William Bader

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spook,  historian)
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BornWilliam Banks Bader
1931-09-08
Died2016-03-16 (Age 84)
Alma mater •  Pomona College
•  Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
•  University of Vienna
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US spook who in 1967 brought to Congressional attention that the "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" was a fraud perpetrated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara as a casus belli for the Vietnam War

William B. Bader, in 1967, discovered and brought to Congressional attention, the fact that the "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" was a fraud perpetrated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara as a casus belli for the Vietnam War.[1]

Career

Bader worked for the CIA and ONI. He was chief of staff of the Foreign Relations Committee from 1979 to 1981.[2]

 

A Quote by William Bader

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Time Magazine“You don't need to manipulate Time magazine, for example, because there are [Central Intelligence] Agency people at the management level”1976
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