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| + | '''Linda Hunt''' is a US author and journalist. She is a former [[CNN]] reporter. In 1985, in the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]], she exposed [[Operation Paperclip]] and the extent to which the United States federal government and military headhunted German scientists, engineers, and technicians to the United States after World War II<ref>https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/12/Nazi-scientists-aided-by-US-intelligence/6275479451600/</ref>. The expose was expanded to the book ''Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945–1990''<ref>https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_paperclip03.htm</ref><ref>{ Annie Jacobsen. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi scientists to America.</ref> people. | ||
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| + | Later coverage [[Operation Paperclip]] has had a whiff of a limited hangout, as the focus often is on the engineers ([[Wernher von Braun]]) and not on the darker parts of this recruitment program; intelligence people and interrogation (torture) experts, Eastern European collaborators, the medical experts, etc. | ||
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| + | Hunt won the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in 1985.<ref>Linda Hunt (1991). Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945-1990. New Yor</ref> Hunt uncovered her information through what were then recently-declassified government documents obtained under the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]].<ref>https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/12/Nazi-scientists-aided-by-US-intelligence/6275479451600/</ref> She is from [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref>https://www.expertclick.com/expert/Adoptees%27-Rights/Linda-Hunt-Media-Critic</ref> | ||
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Exposed the extent of Operation Paperclip where the United States federal government and military headhunted German scientists, engineers, and technicians to the United States after World War II | |
Linda Hunt is a US author and journalist. She is a former CNN reporter. In 1985, in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, she exposed Operation Paperclip and the extent to which the United States federal government and military headhunted German scientists, engineers, and technicians to the United States after World War II[1]. The expose was expanded to the book Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945–1990[2][3] people.
Later coverage Operation Paperclip has had a whiff of a limited hangout, as the focus often is on the engineers (Wernher von Braun) and not on the darker parts of this recruitment program; intelligence people and interrogation (torture) experts, Eastern European collaborators, the medical experts, etc.
Hunt won the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in 1985.[4] Hunt uncovered her information through what were then recently-declassified government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.[5] She is from St. Petersburg, Florida.[6]
A Document by Linda Hunt
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| File:Secret Agenda.pdf | eBook | 1987 | Operation Paperclip World War II | The story of 'Operation Paperclip, a US covert program to recruit ex-NAZI scientists to work in the US on eugenics, chemical/bio warfare agents, mind control/hallucinogenics and other scientific programs and set up as World War II drew to a close |
References
- ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/12/Nazi-scientists-aided-by-US-intelligence/6275479451600/
- ↑ https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_paperclip03.htm
- ↑ { Annie Jacobsen. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi scientists to America.
- ↑ Linda Hunt (1991). Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945-1990. New Yor
- ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/12/Nazi-scientists-aided-by-US-intelligence/6275479451600/
- ↑ https://www.expertclick.com/expert/Adoptees%27-Rights/Linda-Hunt-Media-Critic
