[…] handling of the trial, transformed into a veritable rodomontade by the D.A.’s claims that he had solved the mystery and counter-allegations that witnesses were subject to truth drugs and hypnosis, as well as by one amazing blunder which effectively sunk the whole case. This blunder concerned one Charles Spiesel, who was exposed in court […]
Colin Crawford. London: Pluto Press, 2003, £14.99, p/back When World-in-Action and Tribune journalist David Boulton published his excellent book, The UVF, 1966-73, (Torc Books, 1974) he bemoaned a near absence of valuable books and journal articles on Loyalism. In contrast to their Republican counterparts, Loyalists do not have a substantive support base overseas; nor … Read more
[…] her allegations link to British involvement. Unfortunately even this is not simple: for Edmonds’ case touches not only on the nuclear black market, but also on the drugs and money laundering trades, aspects which also have British dimensions. The official response to Edmonds has been to put her under a gag order (under the […]
[…] a DIA psychic centre in the National Security Agency (NSA); but he fails give details of the paper. On page 18 Rifat makes extensive references to hypnosis, drugs, meditation, ELF and a host of other commonly known factors; yet he fails to produce any evidence to support his comments. On page 19 he makes […]
When I began studying the Kennedy assassination, back in 1983, my naivety was considerable. It would be a few years before I fully hooked into the diffuse network of assassination researchers, and my hit-and-miss efforts to locate that fraternity produced some bizarre results during the 1985-87 period. Consulting periodical directories and other sources, I collected … Read more
Hi-tech computer voting is now the order-of-the-day in America. In October 2002 the US Administration passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which authorised $4 billion for states to use the Direct Recording Election system (DRE) equipment which would have to meet certain standards (set by the Act) by the year 2006. At which point, … Read more
[…] a complex form of real-world Cluedo, into a genuinely useful forum for political analysis. His thesis is a development from two other books of his: Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies and the CIA in Central America;(2) and The Iran-Contra Connection: Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era.(3) Scott effectively had the story documented […]
[…] in the major media. An even dodgier dossier The ‘dodgy dossier’ produced by the government of Colombia and the USA against Venezuela in March – terrorists and drugs and nukes – reported straight by most of the major media, has been deconstructed into the crude fraud it always looked like.(12) Reading the original stories […]
[…] currently in jail for contempt of court. He refused to tell a court where he had obtained the FBI video tapes of one John De Lorean buying drugs. With an estimated $50,000,000 fortune to spend, Flynt may yet turn out to be a serious threat to various ruling elites in America. If he survives […]
Dave Renton Pluto, London, 1999, £9.99 This book has been touted in some areas as a radical, new contribution to the study of fascism; and it is certainly well-packaged and cheap. To start with the good points which, although few, are important: if you want to know who the current academic theorists on modern … Read more
