Steinem on CIA

[Liza Featherstone]

there is a section on GS's CIA activities, and the whole Redstockings thing
in Daring to Be Bad, Alica Echols' history of radical fem. i didn't know
that she threatens to sue everybody who writes about it-- I just interviewed
Echols about her new book, I should have asked if she'd had any legal
trouble about this

the choice GS quote from Echols book is : "the CIA's biggest mistake was not
supplanting itself with private funds fast enough" !!!!

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>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Steinem on CIA
>Date: Tue, Mar 9, 1999, 1:03 AM
>


>Is this quote common knowledge, or has it reached the status of arcana?
>
>"In my experience, the Agency was completely different from its image. It
>was liberal, non-violent, and honorable. I found the C.I.A. my best
>journalistic training ground because the one instruction one receives from
>them is to be accurate, whereas publications tell you to find an angle
>[audience laughed]."
>  - Gloria Steinem, Washington Post, December 3, 1967 (quoted by The
>Redstockings)
>
>Doug