Michael Harrington person
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Claims (3)
William Colby covered_up
Michael Harrington documented
“William Colby followed with a letter to the Times two days later referring specifically to Harrington. Colby denied ever using the term destabilization, which the congressman had used. Scott Breckinridge, Nathaniel Davis, and others seized …”
▶ The Colonel's Safe for Democracy Part 37 (39) @ 20:01
Michael Harrington exposed
CIA documented
“Hence, it had never been closed under House rules. Harrington had no obligation to seek approval. Langley had tripped over its own cleverness. This became the first Chilean hand grenade to explode. Harrington had no success on hearings, but…”
▶ The Colonel's Safe for Democracy Part 37 (39) @ 13:48
Larry Stern exposed
Michael Harrington documented
“Both published pieces on September 8th, revealing Harrington's letters. On September 12th, Hirsch wrote that Senator Frank Church intended to press the Chile issue. A week later, when Henry Kissinger sat before the Senate Foreign Relations …”
▶ The Colonel's Safe for Democracy Part 37 (39) @ 17:05
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▶ 10:51
A dozen more CIA briefings on Chile took place between March 73 and December of the next year. Bill Colby, now DCI in his own right, sat in the hot seat on October 11, 1973 to deny the House committee that the CIA had any role in the strike…
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He arranged for an appearance in front of that committee. On January 22nd, Colby and Latin American David Phillips appeared at a quote-unquote hearing of that subcommittee. Director Colby danced around the issues, according to Harrington, s…
▶ 12:46
read the proceedings and used them for letters to colleagues and to Senator Fulbright advocating full-scale public hearings on the CIA activities in Chile, and also wrote a letter for the editor of the New York Times. Agency defenders accus…
▶ 13:18
Congress in closed executive session. In fact, a congressman filed a formal complaint against him for doing what he did. Again, this is just mind-blowing. When the House of Representatives looked into the matter, however, the charge had to …
▶ 13:48
Hence, it had never been closed under House rules. Harrington had no obligation to seek approval. Langley had tripped over its own cleverness. This became the first Chilean hand grenade to explode. Harrington had no success on hearings, but…
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That would have obliged the president and the secretary of state to produce data on the economic measures or economic warfare they had taken against Allende. The Harrington letters also gave Senator Fulbright an opportunity to press again f…
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acquired the story and the paper printed it on September 11th, including Kissinger's soon notorious comment. No doubt the Secretary of State hit the ceiling. Although Hirsch represented only the leading edge of a drumbeat of press coverage …
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William Colby followed with a letter to the Times two days later referring specifically to Harrington. Colby denied ever using the term destabilization, which the congressman had used. Scott Breckinridge, Nathaniel Davis, and others seized …