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| + | |description=[[Inspector General of the CIA]] 1990-1998 | ||
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| + | |alma_mater=Princeton University, Harvard School of Law | ||
| + | |interests=Political Science | ||
| + | |birth_date=1939-10-14 | ||
| + | |birth_name=Frederick Porter Hitz | ||
| + | |nationality=American | ||
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| − | |title=Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency | + | |title=Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency |
|start=November 13, 1990 | |start=November 13, 1990 | ||
|end=1998 | |end=1998 | ||
|next=1 May 1998 | |next=1 May 1998 | ||
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| + | '''Frederick Porter Hitz''' is a former [[Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency]]. He is listed by [[John Simkin]] as under 'Disinformation'<ref>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkessler.htm</ref> He criticized the [[CIA]]'s policy of deliberately lying to its employees, stating that "Somebody who is not clued in could take action on the basis of false information. That’s really playing with fire.”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/eyewash-how-the-cia-deceives-its-own-workforce-about-operations/2016/01/31/c00f5a78-c53d-11e5-9693-933a4d31bcc8_story.html</ref> | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | He worked in the [[CIA]] as | + | He worked in the [[CIA]] as [[Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency]]. He held this post for an unusually long time, retiring in 1998. |
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| + | Hitz investigated [[Gary Webb]]'s claims of the [[CIA drug trafficking]], and found they were justified.<ref>http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/30/the-cia-and-the-press-when-the-washington-post-ran-the-cias-propaganda-network/</ref> | ||
In 1995, when he was asked, whether, after five years of looking into darkness, he had learned a moral lesson? He replied "[Yes], absolute secrecy corrupts absolutely." <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/us/in-search-of-the-cia-s-bad-apples.html</ref> | In 1995, when he was asked, whether, after five years of looking into darkness, he had learned a moral lesson? He replied "[Yes], absolute secrecy corrupts absolutely." <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/us/in-search-of-the-cia-s-bad-apples.html</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Frederick Porter Hitz 1939-10-14 | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Harvard School of Law | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members | |||||||||||||
| Interests | Political Science | |||||||||||||
Inspector General of the CIA 1990-1998
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Frederick Porter Hitz is a former Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency. He is listed by John Simkin as under 'Disinformation'[1] He criticized the CIA's policy of deliberately lying to its employees, stating that "Somebody who is not clued in could take action on the basis of false information. That’s really playing with fire.”[2]
Career
He worked in the CIA as Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency. He held this post for an unusually long time, retiring in 1998.
Hitz investigated Gary Webb's claims of the CIA drug trafficking, and found they were justified.[3]
In 1995, when he was asked, whether, after five years of looking into darkness, he had learned a moral lesson? He replied "[Yes], absolute secrecy corrupts absolutely." [4]
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References
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkessler.htm
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/eyewash-how-the-cia-deceives-its-own-workforce-about-operations/2016/01/31/c00f5a78-c53d-11e5-9693-933a4d31bcc8_story.html
- ↑ http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/30/the-cia-and-the-press-when-the-washington-post-ran-the-cias-propaganda-network/
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/us/in-search-of-the-cia-s-bad-apples.html
