Advocates; Should United States foreign policy include covert action by the CIA?

02/11/1979

Moderator: Marilyn Berger Advocate: Barney Frank Advocate: Margaret Marshall Witnesses: William Colby Director, CIA 1973-1976 Professor Lyman Kirkpatrick CIA Official 1947-1965 Morton Halperin Director, Center for National Security Studies Robert Borosage Institute for Policy Studies

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should United States foreign policy include covert action by the CIA?
Program Number: 601
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Marilyn Berger Advocate: Barney Frank Advocate: Margaret Marshall Witnesses: William Colby – Director, CIA 1973-1976 Professor Lyman Kirkpatrick – CIA Official 1947-1965 Morton Halperin – Director, Center for National Security Studies Robert Borosage – Institute for Policy Studies Co-produced with the Institute of Politics at the ARCO Forum, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Bears WGBH copyright.
Duration: 00:59:20
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Kirkpatrick, Lyman B.; Frank, Barney, 1940-; Halperin, Morton H.; Colby, William Egan, 1920-1996; Berger, Marilyn; Marshall, Margaret H.
Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genres: Debate
Topics: Social Issues; Public Affairs
Contributors: Kirkpatrick, Lyman (Guest); Frank, Barney (Guest); Halperin, Morton (Guest); Marshall, Margaret (Guest); Colby, William (Guest); Borosage, Robert (Guest); Berger, Marilyn (Moderator)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
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