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January 27, 2020

When the CIA Took a Palestinian Terrorist to Disneyland

The PLO operative’s own disciples would murder his American handler.

In 1969, the Central Intelligence Agency decided it should cultivate a relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)—then designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.—with the goal of wooing Yasir Arafat away from the Soviets. Arafat, writes Sean Durns, played along:

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