Via Turthout: Juan Cole Wants Investigation Into Claim by Former Official That White House Asked CIA to Smear Him

 
Juan Cole Wants Investigation Into Claim by Former Official That White House Asked CIA to Smear Him

Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press: "A professor at the University of Michigan said Thursday 'it was criminal' that the White House, under President George W. Bush, reportedly asked the CIA at least twice to dig up negative information about his personal life in order to discredit his views on the Iraq war. And he called upon congressional committees to launch an investigation into what he said was illegal spying on an American citizen ... According to Thursday's New York Times, a CIA official, under pressure from the White House, asked his staff to spy on Cole, a noted history professor."
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