Episode 1456 • • 1:25:24 - 1:28:37
1456: Verbate
CIA Propaganda Methodology, John Stockwell Disclosures
Former CIA officer John Stockwell's disclosures regarding the agency's propaganda techniques are revisited. Stockwell detailed how the CIA would plant false stories in foreign newspapers, such as the Zambia Times, and then have them picked up by unwitting global news agencies like Reuters. These "covert actions" were designed to influence international opinion through fabricated atrocities and staged photographs during conflicts like the Angolan War.