Kevin Whitelaw

 

Whitelaw, Kevin. "The Attack that Wasn't: How Erroneous Intelligence Reports Led to a Previous War." U.S. News & World Report, 12 Dec. 2005, 42.

A newly declassified study by NSA historian Robert Hanyok -- and over 140 formerly top secret intelligence reports -- confirm ... not only that there never was a second attack [in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964] but that the NSA had plenty of contradictory evidence that was actively suppressed."

[Vietnam/Topics/Tonkin]

Whitelaw, Kevin. "A Killing in Congo: Lumumba's Death No Longer Seems a CIA Plot." U.S. News & World Report, 24 Jul. 2000, 63.

Citing a new book by Ludo de Witte, The Assassination of Lumumba, the article notes that "new evidence suggests that Belgium [not the CIA] ... was the mastermind" behind the killing of former Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba in January 1961.

[CA/Africa]

Whitelaw, Kevin, and David E. Kaplan. “Can This Man Save the CIA?” U.S. News & World Report, 22 May 2006, 22-24.

"Mike Hayden is smart, tough, a go-to guy. So why all the questions about him being the boss of the spook house?"

[CIA/DCIs/DCIAs/Hayden/Confirmation]

Whitelaw, Kevin, and David E. Kaplan. “Gumshoes and Spooks.” U.S. News & World Report, Commemorative Issue of 9/11, Sep. 2002, 62.

“After the catastrophic terrorist attacks, government agencies banded together to fight al Qaeda. The results were swift -- a global roundup of some suspected al Qaeda operatives. Still, it's been a struggle at times to get the FBI and CIA to overcome their history and divergent cultures.”

[FBI/02; CIA/00s/02; Terrorism/02]

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