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The CIA and Hollywood – Tom and Pearse on Black Op Radio
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The CIA and Hollywood – Tom and Pearse on Black Op Radio

Tom Secker 26th February 2017 November 19th, 2019

Pearse and I were recently invited onto Black Op Radio with Len Osanic to talk about The CIA and Hollywood.  We mostly discussed Ed Lansdale’s involvement in The Quiet American (1958), which butchered the original book in part as a result of Lansdale’s influence on writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz.  We also touched on Charlie Wilson’s War and The Good Shepherd, and other recent films that are known or thought to have received support from the Agency.

http://www.blackopradio.com/pod/black823a.mp3

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Tom is a British-based journalist, author, and podcaster.  His specialities include the security services, Hollywood, propaganda, censorship and the history of terrorism.  Tom’s writing and research has appeared in The Mirror, RT, Salon, Newsweek, The Atlantic, The Independent, Insurge Intelligence, Shadowproof, TechDirt and elsewhere.

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