Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini

panzerfaust

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Thu Oct-15-09 04:57 AM
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Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini

Documents reveal Italian dictator got start in politics in 1917 with help of �100 weekly wage from MI5 {The British Intelligence "James Bond" Agency}...

For the British intelligence agency, it must have seemed like a good investment. Mussolini, then a 34-year-old journalist, was not just willing to ensure Italy continued to fight alongside the allies in the first world war by publishing propaganda in his paper. He was also willing to send in the boys to "persuade'' peace protesters to stay at home.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/13/benito-mussolini-recruited-mi5-italy

Just too good for words.

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RandomThoughts

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Thu Oct-15-09 05:04 AM
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1. You have to guess that intelligence agencies are still paying many journalist n/t

Edited on Thu Oct-15-09 05:06 AM by RandomThoughts

Thinking about it a bit more, they really would not have to do that. Instead they only have to form relationships with media owners, or work in media later in there career.

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elocs

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:26 AM
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2. Yeah, I read that here yesterday morning.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4102682

It got 9 Recs then.

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Blue_Tires

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Thu Oct-15-09 07:38 AM
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3. wow...i didn't know that...

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