I was very critical of these CIA guys as a scholar, but I found their culture and kindness everywhere I went. General Edward Landsdale was a great guy. I felt bad for him after I found out everything. The stiff upper lip kills me. The last thing the historian gets is all the sorrow. I started out critical of these men and now I feel their souls. It is like a punishment for having looked at the archives.
4:57 To construct a wilderness of mirrors in which the opponent would be confused and forever lost. Well, that is what the Who Killed Kennedy? fun house turned out to be.
@@baldogtondo7017 Garrison was hung up on the CIA (and for good reasons.) Garrison was accused of protecting the New Orleans mob. Summer can say what he likes, but I believe he has said after all this time, he still doesn't know.
Would letting the world think that there is a mail opening program whether there is one or not be a good idea? Probably, sometimes perceptions are everything. People or agencies that operate out in the open whose activities are visible to everyone have to work within visible laws as well but those who work in a hidden world need a unique set of laws specifically for their world, those laws have to be based on those their opponents use, the need for transparency is totally irrelevant whether you live in a republic or a dictatorship.
Otto Skorzeny, A feared Nazi soldier, Survived the war and never spent a day in prison. He was contracted by many intelligent agencies for his unique set of skills. After he died in Spain, they found plans in his home on how to assassinate Kennedy. I don’t know if he chose the men but there is reason to suspect he laid out the blueprint on how to do it. They also found off shore accounts that connected the CIA and Skorzeny . He is the one who implemented black ops or unconventional commando warfare to the Nazis. It’s my belief that this guys skills and philosophy heavily influenced the CIA , Mossad and elite special forces
@@tommyharmon214 Yes, he did spend some time in jail in 1945 but being who hew was, he escaped, of course. I'm not sure he was specifically versed in triangulation shooting though, he was more of a strategist I believe. After the Mossad had hired him once he probably could relax a little, they weren't looking for him anymore, they knew where he was but one thing is sure, he had quite a life. As to the agency, they worked with Gehlen more than with him.
@@rosesprog1722To my knowledge, Skorzeny had no direct involvement in mass executions of Jews or other persecuted groups. This enabled Mossad to work with him, and to leave him alone afterward. Have to wonder if he gave them Eichmann for "insurance", though.
I wonder if Aldrich Ames or Edward Snowden would have been able to do what they did under his watch? I think he was shaken after the Cambridge 5 and Kim Philby were exposed.
Ames was a criminal spy who betrayed his country for profit and to satisfy his wife and their expensive lifestyle. His crimes led to over a dozen executions and the exposure of American spies. Snowden informed his fellow countrymen of an illegal wiretapping and domestic espionage mission against them. To mention their names together is an insult to free thinking people.
I agree. The 5 happened on his watch and Philby was MI6 chief in Washington, enabling him to warn Burgess and McLean so they could make good their escape. Angleton had had a close friendship with Philby while the latter was in Washington, so the betrayal stung badly and affected Angleton mentally. For this reason alone he should have been put out to pasture, but I believe he was too intimidating and powerful a character for the leadership to handle. Additionally, they probably either genuinely thought, or were led by him to think, that he was the best agent to head up the mole hunt. Probably both, as Dulles headed the Agency at the time. Dulles let the dog out, so he bears as much responsibility for the careers destroyed by the mole-hunt as does Angleton.
I was very critical of these CIA guys as a scholar, but I found their culture and kindness everywhere I went.
General Edward Landsdale was a great guy. I felt bad for him after I found out everything. The stiff upper lip kills me.
The last thing the historian gets is all the sorrow. I started out critical of these men and now I feel their souls.
It is like a punishment for having looked at the archives.
Thanks so much for posting this. Very enriching to hear these men speak. There may not be much more recorded with so candid descriptions.
4:57 To construct a wilderness of mirrors in which the opponent would be confused and forever lost. Well, that is what the Who Killed Kennedy? fun house turned out to be.
@@mrliberty8468 once Kennedy sacked him the dye was cast .
Operation Zipper
it was the mob as related on several books including that o garrison, Anthony summer and others..
@@baldogtondo7017 Garrison was hung up on the CIA (and for good reasons.) Garrison was accused of protecting the New Orleans mob. Summer can say what he likes, but I believe he has said after all this time, he still doesn't know.
After the Philby betrayal Jim went off the deep end.
The "MOLE" on the "KNOLL" was ALONZO ESQUIRDO!😎
I am not a mole,nor a defector. I am an American.
Would letting the world think that there is a mail opening program whether there is one or not be a good idea? Probably, sometimes perceptions are everything. People or agencies that operate out in the open whose activities are visible to everyone have to work within visible laws as well but those who work in a hidden world need a unique set of laws specifically for their world, those laws have to be based on those their opponents use, the need for transparency is totally irrelevant whether you live in a republic or a dictatorship.
Very interesting
James H. Critchfield recruited the head of the Gestapo (Heinrich Müller) into the C I A
Otto Skorzeny, A feared Nazi soldier, Survived the war and never spent a day in prison. He was contracted by many intelligent agencies for his unique set of skills. After he died in Spain, they found plans in his home on how to assassinate Kennedy. I don’t know if he chose the men but there is reason to suspect he laid out the blueprint on how to do it. They also found off shore accounts that connected the CIA and Skorzeny . He is the one who implemented black ops or unconventional commando warfare to the Nazis. It’s my belief that this guys skills and philosophy heavily influenced the CIA , Mossad and elite special forces
@@tommyharmon214 Yes, he did spend some time in jail in 1945 but being who hew was, he escaped, of course. I'm not sure he was specifically versed in triangulation shooting though, he was more of a strategist I believe. After the Mossad had hired him once he probably could relax a little, they weren't looking for him anymore, they knew where he was but one thing is sure, he had quite a life. As to the agency, they worked with Gehlen more than with him.
@@tommyharmon214 What is your source?
@@rosesprog1722To my knowledge, Skorzeny had no direct involvement in mass executions of Jews or other persecuted groups. This enabled Mossad to work with him, and to leave him alone afterward. Have to wonder if he gave them Eichmann for "insurance", though.
I wonder if Aldrich Ames or Edward Snowden would have been able to do what they did under his watch?
I think he was shaken after the Cambridge 5 and Kim Philby were exposed.
Ames was a criminal spy who betrayed his country for profit and to satisfy his wife and their expensive lifestyle. His crimes led to over a dozen executions and the exposure of American spies. Snowden informed his fellow countrymen of an illegal wiretapping and domestic espionage mission against them. To mention their names together is an insult to free thinking people.
Angleton know that the cold war was fake, he knew the USA was controlled by the same people who controlled Russian and created the USSR in 1917.
I agree. The 5 happened on his watch and Philby was MI6 chief in Washington, enabling him to warn Burgess and McLean so they could make good their escape. Angleton had had a close friendship with Philby while the latter was in Washington, so the betrayal stung badly and affected Angleton mentally. For this reason alone he should have been put out to pasture, but I believe he was too intimidating and powerful a character for the leadership to handle. Additionally, they probably either genuinely thought, or were led by him to think, that he was the best agent to head up the mole hunt. Probably both, as Dulles headed the Agency at the time. Dulles let the dog out, so he bears as much responsibility for the careers destroyed by the mole-hunt as does Angleton.
You can run but you kant hide.
Lol Angleton "smoked Virgina Slims"
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