The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It

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By Barbara Myers, TomDispatch

Anthony J. Russo blew the whistle on American torture policy in Vietnam and on an intelligence debacle at the center of the decision-making that helped turn that war into a nightmare. Neither of his revelations saw the light of day in his own time or ours. And while Daniel Ellsberg remains a major figure for his role in releasing the Pentagon Papers, Russo is a forgotten man.

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