CIA, Iran & the Gulf of Tonkin
 
Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:29:55 -0600 (CST)


George W. Bush's warning to Iran after a confusing incident involving
U.S. ships and Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz is reviving
memories of a fateful 1964 confrontation in North Vietnam's Gulf
of Tonkin. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern writes that U.S.
intelligence should have spoken truth to power then -- as it must
now.

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