Movement Support Network! The Movement Support Network (MSN) is a project of the Center for Constitutional Rights with cooperation from the National Lawyers Guild. MSN was founded in 1984 to respond to increasing government surveillance and harassment of people involved in Central America solidarity work and people active in the sanctuary movement. Since then the network has expanded to serve as a monitoring mechanism to collect information about surveillance and harassment of persons involved in peace and social justice issues. By collecting and disseminating information on specific incidents, MSN not only organizes opposition to such abuses, but also raises public awareness of important civil liberties issues, and helps activists place isolated incidents in a national context. For more information or to report an incident, contact MSN, 666 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10012. The MSN HOTLINE # is (212) 614-6422. Movement Support Network Center for Constitutional Rights 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Reading list distribution Supported by: Center for Constitutional Rights National Lawyers Guild Foundation Speakout - Agee Tour This list was originally compiled by Linda Lotz with the assistance of the Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA, and Political Research Associates, Cambridge, MA. Chip Berlet continues to update and revise the listing. Some of these books are no longer in print, but were included because of their historical and reference value. They may be available at your local library or through an inter-library loan program. Linda Lotz is the field secretary of the American Friends Service Committee's Pacific Southwest Regional Office. Ms. Lotz was formerly a staff organizer for the now-defunct Campaign for Political Rights, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition which organized against covert action abroad and political surveillance and repression at home. She continues to monitor political repression of dissidents and activists. Chip Berlet is a paralegal investigator and journalist who has written extensively about government intelligence abuse for publications ranging from the "Chicago Sun-Times" to "Covert Action Information Bulletin". He is secretary of the National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee, and works on the staff of the Cambridge-based Political Research Associates where he monitors authoritarianism. He is currently co-writing a book, with PRA director Dr. Jean Hardisty, about the growing strength of the political right wing in the United States. END OF FILE ** End of text from cdp:pn.publiceye ** Subject: A CIA/NSA conspiracy bibliography From: Richard Clark <"cardo@worldnet.att.net"@worldnet.att.net> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:41:43 -0500 Message-ID: <5o6lnr$o1v@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net> Organization: Technical Editing Inc. Newsgroups: alt.politics.org.cia,alt.conspiracy,alt.journalism Some CIA/conspiracy-related subjects, and where you will find documented evidence about them: Air America's (CIA's) Vietnam heroin smuggling: Jonathan Kwitney's "Crimes of Patriots" and Bo Gritz's "Betrayed" (video and book). The latter book/video is also about Golden Triangle war lord Khun Sa and his U.S. handler, Richard Armitage, as well as about Colombian Cartel / Iran-Contras / Mena airport smuggling, and Lebanon's Baca Valley heroin smuggling (which may have been the real reason for the Pan Am 103 crash). Joel Bainerman's, "The Crimes of a President: Conspiracy and Cover- up in the Bush and Reagan Administration," Lester Coleman's, "On the Trail of the Octopus," BBC-aired documentary, "The Maltese Double Cross", Alan Friedman's "Spider's Web", about secret arms sales to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, El Salvador and Nicaraguan, etc. (Secret arms sales ops cause enormous human suffering and huge numbers of deaths.) There have been numerous movies ("Air America"), and books (T. Ross and D. Wise's 1964 book, "The Invisible Government" Also, John Prados "Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Ops") and articles (Wall Street Journal, Covert Action Quarterly, Penthouse, and Spotlight) that are by (or about) former CIA agents and military involvement in these illegal Agency-approved operations. Some of these were about: the Nugan Hand Bank --- see Penny Lernoux's Penthouse article and her book by the same name, "Blood Money," Oliver North, former-Director of Central Intelligence Bill Casey, former CIA agent Ted Shackley --- see "Blonde Ghost" by David Korn, Also: Gary Sick's "October Surprise," Bob Parry's "Trick or Treason," Ari Ben-Menashe's "Profits of War," Rodney Stich's "Defrauding America," former Houston Post reporter Pete Brewton's "The Mafia, the CIA, and George Bush," Peter Dale Scott's "War Conspiracy" and "Cocaine Politics," Linda Hunt's "Secret Agenda," former DEA agents Celerino Castillo's "Powder Burns" and Michael Levine's "The Big White Lie," Re: former CIA agent, and arms dealer to Libya, Edwin P. Wilson, see Joseph C. Goulden's "The Death Merchant" Re: DEA informant and drug and arms smuggler Barry Seal, see the Penthouse "Crimes of Mena" article (7/95) by Roger Morris and Sally Denton. By the way, the Washington Post supposedly paid many thousands of dollars to Roger Morris and Sally Denton for their story on Mena, but after 11 weeks of delays they lost their nerve and spiked it. Bob Guccione published it in Penthouse in July of the same year ('95). Also see: Terry Reed's and John Cummings's "Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA" In addition, Terry Reed has a book coming out on Barry Seal and his coke and weapons smuggling operation that was based in Mena, Arkansas. Another book project now underway is the story of the CIA's drug operation in New York, featuring some startling accounts of former NYPD official "Big Al" Carone, a former Colonel in Army Intelligence. Carone, a former "bagman" for NYPD, was a personal friend of DCI Bill Casey, and was a "banker" for the CIA's drug operations between 1946 and 1980. He died of "CIA flu" along with other "bagmen" associates, Russell Herman and "fixer/briber" Al Hobert and NYPD "dirty" cop Gene Howard, who were all "on the take." Two more CIA drug smuggling operation reports were broadcast on nationwide TV. One program was done by Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes"; it re-broadcast his 2-year-old report about a Venezuelan Cartel / CIA supposed cocaine smuggling sting operation. Unfortunately, this CIA operation allowed many millions of dollars of coke to hit the streets of America, without ever busting anyone. The other one was a British TV broadcast of the suppressed "The Maltese Doublecross," a documentary on heroin smuggling that was regularly carried out on Pan Am's flight 103. This documentary presents witnesses and evidence that show how the 103 Lockerby crash may well have resulted from this ongoing heroin smuggling operation. Re: specially designed NSA chips have supposedly been placed in computers, along with Inslaw's stolen PROMIS Plus (which are then sold through these NSA "front companies," such as Systematics, Boston Systematics, Hadron and Israeli Systematics and agents, such as Robert Maxwell, to strategic and highly sensitive ally and enemy customers alike), see related articles and info: TIME MAGAZINE 8/19/95--"Onward Cyber Soldier," NEW YORK TIMES 8/19--"Citibank Fraud Case Raises Computer Questions," as well as the WALL STREET JOURNAL'S publication (3/3/95) of John A. Dean's letter to DCI John Woolsley.) Inslaw and their Atlanta law firm, with the assistance of attorney Eliott Richardson (Pres. Nixon's former Attorney General who resigned in protest over Watergate), are preparing to go back into the Court of Federal Claims in December '95 after a more than 10-year battle to seek a multi-hundred million dollar judgement for non-payment of royalties. A number of knowledgeable people state that _if_ PROMIS's advanced software _was_ stolen, and then used, since the early 1980s, for numerous applications such as in our nuclear subs and in our nuclear missile defense system, Inslaw should be owed in excess of half a billion dollars. Some politicians and journalists privately, with only a few publicly, have supported Inslaw's position that the government stole their PROMIS software, but almost all have been unwilling to really investigate and go public with the real facts. Respected reporter, SEYMOUR HERSH, one of a few reporters to attempt to get the whole Inslaw story out, recently researched and proposed an article for the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and Atlantic Monthly, but unfortunately they all passed. Even a House investigation and retired Federal Judge Nicholas J. Bua's grand jury 1993 investigation in Chicago didn't get to the bottom of this government scandal, possibly because of the magnitude of the situation. Attorney General Barr appointed Bua as a Special Counsel, but in reality he was more of a "dependent counsel." Even though former CIA agent, Chuck Hayes, who secured many of the witnesses (such as Ari Ben-Menashe), did testify, Michael Riconosciuto along with many [other] witnesses didn't (in person or at all). The Judge was sued for not conducting a proper investigation by Chicago investigative journalist Sherman Skolnick and Michael Riconosciuto. Bua submitted a "whitewashed" report to Attorney General Reno, who turned it over to the White House who did nothing... except send Inslaw information in a secure envelope to Vince Foster shortly before his death. Debra Gorham, former secretary to Vince Foster and William Kennedy, her prior boss, secretly testified before Senate Whitewater Committee on 6/23/95. In addition to Webster Hubbell, William Kennedy was another Rose Law Firm partner who resigned at the White House under a scandal and, also as Jackson Stephen's attorney in 1984, he filed incomplete information with the Federal Reserve about Stephens's family holding in Worthen Bank (NEW YORK TIMES 5/9/95 "Fed Ends Inquiry Into an Arkansas Family"). [end of message ... text also available at ] William Blum is author of Killing Hope: U.S Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II available from Common Courage Press, P.O. Box 702, Monroe, Maine 04951, USA; tel: (207) 525-0900; fax: (207) 525-3068  [ This URL: http://www.pdxnorml.org/CIA-BIB ]