Ex-CIA Man Casts Doubt on Hmong Trial
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A former CIA operative who advised a venerable Hmong leader, General Vang Pao, on a plan to put military pressure on Laos is expressing doubts that the aging general played a role in a plot against the Laotian regime, as American prosecutors alleged in an indictment last year.
“My assessment is he’s an old man. There’s just no way. He’s not full of piss and vinegar,” the ex-CIA officer, Michael Spak, told The New York Sun yesterday. “The younger people surrounding him might be a different story. … He’s just too old. Too feeble. This guy couldn’t even stay awake through our meeting.”
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