User:Traderz1104/Douglas Valentine

Douglas Valentine (born 12 December 1949) is an American author, journalist, and investigator specializing in the U.S. Government's covert actions, and the role of the mainstream media in promoting them. [1]. His work is notable for its primary sources and extensive use of personal interviews. Valentine's early books were The Hotel Tacloban (Lawrence Hill & Company, 1984; Angus & Robertson Publishers in Australia and Great Britain, 1985; Avon Books, 1986);[2] and The Phoenix Program (Wm Morrow, 1990, Avon Books, 1992.) [3]

In his book about the CIA's Phoenix Program, Valentine accurately predicted that the program would become official US policy. He has written on this subject, most often for CounterPunch magazine.[4] His articles have also appeared in Penthouse [5], Covert Action Quarterly [6] and (with Jennifer Van Bergen) in Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. [7]

The Douglas Valentine Vietnam Collection at the National Security Archive in Washington, D.C., contains the research material for his book The Phoenix Program.[8] Valentine has also worked as a private investigator for Dr William Pepper, attorney for the family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In November 1999, he testified at the King v. Jowers trial in Memphis, Tennessee.[9] Valentine's has also written TDY, a novel about CIA drug dealing; [10] The Strength of the Wolf, which chronicles the history of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics; [11] and The Strength of the Pack, which chronicles the history of the U.S. Drug Law Enforcement Administration [12] Phoenix Program documents are archived at The Memory Hole: http://www.thememoryhole.org/phoenix/ The text of The Phoenix Program is available online at http://www.naderlibrary.com/phoenixprogtoc.htm Footnotes:

[1] http://www.counterpunch.org/top100nf.html

[2] "http://members.authorsguild.net/valentine/the_hotel_tacloban_11711.htm"

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Program

[4] http://www.counterpunch.org/archive.html

[5] http://www.counterpunch.org/valentine12112003.html

[6] http://www.monthlyreview.org/0505scipes.htm

[7] http://www.counterpunch.org/vanbergen06102009.html

[8] http://www.infocollective.org/phoenix.html

http://fcaw.library.umass.edu:8991/F/KMQ34FPSNGY2RHX6DL5GI3JYI13DNEU6CP4V5TKJ6FQVY1CFF1-21718?func=find-e&find_scan_code=FIND_WRD&request=Douglas+Valentine&adjacent=N&x=34&y=9

[9] http://www.thekingcenter.org/KingCenter/Transcript_trial_info.aspx and http://www.consortiumnews.com/2000/022100a.html

[10] http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/tdy-amerikas-geheime-operationen-valentine/buch/9783936457193

[11] http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs05142004.html

[12] http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Strength-of-the-Pack/Douglas-Valentine/e/9780979988653

Interviews:

Meria Heller interviews Doug Valentine: http://meria.net/2004/corporatocracy/military-industrial-complex/meria-with-douglas-valentine-cia-war-on-drugs/

Black Ops interviews Doug Valentinee (index to interviews) http://www.blackopradio.com/products.html

Scott Horton interview Doug Valentine http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/10/17/douglas-valentine/

Leonard Lopate interviews Doug Valentine http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2004/07/20

Alex Jones interviews Doug Valentine http://www.prisonplanet.com/121903valentine.html

Author's website: http://members.authorsguild.net/valentine/files/Valentinevietna.doc

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