A tale of two pairs of brothers and US policy

Reaction to my previous column (“Foreign Affairs magazine bares CIA covert ops in Iran, Congo, Chile and Pakistan,” Manila Times, October 2, 2014), was swift and copious, and I must say most enlightening, especially the letters that sought to fill me in on wide gaps in my knowledge of the CIA, beyond what I see in the movies and on TV series.

One reader pointed me to a treasure trove of materials and a new line of inquiry. But I have to reserve my comments for a later column, in order to finish my commentary on the Foreign Affairs articles.)