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Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA Hardcover – November 1, 1984

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The author presents startling discoveries that indicate that the American public has been seriously misinformed about the Watergate Scandal and reveals the actual culprits, sexual scandals, and malicious interagency spying

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November 1, 1984
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9780394514284
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0394514289
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Inc; 1st edition (November 1, 1984)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 347 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780394514284
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394514284
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds

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Kathryn

Another great Watergate conspiracy book!

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2018

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If you are interested in the various theories relating to the Watergate Scandal, this is a must read. Copyright is 1984. Very early, all things considered, in the deluge of Watergate books and follow-up books, and theories, and discovery of identities (Deep Throat), and the seemingly endless saga that is Watergate. I could not find this book for my Kindle, or as an audio book. But I finally found it in a used book store (on-line). It was "delightful" to read...having read so many others. Will we ever know what was behind all this? Probably not. But it sure is interesting.

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Scott C Marinoff

Fascinating look at a mysterious case

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2019

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The book added many additional details about the events leading up to the break-ins and arrests - and the aftermath. I've followed the Watergate case since it happened and the book brought new threads and patterns to this crazy quilt case. Ultimately, it was the cover-up that brought Nixon down and given developments in 2019, it's clear that some never quite learned the lesson of Watergate: Lies and paranoia will always lead to a downfall.

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Jim DiEugenio

A First Class Piece of Investigative Journalism

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2015

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To this day, this is probably the best book ever written about Watergate. Even though it was published back in 1984, over 30 years ago.

The book takes such a divergent view of the crime, that it is almost like you are reading about it for the first time. See most books on the subject at that time began with the break in. They followed the lead of Bernstein-Woodward in All the President's Men. Which Bob Redford had stupidly swallowed.

Hougan started with the roles of Hunt and McCord, way back in the CIA. And he shows that it is very doubtful that both men were still retired in 1972. Or as Victor Marchetti once told me about David Phillips and meeting him in 1978, "Dave was retired but he really wasn't retired." Once one understands that, then Hougan brings in all the anomalies that these two men did, showing how the CIA monitored and controlled aspects of the Plumbers, and
that ultimately resulted in the Watergate caper being discovered. In other words, he begins with the proper background of the perpetrators, then goes through the creation of the Plumbers, and accents the role of the Mullen Company which was a CIA front where Hunt was working at before he was pushed on Chuck Colson by Robert Bennett, another CIA asset,
who was spinning the crime for Bob Woodward and the Post.

The triumph of the book is the chapter where Hougan depicts for us a an almost minute by minute portrayal of the actual final beak in. Which shows that it very likely was sabotaged by McCord. Who just happened to be the guy who broke the case into the White House with his letter to Judge Sirica.

Hougan does give credit to Fred Thompson's book At That Point in Time (1978). Which was overlooked when it came out. But did have a lot of information on the CIA aspect and the lies of Dick Helms about Watergate.

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Lisa T.

Fast delivery!

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2019

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I'm just beginning this; curious to know everything there is to know about the super spy E. Howard Hunt. Thank you Wonder Book and Video for a great price and very fast delivery.

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Earth that Was

There is still a lot we don't know about Watergate

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2010

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Jim Hougan is an able investigative reporter with an interest in the "underworld" of Spooks and Spies. Hougan's book "Spooks", in many ways a companion volume to "Secret Agenda", was the product of a four year investigative project. Hougan does his home work.

"Secret Agenda" raises questions about Watergate and the numerous CIA connections in the case. In particular Hougan explores the implications of the Radford spy ring, an "unofficial" Pentagon spy operation directed at Kissinger's secret diplomacy, and a Washington DC based "Call Girl" ring over which the CIA's general security unit had some influence.

It is difficult to assess how Hougan's theory holds up today. During the famous Frost / Nixon interviews, Nixon himself alluded to some national security angles to the Watergate affair and recently Gordon Liddy has made statements in support of some of Hougan's ideas in connection with a recent court case. Still Hougan's pick for the identity of "Deep Throat" has not panned out. One person he explicitly passed over, the FBI's Mark Felt, turned out to be the one. Still as Hougan has commented from his web site, having Felt, the former chief of the FBI's Cointelpro operations as "Deep Throat" raises new questions.

Hougan's writing style is professional, clear and entertaining. Since retiring from investigative journalism, Hougan now applies his talents to spy and detective fiction.

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