Lost History Series: How the American historical record has been tainted by lies and cover-ups.

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Lost History

How the American historical record has been tainted by

lies and cover-ups

 

 

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Lost History Series

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/051503a.html

A CIA Officer's Calamitous Choices

Secret intelligence operatives sometimes make

decisions that resonate through time. One such CIA

officer was James Critchfield, whose choices

influenced U.S. attitudes in the Cold War and shaped

the Saddam era in Iraq. By Jerry Meldon. May 15, 2003.

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/091701a.html

Toward the Brink

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and

the Pentagon have suddenly made relevant the shadowy

history of the past two decades. September 17, 2001

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/051601a.html

CIA's Worst-Kept Secret

Newly released documents confirm that U.S.

intelligence recruited and protected hundreds of Nazi

war criminals after World War II. By Martin A. Lee.

May 16, 2001

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/050101a.html

Three Reasons -- What Went Wrong

Three recent news events shed light on what went wrong

with American democracy over the past half century, as

the nation compromised its principles -- and

implicated young men like Bob Kerrey in atrocities --

all for the Cold War. May 1, 2001

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/030401a.html

CIA's Anti-Drug Message for Kids

The CIA wants American families to know that it's

fighting the war on drugs, but the real story isn't

quite so simple or so pretty. By Martin A. Lee. March

4, 2001

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/022301a.html

Reagan-Bush Security Breaches

Ronald Reagan's tough rhetoric of the 1980s obscured a

very different reality. As the arrest of an alleged

FBI " double agent " underscores, the Reagan-Bush era

was a time when American national security was

compromised, possibly worse than at any time in U.S.

history. February 23, 2001

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2000/091800a.html

Iran-Contra & the Case of Wen Ho Lee

Little-noticed Iran-contra files shed light on how the

Reagan-Bush administration built the clandestine ties

to communist China that were the backdrop of the Wen

Ho Lee nuclear secrets case. By Robert Parry.

September 18, 2000

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/112599a.html

Ronald Reagan's Last Secret

A search for an inner self ends on the surface. By

Robert Parry. November 25, 1999

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/052699a1.html

Reagan & Guatemala's Death Files.

New records prove genocide and the U.S. hand. By

Robert Parry. May 26, 1999

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/052699b.html

The US-Guatemala File.

Training state terrorists. By Robert Parry. May 26,

1999

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/052699c.html

'Like I Wasn't President at All.'

Reagan and Iran. By Robert Parry. May 26, 1999

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/1990s/consor13.html

Secret Service Privilege: The Bush File

Kenneth Starr has obliterated the Secret Service's

claim of a special 'protective privilege.' But Starr's

old boss, George Bush, benefitted from that privilege

when his bodyguards concealed records from October

Surprise investigators in 1992. July 23, 1998

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost23.html

Uncle Sam's Favorite Terrorists

New evidence suggests that in the past year, U.S. soil

again has served as a base for anti-Castro terrorism.

The attacks confront President Clinton with a choice

between law and politics. June 24, 1998

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost22.html

Two Indonesias, Two Americas

The turmoil in Indonesia has brought to the fore

secret military relations between Washington and

Jakarta that date back to the 1960s. Then, President

Sukarno was ousted by Gen. Suharto amid a bloody

rampage that killed up to one million people. The U.S.

hand always hid behind a cloak of national security,

one dark chapter in a troubling history of

counterinsurgency. June 9, 1998

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost21.html

India, the CIA & the Bomb

CIA's botched Indian analysis is drawing criticism,

but the root of the failure is found in President

Reagan's 'politicization' and President Clinton's

failure to correct the problem. June 9, 1998

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost20.html

Lost History: GOP & KAL-007: 'Key Is to Lie First'

Republican leaders say they want the " whole truth "

about the Clinton scandals. But the GOP's history is

strewn with 50 years of Cold War situational lying,

like the doctored intercepts used as propaganda after

the Korean Air Lines disaster in 1983. (5/18/98)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost19.html

Lost History: Project X, Drugs & Death Squads

New disclosures about secret 'Project X' training

manuals and the CIA's purge of criminals from its

payrolls have corroborated many of the decades-old

criticism of U.S. national security. But the news is

slipping back into a media black hole. (3/31/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost18.html

Lost History: Contras, Dirty $ & CIA (Part 2)

A mysterious Cuban-American banker lined up millions

of dollars in guns for the Nicaraguan contras. But the

money came from shadowy Panamanian banks and brought

suspicion that the CIA was arranging laundered drug

profits. (3/3/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost17.html

Lost History: Contras, Dirty Money & CIA

When Ronald Reagan wanted to get guns and money to the

Nicaraguan contras, his men often turned to the

shadowy world of money-laundering. Newly discovered

documents show a well-worn trail that leads from

Panama's law offices to Swiss banks, from dirty money

on the streets of American cities to the brutal murder

of a principal contra financier. (2/17/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost16.html

Lost History: Ollie's 'Enemies' & the FBI

When Oliver North was at the height of his power, he

tried to muscle his 'enemies' by enlisting the FBI and

other federal agencies to investigate them. Newly

released Iran-contra documents show that North saw the

FBI as a possible weapon even to use against

troublesome journalists. (2/3/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost15.html

Lost History: The CIA Protects the Iran-Contra

Cover-up (1/20/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost14.html

Lost History: CIA-Contra Plan-Kill Cubans

Duane Clarridge acknowledges in a new book that an

original goal of the contra operation was to " start

killing Cubans. " (1/20/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost13.html

Lost History: The CIA's Fugitive Terrorist

Luis Posada, a CIA-trained Cuban exile, hooked up with

Oliver North's secret Nicaraguan contra supply

operation in 1986. Before that Posada was a known

international terrorist accused of bombing a civilian

airliner that was headed for Havana. (1/6/97)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost12.html

Lost History: CIA's Perception Management

How the CIA practiced " Perception Management " on the

American people during the '80s. (12/9/96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost11.html

Lost History: Dole Nearly Cited in Iran-Contra Report

While in the Senate, Dole fought to hinder Lawrence

Walsh's Iran-contra investigation and then urged

President Bush to pardon Casper Weinberger in the last

month of the Bush Presidency. (11/11/96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost10.html

Lost History: Arafat Reveals 'October Surprise' Bid

Arafat informed President Carter that the Republicans

approached him in 1980 over October Surprise.

(10-28-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost9.html

Lost History: 'Project X' & Assassins School

The Pentagon now admits that the School of the

Americas used manuals that advocated torture, murder

and coercion for political ends. (10-14-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost8.html

Lost History: Wall Street Journal's 'Big Lies'

The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, edited by

Robert Bartley, stoops to some of the worst media

abuses. Evidence is fabricated. Good people are

smeared. Case in point: WSJ vs. Gary Sick. (9-30-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost7.html

Lost History: Reagan-Bush Crime Syndicate

A decade ago, press reports disclosed that the

Nicaraguan contra rebels were trafficking in cocaine

to buy guns. But instead of going after the contras,

the White House went after the story and the

government investigators who tried to follow it up.

(9-16-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost6.html

Lost History: Marcos, Money & Treason

In a stunning disclosure, Ed Rollins, Ronald Reagan's

former campaign manager, writes that Philippine despot

Ferdinand Marcos sent $10 Million in cash to Reagan's

1984 campaign. (9-2-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost5.html

Lost History: Newsweek's Convenient Lies

When Newsweek columnist Joe Klein lied about his

authorship of a novel and editor Maynard Parker

published falsehoods in Newsweek to protect Klein's

money-making secret, the magazine's 'standards of

truth' responsible for hounding Adm. Jeremy Boorda

over his right to wear a pin were suddenly less

inviolable. (8-19-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost4.html

Lost History: Pierre Salinger & 1980 Taboo

The censorship of fomer ABC News' Paris bureau chief

Pierre Salinger's memoirs, P.S., which expunged his

October Surprise conclusion, is another case of the

history of the 1980 American Presidential election is

Lost History. (7-8-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost3.html

Lost History: October Surprise Arises

The October Surprise has been brought before the

Supreme Court in a libel suit. Former national

security adviser Robert McFarlane has brought suit

against Esquire magazine for a 1991 story linking

McFarlane to both the alleged 1980 hostage dirty trick

and to the Jonathan Pollard spy case. (6-24-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost2.html

Lost History: The Devil & Bob Gates

Ex-CIA Director Bob Gates's memoirs, " From the

Shadows, " reveals an eerie mix of startling admissions

blended with dubious history and self-serving

explanations to provide proof of our lost history.

(6-10-96)

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost1.html

Lost History: Death, Lies and Bodywashing

A small granite marker in Arlington National Cemetery

honors the 21 American soldiers who fought and died in

El Salvador's civil war, but their story remains a

secret to the American people. (5-27-96)

 

 

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