I’m currently reading ‘The Secret History of the CIA; Legacy of Ashes’ by Tim Weiner (Doubleday, 2007). It tells the tale of the CIA as a rather inefficient and inept outfit that, through its numerous misconceptions and naivities, has cost the world several unwarranted conflicts. Everything the author refers to is sourced at the back of the book. It must be said that it is from the off a critical view of the CIA and in no way offers them any positive feedback, for which it’s kind of hard to believe but then you could say that anything positive they have done would not be worth reporting right? Well, either way, it’s a warts and all look into one of the world’s foremost intelligence outfits in a way that no-one (at least to this author’s knowledge) has done before. After reading this, I had a browse on google videos and this documentary appeared. It is evident that again there is an underlying reason for making such a film, which the author makes clear from the start. It is titled; “In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood and Bioterrorism – Official Release”.Both of these have given me a new insight into the course of modern history, especially the cold war and its numerous sub-plots, twists and turns. Take a look…….
