A Study of CIA Dictatorial Abuse
The spy adventure film "Three Days of the Condor" was released in 1975. The movie was made during the Watergate period about the time that Richard M. Nixon became the first American president to resign his office.
This was a turbulent period of uncertainty when the American government and the commercial sector were in a panic over our access to oil. President Gerald Ford, mindful of the power of the Oil Producing Export Countries, announced that in the future we might take oil by force if it should be denied to America.
The Watergate Scandal ultimately undid Nixon. That story was also brilliantly depicted by Hollywood with "All the President's Men." That film also starred Redford with fellow progressive Dustin Hoffman.
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