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“Morris makes a persuasive case that there’s sinister stuff to be unraveled here, and that the CIA is the only organization that can shed light on its former actions. As Harry Huge, one of the Olson family lawyers, notes in a blithely shocking observation, one of the biggest injustices in the U.S. is that you can only sue the government for negligent death, not murder. Frank Olson’s death is clearly just one piece of a puzzle that stretches much, much further into the murkiness of history.”

Wormwood: Obsession, Lies, and a CIA Coverup — The Atlantic

“But don’t you know how wonderful it is to not have an ending? I think you’re really wrong to want this pretty little thing bowed up and tied. It’s wonderful to not have an ending, it is. (…) It is a terrible story.”

American Journalist Seymour Hersh

“Hersh is right about one thing: The [Frank] Olson case is a ‘win’ for the CIA, because they didn’t want to tell anyone what happened, and now they won’t have to. But they can’t stop Eric [Olson] from spiraling ever downward in his quest. After a certain point, obsession becomes the drug.”

Wormwood Finale Recap: Remember Me — Andrew Lapin

In a fascinating interview of  Seymour Hersh by Errol Morris for the WORMWOOD series, the legendary American journalist suggests that the US Army bio-weapons expert was almost certainly executed by the CIA with the US government approval because he was about to reveal a very damaging state secret. But Hersh refuses to go any further in his explanations because — he claims — it would put his source in jeopardy. Still, if you read carefully his answers and comments, you should be able to make a pretty good “guesstimate” about what happened and why. The assassination of Frank Olson is probably not an isolated case. Sy Hersh even suggests that there may have been a “mechanism” to eliminate dissidents such Dr Frank Olson. And the great journalist may very well be right about this. PS: Many thanks to my friend Craig Murray for his help with the writing of this post. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →