Event

Melvin Goodman: Whistleblower at the CIA

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents:

MELVIN GOODMAN
Whistleblower at the C.I.A.
Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert

advance tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Books, Inc, Pegasus (3 sites), Moes, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloways S.F. City Lights, Modern Times. $15 door, KPFA benefit www.kpfa.org/events

Melvin A. Goodman was a Soviet analyst at the CIA and the Department of State for 24 years, and a professor of international relations at the National War College for 18 years.
He served in the U.S. Army in Athens, Greece for three years, and was intelligence adviser to the SALT delegation from 19711972. Currently, Goodman is the Director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. He has authored, co-authored, and edited seven books, including his National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism (published by City Lights) Gorbachev's Retreat: The Third World; The Wars of Eduard Shevardnadze; The Phantom Defense: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion; Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives are Putting the World at Risk, and Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA. His articles and op-eds have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Harper's, Foreign Policy, Foreign Service Journal, The Baltimore Sun, and The Washington Post. He lives in Bethesda, MD.

Brian Edwards-Tiekert is the veteran KPFA host and co-producer of UpFront, an hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues airing weekdays at 7 am.