Frank Snepp on Planting Stories in Vietnam for the CIA

Witness to War · Interview · 17 min · 2017 · YouTube title: CIA Officer Frank Snepp Discusses Planting Stories in Vietnam

Why it's here

Cited as a first-hand account of how intelligence agencies have placed stories in the press.

What it covers

Former CIA officer Frank Snepp describes how, working in Vietnam from 1969 to 1975, he planted stories in major newspapers to support Agency goals. He notes that some younger reporters refused to take the bait.