Melvin A. Goodman

Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy

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Former analyst at the CIA (1966-1990) where he worked with and for Defense Secretary-designate Robert Gates; Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy and author of the forthcoming Failure of Intelligence the Decline and Fall of the CIA

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Today, the CIA released 693 pages of reports about 25 years of illegal activities during the 1950's, 60's and 70's, a report nick-named " Family Jewels ."

The CIA Then and Now, and the Role of Dick Cheney

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