[…] repeated use of the Star of David in Masonic regalia without any explanation of its meaning. Nevertheless, for those who find the history of Freemasonry interesting, this new publication is recommended for its comprehensive and authoritative treatment. It is a useful reference work which, if augmented by readings of some of the works referred […]
[…] in Jordan and is active in the Middle East advising on implementing security counter-measures. (Any information on MEISS would be welcome) Called Defence and Security International, the new venture will operate from Cyprus to ‘provide the most complete package available to clients on security matters.’ This apparently ranges from ‘threat assessment’ to ‘system design […]
[…] Pocket Essentials, 2002; £3.99 Pocket Essentials are the publishers who have had the taste and good sense to publish my Conspiracy Theories and The Rise of New Labour; and will publish a volume from Lobster contributor John Burnes on MI5 this year. So, yes, this is a shameless plug. However Nixon’s book is […]
Donald Gibson Sheridan Square Press, Inc., New York 1994 What was JFK’s economic policy? If you can give any kind of detailed answer, you are a better man than me, Gunga Din. Kennedy’s economic policy is an area of his administration which is rarely discussed in parapolitics. (Who cares about taxation policy when you’ve […]
[…] to do any satisfactorily. One should always be careful when questioning an author’s research, but the absence of a bibliography means we can only go by the notes appended at the end of the text, and these reveal little original research. Also, there seem to be obvious omissions from the possible published sources for […]
[…] experiments in the US, and much other stuff of interest. Despite its frequent typos, Unclassified is a very valuable resource. . Honey, I shrunk the spooks The New York Times of 1 March reports that a presidential commission has recommended shrinking the USA intelligence agencies while leaving their structure fundamentally unchanged. The report recommends […]
[…] main people behind MMU appear to be Julian Lewis and the ubiquitous Lord Chalfont (The Independent November 11 1986). Lewis, one of the founders of the Coalition for Peace Through Security, is a member of something called Policy Research Associates, with Chalfont and Norris McWhirter said to be its patrons. (Daily Telegraph 19 November […]
[…] cocaine in Panama between December 11, 1975 and April 1 1976……. Colby told me that profits from the pre-positioned cocaine would be laundered by Al Carone, the New York Mafia and Robert Vesco…..’ Notice Al Carone in the last sentence. He figures elsewhere in the Dowbenko piece, as a ‘CIA operative’ who makes the […]
Thomas J. and Kathleen Schaeper Herghahn Books, Oxford and New York, 1998 No price stated Chatty, readable account of American Rhodes Scholars. Although full of interesting anecdotes about individuals, this makes no serious attempt at the second half of the subtitle. Despite listing the large numbers of Rhodies in the Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton […]
[…] CPGB’s industrial department (which I assume was the recipient of much of it) and its relations with the rest of the Party. There is interesting (but unsourced) new material on the link-man with Moscow, Reuben Falber, which shows him taking charge of the Party’s secret money in the 1930s when he created the hitherto […]
