NSA REPORT REVEALS: US officials faked an incident to escalate the war

[kpete]

Report reveals Vietnam War hoaxes, faked attacks
22 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — North Vietnamese made hoax calls to get the US military to bomb its own units during the Vietnam War, according to declassified information that also confirmed US officials faked an incident to escalate the war.

The report was released by the National Security Agency, responsible for much of the United States' codebreaking and eavesdropping work, in response to a "mandatory declassification" request, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) said Monday.

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The author of the report "demonstrates that not only is it not true, as (then US) secretary of defense Robert McNamara told Congress, that the evidence of an attack was 'unimpeachable,' but that to the contrary, a review of the classified signals intelligence proves that 'no attack happened that night,'" FAS said in a statement.

"What this study demonstrated is that the available intelligence shows that there was no attack. It's a dramatic reversal of the historical record," Aftergood said.

"There were previous indications of this but this is the first time we have seen the complete study," he said.

more at:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-5IKhFZ-bFe_Nc957JypHhNTMxQ

[bdamomma]

1. it just never stops huh?

[Blarch]

2. waging wars based on lies...

look how far we have come.

[bdamomma]

4. these SOB's don't care how many Americans or civilians die.

it's all about the money and the power.

[Richard Steele]

3. K&R

[Cooley Hurd]

5. So, the Gulf of Tonkin incident was faked?

Git out!;)

Seriously, nice that we finally know the truth about it, eh?

[Raejeanowl]

6. The Tonkin Myth Was Busted Years Ago

But it's great to know there's a report that summarizes it all, so thanks.

I hope I live long enough to read the comprehensive deconstruction of the Bush II era.