CIA | Intelligence service | Cold War | James Angelton interview | This Week | 1976
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Published 2017-12-11
James Angleton who retired in 1975 as the head of counter—intelligence at the CIA. For more than 50 years, he was one of America’s top counter—spies, and as such, one of the most influential men in the world.
He is firmly convinced that, ever since the war, the Soviet Union has been engaged in a drive for world domination, and that the KGB has played a major part through its intelligence services.
First shown: 18/11/1976
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All Comments (21)
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Mr. Angelton said, “We are dealing with a bunch of liars when we deal with the Soviet Union.” Boy, I’m glad we have the CIA here in this country. They never lie to us!
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
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Fascinating. I'm something of an espionage buff, so I have read a lot about Angleton, and this is the first time I have heard him talking in an interview
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This is vintage gold. I've heard a lot about this guy, but never have i seen video of him, only his picture. Awesome, thanks!
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The face of evil ladies and gentleman.
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Angleton was only 23 in this interview
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Angleton was at least as much of a fanatic as Kim Philby ever was.
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Seems pretty candid to me. Good interview.
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You can see how quickly he gets triggered when someone questions his worldview....just the kind of guy who it was safe to have at the helm of unchecked and unaccountable power. He was the lone nut, not Oswald.
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If anyone asks who killed JFK - on balance the shortest answer is to provide Angleton’s name. He is the core piece of the puzzle- without him it would not have happened in my opinion.
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If you replace KGB with CIA in literally every description of its actions by Angleton, you also have a one hundred percent accurate history of the agency.
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We need intelligence, but we also need conviction of and confidence in our own system. Our own capitalistic democracy.
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When he speaks of the Soviets, it seems that he is describing the CIA itself.
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History has a tendency to repeat itself we must guard against the mistakes of the past That is the lesson of history
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Love how he explains Sept 11, 20 years before it was pulled off
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Wow that's an awful lot of projection. Not that he is wrong, just that what he chooses not to say is that he and his organization were just as guilty (if not more so) of the charges he makes.
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Angleton kept autopsy pictures of Bobby Kennedy. I think that speaks volumes for this ghoul.
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On the first minute if you replace Soviet Union with USA, it makes sense
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Easy to see how Angelton could perceive JFK as a threat.
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He knew philby during the war, when philby was in washington, with burgess as his house guest, angleton met with philby every week for lunch and he was head of counter intelligence
