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Seymour Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War , for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting .
Davies did not pursue the case, and Maxwell died the following month. In August 1994 the Mirror Group settled Maxwell's suit by paying Hersh and Faber & Faber damages, covering their legal costs, and issuing a formal apology to Hersh. [18] Two British MPs asked for further investigations into the book's revelations.
The Dark Side of Camelot is a book by Seymour M. Hersh, published by Little, Brown in 1997.. Author Edward Jay Epstein stated that the book argues that John F. Kennedy's image was presented in too pristine a way, and sought to show "a far more sinister vision" of the president.
In 1991, American investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning political writer Seymour Hersh authored the book Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal & American Foreign Policy. [18] In the preface of the book he writes: "This is a book about how Israel became a nuclear power in secret.
In 1974, a New York Times article was published that accused the CIA of illegal operations committed against US citizens. Authored by Seymour M. Hersh, it documented an intelligence operation against the anti-war movement, as well as "break-ins, wiretapping and the surreptitious inspection of mail" conducted since the 1950s. [1]
Seymour Hersh in 2009 Seymour Hersh , an investigative journalist and political writer, came to prominence in 1969 for his reporting on the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War , for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting .
Church Committee report (Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence; PDF) Church Committee report (Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans; PDF) The Church Committee (formally the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities) was a US Senate select committee in 1975 that investigated abuses by the Central ...
The formation of the organization was prompted by the disclosure of the My Lai Massacre on November 12, 1969, by Seymour Hersh, writing for the New York Times. [1] The group was the first to bring to public attention the testimony of American Vietnam War veterans who had witnessed or participated in atrocities.