David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

It remains murky to this day whether Burchett was a literal foreign agent. In 1969, a KGB defector named Burchett as a spy that defector had run. Burchett lost a subsequent libel case. But the defector had credibility problems of his own, so who knows. 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 11, 2022

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I think of Burchett when I see writers in the West today reporting Russian propaganda about alleged Ukrainian germ warfare plots. It's a familiar lie, brought only very slightly up to date. The authors of the lie are looking for their own Wilfred Burchetts to support them. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 11, 2022

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And after all, in the era of social media trolling, we've seen abundant examples of people who put their voices at the service of communist and fascist regimes, not because they are paid or compromised, but for ideology, vanity, or malice. Maybe Burchett was one such. 10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 11, 2022