William Bader

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(spook, historian)
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BornWilliam Banks Bader
1931-09-08
Died2016-03-16 (Age 84)
Alma materPomona College, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Vienna
ExposedGulf of Tonkin
US spook who in 1967 brought to Congressional attention that the "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" was a fraud perpetrated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara as a casus belli for the Vietnam War

William B. Bader, in 1967, discovered and brought to Congressional attention, the fact that the "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" was a fraud perpetrated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara as a casus belli for the Vietnam War.[1]

Career

Bader worked for the CIA and ONI. He was chief of staff of the Foreign Relations Committee from 1979 to 1981.[2]

 

A Quote by William Bader

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Time Magazine“You don't need to manipulate Time magazine, for example, because there are [Central Intelligence] Agency people at the management level”1976
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