Comment by sp0rk
2 years ago
Can you give any examples of somebody that was unjustly vilified by the public until top secret information was released that exonerated them?
2 years ago
Can you give any examples of somebody that was unjustly vilified by the public until top secret information was released that exonerated them?
Not necessarily 'unjustly vilified', but most of Edgar Hoover's biography were done before the extend on soviet spying in the US was declassified. It talked about a very interesting podcast on a previous comment [1].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36257604
For example, Harry Truman, and his sacking of MacArthur. Now that there's been more info released regarding Army biowarfare programs in the late 40s/early 50s, recruitment of the Japanese specialists immediately after WW2, etc...