Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
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This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes
Professor Peter Dale Scott for a discussion of secrecy and its consequences
in the making of U.S. foreign policy. Their discussion focuses on CIA
interventions, the rise of al Qaeda, the role of U.S. government in supporting
Islamic jihadists to counter Soviet power during the Cold War, and the
response of the Bush administration to the 9/11 attack.
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