J. Vinton Lawrence
Encyclopedia
J. Vinton "Vint" Lawrence is a former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
paramilitary officer from their elite Special Activities Division
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/pt_08.html, https://www.cia.gov/csi/kent_csi/docs/v47i4a07p.htm. Under the name of "James Vinton", he was stationed in Laos
from 1962 to 1966 and had a close relationship with the Hmong leader Vang Pao
in the U.S. war in Southeast Asia http://www.arrtus.co.uk/ciabase.htm, http://www.air-america.org/In_Remembrance/poe.shtml. Lawrence's CIA colleague in Laos was the CIA paramilitary expert Anthony Poshepny
(aka "Tony Poe") http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG08Ae02.html.
Lawrence is married to National Public Radio reporter Anne Garrels
. His letters to her during her time in Baghdad, Iraq, during the 2003 U.S. invasion of that country, are included in her book, Naked in Baghdad (ISBN 0-374-52903-5). He has toured with her and shared the podium with her during her book readings. He and his wife received an AudioFile Earphones Award for their narration. Currently an artist by profession, he occasionally writes about U.S. foreign policy issues.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
paramilitary officer from their elite Special Activities Division
Special Activities Division
The Special Activities Division is a division in the United States Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service responsible for covert operations known as "special activities"...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/pt_08.html, https://www.cia.gov/csi/kent_csi/docs/v47i4a07p.htm. Under the name of "James Vinton", he was stationed in Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
from 1962 to 1966 and had a close relationship with the Hmong leader Vang Pao
Vang Pao
Vang Pao was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army. He was an ethnic Hmong and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States.-Early life:...
in the U.S. war in Southeast Asia http://www.arrtus.co.uk/ciabase.htm, http://www.air-america.org/In_Remembrance/poe.shtml. Lawrence's CIA colleague in Laos was the CIA paramilitary expert Anthony Poshepny
Anthony Poshepny
Anthony Alexander Poshepny , known as Tony Poe, was a CIA paramilitary officer in what is now called Special Activities Division...
(aka "Tony Poe") http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG08Ae02.html.
Lawrence is married to National Public Radio reporter Anne Garrels
Anne Garrels
Anne Garrels is a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States.-Career:Garrels graduated from Harvard University's Radcliffe College in 1972...
. His letters to her during her time in Baghdad, Iraq, during the 2003 U.S. invasion of that country, are included in her book, Naked in Baghdad (ISBN 0-374-52903-5). He has toured with her and shared the podium with her during her book readings. He and his wife received an AudioFile Earphones Award for their narration. Currently an artist by profession, he occasionally writes about U.S. foreign policy issues.
External links
- "Cambodia and Laos", Vietnam Online, PBS, March 29, 2005.
- David S. Robarge (Reviewer), "Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby: John Prados. New York: Oxofrd University Press, 2003".
- "CIA's Paramilitary Operations", undated, accessed November 2005.
- Richard S Ehrlich, "Death of a dirty fighter", Asia Times Online, July 8, 2003.