U.S. spy agencies hired at least 1,000 Nazis, new book alleges
October 27, 2014 10:36am
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NEW YORK (JTA) — U.S. spy agencies hired at least 1,000 ex-Nazis during the Cold War, a new book reports.
According to Eric Lichtblau’s “The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men,” excerpted Monday in
The New York Times, the CIA and other American agencies employed large
numbers of Nazis as spies and informants and through the 1990s protected
from deportation and prosecution some who were living in the United
States.
Citing
newly disclosed records and interviews, Lichtblau reports that the FBI
and CIA knowingly recruited officials who had occupied high positions in
Nazi Germany, including some known to be guilty of war crimes. One such
spy was involved in the Lithuanian massacre of tens of thousands of
Jews during the Holocaust; another worked closely with Adolf Eichmann.
Several spies were rewarded with U.S. citizenship.
On
several occasions, the book notes, U.S. intelligence officials refused
to cooperate with the Justice Department’s Nazi hunters and urged them
to drop investigations for fear of exposing their ties to American spy
agencies.
Tags: Breaking News, Nazis, Cold War, Eric Lichtblau, FBI, CIA
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