The Star-Spangled Banner

The 1970s also coincided with a rising tide of congressional scrutiny of the activities of both American clandestine services, as well as the spy agencies of American friends and allies. The first-ever issue of the Socialist magazine in these times featured a cover story with the headline Politicians Get Foreign Aid from the Korean CIA. A memo obtained by US Customs from a KCIA-backed businessman contained a list of 90 members of Congress who were apparently marked for contributions. And at a hearing on the lack of human rights in South Korea, one of the congressmen who got KCIA payoffs had said, "I don't think we need to spend too much time debating what the government is doing"