The CIA vs. Democracy
Mailer's essay for Counter-Spy, the magazine he helped found, on the sins of the CIA and the role of the Fifth Estate as 'homeopathic medicine - one small drop for a large disease.'
“The CIA vs. Democracy,” an essay (dated 24 January) in Counter-Spy 2 (spring/summer 1975), Mailer’s contribution to the magazine he helped found. It focuses on the sins of the CIA and the role of The Fifth Estate as “homeopathic medicine — one small drop for a large disease.”
Related pages
- The Fifth Estate | Counter-Spy | “CIA, FBI ‘Threaten Nation’” (75.6) | 1975
- Mailer's Guests ($50 a Couple) Hear His Plan on 'Secret Police' (73.2) | The Morning After (73.10) | Mailer Headlines Counter-Spy Pitch (74.6) | CIA, FBI 'Threaten Nation' (75.6)