1. The Chelsea Manning & Harvard business is a good occasion for thinking about the relationship between the Ivy League & the CIA.
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10. Angleton eventually became head of counter-intelligence, which is when he really to use his Ivy League education.
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11. From Empson and other New Critics, Angleton had been taught to be attentive to ambiguity, latent & hidden meaning.
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12. Angleton interrogated defectors. He could never accept their testimony at face value but looked for ambiguity & double meaning.
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13. Always fearing each defector was really a double agent, Angleton became increasingly paranoid, believing CIA infiltrated by moles.
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14. In his Ahab-like quest for the big mole, Angleton held defectors prisoner indefinitely & drugged them.
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15. Although later the CIA would democratize & accept recruits even from state schools, the Ivy League connection is still there.
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16. All of which helps explain why Harvard caved so quickly to some very dubious spooks.
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It would have been funny if they had gone with The Book of Practical Cats, instead. You know… just sayin’.
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