Linda Hunt (reporter)

Linda Hunt is an author and journalist in the United States. She is a former CNN reporter and wrote the book Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945–1990 that first revealed Operation Paperclip and the extent to which the United States federal government and military aided this mission to bring German scientists, engineers, and technicians to the United States after World War II.[1] Hunt broke the story in 1985.[2][3] She is from St. Petersburg, Florida.[4]

Hunt won the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in 1985.[5] Hunt uncovered her information through what were then recently-declassified government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.[6]

References
  1. "Project PaperClip ...and The Space Race". Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. Annie Jacobsen. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi scientists to America.
  3. Peter Knight, ed. (2003). Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, California.
  4. "Linda Hunt -- Media Critic". Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  5. Linda Hunt (1991). Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945-1990. New York.
  6. "Nazi scientists aided by U.S. intelligence". Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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