A former CIA analyst testified under cross-examination...
A former CIA analyst testified under cross-examination at retired Gen. William C. Westmoreland’s $120-million libel suit against CBS in New York that information the CIA received about enemy troop strength was often ambiguous and “there could have been a problem in translation.” Analyst Sam Adams was sued by Westmoreland along with CBS, correspondent Mike Wallace and CBS producer George Crile. The general charged that the network’s documentary, “The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception,” humiliated him by contending that he falsified enemy troop estimates to show he was winning a war of attrition against the Viet Cong.
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