John M. Newman
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John M. Newman spent 21 years with the U.S. Army Intelligence
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in China. He served as executive assistant to the director of the National Security Agency
(NSA). He is a faculty member of the University of Maryland, University College, where he teaches courses in Soviet, Chinese Communist, East Asian, and Vietnam War history, as well as Sino-Soviet and U.S.-Soviet relations.
He advised Oliver Stone
during production of the movie JFK
. He was one of the experts called upon to testify before the JFK Assassination Records Review Board
. He has been a critic of the 9/11 Commission Report
.
Category:United States Army officers
Category:Living people
John M. Newman spent 21 years with the U.S. Army Intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
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Career
Newman served in the Armed Forces in Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, and China. He served as an attachéAttaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
in China. He served as executive assistant to the director of the National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
(NSA). He is a faculty member of the University of Maryland, University College, where he teaches courses in Soviet, Chinese Communist, East Asian, and Vietnam War history, as well as Sino-Soviet and U.S.-Soviet relations.
He advised Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
during production of the movie JFK
JFK (film)
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison .Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay...
. He was one of the experts called upon to testify before the JFK Assassination Records Review Board
Assassination Records Review Board
The Assassination Records Review Board was created as a result of an act passed by the US Congress in 1992, entitled the "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act." The Act mandated the gathering and release of all US Government records related to the Assassination of John F....
. He has been a critic of the 9/11 Commission Report
9/11 Commission Report
The 9/11 Commission Report, formally named Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks...
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Books
Newman is the author of JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power (1992) and Oswald and the CIA: The Documented Truth About the Unknown Relationship Between the U.S. Government and the Alleged Killer of JFK (1995, 2008).External links
- John M. Newman on Spartacus Educational
- An Inventory of His Personal Papers (1960-1988) in the John F. Kennedy Library
- John M. Newman, Omissions and Errors in the Commission's Final Report — Congressional briefing, August 18, 2005
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Category:Living people