I have been going through that document the last few days and find it fiendishly interesting, but I'm a little bothered by some of his historical analysis, especially the part about "origins of the overclass" and his tendency to drag the CIA into the story. While the CIA's meddling in foreign politics is well-known, Kangas (who was otherwise an excellent writer) seemed to get a little paranoid when it came to the CIA in general, and the document hints that among other things Kangas was a JFK conspiracy theorist. (Among other things, he blames the CIA for Watergate, claiming that Nixon's centrist policies annoyed the wrong people. That's an extreme stretch in my book, considering how much of Watergate was entirely Nixon's fault.)
Kangas has been dead for nine years (likely suicide, some suspect murder from the bizarre location of his death in the same building as several of Richard Mellon Scaife's foundations), so he's not around to defend this. To me it seems like a blot on an otherwise excellent document. Any thoughts?
Kangas has been dead for nine years (likely suicide, some suspect murder from the bizarre location of his death in the same building as several of Richard Mellon Scaife's foundations), so he's not around to defend this. To me it seems like a blot on an otherwise excellent document. Any thoughts?
