Frank Warren Snepp (born 3 May 1943, Kinston, North Carolina) is a journalist and former chief analyst of North Vietnamese strategy for the CIA in Saigon during the Vietnam War. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Kinston is a city located in Lenoir County, North Carolina. ... The CIAs seal features an eagle atop a sixteen-point compass. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thà nh Chà Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead...
Snepp published his controversial Vietnam memoir, Decent Interval, in 1977, at great risk to his career. Snepp accused the CIA of ruining his career and violating his First Amendment rights. The CIA, in return, claimed Snepp had violated his employment agreement by speaking out. Snepp enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union in his defense. The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a major national non-profit organization based in New York City that defends individual rights in the United States through litigation. ...
"Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context."
Christian Science Monitor, February 26, 1985 The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...
"We always leave the last war thinking we have all the answers, but we end up having more questions."
University of California, Irvine, May 12, 2005 The University of California, Irvine is a public university situated in suburban Irvine, California. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Books
Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the Cia's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam by Frank Snepp, Gloria Emerson ISBN 0700612130
Irreparable Harm: A Firsthand Account of How One Agent Took on the CIA in an Epic Battle Over Free Speech by Frank Snepp, Anthony Lewis ISBN 070061091X
Anthony Lewis (born March 27, 1927, New York City) is a prominent liberal intellectual, writing for the New York Times op-ed page and the New York Review of Books, among other publications. ...
The October Surprise Conspiracy was an alleged plot that claimed representatives of the 1980 Ronald Reagan presidential campaign had conspired with Islamic Republic of Iran to delay the release of 66 Americans held hostage in Tehran until after the election. ...
FrankSnepp, a top CIA analyst in Saigon when the South Vietnamese regime collapsed in 1975, tells us that he had to conduct interrogations of captured members of the Viet Cong in the dungeons of Saigon through an interpreter.
Certainly Snepp relished playing the part of the classic spook, carrying a hidden.45 and wearing sunglasses, and he enjoyed the further thrill of having an audience for his theatrics; all the American journalists knew him as the resident CIA briefing officer.
Snepp was a fair-haired boy at the embassy, encouraged, at the age of about thirty, to write essays analyzing the conduct of the war.
FrankSnepp, on the other hand, was sued by the Justice Department, on behalf of the C.I.A., for writing a book about the fall of Saigon, "Decent Interval," without the agency's permission.
The goal, Snepp says, was to reduce him to penury and seal his lips and fingers with legal superglue.
In court, the Government argued that Snepp should be strippedof all earnings from the book -- virtually every penny he had made in the nearly two years it took to write it -- as well as all future profits.
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