Review: Legacy of Secrecy–The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination

Smoke Book–False and Fed Documents to Obscure Reality August 4, 2010 Lamar Waldron I spent a good bit of time with this book today, getting more and more irritated as I went through it. Here is my bottom line: this book in its earlier and current version may well be a CIA-facilitated and managed covert …

CrisisGroup’s CrisisWatch Monthly Report N°84, 1 Aug 2010

CrisisWatch N°84 Two actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and one improved in July 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch released today. July 2010 TRENDS Deteriorated Situations Rwanda, Somalia Improved Situations Somaliland

Review: Shooting the Truth–The Rise of American Political Documentaries

Both a Tour of Substance, and an Eye Opener for Book People July 29, 2010 James McEnteer This is a 6 Star and Beyond book and is so categorized at Phi Beta Iota, the Public Intelligence Blog, where one can browse all 1600+ of my non-fiction reviews sorted into 98 categories and easily found with …

Review: Searching for Everardo–A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala

6 Star Epic–Genocide, CIA Complicity, & Indigenous Honor July 27, 2010 Jennifer K. Harbury This is one of multiple books by this author, and a huge bargain as a used book–I got the used hardcopy. This book is a book-end to Secret History: The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954. The author …