Scandal 17: Richard Helms
Jul 14, 2020•41 min•Ep. 38
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Episode description
He made a career out of keeping secrets, starting in a wartime intelligence group and working his way up to Director of the CIA in 1966. But when Congress questioned him about U.S. involvement in the 1970 Chilean presidential election, Helms found himself caught between two oaths—one to secrecy, and one to truth-telling.
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