Tom Polger person
also: Polgar, P-O-L-G-A-R, Polger, Pulger, Tom Polger
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Claims (7)
Tom Polger member_of
CIA documented
“They brought this guy in to protect the CIA. They didn't have to hire him. They could have hired anybody. They didn't. They brought him in twice to protect the CIA. The CIA's placing one of its own on a congressional investigation is not un…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Devil’s Chessboard Part 1 @ 15:07
Tom Polger member_of
CIA documented
“and the prospects dimmed every day. Tom Polger followed Shackley as the Saigon station chief in January of 1972. He had been a European specialist with zero Asian experience. His most recent posting was in Latin America. Polger did pretty w…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31B @ 28:09
Tom Polger succeeded
Ted Shackley documented
“and the prospects dimmed every day. Tom Polger followed Shackley as the Saigon station chief in January of 1972. He had been a European specialist with zero Asian experience. His most recent posting was in Latin America. Polger did pretty w…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31B @ 28:09
Tom Polger project_manager_for
DT Linen documented
“Wallach. Later, Wallach would transfer to the CIA. Secondly, the author interviewed CIA officer Tom Polger, who was the project manager for D.T. Lennon. When shown the declassified documents revealing Skorzeny's connection to KGU, Polger st…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 13 @ 15:35
Tom Polger member_of
CIA book_quoted
“ferret out all of the people that they wanted. Let's see. What'd you say, Liza? Which secret society in the green robes called themselves a hunting group? I don't remember that one. That's very interesting. That's very interesting, actually…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 6 - 7 @ 1:02:45
CIA recruited
Tom Polger documented
“David Murphy, a subordinate at the Berlin base, denies that the field submitted any request to approve CIA intervention, citing the recollection of Tom Polger and Gordon Seward, both senior officers in the overall German program. Murphy not…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 11 (12) @ 50:23
Tom Polger headed
South Vietnam documented
“were not about to determine the outcome of the war. That would be done on the ground in the South. And the prospects dimmed every day. Tom Polger followed Shackley as the Saigon station chief in January of 1972. He had been a European speci…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33) @ 23:42
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▶ 15:07
They brought this guy in to protect the CIA. They didn't have to hire him. They could have hired anybody. They didn't. They brought him in twice to protect the CIA. The CIA's placing one of its own on a congressional investigation is not un…
▶ 15:37
including being chief of six CIA field installations in Asia, South America, and Europe. Pulger was also on the staff of Parvus, the consulting firm loaded with intelligence officers that has an advisory director, Theodore Dimitri, of the H…
▶ 50:23
David Murphy, a subordinate at the Berlin base, denies that the field submitted any request to approve CIA intervention, citing the recollection of Tom Polger and Gordon Seward, both senior officers in the overall German program. Murphy not…
▶ 23:42
were not about to determine the outcome of the war. That would be done on the ground in the South. And the prospects dimmed every day. Tom Polger followed Shackley as the Saigon station chief in January of 1972. He had been a European speci…
▶ 24:15
but the war was too far gone. Hanoi staged a huge offensive that year, finally driving the U.S. out of the conflict, at least in terms of military involvement. The Paris ceasefire agreement sealed the fate of Saigon. Polgar presided over 30…
▶ 25:12
even though they were trained in basically what amounts to terrorist training camps. Many were left behind, along with Saigon Station records, which fell into the hands of Hanoi when the U.S. Embassy was captured on April 30, 1975. Frank Sn…