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<html>
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{
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let $conspFiles := collection('personTestingOutput')
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let $ents := $conspFiles//ent
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let $entTypes := $ents/@type[. = 'PERSON'] ! string() => distinct-values()
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for $e in $entTypes
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return
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<table id="{$e}">
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{
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let $namesE := $conspFiles//ent[@type=$e]
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let $distNamesE := $namesE ! normalize-space() => distinct-values() => sort()
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for $t in $distNamesE
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(: let $countT := $conspFiles//ent[. ! normalize-space() = $t] => count() :)
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(: where $countT > 10 :)
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(: order by $countT descending:)
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return
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<tr>
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<td>{$t}</td>
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<!-- <td>{$countT}</td> -->
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</tr>
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}
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</table>
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}
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</html>
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@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ audible sound, because of the possible electronic eavesdroppers.
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As Nixion says so wistfully on the Watergate transcripts, "Well,
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Hoover performed. He would have fought. That was the point. He
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would have defied a few people. He would have scared them to
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death. HE HAS A FILE ON EVERYBODY!" <special>Caps added</special>. Thus, those
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death. HE HAS A FILE ON EVERYBODY!" <info type="">Caps added</info>. Thus, those
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who employ secret-police organizations MUST monitor them th be
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sure they are not acquiring too much power.
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In the United States today, the superelite that monitors the
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@ -229,6 +229,6 @@ Exposure of P2 conspiracy. Attempt to assassinate John Paul II
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founded on instructions of the revived Order of the Temple in
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France (1984).</p>
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<p>
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<special>EOF</special>
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<info type="">EOF</info>
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5 January 1991</p>
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</div>
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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<div class="article">
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<p>Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 08:21:07 -0500
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From: James Daugherty <special>jhdaugh@a-albionic.com</special>
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From: James Daugherty <info type="">jhdaugh@a-albionic.com</info>
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Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
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Subject: Carroll Quigley Examined; Multicultural Strategy of Ruling Class?</p>
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<p>A-albionic Research Weekly Up-date of January 8, 1995
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@ -1140,15 +1140,15 @@ p. 13.</p>
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<p>30. Mortimer J. Adler, "Multiculturalism, Transculturalism, and the Great
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Books." In Aufderheide, ed., pp. 59-64.</p>
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<p>31. Shalala is quoted in D'Souza, p. 16.</p>
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<p>\\\\\<special>jhdaugh@a-albionic.com</special>\\\\\\\*////////<info@a-albionic.com///////////
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<p>\\\\\<info type="">jhdaugh@a-albionic.com</info>\\\\\\\*////////<info@a-albionic.com///////////
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James Daugherty, volunteer Postmaster for A-albionic Research (POB 20273,
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Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the
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entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales,
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rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date
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Lists & E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, & resources.
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**E-Mail Update/Discussion/Archive**|*******World Wide Web/Gopher/FTP*******
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e-mail: majordomo@mail.msen.com | <special>http://gopher.a-albionic.com:9006/</special>
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message: info prj | <special>ftp://ftp.a-albionic.com/</special>
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get prj gopher/keytogopher | <special>gopher.a-albionic.com 9006</special>
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////////////////////////////////////*\\\\\\\\\\\<special>ftp.a-albionic.com</special>\\\\\\\\</p>
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e-mail: majordomo@mail.msen.com | <info type="">http://gopher.a-albionic.com:9006/</info>
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message: info prj | <info type="">ftp://ftp.a-albionic.com/</info>
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get prj gopher/keytogopher | <info type="">gopher.a-albionic.com 9006</info>
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////////////////////////////////////*\\\\\\\\\\\<info type="">ftp.a-albionic.com</info>\\\\\\\\</p>
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</div>
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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<div class="article">
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<p>From: Bill Cooper <special>dont.tread.on.me@usa.com</special>
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<p>From: Bill Cooper <info type="">dont.tread.on.me@usa.com</info>
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Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
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Subject: READ BEFORE "THEY" DELETE!
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 22:12:01 -0400
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
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Subject: Re: Executive Orders
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<info type="Message-ID"> 8523.29441@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM</info>
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Date: 11 Nov 92 18:58:32 GMT
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References: <special>BxGKI1.HDn@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu</special>
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References: <info type="">BxGKI1.HDn@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu</info>
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Sender: news@SWDC.Stratus.COM
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Lines: 1615</p>
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<p>This is in reply to the original poster. What is is what
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@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ Be Forcibly Taken!</p>
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Subject: 1988 National Emergencies Act--> Consolidating the Imperial Executive
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Followup-To: alt.activism.d
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Lines: 691</p>
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<p>>Sender: Activists Mailing List <special>ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET</special>
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<p>>Sender: Activists Mailing List <info type="">ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET</info>
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>From: dave 'who can do? ratmandu!' ratcliffe
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> <special>dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</special>
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> <info type="">dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</info>
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</p>
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<p>Keywords: "To preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, so help me God."
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Lines: 696</p>
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@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ Be Forcibly Taken!</p>
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Subject: 1988 National Emergencies Act--> Consolidating the Imperial Executive
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Followup-To: alt.activism.d
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Lines: 691</p>
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<p>>Sender: Activists Mailing List <special>ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET</special>
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<p>>Sender: Activists Mailing List <info type="">ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET</info>
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>From: dave 'who can do? ratmandu!' ratcliffe
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> <special>dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</special>
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> <info type="">dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</info>
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</p>
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<p>Keywords: "To preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, so help me God."
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Lines: 696</p>
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@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ of BBSs.</p>
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<p>This INFO was taken off of:</p>
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<p> Prowler's DOMAIN
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1.7+ Gigabytes/4 phone lines
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<special> 100% RIP GRAPHICS SUPPORTED </special>
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<info type=""> 100% RIP GRAPHICS SUPPORTED </info>
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GREAT NEW RIP GRAPHICS GAME Online
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Special areas For Adults, Teens, and Kids
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ALL Original, All High RES, All Great Gifs
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@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Company. Partial text of their resolution may be requested
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for inclusion in your letter, from 1:280/77 @fidonet as
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"TX-8387.ZIP".</p>
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<p>Please TELL your Congressman and Senators, and all members of the
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involved committees to vote <special> NO </special> on this bill, unless it is
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involved committees to vote <info type=""> NO </info> on this bill, unless it is
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ammended to guarantee residential phone rates to not-for-profit,
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free BBSs.</p>
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<p>The basic principle of this bill is a good one; it is intended to
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@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
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Subject: Re: Re: Novus Ordo Seclorum
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<info type="Message-ID"> 5900008@otter.hpl.hp.com</info>
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Date: 8 Jan 91 09:09:24 GMT
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References: <special>8671@uwm.edu</special>
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References: <info type="">8671@uwm.edu</info>
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
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Lines: 18</p>
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<p>|There is nothing dangerous about Freemasonry. As an
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@ -1127,10 +1127,10 @@ Subject: Re: Novus Ordo...(Illuminati=Lawyers=Amerikarapers=cia/dea/irs)
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Summary: How silly.
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<info type="Message-ID"> 1991Jan9.231009.13623@eff.org</info>
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Date: 9 Jan 91 23:10:09 GMT
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References: <special>1991Jan9.185746.9066@isis.cs.du.edu</special>
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References: <info type="">1991Jan9.185746.9066@isis.cs.du.edu</info>
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Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Lines: 29</p>
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<p>In article <special>1991Jan9.185746.9066@isis.cs.du.edu</special> jsanders@isis.UUCP
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<p>In article <info type="">1991Jan9.185746.9066@isis.cs.du.edu</info> jsanders@isis.UUCP
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(Jim Sanders) writes:
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>
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>J.Jaynes book, "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown Of the
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@ -1162,13 +1162,13 @@ Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.arts.books
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Subject: Re: Novus Ordo...(Illuminati=Lawyers=Amerikarapers=cia/dea/irs)
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<info type="Message-ID"> 1991Jan10.221553.5811@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu</info>
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Date: 10 Jan 91 22:15:53 GMT
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References: <special>1991Jan9.185746.9066@isis.cs.du.edu</special>
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<special>1991Jan9.231009.13623@eff.org</special>
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References: <info type="">1991Jan9.185746.9066@isis.cs.du.edu</info>
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<info type="">1991Jan9.231009.13623@eff.org</info>
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Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News)
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Reply-To: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
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Organization: Technophiles Inc. - Engineers with Attitude
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Lines: 12</p>
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<p>In article <special>1991Jan9.231009.13623@eff.org</special>, mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
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<p>In article <info type="">1991Jan9.231009.13623@eff.org</info>, mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
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writes:
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>
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> Of course, I'm a lawyer, so feel free to ignore me as I get back to
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Subject: Re: The Illuminati are an original world "old boy" conspiracy!
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<info type="Message-ID"> 1991Jan10.224545.646@bradley.bradley.edu</info>
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Date: 10 Jan 91 22:45:45 GMT
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References: <special>1991Jan10.051620.10473@isis.cs.du.edu</special>
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References: <info type="">1991Jan10.051620.10473@isis.cs.du.edu</info>
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Distribution: usa
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Organization: Bradley University
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Lines: 9</p>
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<p>In <special>1991Jan10.051620.10473@isis.cs.du.edu</special> jsanders@isis.cs.du.edu
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<p>In <info type="">1991Jan10.051620.10473@isis.cs.du.edu</info> jsanders@isis.cs.du.edu
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(Jim Sanders) writes:
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>These folks are more secret than Moussad(the Israeli SS) who is the
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>undisputed ultimate "secret agent men/women" experts of the world.
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@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ Washington, D.C. christic PeaceNet
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###################################################################
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# Harel Barzilai for Activists Mailing List (AML) #
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###################################################################
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To join AML, just send the message "SUB ACTIV-L <special>your full name</special>" to
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To join AML, just send the message "SUB ACTIV-L <info type="">your full name</info>" to
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the address: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET; you should then receive a message
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confirming that your name has been added to the list. Other addresses
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to try (only) if the above fails are: "LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU"
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interesting gives some German sources on the Illuminati. I've touched
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up the English a little:</p>
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<p>Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 17:33:17 MEZ
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From: "Roald A. Zellweger" <special>RZELLWE@ibm.gwdg.de</special>
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From: "Roald A. Zellweger" <info type="">RZELLWE@ibm.gwdg.de</info>
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Subject: Illuminati</p>
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<p> There is, of course, lots of material in German available on the
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Bavarian Illuminati, esp from the beginning of the century, but also
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@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ major fashions for the past two centuries. Also available are period
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weapons and money. Any of this equipment must be checked out with the
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security guard.
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</p>
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<p>Press <special>CR</special> !</p>
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<p>Press <info type="">CR</info> !</p>
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</div>
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Date: 22 Aug 92 09:39:24 GMT</p>
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<p>Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1991 17:40:40 CDT
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Reply-To: dave 'who can do? ratmandu!' ratcliffe
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<special>dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</special>
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Sender: Activists Mailing List <special>ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET</special>
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<info type="">dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</info>
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Sender: Activists Mailing List <info type="">ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET</info>
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From: dave 'who can do? ratmandu!' ratcliffe
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<special>dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</special>
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<info type="">dave@ratmandu.corp.sgi.com</info>
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Subject: the INSLAW Case: part I of "BARRON'S" 1988 2-part piece</p>
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<p>Subject: the INSLAW Case: part I of "BARRON'S" 1988 2-part piece
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Keywords: U.S. Deptartment of Justice != "with liberty and justice for all"
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@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ daveus rattus</p>
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ko.yan.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi Language) n. 1. crazy life. 2. life
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in turmoil. 3. life out of balance. 4. life disintegrating.
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5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.
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<special>end reposted material</special>
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<info type="">end reposted material</info>
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-Steve Crocker
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</p>
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</div>
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<p>ECHOES OF CONSPIRACY February 28, 1986
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Vol. 8, #1 Paul L. Hoch</p>
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<p>
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<special>"Reasonable Doubt":</special>
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<info type="">"Reasonable Doubt":</info>
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Henry Hurt's book should be in your local bookstore now, although it did
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not reach some of the big chains quickly. The official publication date was
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January 27. (Holt Rinehart Winston, 555 pp., $19.95)
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appeals to me. I think the book does a good job of reflecting the ambiguity of
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much of the evidence, and the variety of plausible explanations.</p>
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<p>
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<special>A new perspective on the murder of J. D. Tippit:</special>
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<info type="">A new perspective on the murder of J. D. Tippit:</info>
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Hurt's most striking new evidence, surprisingly, does go directly to the
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question of "who did it" -- but in the Tippit case. He does not overemphasize
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it, but it is a lead which raises the same kind of basic challenge to the
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The Justice Department should certainly sponsor that kind of analysis of the
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Tippit messages.</p>
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<p>
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<special>JFK's physician believes in a conspiracy:</special>
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<info type="">JFK's physician believes in a conspiracy:</info>
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There is a second very provocative piece of new evidence, resulting from
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Hurt's 1982 phone call to Adm. George Burkley. He said "that he believed that
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8 EOC 1 -3-</p>
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come up with another scenario. Studying the flaws in the official inves-tigations is not likely to produce progress in this area.)
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Hurt concludes that "Lifton builds a powerful case" that JFK's body was
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separated from the ceremonial motorcade, and that his "evidence is equally
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strong on the point that <special>something</special> happened to the wounds on the body between
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strong on the point that <info type="">something</info> happened to the wounds on the body between
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Dallas and Bethesda. However, his sinister interpretation of what might have
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happened does not have the strong supportive evidence found for his basic
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points." (P. 427)
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glad to share more of my thoughts on this hypothesis with reporters or anyone
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else in a position to work on it.</p>
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<p>
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<special>More highlights of "Reasonable Doubt":</special>
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<info type="">More highlights of "Reasonable Doubt":</info>
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The chapters on Oswald in New Orleans and on the questions relating to
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intelligence agencies are particularly good.
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Neither the HSCA nor its case against the Mafia gets a lot of attention.
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establish Marina as a sleeper agent. (Might that explain the allegedly
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anomalous friendship between the Oswalds and the DeMohrenschildts?) (P. 240)</p>
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<p>
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<special>And now for something completely different:</special>
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<info type="">And now for something completely different:</info>
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It's... Chapter 12, "The Confession of Robert Easterling."
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At least, I think it's completely different.
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I find Easterling's story too incredible to be worth summarizing here.
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relationship to the rest of the book as the good story about Mr. & Mrs.
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Rosetta Stone does to the Tippit chapter: each appears towards the end, each
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is fairly heavily qualified (and many readers won't be able to tell how much
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of the caution is <special>pro forma</special>), and there is not the detailed followup or
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of the caution is <info type="">pro forma</info>), and there is not the detailed followup or
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evaluation of the new material that I would like.
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Disclaimers aside, there are signs that Hurt has taken Easterling very
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seriously at some point. (Some of his language suggests that his conclusions
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in itself would not be unusual, the odds would still be high that his
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"confession" was nothing but a delusion.</p>
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<p>
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<special>Reviews of "Reasonable Doubt":</special>
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<info type="">Reviews of "Reasonable Doubt":</info>
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6. 22 Nov 85 (Pub Wkly) Brief and mostly favorable. "The prose is a
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bit breathless at times," but "the components of [the] mystery are laid out
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with notable clarity." The theory of a "Cuban conspiracy" involving an Oswald
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"Hurt does not take this source as a touchstone. Instead, he argues that Mr.
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Easterling's story ought to be given official attention."</p>
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<p>
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<special>More details about Oswald in Mexico:</special>
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<info type="">More details about Oswald in Mexico:</info>
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"The Lobster" has reprinted almost all of the Afterword from the U.S.
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paperback edition of Tony Summers' "Conspiracy." Summers reported significant
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progress in his search for Maurice Bishop, and prepared additional information
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@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ CIA investigation, I have many problems with what I know about the unpublished
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and published investigation in other areas, and I know that some HSCA sources
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doubt some conclusions of the Mexico City staff report.</p>
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<p>
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<special>Jim Garrison -- on the bench and off the wall:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Jim Garrison -- on the bench and off the wall:</info>
|
||||
In October 1985, Garrison told Ted Gandolfo that he was working on a new
|
||||
book, entitled "A Farewell to Justice." He said that "there is no question in
|
||||
my mind that it is the absolute and ultimate truth down to the last detail
|
||||
@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ deep involvement of the Agency in the President's assassination requires that
|
||||
it give the maximum reinforcement to the two major false sponsors which it has
|
||||
created: Organized Crime and Fidel Castro.... If the author [of a book] so
|
||||
much as infers that Organized Crime or Castro were behind what so plainly was
|
||||
an <special>Agency project</special>.... then one has in his hand the typical product of one of
|
||||
an <info type="">Agency project</info>.... then one has in his hand the typical product of one of
|
||||
the Agency's stable of hungry scribes."
|
||||
Garrison also disputes allegations that Organized Crime is behind him.
|
||||
"While I lay no pretense to being the epitome of virtue, with regard to
|
||||
@ -600,16 +600,16 @@ If any of you want to spring to Garrison's defense, here is my $64
|
||||
question: at the time he arrested Clay Shaw, what serious evidence did he
|
||||
have that he had in fact conspired with anyone to kill JFK?</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Subscription information:</special> There were only 3 issues of EOC last year.
|
||||
<info type="">Subscription information:</info> There were only 3 issues of EOC last year.
|
||||
The mimimum rate for a paid subscription is $0.05 per page plus postage, or
|
||||
$1.96 for 1985 in the U.S. and Canada. For postage to Europe, add $0.48 per
|
||||
issue; to Australia, $0.60. Payment must be in U.S. currency; please make any
|
||||
checks payable to me, not to EOC.</p>
|
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<p>
|
||||
<special>Credits:</special> Thanks to S. Dorril (#8), G. Hollingsworth (67), H. Hurt (5),
|
||||
<info type="">Credits:</info> Thanks to S. Dorril (#8), G. Hollingsworth (67), H. Hurt (5),
|
||||
R. Ranftel (7), and L. Sproesser (9).</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>More press coverage of Hurt's book:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">More press coverage of Hurt's book:</info>
|
||||
The following items arrived as this issue was being completed. They are
|
||||
from the Chicago Sun-Times, 9 Feb 86. (Thanks to J. Gordon.)
|
||||
10. "Who killed JFK? Not Oswald, book claims" [2 pp., with a big
|
||||
@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ Lines: 617</p>
|
||||
<p>ECHOES OF CONSPIRACY July 17, 1986
|
||||
Vol. 8, #2 Paul L. Hoch</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Quotation of the day:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Quotation of the day:</info>
|
||||
"An interesting theory can always outrun a set of facts," according to
|
||||
psychologist A. Holliday, at a 1959 conference on LSD therapy chaired by Dr.
|
||||
Paul Hoch, CIA consultant and "opinion leader."
|
||||
@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ of "Did Lee Harvey Oswald Drop Acid?," the article co-authored by ex-AIB'er
|
||||
Lee. (5 EOC 1, p. 4) (#1986.14: Publisher's press release, consisting of
|
||||
advance comments by Ginsberg, Stockwell, Krassner, et al.)</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Forthcoming TV coverage:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Forthcoming TV coverage:</info>
|
||||
In November, Showtime will present four hours of "The Trial of LHO," with
|
||||
Vincent Bugliosi for the prosecution and Jerry Spence for the defense. (Ed
|
||||
Bark, DMN, 21 Jun 86, reprinted in Coverups, 6/86 [#15].) An earlier report
|
||||
@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ by Jerry Rose identifies the producers as London Weekend Television. (See
|
||||
2 3D 3.21; that is, The Third Decade, Vol. 2, #3 [Mar 1986], p. 21) Although
|
||||
there are risks in having lawyers present the case, this should a good show.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>The 22nd anniversary:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">The 22nd anniversary:</info>
|
||||
16. 22 Nov 85 (Fredericksburg, VA "Free Lance-Star") "JFK questions
|
||||
persist" A summary of what has and hasn't happened since the HSCA report, by
|
||||
guest columnist (and buff) Harry Nash. "The simple fact is that Justice, like
|
||||
@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ ongoing controversy over the assassination. Were there others? (I have the
|
||||
original version of the widely publicized account of how the WC damaged the
|
||||
Hoover-Warren relationship; it should be in the next EOC.)</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>The RFK case:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">The RFK case:</info>
|
||||
17. 5 Mar 86 (LA Herald-Examiner) "RFK slaying report lacks all the
|
||||
facts" [2 p.] Quotes Paul Schrade and Greg Stone, who said that "what is
|
||||
important is the 97% of material which remains withheld." The commission
|
||||
@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ interview of Melanson.
|
||||
30. 28 Mar (LAT) "Sirhan Denied Parole; Crime's 'Enormity' Cited"
|
||||
A staff psychiatrist described him as "generally rehabilitated."</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>"Reasonable Doubt":</special>
|
||||
<info type="">"Reasonable Doubt":</info>
|
||||
31. 20 Apr 86 (Boston Herald) "JFK's death: Let's find the truth"
|
||||
An op-ed piece by Henry Hurt, directed at Boston Congressional candidate
|
||||
Joseph P. Kennedy. "The bond of silence that began with Robert Kennedy has
|
||||
@ -851,11 +851,11 @@ round in the debate. Whether one agrees with them or not, conspiracy books
|
||||
like this one are seldom dull."
|
||||
"It is not unusual... for conspiracy theorists to make their attacks on
|
||||
the Warren Report sound utterly convincing - until they try to explain what
|
||||
<special>really</special> happened. Then some sticky questions inevitably arise. For instance,
|
||||
<info type="">really</info> happened. Then some sticky questions inevitably arise. For instance,
|
||||
why does all the physical evidence point to Oswald's rifle and to no other
|
||||
weapon?... If a better rifle was used, where did its bullets go?... Hurt
|
||||
provides a novel explanation.... Readers who prefer complex solutions to
|
||||
simple ones will find much to admire in <special>Reasonable Doubt</special>." (She might be
|
||||
simple ones will find much to admire in <info type="">Reasonable Doubt</info>." (She might be
|
||||
wrong about any given area of evidence, but she does have a point.)
|
||||
Easterling's confession "has the dreamlike quality of a delusion....
|
||||
[He] seems to have been working for everyone on the conspiracy theorists' list
|
||||
@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ A few more reviews, short and/or not particularly noteworthy: #58 (19
|
||||
Jan), Fort Wayne Journal; #59 (23 Jan), Macon, MS Beacon; #60 (16 Feb),
|
||||
Anniston, AL Star; #61, Detroit News; #62 (24 Apr), Daily Express (UK).</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>More thoughts the murder of Officer Tippit:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">More thoughts the murder of Officer Tippit:</info>
|
||||
Several people have challenged me to explain how Tippit's affair might
|
||||
have actually played a role in the events of November 22. Indeed, it would be
|
||||
quite a coincidence if he happened to be the victim of a killer with a
|
||||
@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ the eyewitness evidence suggesting that Tippit had been waiting for someone
|
||||
coming from the same direction as Oswald. (Ramparts, Nov 66) And of course
|
||||
Tippit's affair might explain only why he was in Oak Cliff.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Judge Garrison responds (and Hoch dissents):</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Judge Garrison responds (and Hoch dissents):</info>
|
||||
Ted Gandolfo sent Jim Garrison part of 8 EOC 1, and sent me a copy of
|
||||
Garrison's reply. (Letter of 14 Apr 86 to Gandolfo, #1986.63; quoted almost
|
||||
in full here.)
|
||||
@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ St., Los Angeles, CA 90027. Certainly many of the details are correct, and
|
||||
maybe some of the big charges are, but I do not think these articles
|
||||
consistently meet essential standards of exposition and logical argument.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>The supporters and friends of Paulino Sierra:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">The supporters and friends of Paulino Sierra:</info>
|
||||
What follows is essentially the complete text of a letter I sent to the
|
||||
Justice Department on May 13, 1986. Once again, an assassination lead brings
|
||||
us back to the hidden history of the Kennedy administration's war against
|
||||
@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ Scott found a published reference to Sierra which indicates that he was
|
||||
indeed coordinating some of his actions with the U.S. government at a high
|
||||
level.
|
||||
In his biography of Robert Kennedy, Arthur Schlesinger discussed an anti-Castro operation in Central America involving Manuel Artime. "Hal Hendrix of
|
||||
the <special>Miami News</special> supposed [this operation was] managed either by CIA or, 'on a
|
||||
the <info type="">Miami News</info> supposed [this operation was] managed either by CIA or, 'on a
|
||||
hip pocket basis,' by the Attorney General [Robert Kennedy] himself." Luis
|
||||
Somoza, "son of the thieving Nicaraguan dictator," tried to learn of the
|
||||
attitude of the U.S. government toward that operation. Somoza "was soon
|
||||
@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ In an informal interview published in "Lobster" (#1985.99), Peter Scott
|
||||
apparently gave Robin Ramsay his "three-hurricane theory" of the
|
||||
assassination. That expression, from Mark Allen, derives from a powerful
|
||||
alcoholic drink popular in New Orleans, after three of which any buff will
|
||||
tell you what he <special>really</special> thinks happened in Dallas.
|
||||
tell you what he <info type="">really</info> thinks happened in Dallas.
|
||||
"I think that the Kennedys really had started a new type of Cuban exile
|
||||
movement against Castro, the chief element of which was that there would be
|
||||
money to go anywhere else they liked, in the Caribbean, to find their bases.
|
||||
@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ the manuscript was set aside after Pocket Books decided not to publish it, we
|
||||
have not forgotten about it and still hope to get the information out in due
|
||||
course.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Credits:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Credits:</info>
|
||||
This issue of EOC is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Dr. Cornelia
|
||||
Hoch-Ligeti, who died in May at age 79, after a long career in medical
|
||||
research. (WP, 31 May, p. B6)
|
||||
@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ Lines: 613</p>
|
||||
<p>ECHOES OF CONSPIRACY October 31, 1986
|
||||
Vol. 8, #3 Paul L. Hoch</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>The acoustical evidence:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">The acoustical evidence:</info>
|
||||
One reason for questioning the authenticity of the DPD Dictabelt is the
|
||||
presence of certain messages relating to Officer Tippit. Basically, the
|
||||
following exchanges are suspect because of their content, the formal tone of
|
||||
@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ As far as I know, the JD has neither finished nor abandoned its long-overdue
|
||||
review of the HSCA report.
|
||||
8 EOC 3 -2-</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>London Weekend Television program:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">London Weekend Television program:</info>
|
||||
73. 31 Jul 86 (NY Post) "23 year[s] later, Oswald goes on trial"
|
||||
Twenty-five witnesses recently appeared before TV cameras (and a judge and
|
||||
jury from Dallas) in London. They included medical, forensic, and ballistics
|
||||
@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ Showtime can't hurt.
|
||||
cousin of LBJ), who was to play the judge (trying the case under present
|
||||
federal law, not 1963 Texas law).</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Also on TV:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Also on TV:</info>
|
||||
I missed "Yuri Nosenko, KGB" on HBO in September. Would someone like to
|
||||
give us more information than these clippings?
|
||||
76. 31 Aug 86 (NYT) The story is told "from the perspective of the CIA
|
||||
@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ played Nosenko thinks he was a real defector. Davis concluded that "every way
|
||||
you turn it around you find it's like a Rubik's Cube that won't ever quite
|
||||
work out." Not a bad analogy for the whole JFK case.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Worthy organizations:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Worthy organizations:</info>
|
||||
If you did not get a letter from AARC in mid-August, please ask me for a
|
||||
copy. (#80, 2 pp., no charge) This includes a "special plea for permanent
|
||||
members" from Bud Fensterwald. The primary goal is not to get the membership
|
||||
@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ counterpart to AIM is Jeff Cohen; fellow AIB veterans Marty Lee and Bob Katz
|
||||
are also involved. FAIR has been involved "in the effort to expose and
|
||||
counteract ABC's pending 12-hour miniseries, 'Amerika.'"</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>The saga of Earl and Edgar:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">The saga of Earl and Edgar:</info>
|
||||
A story on the Warren Commission got a lot of newspaper play on the day
|
||||
after Thanksgiving last year - remarkable, even though that was, as usual, a
|
||||
slow news day. As noted in the NYT's news summary (#82, 29 Nov 85), the WCR
|
||||
@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ interested. (98 pages, each two reduced pages of double-spaced clean
|
||||
typescript; index included; cost (including postage): $6 or less, depending
|
||||
on the number of requests received by January 1, 1987.)</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>A break from clippings (for the rest of this issue, at least):</special>
|
||||
<info type="">A break from clippings (for the rest of this issue, at least):</info>
|
||||
Current clippings are generally less interesting than, e.g., old
|
||||
8 EOC 3 -4-</p>
|
||||
<p>clippings and the HSCA volumes. What are people interested in reading about
|
||||
@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ clippings and documents, and chronologies? I would appreciate help with these
|
||||
difficult questions. In the meantime, some documents, more or less from the
|
||||
top of the pile on my desk.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>From the Warren papers:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">From the Warren papers:</info>
|
||||
As noted in 7 EOC 3.10, some of Warren's files at the Library of Congress
|
||||
have been released.
|
||||
In March 1974, Alfred Goldberg (the WC's staff historian) interviewed
|
||||
@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ McCloy's draft response, saying that he was not impressed [#90, 16 Jul 69,
|
||||
which Warren agreed with McCloy but suggested that he not send the letter.
|
||||
8 EOC 3 -5-</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>CIA interest in identifying the Mexico Mystery Man:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">CIA interest in identifying the Mexico Mystery Man:</info>
|
||||
Last November, the CIA released eleven documents to Bud Fensterwald in
|
||||
connection with his FOIA request for records relating to efforts to identify
|
||||
the Mexico Mystery Man (MMM), the man whose description (taken from Embassy
|
||||
@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ material contained in the attached folder is entirely theoretical and does not
|
||||
constitute an official file or position of this Division or Agency, it may be
|
||||
of interest to... the HSCA." If made available, it would be "with the
|
||||
understanding that it is a theoretical unofficial research undertaking." The
|
||||
folder contains "informal and preliminary research based on a <special>theory</special> that
|
||||
folder contains "informal and preliminary research based on a <info type="">theory</info> that
|
||||
[deletion] might be identifiable with" the MMM.
|
||||
What do we know about the CIA researcher who pursued this hypothesis?
|
||||
Only that she "undertook to research the theory that [deletion] might be the
|
||||
@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ question is deleted.)
|
||||
Related released documents: #99, 4 pp. The CIA list of 40 documents on
|
||||
this subject (dated 12/62 through 7/78, mostly withheld) is #100, 3 pp.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Nazis and other anti-Communists:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Nazis and other anti-Communists:</info>
|
||||
Former Justice Department official John Loftus made some noteworthy
|
||||
comments in his House testimony on a GAO report on Nazi war criminals in the
|
||||
U.S. (For more on Loftus, see 6 EOC 4.10.) In a list of 29 areas which he
|
||||
@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ loner, or as an agent of another intelligence agency? (Just speculating.)
|
||||
.CP 6
|
||||
8 EOC 3 -7-</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Book news:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Book news:</info>
|
||||
Kitty Kelley's new book on Frank Sinatra ("His Way," Bantam, $21.95) is
|
||||
rather political, with quite a bit on the Kennedy-Exner-Giancana-Sinatra
|
||||
nexus. I think there is some new information, much of it apparently based on
|
||||
@ -1634,10 +1634,10 @@ President's father' on Marcello's behalf." (P. 295) This story has appeared
|
||||
that a contact with Sinatra was made; p. 242) and at 9 HSCA 70 (which does not
|
||||
specifically refer to JFK's father).
|
||||
Years after the JFK assassination, "when [Sinatra] learned that Lee
|
||||
Harvey Oswald had watched <special>Suddenly</special> a few days [sic] before shooting the
|
||||
Harvey Oswald had watched <info type="">Suddenly</info> a few days [sic] before shooting the
|
||||
President, he withdrew the 1954 movie in which he played a deranged assassin
|
||||
paid to kill the president. He also forbid the re-release of <special>The Manchurian
|
||||
Candidate</special>." (P. 328; cf. 1 3D 6.13, noted at 7 EOC 3.9)
|
||||
paid to kill the president. He also forbid the re-release of <info type="">The Manchurian
|
||||
Candidate</info>." (P. 328; cf. 1 3D 6.13, noted at 7 EOC 3.9)
|
||||
In a column prompted by the book, W. Safire called Reagan's award of the
|
||||
Medal of Freedom to Sinatra "obscene." [30 Sep, #103] In 1975, Safire had
|
||||
strong words about the Sinatra-Exner-Giancana story (Davis, pp. 740-1); I
|
||||
@ -1680,14 +1680,14 @@ If you are interested in the problems facing authors of serious
|
||||
nonfiction, I recommend "Publishers wary of lawsuits: Libel Lawyers Wield
|
||||
Blue Pencils on Books." (#107, LAT, 26 Jun 86, 3 pp.)</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>KAL 007:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">KAL 007:</info>
|
||||
Three months after the KAL disaster, while the press was noting the
|
||||
twentieth anniversary of the JFK assassination, the government was seemingly
|
||||
commemorating it with a major coverup, arguably the biggest in twenty years.
|
||||
On the occasion of the publication of Seymour Hersh's new book, "The
|
||||
Target is Destroyed," Time magazine drew a different parallel: "Like the
|
||||
Kennedy assassination, the KAL incident has created a cottage industry of
|
||||
conspiracy theorists.... Hersh's explanations [excerpted] in the <special>Atlantic</special>
|
||||
conspiracy theorists.... Hersh's explanations [excerpted] in the <info type="">Atlantic</info>
|
||||
seem far more convincing. They involve no conspiracies or even any evil
|
||||
intent on either side. Yet that is hardly reassuring. It is in some ways
|
||||
more frightening to be reminded just how fragile sophisticated military
|
||||
@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ are willing to keep Occam's Razor sheathed, and if you trust Cutler to have
|
||||
convincingly eliminated all simpler explanations, you should read that book;
|
||||
I haven't.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Queries from readers:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Queries from readers:</info>
|
||||
Q77. According to P. Maas' book on Ed Wilson, in 1964 the CIA helped get
|
||||
Wilson a job as an advance man in Humphrey's VP campaign, in connection with
|
||||
his assignment to "Special Operations." (P. 24, #112) On the assumption that
|
||||
@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ Ovid Demaris (Monarch Books paperback, 1960, 148 pp.)?
|
||||
Q79. Does anyone have an FBI document describing a test, prior to
|
||||
November 29, 1963, of the firing speed of Oswald's rifle?</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Castro again:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Castro again:</info>
|
||||
Speaking of theories of Cuban involvement (as we were on page 5): in his
|
||||
March 16 speech on Contra aid, president R. Reagan closed with an anecdote
|
||||
from Clare Booth Luce, who recently spoke of an encounter with JFK. She said
|
||||
@ -1830,12 +1830,12 @@ first, Fidel." This copy [#114, 4 pp.] bears the rubber stamp of the S. F.
|
||||
chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, with genuine phone and P.O. box
|
||||
numbers.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Late news:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Late news:</info>
|
||||
David Phillips is to receive "substantial" damages in a settlement of a
|
||||
libel suit against the London Observer, over excepts from Summers' book
|
||||
"Conspiracy." ("Challenge" press release and clips, #115, 2 pp.)</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Credits:</special> Thanks to M. Ewing (#115), B. Fensterwald (80), J. Goldberg (73),
|
||||
<info type="">Credits:</info> Thanks to M. Ewing (#115), B. Fensterwald (80), J. Goldberg (73),
|
||||
L. Haapanen (101), G. Hollingsworth (77-8, 105), M. Lee (81), D. Lifton (106),
|
||||
P. McCarthy (83), J. Marshall (102), S. Meagher (84), J. Mierzejewski (79),
|
||||
G. Owens (76), R. Ranftel (85-7, 89-94, 96-100, 107, 110), P. Scott (104,
|
||||
@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ Lines: 618</p>
|
||||
<p>ECHOES OF CONSPIRACY December 8, 1986
|
||||
Vol. 8, #4 Paul L. Hoch</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Showtime show trial:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Showtime show trial:</info>
|
||||
Among EOC readers, access to Showtime cable TV seems scarcer than
|
||||
interest in the LWT production, "On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald." I was able to
|
||||
see the program, so it seemed like a good idea to get this issue out as soon
|
||||
@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ book or long article - I have heard nothing about one.) LWT definitely got
|
||||
some interesting comments from potential witnesses who were not even mentioned
|
||||
in the final version.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Summary and commentary:</special>
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<info type="">Summary and commentary:</info>
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The first evening's segment (three hours) comprised the prosecution case.
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It was the basic WC-HSCA evidence against Oswald, presented in a rather
|
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straightforward way by Bugliosi.
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@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ dragging, but in many cases this limited the opportunity to judge the demeanor
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of the witness. I'm not sure anything came out in direct testimony which we
|
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didn't already know, but if it did, we would have trouble judging whether it
|
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was a real subtlety or one introduced by Bugliosi's paraphrasing.
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First witness: <special>Buell Frazier</special>, slightly graying. He lives "here in
|
||||
First witness: <info type="">Buell Frazier</info>, slightly graying. He lives "here in
|
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Dallas." He said that Oswald was the only employee missing at a roll call.
|
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Spence opened with a little joke, and bugged Bugliosi by mispronouncing his
|
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name. He led Frazier to say that Oswald was nice, liked kids, was not a
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@ -1944,14 +1944,14 @@ police, did not surface. (LWT had been referred to Chapters 10 and 11 of
|
||||
George O'Toole's book "The Assassination Tapes.") Of course, all my comments
|
||||
about what was not done are subject to revision when we see the rest of the
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testimony next year.
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<special>Charles Brehm</special> described what he saw of the shooting. To Spence, he
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<info type="">Charles Brehm</info> described what he saw of the shooting. To Spence, he
|
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conceded that he had called himself an expert on those few seconds. The
|
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Zapruder film was shown, to make the jury experts too. Brehm argued a bit
|
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when Spence described the head snap in exaggerated terms. Spence carried on
|
||||
about the direction tin cans move in when hit by rocks, and he was reprimanded
|
||||
for his theatrics. There's a mind-bender. If a witness misbehaved, would he
|
||||
be cited for contempt of television? (And sentenced to watch "Dallas"?)
|
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<special>Harold Norman</special> was led through his description of hearing the shots and
|
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<info type="">Harold Norman</info> was led through his description of hearing the shots and
|
||||
falling cartridge cases on the next floor up. Spence aptly noted that Norman
|
||||
did not try to escape from the armed man in the building, and Spence
|
||||
inscrutably suggested that what he heard could have been other metal objects
|
||||
@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ by the whole exercise. Oddly, he indicated that he had resisted the efforts
|
||||
of the FBI to put words in his mouth, on the question of whether what he heard
|
||||
was "above" or "right above" him. Spence tried (inadequately) to clarify the
|
||||
issue of when employees were freed to leave the building.
|
||||
Sheriff <special>Eugene Boone</special> described the sniper's nest, and his discovery of
|
||||
Sheriff <info type="">Eugene Boone</info> described the sniper's nest, and his discovery of
|
||||
the rifle, saying that "Mauser" was used as a generic term. Typically, Spence
|
||||
did not really cross-examine Boone about what he had said, but used his
|
||||
testimony as a way of presenting his own speculation. Spence suggested that
|
||||
@ -1973,9 +1973,9 @@ not able to identify the rifle as the one he found, just in the sense that it
|
||||
did not have his marks on it. Having testified that he found no powder burns
|
||||
on the foliage on the knoll, he conceded that there were none on the sixth
|
||||
floor either.
|
||||
Officer <special>Marrion Baker</special> described his encounter with Oswald on the second
|
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Officer <info type="">Marrion Baker</info> described his encounter with Oswald on the second
|
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floor. Spence emphasized that Oswald did not seem excited.
|
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<special>Ted Callaway</special> told of seeing Oswald run past his used-car lot with his
|
||||
<info type="">Ted Callaway</info> told of seeing Oswald run past his used-car lot with his
|
||||
8 EOC 4 -3-</p>
|
||||
<p>pistol, and of checking Tippit's pulse and calling in on his radio. On cross,
|
||||
Bugliosi objected to Spence cutting off Callaway's responses, but was
|
||||
@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ doorway a few steps in front of Frazier. Spence had gotten Callaway and Baker
|
||||
to say that the man in the Altgens photo resembled Oswald. Spence tried to
|
||||
make an issue of Frazier not having identified Lovelady before. This is a
|
||||
good example of muddying up the facts on what really is a non-issue.
|
||||
<special>Jack Brewer</special> (known to us as Johnny Calvin Brewer) told of seeing Oswald
|
||||
<info type="">Jack Brewer</info> (known to us as Johnny Calvin Brewer) told of seeing Oswald
|
||||
outside his shoe store, and of his role in the capture of Oswald. Did we know
|
||||
that the police briefly held a gun on him? Good testimony from a human-interest viewpoint, but we did not learn how Brewer felt about jumping into
|
||||
that dangerous situation. To Spence, he conceded that Oswald's odd behavior
|
||||
@ -2004,8 +2004,8 @@ does not know who, or even if it was a policeman. (It did not come out that
|
||||
he told David Belin that it was "some of the police," and that he thought he
|
||||
"had seen him [Oswald] some place before. I think he had been in my store
|
||||
before." [7 WCH 6, 4])
|
||||
After a "break," during which Ed Newman retraced Oswald's route, <special>Cecil
|
||||
Kirk</special> testified about his HSCA photo analysis, primarily of the Zapruder film
|
||||
After a "break," during which Ed Newman retraced Oswald's route, <info type="">Cecil
|
||||
Kirk</info> testified about his HSCA photo analysis, primarily of the Zapruder film
|
||||
and the backyard photos. Kirk had better graphics capabilities this time -
|
||||
stop action video, and a light pen (as used for play analysis in football
|
||||
games). This production reportedly cost about $1 million; the HSCA spent only
|
||||
@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ panelists would have been delighted to come up with evidence of conspiracy.
|
||||
An odd bit of role-playing: Bugliosi objected to the playing of a 1964
|
||||
clip of Connally talking about the shots, when he must have realized that it
|
||||
was good television and would not be passed up.
|
||||
Dr. <special>Charles Petty</special> testified about the HSCA pathology panel, attributing
|
||||
Dr. <info type="">Charles Petty</info> testified about the HSCA pathology panel, attributing
|
||||
the head snap to a neuromuscular reaction. Cross-examination was dreadful -
|
||||
did you ask the FBI or the CIA "to produce the brain of the President?" Even
|
||||
expert witnesses don't get to talk. The HSCA public hearings were usually a
|
||||
@ -2033,13 +2033,13 @@ that the photos and X-rays contradicted the autopsy surgeons on the location
|
||||
of the head entry wound. (7 HSCA 129) Spence erroneously introduced this as
|
||||
a conflict between the photos and the X-rays, and the real issue here (which
|
||||
the HSCA was unable to resolve) was totally obfuscated.
|
||||
HSCA firearms expert <special>Monty Lutz</special> described a re-enactment he did for
|
||||
HSCA firearms expert <info type="">Monty Lutz</info> described a re-enactment he did for
|
||||
8 EOC 4 -4-</p>
|
||||
<p>Bugliosi this May, getting three hits in 3.6 seconds once, and two hits the
|
||||
other four times. Spence noted that this was not an exact duplication. He
|
||||
made this point in such an obnoxious way that his success with juries both
|
||||
surprises and disturbs me.
|
||||
<special>Vincent Guinn</special> testified about his neutron activation analysis. The
|
||||
<info type="">Vincent Guinn</info> testified about his neutron activation analysis. The
|
||||
cross-examination (reproduced on p. 9) was in some ways typically awful.
|
||||
Spence emphasized that Guinn had not examined 28 additional bullet fragments
|
||||
which were "found" in the head. (In fact, they were "found" in X-rays.) The
|
||||
@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ Lane used to say?) Guinn wasn't allowed to say what he knew on that point.
|
||||
Insofar as there is a real inauthenticity issue, i.e. in the context of
|
||||
Lifton's evidence, it was not pursued in any meaningful way on the air.
|
||||
The next witness was a surprise to me, and a new face: former FBI
|
||||
documents expert <special>Lyndal Shaneyfelt</special>. He gave straightforward testimony about
|
||||
documents expert <info type="">Lyndal Shaneyfelt</info>. He gave straightforward testimony about
|
||||
the Klein's order form for the rifle and Oswald's diary and letters, with a
|
||||
reading of the sections indicating the most hostility to the U.S. Spence
|
||||
played the innocent: "Well. Do you realize what you've been used for here,
|
||||
@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ establish his loyalty by sending anti-American letters through the censored
|
||||
mail. A confused double hypothesis: an agent wouldn't ordinarily keep a
|
||||
diary, but he wanted his to be read. Shaneyfelt conceded that it was a "fair
|
||||
assumption" that the CIA and FBI can create good forgeries.
|
||||
A bit of real-life drama emerged in the testimony of <special>Nelson Delgado</special>, now
|
||||
A bit of real-life drama emerged in the testimony of <info type="">Nelson Delgado</info>, now
|
||||
a chef in Arkansas. He and Oswald were both "130%" pro-Castro in the Marines.
|
||||
He agreed with Spence's description of his (previously reported) fears that
|
||||
the FBI would get him, and Bugliosi wondered - without probing the reasons for
|
||||
@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ his fears - if Delgado didn't think that the FBI would have gotten him if they
|
||||
really wanted to. Delgado said he was "just old news" now, and revealed that
|
||||
he had indeed been shot in the shoulder.
|
||||
The last government witness - on the stand for about 25 minutes - was
|
||||
<special>Ruth Paine</special>. Wasn't this her first extended public appearance? It was
|
||||
<info type="">Ruth Paine</info>. Wasn't this her first extended public appearance? It was
|
||||
interesting to see her in person, but the constraints of the format were
|
||||
overwhelming. She was trying to be precise, thoughtful, and fair, and
|
||||
apparently found talking about Oswald a difficult experience; the lawyers were
|
||||
@ -2099,11 +2099,11 @@ all those little points must add up to something; my reaction to Spence is
|
||||
quite the opposite. His ability and inclination to suggest doubts about
|
||||
whatever a prosecution witness said told me less about what happened in Dallas
|
||||
than about how lawyers work.
|
||||
The first defense witness was <special>Bill Newman</special>, who described seeing Kennedy
|
||||
The first defense witness was <info type="">Bill Newman</info>, who described seeing Kennedy
|
||||
and Connally hit. It was established that there was room for doubt in his
|
||||
opinion of the direction of the shots, since (when he was excited and upset)
|
||||
he signed a statement saying the JFK had stood up in the car.
|
||||
Spence called <special>Tom Tilson</special> of the DPD to tell his story about someone who
|
||||
Spence called <info type="">Tom Tilson</info> of the DPD to tell his story about someone who
|
||||
looked just like Ruby (whom he knew) throwing something into a car just past
|
||||
the knoll, right after the shooting. Tilson then followed him but the license
|
||||
number he called in was apparently not pursued, and Tilson's copy was lost.
|
||||
@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ knoll with a gun and planting a bullet at Parkland. That is hardly a leading
|
||||
hypothesis for a conspiracy involving Ruby; the only advantage seems to be
|
||||
that one can exploit it, in a very naive way, to incorporate some of Seth
|
||||
Kantor's testimony and at the same time cast doubt on Guinn's.
|
||||
The testimony of Dr. <special>Cyril Wecht</special> generally resembled his HSCA appearance,
|
||||
The testimony of Dr. <info type="">Cyril Wecht</info> generally resembled his HSCA appearance,
|
||||
in tone as well as content. Wecht still takes a hard line on the question of
|
||||
how he could be right and the rest of the HSCA panel wrong, suggesting the
|
||||
"subconscious" influence of their government grants and appointments. In the
|
||||
@ -2140,8 +2140,8 @@ HSCA's trajectory analysis. There may be minor errors on that work, but the
|
||||
SBT path is clearly not as implausible as Wecht presented it. Bugliosi scored
|
||||
a point by asking where the Kennedy bullet went if it did not end up in
|
||||
Connally, but he did not bring up the HSCA's trajectory work.
|
||||
Perhaps the most impressive defense witness was hospital corpsman <special>Paul
|
||||
O'Connor</special>, one of the important Bethesda witnesses in Lifton's "Best Evidence."
|
||||
Perhaps the most impressive defense witness was hospital corpsman <info type="">Paul
|
||||
O'Connor</info>, one of the important Bethesda witnesses in Lifton's "Best Evidence."
|
||||
He described the removal of JFK's body from a body bag, the "constant"
|
||||
interference by Dr. Burkley (apparently on behalf of the family), and the
|
||||
condition of the head, which left no need for the procedure he usually
|
||||
@ -2173,7 +2173,7 @@ the missing brain is representative of but not really central to the mysteries
|
||||
of the medical evidence. Bugliosi's presentation of the HSCA investigation of
|
||||
RFK's probable role in the post-autopsy destruction of a brain may have unduly
|
||||
lessened the impact of O'Connor's testimony.
|
||||
Former FBI SA <special>James Hosty</special> was called as an adverse witness. It was
|
||||
Former FBI SA <info type="">James Hosty</info> was called as an adverse witness. It was
|
||||
valuable to see him, but I don't recall much new information in his testimony
|
||||
on Oswald's note, the information "withheld" from him about Oswald's Mexico
|
||||
trip, and other matters. (Spence's grasp of the evidence seemed imperfect; he
|
||||
@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ Spence noted that, in a real trial, Lee could have demanded production of the
|
||||
still-classified 280-page HSCA report on Mexico. On cross-examination,
|
||||
Bugliosi let Lopez talk a bit, and managed to effectively touch on some of the
|
||||
evidentiary difficulties with his conspiratorial conclusions.
|
||||
The final defense witness was <special>Seth Kantor</special>, whose testimony provided a
|
||||
The final defense witness was <info type="">Seth Kantor</info>, whose testimony provided a
|
||||
pretty good summary of the basic issues relating to Ruby, whom he knew.
|
||||
Bugliosi raised some of the standard non-conspiratorial rebuttals. I don't
|
||||
recall any facts which are not in Kantor's book on Ruby or the HSCA volumes.
|
||||
@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ did an acceptable and often persuasive job on the air.
|
||||
The credits included special thanks to Tony Summers and Mary Ferrell.
|
||||
The copyright is held by LWT.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Clippings:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Clippings:</info>
|
||||
117. For 15-16 Nov 86 (Seth Kantor, Cox papers and NYT service)
|
||||
[3 pp.] "Despite the impact of the testimony, the realistic trial is
|
||||
dominated by the hand-to-hand courtroom combat" of Spence and Bugliosi, who
|
||||
@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ Atlantis. More than half "said they are creationists." So let's not take our
|
||||
127. 20 Nov 86 (Corry, NYT) A good critique of the lawyers' styles and
|
||||
the witnesses' demeanor; quotable, but I'm short on space and time.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>An excerpt:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">An excerpt:</info>
|
||||
The entire broadcast cross-examination of Prof. Vincent Guinn:
|
||||
GS: Well, I'd rather cross-examine Mr. Bugliosi than the doctor, since
|
||||
he's the one that's given all the testimony. [Judge: But the doctor's on the
|
||||
@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ President? [VG: No way, unless I were the surgeon.]
|
||||
GS: And you just examined what they gave you, isn't that true, doctor?
|
||||
VG: Correct. [GS: Thank you, doctor.]</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Postscripts relating to Tony Summers:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Postscripts relating to Tony Summers:</info>
|
||||
The "settlement" referred to at 8 EOC 3.10 did not involve any admission
|
||||
or court ruling that Phillips had been libeled. It seems safe to assume the
|
||||
the potential cost of going to trial resulted in a settlement. The Observer
|
||||
@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@ Post based on Summers' research, as distributed by the Observer.
|
||||
"Goddess" is out in paperback (Onyx, $4.95), with a substantial new
|
||||
chapter (45 pages) on various aspects of the Monroe-Kennedy story.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Queries and comments:</special>
|
||||
<info type="">Queries and comments:</info>
|
||||
Q80. WBAI's anniversary program featured John Davis, David Lifton, and
|
||||
Phil Melanson. Can someone provide a tape?
|
||||
Q81. Investigations of Oswald's activities in New Orleans turned up
|
||||
@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ not be surprised if some of the newly prominent names can be linked to people
|
||||
who have been mentioned in the assassination controversy. Peter Scott has
|
||||
already come up with some interesting ideas along these lines.)</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>Credits</special>: Thanks to B. Fensterwald (#116), J. Goldberg (127), G. Hollingsworth
|
||||
<info type="">Credits</info>: Thanks to B. Fensterwald (#116), J. Goldberg (127), G. Hollingsworth
|
||||
(122, 124), S. Kantor (117), P. Melanson (118, 123), G. Owens (121),
|
||||
R. Stetler, and G. Stone (118).</p>
|
||||
<p>*From Illumi-Net BBS - (404) 377-1141* [ Don's note: I doubt this BBS is still
|
||||
|
||||
@ -5637,7 +5637,7 @@ ACategory: regional
|
||||
Slugword: ma-kennedy-statue
|
||||
Priority: regular
|
||||
Format: regular
|
||||
X-Supersedes: <special>1Rkennedy-statue_163@clarinet.com</special>
|
||||
X-Supersedes: <info type="">1Rkennedy-statue_163@clarinet.com</info>
|
||||
ANPA: Wc: 391; Id: u1507; Sel: bu--u; Adate: 8-7-2ped; Ver: insert
|
||||
Codes: ynlprxb., yea.rma., yev.rxb.
|
||||
Note: (ny) (editors: note language in 10thgraf) (2grafinsert after5thgraf xxx
|
||||
|
||||
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
|
||||
Subject: 100 CONSPIRACY Q'S ON JFK ASSASSIN
|
||||
<info type="Message-ID"> 1299600016@igc.org</info>
|
||||
Date: 30 Dec 91 00:21:00 GMT
|
||||
Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway <special>notes@igc.org</special>
|
||||
Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway <info type="">notes@igc.org</info>
|
||||
Lines: 1278
|
||||
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1299600016:000:17631
|
||||
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!plemkin Dec 29 16:21:00 1991</p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ path, open the minds and hearts of the educators and the children. We
|
||||
hope for a change in our educational system and society, to reflect
|
||||
Godly principles for the salvation of our people and land.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>end of tract</special>
|
||||
<info type="">end of tract</info>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p> The change that "Kurt" is hoping for is on its way, and it's not a very
|
||||
pleasant one. Excellent teachers whose only "crime" is same-sex
|
||||
|
||||
@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ The political goals of this organisation--fighting drugs and
|
||||
hunger, for a new just world economic order, for a strong western
|
||||
defense, against the decay of westerm culture and for a cultural
|
||||
and scientific renaissance--were considered side aspects of the
|
||||
"conspiracy". <special>h</special>
|
||||
"conspiracy". <info type="">h</info>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Pretrial events<special>t</special>
|
||||
<p>Pretrial events<info type="">t</info>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>By setting a very short period between the indictment and trial
|
||||
opening, Alexandria Judge Bryan created the preconditions for a
|
||||
|
||||
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ disclose what agency sent the letter.</p>
|
||||
<p>The company spokeswomen, also stated that they are not allowed to advertise
|
||||
the unit anywhere, and if they did they would "lose all government
|
||||
contracts.'' She further stated that they wanted to advertise it in
|
||||
<special>N</special>Law and Order and could not.</p>
|
||||
<info type="">N</info>Law and Order and could not.</p>
|
||||
<p>Marketing is done by word of mouth and narcotics trade shows, she said. This
|
||||
seemed a little contrary to the first spokesman who said that there were only
|
||||
three customers for the JBR recorder.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -314,11 +314,11 @@ about the issue supplied by the author when available. If you are
|
||||
interested in any of these issues, you are encouraged to go to the
|
||||
original articles, or other sources, for more information. The synopsis
|
||||
is merely a brief overview of the issue.</p>
|
||||
<p>From: New Liberation News Service <special>nlns@igc.apc.org</special>
|
||||
<p>From: New Liberation News Service <info type="">nlns@igc.apc.org</info>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>/* Written 11:38 am Mar 19, 1993 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in igc:media.issues */
|
||||
/* ---------- "Project Censored" ---------- */
|
||||
From: News Desk <special>newsdesk</special>
|
||||
From: News Desk <info type="">newsdesk</info>
|
||||
Subject: Project Censored</p>
|
||||
<p>Events conspired against me but here at long last is the 1992 list
|
||||
from Project Censored. Hopefully, it has not already been uploaded
|
||||
|
||||
@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ were mentioned, but only in passing.</p>
|
||||
the following quote from an Air Force spokesman (no unit or
|
||||
organization affiliation given):"</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>quote</special> Meanwhile, as Campbell continues playing to an ever-increasing audience, his efforts are not lost on the Air Force,
|
||||
<info type="">quote</info> Meanwhile, as Campbell continues playing to an ever-increasing audience, his efforts are not lost on the Air Force,
|
||||
which he's placed on his "Desert Rat" mailing list for free. "We
|
||||
read his publication," says Air Force Col. Douglas Kennett, "and
|
||||
we know what Mr. Campbell's doing near a base that may--or may
|
||||
|
||||
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Progressives, And Why They Must Be Rejected</p>
|
||||
disunion. They will fail if we unite."</p>
|
||||
<p>(George Seldes )</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>You Can't Do That</special>, 1938</p>
|
||||
<info type="">You Can't Do That</info>, 1938</p>
|
||||
<p>Political Research Associates
|
||||
678 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 205
|
||||
Cambridge, MA 02139
|
||||
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ more strident in the leading democratic societies which have never
|
||||
experienced fascist rule--Britain and America."</p>
|
||||
<p>(Paul Wilkinson )</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<special>The New Fascists</special>, 1981</p>
|
||||
<info type="">The New Fascists</info>, 1981</p>
|
||||
<p>Fascist political movements are experiencing a resurgence around
|
||||
the world. In Eastern Europe, racial nationalism, a key component
|
||||
of fascism, has surfaced in many new political parties. In the
|
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@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ believe most world governments, including the U.S. and the Soviet
|
||||
Union, are secretly controlled by a handful of conspirators they
|
||||
dub "The Insiders."</p>
|
||||
<p>The Populist Party (and groups to which it has historically been
|
||||
related such as the Liberty Lobby and its <special>Spotlight</special> newspaper),
|
||||
related such as the Liberty Lobby and its <info type="">Spotlight</info> newspaper),
|
||||
created a national constituency for David Duke and other white
|
||||
supremacist political candidates. Duke was the 1988 Populist Party
|
||||
presidential candidate. These forces believe a conspiracy of rich
|
||||
@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ serious about wooing the political left and that their conspiracist
|
||||
theories have been taken seriously in some quarters. Consider the
|
||||
following, all of which will be discussed in greater detail later:</p>
|
||||
<p>*** Several far-right commentators affiliated with the Liberty
|
||||
Lobby and its <special>Spotlight</special> newspaper sought and obtained lengthy
|
||||
Lobby and its <info type="">Spotlight</info> newspaper sought and obtained lengthy
|
||||
interviews on radio stations affiliated with the progressive Pacifica
|
||||
network. KPFK in Los Angeles and KPFA in San Francisco also aired
|
||||
long programs with radio personality Craig Hulet whose cynical
|
||||
@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ Wesley, the LaRouche organization's Central America operative. The
|
||||
LaRouchians have been involved in the Panamanian anti-intervention
|
||||
movement for years.</p>
|
||||
<p>*** More than 6 percent (49 out of a total 771) of the footnotes
|
||||
in Barbara Honneger's widely-popularized book <special>October Surprise</special>
|
||||
cite LaRouche publications such as <special>Executive Intelligence Review</special>
|
||||
and <special>New Solidarity</special> (now <special>New Federalist</special>). Honneger, a former
|
||||
in Barbara Honneger's widely-popularized book <info type="">October Surprise</info>
|
||||
cite LaRouche publications such as <info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info>
|
||||
and <info type="">New Solidarity</info> (now <info type="">New Federalist</info>). Honneger, a former
|
||||
White House aide, alleges in her book that officials connected to
|
||||
the Reagan Presidential campaign plotted with Iranian officials to
|
||||
delay the release of hostages in the Middle East until after the
|
||||
@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ footnotes. While information from the LaRouchians is sometimes
|
||||
accurate, it is often laced with unsubstantiated assertions and
|
||||
biased by the peculiar LaRouchian brand of conspiracist bigotry
|
||||
against Jews and homosexuals.</p>
|
||||
<p>*** The current issue of <special>Revisionist Letters</special>, a periodical
|
||||
<p>*** The current issue of <info type="">Revisionist Letters</info>, a periodical
|
||||
promoting the idea that the historical account of the Holocaust is
|
||||
a hoax, contains an article urging recruitment from "a powerful
|
||||
potential source of supporters--the radical Left! Leftist
|
||||
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ created by this courtship by the right. Radio station WBAI aired
|
||||
several hours of programming within a week of discovering that
|
||||
their broadcasts had included interviews with persons whose right-wing
|
||||
affiliations were not disclosed to the listeners. The progressive
|
||||
periodicals <special>Guardian</special> and <special>In These Times</special> have run articles and
|
||||
periodicals <info type="">Guardian</info> and <info type="">In These Times</info> have run articles and
|
||||
commentaries on the situation. KPFK and KPFA in California, however,
|
||||
waited months before their listeners even learned there was a debate
|
||||
over these issues. The Christic Institute has been especially
|
||||
@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ from serious analysis. All of these theories share elements of
|
||||
traditional right-wing conspiracy themes in which sinister global
|
||||
elites secretly manipulate world events. The theories echo themes
|
||||
promoted by the LaRouchians, the John Birch Society and the Liberty
|
||||
Lobby and its <special>Spotlight</special> newspaper.</p>
|
||||
Lobby and its <info type="">Spotlight</info> newspaper.</p>
|
||||
<p>Unsubstantiated conspiracy theories usually start with a basis in
|
||||
fact and relate to a legitimate issue. The current phenomenon traces
|
||||
back to the rise of counterinsurgency as an arm of U.S. foreign
|
||||
@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ L. Fletcher Prouty. In the book, Prouty criticized the CIA's
|
||||
penchant for counterinsurgency and clandestine operations, which
|
||||
he argued prolonged the war in Vietnam and resulted in the unnecessary
|
||||
deaths of many U.S. soldiers.</p>
|
||||
<p>The Liberty Lobby's <special>Spotlight</special> newspaper took Prouty's thesis and
|
||||
<p>The Liberty Lobby's <info type="">Spotlight</info> newspaper took Prouty's thesis and
|
||||
overlaid it with a conspiracy theory regarding Jewish influence in
|
||||
U.S. foreign policy. Sometime in the 1980's, a number of right-wing
|
||||
critics of U.S. intelligence operations began to drift towards the
|
||||
<special>Spotlight</special> analysis. The "Secret Team" apparently became the
|
||||
<info type="">Spotlight</info> analysis. The "Secret Team" apparently became the
|
||||
"Secret Jewish Team" in their eyes. They began to feed information
|
||||
from their sources inside the government to publications with an
|
||||
anti-Jewish agenda.</p>
|
||||
@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ were contacted by LaRouchians who offered assistance and documents
|
||||
to help research the Iran-Contra story.</p>
|
||||
<p>Critics of the Christic Institute say undocumented conspiracy
|
||||
theories, perhaps first circulated by the LaRouchians and the
|
||||
<special>Spotlight</special>, were inadvertently drawn into Christic's lawsuit
|
||||
<info type="">Spotlight</info>, were inadvertently drawn into Christic's lawsuit
|
||||
against key figures in the Iran-Contra Scandal. The Christic
|
||||
Institute no longer uses the "Secret Team" slogan, which it employed
|
||||
for the first few years of its Iran-Contra lawsuit, <Avirgan v.
|
||||
@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ taken during the Christic case and has concluded, "Leaving out the
|
||||
circumstances of the La Penca bombing and the specific Iran-Contra
|
||||
material, I think it is fair to say that some right-wing conspiracy
|
||||
theories were woven into the theory behind the Christic case."</p>
|
||||
<p>Author Jane Hunter, editor of <special>Israeli Foreign Affairs</special>, worries
|
||||
<p>Author Jane Hunter, editor of <info type="">Israeli Foreign Affairs</info>, worries
|
||||
about the rise of conspiracism on the left, including some of the
|
||||
allegations made in the Christic lawsuit. "If you keep looking for
|
||||
all the connections, all you are going to see is something so
|
||||
@ -440,21 +440,21 @@ What was the purpose? Where was the benefit to the U.S.? Who gained
|
||||
from this process? These questions were not asked only by persons
|
||||
on the right, but the answers and theories the right developed were
|
||||
far different than those proposed by the left.</p>
|
||||
<p>Fletcher Prouty's 1973 book <special>The Secret Team</special> was among the first
|
||||
<p>Fletcher Prouty's 1973 book <info type="">The Secret Team</info> was among the first
|
||||
wave of non-left treatises to take a critical view of the U.S.
|
||||
intelligence establishment's role in designing the failed
|
||||
counterinsurgency policies in Vietnam.</p>
|
||||
<p>Liberty Lobby and the <special>Spotlight</special> took the Prouty thesis and combined
|
||||
<p>Liberty Lobby and the <info type="">Spotlight</info> took the Prouty thesis and combined
|
||||
it with its bigoted conspiracy theory about Jewish control of U.S.
|
||||
foreign policy. Since writing the book, Prouty has drifted far to
|
||||
the right, as has another CIA critic, Victor Marchetti, and both
|
||||
now have allied themselves with the Liberty Lobby network. Prouty's
|
||||
<special>The Secret Team</special> was recently republished by Noontide Press, the
|
||||
<info type="">The Secret Team</info> was recently republished by Noontide Press, the
|
||||
publishing arm of the historical revisionist Institute for Historical
|
||||
Review (IHR). IHR promotes the theory that the accepted history of
|
||||
the Holocaust is a hoax perpetrated by Jews.</p>
|
||||
<p>In 1974, Marchetti, a former executive assistant to the deputy
|
||||
director of the CIA, co-authored <special>The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence</special>,
|
||||
director of the CIA, co-authored <info type="">The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence</info>,
|
||||
a well-received best-seller and the first book the CIA tried to
|
||||
suppress through court action. By 1989, however, Marchetti had been
|
||||
recruited into a close alliance with Carto's Liberty Lobby network.
|
||||
@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ In 1989, Marchetti presented a paper at the Ninth International
|
||||
Revisionist Conference held by the Institute for Historical Review.
|
||||
The title of Marchetti's paper, published in IHR's <Journal of
|
||||
Historical Review>, was "Propaganda and Disinformation: How the
|
||||
CIA Manufactures History." Marchetti edits the <special>New American View</special>
|
||||
CIA Manufactures History." Marchetti edits the <info type="">New American View</info>
|
||||
newsletter, which as one promotional flyer explained, was designed
|
||||
to "document for patriotic Americans like yourself the excess of
|
||||
pro-Israelism, which warps the news we see and hear from our media,
|
||||
@ -471,21 +471,21 @@ of innocent, young Americans in Lebanon and elsewhere."</p>
|
||||
<p>Marchetti describes himself as a person whose "intelligence expertise
|
||||
and well-placed contacts have provided me with a unique insight
|
||||
into the subversion of our democratic process and foreign policy
|
||||
by those who would put the interests of Israel <special>above</special> those of
|
||||
by those who would put the interests of Israel <info type="">above</info> those of
|
||||
America and Americans." Marchetti is also the publisher of a
|
||||
Japanese-language book <special>ADL and Zionism</special>, written by LaRouche
|
||||
Japanese-language book <info type="">ADL and Zionism</info>, written by LaRouche
|
||||
followers Paul Goldstein and Jeffrey Steinberg.</p>
|
||||
<p>Marchetti was co-publisher of the <special>Zionist Watch</special> newsletter when
|
||||
<p>Marchetti was co-publisher of the <info type="">Zionist Watch</info> newsletter when
|
||||
it was endorsed in direct mail appeals on Liberty Lobby stationery
|
||||
by the now deceased Lois Petersen, who for many years was the
|
||||
influential secretary of the Liberty Lobby board of directors. The
|
||||
October 5, 1987 <special>Spotlight</special> reported that Mark Lane had been named
|
||||
associate editor of <special>Zionist Watch</special>, which is housed in the same
|
||||
small converted Capitol Hill townhouse as Liberty Lobby/<special>Spotlight</special>.</p>
|
||||
October 5, 1987 <info type="">Spotlight</info> reported that Mark Lane had been named
|
||||
associate editor of <info type="">Zionist Watch</info>, which is housed in the same
|
||||
small converted Capitol Hill townhouse as Liberty Lobby/<info type="">Spotlight</info>.</p>
|
||||
<p>While concern over Reagan Administration participation in joint
|
||||
intelligence operations with Mossad is legitimate, the use of
|
||||
anti-Zionism as a cover for conspiracist anti-Jewish bigotry can
|
||||
be seen in an article in the August 24, 1981 issue of <special>Spotlight</special>:</p>
|
||||
be seen in an article in the August 24, 1981 issue of <info type="">Spotlight</info>:</p>
|
||||
<p>"A brazen attempt by influential "Israel-firsters" in the policy
|
||||
echelons of the Reagan administration to extend their control to
|
||||
the day-to-day espionage and covert-action operations of the CIA
|
||||
@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ articles exposing aspects of the covert Contra aid network, well
|
||||
before a fateful plane crash first tipped off the mainstream press
|
||||
to the full extent of the story. Right-wing coverage of government
|
||||
intelligence abuse is not unique to the LaRouchians. Other far-right
|
||||
groups such as Liberty Lobby and its <special>Spotlight</special> newspaper have
|
||||
groups such as Liberty Lobby and its <info type="">Spotlight</info> newspaper have
|
||||
also circulated similar information.</p>
|
||||
<p>Herb Quinde, an intelligence policy analyst for the LaRouchians,
|
||||
says that in the 1980's the LaRouchians were contacted by a group
|
||||
@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ Israeli policies and U.S. pro-Israel policies as a screen to cover
|
||||
prejudice against Jews.</p>
|
||||
<p>Many reporters were contacted by the LaRouchians offering assistance
|
||||
and documents to help research the Iran-Contra story. LaRouche's
|
||||
<special>Executive Intelligence Review</special> even gets a passing nod from author
|
||||
<info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info> even gets a passing nod from author
|
||||
Ben Bradlee, Jr. in his <Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver
|
||||
North>. Bradlee acknowledges the help of <special>EIR</special> in decoding the
|
||||
North>. Bradlee acknowledges the help of <info type="">EIR</info> in decoding the
|
||||
shorthand used by North in his notebooks.</p>
|
||||
<p>Peter Dale Scott, Jonathan Marshall and other authors who researched
|
||||
the Iran-Contra story say that in the mid to late 1980's, LaRouchians
|
||||
@ -610,12 +610,12 @@ for a former Panamanian government," explains Bray. "He said 'you
|
||||
are not going to believe this, but I am going to recommend a
|
||||
LaRouchite, Carlos Wesley.'" A slightly bemused Bray says he knew
|
||||
Wesley from long ago and knew he was a reporter for LaRouche's
|
||||
<special>Executive Intelligence Review</special>. Still, this was a recommendation
|
||||
<info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info>. Still, this was a recommendation
|
||||
from a credible Panamanian source so with some misgivings Bray
|
||||
scheduled Wesley as a panelist.</p>
|
||||
<p>Wesley was identified as a correspondent for <Executive Intelligence
|
||||
Review> (<special>EIR</special>) but, according to author Holly Sklar, who attended
|
||||
the session, many in the audience were not aware that <special>EIR</special> was a
|
||||
Review> (<info type="">EIR</info>) but, according to author Holly Sklar, who attended
|
||||
the session, many in the audience were not aware that <info type="">EIR</info> was a
|
||||
LaRouche publication. "Of course if we had identified him as a
|
||||
LaRouchian, nobody would have paid any attention to what he said,"
|
||||
explained Bray.</p>
|
||||
@ -623,11 +623,11 @@ explained Bray.</p>
|
||||
LaRouche intelligence collectors began trading tidbits of information
|
||||
with Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega. Following Noriega's indictment
|
||||
for conspiracy in drug deals, journalist William Branigin, writing
|
||||
in the <special>Washington Post</special> of June 18, 1988, noted that among Noriega's
|
||||
in the <info type="">Washington Post</info> of June 18, 1988, noted that among Noriega's
|
||||
few supporters in the United States was "political extremist Lyndon
|
||||
H. LaRouche Jr., who has praised the general as a leader in the
|
||||
war on drugs."</p>
|
||||
<p>According to a January, 1990 <special>Associated Press</special> report, LaRouche
|
||||
<p>According to a January, 1990 <info type="">Associated Press</info> report, LaRouche
|
||||
sent Noriega a cable after his indictment, telling the dictator "I
|
||||
extend to you my apologies for what the government of the United
|
||||
States is doing to the Republic of Panama." LaRouche told Noriega
|
||||
@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ administration current policies towards Panama are absolutely an
|
||||
offense to your nation and all of Latin America." This type of
|
||||
rhetoric shows how the LaRouchians can adopt a critique of U.S.
|
||||
foreign policy ostensibly similar to that of the left, while weaving
|
||||
in an <special>apologia</special> converting a drug-running dictator into a
|
||||
in an <info type="">apologia</info> converting a drug-running dictator into a
|
||||
drug-fighting humanitarian. LaRouche also has high praise for other
|
||||
dictators, including the late Ferdinand Marcos. The LaRouchians
|
||||
claim Marcos actually won his last election.</p>
|
||||
@ -729,13 +729,13 @@ exercise begun too late. The case had already been spiked by
|
||||
Sheehan's Affidavit. "</p>
|
||||
<p>"We feel that it is important to openly discuss these things so
|
||||
that similar mistakes are avoided in the future. "</p>
|
||||
<p>Jane Hunter of <special>Israeli Foreign Affairs</special> agrees that some of the
|
||||
<p>Jane Hunter of <info type="">Israeli Foreign Affairs</info> agrees that some of the
|
||||
Christic research is problematic. "As a researcher I have over the
|
||||
years found nothing in the Christic case worth citing," says Hunter.
|
||||
A number of other researchers and journalists have raised similarly
|
||||
harsh criticisms of some of the allegations made in the Christic
|
||||
case. David Corn, for instance, wrote a stinging assessment of the
|
||||
Secret Team theory for the <special>Nation</special>. Other criticisms were aired
|
||||
Secret Team theory for the <info type="">Nation</info>. Other criticisms were aired
|
||||
in other Jones>.</p>
|
||||
<p>Dr. Diana Reynolds is one of the many critics of portions of the
|
||||
Christic thesis. Reynolds thinks undocumented conspiracy theories
|
||||
@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ researcher, according to former staffers.</p>
|
||||
<p>Sheehan was warned by his own staff in 1988 that contacts with the
|
||||
research circles around LaRouche and Liberty Lobby were a problem
|
||||
on both factual and moral grounds. Later Danny Sheehan appeared on
|
||||
the <special>Undercurrents</special> program broadcast on WBAI-FM and other Pacifica
|
||||
the <info type="">Undercurrents</info> program broadcast on WBAI-FM and other Pacifica
|
||||
and progressive radio stations. Christic told the radio audience
|
||||
that it was untrue that LaRouchians had supplied information to
|
||||
the Christic Institute, and blasted a passing reference to this
|
||||
@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ counterinsurgency missions were based on the same model of pacification
|
||||
used by U.S. Special Forces and clandestine CIA operations in
|
||||
Vietnam. It is just this emphasis on counterinsurgency and clandestine
|
||||
operations rather than direct military battles that forms the basis
|
||||
of criticism in Fletcher Prouty's book <special>Secret Team</special>. Prouty
|
||||
of criticism in Fletcher Prouty's book <info type="">Secret Team</info>. Prouty
|
||||
criticized the CIA for promoting covert action techniques which he
|
||||
traced to the influence of the British intelligence service MI5 on
|
||||
the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), precursor to the CIA. Prouty
|
||||
@ -856,9 +856,9 @@ Prouty book.</p>
|
||||
U.S. foreign policy that were widely circulated in progressive
|
||||
circles before the Iran-Contragate scandal hit the headlines seem
|
||||
to have appeared first in the LaRouchian's <Executive Intelligence
|
||||
Review> or <special>New Solidarity</special> (later <special>New Federalist</special>), or in the
|
||||
pages of Liberty Lobby's <special>Spotlight</special> newspaper.</p>
|
||||
<p>The <special>Spotlight</special> for instance carried the first exclusive story on
|
||||
Review> or <info type="">New Solidarity</info> (later <info type="">New Federalist</info>), or in the
|
||||
pages of Liberty Lobby's <info type="">Spotlight</info> newspaper.</p>
|
||||
<p>The <info type="">Spotlight</info> for instance carried the first exclusive story on
|
||||
"Rex 84" by writer James Harrer. "Rex 84" was one of a long series
|
||||
of readiness exercises for government military, security and police
|
||||
forces. "Rex 84"--Readiness Exercise, 1984--was a drill which
|
||||
@ -869,15 +869,15 @@ potential for Constitutional abuses under the contingency plans
|
||||
drawn up for "Rex 84" was, and is, very real. The legislative
|
||||
authorization and Executive agency capacity for such a round-up of
|
||||
dissidents remains operational.</p>
|
||||
<p>The April 23, 1984 <special>Spotlight</special> article ran with a banner headline
|
||||
<p>The April 23, 1984 <info type="">Spotlight</info> article ran with a banner headline
|
||||
"Reagan Orders Concentration Camps." The article, true to form,
|
||||
took a problematic swipe at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
|
||||
B'rith along with reporting the facts of the story. The Harrer
|
||||
article was based primarily on two unnamed government sources, and
|
||||
follow-up confirmations. Mainstream reporters pursued the allegations
|
||||
through interviews and Freedom of Information Act requests, and
|
||||
ultimately the Harrer <special>Spotlight</special> article proved to be a substantially
|
||||
accurate account of the readiness exercise, although <special>Spotlight</special>
|
||||
ultimately the Harrer <info type="">Spotlight</info> article proved to be a substantially
|
||||
accurate account of the readiness exercise, although <info type="">Spotlight</info>
|
||||
did underplay the fact that this was a scenario and drill, not an
|
||||
actual order to round up dissidents.</p>
|
||||
<p>Many people believe that Christic was the first group to reveal
|
||||
@ -892,12 +892,12 @@ exercise' code-named 'Rex 84....' "</p>
|
||||
<p>The impression left is that a Christic source exclusively developed
|
||||
this information and quietly handed it over to Sheehan. In fact,
|
||||
the second week of April 1984, the "Rex 84" story was bannered on
|
||||
the front page of the <special>Spotlight</special> and available in coin-boxes all
|
||||
over Capitol Hill. <special>Spotlight</special> had previously reported extensively
|
||||
the front page of the <info type="">Spotlight</info> and available in coin-boxes all
|
||||
over Capitol Hill. <info type="">Spotlight</info> had previously reported extensively
|
||||
on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government
|
||||
initiatives that threatened civil liberties.</p>
|
||||
<p>Sheehan has told reporters that the "Rex 84" story did not come
|
||||
from <special>Spotlight</special>, but would not respond to questions as to whether
|
||||
from <info type="">Spotlight</info>, but would not respond to questions as to whether
|
||||
or not Source #4 could document where the information came from.
|
||||
This is important because in at least one other instance, previously
|
||||
published research was attributed by Sheehan to Source #4. According
|
||||
@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ of National Emergency. "</p>
|
||||
the source is deceptively obscured. The original story of Cable
|
||||
Splicer and Garden Plot broke in the alternative press in 1975 in
|
||||
an article by Ron Ridenhour with Arthur Lublow published in Arizona's
|
||||
<special>New Times</special>. Garden Plot was also the cover story for the Winter
|
||||
1976 issue of <special>CounterSpy</special> magazine. Dozens of pages of the unedited
|
||||
<info type="">New Times</info>. Garden Plot was also the cover story for the Winter
|
||||
1976 issue of <info type="">CounterSpy</info> magazine. Dozens of pages of the unedited
|
||||
official documents from Garden Plot and Cable Splicer were reprinted
|
||||
in the magazine. Copies of the official documents were made available
|
||||
to trial teams in several cities litigating against illegal government
|
||||
@ -969,8 +969,8 @@ the 1980 election. Substantial circumstantial evidence exists to
|
||||
suggest such a charge might be true, but there is little incontrovertible
|
||||
proof.</p>
|
||||
<p>Honneger's research and analysis are questionable. In the 1989
|
||||
edition of her book <special>October Surprise</special>, Honneger cites frequently
|
||||
to LaRouche's <special>Executive Intelligence Review</special>. While some material
|
||||
edition of her book <info type="">October Surprise</info>, Honneger cites frequently
|
||||
to LaRouche's <info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info>. While some material
|
||||
in EIR is factual, other material presented as fact is unsubstantiated
|
||||
rumor or lunatic conspiracy theories. Some anti-fascist researchers
|
||||
also assume that information in EIR occasionally represents calculated
|
||||
@ -979,15 +979,15 @@ right-wing activists to achieve a desired political goal. This
|
||||
practice is a common tactic in power struggles and faction fights
|
||||
over policy.</p>
|
||||
<p>While Honneger sometimes cites to progressive periodicals such as
|
||||
<special>In These Times</special> and <special>The Nation</special>,, more than six percent (49 out
|
||||
<info type="">In These Times</info> and <info type="">The Nation</info>,, more than six percent (49 out
|
||||
of a total 771) of the footnotes in Honneger's book cite LaRouchian
|
||||
publications such as <special>EIR, New Solidarity, </special>and <special>New Federalist</special>.
|
||||
publications such as <info type="">EIR, New Solidarity, </info>and <info type="">New Federalist</info>.
|
||||
In one chapter on "Project Diplomacy," Honneger LaRouchian cites
|
||||
account for over 22 percent of the total number of footnotes.</p>
|
||||
<p>Honneger also makes assertions that strain credulity. She quotes
|
||||
without comment the claim of Eugene Wheaton that the CIA is actually
|
||||
secretly controlled by a group of retired members of the OSS.</p>
|
||||
<p>In the July/August 1991 issue of <special>The Humanist</special>, both David MacMichael
|
||||
<p>In the July/August 1991 issue of <info type="">The Humanist</info>, both David MacMichael
|
||||
and Barbara Trent of the Empowerment project defend Honneger and
|
||||
suggest PBS refused to show "Coverup" because it contained serious
|
||||
charges against the U.S. government. As Trent put it:</p>
|
||||
@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ downtown Boston antiwar rally.</p>
|
||||
courtship by the ultra-right. Author Sara Diamond urges left
|
||||
activists to be suspicious of the motives of the opportunistic
|
||||
right which approached the left during the Gulf War. Diamond, whose
|
||||
book <special>Spiritual Warfare</special> chronicled the religious right in America,
|
||||
book <info type="">Spiritual Warfare</info> chronicled the religious right in America,
|
||||
warned, "one can only speculate that they wanted to recruit people
|
||||
into their own organizations and then leave the left discredited."
|
||||
She added that no matter what the motivation, however, the proposed
|
||||
@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ the group.</p>
|
||||
James Bevel, an early civil rights leader now active in several
|
||||
LaRouchian front groups; a representative from Minister Louis
|
||||
Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, editor of
|
||||
the <special>Final Call</special>; and Gene Wheaton, a private investigator who
|
||||
the <info type="">Final Call</info>; and Gene Wheaton, a private investigator who
|
||||
works with both left-wing and right-wing critics of U.S. clandestine
|
||||
operations.</p>
|
||||
<p>How The LaRouchians Exploited Antiwar Organizers</p>
|
||||
@ -1204,9 +1204,9 @@ some Black," he says, and one flyer they handed out carried a
|
||||
headline scolding, "U.S. Citizens Must Recognize Their Past Mistakes
|
||||
and Support LaRouche." There was a large banner and some people
|
||||
carried signs that said "Free LaRouche, Jail the ADL." At the march
|
||||
the LaRouchians passed out their <special>New Federalist</special> newspaper. "A
|
||||
lot of people who remember <special>New Solidarity</special> don't realize its new
|
||||
name is <special>New Federalist</special>," said the Cleveland activist.</p>
|
||||
the LaRouchians passed out their <info type="">New Federalist</info> newspaper. "A
|
||||
lot of people who remember <info type="">New Solidarity</info> don't realize its new
|
||||
name is <info type="">New Federalist</info>," said the Cleveland activist.</p>
|
||||
<p>According to Gavrielle Gemma, coordinator of the National Coalition
|
||||
to Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (the group that
|
||||
sponsored the January 19th antiwar demonstration in Washington,
|
||||
@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ Center, members of The Time is Now worked closely with the LaRouchians
|
||||
and thoroughly disrupted the political work of the Washington Area
|
||||
Coalition to Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle East during
|
||||
January and February, 1991. When members of The Time is Now passed
|
||||
out LaRouche's <special>Executive Intelligence Review</special> at a February meeting,
|
||||
out LaRouche's <info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info> at a February meeting,
|
||||
they were asked to leave the coalition. When criticized by the
|
||||
Peace Center staffer, Sinkin defended his appearance at the conference
|
||||
as legitimate outreach, according to the staffer.</p>
|
||||
@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ and peace activist based in Ohio who already knew the history of
|
||||
the LaRouchians. Hillson reported LaRouche organizers at events
|
||||
sponsored by the Cleveland Committee Against War in the Persian
|
||||
Gulf. At one meeting, "Two people went through the crowd handing
|
||||
out LaRouche's <special>New Federalist</special>," says Hillson. "I was shocked,
|
||||
out LaRouche's <info type="">New Federalist</info>," says Hillson. "I was shocked,
|
||||
but then I realized most students had never heard of LaRouche,"
|
||||
says Hillson. "I would urge people to disavow any collaboration
|
||||
with them because of their past ties to government agencies...and
|
||||
@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ a broad-based coalition should exclude anyone, but that the task
|
||||
of educating people that coalitions with fascists should be rejected
|
||||
is not one to be ignored.</p>
|
||||
<p> How the LaRouchians Exploit Ramsey Clark</p>
|
||||
<p>An <special>Associated Press (AP)</special> account of Clark's Fourth Circuit oral
|
||||
<p>An <info type="">Associated Press (AP)</info> account of Clark's Fourth Circuit oral
|
||||
arguments noted that "former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, chief
|
||||
attorney for LaRouche's appeal, argued that U.S. District Judge
|
||||
Albert V. Bryan Jr. of Alexandria allowed only thirty-four days
|
||||
@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ from arraignment to trial and failed to adequately question jurors
|
||||
on how much they knew about the defendant."</p>
|
||||
<p>The Fourth Circuit ruled against LaRouche, saying LaRouche's original
|
||||
attorneys had waited eighteen days before asking for a continuance.
|
||||
An <special>AP</special> story about the decision reported that the appeals panel
|
||||
An <info type="">AP</info> story about the decision reported that the appeals panel
|
||||
"also said LaRouche's attorneys made no attempt to press potential
|
||||
jurors to determine 'individually anyone who had ever heard of
|
||||
LaRouche,' although certain jurors who said they were familiar with
|
||||
@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ tax backgrounds were questioned individually."</p>
|
||||
without a hearing or comment.</p>
|
||||
<p>In fact, more than a few civil libertarians agree there was evidence
|
||||
of misconduct in the government's investigation of LaRouche, and
|
||||
the closing of LaRouche's newspaper <special>New Solidarity</special> in a federal
|
||||
the closing of LaRouche's newspaper <info type="">New Solidarity</info> in a federal
|
||||
bankruptcy proceeding raised serious constitutional issues. Still,
|
||||
there is no clear evidence that the alleged government misconduct
|
||||
had a direct bearing on the criminal prosecution of LaRouche and
|
||||
@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ his aides.</p>
|
||||
<p>When Clark has spoken at LaRouchian-sponsored press conferences
|
||||
concerning the case, there has been extensive coverage in the
|
||||
LaRouchian press. One such story featuring Clark appeared in
|
||||
LaRouche's <special>New Federalist</special> on October 13, 1989. Clark was quoted
|
||||
LaRouche's <info type="">New Federalist</info> on October 13, 1989. Clark was quoted
|
||||
as saying that even though he had once been a political opponent
|
||||
of LaRouche, he had now come to his defense because of constitutional
|
||||
abuses such as a fast jury selection process, massive prejudicial
|
||||
@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ the LaRouche organization, which is separate from his role as their
|
||||
attorney.</p>
|
||||
<p>Sometimes it appears that Clark's support of the LaRouche cause
|
||||
has moved beyond mere legal representation. According to the July
|
||||
6, 1990 <special>New Federalist</special>, on June 19, 1990, Clark spoke at a private
|
||||
6, 1990 <info type="">New Federalist</info>, on June 19, 1990, Clark spoke at a private
|
||||
meeting coordinated with the Conference on Security and Cooperation
|
||||
in Europe (CSCE), a multi-governmental association and human rights
|
||||
forum that solicits input from non-governmental groups. The <New
|
||||
@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ appearing in the several years prior to LaRouche's prosecution.
|
||||
Clark reportedly said "here you see that he's called every bad
|
||||
thing you can imagine--Nazi, anti-Semitic, violence-prone, thief--over
|
||||
and over again. Vilification...it was absolutely astounding."</p>
|
||||
<p>The <special>New Federalist</special> article reported that Clark said that LaRouche
|
||||
<p>The <info type="">New Federalist</info> article reported that Clark said that LaRouche
|
||||
was prosecuted on "economic crimes that didn't exist, because this
|
||||
was a political movement, it was not a for-profit activity and
|
||||
wasn't intended to be a for-profit activity, it was a political
|
||||
@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ Institute in France.</p>
|
||||
case in Europe at the CSCE conference, but said he had not seen
|
||||
the transcript of his speech that appeared in LaRouche's <New
|
||||
Federalist>, and said his speech was not written in advance so he
|
||||
had no copy. If the report of Clark's comments in <special>New Federalist</special>
|
||||
had no copy. If the report of Clark's comments in <info type="">New Federalist</info>
|
||||
are accurate--and to a large degree they reflect wording in the
|
||||
appeals brief he signed--then there are serious questions as to
|
||||
what he thinks of the LaRouchians. Clark seems to discount as
|
||||
@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ mentioned before, LaRouche has written that history would not judge
|
||||
harshly those persons who took to the streets and beat homosexuals
|
||||
to death with baseball bats to stop the spread of AIDS.</p>
|
||||
<p>Bevel represented the LaRouchian Schiller Institute in Omaha,
|
||||
Nebraska. The <special>Omaha World-Herald</special> reported on January 6, 1991:</p>
|
||||
Nebraska. The <info type="">Omaha World-Herald</info> reported on January 6, 1991:</p>
|
||||
<p>""Bevel was one of 10 people who came to Nebraska in October as
|
||||
members of a group calling itself the Citizens Fact-Finding Commission
|
||||
to Investigate Human rights Violations of Children in Nebraska.
|
||||
@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ D.C., and Wiesbaden, Germany. The institute was founded in 1984 by
|
||||
Helga Zepp-LaRouche. She is the wife of Lyndon LaRouche, who is
|
||||
serving a 15-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion....The Schiller
|
||||
group's printed statement disputed the findings of two grand juries
|
||||
in the Franklin case. A check by the <special>World-Herald</special> of some of the
|
||||
in the Franklin case. A check by the <info type="">World-Herald</info> of some of the
|
||||
'facts' in the statement turned up several apparent errors. "</p>
|
||||
<p>While Rev. Bevel's historic role as a valued civil rights leader
|
||||
is unquestioned, he has in recent years lost his constituency and
|
||||
@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ Black community, and soon earned the reputation as an extremist of
|
||||
the right."</p>
|
||||
<p>Some time after the LaRouche conviction in January 1989, Bevel
|
||||
began to appear as a featured speaker at LaRouchian conferences,
|
||||
and began to write a column in the LaRouchian <special>New Federalist</special>. As
|
||||
and began to write a column in the LaRouchian <info type="">New Federalist</info>. As
|
||||
Marable noted in 1986:</p>
|
||||
<p>"The right-wing sect of Lyndon LaRouche has also initiated a campaign
|
||||
to recruit black supporters. As in the case of the Unification
|
||||
@ -1585,10 +1585,10 @@ based on agreement that the main danger in the world was communism.
|
||||
Bevel argued that communism was a godless philosophy, and that as
|
||||
a Christian, it was his obligation to fight godlessness.</p>
|
||||
<p>Bevel's CAUSA ties garnered him some unflattering publicity.
|
||||
According to the December 12, 1987 <special>Chicago Sun-Times</special>, Bevel was
|
||||
According to the December 12, 1987 <info type="">Chicago Sun-Times</info>, Bevel was
|
||||
one of four persons belonging to "groups created by the Rev. Sun
|
||||
Myung Moon's Unification Church" who erected a creche and nativity
|
||||
scene at Chicago's Daley Center Plaza. The <special>Chicago Sun-Times</special>
|
||||
scene at Chicago's Daley Center Plaza. The <info type="">Chicago Sun-Times</info>
|
||||
reported that "William J. Grutzmacher, who obtained the permit and
|
||||
paid $2000 for the creche, gave a speech in October to a business
|
||||
group in Merrillville, Ind., apparently so anti-Semitic that a
|
||||
@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ reporter, "He made charges...that the Communist Party is headed by
|
||||
Jews, and that the Jews were responsible for every negative thing
|
||||
that has happened since World War II."</p>
|
||||
<p>Bevel has also worked with other Moon fronts. In the October, 1990
|
||||
issue of <special>American Freedom Journal</special>, Bevel is listed as serving on
|
||||
issue of <info type="">American Freedom Journal</info>, Bevel is listed as serving on
|
||||
the National Policy Board of the American Freedom Coalition, chaired
|
||||
by the ultra-conservative Hon. Richard Ichord. The American Freedom
|
||||
Coalition (AFC) is a joint project of Rev. Moon and the Rev. Robert
|
||||
@ -1653,10 +1653,10 @@ by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Lord Carrington, and
|
||||
other London friends of Henry Kissinger."</p>
|
||||
<p>Some white supremacists outlined a frank racist agenda in their
|
||||
Gulf War publications. The Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux
|
||||
Klan, in the January/February, 1991 issue of <special>The Klansman</special>, ran
|
||||
Klan, in the January/February, 1991 issue of <info type="">The Klansman</info>, ran
|
||||
a banner headline "War in the Middle East? Another Blood Sacrifice
|
||||
on the Altar of International Jewry. Integrated Effeminate U.S.
|
||||
Military Will Not Win!" <special>On Target</special>, published by Northpoint Tactical
|
||||
Military Will Not Win!" <info type="">On Target</info>, published by Northpoint Tactical
|
||||
Teams in North Carolina, released a forty-page special edition,
|
||||
"Desert Shield and the New World Order," which ascribes the conflict
|
||||
to a Jewish-Communist conspiracy involving Henry Kissinger, David
|
||||
@ -1671,12 +1671,12 @@ Lobby is to circulate lurid anti-Jewish propaganda, not principled
|
||||
factual criticisms.</p>
|
||||
<p>At the conference Fletcher Prouty released the new Institute for
|
||||
Historical Review's Noontide Press edition of his book on CIA
|
||||
intrigue, <special>The Secret Team</special>. Prouty moderated a panel where
|
||||
intrigue, <info type="">The Secret Team</info>. Prouty moderated a panel where
|
||||
much-decorated Vietnam veteran Bo Gritz wove a conspiracy theory
|
||||
which explained the U.S. confrontation with Iraq as a product of
|
||||
the same "Secret Team" outlined by Prouty. Both Prouty and Gritz
|
||||
serve on the advisory board of Liberty Lobby's Populist Action
|
||||
Committee. <special>Spotlight's</special> coverage of Gritz featured a headline
|
||||
Committee. <info type="">Spotlight's</info> coverage of Gritz featured a headline
|
||||
proclaiming "Gritz Warns...Get Ready to Fight or Lose Freedom:
|
||||
Links Drugs, CIA, Mossad; Slams U.S. Foreign Policy; Alerts Patriots
|
||||
to Martial Law Threat."</p>
|
||||
@ -1705,9 +1705,9 @@ racialist (race-based) theories--generally anti-Jewish and white
|
||||
supremacist--and those that do not.</p>
|
||||
<p>People associated with Liberty Lobby and the historically-related
|
||||
Populist Party circulated antiwar and pro-isolationist literature,
|
||||
including Liberty Lobby's weekly newspaper <special>Spotlight</special>, at several
|
||||
including Liberty Lobby's weekly newspaper <info type="">Spotlight</info>, at several
|
||||
antiwar rallies, including demonstrations in Boston, Washington,
|
||||
D.C., Los Angeles, and West Palm Beach, Florida. <special>Spotlight</special> cheers
|
||||
D.C., Los Angeles, and West Palm Beach, Florida. <info type="">Spotlight</info> cheers
|
||||
the activities of U.S. neo-Nazis and skinheads but masks its
|
||||
anti-Jewish stance behind coded phrases such as "dual-loyalist."
|
||||
According to the Center for Democratic Renewal:</p>
|
||||
@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ support their efforts.' Don Black, a former Klan leader, had a
|
||||
taped message on the Party's phone line: 'Make no mistake, this is
|
||||
Israel's war, and American sons and daughters are fighting it for
|
||||
them.' "</p>
|
||||
<p>In its January 7-14, 1991 edition, <special>Spotlight</special> carried an article
|
||||
<p>In its January 7-14, 1991 edition, <info type="">Spotlight</info> carried an article
|
||||
titled "Volunteers Flock to Iraq To Help Fight U.S., Israel." This
|
||||
phenomenon was favorably compared to "the building of the Waffen
|
||||
SS legions in Europe during World War II, when almost 1 million
|
||||
@ -1727,19 +1727,19 @@ enlisted to fight communism under the leadership of the German high
|
||||
command. That development was also suppressed and never mentioned
|
||||
by the Anglo-American press. Allied commanders, however, knew the
|
||||
Waffen SS as an extremely effective fighting force."</p>
|
||||
<p>An advertisement in the same issue of <special>Spotlight</special> touted a book
|
||||
<p>An advertisement in the same issue of <info type="">Spotlight</info> touted a book
|
||||
"Israel: Our Duty...Our Dilemma" under the headline "How Will You
|
||||
Respond To The Next Mid-East War?" While <special>Spotlight</special> itself usually
|
||||
avoids the loaded language of this ad, the pages of <special>Spotlight</special>
|
||||
Respond To The Next Mid-East War?" While <info type="">Spotlight</info> itself usually
|
||||
avoids the loaded language of this ad, the pages of <info type="">Spotlight</info>
|
||||
are frequently used by racist, anti-Jewish, and pro-Nazi groups to
|
||||
call attention to their products, publications, events, and views.
|
||||
The ad copy is also significant because it encapsulates many of
|
||||
the themes used by anti-Jewish bigots in criticizing Israel and
|
||||
Jews:</p>
|
||||
<p>"If you are like most Americans you will react as the pro-Zionist
|
||||
media has <special>BI</special>programmed< you to react. "</p>
|
||||
media has <info type="">BI</info>programmed< you to react. "</p>
|
||||
<p>"But if you have read "Israel: Our Duty...Our Dilemma" you will
|
||||
see the <special>BI</special>whole< picture--how Israel's ruling elite are using
|
||||
see the <info type="">BI</info>whole< picture--how Israel's ruling elite are using
|
||||
terrorism, Holocaust sympathy, twisted Bible verses--toward one
|
||||
objective: Power. "</p>
|
||||
<p>"Power in America. Power in the Middle East. Power in the world.
|
||||
@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ Ultra-conservative columnist Pat Buchanan fired the first salvo to
|
||||
reach the mainstream media when he declared on the McLaughlin Group
|
||||
roundtable television program that the two groups most favoring
|
||||
war in the Middle East were "the Israeli Defense Ministry and its
|
||||
amen chorus in the United States." <special>New York Times</special> columnist A.M.
|
||||
amen chorus in the United States." <info type="">New York Times</info> columnist A.M.
|
||||
Rosenthal charged that Buchanan's comments reflected anti-Semitism,
|
||||
to which Buchanan retorted that Rosenthal had made a "contract hit"
|
||||
on him in collusion with the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
|
||||
@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ identifying the elite and how and why they control society". In a
|
||||
similar vein, the brochure claims the Hulet report <The Gnomes of
|
||||
Zurich> provides, "...an overview identifying the elites who manage
|
||||
this country and how and why they control it's aim...."</p>
|
||||
<p>The text of <special>The Gnomes of Zurich</special> shows a more detailed yet
|
||||
<p>The text of <info type="">The Gnomes of Zurich</info> shows a more detailed yet
|
||||
consistent reliance on conspiratorial assertions:</p>
|
||||
<p>"Keeping the left wing grass roots at the throat of the right wing
|
||||
grass roots, serves the purpose, the means, and ultimately..., the
|
||||
@ -1865,8 +1865,8 @@ duped, and manipulated by the Elite...They are quite simply, these
|
||||
sincere yet almost silly at times local people, unwittingly part
|
||||
of an ingenious plan to create a <synthesis...ingenious because of
|
||||
its simplicity...For you see the Elite in the Kremlin>, and the
|
||||
<special>Elite in Washington</special> quite agree on the end at which they both
|
||||
aim (the synthesis). <special>A Global Regime</special>. "</p>
|
||||
<info type="">Elite in Washington</info> quite agree on the end at which they both
|
||||
aim (the synthesis). <info type="">A Global Regime</info>. "</p>
|
||||
<p>These are just a few examples of Hulet's conspiracist style. Most
|
||||
of Hulet's work concerns conspiracies of the "elites." Actually,
|
||||
much of Hulet's thesis is an echo of the book "Call it Conspiracy"
|
||||
@ -1877,14 +1877,14 @@ Hulet's intellectual tradition can clearly be shown to be congruent
|
||||
with that of the John Birch Society.</p>
|
||||
<p>In at least one case, Hulet moves beyond conspiracism into elevating
|
||||
a satire to documentary status. Hulet labels as fact material from
|
||||
the book <special>Report from Iron Mountain</special>. Hulet refers to the work as
|
||||
the book <info type="">Report from Iron Mountain</info>. Hulet refers to the work as
|
||||
if it were a secret government document. Actually, <Report from
|
||||
Iron Mountain> is an allegorical critique of the pro-militarist
|
||||
lobby and a well-known example of political satire. [f-6] While an
|
||||
excellent philosophical discussion of the errors of the Cold War,
|
||||
it should be noted that it was produced by Leonard C. Lewin,
|
||||
described on the book jacket as a "critic and satirist" who was
|
||||
editor of <special>A Treasury of American Political Humor</special>. Apparently
|
||||
editor of <info type="">A Treasury of American Political Humor</info>. Apparently
|
||||
Hulet didn't get the joke.</p>
|
||||
<p>Hulet also plows the ground of left/right coalition. Hulet says
|
||||
that he works closely with former Christic Institute attorney Lanny
|
||||
@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ The government versus the people. And the American people have to
|
||||
stop fighting amongst themselves. "</p>
|
||||
<p>Hulet recommends the research on Trilateralism of Antony C. Sutton,
|
||||
a far-right theorist who publishes the <Phoenix Letter: A Report
|
||||
on the Abuse of Power>, and <special>Future Technology Intelligence Report</special>.
|
||||
on the Abuse of Power>, and <info type="">Future Technology Intelligence Report</info>.
|
||||
The latter carried Sutton's sentiment that "without political
|
||||
intervention cancer would have been cured decades ago." Citing
|
||||
Sutton in any context is problematic given Sutton's exotic views.
|
||||
@ -1926,13 +1926,13 @@ It's important for people to base their political decisions on
|
||||
facts, not lazy catch-all conspiracy theories."</p>
|
||||
<p>Journalist David Barsamian interviewed Hulet for a Boulder, Colorado
|
||||
radio station and his Alternative Radio tape series which is aired
|
||||
on numerous local radio stations nationwide. The <special>Open Magazine</special>
|
||||
on numerous local radio stations nationwide. The <info type="">Open Magazine</info>
|
||||
pamphlet series reproduced a transcript of Barsamian's interview
|
||||
with Hulet, and sold them alongside interviews with researchers
|
||||
who have a more substantial and serious track record, including
|
||||
Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, and John Stockwell. After selling
|
||||
one thousand copies of the pamphlet--far less than the others,
|
||||
<special>Open Magazine</special> did not reprint the pamphlet and it went out of
|
||||
<info type="">Open Magazine</info> did not reprint the pamphlet and it went out of
|
||||
print, according to co-owner Stuart Sahulka. According to Sahulka,
|
||||
the Hulet pamphlet was published because there was "such an
|
||||
overpressing need for information about the war," and that except
|
||||
@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ the scapegoating of Jews and the other conspiracy theories discussed
|
||||
by Eustace Mullins on the videotape. At first I thought there was
|
||||
something wrong with me, but now I think there is a serious problem
|
||||
that people on the left need to talk about. "</p>
|
||||
<p>Hulet was listed in a 1986 <special>Spotlight</special> advertisement as a speaker
|
||||
<p>Hulet was listed in a 1986 <info type="">Spotlight</info> advertisement as a speaker
|
||||
at a day-long seminar with ultra-rightist Australian Eric D. Butler
|
||||
and pro-apartheid writer Ivor Benson, a notorious anti-Semite. Both
|
||||
men are leading theorists affiliated with Liberty Lobby. Also on
|
||||
@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ persuasive journalistic stories. For instance, every year "Project
|
||||
Censored" runs a contest to pick the ten top stories not adequately
|
||||
covered by the mainstream press. On a 1991 PBS television program
|
||||
reviewing the 1990 Project Censored stories, commentator Bill Moyers
|
||||
held up a copy of the <special>Spotlight</special> as an example of two such
|
||||
held up a copy of the <info type="">Spotlight</info> as an example of two such
|
||||
stories--one on aspects of U.S. foreign policy in the early days
|
||||
of the Gulf crisis, another highlighting repressive features of an
|
||||
anti-crime bill. Not all stories surfaced by the far right are
|
||||
@ -2141,39 +2141,39 @@ the LaRouchians.</p>
|
||||
campaign to build support for Populist Party candidate Bo Gritz.
|
||||
Gritz was named in 1991 to the advisory board of the Populist Action
|
||||
Committee created by the quasi-Nazi Liberty Lobby, publisher of
|
||||
the weekly newspaper <special>Spotlight</special>. The Populist Party organizing
|
||||
the weekly newspaper <info type="">Spotlight</info>. The Populist Party organizing
|
||||
drive is of interest to progressives because Gritz told a July,
|
||||
1991 meeting in Palo Alto, California that they should reach out
|
||||
and attempt to recruit persons from the left.</p>
|
||||
<p>Also named to the Liberty Lobby Populist Action Committee was
|
||||
retired Air Force Colonel and intelligence specialist Fletcher
|
||||
Prouty, author of the 1973 book <special>The Secret Team</special>, now published
|
||||
Prouty, author of the 1973 book <info type="">The Secret Team</info>, now published
|
||||
by IHR. Prouty has been appearing at conferences and on radio
|
||||
programs sponsored by the Liberty Lobby.</p>
|
||||
<p>Others named to the Liberty Lobby Populist Action Committee were
|
||||
Abe Austin, described as an Illinois businessman and expert on
|
||||
money; Mike Blair, <special>Spotlight</special> writer whose articles on government
|
||||
money; Mike Blair, <info type="">Spotlight</info> writer whose articles on government
|
||||
repression were highlighted by Project Censored; Ken Bohnsack, an
|
||||
Illinois resident called the founder of the Sovereignty movement;
|
||||
Howard Carson, a <special>Spotlight</special> distributor; William Gill, president
|
||||
Howard Carson, a <info type="">Spotlight</info> distributor; William Gill, president
|
||||
of the protectionist American Coalition for Competitive Trade; Boyd
|
||||
Godlove Jr., chairman of the Populist Party of Maryland; Martin
|
||||
Larson, a contributor to <special>The Journal of Historical Review</special> which
|
||||
Larson, a contributor to <info type="">The Journal of Historical Review</info> which
|
||||
maintains the Holocaust was a Jewish hoax; Roger Lourie, president
|
||||
of Devin-Adair Publishing; Pauline Mackey, national treasurer for
|
||||
the 1988 David Duke Populist Party Presidential campaign; Tom
|
||||
McIntyre, national chairman of the Populist Party from 1987-1990;
|
||||
John Nugent, who ran for Congress from Tennessee as a Republican
|
||||
in 1990; Lawrence Patterson, publisher of the far-right
|
||||
ultra-conspiratorial <special>Criminal Politics</special> newsletter; Jerry Pope,
|
||||
ultra-conspiratorial <info type="">Criminal Politics</info> newsletter; Jerry Pope,
|
||||
chair of the Kentucky Populist Party; John Rakus, president of the
|
||||
National Justice Foundation; Hon. John R. Rarick, former Democratic
|
||||
House member now in Louisiana; Sherman Skolnick, a Chicagoan who
|
||||
has peddled bizarre conspiracy theories for over a decade; Major
|
||||
James H. Townsend, editor of the <special>National Educator</special> from California;
|
||||
Jim Tucker, <special>Spotlight</special> contributor who specializes on covering
|
||||
James H. Townsend, editor of the <info type="">National Educator</info> from California;
|
||||
Jim Tucker, <info type="">Spotlight</info> contributor who specializes on covering
|
||||
the Bilderberger banking group; Tom Valentine, Midwest bureau chief
|
||||
for <special>Spotlight</special>; Raymond Walk, an Illinois critic of free trade;
|
||||
for <info type="">Spotlight</info>; Raymond Walk, an Illinois critic of free trade;
|
||||
and Robert H. Weems, founding national chairman of the Populist
|
||||
Party.</p>
|
||||
<p>The Populist Party has long been a meeting ground for segregationists,
|
||||
@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ Populist Action Committee comes at a time when some right wing
|
||||
groups are attempting to build bridges to the left around shared
|
||||
critiques of government misconduct, a process that was accelerated
|
||||
during the Gulf War.</p>
|
||||
<p>In the June, 1991 issue of <special>The Populist Observer</special>, Gritz wrote,
|
||||
<p>In the June, 1991 issue of <info type="">The Populist Observer</info>, Gritz wrote,
|
||||
"I call upon you as Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent,
|
||||
right, left, conservative, liberal, et.al., to UNITE AS POPULISTS
|
||||
[emphasis in original] until we have our nation firmly back on her
|
||||
@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ look at the Reagan and Bush Administrations' intelligence and drug
|
||||
policies. That videotape, circulated by Gritz and his allies, also
|
||||
uncritically shows a headline from the LaRouchian newspaper <New
|
||||
Federalist> to illustrate a point.</p>
|
||||
<p>Christic's national director, Sara Nelson, told <special>In These Times</special>
|
||||
<p>Christic's national director, Sara Nelson, told <info type="">In These Times</info>
|
||||
that Christic apologizes for the appearance of Davis at the conference
|
||||
with Mullins, and no one is suggesting that Christic harbors any
|
||||
racist, anti-Jewish or fascist views. But Christic has not issued
|
||||
@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ supporters in a way that implies a shared agenda. While this is
|
||||
not just a problem with Christic, the role that Christic could,
|
||||
and should, be playing in providing leadership on this question
|
||||
would be extremely useful.</p>
|
||||
<p>In <special>Front Man for Fascism: Bo Gritz and the Racist Populist Party</special>,
|
||||
<p>In <info type="">Front Man for Fascism: Bo Gritz and the Racist Populist Party</info>,
|
||||
a report issued by the California anti-fascist group People Against
|
||||
Racist Terror, the extent to which Gritz has promoted himself on
|
||||
the left is thoroughly detailed. The report urges Christic to be
|
||||
@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ questions raised by persons who reject the criticism.</p>
|
||||
<p>On the LaRouchians:</p>
|
||||
<p>"Were they not victims of government repression and FBI harassment
|
||||
just like CISPES? Wasn't that what James Ridgeway said in the
|
||||
<special>Village Voice</special>? Didn't their views get reported by David MacMichael
|
||||
<info type="">Village Voice</info>? Didn't their views get reported by David MacMichael
|
||||
in the newsletter of the former intelligence officers turned critics?
|
||||
Isn't Ramsey Clark their attorney? Isn't it true that they were
|
||||
reporting on the Iran-Contra affair before the mainstream media
|
||||
@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ and Congress publicized the matter? Don't several former Christic
|
||||
investigators recommend their work? "</p>
|
||||
<p>"Are they not our natural allies? "</p>
|
||||
<p>On the Liberty Lobby/Populist network:</p>
|
||||
<p>"Didn't <special>Spotlight</special> get mentioned by Bill Moyers on the PBS program
|
||||
<p>"Didn't <info type="">Spotlight</info> get mentioned by Bill Moyers on the PBS program
|
||||
on the Most Censored Stories awards as an excellent source of
|
||||
information? Doesn't Bill Davis appear with Bo Gritz at conferences?
|
||||
Doesn't Danny Sheehan appear on the Bo Gritz videotape? Can't we
|
||||
@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ is the Jewish doctors that are the ones that are the ones trying
|
||||
to wipe out the black society." The statement came in the context
|
||||
of an assertion that Planned Parenthood wanted to wipe out all
|
||||
minority populations.</p>
|
||||
<p>The Detroit magazine <special>Alkebulanian</special> is dedicated to providing the
|
||||
<p>The Detroit magazine <info type="">Alkebulanian</info> is dedicated to providing the
|
||||
reader with "the power of African pride and dignity" and seeks to
|
||||
"speak the truth and expose the falsehoods that have weakened a
|
||||
precious people through the course of history." But according to
|
||||
@ -2490,7 +2490,7 @@ of his critics have themselves used racist appeals, Farrakhan has
|
||||
in fact made a number of statements concerning Jews over the past
|
||||
few years that reflect disdain and prejudice.</p>
|
||||
<p>Yet the most troubling aspect of Farrakhan is not his demagogic
|
||||
bigotry. Writing in the January 28, 1991 issue of <special>The Nation</special>,
|
||||
bigotry. Writing in the January 28, 1991 issue of <info type="">The Nation</info>,
|
||||
professor Adolph Reed, Jr. cautions that "demonizing" Farrakhan,
|
||||
or focusing merely on his prejudice, misses the main point, which
|
||||
is the troubling nature of Farrakhan's reactionary political views
|
||||
@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ that "because of his organization and ideology, however, Farrakhan
|
||||
more than his predecessors throws into relief the dangerous,
|
||||
fascistic presumptions inscribed at the foundation of that model."</p>
|
||||
<p>In July, 1990 Farrakhan granted an extensive exclusive interview
|
||||
to <special>Spotlight</special> where his views of separate development for the
|
||||
to <info type="">Spotlight</info> where his views of separate development for the
|
||||
Black and white communities was stressed. The interview was presented
|
||||
in an overwhelmingly sympathetic and supportive fashion, with an
|
||||
introduction by the editors where Farrakhan's movement was described
|
||||
@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ support for the working class.</p>
|
||||
<p>Racialist nationalism, anti-Jewish bigotry, and fascist principles
|
||||
have provided a basis in the past for white supremacists and
|
||||
anti-Jewish bigots such as Tom Metzger to voice support for Farrakhan.
|
||||
The October 12, 1985 <special>New York Times</special> reported on a Michigan meeting
|
||||
The October 12, 1985 <info type="">New York Times</info> reported on a Michigan meeting
|
||||
of white supremacists where Metzger told his audience of neo-Nazis
|
||||
and Klan members, "America is like a rotting carcass. The Jews are
|
||||
living off the carcass like the parasites they are. Farrakhan
|
||||
@ -2542,11 +2542,11 @@ to Lyndon LaRouche.</p>
|
||||
<p>The beginning of the 1990's saw increasing joint political work
|
||||
between various LaRouchian front groups and Rev. Farrakhan's Black
|
||||
nationalist Nation of Islam (NOI). For instance, the NOI's newspaper
|
||||
<special>Final Call</special> ran an article by Carlos Wesley on Panama in its issue
|
||||
<info type="">Final Call</info> ran an article by Carlos Wesley on Panama in its issue
|
||||
of May 31, 1990, which was credited as a reprint from the LaRouchian
|
||||
magazine <special>Executive Intelligence Review</special>. The LaRouchian <New
|
||||
magazine <info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info>. The LaRouchian <New
|
||||
Federalist> has run several articles praising the political work
|
||||
of Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, editor of NOI's <special>Final Call</special>.</p>
|
||||
of Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, editor of NOI's <info type="">Final Call</info>.</p>
|
||||
<p>Another group allied with Farrakhan that promotes the idea of racial
|
||||
or national organicism is the political organization run by Dr.
|
||||
Fred Newman, a former protege of LaRouche. Persons who extol Newman's
|
||||
@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@ would be precarious and dangerous.</p>
|
||||
contact with elements of the ruling center, opposition centrist
|
||||
parties, and far right in the normal course of their research.
|
||||
The mere contact between left and right is not the issue, but when
|
||||
left researchers become <special>de facto</special> conduits for the right's
|
||||
left researchers become <info type="">de facto</info> conduits for the right's
|
||||
information, and do so uncritically and without revealing their
|
||||
sources at least by general description, serious ethical and
|
||||
pragmatic problems arise.</p>
|
||||
@ -2632,14 +2632,14 @@ reporters, mainstream or progressive, on what is an ethical way to
|
||||
deal with information from groups such as the LaRouchians.</p>
|
||||
<p>According to Peter Dale Scott, "My own ground rules are that until
|
||||
something happens where I feel someone is manipulating me or they
|
||||
have <special>personally</special> done something horrible that I feel is objectionable,
|
||||
have <info type="">personally</info> done something horrible that I feel is objectionable,
|
||||
I feel it is a matter of intellectual freedom to keep the lines of
|
||||
communication open. As long as they deal with me as a human being
|
||||
I will treat them as such." Scott, however, balked at signing a
|
||||
petition about LaRouche being a victim of human rights abuse because
|
||||
he felt there was "enough evidence to show the LaRouche people were
|
||||
probably guilty of some criminal conduct."</p>
|
||||
<p>Author Jonathan Marshall, now with the <special>San Francisco Chronicle</special>,
|
||||
<p>Author Jonathan Marshall, now with the <info type="">San Francisco Chronicle</info>,
|
||||
says the LaRouchians "have given me information, but given their
|
||||
history, I never take it at face value." Marshall says "sometimes
|
||||
they are a source of good leads, their work on Panama has been of
|
||||
@ -2711,7 +2711,7 @@ everyone I could think of. Two weeks later Gene Wheaton called me,
|
||||
which was odd because I hadn't called him. Wheaton tells me, "You
|
||||
know the people who have very good intelligence on these things
|
||||
are the LaRouche people, you should call the people that put out
|
||||
<special>Executive Intelligence Review</special>, call Herb Quinde." So I did, but
|
||||
<info type="">Executive Intelligence Review</info>, call Herb Quinde." So I did, but
|
||||
they wanted more information than they were willing to give out
|
||||
and I was immediately skeptical. I never talked to them again. "</p>
|
||||
<p>Eugene Wheaton, an early adviser to the Christic Institute, accepted
|
||||
@ -2723,11 +2723,11 @@ through three jobs trying to pester him with tidbits of information.
|
||||
One academic who wrote a 1990 article on government civil liberties
|
||||
infringements in a left journal says she was quickly contacted by
|
||||
several persons who recommended she share her material with
|
||||
<special>Spotlight</special> and other far-right anti-Jewish publications.</p>
|
||||
<info type="">Spotlight</info> and other far-right anti-Jewish publications.</p>
|
||||
<p>Russ Bellant, who is critical of persons who accept material from
|
||||
the LaRouchians, also warns that some of the LaRouchian documents
|
||||
may be forged. "They did create a passable bogus copy of a section
|
||||
of the <special>New York Times</special> blasting their enemies," he points out.
|
||||
of the <info type="">New York Times</info> blasting their enemies," he points out.
|
||||
Bellant thinks the LaRouchians "don't give you anything that you
|
||||
can rely on," and that by talking with them about research issues,
|
||||
"you allow them to track what you are up to which lets them go back
|
||||
@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@ information covertly from the political right and repackage and
|
||||
recirculate it without disclosing the source. That issue, however,
|
||||
remains unsettled, and needs to be debated openly.</p>
|
||||
<p>A good illustration of the problem came up in an October 15, 1991
|
||||
<special>Village Voice</special> article on the mysterious death of writer Danny
|
||||
<info type="">Village Voice</info> article on the mysterious death of writer Danny
|
||||
Casolaro by authors James Ridgeway and Doug Vaughan. Casolaro at
|
||||
the time of his death was researching the legal case filed by the
|
||||
Inslaw corporation alleging theft and illegal sale of its software
|
||||
@ -2795,7 +2795,7 @@ the Octopus." They also mention that Casolaro was working with the
|
||||
LaRouchians in gathering information.</p>
|
||||
<p>Not mentioned in the article is that the LaRouchians funneled
|
||||
information to the Christic Institute, Barbara Honneger, and the
|
||||
<special>Spotlight</special>/Liberty Lobby crowd; or that another named source,
|
||||
<info type="">Spotlight</info>/Liberty Lobby crowd; or that another named source,
|
||||
investigator Bill McCoy, also worked with Christic and supplied
|
||||
information from the LaRouchians; or that co-author Vaughan works
|
||||
at the Christic Institute.</p>
|
||||
@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ treated differently than any other journalistic source? Again,
|
||||
there is no agreement even among alternative journalists. "I have
|
||||
great respect for Jim Ridgeway, but to put any credence in anything
|
||||
a LaRouchite has to say is a leap into faith that I can't make,"
|
||||
says <special>Voice</special> columnist Nat Hentoff. Another <special>Voice</special> writer, Robert
|
||||
says <info type="">Voice</info> columnist Nat Hentoff. Another <info type="">Voice</info> writer, Robert
|
||||
I. Friedman says, "The LaRouchians are an anti-Semitic conspiracy
|
||||
organization. It's a mistake for a journalist to use LaRouchians
|
||||
as a source without describing the kind of organization it is."
|
||||
@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ of the LaRouchians that they are not guilty of financial crimes,
|
||||
but the victims of a massive government conspiracy aimed at crushing
|
||||
them politically.</p>
|
||||
<p>Ridgeway, in the preface to his book on the U.S. white supremacist
|
||||
movement, <special>Blood in the Face</special>, omits LaRouche from a discussion of
|
||||
movement, <info type="">Blood in the Face</info>, omits LaRouche from a discussion of
|
||||
the "racist far right." Instead, Ridgeway refers to LaRouche in
|
||||
the context of discussing how the collapsed rural economy in the
|
||||
1980's distorted the politics of the farm belt and "the whacko
|
||||
@ -2867,7 +2867,7 @@ reporters do likewise.</p>
|
||||
material without independently verifying the accuracy of the
|
||||
material.</p>
|
||||
<p>On May 17, 1988 James Ridgeway penned a lengthy article in the
|
||||
<special>Village Voice</special> titled "Dueling Spymasters: How the Government
|
||||
<info type="">Village Voice</info> titled "Dueling Spymasters: How the Government
|
||||
Bungled the Case Against Lyndon LaRouche."</p>
|
||||
<p>Even a careful reading of the Ridgeway article leaves the impression
|
||||
that when a federal judge declared a mistrial in the Boston fraud
|
||||
@ -2944,18 +2944,18 @@ claimed there is no such thing as Jewish culture, and that "only"
|
||||
a million and a half Jews perished at the hands of the Nazis, and
|
||||
then primarily due to illness and overwork.</p>
|
||||
<p>A letter criticizing Ridgeway for publishing LaRouchian assertions
|
||||
as fact was published in the May 31, 1988 issue of the <special>Voice</special> over
|
||||
as fact was published in the May 31, 1988 issue of the <info type="">Voice</info> over
|
||||
the signatures of this author and journalists Russ Bellant, Joel
|
||||
Bellman, Bryan Chitwood, Dennis King, Ed Kayatt, and Kalev Pehme.</p>
|
||||
<p>David MacMichael is the editor of <special>Unclassified</special>, the newsletter
|
||||
<p>David MacMichael is the editor of <info type="">Unclassified</info>, the newsletter
|
||||
of the Association of National Security Alumni (ANSA). In the
|
||||
Feb.-March, 1991 edition of <special>Unclassified</special>, MacMichael casually
|
||||
Feb.-March, 1991 edition of <info type="">Unclassified</info>, MacMichael casually
|
||||
cites unnamed LaRouche sources in an article about a dismissed case
|
||||
involving Iran-Contragate figures Oliver North and Joseph Fernandez,
|
||||
"LaRouche sources point out that Prosecutor William Burch was not
|
||||
particularly diligent in arguing his case. They note that Burch
|
||||
has been active in the LaRouche prosecutions."</p>
|
||||
<p>In the October-November 1990 issue of <special>Unclassified</special>, MacMichael
|
||||
<p>In the October-November 1990 issue of <info type="">Unclassified</info>, MacMichael
|
||||
presents the same story of intrigue previously reported by Ridgeway.
|
||||
MacMichael also mentions the LaRouchian competition with the
|
||||
"North-Secord enterprise for donations from wealthy individuals,"
|
||||
@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@ from a particular organizational position if they wish to disassociate
|
||||
themselves from it.</p>
|
||||
<p> Techniques of the Propagandist</p>
|
||||
<p>In 1923 Edward L. Bernays wrote the book <Crystalizing Public
|
||||
Opinion> and later, in 1928, the text <special>Propaganda</special>, considered
|
||||
Opinion> and later, in 1928, the text <info type="">Propaganda</info>, considered
|
||||
seminal works in the field. "There is propaganda and what I call
|
||||
impropaganda," says the 98-year-old Bernays impishly. Propaganda
|
||||
originally meant promoting any idea or item, but took on its current
|
||||
@ -3120,7 +3120,7 @@ propagandist:</p>
|
||||
turning thumbs down;</p>
|
||||
<p>Card Stacking: selective use of facts or outright falsehoods,
|
||||
symbolized by an ace of spades, a card signifying treachery;</p>
|
||||
<p>Band Wagon: a claim that everyone like <special>us</special> thinks this way,
|
||||
<p>Band Wagon: a claim that everyone like <info type="">us</info> thinks this way,
|
||||
symbolized by a marching bandleader's hat and baton;</p>
|
||||
<p>Testimonial: the association of a respected or hated person with
|
||||
an idea, symbolized by a seal and ribbon stamp of approval;</p>
|
||||
@ -3195,7 +3195,7 @@ the job all the harder for cautious progressive researchers, whose
|
||||
work becomes suspect in the eyes of mainstream reporters and broad
|
||||
audiences.</p>
|
||||
<p> Harry Martin and Propaganda Techniques</p>
|
||||
<p>Harry V. Martin is the editor of the <special>Napa Sentinel</special>. His articles
|
||||
<p>Harry V. Martin is the editor of the <info type="">Napa Sentinel</info>. His articles
|
||||
on government corruption have gained popularity on the left. An
|
||||
analysis of the content and style of the Martin articles raises
|
||||
questions about his credibility as a reporter. Martin uses classic
|
||||
@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ assertions or other unproven allegations made in the early stages
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of a lawsuit.</p>
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<p>Riconoscuito has also been championed as a source by the LaRouchians
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who say they introduced Riconoscuito to Danny Casolaro, according
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to the <special>Village Voice</special> article by Ridgeway and Vaughan. Anyone
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to the <info type="">Village Voice</info> article by Ridgeway and Vaughan. Anyone
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reading that article carefully will get the idea that authors
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Ridgeway and Vaughan think that some of the Riconoscuito/Casolaro
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allegations are unsubstantiated and reflect undocumented conspiracy
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@ -3335,14 +3335,14 @@ Inslaw articles reveals many other instances of fallacious argument
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and propaganda technique. Questions regarding Harry Martin's
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judgement and political orientation are also raised by the fact
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that he has allowed his articles to appear regularly in the
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<special>Spotlight</special>[f-12]</p>
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<info type="">Spotlight</info>[f-12]</p>
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<p> Conclusions</p>
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<p>"When we destroy international Fascism we must at the same time
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destroy national Fascism, we must replace the reactionary forces
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at home with truly democratic forces which will represent all of
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us. "</p>
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<p>(George Seldes )</p>
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<p>(<special>Facts and Fascism</special>, 1943 )</p>
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<p>(<info type="">Facts and Fascism</info>, 1943 )</p>
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<p>We suffer in the U.S. from an unfortunate reluctance to recognize
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and name the resurgence of fascist ideology around the world. In
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part this is because we are not taught in our schools what fascism
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@ -3356,7 +3356,7 @@ and authoritarian solutions to societal problems during a time of
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economic decline. Political analyst William Pfaff is one of the
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few mainstream analysts who warns that an unconscious strain of
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American fascism is influencing national affairs. Writing in the
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<special>Chicago Tribune</special> with a Paris dateline of March, 1987, Pfaff
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<info type="">Chicago Tribune</info> with a Paris dateline of March, 1987, Pfaff
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concluded that the actions of the Reagan Administration during the
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Iran-Contra scandal revealed "a pattern of conduct and a state of
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mind among important people in this administration which must be
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@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@ became synonymous with the national spirit.</p>
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<p>Author George Seldes reached his 100th birthday in 1990 as the
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early editions of this report were first being researched and
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written. More than half a century earlier, in 1938, Seldes wrote
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<special>You Can't Do That</special>, a book with a prophetic warning about how
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<info type="">You Can't Do That</info>, a book with a prophetic warning about how
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fascism comes to power as the result of a pincer movement between
|
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authoritarian state repression supported by corporate elites and
|
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mass movements sparked by ultra-rightist demagogues. Seldes wrote:</p>
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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Chicago, [Illinois] 60617. The latest on courts, banks, espionage
|
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agencies, political assassinations, and the news media. On 24
|
||||
hours a day, that's the Citizens' Committee to Clean Up the
|
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Courts, 9800 South Oglesby.</p>
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<p>--------------------------<special> Notes </special>----------------------------
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<p>--------------------------<info type=""> Notes </info>----------------------------
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{1} According to a *Wall Street Journal* article dated March 10,
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1994 ("Who is Patsy Thomasson?"), there has been lax security at
|
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the White House, apparently due to poor overall management.
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<xsl:variable name="conspiracy" as="document-node()+" select="collection('../src-xml')"/>
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<xsl:template match="/">
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||||
<div class="article"><xsl:apply-templates select=".//p" mode="multiparagraph"/></div>
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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||||
|
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|
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|
||||
<xsl:template match="p" mode="multiparagraph">
|
||||
<xsl:template match="p">
|
||||
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|
||||
<xsl:apply-templates/>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</xsl:template>
|
||||
|
||||
<xsl:template match="p">
|
||||
<div class="article">
|
||||
<xsl:analyze-string select="." regex="(.+?)\n\n" flags="s">
|
||||
<xsl:matching-substring>
|
||||
<p><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(1)"/></p>
|
||||
</xsl:matching-substring>
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- If we wanted to save the \n\n we could, but why? <xsl:non-matching-substring>
|
||||
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
|
||||
</xsl:non-matching-substring>-->
|
||||
</xsl:analyze-string>
|
||||
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|
||||
</xsl:template>
|
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|
||||
|
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|
||||
|
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@ -18,16 +18,7 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<xsl:template match="/">
|
||||
<xml>
|
||||
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|
||||
<head>
|
||||
<title><xsl:value-of select="base-uri(.) ! tokenize(., '/')[last()] ! substring-before(., '.xml')"/></title>
|
||||
<link/>
|
||||
<!-\-Fill in your link line for CSS and JS in the XSLT here! -\->
|
||||
<xsl:comment>Fill in your link line for CSS and JS in the XSLT here! </xsl:comment>
|
||||
|
||||
</head>-->
|
||||
<!-- <body>-->
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<xsl:for-each select="$conspiracy">
|
||||
<xsl:variable name="filename" as="xs:string" select="current() ! base-uri() ! tokenize(., '/')[last()]"/>
|
||||
<xsl:result-document method="xml" indent="yes" href="../src-xml/{$filename}">
|
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@ -43,8 +34,7 @@
|
||||
</xsl:result-document>
|
||||
</xsl:for-each>
|
||||
</xml>
|
||||
<!--</body>-->
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</xsl:template>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -68,6 +58,17 @@
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</xsl:template>
|
||||
|
||||
<xsl:template match="info">
|
||||
<info type="{@type}">
|
||||
<xsl:apply-templates/>
|
||||
</info>
|
||||
</xsl:template>
|
||||
<xsl:template match="special">
|
||||
<info type="{@type}">
|
||||
<xsl:apply-templates/>
|
||||
</info>
|
||||
</xsl:template>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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