#189 – Richard Lim

#189 – Richard Lim

May 21, 2021 | Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

We’re joined by Richard Lim from the “This American President” podcast to talk about Truman and his Cold War decisions. It gets a little… tense. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW...
#189 – Richard Lim

#182 – CIA Front Groups

Feb 4, 2021 | Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

The CIA wanted to secretly funnel American cash to European politicians, criminals and businesses that would do their bidding. They also wanted to influence public opinion about capitalism, communism, but without appearing to. To accomplish this, they set up an...
#189 – Richard Lim

#181 – Plausible Deniability

Jan 23, 2021 | Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

On September 1, 1948, Frank Wisner took charge of the CIA’s covert operations. Known as the OPC – The Office of Policy Co-ordination. Although the CIA was a publicly known entity, the OPC was top secret. One of the first things he did was establish a...
#189 – Richard Lim

#179 – Covert Psychological Operations

Dec 16, 2020 | Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

Part 4 of our series on the creation of the CIA. Even the CIA’s original legal counsel warned them that covert missions were illegal – but they did them anyway. On December 14, 1947, they were ordered to execute “covert psychological operations designed to...
#189 – Richard Lim

#178 – Scare The Hell Out Of Them

Dec 3, 2020 | Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

Part 3 of our series on the creation of the CIA. In 1947, Truman’s popularity was plunging. The CIA came out of his attempt to scare the hell out of the country. Exit Director Vandenberg and enter Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Allen Dulles, the National Security...