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Angleton

American  
[ang-guhl-tuhn] / ˈæŋ gəl tən /

noun

  1. a town in S Texas.


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This includes extensive journeys into archival footage from the late-’60s My Lai era, James Jesus Angleton’s 1970s congressional testimony about CIA misdeeds, the tangential people through whom he traced the evidence of the Abu Ghraib scandal and how he located the photographs—without which, he says, there would have been no story.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rep. Cody Vasut, the Angleton Republican chairing the House redistricting committee, said the information gathered at the hearings will shape whether and how the maps are redrawn.

From Salon

In 72 games since, the pride of Angleton, Texas, amassed an impressive 18 interceptions, earned three Pro Bowl nods and established himself as an invaluable leader in the franchise’s post-Legion of Boom secondary.

From Seattle Times

Counterintelligence within U.S. intelligence agencies was downgraded in the 1970s following the ouster of CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton, who operated independently in seeking out foreign spy operations and penetrations of U.S. foreign spy agencies.

From Washington Times

Critics blame the restructuring of CIA counterintelligence after the firing of CIA master counterspy James Angleton in 1975 for the security breaches.

From Washington Times