(August 1, 2012) Influential author and ardent critic of U.S. foreign policy, Gore Vidal has died from complications of pneumonia at the age of 86.

“The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven’t seen them since,” he once said.





Gore Vidal with Alex Jones (2006)

Gore Vidal on the imperial mentality of America and the dangers posed to freedom by unchecked power.

The interview took place at the Texas Book Festival in October 29, 2006.