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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 …

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Review: Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements

Excellent Primer Lacking in Some Substantive Respects July 7, 2010 James DeFronzo There is no question but that this book would be an excellent undergraduate primer, but it is lacking in a number of substantive respects. The shortfalls first: 1. Needs to add understanding and summary of “secret war” and covert action dimensions underlying each …

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Review: JFK and the Unspeakable–Why He Died & Why It Matters

Stake in the Heart of National Security State September 28, 2009 James W. Douglas The premise is that JFK went against the national security establishment, notably the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the military-industrial complex, and was assassinated by deliberate plan of the CIA, with Richard Helms, David Atlee Philips, David Sanchez Morales, …

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Journal: How Many CIA’s and How Threatening is the CIA to the Lives of Leon Panetta and Barack Obama?

We were surprised this morning to learn that Ray McGovern, a CIA veteran whose credibility we respect, is saying that Leon Panetta and Barack Obama may be treating CIA with kid gloves for fear of being assassinated by the “insider” CIA that itself fears criminal prosecution for the death of over 100 detainees in CIA …

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