Covert Action Quarterly, Number 63

Washington DC. 1998. Winter 1998. Covert Action Publications. Magazine. Very Good in Wrappers. 51 pages. magazine. Cover art by Jay Johnson. keywords: Politics. DESCRIPTION - CONTENTS: RIGHT THINKING, BIG GRANTS, AND LONG-TERM STRATEGY: HOW CONSERVATIVE PHILANTHROPIES AND THINK TANKS TRANSFORM US POLICY by Sally Covington - Speaking truth to power is all well and good, but applying the dictum, money talks, conservative foundations have long been bankrolling like-minded think tanks and advocacy groups. Together, they have effected radical change; INSIDE THE MIND OF TORTURE: THE STORY OF APARTHEID'S ELECTRICIAN by Jacques Pauw - In apartheid South Africa as in Nazi Germany, official terror- ism was not simply an abstract function of state, it relied on the cooperation of many individuals. It was not only political, it was often deeply personal. A death squad member reminisces on his enjoyment of the job: torturing and killing too many victims to remember; APARTHEID'S POISON LEGACY: SOUTH AFRICA'S CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM by De Wet Potgieter - In apartheid, South Africa's securocrats poisoned opponents, spread toxins and disease germs in the name of white supremacy. Now, the new government must decide if can expose the past without loosing the genie of CBW proliferation; CRYPTO AG: THE NSA'S TROJAN WHORE? by Wayne Madsen - For at least half a century, the US has been intercepting and decrypting the top secret communications of most of the world’s governments; PROMISE KEEPERS, RELIGIOUS REVIVAL, AND CULTURAL MILITARISM by Lee Cokorinos and Alfred Ross - Evangelical fervor and military rhetoric con- verge in a handsomely- funded cabal of male supremacists who aim to codify the intimacies of family life, warp the terrain of work life, and shrink government oversight. If they keep their promise, we're in trouble. COVERT BRIEFS - OFF THE SHELF: BOOKS OF INTEREST by Phillip Smith. inventory #44610.…