Norwegian journalist claims he was a CIA agent - sold documentaries to SVT

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A Norwegian journalist claims to have produced a television program on behalf of the American intelligence service CIA. He is also said to have later sold the program to SVT and other Nordic public service companies.

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Norwegian Bjørn Hallstrøm tells for the first time: The documentaries and reports that were broadcast on NRK, TV 2 and other Nordic channels were financed by American intelligence. This is reported by NRK.no. In the 80s and early 90s, Bjørn Hallstrøm was known as an eccentric advertising man and NATO activist - and eventually also as a crazy TV producer who gained access to closed environments and some of the world's most dangerous areas. NRK ha…