Through his documentary, "Agents Unknown," Michael Reiter has crafted an intelligent, sensitive and thoughtful commentary on the myriad pressures created by military conflict, societal upheaval, and the self-destructiveness of manipulated statistics. Lt. John J. Murphy recounts his service in Vietnam in 1967, when he was 22 years of age and entrusted with responsibilities that constantly required him to decide whether the "facts" presented to him were accurate and reliable--or had been "tweaked" in some direction or other to suit someone's version of the elusive "truth." In the documentary, Murphy is careful in his judgments and reflections, but they all result in the same conclusion: it was impossible to proceed with confidence and assurance in a country where Agents sold information to whomever sought it and contempt, corruption, enemy infiltration and distrust were always to be encountered. The Power Structure in far far away in Washington, D.C. likewise declared numbers and statistics designed to counter the deafening national unrest with their inflexible commitment to this Conflict. Director Reiter has captured this long moment in our history with a smoothly flowing narrative, distinctive graphics, and footage of the Vietnamese people that vividly portrays the daily horrors of this period. A remarkable amount of history has been conveyed in "Agents Unknown." Worth a watch! Reviewed by Jim Kozicki

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