I recently joined Scott Horton to talk about the Department of Homeland Security’s Hollywood office. We discussed the process which culture producers have to go through to get DHS approval and assistance, and how much influence this grants the department over the finished product. We also rant a bit about why the DHS exists, their role in the war on terror and the government-Hollywood relationship more broadly.
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SpyCulture.com is written and produced by Tom Secker.
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.
Tom lives on the Lancashire coast and is a proud Northerner. His favourite spy is Eddie Chapman a.k.a. Agent Zigzag. He may or may not sleep with a gun under his pillow.
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