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Oswald LeWinter[edit]

Someone wrote this on a website called Conspiracy Planet: "My name is Alexei Galkin. I am a retired Lieutenant General, formerly head of a directorate of the KGB. General LeWinter was a man both much feared and admired by knowledgeable intelligence officers throughout the Soviet bloc for his skills in disinformation and media manipulation. His work in Chile in the early 1970s, where he totally neutralized the El Mercurio newspaper, is considered a classic and was taught in numerous services in the bloc. His work on the 'October Surprise' case was so well conceived that even today the truth remains discredited. Many of us consider LeWinter the most brilliant CIA officer of his era. Since his forced retirement, his life appears to have been chaotic and he is living in what is reported to be a state of poverty and serious illness in Portugal. He has published two excellent books in the language of his adopted country. It is deeply saddening that a man of such qualities, after long years of loyal service to his country, should be reduced to living like this." It implies that El Mercurio was manipulated by the CIA through LeWinter. --Wool Bridge (talk) 10:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is that website reliable? (By the way, I think we should split the Mercurio article, with a new article for the CIA section, there are lots of books on the topic) --Diego Grez (talk) 03:13, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That website was just a place where people left comments. It did not make any editorial changes as far as I am aware. The facts of Le Winter's life check out. He did become desperate for money and tried to trick Mohammad Al-Fayed out of a sum for which he was arrested and jailed in Austria I believe.Wool Bridge (talk) 16:35, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]