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"Brian Ross Investigates: CIA Shoot-Down - 10 years later

Number 24958
Subject Federal Government
Source ABC News
State NY
Year 2010
Publication Date 2/3/2010
Summary Ten years after the CIA "mistakenly ordered the shoot down" of a plane full of U.S. missionaries, Brian Ross and his team exposed a "major" cover-up by the CIA. The order to shoot down the plane resulted in the death of a mother and her young child and injured three other people. In an attempt to hide their mistakes, the CIA "misled the federal government and the public."
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Pages 15
Keywords CIA; missionary; Peru; War on Drugs
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