Secret War in Laos event

“the record would be open. These political events, plus the military development in Laos, marked a shift in the secret war. In late 1971, Senator Symington sponsored an amendment to the appropriation bill that set a ceiling of $350 million f…”

“Two years later, Stuart Symington steered a different course. At hearings on the U.S. worldwide commitment, he demanded explanations, asserting that the U.S. was waging war in Laos and had been for years. Yeah, with his approval and funding…”

“Symington was the thinly disguised villain. Agency officials had a deaf ear for the corrosive effects of secrecy on public support for their endeavor. Drug trafficking in Laos constituted an element that helps our key figures in Washington.…”

“I'm sorry, I thought Carter was supposed to be loyal to the Constitution. What did I just miss here? Holy shit, these people are crazy. Carter had no way of knowing that Sullivan and Shackley shared a series of secrets that went back to inc…”

“According to William Corson, more than 100 prisoners of war captured in the secret war in Laos had been deliberately declared dead or missing in Vietnam before the first year of the Nixon administration to keep up the charade that no one wa…”