Nailing the lid down on the free flow of information
CIA as a “victim”
The brotherhood of secret agents
In the late 70s and early 80s the CIA succeeded in having itself portrayed by the US media as a “victim.”
As a result of this psy op, the only real investigation of the CIA in history, the Church Committee, was shut down before its work was completed – and that’s not all…
The source of this clip, Alternative Views, was a sixty minute public affairs program cablecast twice weekly on Austin Community Television, Austin, Texas, between 1978 and 1998.
It provided a treasure trove of information and analysis to alert Americans who had access to the program.
