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SPIES
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Where's James Bond when you need him? You have to
wonder about the spy business after the dubious information that
was used to justify America's war against Iraq. In this hour of
To the Best of Our Knowledge, an argument for revealing all
the secrets to the public. And, a look back at Anthony Blunt, the
notorious Cambridge spy who was also an eminent art historian.
SEGMENT 1:
Ray McGovern is one of the founders of Veteran
Intelligence Professionals for Sanity and worked as a CIA analyst
for 27 years. He tells Steve Paulson that the Bush administration
"cooked" the intelligence provided by the CIA to serve
its policy ends. Victor Navasky, publisher of The Nation
magazine tells Steve Paulson that the track record of the intelligence
agencies does not justify curtailing civil liberties. He thinks
secret intelligence should be revealed to the public.
SEGMENT 2:
James Bamford has written two books about
the National Security Agency. The new one is "Body of Secrets:
Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency." Bamford
tells Jim Fleming that the NSA monitors all communications and
has broad powers to spy on citizens subject to decisions by a
secret court which has never refused an agency request. Also,
Miranda Carter is the author of the biography "Anthony
Blunt." She tells Anne Strainchamps how Blunt became involved
in the Cambridge spy ring and why he decided not to defect to
the Soviet Union. Until he was exposed, he had a successful career
as an art historian and was named Surveyor of the Royal Collection.
SEGMENT 3:
Author and playwright Michael Frayn talks
with Steve Paulson about his play "Copenhagen" and its
dramatic description of the meeting between physicists Neils Bohr
and Werner Heisenberg in 1941. At issue is the degree to which
Heisenberg was spying for the Nazis and his role in the development
of a German atom bomb. We hear clips from the play. Frayn and
Paulson go on to discuss Frayn's novel "Spies" in which
two boys come to suspect during the Second World War that the
mother of one of them is a German spy.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 03-07-13-A.
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Books:
- James Bamford, Body of
Secrets: anatomy of the ultra-secret National Security Agency
(Anchor)
- Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: his lives
(FSG)
- Michael Frayn, Spies: a novel (Metropolitan
Books)
Music:
- After Ray McGovern:
Moby w/ "God Moving Over the Face of the Water"
on "The Score" CD
Mojo Music
After Victor Navasky:
Roy Budd w/ "Get Carter"
on "The Score" CD
Mojo Music
After James Bamford:
Combustible Edison w/ "Spy Vs. Spy"
on "I, Swinger" CD
Sub Pop
After Miranda Carter:
Richard Stoltzman w/ "Chorado"
on "Dreams" CD
RCA Victor
After Michael Frayn:
Johnny Rivers w/ "Secret Agent Man"
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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