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America's Spy Machine: Watching the Watchers --
Feb. 4, 1996 |
| The world of espionage has long been fertile ground for the creative imagination of film
makers, novelists, and even cartoonists. But the real world of spies, where the work is often
mundane and down to earth, is a different story... |
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A Conversation with
William Colby
-- April 23, 1995
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| Former Director of the CIA (1973-76), once known as an unrepentant Cold Warrior,
now promotes a 50% cut in the military budget... |
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MILSTAR: A Millstone from the Cold Warr --
July 3, 1994
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| The original idea behind MILSTAR was that it would enable the president to talk
to our nuclear forces. He really wouldn't have very much to say beyond "Go bomb Moscow..." |
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Lifting the Veil of Military Secrecy
-- Feb. 20, 1994
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| There are still cases of weapons procurement, military operations, and government funding
undertaken at levels of secrecy established during the Cold War. This program examines the pros and cons of
military secrecy in the absence of significant enemies... |
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The Making of a Dictator --
May 2, 1993
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| When governments and corporations treat armaments like any other product and ship them to
foreign dictators, tragic things can happen. Dictators can use the arms against their own people, against their
neighbors, and against the people who deliver the arms in the first place... |
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Do We Need the CIA?
-- May 24, 1992
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| The end of the Cold War heralds dramatic changes. Do we need to spend $30 Billion
each year on information? |
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Space Weapons
-- Aug. 5, 1990 |
| Should we allow anti-satellite weapons to extend the arms race into space? |
For more information on covert operations and intelligence issues, please e-mail CDI's Col. Dan Smith
(USA) Ret. at dsmith@cdi.org.
