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John Sawatsky

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John Sawatsky

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John Sawatsky was an author and journalist. His book "Men in the Shadows: The RCMP Security Service" (1980) exposed the RCMP's persecution of homosexuals in the Canadian civil service during the 1950s and 1960s. The book also described the failed attempt at creating the "Fruit Machine," a device that could detect sexual orientation and inversion.

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March Toronto John Sawatsky's book […]October 18 Ottawa The Commission of […]

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Security Paranoia & the Fruit MachineOttawa Discouraged RCMP'S Spy Probe: The Death of an AmbassadorHomosexual Envoy Easy Prey for KGB: The Death of an AmbassadorOperation Rock BottomSecurity Paranoia & the Fruit MachineThe Homosexual Witch Hunt and The Fruit Machine

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Men in the Shadows: The RCMP Security Service
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