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The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident that played a critical role near the beginning of the Vietnam War. An agency historian argued that the agency's intelligence officers "deliberately skewed" the evidence passed on to policymakers on the crucial question of whether North Vietnamese ships attacked U.S. destroyers on Aug 4, 1964. Based on the mistaken belief that such an attack had occurred, President Lyndon Johnson ordered air strikes on North Vietnam, and Congress passed a broad resolution authorizing military action.

Varastorm wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:15 pm Thanks Mav, I did notice it but was wondering if it was fact or fiction.

I've seen the series "Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States" which covers it also & thought was very informative & interesting.

The deal breaker is if it mentions the infamous "Gulf of Tonkin episode".

The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident that played a critical role near the beginning of the Vietnam War. An agency historian argued that the agency's intelligence officers "deliberately skewed" the evidence passed on to policymakers on the crucial question of whether North Vietnamese ships attacked U.S. destroyers on Aug 4, 1964. Based on the mistaken belief that such an attack had occurred, President Lyndon Johnson ordered air strikes on North Vietnam, and Congress passed a broad resolution authorizing military action.