What the CIA heard when it listened in on Latin American dictators

The World

For more than 50 years, the CIA used encryption devices to spy on its adversaries and allies, according to a new report by the Washington Post. Tom Blanton, head of the non-governmental National Security Archive, talks with host Marco Werman about how much US intelligence agencies knew about the dirty deeds of military dictatorships in South America.  

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