Monday, March 15, 2010

Spy Takes US/Israeli Secrets to Grave


By Robert Parry
March 15, 2010

(Left: David Kimche in 1987 as he left the Federal Courthouse in Washington)

"Last week’s death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche – and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States – are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take their secrets to the grave.

The failure to debrief as many of these people as possible can be blamed significantly on U.S. mainstream journalists who in years past took the lead in collecting, vetting and presenting serious evidence of historical wrongdoing, such as the Pentagon Papers secrets about the Vietnam War and complex political scandals like Watergate....."

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