Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; DemocracyNow.org, Dec. 13, 2013
"One of Our Greatest Coups": The CIA and the capture of Mandela
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| CIA capitalists could not stand for a communist success in Africa: life sentence for Mandela |
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| Young communist freedom fighter |
As South Africa prepares to hold a state funeral for beloved Nelson Mandela, Democracy Now! looks at how the CIA
helped the South African government track down and capture Mandela in
1962.
In 1990, the Cox News Service quoted a former U.S. official saying
that hours after Mandela’s arrest, a senior CIA
operative named Paul Eckel admitted the agency’s involvement.
Eckel was
reported as having told the official, "We have turned Mandela over to
the South African security branch. We gave them every detail, what he
would be wearing, the time of day, just where he would be. They have
picked him up. It is one of our greatest coups." Several news outlets
have reported the actual source of the tip that led to the arrest of
Mandela was a CIA official named Donald
Rickard. 
On Thursday, Democracy Now! attempted to reach Rickard at his
home in Colorado. On two occasions, a man who picked up the phone hung
up when we asked to speak with Donald Rickard.
The activist group
RootsAction has launched a campaign to urge the CIA
to open its files on Mandela and South Africa, and the media watchdog
group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has questioned why corporate
media outlets have largely ignored the story. Democarcy Now! speaks to journalist
Andrew Cockburn, who first reported on the CIA link to Mandela’s arrest in 1986 in The New York Times. VIDEO
Do WP readers deserve FULL disclosure in CIA coverage?
The Washington Post should be honest with readers about a big conflict of interest: The newspaper's new owner Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon -- which recently landed a $600 million contract with the CIA. Drone delivery, anyone?
Do WP readers deserve FULL disclosure in CIA coverage?
The Washington Post should be honest with readers about a big conflict of interest: The newspaper's new owner Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon -- which recently landed a $600 million contract with the CIA. Drone delivery, anyone?
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