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How the CIA turned the National Student Association into a covert operational weapon in the Cold War—and how Ramparts magazine exposed the deception in 1967: KAREN PAGET tells that story. Her new book is Patriotic Betrayal.
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Plus: Bibi Netanyahu won the Israeli elections — after coming out against Palestinian statehood. It’s hard to think of an uglier victory in recent history. HAROLD MEYERSON will comment: he wrote about the election for the Washington Post: HERE.
Also: GEORGE PELECANOS worked as a line cook, bartender, and woman’s shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. He was also a producer and writer for The Wire on HBO, and a producer and writer for the HBO series Treme—two of the greatest things ever on TV. Now he’s published his first collection of short stories – it’s called The Martini Shot.
