Top 5 CIA Movies
Jefferson Morley
July 15, 2021
This comes from a friend of a Twitter friend, and I must agree.
…The Spybrary reviews ‘The Ghost’
Jefferson Morley
December 8, 2017
The Spybrary podcast, which covers espionage fact and fiction, notes that the facts of James Angleton’s CIA empire far exceed how his career is depicted in spy fictions like William F. Buckley’s novel Spy Time and Robert DeNiro’s movie, The Good Shepherd.
“Whatever you think you know about Angleton, I guarantee there’s something in THE GHOST that will surprise you.”
Did Allen Dulles know the Bay of Pigs invasion would fail?
Jefferson Morley
November 7, 2016
In response to the trailer for the CIA movie, “The Good Shepherd,” Dan asks:
Did the Soviets and Cubans know the date and time of the invasion in advance? If yes, is it also true Allen Dulles knew the mission was compromised and went ahead regardless?
Answer: The Cubans knew the invasion was coming but they did not know the date and time. There was no high-level leak, as the movie implies. And, no, Allen Dulles did not know the Bay of Pigs invasion was going to fail.
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