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The High & The Mighty:
JFK, M P M , LSD & The
CIA part 3

SHERMAN SKOLNICK
W H E R E IS L O U
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DR. A L A N CANTWELL:
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The High and the Mighty: JFK,
MPM, LSD and the CIA, Part Three,
BY G . J. KRUPEY, PAGE 1
Zero Waste: From Phalanstere to
Biosphere
BY JIM MARTIN, PAGE 8
JFK REDUX
Can Anyone Verify Fletcher
Prouty's ID Of Lansdale and Conein
in Dealey Plaza
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SAUCER SECTION R E T U R N S N E X T
ISSUE
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Chicago Conspiracy Researcher
Sherman Skolnick Sounds Off
AN INTERVIEW BY KENN THOMAS, PAGE 1 7
The Fate of Lew Welch
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The Silent Holocaust: Alan Cantwell
Jr., MD, On AIDS
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The Encryption/Decryption
Dickwads of Cipherspace
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An INSLAW Octopus in Whitewater
Currents
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Caries, Cabals and Correspondence
LETTERS FROM READERS, PAGE 41
Book Reviews
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Things Are Gonna Slide
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The High and The
Mighty: _ _
JFK, MPM, LSD and the CIA
(Part Three)
BY G . J . KRUPEY
5. To the Shores of TRIPoli...
In the sort o f w e i r d coincidence t h a t acid h e a d s are
m o r e a p t to s e e a s s y n c h r o n i c i t y , it m a y b e t h a t L e e
H a r v e y O s w a l d , the officially designated lone nut
assassin of President K e n n e d y , also k n e w the
t e c h n i c o l o r s e n s o r a m a o f L S D as w e l l a s the m a n he
allegedly shot.
I n S e p t e m b e r 1957, an e i g h t e e n y e a r old U S Marine,
P F C Lee H a r v e y O s w a l d , arrived at the A t s u g i N a v a l A i r
B a s e south o f T o k y o for his first a s s i g n m e n t as a radar
operator. A l t h o u g h h e enlisted less than a y e a r before,
he already h a d a security clearance. A t s u g i w a s no
ordinary air base; it w a s from here that the top secret U -
2 s p y plane flights took off to conduct their high altitude
s u r v e i l l a n c e o f m i l i t a r y a n d i n d u s t r i a l targets in b o t h
China and the Soviet U n i o n ( 8 7 ) . But there w a s
s o m e t h i n g else h i d d e n at A t s u g i besides the U - 2 plane,
that other s o m e t h i n g w a s a g r o u p o f buildings identified
o n l y as the J o i n t T e c h n i c a l A d v i s o r y G r o u p , but in
reality the CIA's Far East base of operations, where,
a m o n g o t h e r things, the M K - U L T R A p r o g r a m testing o f
• L S D w a s s a i d to h a v e b e e n c o n d u c t e d . (88) T h e d r u g
w a s used as b o t h an interrogation device o n captured
e n e m y agents, and, experimentally, as a training device
for b u d d i n g a g e n t s w h o w e r e to b e familiarized w i t h the
drugs effects in case o f capture b y the enemy; the idea
b e i n g that if a captured U S g e n t w a s slipped s o m e acid
b y his captors, he w o u l d k n o w w h a t w a s h a p p e n i n g to
h i m and b e able to resist freaking out a n d spilling his
guts to his interrogators.
In a 1983 Rolling Stone story, an a n o n y m o u s M a r i n e
w h o w a s b a s e d at A t s u g i d u r i n g the s a m e era and in the
same unit as O s w a l d recounted how C I A agents
attempting to recruit him, bought h i m drinks (and
w h o r e s ) w h i l e he w a s on leave, and spiked his
refreshments w i t h all m a n n e r o f m i n d - b e n d i n g d r u g s to
see h o w well h e could h o l d u p u n d e r pressure. Besides
LSD, he was given mescaline, amphetamines,
d e p r e s s a n t s , a n d s o d i u m p e n t a t h o l . ( 8 9 ) It is h i g h l y
u n l i k e l y t h a t h e w a s the o n l y l e a t h e r n e c k s o favored,
and highly possible that Oswald w a s the recipient of
similar m e n t a l strip mining.
O s w a l d ' s entire c a r e e r in the M a r i n e C o r p s w a s a
m a g n e t for w e i r d events. H e j o i n e d the M a r i n e s only a
few days after turning seventeen in O c t o b e r 1956, a n d
s p e n t the last t w o m o n t h s o f that year in basic training,
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 33715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
w h e r e h e distinguished h i m s e l f in failing to qualify as a
m a r k s m a n w i t h the rifle. I n fact, O s w a l d , the m a n w h o
the W a r r e n C o m m i s s i o n w o u l d later claim m a n a g e d to
pull off the three luckiest shots in history, o n e o f w h i c h
m a n a g e d to defy all the l a w s o f gravity (although I have
y e t to h e a r o f a reputable v o l u m e o n physics w h i c h has
y e t a c k n o w l e d g e d the fact), w a s s u c h a b a d shot, h i s
fellow j a r h e a d s p e g g e d h i m w i t h the c o n t e m p t u o u s
n i c k n a m e "shitbird". A l t h o u g h he did finally m a k e
m a r k s m a n grade b y D e c e m b e r (but o n l y b y t w o points),
he failed to duplicate his earlier effort w h e n taking his
last m a r k s m a n s h i p test before leaving the C o r p s . (90)
I n J a n u a r y 1 9 5 7 , after c o m p l e t i n g b a s i c , O s w a l d
t o o k a d v a n c e d t r a i n i n g at C a m p P e n d l e t o n , a n d after
c o m p l e t i n g t h a t , w a s s e n t i n M a r c h t o the N a v a l A i r
T e c h n i c a l T r a i n i n g Center, J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l o r i d a w h e r e
h e w a s t r a i n e d to b e a r a d a r a i r c o n t r o l l e r . O s w a l d
received a "confidential" security clearance to enable h i m
to do the j o b , w h i c h is o d d w h e n it is considered that b y
this p e r i o d , his o u t s p o k e n p r o - c o m m u n i s t v i e w s w e r e
already notorious. (91)
A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g J a c k s o n v i l l e in M a y , h e w e n t to
Kessler A F B , Mississippi, w h e r e h e g r a d u a t e d seventh in
Y E T IN O S W A L D ' S C A S E , H I S
MEDICAL R E C O R D O N HIS T R E A T ­
MENT F O R THE COMPLAINT READ
"URETHRITIS, ACUTE, DUE T O
G 0 N 0 C 0 C C U S " , A N D C L A I M S ITS
ORIGIN A S "IN LINE O F DUTY, N O T
DUE T O O W N MISCONDUCT."
a c l a s s o f fifty in A i r c r a f t C o n t r o l a n d W a r n i n g
Operations and received a Military Occupational
Specialty rating as an A v i a t i o n Electronics Operator. His
next stop was the U S M C A i r Station in El Toro,
California, and from there, his unit w a s shipped to
J a p a n in A u g u s t , to A t s u g i .
It w a s in J a p a n t h a t the s t r a n g e n e s s In O s w a l d ' s
career b e g a n to Intensify. H e w a s o b s e r v e d taking photos
o f the b a s e , a n d it w a s n o t i c e d t h a t h e p a i d s p e c i a l l y
close attention to lectures dealing w i t h classified
matters. B u t despite this e a g e r n e s s to k n o w things, a n d
his c o m m u n i s t posturing, n o n e o f O s w a l d ' s officers
appeared to b e overtly c o n c e r n e d w i t h h i m a s a possible
security breach. (92)
On leave, O s w a l d became an habitue of a Tokyo
nightclub called the Q u e e n B e e , a n exclusive j o i n t that
catered to officers. A typical night there could a m o u n t to
a h u n d r e d dollars or m o r e , certainly m o r e m o n e y than a
lowly, poorly-paid private like O s w a l d could afford. Y e t
O s w a l d w a s k n o w n to h a v e k e p t c o m p a n y w i t h one of
the "hostesses" there, a J a p a n e s e w o m a n w h o w a s
possibly a Russian spy. T h e Q u e e n B e e w a s a suspected
page 1

THIS SEQUENCE SHOWS MARY PINCHGT MEYER
AND J F K DEPLANING FOR A VISIT T O
PENNSYLVANIA IN SEPTEMBER, 1 9 6 3 .
e s p i o n a g e d e n filled w i t h a l l u r i n g M a t a H a r i s . O s w a l d
m a y have b e e n o n l y indulging h i m s e l f in the sort o f
intriguing a t m o s p h e r e that filled the s p y fiction h e loved,
and p e r h a p s e v e n willing to s p e n d the h u g e a m o u n t s o f
m o n e y n e e d e d to s o a k u p t h e a t m o s p h e r e . B u t w h e r e
did h e get the m o n e y for it? T h r o u g h o u t most o f his life,
O s w a l d w a s k n o w n to b e flat b r o k e o r close to it, a n d h e
w a s , p e r h a p s for that reason, u s u a l l y tight-fisted w i t h
w h a t little h e had. It's hard to believe that he w a s willing
to w a s t e m o n e y o n s u c h fantasies, at least m o r e t h a n
once.
W h a t e v e r O s w a l d w a s d o i n g a t the Q u e e n B e e . it
page 2
couldn't have been too onerous a task, although the
r e s u l t o f it w a s : in the s e r v i c e o f h i s c o u n t r y . P r i v a t e
F i r s t C l a s s L e e H a r v e y O s w a l d c o n t r a c t e d a c a s e of
g o n o r r h e a . (93) H o w e v e r , t h i s w a s n o l a u g h i n g matter
for O s w a l d o r a n y o t h e r M a r i n e ; in addition to the pain
a n d d i s c o m f o r t o f the d i s e a s e itself, the M a r i n e s
p u n i s h e d m e n w h o c a m e d o w n w i t h v e n e r e a l diseases.
Y e t in O s w a l d ' s c a s e , his m e d i c a l r e c o r d on his
treatment for the complaint read "urethritis, acute, d u e
to gonococcus", a n d claims its origin as "in line o f duty,
not d u e to o w n misconduct." (94) S o h o w d o e s a Marine
catch V D "in the line on duty", unless he's b a n g i n g s o m e
prostitute as part o f an intelligence cover, o r p e r h a p s as
the target o f the a s s i g n m e n t ? A n y o t h e r option boggles
the m i n d .
In O c t o b e r 1957, O s w a l d , p e r h a p s in an attempt to
get o u t o f b e i n g transferred w i t h the rest o f his unit to
the Philippines— m a y b e b e c a u s e h e didn't w a n t to leave
his J a p a n e s e girlfriend b e h i n d , m a y b e b e c a u s e h e w a s
Instructed to d o so— shot himself i n the a r m w i t h a .22
caliber derringer [although t w o w i t n e s s e s c l a i m e d that
h e w a s uninjured]. (95) O s w a l d c l a i m e d that it w a s an
a c c i d e n t t h a t o c c u r r e d w h e n t h e g u n fell o u t o f h i s
locker as h e w a s cleaning it out. O s w a l d w a s treated for
three w e e k s in the hospital, a n u n u s u a l l y l o n g time for
such a m i n o r w o u n d it w o u l d s e e m [if there really w a s a
w o u n d ] . W h a t e v e r the t r u t h o f t h e s i t u a t i o n , O s w a l d
returned from the hospital in e n o u g h time to ship out
for T a i w a n w i t h the rest o f his unit in N o v e m b e r o f that
year.
U p o n his return to A t s u g i , O s w a l d w a s court-
m a r t i a l e d for p o s s e s s i o n o f an illegal, u n r e g i s t e r e d
w e a p o n [he h a d p u r c h a s e d t h e d e r r i n g e r t h r o u g h a
stateside mail-order house, not the last time this m e t h o d
o f p r o c u r e m e n t w o u l d g i v e h i m c a u s e for grief], fined
and s e n t e n c e d t o t w e n t y d a y s at h a r d labor. A l t h o u g h
the sentence w a s suspended, O s w a l d s o o n e n d e d up in
trouble again, after p i c k i n g a fight w i t h a sergeant h e
held responsible for saddling h i m with too m u c h K P
duty. O s w a l d first tried to p i c k a fight w i t h h i m at an
enlisted men's club, then later again in a local nightclub
w h e n h e poured a drink o v e r his head. (96) O s w a l d w a s
c o u r t - m a r t i a l e d a g a i n and fined, and s e n t e n c e d to
twenty-eight d a y s in the brig, plus his previously
s u s p e n d e d sentence w a s reversed a n d added to his n e w
s e n t e n c e (he a c t u a l l y o n l y s e r v e d 4 5 d a y s t o t a l ) .
However, only one o t h e r M a r i n e w h o w a s a l s o in j a i l at
that time later claimed to h a v e seen h i m in the brig, and
he reported that O s w a l d w a s in civilian clothes. (97)
T h e implication is that d u r i n g the t i m e O s w a l d w a s
s u p p o s e d l y r e c u p e r a t i n g f r o m a n a c c i d e n t a l l y self-
inflicted w o u n d in the hospital, a n d then serving time in
the b r i g for a t t a c k i n g a n o n - c o m m i s s i o n e d *officer, he
w a s a c t u a l l y off on s o m e intelligence a s s i g n m e n t , a n d
the incidents m e r e l y staged a s e x c u s e s to get h i m o u t o f
the sight o f his fellow M a r i n e s a n d a w a y from the base
w i t h o u t arousing suspicions as to his w h e r e a b o u t s .
W h e n s e e n in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h O s w a l d ' s l a t e r c r a s h
course in the R u s s i a n language [from military tutors at
the A r m y ' s M o n t e r e y , C a l i f o r n i a S c h o o l o f L a n g u a g e s ,
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
a l t h o u g h O s w a l d p l a y e d It as i f h e w e r e learning it from B u t e v e n stranger than his actions w a s the business
how-to books and language records] (98) and that b r o u g h t h i m to the D A ' s office in the first place: h e
subscription to Russian l a n g u a g e periodicals [which w a n t e d to determine the legality o f a certain drug he h a d
u p s e t at l e a s t o n e o f h i s s u p e r i o r o f f i c e r s ] , a n d read about. Gillin had n e v e r heard o f the drug, and e v e n
intensified efforts to b e s e e n a s a c o m m u n i s t stateside at later couldn't r e m e m b e r the n a m e o f it. In the b o o k that
E l T o r o M a r i n e A i r B a s e , it is c l e a r t h a t O s w a l d [ o r the y o u n g m a n had read, the a u t h o r claimed that, i f the
"Oswaldovich", as he w a s dubbed] w a s developing a reader could get ahold o f the d r u g a n d use it, he w o u l d
cover p e r s o n a a s a disaffected, p r o - be able to s e e into the future, w h i c h formed the book's
c o m m u n i s t misfit, bitter at his treatment from the subject matter. Gillin b e g a n to lose interest in w h a t his
capitalist military, a n d a M a r x i s t idealist, enthusiastic i f visitor w a s saying, m a i n l y b e c a u s e "he w a s a p p a r e n t l y
n o t fanatic to further the proletarian revolution. demonstrating a s u p e r - i m p o s e d indoctrination in w h i c h
If O s w a l d w a s g i v e n acid as part o f his u n d e r c o v e r he had no great self-identification. He w a s spouting
training, it m i g h t e x p l a i n a n o t h e r strange incident that words, phrases, and cliches without true
h a p p e n e d w h i l e O s w a l d w a s w i t h his u n i t o n T a i w a n comprehension, a n d w i t h o u t personal persuasiveness..."
during a period w h e n a conflict b e t w e e n the nationalist (101)
Chinese of that island and the mainland communist Gillin finally d e t e r m i n e d that if a n y such drug
Chinese seemed imminent. One existed, it w a s likely a narcotic to
night while Oswald w a s on guard be able to p r o d u c e v i s i o n s or
duty, gunfire w a s heard by the OSWALD, OF COURSE, h a l l u c i n a t i o n s , a n d h e n c e illegal,
officer of the guard, who REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST b u t b e i n g uncertain, h e suggested
investigated and found Oswald on that his v i s i t o r go see the city
the g r o u n d , shaking, crying, and
VILIFIED MEN IN HISTORY.
chemist n e x t d o o r in the city hall.
raving a b o u t m e n l u r k i n g in the EVEN MANY WHO ARE CON­ B u t b e f o r e he left, G i l l i n
trees w h o he fired u p o n w h e n they w a s able to determine the n a m e o f
VINCED THAT HE WAS MERELY
failed t o r e s p o n d t o h i s c h a l l e n g e . the b o o k in q u e s t i o n , A l d o u s
(99) AN INNOCENT PATSY FOR THE H u x l e y ' s Brave New World [in
O s w a l d m a y h a v e b e e n faking a w h i c h the d r u g in q u e s t i o n w o u l d
TRUE KILLERS OF KENNEDY
n e r v o u s b r e a k d o w n as a ploy to get have been the psychedelic-like
o u t o f g u a r d d u t y [he a d m i t t e d to OFTEN REGARD HIM PATRONIZ­ s o m a ] , and the n a m e o f his odd
the officer that h e couldn't h a c k it], INGLY, AS A SORT OF PATHETIC v i s i t o r : "I c a n n o t r e c a l l w h a t h e
for w h a t e v e r reason, o r p o s s i b l y h e stated his full n a m e w a s , b u t I can
fell victim to trigger-happy paranoia. CHUMP, A HOPELESS LOSER, A recall that ' O s w a l d ' w a s a p a r t o f
B u t if h e w a s given L S D prior to this REAL SCHLEMIEL WHO FIT ALL it..." (102)
o c c u r r e n c e , it c o u l d e a s i l y b e seen W a s G i l l i n ' s O s w a l d the
as a flashback, those inconvenient, TOO WELL THE ROLE HIS DIRE O s w a l d ? T h e F B I , n o t surprisingly,
unscheduled psychedelic reruns FATE CAST HIM. d i s p u t e d it, c l a i m i n g t h a t G i l l i n ' s
that w o u l d b e c o m e so i n f a m o u s e x t r e m e near-sightedness rendered
about a decade later in the h e y d a y his ability to positively identify h i m
of L S D , long after b o t h O s w a l d and K e n n e d y w e r e dead. as L e e H a r v e y O s w a l d a s u n r e l i a b l e . Gillin c o n t e n d e d
B u t if O s w a l d i n t e n d e d this incident to relieve h i m o f that since his eyesight w a s so poor, he had c o m e to rely
g u a r d duty, it w o r k e d . H e w a s sent b a c k to A t s u g i alone on his hearing to identify voices, and that w h e n he
b y plane for "medical treatment". It w a s prior t o this that heard O s w a l d ' s voice on television the night o f the
h e w a s d i a g n o s e d for g o n o r r h e a [ S e p t e m b e r 16, 1958], assassination, h e a u t o m a t i c a l l y r e c o g n i z e d it, w i t h his
y e t he is flown b a c k to A t s u g i on O c t o b e r 5 for b a c k to the s c r e e n from "the s a m e s p e e d a n d chatter-
treatment. H o w i m p o r t a n t c o u l d t r e a t m e n t for a m i n o r type experiences w h i c h I had h e a r d in m y office several
c a s e o f V D b e t h a t it w o u l d w a r r a n t s u c h p r i v i l e g e d m o n t h s before..." (103)
handling? W a s his g u a r d d u t y freak o u t then d u e to L S D P e r h a p s the F B I ' s o w n level o f a c c u r a c y in the
after-effects? W a s he s e n t b a c k to A t s u g i for e m e r g e n c y m a t t e r can b e a s c e r t a i n e d f r o m their r e c o r d i n g o f the
therapy, or possibly a debriefing? Whether or not novel's title a n d the n a m e o f the m a n w h o w r o t e it: This
O s w a l d w a s given L S D d u r i n g his stint i n the C o r p s as Great World b y " H u c k s l e y " . ( 1 0 4 ) A s a n y o n e w h o h a s
part of his espionage training, he w a s apparently r e a d Brave New World c a n attest, t h e r e is s o m e t h i n g
intrigued e n o u g h b y the d r u g to seek information on its distinctly unnerving a b o u t an F B I agent misinterpreting
legal status only a few months before his date with the tide in s u c h a j o l l y m a n n e r .
infamy a n d death. O s w a l d w a s , despite b e i n g an atrocious speller a n d
O n e d a y in the s u m m e r o f 1 9 6 3 , N e w O r l e a n s a h i g h s c h o o l d r o p - o u t , a n o m n i v o r o u s r e a d e r . In the
A s s i s t a n t District A t t o r n e y E d w a r d G. Gillin received a M a r i n e s , h e w a s n o t e d for reading "Leaves o f Grass" b y
visit from a strangely-acting y o u n g man. Obviously W a l t W h i t m a n a n d other "good type o f literature"'. (105)
uncomfortable, he y e t remained standing even when D u r i n g h i s s t a y in N e w O r l e a n s , h e b o r r o w e d m a n y
a s k e d twice to sit d o w n . H e also kept l o o k i n g d o w n at b o o k s from the library [with D a v i d F e r r i e ' s card,
his feet a n d shifting a b o u t o n t h e m . (100) apparently], including m a n y b y A l d o u s Huxley. (106) O n

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O s w a l d ' s m y s t e r i o u s S e p t e m b e r 1963 Perhaps Oswald wasn't even sure
trip to M e x i c o , the b o o k s h e t o o k w i t h w h a t t h e m i n d - a l t e r i n g c h e m i c a l he
S H E TOLD L E A R Y :
h i m to w i l e a w a y the long, b o r i n g b u s w a s given at A t s u g i w a s called, he
ride w e r e all b y one of t w o authors: " T H E Y COULDN'T C O N ­ only knew that Huxley's fictional
A l d o u s H u x l e y and Ian Fleming. A n apt T R O L HIM A N Y MORE. s o m a s o u n d e d c l o s e e n o u g h t o it b y
d u o for L e e H a r v e y O s w a l d , the t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f its effects t h a t it
psychedelic s p y ? H E W A S CHANGING T O O m i g h t possibly b e it. A s stated before,
O s w a l d , o f course, r e m a i n s o n e o f FAST. H E W A S L E A R N ­ w h i l e L S D w a s n o t technically illegal
the m o s t vilified m e n in history. E v e n a t t h i s t i m e , it w a s s t i l l n e a r l y
ING T O O i m p o s s i b l e for a n y o n e n o t associated
m a n y w h o are c o n v i n c e d t h a t h e w a s
m e r e l y a n i n n o c e n t p a t s y for the true M U C H . . . T H E Y ' L L COVER w i t h an e d u c a t i o n a l or r e s e a r c h
killers o f K e n n e d y often regard him institution, or a government agency,
EVERYTHING U P . I to easily a c q u i r e it.
patronizingly, as a sort of pathetic
chump, a hopeless loser, a real GOTTA COME SEE Y O U .
schlemiel w h o fit all t o o w e l l t h e role O s w a l d ' s discomfort m a y h a v e b e e n
I'M SCARED. I'M AFRAID.
his dire fate cast h i m . Y e t , if t h o s e w h o due to n e r v o u s n e s s o v e r inquiring
knew him well remember correctly, BE CAREFUL." about a possibly illegal substance
O s w a l d w a s far f r o m a n i d i o t . T h e from an a u t h o r i t y figure, and his
M a r i n e s he served w i t h , including officers, s p o k e highly robotic v o c a l delivery, s e e m i n g l y l a c k i n g in conviction,
of h i s m e n t a l ability. H i s j o b o f radar operator required could have been the result of a prepared, memorized
b e t t e r - t h a n a v e r a g e i n t e l l i g e n c e , as d i d h i s s e c u r i t y speech. Possibly Oswald had no real expectation of
clearance. H i s m a s t e r y o f the R u s s i a n language, a v e r y getting the information or cooperation he desired, a n d s o
difficult t o n g u e for E n g l i s h s p e a k e r s to learn, w a s s o w a s o n l y going through the m o t i o n s . O r p e r h a p s it w a s
complete that M a r i n a P r u s a k o v a t h o u g h t he w a s a all a ruse, part o f his cover-building a s s i g n m e n t that h e
n a t i v e R u s s i a n s p e a k e r w h e n they first m e t . (107) didn't u n d e r s t a n d or care to g o t h r o u g h w i t h . O n e other
George de Mohrenschildt w a s so impressed with possibility w a s that he w a s hypnotized, or at least in a
O s w a l d ' s a b i l i t y to s p e a k R u s s i a n , h e w a s c o n v i n c e d semi-hypnotic state. A g a i n , this could h a v e b e e n part o f
that h e h a d b e e n tutored b y professionals. (108) a n intelligence operation, o r s o m e o n e , D a v i d Ferrie m o s t
If O s w a l d w a s i n d e e d an intelligence a g e n t [as many, likely, could have h y p n o t i z e d O s w a l d for a n y n u m b e r o f
including this writer, are convinced he w a s ] , perhaps reasons, as a test to see h o w suggestive O s w a l d w a s , or
e v e n a double agent, h e certainly w a s s m a r t e n o u g h to e v e n as a p r a n k . [Ferrie c l a i m e d to be an e x p e r t
pull it off, p e r h a p s h e e v e n did t o o good a j o b in devising hypnotist, a n d s u p p o s e d l y h a d a large private library o n
h i s c o v e r . It m a y h a v e b e e n h i s c o n v i n c i n g a c t a s a the subject.] O s w a l d could e v e n h a v e c o n c e i v a b l y tried
c o m m u n i s t crackpot or as a w a l k i n g enigma, that to hypnotize himself, w i t h u n e v e n results.
d o o m e d h i m m o r e t h a n a n y t h i n g else. T o this day, his W h a t e v e r the e x p l a n a t i o n , it s e e m s c o m p l e t e l y
motives, e v e n h i s actual identity, engenders controversy. possible that O s w a l d either h a d b e e n , at least once, o n
P e r h a p s the last w o r d on O s w a l d c a m e from the m a g i c c a r p e t ride, or d e s i r e d t o t a k e it. I f h e w a s
s o m e o n e w h o m a n a g e d to k n o w the real man, o r at least Experienced, a n d K e n n e d y w a s as w e l l , the cosmic irony
m o r e o f h i m t h a n a n y o n e else: G e o r g e d e Mohrenschildt, o f it all m a y h a v e b e e n o n l y s y n c h r o n i c i t y , o r it m a y
the W h i t e R u s s i a n r e f u g e e [ a n d p r o b a b l e i n t e l l i g e n c e have b e e n s o m e t h i n g stranger than coincidence.
agent serving multiple masters] w h o w a s O s w a l d ' s friend
[and p r o b a b l e C I A "baby-sitter"] d u r i n g O s w a l d ' s early 6. Death of a Mind...
d a y s in F o r t W o r t h - D a l l a s [and a n e n i g m a in h i s o w n
right]. Y e a r s after O s w a l d ' s d e a t h [and shortly before his
o w n suspect "suicide"], the "Baron" had this to say T h e d a y after K e n n e d y w a s a s s a s s i n a t e d , T i m o t h y
a b o u t his o n e - t i m e friend: "No matter w h a t they say, L e e Leary received a p h o n e call that he said he w a s
H a r v e y O s w a l d w a s a delightful g u y . T h e y m a k e h i m out expecting. It w a s from M a r y M e y e r , a n d L e a r y w a s b a r e l y
to b e a m o r o n , b u t h e w a s s m a r t as hell. A h e a d o f his a b l e to u n d e r s t a n d her. T o h i m , s h e s o u n d e d e i t h e r
time, really. A k i n d o f hippie o f those d a y s . . . A n d I will "drugged or s t u n n e d w i t h g r i e f . (110) M a r y w a s crying,
tell y o u this— I a m s u r e he did n o t s h o o t the president." hysterical w i t h s o r r o w a n d fear. S h e told L e a r y : "They
(109) couldn't control h i m any more. H e w a s changing too
S o , L e e H a r v e y O s w a l d , "a k i n d o f h i p p i e o f those fast. H e w a s learning t o o m u c h . . . T h e y ' l l cover everything
days" and "ahead o f h i s time"...what could that m e a n ? up. I gotta c o m e see y o u . I'm scared. I'm afraid. Be
W h a t w a s Oswald doing that w o u l d earn him such a careful." ( I l l ) T h e n t h e l i n e w e n t d e a d . M a r y M e y e r
description b u t d a b b l i n g in p s y c h e d e l i c drugs, m a k i n g never c a m e to see h i m a n d h e n e v e r s a w her o r heard
h i m truly a h e a d o f his t i m e ? I f O s w a l d h a d b e e n given a from h e r a g a i n . L e a r y tried to c o n t a c t h e r in the
taste o f L S D i n the M a r i n e s , p e r h a p s h e w a n t e d to taste following months, but as she had not given him her
it a g a i n , e s p e c i a l l y a f t e r r e a d i n g H u x l e y . T h e n w h y p h o n e n u m b e r a n d he c o u l d n ' t l o c a t e h e r in a n y
w o u l d n ' t he a t t e m p t to find o u t i f he could secure s o m e W a s h i n g t o n area p h o n e directory, h e w a s unsuccessful.
l e g a l l y b y i n q u i r i n g a b o u t it f r o m a District^ A t t o r n e y ? Finally, r e m e m b e r i n g that M a r y w a s a V a s s a r a l u m n u s .

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h e t r i e d to r e a c h h e r t h r o u g h the a l u m n i office. T h e
secretary informed him that Mary Meyer was dead.
Eventually, t h r o u g h friends in the press, L e a r y w a s able
to find out h o w s h e died: she w a s m u r d e r e d , shot w h i l e
o u t t a k i n g h e r c u s t o m a r y w a l k a l o n g t h e b a n k o f the
abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio canal towpath near
her G e o r g e t o w n h o m e on the after n o o n o f O c t o b e r 13,
1964. S h e w a s shot, o n c e in the chest a n d twice in the
left temple b y h e r assailant, a y o u n g b l a c k m a n w h o w a s
arrested a n d h e l d w i t h o u t bail. H i s probable m o t i v e w a s
considered to b e rape, robbery, o r both. (112)
L e a r y didn't b u y that s i m p l e explanation, and asked
his j o u r n a l i s t friend to dig deeper. Later, h e told Leary, a
f r i e n d in p o l i c e i n t e l l i g e n c e c o n f i r m e d t h a t m a n y i n
W a s h i n g t o n c i r c l e s d i d n ' t b u y t h a t e x p l a n a t i o n either,
m a n y b e l i e v e d the m u r d e r w a s 'an a s s a s s i n a t i o n . T w o
slugs in the brain a n d o n e in the b o d y . T h a t ' s n o t the
M O o f a r a p i s t . A n d a m u g g e r isn't g o i n g t o s h o o t a
w o m a n w i t h no p u r s e in her h a n d . " (113) L e a r y ' s
j o u r n a l i s t friend indicated that it w a s a red hot potato in
W a s h i n g t o n , o n e o f the b i g g e s t cover-ups in the history
o f that capital o f c o v e r - u p s . T o o m a n y powerful p e o p l e
a p p a r e n t l y h a d s o m e t h i n g t o l o o s e i f the t r u t h w e r e
k n o w n . H e also confirmed that r u m o r s w e r e flying that
"dope w a s involved." (114)
T h e M a r y M e y e r story w a s k e p t u n d e r w r a p s for a
l o n g t i m e . B u t e v e n t h o s e w i t h k n o w l e d g e o f the affair
between Mary and J o h n Kennedy had been dropping
hints e v e r since it b e g a n . In the case o f Phillip G r a h a m ,
it w a s m o r e t h a n a hint. G r a h a m w a s the publisher o f
the W a s h i n g t o n Post and a close friend o f K e n n e d y ' s , so
close they often c o m m i t t e d adultery in each other's
presence, s o m e t i m e s with the same w o m a n . (115) A
d i a g n o s e d m a n i c - d e p r e s s i v e , b y early 1963, G r a h a m w a s
deteriorating fast.
Phillip's wife, K a t h e r i n e M e y e r G r a h a m (no relation
to M a r y P i n c h o t M e y e r ) , w h o s e family o w n e d the Post,
w a s preparing to d i v o r c e h i m , a n d that m e a n t the e n d o f
his career at the paper. N o d o u b t this triggered an
i n c i d e n t at a n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e r ' s c o n v e n t i o n in
Phoenix, w h e r e Phil ( w h o w a s n o t invited) interrupted a
speech and, grabbing a microphone, went into a
d r u n k e n r a n t a b o u t w h o w a s s l e e p i n g w i t h w h o m in
Washington, starting with the President and Mary
M e y e r , t h e s i s t e r - i n - l a w o f B e n B r a d l e e , f o r m e r Post
r e p o r t e r a n d Newsweek W a s h i n g t o n b u r e a u chief.
A p p a r e n t l y , G r a h a m s h o c k e d the a s s e m b l e d n e w s p a p e r
m o g u l s w i t h r e v e l a t i o n s o f t h e l i a i s o n s in M a r y ' s art
studio in the c o n v e r t e d carriage h o u s e b e h i n d the
B r a d l e e ' s h o m e . O n e a t t e n d e e s l i p p e d a w a y to call
Kennedy, w h o called Katharine Graham. Soon Phillip
G r a h a m ' s d o c t o r w a s o n his w a y to A r i z o n a , and a
heavily sedated Phil w a s o n his w a y b a c k h o m e a n d to
c o m m i t m e n t to an e x c l u s i v e , c o u n t r y c l u b - l i k e
p s y c h i a t r i c h o s p i t a l in r u r a l M a r y l a n d . [Phil,
Incidentally, had b e e n h a v i n g his o w n affair with a
w o m a n named Robin W e b b . He even lived with her
openly. It w a s o n e o f the r e a s o n s w h y Katharine began
divorce p r o c e e d i n g s against h i m . ] (116)
O n A u g u s t 3, 1 9 6 3 , P h i l l i p G r a h a m , s p e n d i n g a
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S I . L o u i s , M O 63121
w e e k e n d w i t h K a t h a r i n e o n their V i r g i n i a farm, died o f a
shotgun w o u n d , a p p a r e n t l y self-inflicted. (117) But there
is still speculation his d e a t h w a s n ' t suicide, b u t murder.
(118)
Ben Bradlee, M a r y Meyer's brother-in-law, w h o would
e v e n t u a l l y a s s u m e Phillip G r a h a m ' s editorial duties at
the Post, also d r o p p e d a f e w c a u t i o u s references to the
K e n n e d y - M e y e r affair in his 1975 m e m o i r , Conversations
with Kennedy, which Katharine Graham biographer
D e b o r a h D a v i s called "a m a n u a l for the political use o f
journalists" (119). In his b o o k , M a r y M e y e r is a shadowy,
peripheral presence, mentioned as having attended a
n u m b e r o f K e n n e d y parties and functions. Considering
that B r a d l e e w a s a n i n t i m a t e o f K e n n e d y ' s a n d M a r y w a s
his sister-in-law, B r a d l e e d o e s n ' t w a s t e m u c h t i m e o n
d e s c r i b i n g h e r o r r e p o r t i n g h e r c o n v e r s a t i o n s . H i s few
m e n t i o n s o f h e r are m o r e tantalizing than enlightening.
E a r l y on, h e m e n t i o n s h e r m u r d e r a n d relationship to
b o t h h i m s e l f a n d to C o r d Meyer, Jr. in a two-sentence
footnote. (120) But he also recorded this bit of a
c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h K e n n e d y r e g a r d i n g h i s wife's sister:
" ' M a r y w o u l d b e r o u g h t o live w i t h ' , K e n n e d y noted, not
for the first t i m e . A n d I a g r e e d , n o t for the first time."
(121)
B r a d l e e a l s o r e c o r d s K e n n e d y ' s visit to the seat o f
t h e P i n c h o t c l a n in M i l f o r d , P e n n s y l v a n i a , w h e r e h e
accepted the gift to the federal g o v e r n m e n t o f the Gifford
P i n c h o t m a n s i o n from Gifford P i n c h o t , Jr., c o u s i n o f
M a r y Pinchot M e y e r a n d T o n y P i n c h o t B r a d l e e . It wasn't
the sort o f thing that a p r e s i d e n t usually b o t h e r e d with,
b u t K e n n e d y u s e d it a s a n e x c u s e to "see w h e r e his
friends the P i n c h o t girls h a d g r o w n up, a n d especially a
chance to see their mother." (122) M a r y M e y e r ' s mother
w a s n o K e n n e d y fan. T h e y "liked e a c h other, guardedly,"
B r a d l e e r e c a l l e d . "But t o s a y t h e y w e r e from o p p o s i t e
sides o f the political s p e c t r u m is putting it mildly." (123)
R u t h Pinchot w a s a former liberal, b u t c h a n g e d her
m i n d during the Franklin Roosevelt administration: "She
a n d h e r h u s b a n d t u r n e d t o w a r d t h e right, h a r d right.
H e r affection for her d a u g h t e r s led h e r to b e m o r e than
civil to their friend the p r e s i d e n t , b u t it w a s a s s u m e d
that e v e r y time s h e s a w h i m , she a s s u a g e d h e r guilt b y
d o u b l i n g h e r contributions to S e n a t o r B a r r y G o l d w a t e r
and to W i l l i a m F. B u c k l e y ' s National Review magazine."
(124) B r a d l e e a l s o k n e w M a r y ' s former h u s b a n d as well.
A l t h o u g h he professed that he "admired h i m [Cord
Meyer] e n o r m o u s l y " for his w o r k w i t h the A m e r i c a n
V e t e r a n ' s C o m m i t t e e a n d the W o r l d F e d e r a l i s t U n i o n ,
Bradlee and M e y e r later h a d a falling out. "Our relations
had b e c o m e strained as a result o f m y decision to be a
j o u r n a l i s t and his derisive scorn o f the people's right to
know." (125) B y his o w n a d m i s s i o n , B r a d l e e refused to
r e c o m m e n d M e y e r to K e n n e d y for the post of
a m b a s s a d o r to G u a t e m a l a , as w a s requested o f h i m b y
J a m e s A n g l e t o n , a refusal t h a t a p p a r e n t l y e m b i t t e r e d
both A n g l e t o n a n d M e y e r a g a i n s t B r a d l e e . (126)
Bradlee's o w n pious allegiance to "the people's right
to k n o w " w a s as s u s p e c t as M e y e r ' s . T h e son of a
w e a l t h y B o s t o n banker, Bradlee's b o y h o o d pal w a s none
other than the future C I A director and M K - U L T R A
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mastermind Richard Helms. (127) Bradlee himself NOTES:
served in N a v a l i n t e l l i g e n c e d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I ,
w o r k i n g w i t h classified a n d coded cables in the Pacific.
(128) After the w a r , he w o r k e d for h a l f a y e a r as a clerk {Steamshovel Debris: Notes 59-86 inadvertently
for the A m e r i c a n Civil Liberties U n i o n . T h i s incongruous were not included last issue. T h e y document infor­
e m p l o y m e n t led D e b o r a h D a v i s to w o n d e r if it m a y h a v e m a t i o n from the preceding installment of this
been an intelligence assignment, rather like Cord series. Note also that the sub-heading "4. F r o m the
M e y e r ' s stints w i t h the A m e r i c a n V e t e r a n ' s C o m m i t t e e Halls of Montezuma" also w a s missing from last
and the W o r l d Federalist U n i o n , a n o t unlikely prospect
issue's installment. Steamshovel apologizes for the
c o n s i d e r i n g B r a d l e e ' s role in c r a n k i n g o u t p r o p a g a n d a
errors.)
for C I A distribution t h r o u g h the U S Information
Exchange, forerunner of the U S Information agency,
w h i l e s e r v i n g in the U S e m b a s s y in Paris in the e a r l y 59) Leary, p. 47
1950s. (129) 60) Leary, p. 46 H

61) Lee & Shlain, pp. 82-83

I n the late 1950s, C o r d M e y e r , B r a d l e e ' s o n e - t i m e 62) Lee & Shlain, p. 84
friend a n d later n e m e s i s (130), w a s coordinating covert 63) Lee, p. 98
operations in E u r o p e , a n d h e and M a r y w e r e b e c o m i n g 64) Lee & Shlain, pp. 115-16
increasingly alienated. S i n c e she didn't h a v e a security 65) ibid
c l e a r a n c e , t h e y h a d little to s p e a k o f a n d n o t h i n g i n 66) The author recalls a punk rock magazine from the late
c o m m o n . ( 1 3 1 ) I n f a c t , M e y e r ' s C I A w o r k w a s "a seventies (78 or 79) which carried a small article on
b u s i n e s s she hated." (132) A s n o t e d before, M a r y herself Hollingshead, who was apparently dispensing acid to a new
generation of rock'n'roll rebels such as the Clash. Although the
c a m e to b e r e g a r d e d risk d u e to h e r extra-marital flings.
magazine is long lost, the article has stayed In memory since
(133)
then.
Eventually, t h e y w e r e d i v o r c e d , and M a r y r e t u r n e d 67) Lee & Shlain, pp. 43-45
to W a s h i n g t o n , l i v i n g in t h e c o n v e r t e d g a r a g e o f h e r 68) ibid
sister T o n y and h e r h u s b a n d B e n Bradlee, a n d p u r s u i n g 69) The title came from a line in a poem by William Blake, and
her career as an a b s t r a c t artist, w h i c h w a s j u s t gave an up-and-coming rock band its original name, later
b e g i n n i n g to take off w h e n she w a s m u r d e r e d . (134) shortened to The Doors.
It w o u l d a p p e a r t h a t M a r y M e y e r f i r s t m e t J o h n 70) Lee & Shlain, pp. 46-7
K e n n e d y w h e n she lived n e x t d o o r to his b r o t h e r R o b e r t 71) ibid
in M c L e a n , V i r g i n i a , b u t t h a t t h e i r affair didn't b e g i n 72) Lee & Shlain, p. 22
73) Lee & Shlain, pp. 189-90
until she m o v e d in w i t h the B r a d l e e s , w h o w e r e
74) Lee & Shlain, p. 48
neighbors o f the t h e n s e n a t o r from Massachusetts. (135)
75) Lee & Shlain, p. 50
It w a s an affair s o s e c r e t t h a t e v e n m a n y W a s h i n g t o n
76) ibid
i n s i d e r s , w h o u s u a l l y k n e w a b o u t t h a t stuff, w e r e 77) Lee & Shlain, p. 52
astonished to learn o f it in the press y e a r s later. (136) 78) ibid
A n d y e t t h e i r l i a i s o n s o f t e n t o o k p l a c e r i g h t in M a r y 79) ibid
M e y e r ' s studio, practically in public. 80) L&S, p. 198
T h e s t o r y w a s first l e a k e d to the p r e s s b y J a m e s 81) L & S , p. 52
Truitt, former Newsweek T o k y o b u r e a u chief. It w a s to 82) L & S, p. 199
Truitt a n d his wife that M a r y confided k n o w l e d g e o f h e r 83) L & S , 73-75
diary [more like a s k e t c h b o o k w i t h notations, as those 84) L & S , 82-88
85) Leary, Timothy, PhD, The Politics of Ecstasy, 1992, Ronln,
w h o h a v e c l a i m e d to h a v e s e e n it h a v e described i t ] , a n d
Berkeley, CA, reprint of 1968 original, p. 281
the request that t h e y k e e p it, in the event o f s o m e t h i n g
86) Lee & Shlain, p. 293
h a p p e n i n g to her, to give to h e r eldest s o n Q u e n t i n u p o n
87) Russell, p. 52; Summers, pp. 114-15; Marrs, Jim, Crossfire:
his twenty-first birthday. (137) T h a t diary, later so The Plot That Killed Kennedy, 1989, Carroll & Graf, p. 103; Lee,
c o n t r o v e r s i a l , w a s t h o u g h t b y m a n y to h a v e i n c l u d e d Martin A., Robert Ranftel, and Jeff Cohen, "Did Lee Harvey
p r o o f o f M a r y ' s relationship w i t h K e n n e d y , and p e r h a p s Oswald Drop Acid?", Rolling Stone, March 3, 1983, p. 22
r e f e r e n c e s to s o m e t h i n g e l s e b e s t left u n k n o w n . 88) Russell, p. 135; Lee, et al, p. 22. Atsugi was only one of two
W h a t e v e r it did contain, there w e r e several p e o p l e w h o bases In the far east where the CIA acid tests were supposed to
w e n t to great e x t r e m e s to m a k e sure that it d i d not fall have been conducted, the other was in Manilla, the Philippines.
i n t o t h e h a n d s o f t h e p o l i c e in t h e a f t e r m a t h o f h e r 89) Lee, et al, p. 22
m u r d e r . T h e a c t u a l facts o f M a r y M e y e r ' s m u r d e r a r e 90) Marrs, p. 102
themselves part o f the mystery. While most accounts 91) ibid
92) Marrs, pp. 102-03
relate that s h e w a s shot to d e a t h also claims that she
93) Summers, pp. 116
w a s s t a b b e d , a n d that she w a s w a l k i n g h e r d o g w h e n
94) Marrs, p. 107, the actual medical document is reproduced
attacked rather t h a n w a l k i n g alone. (138) between pages 308-09
95) Summers, p. 116; Marrs, p. 105
copyright 1993 by G. J. Krupey 96) Marrs, p. 106; Summers, p. 116; Russell, p. 154
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Russell that he hardly had any accent at all. |»4- CIA
109) Lee, at al, p. 54; Russell, pp. 277-78; Summers, p. 199
110) Leary, p. 47 « i * Conspiracies
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114) ibid
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116) Davis, pp. 163-65
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117) Davis, p. 169
118) Davis interview, Steamshovel Press, p. 9 H I * Psychedelic History
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121) Bradlee, p. 54
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123) ibid
124) ibid
125) Bradlee, pp. 34-5
126) Davis, pp. 229-30
127) Davis, pp. 140-01
128) Davis, p. 225
129) Davis, pp. 141-42; Steamshovel interview, p. 6 Fed up with people
130) Meyer once tried to choke Bradlee across the table at a telling you what to think?
Washington dinner party, Davis, p. 230
131) Davis, p. 229
132) Rosenbaum, Ron, Travels With Dr. Death and Other
Unusual Investigations, 1991, Penguin Books, NY, "The
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134) Rosenbaum, p. 125
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Zero Waste
From Phalanstere to Biosphere
BY J I M M A R T I N
W h a t ' s g o i n g o n in O r a c l e J u n c t i o n , A r i z o n a ? B y
now, y o u m a y h a v e heard a b o u t the hermetically sealed,
glass-and-steel e n c l o s u r e called B i o s p h e r e 2 , built in the
A r i z o n a desert n e a r T u c s o n as a radical e n v i r o n m e n t a l
e x p e r i m e n t in total recycling. S i n c e 1991, the 7.2 million
square foot t e r r a r i u m , w h i c h leaks air at a rate o f 1%
p e r y e a r (the s p a c e s h u t t l e l e a k s 3 0 0 % p e r y e a r ) w a s
built at a cost o f $ 1 5 0 million o f the B a s s b a n k i n g
family's m o n e y . It h a s b e e n i n h a b i t e d b y t w o different
crews o f researchers w h o raise all their food w i t h i n the
B i o 2 c o m p l e x , r e c y c l i n g air, w a t e r a n d w a s t e in an effort
to study the feasibility o f l a u n c h i n g a similar project in
the not-so-distant future o n the surface o f M a r s . Billed
as a research station, tourist attraction, and o n g o i n g
R & D center in e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y sound science, the
project h a s lost m i l l i o n s o f dollars w h i l e p r o d u c i n g little
in the w a y o f m a r k e t a b l e n e w technology.
I h a p p e n e d to visit B i o s p h e r e 2 j u s t before the recent
managerial shake-up. This spring I took a "working
vacation" in the T u c s o n area to revisit s o m e o f the sites
of W i l h e l m Reich's final e x p e r i m e n t , "Desert O R O P Ea",
c o n d u c t e d a r o u n d T u c s o n b e t w e e n O c t o b e r , 1954 a n d
M a r c h , 1955. R e i c h w a s u n d e r a n injunction b y a court
o r d e r to refrain from distributing o r g o n e a c c u m u l a t o r s
a n d d u r i n g this t i m e h e h a d e v e r y intention o f abiding
b y the court's d e c r e e . T h e e m o t i o n a l p l a g u e w a s closing
in, h o w e v e r , a n d R e i c h w a s b e g i n n i n g to b e h a v e like a
caged a n i m a l . H e h a d l o n g since a b a n d o n e d individual
p s y c h o t h e r a p y in favor o f n e w p u r s u i t s in n a t u r a l
science, a n d his trip to the desert w a s a last-ditch effort
to force the w o r l d to recognize his discoveries.
R e i c h ' s last p u b l i s h e d w o r k , a scarifying d o c u m e n t
called Contact With Space, is a full report o n this desert
expedition, u n d e r t a k e n with his son, Peter, his
daughter, Eva (then a twenty-five year old medical
doctor), a n d the f e w r e m a i n i n g c o w o r k e r s w h o m R e i c h
could press into servipe. H i s d a u g h t e r didn't w a n t to g o ,
but Reich insisted: "The harvests are plenty, but the
w o r k e r s are few."
R e i c h h a d successfully used his cloudbuster, a set
o f h o l l o w m e t a l t u b e s t h a t h e g r o u n d e d in w a t e r , t o
r e s t o r e a t m o s p h e r i c p u l s a t i o n a n d b r i n g r a i n s to
d r o u g h t y r e g i o n s a r o u n d his r e s e a r c h center in
Rangeley, M a i n e . H e s o u g h t to e x t e n d this research b y
testing the device i n s o m e o f the m o s t arid lands in the
U . S . , found n e a r T u c s o n , A r i z o n a a l o n g the b o r d e r w i t h
Mexico.
Contact With Space describes the long j o u r n e y w e s t ,
w h e r e h e set u p a t e m p o r a r y b a s e a b o u t 8 m i l e s north o f
T u c s o n . R e i c h e x p l o r e d the region w h i l e taking a m b i e n t
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"LOVE, WORK, AND
KNOWLEDGE ARE THE WELLSPRINGS
OF LIFE. THEY SHOULD ALSO GOV­
ERN IT."
-Wilhelm Reich's oft-repeated
motto.
"WORK AND LOVE. THESE ARE
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN
LIFE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN;
THEY ALWAYS WILL BE. I BELIEVE
SIGMUND FREUD SAID THAT."
-Helen Gurley Brown, editor of I
Cosmopolitan, in an interview in
Psychology Today (March-April
1994)
No, HELEN, WILHELM REICH
SAID THAT. Sigh. IT'S AS IF THE •
NATION'S COLLECTIVE MEMORY HAS
BEEN ERASED OF ALL TRACES OF
THE MAN.
radiation readings w i t h his G e i g e r counter, w o r k i n g w i t h
t h e a t m o s p h e r e u s i n g his c l o u d b u s t e r w h i l e p a r r y i n g
w i t h U F O s , w h i c h h e s e n s e d w e r e r e s p o n s i b l e for at
least s o m e o f the a t m o s p h e r i c stagnation in that region.
T h e e x p e r i e n c e s h e d e s c r i b e s in his l a s t b o o k are t o o
h e a v y w i t h implication to d o j u s t i c e in a brief article, but
I h o p e to p u r s u e a b o o k on R e i c h ' s final y e a r s ,
tentatively t i d e d Am IA Spaceman?
T h e r e are m a n y p a r a l l e l s b e t w e e n t h e B i o s p h e r e 2
project and the "Desert O R O P Ea" e x p e d i t i o n Reich
u n d e r t o o k 3 0 y e a r s a g o in t h e v e r y s a m e region. B o t h
e x p e r i m e n t s a p p r o a c h e d a t m o s p h e r i c r e s e a r c h w i t h an
u n d e r s t a n d i n g that the E a r t h functions a s a n o r g a n i c
w h o l e . E a c h r e s e a r c h t e a m a s s u m e d t h a t the E a r t h ' s
a t m o s p h e r e is u n d e r g o i n g severe strain, and sought
a n s w e r s to p r e v e n t a n a p o c a l y p t i c ecological collapse.
Interstellar travel was a key c o m p o n e n t to both
experiments, w i t h B i o 2 e x p l o r i n g the possibility o f a self-
contained "biome" which could sustain a small
p o p u l a t i o n o f h u m a n s a n d o t h e r l i f e - f o r m s in o u t e r
space. R e i c h h a s a l w a y s b e e n ridiculed for his interest in
U F O s , and he and his c o - w o r k e r s reported seeing m a n y
in the desert a r o u n d T u c s o n . R a t h e r than argue for the
r e a l i t y o f flying s a u c e r s , R e i c h s o u g h t to u n d e r s t a n d
their p r o p u l s i o n s y s t e m .
I n m a n y w a y s t h e B i o s p h e r e 2 e x p e r i m e n t is an
e m b o d i m e n t o f a w r o n g turn taken 3 0 y e a r s a g o .
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• I had first h e a r d a b o u t B i o 2 in a series o f glowing
r e p o r t s w r i t t e n b y K e v i n K e l l y i n The Whole Earth
Review. B a s e d in p a r t o n the w o r k o f J . E . L o v e l o c k ' s
"Gaia H y p o t h e s i s " a s w e l l a s e a r l i e r w o r k b y R u s s i a n
geologist V l a d i m i r V e r n a d s k y , w h o w a s the first to use
the term "biosphere", the project intended to investigate
w h e t h e r a closed system, p r o p e r l y stocked w i t h a variety
of plant, a n i m a l a n d insect life, could sustain a h u m a n
c o m m u n i t y in i s o l a t i o n from the s u r r o u n d i n g
a t m o s p h e r e . C o m p l e t e l y funded b y p r i v a t e m o n e y , the
B i o 2 c o m p l e x w o u l d receive funds from visitors and
technological spin-offs in the a r e a s o f recycling, air and
w a t e r purification, a n d space technology.
B i o 2 w a s the b r a i n c h i l d o f J o h n A l l e n , o n e o f the
m e m b e r s o f the first "biospherian" c r e w that entered the
sphinx-like p y r a m i d on Sept. 26th, 1991. Dr. R o y
Walford, a u t h o r o f The 120 Year Diet (a reduced-calorie,
high-nutrient diet w h i c h W a l f o r d found to increase the
life-span o f r a t s to the equivalent o f 1.2 centuries) w a s
a n o t h e r important m e m b e r o f that first c r e w .
The Psychozoic Era
M u c h o f the material p u b l i s h e d b y Synergetic Press,
the publishing a r m o f B i o 2 , refers b a c k to the w o r k o f
"Academician" Vernadsky, the Russian scientist w h o
taught w i t h T e i l h a r d d e C h a r d i n in Paris d u r i n g the 20s.
V e m a d s k y ' s intriguing theory, that the E a r t h ' s "crust"
has been formed not by mineral processes, but by
s u c c e e d i n g layers o f biological detritus, s e e m s to b e the
m a i n i n s p i r a t i o n for t h e B i o 2 g r o u p . V e r n a d s k y h e l d
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
that the earth's g e o l o g y and a t m o s p h e r e cannot be
s e p a r a t e d from the p r o c e s s o f life, a n d t h a t the earth
m u s t be t a k e n as an o r g a n i c w h o l e a l o n g w i t h the
a t m o s p h e r e and o z o n e e n v e l o p e . T h e earth functions as
a kind o f receptor o f cosmic energy, said V e r n a d s k y , and
h e e v e n s e e m s to m a k e a distinction b e t w e e n solar rays
and s o m e kind o f "luminous energy" o n earth, m u c h like
orgone. He describes his theory as different from
p r e v i o u s v i t a l i s t a n d m a t e r i a l i s t i d e a s a b o u t life.
" C o n s i d e r i n g l i v i n g m a t t e r as a unity, a p l a n e t a r y
p h e n o m e n o n , this feature called civilized man cannot be
regarded a s an accidental o n e . H e n c e w e m u s t treat with
caution a n y idea w h i c h suggests that the present limits
to life are immutable," V e r n a d s k y w r o t e in The Biosphere
(1929).
Late in his life, in 1944, V e r n a d s k y suggested that
the p l a n e t is e n t e r i n g a n e w g e o l o g i c a l era, w h i c h h e
c a l l e d t h e psychozoic era. " T h e h i s t o r i c a l p r o c e s s is
b e i n g r a d i c a l l y c h a n g e d u n d e r o u r v e r y e y e s . F o r the
first time in the history o f m a n k i n d the interest o f the
m a s s e s o n t h e o n e h a n d , a n d t h e free t h o u g h t of
individuals on the other, d e t e r m i n e the course o f life o f
mankind and provide standards for men's ideas of
justice. M a n k i n d taken as a w h o l e is b e c o m i n g a m i g h t y
geological force. T h e r e arises the problem of the
reconstruction of the biosphere in the interests of freely
thinking humanity as a single totality. T h e n e w state of
the b i o s p h e r e , w h i c h w e a p p r o a c h w i t h o u t o u r noticing
it, is the noosphere."
T h i s c o n c e p t o f the n o o s p h e r e fascinates m e . Like a
mystical e n v e l o p e o f m a s s mind , it e n v e l o p e s the Earth
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a n d m o l d s it. " T h e p r o b l e m o f p l a n n e d , c o n s i s t e n t
a c t i v i t i e s w h i c h w i l l a i d u s in m a s t e r i n g n a t u r e a n d
accomplishing the correct distribution of wealth,
connected w i t h the c o m p r e h e n s i o n of the unity and
equality o f all p e o p l e , o f the unity o f the noosphere, is
n o w on the agenda." U t o p i a n , to be sure, but
reminiscent o f a termite nest. T h a t V e r n a d s k y delivered
this paper, w h i c h turned o u t to b e his last, in 1944 is a n
indication that Stalin h a d n o serious d i s a g r e e m e n t w i t h
V e r n a d s k y ' s ideas.
Synergetic Press literature also
reinforces the idea o f a y a w n i n g gulf
b e t w e e n m a n a n d nature. L i k e the m o s t
m i s a n t h r o p i c o f e n v i r o n m e n t a l activists
(like E d w a r d A b b e y and s o m e m e m b e r s o f
g r o u p s like E a r t h First!), h u m a n k i n d is
v i e w e d as a k i n d o f "plague species".
A s I undertook m y plans to visit
A r i z o n a , I n o t i c e d the n e w s r e p o r t s o f a
n e w c r e w entering the B i o 2 and t h o u g h t
I'd take a look. W h i l e the project's
e n v i r o n m e n t a l goals a p p e a r e d laudable to
m e , I w a s interested m o r e i n the U t o p i a n
aspects o f such a community. H o w did
t h e y m a k e d e c i s i o n s ? K e l l y d i d n ' t say.
T h e w h o l e thing r e m i n d e d m e of the great
French post-revolutionary thinker, } •
C h a r l e s F o u r i e r . B e g i n n i n g in 1800,
F o u r i e r h a d b e g u n a life-long b l u e p r i n t
and constitution of an ideal, Utopian
c o m m u n i t y , w h i c h he called the
"Phalanstere", b a s e d o n the novel t h e o r y
of "passionate attraction" o n w h i c h all life
turned. H e e n v i s i o n e d a s o c i e t y ruled b y VERNADSKY
the m e t a p h o r o f harmonious musical
cords. Different strokes for different folks is another w a y
of putting it. H i s "unitary architecture" anticipated the
Situationists' "unitary urbanism" b y nearly t w o - h u n d r e d
years, a n d his w o r k w a s revisited f r e q u e n d y b y sixties
radicals in search o f historical antecedents. T h e y o u n g
M a r x claimed F o u r i e r as o n e o f the first true socialists.
He w a s a champion o f sexual freedom and enemy of
boring w o r k long before these icons became c o m m o n
commodities in the intellectual marketplace. Fourier
spent his w h o l e life seeking a rich patron (such as the
Bass family) to fund a trial "Phalanstere", w h i c h w o u l d
r e t u r n t h e i n v e s t m e n t t h r o u g h t e c h n o l o g i c a l spin-offs
(generated b y the total e n g r o s s m e n t Phalansterians
e x p e r i e n c e d w h e n an entire s o c i e t y w a s set up to
a n t i c i p a t e t h e i r d e s i r e for m e a n i n g f u l w o r k , d e l i c i o u s
food, a n d gratifying sexual e n c o u n t e r ) as w e l l as selling
trinkets and m e m e n t o e s to the curious visitors w h o
w o u l d u n d o u b t e d l y be d r a w n to the intentional
community.
Prom Phalanstere to Biosphere
M y friend A l e x H a m a n n a c c o m p a n i e d m e o n t h e
back-road journey toward Oracle Junction from
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Phoenix. A l o n g the w a y , w e spotted a black, u n m a r k e d
helicopter hovering 30 feet a b o v e the desert in a desolate
stretch, j u s t h o v e r i n g o v e r n o t h i n g . T h e B i o 2 c o m p l e x
presented itself as a s p r a w l i n g n e o - B a u h a u s s h o p p i n g
mall nestled in the rolling foothills of the Catalina
Mountain range. Parking our rented white Sunbird
a m o n g d o z e n s o f W i n n e b a g o s , w e a w a i t e d the t r a m to
h a u l u s uphill to the attraction. S i g n s w a r n e d against
w a l k i n g in.
After forking over the $ 1 3 . 5 0 a d m i s s i o n fee, w e
oriented ourselves in a r o o m w i t h a scale
m o d e l o f the complex. " W e a s k that y o u
take n o p h o t o g r a p h s o f the model, since
S p a c e B i o s p h e r e V e n t u r e s retains the
copyrights. Y o u m a y take pictures o f the
c o m p l e x itself, however". F u r t h e r on, in a
m o v i e t h e a t r e not u n l i k e t h a t at
Disneyland, w e "Meet T h e Biospherians"
in a m u l t i m e d i a e x p e r i e n c e revealing the
plucky pioneers and their project. "No
p u b l i c f u n d s h a v e b e e n u s e d to b u i l d
Biosphere2."
A t the bookstore, I found m a n y of
the original Synergetic Press books,
including one by Vladimir Vernadsky
( p u b l i s h e d b y M I R P r e s s in M o s c o w ) ,
w h i c h I b o u g h t in lieu of any real
information about the origins and
i n t e n t i o n s o f B i o 2 p r e s e n t e d t h u s far.
Outside, w e strolled a r o u n d the massive
complex, taking pictures as w e walked.
N o B i o s p h e r i a n s w e r e visible through the
glass p a n e enclosure, w h i c h w a s dripping
w i t h c o n d e n s a t i o n on the interior like a
c o l d s w e a t . I s u p p o s e I w a n t e d t o find
s o m e B i o s p h e r i a n s , d r a w their attention
b y tapping o n the glass.
I left feeling like they w e r e hiding something. It w a s
too d a m n quiet there. T h e y w e r e silent, in w o r d s ,
writings, a n d m u l t i m e d i a on the issue of decision­
m a k i n g w i t h i n the g r o u p .
Hostile Takeover in Utopia
N o s o o n e r had I returned from the trip w h e n all hell
b r o k e l o o s e at B i o 2 . E d B a s s , f i n a n c i a l a n g e l for the
project, g o t a c o u r t o r d e r to b a n J o h n A l l e n , M a r g r e t
"THE PROBLEM OF PLANNED, CONSISTENT
ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL AID US IN MASTERING
NATURE AND ACCOMPLISHING THE CORRECT DIS­
TRIBUTION OF WEALTH, CONNECTED WITH THE
COMPREHENSION OF THE UNITY AND EQUALITY
OF ALL PEOPLE, OF THE UNITY OF THE NOO­
SPHERE, IS NOW ON THE AGENDA."
-VERNADSKY
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
A u g u s t i n e , M a r k N e l s o n a n d others in D e c i s i o n s T e a m
Inc. (DTI) w h o h e a d e d the m a n a g e m e n t at Bio2 from the
premises. O n April Fools D a y (and also Good Friday)
federal m a r s h a l s a p p e a r e d , the locks w e r e c h a n g e d , the
a t t r a c t i o n c l o s e d for the day, a n d the w h o l e d e a l w a s
placed u n d e r the receivership o f Martin B o w e n , a Bass
associate. In a written statement, B a s s indicated h e w a s
fed u p w i t h the recalcitrance o f the m a n a g e m e n t t e a m
a n d r e a d y to r e c o u p his i n v e s t m e n t , a l t h o u g h h e w a s
c o m m i t t e d to the b a s i c research b e i n g d o n e at B i o 2 .
[While B i o 2 publicity a s s u r e s u s "no public funds"
w e r e used in the B i o 2 complex, the s a m e cannot be
said o f B a s s ' b a n k holdings. B a s s m a d e m o s t o f
his estimated $ 2 . 2 billion net w o r t h in a single
d e a l , in w h i c h h e a c q u i r e d t h e f a i l e d / L -
A m e r i c a n S a v i n g s & L o a n in 1988 for $ 3 5 0
million w h i l e the g o v e r n m e n t put in $ 1 . 7
billion to sweeten the pot. I f I a m r e a d i n g
the n e w s reports correctly, B a s s w a s
a c t u a l l y p a i d $1.3 b i l l i o n to "buy"
American. Before Bass bought
A m e r i c a n S a v i n g s , it w a s stripped o f all
b a d l o a n s i n its p o r t f o l i o a n d t h e s e
liabilities w e r e a s s u m e d by the
taxpayers. T h e s e liabilities are n o w
estimated to b e $4 billion b y federal
r e g u l a t o r s , m a k i n g the S & L ' s failure
the costliest in A m e r i c a n history at $5.4
billion (sic). A P reports ( 5 / 2 1 / 9 4 ) that
B a s s is p u t t i n g A m e r i c a n u p for s a l e . I'll
b u y it E d , if I get the s a m e d e a l y o u gotl]
Next, o n Easter S u n d a y , t w o m e m b e r s o f
the original crew w h i c h entered Bio2 in 1991,
A b i g a i l ("Gaie") A i l i n g a n d M a r k V a n T h i l l o , o p e n e d
four o f the five d o o r s into B i o 2 ' s air-tight enclosure a n d
b r o k e five p a n e s o f glass in t h e "lungs" (a h u g e d o m e
housing a p u m p w h i c h regulated the expanding and
contracting air inside the e n c l o s u r e ) . Reports indicated
that the seal w a s b r o k e n for about 15 minutes, but m y
g u e s s i t w a s far l o n g e r t h a n t h a t . O n M o n d a y , G a i e
A i l i n g p l a c e d calls to B i o 2 ' s n e w m a n a g e m e n t a n d the
press, including the A P n e w s service, explaining h e r
actions. S h e cited a d e e p concern for the welfare o f the
r e m a i n i n g c r e w m e m b e r s a n d said "I did not sabotage the
Biosphere". A i l i n g a n d V a n Thillo h a d b e e n s u s p e n d e d
in t h e m a n a g e m e n t s h a k e - u p , a n d h a d b e e n s e e k i n g
$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 in b a c k pay. "At a n y m o m e n t in time s o m e t h i n g
could g o w r o n g , " A i l i n g told the press. "It's like sending
the shuttle u p a n d in m i d s t r e a m y o u replace the captain
a n d the mates."
"IVe n o r e m o r s e for w h a t I V e d o n e . I V e acted for the
safety o f the B i o s p h e r e . " A i l i n g d e n i e d the act w a s
sabotage o r r e v e n g e . A c t i n g a s "assistant v i c e president
of S p a c e B i o s p h e r e V e n t u r e s " she w a n t e d to protect the
seven p e o p l e r e m a i n i n g inside.
While Ailing was making these statement on
T u e s d a y , A p r i l 5th, J o h n A l l e n , t h e h e a d o f t h e t e a m
ousted by Bass, w a s issuing similar eery statements
clear across the w o r l d in T o k y o on W e d n e s d a y . T h e r e is
n o t n o w a single p e r s o n left in p o w e r b y M r . Bass... w h o
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
k n o w s w h y anything is b e i n g d o n e . T h e y h a v e done all
this w i t h o u t concern for the safety a n d w e l l - b e i n g o f the
s e v e n h u m a n b e i n g s inside B i o s p h e r e 2 . " R e u t e r s also
r e p o r t e d that A l l e n w a s " w o r r i e d t h e project w o u l d b e
trivialized a n d t u r n e d into a D i s n e y l a n d - t y p e attraction
to m a k e m o n e y . "
Vernadskyland
I n d e e d . T o m e , o n e o f the m o s t heartening aspects
o f the project w a s a l w a y s that a U t o p i a n c o m m u n i t y h a d
adopted the m e t h o d o l o g y o f Disney, and m i g h t serve as
a m o d e l for m o r e e x p e r i m e n t a l projects that could
be self-sustaining without government
s u p p o r t . J u s t t h i n k o f it: C o o p e r b u r g , L -
R o n v i l l e , S i t u l a n d . . . t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s are
endless. Y o u m a y think I'm being
sarcastic, b u t I ' m not. T h i s n a t i o n w a s
f o u n d e d on cults too strange for
E u r o p e . I can h o n e s u y say that I love
A m e r i c a , w a r t s a n d all, for p r e c i s e l y
this reason. After Fourier's death,
s e v e r a l c o m m u n i t i e s b a s e d o n his
ideas a p p e a r e d o n l y h e r e .
B u t w h o is J o h n A l l e n , the m a i n
force in c h a r g e of the g r o u p of
managers forced out by Ed Bass?
A c c o r d i n g to sources w h o w o u l d rather
not be identified because of safety
concerns, A l l e n w a s a fixture in n e w - a g e ,
occultist circles in S a n t a F e since the early
s e v e n t i e s , w h e r e his wife still o w n s the
S y n e r g i a Ranch". A l l e n served as the g u r u for
this N e w Mexico c o m m u n e under the rubric
"Institute for Ecotechnics". A British subject, A l l e n w a s a
s t u d e n t o f J. G . B e n n e t t (author o f Meetings with Jung)
w h o w a s the m a j o r p r o m o t e r f o r G u r d j i e f f u n t i l h e
discovered the Polynesian M u s l i m Pak Subid.
"Ecotechnics" is a non-profit f o u n d a t i o n operating
privately o w n e d enterprises (apparently for tax
advantages), including two farms in Australia, a
mm
T h e "lungs" of Bio2, w h i c h e x p a n d a n d con­
tract as the air pressure inside the tank
changes during the day.
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 conference center in France, a gallery
in L o n d o n , h o t e l s in K a t m a n d u &
H o u s t o n , along w i t h r a n c h e s in T e x a s
a n d A r i z o n a . Started in the early 60s
in N e w Y o r k , this secretive guru-
s y s t e m v i e w s itself as an evoluUonary
§P|| v a n g u a r d , b a s e d o n t h e w o r k s o f
Gurdjieff, the R u s s i a n geologist-
marxist-mystic Vernadsky, and J.G.
Bennett.
Essentially, Allen's group believe
Separated at the E a r t h is d o o m e d , a n d the
birth? John evolutionary forefront (Allen and his
Allen (above) followers) h a v e prepared to create Bio2
and Mark as a m o d e o f transit b y w h i c h they w i l l
Nelson (below) s h o v e off from the rest of us
sleepwalkers. T h e r e is a suspicion that
"Ecotechnics" g r o u p - d y n a m i c s involves
the typical sex-drugs-hypnosis forms
o f g u r u m a n i p u l a t i o n . A l l e n attracts a
"high-level" type of person: rich &
bright; G a i e A i l i n g fits the bill
perfectly. In fact, h e r m o t h e r (Gail
Ailing of Kennebunk, Maine) was
q u o t e d b y the A P w i r e as saying "She's
MAIN AIRLOCK DOOR TO BIOSPHERE 2
a v i c t i m o f m i n d control... T h e p e o p l e
seal? W h a t ' s c h a n g e d in the situation, n o w that J o h n
w h o h a v e b e e n k i c k e d o u t are m e m b e r s o f a cult."
Reportedly, o n e o f the B a s s brothers fell u n d e r A l l e n ' s A l l e n h a s settled? W h y w o u l d A l l e n c h o o s e T i m L e a r y as
sway; thus the $ 1 5 0 million start-up m o n e y . his press agent? W o u l d y o u c h o o s e L e a r y w h e n criminal
charges w e r e in the air? W h y w o u l d A l l e n think W E L L
S o w e n e e d to t a k e a c l o s e r l o o k at t h e s t r i k i n g
u s e r s w o u l d support his side in the d i s p u t e ?
similarities b e t w e e n A l l i n g ' s s t a t e m e n t s o f c o n c e r n for
the r e m a i n i n g B i o s p h e r i a n s after the s a b o t a g e o f B i o 2 ' s
seal and J o h n A l l e n similar statements issued from R e t u r n i n g to the original reason w h y I visited
T o k y o w i t h i n a 4 8 - h o u r period. Certainly this indicates a T u c s o n , it's ironic t h a t here, i n O r a c l e Junction, w h e r e
close c o m m u n i c a t i o n , p e r h a p s e v e n s o m e d i s c u s s i o n s the Biosphere2 experiment involves a controlled,
before the e v e n t ? B u t it g e t s e v e n s t r a n g e r . T h e n e x t manipulated e n v i r o n m e n t a n d a t m o s p h e r e , is the s a m e
day, A l l e n f a x e d a " r a m b l i n g f o u r - p a g e letter t o drug- p l a c e w h e r e W i l h e l m R e i c h w a s d o i n g his a t m o s p h e r i c
culture g u r u T i m o t h y Leary, asking h i m to distribute it e x p e r i m e n t s w i t h the c l o u d b u s t e r e x a c t l y thirty y e a r s
on a computer network" according to the A s s o c i a t e d ago. T h e t w o a p p r o a c h e s could n o t b e m o r e completely
P r e s s . A l t h o u g h t h e y d i d n ' t n a m e it, t h i s c o m p u t e r opposed. R e i c h sought to heal the e n v i r o n m e n t and
n e t w o r k is s p o n s o r e d b y the W h o l e Earth R e v i e w . "The prevent a catastrophe, w h i l e the B i o s p h e r i a n s sought to
W E L L " i s o n e I c h e c k i n w i t h r e g u l a r l y a n d it h a s a privately seal off from the catastrophe w h i l e o p e n l y and
forum w h e r e i n e-mail a n d bulletin b o a r d postings can be cynically p r e p a r i n g for final lift-off, l e a v i n g us s u c k e r s
sent to the B i o s p h e r i a n s . L e a r y posted a m e s s a g e saying behind. W h i l e Reich c o m m i t t e d n o crime, h e died alone
h e h a d r e c e i v e d the fax, a n d u p l o a d e d it in his "home in j a i l ; J o h n A l l e n a p p a r e n t l y is i m p l i c a t e d in a n
directory" b u t gave n o indication h o w to access it. After adolescent v a n d a l i s m w h i l e w a l k i n g a w a y w i t h a pay-off
m a n y requests to post it o p e n l y (and n o t j u s t from m e ) , a n d / o r b l a c k m a i l . T i m L e a r y o n c e again has the o n u s of
L e a r y h a s n o t r e s p o n d e d . It's c l e a r from t h e e x c e r p t s mind-control h a n g i n g over his h e a d . B i o s p h e r e 2 , a s i c k
f r o m this fax, r e l a t e d in t h e A P article 4 / 1 5 / 9 4 , t h a t a n d p e r v e r t e d m o n u m e n t to i s o l a t i o n , s e p a r a t i o n a n d
Allen m a y have implicated himself along with Alling's evasion o f the life e n e r g y continues to herd the suckers
s a b o t a g e . A s o f t h i s w r i t i n g , L e a r y h a s n ' t p o s t e d the in at $13.50 a head. Y e t i f I w e r e to advertize the health
original fax. L e a r y w a s an early convert to the Bio2 benefits o f the o r g o n e a c c u m u l a t o r a n d offer to sell one
project. I suspect h e k n o w s h o w it w o u l d sound n o w . to y o u , feds w o u l d roll. T h e D o m e o f D o o m prevails. ®

E s p e c i a l l y s i n c e the m a t t e r h a s since b e e n settled

q u i e d y in court, w i t h A l l e n and the others, save M a r g r e t J i m M a r t i n p u b l i s h e s Flatland, a h e r m e t i ­
A u g u s t i n e , h a v i n g all b a c k e d o u t a n d issued s t a t e m e n t s cally sealed, glass enclosed magazine a n d mail­
o f s u p p o r t for B i o 2 ' s n e w m a n a g e m e n t . T e r m s o f t h e
o r d e r r e s o u r c e for b o o k s . S e e b a c k c o v e r for
s e t t l e m e n t w e r e n o t d i s c l o s e d . W h a t has h a p p e n e d to
details.
t h e o v e r w h e l m i n g c o n c e r n f o r the B i o s p h e r i a n s t h a t
c a u s e d G a i e A i l i n g a n d M a r k V a n T h i l l o t o b r e a k the

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JFK REDUX
Can Anyone Verify
Fletcher Prouty's
I B Of Lansdale and
Conein in Dealey
Plaza?
BY J A C K W H I T E
I h a v e a l w a y s h a d the u t m o s t a d m i r a t i o n a n d
r e s p e c t for C o l . L . F l e t c h e r P r o u t y w h e n it c o m e s to
integrity, patriotism, and his insider's personal
k n o w l e d g e o f the p e r s o n n e l and w o r k i n g s o f the "Secret
T e a m " b a s e d o n y e a r s o f first-hand participation.
T h e r e f o r e I take v e r y seriously his identification
of t w o p e r s o n s p h o t o g r a p h e d in D e a l e y P l a z a on
November 22, 1963, as being Ed Lansdale and Lou
Conein. He knew Lansdale personally and worked
closely with him over a period of years and through
Lansdale he knew Conein.
As a researcher of JFK photos extremely
interested in identifying p e r s o n s in the pictures, I have
c o r r e s p o n d e d w i t h C o l . P r o u t y in an a t t e m p t to develop
definite p r o o i o f his allegations, a n d h e r e i n I will q u o t e
directly from some of his letters with his kind
permission.
I s e n t F l e t c h x e r o x e s o f the p h o t o s in question
(details reproduced p . 14 ;) f o r h i s c o m m e n t s . H e
identified t h e m as L a n s d a l e a n d C o n e i n , b u t v o l u n t e e r e d
n o further p r o o f t h a n his o w n p e r s o n a l a c q u a i n t a n c e
w i t h the t w o .
T h e p h o t o s are (1) the G e o r g e S m i t h photo o f the
t h r e e t r a m p s , w h i c h s h o w s a m a n F l e t c h Identifies as
Lansdale, in a suit and w e a r i n g eyeglasses, strolling
w e s t w a r d b y the T e x a s S c h o o l B o o k D e p o s i t o r y a s the
t r a m p s a r e l o o s e l y e s c o r t e d e a s t w a r d b y Officers W i s e
a n d B a s s ; (2) the J a m e s A l t g e n s p h o t o , w h i c h s h o w s a
s t o c k y m a n w e a r i n g a construction h e l m e t w h o F l e t c h
s a y s is C o n e i n , s t a n d i n g o n E l m S t r e e t w i t h h i s a r m s
folded a c r o s s h i s chest, l o o k i n g n o t at the m o t o r c a d e ,
b u t m o r e t o w a r d t h e D a l - T e x B u i l d i n g ; (3) t h e s a m e
i n d i v i d u a l a s s e e n in Phil W i l l i s slide n u m b e r 5; a n d
(4&5) the s a m e m a n strolling w e s t w a r d o n E l m p a s t the
U m b r e l l a M a n , a s s e e n in t w o slides b y W i l m a B o n d .
H e r e are direct q u o t a t i o n s from s o m e o f Prouty's
letters a b o u t h i s identification o f t h e s e persons. (All are
direct quotes, b u t in s o m e cases p a r a g r a p h s h a v e b e e n
r e a r r a n g e d o r c o m b i n e d w i t h o t h e r p a r a g r a p h s from a
different letter for clarity or continuity, as indicated b y
ellipsis.)
Steamshovel P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
"...the first time I s a w the ' t r a m p s ' p h o t o series,
I recognized E d Lansdale i n # 1 , for sure. S o , b e c a u s e I
knew E d s o well and w h a t his type of w o r k was, and
w h a t h e w a s b e s t at, I k n e w right then, for sure, w h a t he
w a s t h e r e t o d o a n d h o w h e w o u l d h a v e d o n e It. H e w a s
a true professional. D o y o u recall that he h a d "retired"
a s a n A i r F o r c e M a j o r G e n e r a l o n O c t . 2 3 , 1963? O f
c o u r s e that w a s a n e n t i r e l y "notional" r e t i r e m e n t . H e
w a s n e v e r in the A i r F o r c e . H e w a s a l w a y s an agent o f
the C I A
" F u r t h e r m o r e , t h i s l e a d s t o the s o u r c e o f the
d e c i s i o n . E d ' s r o l e w o u l d h a v e b e e n the s c r i p t - w r i t e r
a n d l e a d e r o f the b a n d ; b u t h e w o u l d o n l y h a v e b e e n
w o r k i n g o n the orders o f s o m e o n e a b o v e h i m . E d had
m a n y d e e p a n d i m p o r t a n t l i n k s to b i g b u s i n e s s . It is
e a s y t o visualize that w i t h i n his circle, w h i c h w o u l d h a v e
included A l l e n Dulles, a m o n g others, w o r d w a s received
that a decision to get rid o f J F K h a d been m a d e . T h a t
fact, the decision, w o u l d trigger a chain o f events that
w o u l d assure the death of J F K , or a n y o n e else,
a n y w h e r e in the w o r l d . T h e s e are not "terrorists" o n the
streets. T h e y are superior professionals w h o are on
salary, highly skilled and trained, and thoroughly
covered. T h e y a r e n e v e r arrested. T h e y certainly are not
' l o n e g u n m e n . ' T h e l o n e g u n m a n is a l w a y s a selected
'patsy.'
"I h a d known Ed since 1952 in the
Philippines...and t h r o u g h o u t m y service in the F a r East,
1952-1954, I k e p t m e e t i n g h i m frequently in M a n i l a and
Saigon. M y A i r Transport Squadron flew there on
r e g u l a r s c h e d u l e s o u t o f T o k y o a n d w e s u p p o r t e d his
S a i g o n Military M i s s i o n (a 100% C I A unit).
"When he r e t u r n e d from V i e t n a m he w a s
assigned to the A i r F o r c e Directorate o f P l a n s w h e r e he
w o r k e d for a v e r y g o o d friend o f m i n e in that shop...in
the P e n t a g o n in 1957...His office w a s in a parallel hall
j u s t o p p o s i t e m i n e . H e w a s a fish o u t o f w a t e r there,
a n d I w a s a v e r y h a n d y o l d f r i e n d for h i m . . . I n o t h e r
w o r d s I s a w h i m frequently...and I w a s o n e o f the few
p e r s o n s in Plans that h e c o u l d s p e a k t o easily.
"Then in a b o u t 1959 h e g o t r e a s s i g n e d to the
Office o f the Secretary o f defense in the Office o f Special
O p e r a t i o n s . T h a t i s the office t h a t t a k e s c a r e o f C I A
matters and manages the N S A . The A i r Force
transferred m e to that office in 1960, s o E d a n d I w e r e
t o g e t h e r a g a i n in the s a m e office...I w o r k e d w i t h h i m
daily...in 1960-1961...I k n e w h i m w e l l . . . I n 1961, I w a s
transferred, this time to the J o i n t Staff. I did the same
w o r k there that I h a d d o n e in the Secretary's Office. In
fact, b e c a u s e t h e y had e l i m i n a t e d the Office o f Special
Operations, I w a s n o w h e a d o f that w o r k for all services
all o v e r the w o r l d . E d s t a y e d w i t h the S e c r e t a r y doing
C I A w o r k . W e still s a w a lot o f each other.
"I s a y all t h i s t o tell y o u I k n e w the g u y v e r y
well. I w o r k e d w i t h h i m , h a v e visited w i t h o u r w i v e s in
e a c h o t h e r s h o m e s , h a v e traveled w i t h h i m w h e n I w a s
the pilot o f A i r F o r c e planes, etc.
"Then o n e d a y s o m e o n e s h o w e d m e the ' T r a m p '
pictures. I t h i n k it w a s ( R i c h a r d E . ) S p r a g u e . I
r e c o g n i z e d L a n s d a l e i m m e d i a t e l y in the first photo.
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Being trained n e v e r to "uncover' a C I A m a n , I didn't s a y
a w o r d ; b u t as s o o n as I could, I got a set o f the pictures.
I had no doubt w h a t s o e v e r about his identity...the
'tramps' p h o t o is u n q u e s t i o n a b l y L a n s d a l e . . . T h e n I got a
letter from a m a n w h o w a s q u i t e senior i n the P e n t a g o n
and w h o knew Ed and me very well. {Steamshovel
D e b r i s : F l e t c h e r P r o u t y d e c l i n e d a g a i n to n a m e t h i s
o f f i c i a l w h e n c o n t a c t e d b y Steamshovel Press.) In
r e s p o n d i n g to the letter, w h i c h h a d nothing to d o w i t h
the assassination, I slipped that single T r a m p s ' p h o t o in
the e n v e l o p e a n d a s k e d i f h e h a d s e e n it. I told h i m
about the ' T r a m p s ' a n d t h e n said d o y o u see a n y t h i n g
y o u c a n t e l l m e a b o u t in t h e p i c t u r e . I g a v e h i m no
n a m e s at all.
" I m m e d i a t e l y he r e p l i e d and m u c h to m y
surprise b e g a n b y saying, "That is E d . I could tell h i m
a n y w h e r e . W h a t the hell w a s h e d o i n g there?' H e w e n t
on w i t h m o r e a n d d e s c r i b e d the strange c o s t u m e s o f the ^ Lansdale?
'police', the w e a p o n s a n d the rest...his details w e r e m o r e 4? Conein?
complete t h a n m i n e . . . T h a t w a s all I n e e d e d . T h a t senior
p e r s o n is u n i m p e a c h a b l e . I had not suggested the
name. H e and I knew!
"I h a v e carefully p u t that letter a w a y a n d n e v e r
revealed its source...I m a d e M a e B. (Brussel) and
Charles S. (Spears) aware of all this years ago, and
a s k e d t h e m to k e e p it confidential...
"Because I k n e w that w a s L a n s d a l e I t h e n k n e w

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w h y I h a d b e e n s e n t to the S o u t h P o l e at t h e time o f
J F K ' s d e a t h a n d w h a t his role in the w h o l e thing w a s .
H e w a s an a b s o l u t e g e n i u s . H e c o u l d p l a n the C o v e r
Story, s u c h as O s w a l d , s u c h as R u b y , s u c h as the
T r a m p s , etc. T h a t w a s his specialty.
"...In keeping w i t h our w o r k , Lansdale's and
m i n e , I h a v e a g o o d idea o f w h a t h e w a s d o i n g in Dallas.
It is a m o s t professional a n d d e m a n d i n g type o f w o r k .
He w a s u s i n g certain o f his h i g h l y trained M O N G O O S E
p e o p l e to p e r f o r m roles in D a l l a s and he w a s
orchestrating the whole thing. In such a capacity he
m a y or m a y not h a v e had a thing to d o w i t h the shooting
t e a m . T h e y a r e a l w a y s "faceless', h i g h l y p r o f e s s i o n a l
and from out of the country. H e simply created the
"smoke s c r e e n ' u n d e r w h i c h the professionals w o r k e d .
In fact the actual s m o k e screen on the G r a s s y Knoll, the
U m b r e l l a M a n , t h e T r a m p s a n d o t h e r s u c h e v e n t s are
a m o n g the t h i n g s h e w o u l d h a v e b e e n directing. T h e
p h o n e y police and S e c r e t Service m e n w o u l d h a v e b e e n
his actors. E d w a s v e r y g o o d at such things a n d h a d a
w o r l d - w i d e r e p u t a t i o n for it. N o t e : p e o p l e h a v e n o t e d
that E d had e y e g l a s s e s on in the p h o t o . T h e y are m o r e
l i k e l y his e a r - p i e c e s for r a d i o t r a n s m i s s i o n . The cops
are w e a r i n g n o r m a l (hearing) devices.
"After the j o b in Dallas, E d w o u l d h a v e had to
w o r k w i t h the perpetual "Cover Story' people so that t h e y
c o u l d k e e p it a l i v e a n d v i b r a n t a s it is t o d a y , n e a r l y
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thirty y e a r s later. T h a t is the m o s t difficult part o f a n y
"assassination.'
"...Oswald h a d b e e n in the Philippines w h e n the
C I A w a s supporting the Indonesian rebellion against
S u k a r n o . E d a n d I w e r e d e e p l y involved in that. I w o u l d
not b e surprised t o learn t h a t h e had m e t O s w a l d there.
It w a s all C I A , n o t military, and O s w a l d w a s o n e o f the
selected M a r i n e s from the A t s u g i unit. Perfectly normal.
He m i g h t h a v e b e e n the only M a r i n e E d ever k n e w that
well. S o h e "created' a role for h i m . O s w a l d w o u l d trust
Ed because he had k n o w n h i m before, k n e w that he
w o r k e d for the S e c r e t a r y o f D e f e n s e a n d a l l that. S o
w h e n a s k e d to g o to R u s s i a for a g o o d cause, to go to
Dallas for a good cause, and to sit in that theater after
T i p p i t a n d t h e P r e s i d e n t h a d b e e n k i l l e d , for a g o o d
cause, he did so. H e h a d no idea the President's death
had b e e n p i n n e d on him, or T i p p i t ' s . H e j u s t fell into
that as a 'patsy', j u s t a s h e said. H e d i d it all for his
good friend "Major G e n e r a l Lansdale.'
"...It is m y belief (unverified to date w i t h other
associates) that the fellow in the w h i t e hard-hat w h o is
s h o w n in the A l t g e n s photo, the m a n a l m o s t in line w i t h
a pole and to the left o f the D e p o s i t o r y d o o r area, with
his a r m s folded over his chest and staring, not the
President, b u t at the shooter in the D a l - T e x building, is
Lou Conein. He, (E. Howard) Hunt and Lansdale
frequently w o r k e d together on major projects and w e
k n o w t h e y w e r e in Dallas.
"...Quite o b v i o u s l y there are few g o o d pictures o f
Lou C o n e i n . . . l o o k in a c o p y o f the C e c i l B . C u r r y
b i o g r a p h y , Edward Lansdale, The Unquiet American,
published b y H o u g h t o n Mifflin 1988.
"Now I'll reveal s o m e t h i n g strange for y o u . T u r n
to the set o f picturesthat follows page 2 0 6 . O n the top o f
the tenth p h o t o page y o u ' l l see a picture o f a h o u s e in
Saigon. O n the b o t t o m h a l f you'll see t w o g u y s a n d the
inscription, "Lucien C o n e i n a n d J o s e p h Baker, Lansdale
t e a m m a t e s o n V i e t n a m , relaxing.'
"So n o w y o u k n o w w h o C o n e i n is a n d w h a t he
looks like. N o t at all! T h e C I A p u t o u t this b o o k a n d it
is full o f untruths. T h e y v e r y cleverly found the w o r s t
picture of b o t h t h e s e m e n t h e y could find and then
R E V E R S E D the n a m e s . C o n e i n , n o t a g o o d picture, is
the g u y on the right h o l d i n g the d r i n k in his left h a n d .
He's not the g u y o n the left o f the p h o t o .
"That's the w a y the C I A w o r k s . T h e y take
advantage o f e v e r y detail, to their o w n interest. T h a t is a
p o o r p i c t u r e : o f D m . I'm g o i n g to see if I h a v e a better
one. (I s h o u l d h a v e put o n e in m y o w n b o o k ) . Here, I
found o n e . In the K a r n o w b o o k , Vietnam g o to the set o f
photos after p a g e 2 6 9 . T h e n g o t o the fourth p h o t o p a g e .
Y o u ' l l see C o n e i n , again n o t specifically located, b u t he
is the g u y right in the m i d d l e a n d u p o n e step. A l l the
o t h e r s are V i e t n a m e s e . T h a t is a m u c h m o r e t y p i c a l
shot o f C o n e i n . N o w see if y o u agree w i t h m e that this
m a n is the s a m e o n e as i n the o n e in the A l t g e n s p h o t o .
"You'll see in this bit o f w o r k h o w the C I A plays
the g a m e . B o t h b o o k s are contrived trash...so that no
one will k n o w the truth about L a n s d a l e and
V i e t n a m . . . T h i s is the C I A and its allies in their efforts to
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teach all o f u s history." the CIA using the Air Force as cover.
There you have Col. Prouty's amazing In his book T h e S e c r e t T e a m , (Englewood Cliffs,
allegations. H e s a y s that t w o h i g h - r a n k i n g C I A officials NJ: Prentice Hall, 1973) Prouty suggests that Lansdale's
were photographed in Dealey Plaza on November 22, clandestine ops played a role in the Huk rebellion. The
1963. He speculates that Lansdale and Conein were Huks were socialistic, anti-Japanese Philippines natives
there as p l a n n e r s a n d supervisors o f the "cover story" that sustained guerilla warfare in the Philippines from the
aspects o f the assassination. D o e s h e h a v e p r o o f b e y o n d end of World War II until 1954. In correspondence with
his own personal observations? Should these Bohannan, Lansdale remarked that Prouty "has claimed
allegations b e investigated? Y e s . that I invented the Huk rebellion, hiring actors to pose as
If it c a n b e s h o w n t h a t either or b o t h o f these guerrillas just to get RM (Philippines Congressman Ramon
m e n w a s in D e a l e y Plaza o n t h a t F r i d a y n o o n 3 0 y e a r s Magsaysay] elected."
ago, w h o in the entire w o r l d w o u l d b e l i e v e it to b e j u s t Debate surrounding the relationship between
another harmless coincidence? JFK's murder and his plans for Vietnam, while not new,
Can w e prove or disprove Prouty's claim that took center stage again with the release of Oliver Stone's
two o f the p l a n n e r s o f the assassination w e r e o n h a n d in movie, J F K . O n e often cited suggestion that Kennedy
Dallas on 11-23-63? planned to withdraw the US from Vietnam after the 1964
election comes from Democratic senator Mike Mansfield,
J a c k W h i t e l i v e s at 704 Candlewood Road, Fort described in T h e U n q u i e t A m e r i c a n as an old friend of
Worth, Texas 76103. Lansdale's. According to T h e U n q u i e t
A m e r i c a n , Lansdale was forced to retire
R e a d e r s will remember Edward from the Air Force on October 31, 1963, in
Lansdale as a Vietnam-era guerilla real life retiring only his cover story,
insurgency expert, an adviser to the Diem according to Prouty. Lansdale immediately
regime in South Vietnam and the central began work as an "agricultural specialist"
figure (as "Colonel Edwin Barnum for a Kennedy program called Food For
Hillandale") in William Lederer and Eugene Peace—a CARE program, and a job that
Burdick's 1958 book. T h e U g l y A m e r i c a n Currey admits was noted by friends as "ill-
(New York: Norton). Marlon Brando played filting" Lansdale.
Lansdale in the 1963 movie version of the Twenty eight days after his "retirement",
book. however, just under a week after the
Not surprisingly, Lansdale's high assassination, Lansdale launched plans to
opinion of Fletcher Prouty did not go create Liberty Hall, a non-profit speakers
beyond his assessment of Prouty's skills bureau and educational service intended to
as an airman. "He was a good pilot of
prop-driven aircraft," Lansdale wrote to Lt.
Charles T. R. ("Bo") Bohannan, "but had
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WILLIAM i. LEDERER reader believes Currey. Fletcher Prouty
back to the Air Force." This opinion is
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reported in a 1988 biography of Lansdale, suggests that readers turn to notes in J F K
Edward Lansdale T h e Unquiet American, The B o o k o f T h e F i l m for better
by Cecil B. Currey (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company), documentation concerning Lansdale's whereabouts
an official biography no doubt rightly regarded as during the assassination.
unreliable. For instance, Prouty denies ever being on
Lansdale's staff. Factual errors aside, the book also notes
Lansdale's opinion that Prouty had a "whacky

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Sherman Skolnick
Sounds Off!
An Interview by Kenn Thomas
IF WE
CAN'T DEAL
S t e a m s h o v e l Press editor Kenn Thomas recently
had the distinct pleasure of having dinner with legal WITH THEM
researcher Sherman Skolnick at his usual haunt, the ON THE
River Flame restaurant off Highway 94 outside of LAW AND
Chicago. Sherman Skolnick has been on the scene since THE FACTS,
his early courtroom victories regarding the corruption of
WE'VE GOT
Illinois state courts and congressional reapportionment in
that state. His research has made him a perennial figure TO DEAL
in national politics. He helped expose the existence of a WITH THEM
Chicago-area assassination plot against JFK involving a ON THE
Lee Harvey Oswald. He demonstrated that sabotage was DIRT.
the probable reason for a United Airlines crash that killed
the wife of E. Howard Hunt and eleven other Watergate
figures. He surfaced a great deal of information regarding
witnesses to events surrounding the Inslaw investigation.
In fact, he continually exposes interesting and under-
reported details about current political scandals on the
hotline of his group, the Citizens Committee to Clean Up
the Courts (312-731-1100), which also has helped many g : T h a t ' s p r e c i s e l y w h y t h e y tried to c o v e r up
people with their struggles in bankruptcy court, Sherman R o o s e v e l t ' s disability, s o he w o u l d n ' t l o o k w e a k or
also produces a Chicago public access cable television infirm.
program that further documents the issues and cases he A : It t o o k m e u p to a b o u t 1979 t o figure this out, after
has brought to public scrutiny. Virtually dismissed m y friend- says, "Hey, n o m o r e v i d e o t a p i n g b y the media,
entirely by the mainstream and often labeled a kook even only sitting at a table in a r e s t a u r a n t like e v e r y b o d y else.
by some in the conspiracy research community, None of this standing on your crutches, none of that
Skolnick's work has nevertheless had a remarkable sitting in the w h e e l chair, a n d stuff like that."
staying power and his successes in court and in the M y father w a s a L a d i e s G a r m e n t W o r k e r a n d I
media have earned him much respect as a champion dirt- w a s b o r n in the b a d y e a r s , 1930, a n d m y folks h a d a
digger and exposer of hidden truth. This interview v e r y great p r o b l e m in taking care o f m e . In fact, the only
provided a rare opportunity to discuss history with him, w a y I could get hospital treatment, n o hospital w o u l d let
his own as well as that of the people and events he has me in a n d m y folks d i d n ' t h a v e a n y m o n e y , so m y
investigated over the years. mother took a long shot and she w r o t e directly to
Roosevelt. She said, "I g o t a s o n that s e e m s to b e like
Q: H o w d i d y o u get i n to this line of w o r k , S h e r m a n ? y o u . W h a t do y o u w a n t to d o a b o u t this?" A n d w e got a
A : It's n o t a line o f w o r k . It's u n p a i d w o r k if I e v e r s a w letter b a c k from t h e L a b o r Secretary, F r a n c i s Perkins,
it. I lived all m y life w i t h m y parents. Since the age o f and that letter o p e n e d a lot o f d o o r s for m e . It got m e
s i x I h a v e b e e n a p a r a p l e g i c from polio, s i m i l a r t o the into the H D C C , w h i c h is the H o m e for Destitute Crippled
late President Roosevelt, w h o w a s a hero w h e n I w a s a Children, w h i c h w a s a hospital o n the University of
child. In later y e a r s , I didn't consider h i m s o m u c h o f a Chicago c a m p u s .
hero, I considered h i m one of the greatest counter­ Q: S o y o u d o o w e R o o s e v e l t a d e b t .
revolutionaries o f A m e r i c a n history in t h a t he prevented A Y e a h . H e w a s a h e r o b e c a u s e he l o o k e d v e r y m u c h
a g e n u i n e u p h e a v a l a g a i n s t the r u l i n g elite in this like m e , h e h a d braces, h e w a s p a r a l y z e d from the legs
country w h i c h w a s o v e r d u e . d o w n j u s t like m e a n d he n e e d e d a w h e e l c h a i r . B u t h e
Q: T h e y also w e n t to g r e a t p a i n s to h i d e his disabili­ c o u l d w a l k a h u n d r e d feet, l i k e I c a n . I c a n w a l k a
ty. h u n d r e d , t w o h u n d r e d feet m a x . T h e o n l y difference
A : Right, although the Chicago Tribune use to call h i m w a s that I was poor and he came from a rich,
the cripple in the W h i t e H o u s e . In s o m e w a y s the aristocratic, up-state scene.
Tribune w a s n ' t nicer to m e either. W h a t I s h o u l d have S o m y parents w e r e a l w a y s concerned over the
learned from R o o s e v e l t a b o u t the m e d i a b e c a u s e I w a s years with what will be with me. I had sixteen
often v i d e o t a p e d sitting in m y w h e e l chair a n d I didn't experimental operations a n d I t h a n k h e a v e n that I didn't
realize they w e r e l o o k i n g at m e as a crippled b u g in a g e t i n t o the a n t i - d o c t o r field, a s s o m e p e o p l e are, y o u
w h e e l chair, a nut, a crackpot. k n o w , rapping doctors, b e c a u s e there is n o w a y I could

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b e objective.
One of m y doctors w a s Mary Sherman, w h o w a s
m u r d e r e d a s result o f the J i m G a r r i s o n investigation in
N e w O r l e a n s . S h e w a s m y d o c t o r until a b o u t 1954. S h e
w a s an orthopedic specialist. (Steamshovel Debris: a n e w
b o o k , Mary, Ferrie and the Monkey Virus b y E d w a r d
H a s l a m , n o t available at p r e s s time, c o n n e c t s M a r y
Sherman and Oswald associate David Ferrie
w i t h an u n d e r g r o u n d medical laboratory
experimenting with monkey viruses
develop a biological w e a p o n . )
A s I g o t older, I w a s v e r y g o o d at
the special s c h o o l I w e n t to. E a r l y o n
m y folks b o u g h t a car a n d h a d it
equipped with hydraulic controls. S o
as a teenager, I d r o v e all over,
g : I n the late 4 0 s y o u h a d t h a t ?
A : O h , y e a h . A t the end o f the second
w a r they c a m e o u t w i t h the special cars
for legless v e t e r a n s . T h e y put in a n
electric clutch, b e c a u s e t h e y didn't h a v e
automatic transmissions. A n d they had
h a n d c o n t r o l s for the g a s a n d so o n . So
learned to> drive a n d I d r o v e until 1959, w h e n
the car g o t too old to g o a n y m o r e .
I learned from an early a g e that there are
what's n o w called "politically incorrect" people. I
DR.MARY
don't k n o w w h a t they called t h e m y e a r s a g o . M y
teachers at the S p a l d i n g H i g h S c h o o l for Crippled SHERMAN
Children h e r e in C h i c a g o w e r e political outcasts.
F o r e x a m p l e , m y teacher in m a t h e m a t i c s , Dr. B e r n h a r d A : Y e a h , a n d m y l a w y e r u s e d to say, " L o o k sad. T e l l
A n d e r s o n , w a s politically incorrect. Previous to this, he
was a protege of Albert Einstein but there was
something w r o n g w i t h his politics. S o they had h i m
previously teaching at the jail. I h a d Einstein's protege
teaching m e m a t h e m a t i c s in small s c h o o l a n d I w a s at
the top o f the class!
g : Y o u g r a d u a t e d f r o m S p a l d i n g in 1948?
A : I g r a d u a t e d salutatorian in m y class. I w o u l d h a v e
b e e n first i n m y c l a s s e x c e p t for m y p o l i t i c s . I w a s
forever railing against the g o v e r n m e n t . In high school I
h a d a s m a l l m i m e o g r a p h m a c h i n e a n d I u s e d to print an about $ 3 0 0 m i n i m u m . " A n d I says, "To do w h a t ? " "For a
u n d e r g r o u n d thing investigating all the teachers except
m y m a t h teacher.
I learned at a n e a r l y a g e that i f y o u find out the
secrets, y o u have a g o t a w e a p o n b i g g e r than a sixteen
i n c h c a n n o n on a b a t t l e s h i p . I s u p p o s e that's w h a t I
h a v e b e e n d o i n g the rest o f m y life. If y o u can't
p e r s u a d e t h e m o n the l a w , the facts a n d the merit o f a
thing, t h e n y o u b e t t e r do closet w o r k . Y o u g o into their
closet, "what a b o u t y o u r bank?", etc.
I took a city-wide scholarship test from
Roosevelt College, a so-called left-wing school, a hotbed
of liberal politics, a n d I s c o r e d first place. S o t h e y said I
could g o for five y e a r s b u t after three semesters I gave it
b a c k to t h e m b e c a u s e getting there w a s such a p r o b l e m .
It w a s h a r d t o p a r k m y special car. I h a d to bribe the
p o l i c e m e n t o d o that.
S o for a few y e a r s thereafter I ran a small
printing b u s i n e s s in a b a s e m e n t .
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g : Y o u w e r e n ' t p r o d u c i n g radical literature t h e n ?
A N o , j u s t printing j o b s for p e o p l e i n m y n e i g h b o r h o o d .
S o as m y p a r e n t s got older, t h e y b e c a m e w o r r i e d about
w h a t w a s g o i n g t o h a p p e n t o t h e i r life s a v i n g s . T h e y
didn't save much. H o w could they have saved much
w i t h the limited i n c o m e m y father, as a L a d l e s G a r m e n t
Worker, you know?
Q: T h e y w e r e s u r v i v i n g m o s t l y .
A: Yeahl I don't think he made more than
$ 5 0 0 0 in t h e b e s t y e a r o f h i s life. S o t h e y
had s a v e d up $ 7 5 0 0 , w h i c h w a s a
fantastic sum, b y not taking vacation, not
b u y i n g a n e w car, all that, a n d b y living
in a v e r y r e d u c e d h o u s e . S o t h e y ran
into a broker that was Jewish w h o
talked their l i n g o from the old country.
A n d h e sweet-talked t h e m into turning
their life s a v i n g s o v e r t o h i m a n d he's
going t o m a k e it into s o m e t h i n g w i t h m e
a s a b e n e f i c i a r y . W e l l , h e l o s t all t h e
m o n e y o n margin, w i t h o u t us e v e r signing
a n y p a p e r s authorizing h i m to g a m b l e w i t h
le m o n e y o n m a r g i n . W h e n h e g o t through
i it, n o t o n l y w a s t h e $ 7 5 0 0 n o t t h e r e
a n y m o r e , h e c l a i m e d m y folks o w e d h i m $20,000.
S o w e hired a l a w y e r a n d w e s p e n t I don't k n o w
h o w m a n y y e a r s fighting. I u s e d to g o m y s e l f all
the time w i t h the lawyer.
Q : T h i s w a s y o u r first e x p e r i e n c e w i t h the
court?
y o u r p a r e n t s to cry a little bit." A n d I t h o u g h t this w a s
humiliating. In o t h e r w o r d s , a cripple a n d his parents
are c o m i n g there to g e t their m o n e y . S o h e says, "Go to
y o u r w a r d c o m m i t t e e m a n . " A n d I say, " W h a t d o y o u
gotta do?" A n d he says, " Y o u g o t to give h i m something.
H e ' s g o t to intercede w i t h the j u d g e . " A n d I says, "What
does that mean?" "He's got to go and do something.
T h e r e ' s so m a n y v o t e r s for the D e m o c r a t i c Party at y o u r
address. Y o u ' r e willing to contribute to the j u d g e o r the
D e m o c r a t i c Party o r his c a m p a i g n . Y o u gotta send him
proper hearing!" A n d this first l a w y e r urged m e to s t u d y
law, w h i c h I did.
g : A f t e r he i n t r o d u c e d y o u to c o r r u p t i o n .
A Y e a h . W e l l , the first trial w e h a d b y j u r y w a s fixed,
g : S o y o u h a d n ' t c o m e u p w i t h m o n e y for the j u d g e ?
A N o . First o f all, w e didn't h a v e it and n u m b e r one, w e
w o u l d n ' t d o it!
T h e bailiff in charge o f the j u r y w a s the neighbor
of the forelady that ran the j u r y . T h e j u d g e goes h o m e
and p u t s the bailiff in c h a r g e a n d the bailiff tries to kick
m e a n d m y d a d out o f the courtroom. W e stood there
and the bailiff lets H o r n b l o w e r and W e e k s , that's
Hornblower's lawyer, a big-shot, stand b y the j u r y d o o r
to talk a n d tell t h e m that S k o l n i c k is a rat, he's n o g o o d ,
he's a liar all his life, at the j u r y door! Right there at the
keyhole! T h i s is all d o c u m e n t e d . It b e c a m e a federal
lawsuit.
I s a y s , " H e y , bailiff! M e a n d m y father, w e ' l l
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' c o m e there and talk h o w n a s t y t h e y are!" "No, n o , no, get
the hell a w a y . " W h e n the trial ends, I call u p m y l a w y e r
at 11:30 b e c a u s e t h e j u r y c o m e s o u t o f there w i t h n o
verdict, a n d I tell the bailiff, "Hey, before w e g o h o m e ,
w h e r e a r e t h e p a p e r s ? " "I d i d n ' t f i n d a n y . " " W a i t a
minute, t h e y w e n t in there w i t h e v i d e n c e . " "It's all g o n e ,
w e don't k n o w w h e r e it is."
S o I call up m y l a w y e r at h o m e a n d I w a k e h i m
up. H e w e n t h o m e . H e left m e and m y father to b e in
the courtroom near the j u r y door. H e says, "Listen.
W h a t are y o u , tired o f living S k o l n i c k ? T h e sheriff is in
w i t h the m o b here. W h a t ' s w i t h y o u ? A r e y o u a n d y o u r
parents tired of living? Y o u got paid u p i n s u r a n c e ? If y o u
go and c o m p l a i n t a b o u t these m e t h o d s , w h i c h h a v e b e e n
going on for decades, y o u ' r e dead." I say, "what are y o u
g o i n g to d o t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g ? " "I'm g o i n g t o g o there
a n d a s k the j u d g e if h e k n o w s there's a verdict." So the
next m o r n i n g h e g o e s there a n d the bailiff says, "I didn't
find a n y verdict. I didn't find a n y p a p e r s . T h e j u r y w e n t
h o m e . " A n d that w a s the end of it.
Q: N o v e r d i c t ?
A : S o m e w h e r e d o w n the r o a d s o m e j u d g e g o t the case
and they called for a s t a t u s h e a r i n g again and he
suggested a settlement. W e w e r e out $ 7 5 0 0 , w h i c h w a s
a lot o f m o n e y in the 1950s p t o the e a r l y 1960s. A n d so
t h e j u d g e s u g g e s t e d $ 5 0 0 . H o r n b l o w e r ' s l a w y e r s are
v e r y big, B e l l B o y d a n d L l o y d , a n d t h e y s a y "we ain't
giving S k o l n i c k $ 5 0 0 n o w or ever. W e ' v e n e v e r lost a
security case in Illinois a n d w e ' r e not starting w i t h
Skolnick." W h e n I heard that, I figured that's the end.
War! So I told m y parents I'm going to w r e c k them.
T h e y say, "how can a small m a n like y o u in a w h e e l c h a i r
w r e c k t h e m ? Y o u d o n ' t k n o w w h a t y o u ' r e doing." I says,
"I don't k n o w , I'm g o o d in m a t h a n d I'm g o o d in all these
things. I'm pretty clever. I got a h i g h I Q . T h e r e m u s t b e
s o m e t h i n g I can d o . " S o I started i n a b o u t 1963, I b e g a n
to run into other v i c t i m s o f injustice. I found o u t that
the w o o d s are filled w i t h them, a n d I b e c a m e the beacon,
w h e r e t h e y can c o m e to m e , cry o n m y shoulder, "look
w h a t h a p p e n e d , I lost m y wife, I lost m y house, I lost m y
this, m y car, a n d on..."
S o w e f o r m e d this little g r o u p . N o w the original
n a m e o f the g r o u p w a s the C o m m i t t e e T o S m a s h t h e
Courts. A n d m y friend says, "No, no, no, no. T h a t
s o u n d s b a d . It's g o t t o b e a n a m e that's acceptable." S o
the next n a m e w a s the C o m m i t t e e T o Protect Patent
O w n e r s . T h e first g r o u p that I h e l p e d w e r e all p a t e n t
owners that had been swindled out of their patent
through the corruption in the courts. A t one time I h a d
the attic in m y h o u s e filled w i t h p r o t o t y p e s — t h e
butterfly b a n d a g e . W e finally c h a n g e d the n a m e t o the
Citizens C o m m i t t e e , n o t to S m a s h T h e Courts, that w a s
too strong, Citizens' C o m m i t t e e T o C l e a n U p T h e C o u r t s .
It s o u n d e d rather...
g: Y o u ' r e cleaning now, not smashing. This was
1963, the y e a r K e n n e d y w a s shot?
A : Y e a h , b u t I w a s n ' t interested in that. I w a s looking for
a w a y to g e t in the public e y e . A family friend w a s telling
m e , "you're n o t objective a n y m o r e about the H o r n b l o w e r
thing. N o b o d y w a n t s to listen a n y m o r e . Certainly n o t
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y o u r friends, n o t y o u r relatives."
g: So your case was not resolved and you were
t a k i n g o n all t h e s e o t h e r cases.
A It w e n t on for y e a r s and y e a r s . A couple o f m y cases
e n d e d u p before the S t a t e S u p r e m e court in 1960s.,,r I
argued m y o w n case. T h e y h a d to carry m e u p twenty
stairs b e c a u s e the c r o o k e d j u d g e s w o u l d n ' t allow m e a n d
the w h e e l c h a i r t h r o u g h their e n t r a n c e that had an
elevator in Springfield. T h e h i g h court in Springfield is
on a hill.
g : Literally a h i g h c o u r t .
A : T h r o u g h a series o f c i r c u m s t a n c e s , in 1969, w e
continued o u r closet w o r k . W e f o u n d o u t that there are
l i t t l e - k n o w n b a n k o w n e r s h i p r e c o r d s t h a t o n l y Illinois
has. Illinois requires public disclosure of bank
o w n e r s h i p , w h i c h w a s s o s e c r e t t h a t it w a s in the
b a s e m e n t o f one of the g o v e r n m e n t b u i l d i n g s on
m i c r o f i l m s o d u s t y t h a t n o b o d y k n e w it u n t i l a l a d y
friend o f m i n e d i s c o v e r e d it. S h e said, " L o o k a t this.
A c r o s s f r o m the l o c a l c o u r t h o u s e t h e r e ' s a b a n k a n d
thirty j u d g e s and nine gangsters o w n the bank." S o w e
s t a r t c h e c k i n g a n d f o u n d o u t t h a t m o s t o f the s t a t e
supreme court are o w n e r s o f this b a n k w i t h mafioso.
A n y w a y , I got to k n o w s o m e Springfield
r e p o r t e r s a n d I m a d e a m i m e o g r a p h list o f this and I
offered to s h o w t h e m the microfilm pages,
g : Falling b a c k o n y o u r h i g h s c h o o l experience here.
A : Y e a h . C l o s e t w o r k ! If w e can't deal w i t h t h e m on the
l a w a n d the facts, w e ' v e g o t t o deal w i t h t h e m o n the
d i r t . S o I f o u n d t w o y o u n g r e p o r t e r s f r o m t h e Alton
Telegraph, real o l d newspaper, a n d they ran a b i g story
a b o u t the b a n k a c r o s s f r o m the c o u r t h o u s e . A t t h a t
t i m e t h e l o c a l c o u r t h o u s e h a d t h e l o c a l office o f t h e
S u p r e m e Court on the top floor. T h e main state
s u p r e m e court courthouse w a s in Springfield on a hill.
B u t they h a d an office in C h i c a g o called the Civic
Center. D i a g o n a l l y across the street w a s a b a n k called
the Civic C e n t e r B a n k . It w a s o w n e d b y thirty j u d g e s
and nine gangsters. A n d w e h a d the proof. I told this to
the A l t o n Telegraph a n d t h e y started a series o f stories
that implicated the local n e w s p a p e r guy. T h e editor in
chief o f the Sun Times a n d the Daily News w a s o n e of
the largest stockholders w i t h the gangsters and the
thirty j u d g e s .
g : H e also h a p p e n e d to b e a c o m p e t i t o r of the A l t o n
newspaper.
A I don't k n o w about that, b u t t h e y w o u l d n ' t r u n the
story. S o t h e y found a w a y to get a r o u n d it b y running
the story on the A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s h u b in St. Louis. T h e
governor w a s a stockholder, w h o later b e c a m e a federal
appeals j u d g e . B y the t i m e I started the scandal, he w a s
n o l o n g e r t h e g o v e r n o r , O t t o K e r n e r , Jr. S o the s t o r y
started r u n n i n g w i t h b i g headlines.
I filed a m o t i o n to b e a p p o i n t e d amicus curiae,
friend o f the court, a n d a s a friend, I w o u l d p o i n t out
that I w a s n o t a p a r t y to this case b u t the j u d g e s in this
case t o o k a b r i b e . I f o u n d t h e l e a d i n g c a s e that this
b u n c h o f j u d g e s w h o w e r e stockholders i n the bank, the
largest stockholder w a s the former r e v e n u e director,
T h e o d o r e Isaacs. S o I found that h e had a case in their
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 court o n criminal conflict o f Interest. T w o w e e k s before
they heard the oral a r g u m e n t in the state s u p r e m e court
h e d o e s a t h i n g n a t u r a l for Illinois, he b r i n g s all the
j u d g e s o f the court into the b a n k as stockholders.
S o I filed a friend o f the c o u r t p e t i t i o n in the
Isaacs case. T h e y g o t upset and w a n t e d to k n o w h o w 1
knew, they c l a i m e d that the Daily News had instigated
m e and had paid m e , w h i c h w a s false. T h e n t h e y said
that if I don't tell t h e m exactly h o w I found this... T h e y
didn't k n o w that this w a s in the public record. I didn't
w a n t to tell t h e m . I a c c u s e y o u o f bribery a n d y o u w a n t
to k n o w h o w I f o u n d o u t ?
S o t h e y p u t m e In j a i l a n d t h e p i c t u r e m a d e don't h a v e a n y m o n e y to g o to Dallas, don't tell m e about
Time m a g a z i n e b e c a u s e t h e y c o u l d n ' t g e t m e into the
p a d d y w a g o n . S o there w e r e four sheriffs trying to put
m e into the p a d d y w a g o n t h r o u g h a n a r r o w door.
T h e y took m e from the courthouse w h e r e the
j u d g e s p u t m e in c o n t e m p t for n o t t e l l i n g
them how I knew they took a bribe, they
w a n t e d to p u t m e in this p a d d y w a g o n to
take m e to the j a i l .
Q: T o m a k e a public d i s p l a y .
A : T w o got o n one side, t w o o n that side.
I didn't fit t h r o u g h t h e d o o r . T h e sheriff
w a s the b r o t h e r of R o s e m a r y W o o d s ,
Nixon's secretary. H e liked m e .
F o r e v e r y h o u r I w a s in jail, I w a s in
four hours, o n e j u d g e bit the dust. T h e y put u p
a special commission that investigated j u d g e s
and found that m o s t o f t h e m w e r e guilty as
ABRAHAM
c h a r g e d a n d r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t t h e y all l e a v e .
BOLDEN
T h e y r e s i g n e d A u g u s t 4, 1969. T h e third j u d g e I
accused died. S o I g o t three o f them, the chief
j u d g e , t h e a s s o c i a t e j u d g e a n d a third o n e . B u t t h e C h i c a g o thing. I don't k n o w nothin' a b o u t D e a l e y Plaza."
fraud is still g o i n g o n all these y e a r s later.
T h e y c o m m i t t e d a fraud o n t h e c o u r t for the
benefit o f the governor. T h e r e w a s a lawsuit challenging
the validity o f the state i n c o m e tax being p u s h e d b y the
governor. It w a s p e n d i n g i n their c o u r t at the time o f m y
scandal. In the n a m e o f the j u d g e s , they issued a
d e c i s i o n A u g u s t 14, 1969, ten d a y s after t h e y w e r e n ' t
there a n y m o r e . Y o u can't d o that. I recenUy asked the
state attorney general, Rollin Burris, w e asked h i m
about this a n d h e g o t all puffed u p a n d said, "If a n y o f
y o u d o n ' t p a y your, s t a t e i n c o m e tax, I d o n ' t w a n t t o
k n o w a b o u t this. I'm g o i n g to p u t y o u in jail." I said,
"This is a fraud u p o n t h e court!" I h a v e b e e n t a l k i n g
a b o u t this for t w e n t y y e a r s a n d n o b o d y ' s l i s t e n i n g . A
fraud u p o n the c o u r t doesn't g o a w a y .
A n y w a y , that's w h a t m a d e m e w o r l d famous. It
w a s the b i g g e s t j u d i c i a l s c a n d a l in t h e h i s t o r y o f the
United States. I h a d collapsed the state s u p r e m e court
a n d as result I got t o k n o w v i c t i m s all over. W h a t I did
over the years, I didn't w a n t publicity to m a k e m o n e y , I
w a n t e d publicity so that the p r e s s w o u l d listen to m e . I
got in to the biggest controversies b e c a u s e it enabled m e
to get publicity for m y point. F o r a w h i l e there I w a s
able to s a y w h a t e v e r I w a n t e d a b o u t the courts, about
voting a n d r e a p p o r t i o n m e n t case, corruption, and so on,
up to a point. A n d I g o t to k n o w all these v i c t i m s that
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came to m e .
Q: H o w d o y o u m a k e t h a t l e a p f r o m w o r k i n g o n local
court cases to these n a t i o n a l things?
A : W e l l , for i n s t a n c e , I t a u g h t c i v i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n for
w o u l d - b e journalists a n d in the s a m e building w h e r e the
college w a s , o n the third floor w a s a strange outfit with
n o n a m e o n the door. A n d t h e y filmed o r taped every
talk s h o w in the C h i c a g o area a n d t h e n sold the tape,
the film or the t r a n s c r i p t s to c e r t a i n offices in
W a s h i n g t o n a n d the P e n t a g o n . A n d the courier for that
got to k n o w m e and he says, "I g o t s o m e t h i n g for y o u ,
s o m e d o c u m e n t s about the K e n n e d y thing." I says, "I
n o K e n n e d y thing." T h i s w a s 1970. S o I m e t h i m and
h e gives m e this pile o f d o c u m e n t s about the C h i c a g o
plot against K e n n e d y , that there w a s a plot t w o
a n d half w e e k s before. S o I w a s w o r r i e d a n d I
w r o t e h i m a $ 5 c h e c k for x e r o x e x p e n s e a n d
o n the b a c k I p u t d o w n "For the K e n n e d y
d o c u m e n t s , full payment." T h e $5 c h e c k
saved m e from the rope, I tell you!
Because w h a t they w a n t e d m e to d o w a s
to b l o w t h e c o v e r o f c e r t a i n p o l i c e t h a t
w o r k e d for C I A in C h i c a g o . A n d i f I could
t h e y w o u l d | p r m i n a t e t h e s e police. T h e y
n e v e r i n t e n d e d t h a t I as a l o u d - m o u t h
w o u l d get into the courts.
W h e n I started the plan to g o to courts is w h e n I
got in trouble. H a r o l d W e i s b e r g says, "Skolnick,
c o m e to m y g o o s e f a r m . " I s a y , "I d o n ' t k n o w
y o u . " H e says, "Oh y e a h , I ' m a leading w r i t e r of
b o o k s a b o u t the K e n n e d y assassination." I say,
"I'm not into the K e n n e d y thing. I'm o n the
I n e v e r w e n t to his g o o s e farm.
T h e s e w e r e all the secret d o c u m e n t s that a
black secret service agent put together, A b r a h a m
Bolden.
g: You got documents directly from Abraham
Bolden?
A : N o , n o t from h i m . I g o t t h e m from t h i s guy, this
mysterious courier that delivered the film and tapes to a
secret office in the P e n t a g o n w h i c h h e thought to b e the
CIA
g : B u t t h e y originated w i t h B o l d e n .
A : W h a t I later found o u t w a s t h a t this w a s the first
t i m e in the 2 0 0 y e a r h i s t o r y o f the N a t i o n a l A r c h i v e s
that s o m e o n e stole this o u t o f the a r c h i v e s . S o I w a s
p l a n n i n g to go to court, and luckily I didn't go to
W e i s b e r g ' s thing b e c a u s e W e i s b e r g , after I w e n t to court,
t h r e a t e n e d to sue m e that I stole the d o c u m e n t s from
h i m . Luckily, I h a d this $ 5 c h e c k e n d o r s e d b y the one
that I b o u g h t t h e m from, full p a y m e n t for the
d o c u m e n t s . David Lifton, w h o w a s j u s t getting started
on the w e s t coast, I n e v e r h e a r d o f the guy, I got a letter
in the file from 1970 s a y i n g " Y o u stole the d o c u m e n t s
from me!" Lifton w r i t e s m e from the w e s t coast, W e i s b e r g
w r i t e s from his g o o s e f a r m , b o t h s a y t h a t I stole the
d o c u m e n t s from them and I b o u g h t t h e m from this
strange character.
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 T h r o u g h m y late friend, J i m A l b r i g h t , w h o
o w n e d the p a t e n t for t h e h i g h s p e e d i c e m a c h i n e , h e
k n e w w h e r e to find B o l d e n at a n unlisted a d d r e s s o n the
s o u t h side. S o h e a r r a n g e d for m e t o m e e t w i t h B o l d e n .
S o I w e n t w i t h a l a d y friend o f m i n e in her car to m e e t
Bolden.
Q: I s h o u l d s a y for t h e r e a d e r s t h a t A b r a h a m B o l d e n
w a s the first b l a c k S e c r e t S e r v i c e a g e n t , a p p o i n t e d
b y K e n n e d y , a n d after t h e assassination...
A : First b l a c k in the W h i t e H o u s e guard.
Q: ...he w a s a p p a r e n t l y t h r o w n in j a i l o n t r u m p e d u p
charges.
A : S o I c a m e w i t h m y l a d y friend in h e r little r e d car and
w e sat in front of B o l d e n ' s house and I had these
d o c u m e n t s , e l e v e n o f t h e m , m o u n t e d in o n e o f t h o s e
salesmen's b o o k s w i t h the plastic pages, u n d e r celluloid.
A n d B o l d e n sits in the b a c k a n d looks at t h e m a n d looks
at e a c h o n e a n d says, "I k n e w it. Y o u are here to p u t m e
b a c k in prison. I'm o n parole!" I says, "Bolden, I w a n t to
clear y o u . " "Like hell y o u do! Y o u ' r e p a r t o f a g o v e r n m e n t
I PROVED T H A T T H E C I A
FINANCED R E N N I E DAVIS AND THE
C H I C A G O 7 T O DOWN T H E
D E M O C R A T S A N D P U T IN N I X O N .
effort to p u t m e b a c k . " A n d I say, "I t h i n k M a r k L a n e
d i d n ' t d o r i g h t for y o u w h e n y o u w e r e d o w n t h e r e i n
Springfield, Missouri. I think all y o u r lawyers put
together h a v e not d o n e right for y o u . I a m here to clear
y o u . " "Like hell y o u are. Y o u g o t m y secret report. It's
n o t s u p p o s e d to b e o u t until 2 0 3 9 . Y o u g o t it. Y o u stole
it. A n d I'm g o i n g t o b e b l a m e d t h a t I g a v e it to y o u a n d
I'm g o i n g to be s e n t b a c k to j a i l a n d y o u are g o i n g to get
publicity and I a m going to get jail." I says, "For
g o d s s a k e s A b r a h a m B o l d e n , I a m h e r e t o do g o o d for
y o u . I'm g o i n g to court a n d attach all t h e s e d o c u m e n t s
a n d I'm g o i n g to confront the g o d d a m g o v e r n m e n t and
I'm g o i n g to p u t in t h e r e h o w t h e y framed y o u . " I didn't
k n o w a n y t h i n g a b o u t G a r r i s o n o r D e a l e y Plaza, I k e p t n o
clippings, I w a s not interested in that,
g : Garrison tried to do s o m e t h i n g and failed and
h e r e you're c o m i n g to this g u y s a y i n g you're g o i n g
to d o the s a m e thing, t a k e it to the c o u r t s . If h e w a s
following t h e G a r r i s o n case, I c o u l d i m a g i n e t h a t he
w o u l d n o t h a v e the s a m e faith t h a t y o u h a d t h a t y o u
c o u l d d o s o m e t h i n g in the courts.
A : A n d s o I w e n t t o c o u r t a n d I s u e d , Skolnick vs.
National Archives and Records Service a n d I set forth the
w h o l e thing a b o u t C u b a , a b o u t K e n n e d y , a b o u t B o l d e n
a n d the fact that B o l d e n w a s framed. O n the d a y w e
brought the lawsuit, one of the major 50,000 watt
stations h e r e h a d a g o o d y o u n g reporter that I k n e w a n d
h e p u t a m a j o r story o u t on it. H e eventually w a s run
o u t o f C h i c a g o . T h e r e aren't a n y h a p p y endings to a n y
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of this. S t u a r t P a h n . H e w e n t into the b r o k e r a g e
business.
Q : W h a t w a s in B o l d e n ' s r e p o r t ?
A : It w a s on t h e p l o t to kill K e n n e d y in C h i c a g o b y a
person named L e e H a r v e y O s w a l d and an Oswald
double, Thomas Arthur Vallee, both of w h o m were
apprehended. V a l l e e w a s a r r e s t e d o n a $ 5 traffic r a p
a n d t h e traffic t i c k e t w a s s u p p r e s s e d a n d p u t in t h e
National A r c h i v e s . T w o blocks off the Northwest
E x p r e s s w a y , w h i c h is n o w c a l l e d t h e K e n n e d y
Expressway. A n d they w e r e going to go through a
hairpin t u r n j u s t like t h e y e n d e d u p g o i n g in front o f the
B o o k Depository. T h e y f o u n d a hairpin t u r n in the route
from the airport to the college football g a m e w h e r e o n
N o v e m b e r 2nd K e n n e d y w a s t o g o to a football g a m e in
C h i c a g o . H e didn't c o m e , but his route w a s to go
t h r o u g h a hairpin turn w h e r e they h a d a n o t h e r g u y w h o
w a s w o r k i n g at a C I A p r i n t i n g office w i t h the w i n d o w
looking right d o w n at K e n n e d y . T h e c o m p l a i n i n g witness
a g a i n s t V a l l e e w a s D a n i e l G r o t h , not listed as
p o l i c e m a n , listed as a w i t n e s s . G r o t h c a m e w i t h a
m a c h i n e gun, k i c k e d in F r e d H a m p t o n ' s d o o r and
a s s a s s i n a t e d p e o p l e there.
Q: T h e B l a c k P a n t h e r s .
A- 1969. T h e s a m e guy. B u t n o a u t h o r h a s e v e r called
m e t o a s k for c o p i e s o f B o l d e n ' s d o c u m e n t s . A d a y after I
filed the l a w s u i t in A p r i l o f 1970, t h e y tried t o r e v o k e
B o l d e n ' s parole. A n d m y friend o n a major radio station
here w e n t o n the air a n d s a v e d h i m .
g : S o B o l d e n w a s right. T h e y c a m e after h i m .
A If it w a s n ' t for the radio station, B o l d e n w o u l d h a v e
g o n e b a c k to j a i l . I g o t w o r l d - w i d e publicity, e x c e p t i n
C h i c a g o . T h e C h i c a g o p r e s s i g n o r e d it. B u t I also g o t o n
the c r a p list w i t h a l m o s t e v e r y a s s a s s i n a t i o n researcher.
Sylvia M e a g h e r , w h o w r o t e Accessories After The Fact,
called m e u p a n d says , " W h o t h e hell are y o u ? D o y o u
k n o w a b o u t the Dallas thing?" I says, "Not a w o r d . " "Did
y o u read the W a r r e n C o m m i s s i o n documents?" "Does
n o t pertain to m y thing." "You're a fraud, Skolnick." I
says, "I a m not investigating w h i c h w a y the bullets w e n t
in D e a l e y Plaza. I'm o n l y o n the C h i c a g o plot."
g : S o s h e took it a s i n t r u d i n g o n h e r turf.
A Y e a h . D a v i d Lifton w r i t e s m e a letter, a n d I can give
y o u a x e r o x c o p y , " Y o u are a fraud a n d y o u stole the
d o c u m e n t s from m e . " "I don't k n o w w h o the fuck y o u
a r e , D a v i d Lifton!" W e i s b e r g s e n d s m e a t h i n g in the
form o f a legal p a p e r w h i c h h e n e v e r filed, Weisberg vs.
Skolnick, h e w a n t e d d a m a g e s for m e stealing the eleven
d o c u m e n t s from h i m . N o b o d y t o this d a y h a s m a d e an
a c c u r a t e c h a p t e r o r s u b - c h a p t e r o n the B o l d e n thing,
g : S o the r e s e a r c h e r s all c o n v e r g e d o n y o u e v e n
t h o u g h y o u ' r e m a k i n g a c o n t r i b u t i o n to a case t h a t
they're s u p p o s e d l y trying to h e l p s o l v e t h e m s e l v e s .
A : T h e y ' v e all g o t a v e s t e d interest. Peter D a l e Scott for
r e a s o n s I d o not k n o w h a s t a k e n to the lecture platform
and accused m e o f being a fraud. A s y o u k n o w , w h e n I
c o m e to the assassination conferences, I'm the o n e they
a l w a y s w a n t to t h r o w out o f the place. N o w w h y is that?
g : Carl O g l e s b y still l i k e s y o u , d o e s n ' t h e ?
A In 1974 or ' 7 5 I w a s giving a s p e e c h in B o s t o n a n d I
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m e t h i m for a c o u p l e o f h o u r s w h i l e I w a s there. H e lives
in C a m b r i d g e . I raised the issue a b o u t R e n n i e D a v i s , the
C h i c a g o 7 a n d t h e C I A a n d I tell y o u , Carl almost t o o k
CHICAGO

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m y crutch a n d w r a p p e d it a r o u n d m y throat. H e says, l (I N AI i
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g : Coiild y o u restate w h a t y o u said about R e n n i e
Davis?
A : I c a m e o u t w i t h a d o c u m e n t e d thing a b o u t all the C I A
front foundations, w h i c h I'm a n e x p e r t o n . I found a w a y
to identify C I A front foundations t h r o u g h 9 9 0 A R , w h i c h
is the f o u n d a t i o n t a x r e t u r n that's a p u b l i c r e c o r d . I Homes set afire near Midway
proved that the C I A financed R e n n i e Davis and the
C h i c a g o 7 to d o w n t h e D e m o c r a t s a n d p u t i n N i x o n .
A n d w h e n I raised this w i t h Oglesby, h e h a d b e e n a b i g
shot with the S t u d e n t s for Democratic Society, and
w h e n I w a s in C a m b r i d g e in '75, h e got livid. S o he's got
this m i x e d feeling a b o u t m e . H e ' s a l w a y s w o r r i e d that at
s o m e public place I ' m g o i n g to s a y something a b o u t that
a n d I ' m g o i n g to g e t a r o u n d to him.
Q: So Rennie Davis, J e r r y R u b i n , Abbie Hoffman,
B o b b y S e a l e , all o n the p a y r o l l ?
A : N o t B o b b y Seale, b u t the others w e r e part o f the
g a m e . T h e y w e r e getting m o n e y from C I A foundations. I
got arrested confronting Rennie D a v i s on a local T V
station o n a live p r o g r a m . R e n n i e had m e arrested,
g : T h e C h i c a g o police c a m e to the defense o f R e n n i e
Davis?
A : Eighteen police, y e a h . C h a n n e l 4 4 .
g : I d i d n ' t r e a l i z e u n t i l r e c e n t l y t h a t it w a s y o u r
w o r k that h e l p e d e x p o s e the story a b o u t E . H o w a r d
H u n t ' s role in the d o w n i n g of the a i r p l a n e t h a t killed
his wife D o r o t h y . THE WRECKAGE OF FLIGHT 5 5 3 , DECEMBER
A : I s u e d the N a t i o n a l T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Safety B o a r d a n d I 8TH, 1972
didn't tell t h e m t h a t I had their file, all the pictures, all
t h e d o c u m e n t s , s h o w i n g t h e y k n e w it w a s s a b o t a g e
w h e r e D o r o t h y H u n t a n d the e l e v e n o t h e r W a t e r g a t e r s
d i e d . S o In front o f 2 5 0 r e p o r t e r s
that gathered from all o v e r the
w o r l d for t h e r e - o p e n e d a i r c r a s h
h e a r i n g s , I laid all the d o c u m e n t s
on the table and I says, "Alright
N T S B , n o w is the time to arrest m e .
T h i s is y o u r stuff. M y friend s w i p e d
it from y o u . W h a t a r e y o u going to
do a b o u t ? A r r e s t m e in front all
these reporters?" The Associated
Press ran a story on the A wire:
"Chicago l e g a l r e s e a r c h e r S h e r m a n
Skolnick presented t o d a y ' a heavily
d o c u m e n t e d case o f w h a t h e claims
is s a b o t a g e b a s e d o n g o v e r n m e n t
d o c u m e n t s . " O n l y o n e p a p e r in the
country ran the story e v e n though it
w a s o n the international w i r e . T h e
Seattle Intelligencer i s t h e o n l y o n e
t h a t r a n t h e s t o r i e s . T h e Tribune RESTRICTED AREA
ran a cropped picture o f m e sitting
at the table a n d s a y s "Skolnick has
n o d o c u m e n t s to s u p p o r t his
KEEP OUT
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
contention o f sabotage." C B S h a d a
SAFETY BOARD

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 S O T H E PRESS IS T H E BUS C O M P A N Y . W H A T MY LEFT W I N G CRITICS A R E
S A Y I N G IS T H A T BEFORE Y O U GET U P O N T H E B U S , Y O U MUST INVESTIGATE T H E
POLITICS O F T H E B U S C O M P A N Y . OTHERWISE, WALK. PASS OUT LEAFLETS!
HOLLER ON THE STREET!
live thing closed circuit that they didn't use o n the air
for their executives, b e c a u s e U A L Incorporated w a s the
parent c o m p a n y of U n i t e d Airlines, w h o s e flight 553
crashed, exactly one m o n t h after N i x o n ' s re-election. A
m o n t h before they killed H a l e B o g g s , from the W a r r e n
C o m m i s s i o n . D o r o t h y H u n t a n d the e l e v e n W a t e r g a t e r s
w h o had b l a c k m a i l e d t w o million dollars out o f the
Nixon White House.
D u r i n g the h e a r i n g s , o n the s e c o n d d a y I w a s
tired and told this j o k e . I says, "I'm h e r e to absolutely
a n d categorically a d m i t that I h a v e n o p r o o f w h a t s o e v e r
that E d w a r d C a r l s o n , the h e a d o f U n i t e d A i r l i n e s a n d
R i c h a r d N i x o n w e r e on the p l a n e w i t h a .38 a n d shot
D o r o t h y H u n t . I a d m i t it!" I figured it w a s g o i n g to be a
j o k e and e v e r y b o d y w a s g o i n g t o laugh. T h e next d a y it
c o m e s out: "Skolnick has n o p r o o f whatsoever." A n d
they s h o w this c r o p p e d picture, I'm sitting in front o f the
table and I figured the photograph w a s b o u n d to s h o w
t h e d o c u m e n t s . N o w a y : t h e y c r o p p e d to w h e r e t h e
d o c u m e n t s are not s h o w n .
g : T h a t ' s w h a t y o u g e t for b e i n g funny. A t t h a t t i m e .
H u n t w a s k n o w n only as a W a t e r g a t e figure. This
w h o l e b u s i n e s s a b o u t h i m b e i n g o n e of the t r a m p s
a n d all t h a t h a d n o t h a p p e n e d . Y o u w e r e n ' t m a k i n g
c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n W a t e r g a t e a n d the K e n n e d y
assassination, w e r e y o u ?
A : T h e o n e w h o w a s w o r k i n g o n that w a s m y friend A J.
W e b e r m a n . W h e n he w e n t on the road with Mike
Canfield after the publication o f their book, Coup D'Etat
in America, h i s e d i t o r w a s f r o m N i g e r i a , O p a k u , for
reasons that I d o not k n o w , h e insisted that they put in
a thing there c o n d e m n i n g Skolnick. W e b e r m a n says
that they insisted that the b o o k w o u l d n ' t be published if
he didn't a l l o w t h e m to c o n d e m n m e . I a m not pertinent
to the D a l l a s thing. W h y w a s it necessary to say that
S k o l n i c k i s a c o m p l e t e l i a r ? A y e a r a g o I t a l k e d to
W e b e r m a n a n d h e didn't e v e n r e m e m b e r it.
g : W e b e r m a n is v i r t u a l l y called a n a g e n t for M o s s a d
in a n e w b o c k p u b l i s h e d b y the L i b e r t y L o b b y . C o u l d
y o u describe y o u r relationship w i t h the Liberty
Lobby?
A : M a n y in the left w i n g a n d the liberal press are tied
in, like C h i p Berlet, with that C a m b r i d g e group, that are
in with foundations c o n n e c t e d w i t h the C I A Z Magazine
a n d that, a n d they a c c u s e m e a n d m y late friend M a e
Brussell o f b e i n g N a z i s . I f time permitted, I c o u l d tell
y o u h o w in 1976 I ran the first large s e m i n a r in A m e r i c a
a b o u t N a z i w a r c r i m i n a l s in the U n i t e d States—before
H o w a r d B l u m ' s b o o k c a m e out, before all this stuff c a m e
out—and at m y o w n e x p e n s e c a m e u p with e v e r y rare
b o o k o n the Nazi question a n d the c o m p a n i e s that w e r e
in with Hitler a n d the A m e r i c a n c o n n e c t i o n . I w a s
Steamshovel P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
c o n d e m n e d all the w a y a r o u n d . I m e a n , I've been
c o n d e m n e d b y C h i p Berlet that I a m a N a z i a n d y e t I ran
the first s e m i n a r a n d n o b o d y in the liberal press gave a
single w o r d to. I w a s the o n l y k n o w l e d g e a b l e journalist
t h a t c a m e to a p r e s s c o n f e r e n c e o f S i m o n W e i s e n t h a l
a n d t h e y took m e a w a y u n d e r a r r e s t b e c a u s e it w a s a
private club.
I deeply r e s e n t C h i p Berlet, Z Magazine, v a r i o u s
b o o k s , that run stories that I a m a Nazi. T h e p r o b l e m is
that the liberal p r e s s w i l l not r u n stories a b o u t w h a t I
do. T h e C I A and R e n n i e D a v i s . T h e C I A and the
foundations, the 9 9 0 A R , the public tax returns. M o s t o f
the s o - c a l l e d left p r e s s is f i n a n c e d b y the i n t e l l i g e n c e
agencies. I can p r o v e that. S o they're n o t independent. I
k n o w it's a terrible thing...and I c o u l d g o into a long rap
a b o u t h o w the A C L U h a s b e e n t a k e n o v e r b y the
B a l d w i n F o u n d a t i o n , w h i c h r u n s The Nation m a g a z i n e ,
w h i c h is v e r y liberal a n d r u n s a lot o f g o o d stories but
h e a v e n help y o u if y o u raise a thing a b o u t the C I A and
the B a l d w i n foundation. It's b e c a u s e o f m y w o r k in that
area that I get r a p p e d b y the left. S o t h e y w o n ' t publish
m e in a n y o f their m a g a z i n e s . T h e o n l y o n e that w o u l d
p u b l i s h m y s t o r i e s , a b o u t t h e B a n c a La V o r o , t h i s
different stuff, is the right-wing press. I'm an o r t h o d o x
J e w . M y m o t h e r ' s w h o l e f a m i l y died in the W a r s a w
ghetto, the L u b e l s k y family. T o s a y that I ' m a Nazi and
p r o m o t e the N a z i c a u s e is the m o s t h o r r e n d o u s thing
that y o u could s a y a b o u t m e . A l s o , M a e Brussell. She's
dead a n d can't speak. S h e s h o w e d h o w the N a z i s w e r e
involved w i t h the J F K thing. T o s a y that M a e Brussell
a n d S h e r m a n S k o l n i c k are N a z i s , this is the w o r s t
defamation!
g : T h e l e f t w o n ' t l i s t e n t o y o u s o y o u ' r e k i n d of
p u s h e d into the a r m s o f the L i b e r t y L o b b y .
A S i n c e 1987 w e h a v e p a s s e d o u t these leaflets a b o u t
the j u d g e s and the C I A but the public doesn't dig
leaflets. It's seventeenth c e n t u r y stuff. T h e y w a n t T V ,
t h e y w a n t r a d i o . A n d n o n e o f t h e l i b e r a l press' w o u l d
h a v e m e . In These Times, J o e l Blelfuss, y o u k n o w w h a t
that g u y did t o m e ? S e n t a letter t o all m y friends that
S k o l n i c k is a N a z i , s t a y a w a y from h i m . Leaflets don't
d o the trick. I V e got to b e i n the m e d i a e y e . I h a v e b e e n
blotted o u t since ' 7 1 . S o I started w i t h m y five m i n u t e
r e c o r d e d m e s s a g e . A n d t h e n in the 7 0 s I g o t to k n o w
T o m V a l e n t i n e a n d h e w r o t e a b o u t m e in his magazine,
T h e National Tattler, and then he b e c a m e the associate
editor o f The Spotlight a n d t h r o u g h h i m they w o u l d run
m y stuff v e r b a t i m . H e ' d g e t m e o n his radio p r o g r a m and
t h e y d i d an a c c u r a t e t r a n s c r i p t o f w h a t I said. T h e y
didn't b u t c h e r u p the w o r d s .
T h e r e ' s n o free p r e s s in A m e r i c a . W e m u s t face
that. A m a g a z i n e like y o u r s is rare. S o the press is the
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b u s c o m p a n y . W h a t m y left w i n g critics a r e s a y i n g i s
that before y o u g e t u p o n the b u s , y o u m u s t investigate
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the politics o f the b u s c o m p a n y . O t h e r w i s e , w a l k . P a s s
o u t leaflets! H o l l e r o n the street! W i t h n o free p r e s s in
A m e r i c a , If t h e y print m y stories v e r b a t i m , the fact that
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w h i c h u s e d to r u n m y s t u f f v e r b a t i m w i t h the n a k e d
pictures o n the o t h e r side. S o C h i p Berlet a n d others Dr. John Coleman
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knows no national boundaries, is A B O V E T H E L A W S O F
Hitler. T o call m e a N a z i . . . I can't t h i n k a w o r s e t h i n g y o u A L L COUNTRIES, one that controls every aspect of politics,
can call m e , honestly. E v e n A . J . W e b e r m a n calls m e u p religion, commerce and industry, banking, insurance, mining,
a n d s a y s , " S k o l n i c k w h y a r e n ' t y o u at t h e H o l o c a u s t T H E DRUG T R A D E , the petroleum industry, a group
M u s e u m ? W h y are y o u w i t h Spotlight, w h i c h repudiates A N S W E R A B L E T O N O O N E but its members? That there
the H o l o c a u s t M u s e u m ? " S o I says, "Listen, they're the IS SUCH A B O D Y , called " T H E C O M M I T T E E O F
300," is graphically told in this book. When most people
bus c o m p a n y . T h e y print m y stuff verbatim!" "But attempt to address our problems, they speak or write about
y o u ' r e in w i t h Nazis!" I can't help it. F i n d m e a better " T H E Y " ; this books tells precisely who " T H E Y " are, and
place. I'd like to b e printed o n the front p a g e o f the New what " T H E Y " have planned for our future, how " T H E Y "
York Times a n d a c o v e r s t o r y o f all m y friends o n Time have been at war with the American nation for46 years, a war
magazine. W h a t can I do? which we are on the brink of losing, what methods " T H E Y "
use and exactly how " T H E Y " have brainwashed us. Once
Following this interview, Skolnick discussed his you have read the appalling truths contained in this book,
recent work with the involuntary bankruptcy case oj understanding past and present political, economic, social
caulking contractor Joseph Andreuccetti, which has led to and religious events will no longer be a problem. This
powerful account of the forces ranged against the United
his involvement with scandals of the Clinton era. Mr.
States, and indeed the entire free world, cannot be ignored.
Andreucetti was present at this dinner table discussion,
as was Skolnick associate Mark Sato and Michael Scott
Dugan, another person helped by the Citizen's Committee
To Clean Up The Courts.
between Mr. Andreuccetti,
They explained
a descendant
of Savoy, and over $10 billion in gold stolen from
the
of Italy's
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House
the
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branch of the Banca Del Lavoro, long connected to the who authored the Gemstone File which has circulated
JFK assassination, BCCI and Household International a worldwide since the mid-1970s. Many of the missing
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 tried to r e c o n c i l e his h a r d l i v i n g w i t h the p a t h o f
The Fate of L e w enlightenment.
scene.
H e b e c a m e a r i s i n g s t a r o f the B e a t

Welch B y 1971, h e w a s drinking t o o m u c h to function

at all w e l l . H e w a s o f t e n i n t h e t h r o e s o f y o - y o - i n g
between Jim Beam and Antabuse, but he had moved
BY C H R I S R O T H next d o o r to S n y d e r in the Sierras a n d w a s trying t o live
in t h e w a y s t a u g h t b y E a s t e r n m e d i t a t i v e t r a d i t i o n s .
W h a t is g e n e r a l l y t a k e n as W e l c h ' s "suicide note" w a s
L e w W e l c h , w h o w a s b o r n in 1926 and his final published p o e m , "Song o f the T u r k e y Buzzard,"
d i s a p p e a r e d in 1 9 7 1 , is o n e o f the lesser k n o w n n a m e s w h i c h s a n g o f the food-chain in m o r e beatific terms, t h a n
o f the B e a t m o v e m e n t o f the 1940s, '50s a n d '60s b u t h e killing b u g s dead:
w a s also possibly its finest poet. H i s is also o n e o f the
mystery stories of the milieu that gave rise to more The very opposite of
recognizable names like Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, death
Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Welch seemed
torn b e t w e e n the t w o sides o f the B e a t personality— the bird o f re-birth
u r b a n e us. the bucolic; t h e reckless vs. the s a g a c i o u s . Buzzard
Scholars a r g u e w h e t h e r the v e r y t e r m Beat c o m e s from
t h e w o r d beatific o r f r o m beat m e a n i n g " f a t i g u e d , "
"defeated." B o t h e t y m a m a k e s e n s e for W e l c h . H e H e a r m y last Will & T e s t a m e n t :
c o m b i n e d G i n s b e r g a n d K e r o u a c ' s jazz-inflected ribaldry
w i t h S n y d e r ' s q u i e t m y s t i c i s m . H i s v e r s e h a s the h i p O n a m a r k e d rock, following his orders,
s l a n g y r h y t h m s o f W i l l i a m S. B u r r o u g h s b u t a l s o the place m y meat.
Z e n ineffability o f S n y d e r a n d Philip W h a l e n . Like his
life, his d e a t h is full o f c o n t r a d i c t i o n s . S o m e w o n d e r
w h e t h e r h e died at all. With proper ceremony disembowel what I
A s S n y d e r w r i t e s , W e l c h " d r a n k far t o o m u c h , n o longer need, that it m i g h t m o r e q u i c k l y
h a d a w a y w i t h g u n s , a n d t o o k o n e w i t h h i m into the rot a n d tempt
w o o d s , n e v e r t o b e s e e n a g a i n , in M a y o f 1 9 7 1 . " B u t
t h e s e w o o d s w e r e S n y d e r ' s n e c k of them, in the m y n e w form
mountains of northern
California. S n y d e r d o e s n ' t quite T h e reference is to the ancient
say he d i e d there; T h e r e are Tibetan custom of disposing of
clues that h e m a y still b e alive, t h e d e a d b y l e a v i n g t h e m in
perhaps in hiding, p e r h a p s a e r i e s for s c a v e n g i n g b i r d s . H i s
abroad. poems had become morbid, but
Before Welch became n o t dark. >
r e n o w n e d a s a p o e t o n the S a n Whether "Turkey Buzzard" w a s
Francisco scene, he knew intended as W e l c h ' s last will a n d
S n y d e r a n d W h a l e n at R e e d t e s t a m e n t b e c a m e m o o t , for his
College in Portland, O r e g o n . H i s b o d y w a s n e v e r found. In M a y o f
B . A . thesis— p r a i s e d b y W i l l i a m 1971, suffering from morbid
Carlos W i l l i a m s , o n w h o m W e l c h depression b u t at the p e a k o f his
foisted a c o p y d u r i n g a l e c t u r e career, W e l c h disappeared with
appearance—was on Gertrude h i s rifle i n t o t h e w o o d s . B e f o r e
Stein, m a t r i a r c h o f a generation l o n g , S n y d e r f o u n d a n e n t r y in
that w a s L o s t i f n o t quite B e a t . Welch's journal, appointing a
W e l c h w e n t o n to w r i t e a d c o p y literary executor, Donald Allen,
for M o n t g o m e r y W a r d in the a n d l a m e n t i n g a w a s t e d life b u t
1950s, where he actually adding, "I w e n t Southwest.
p e n n e d the p i t h y s l o g a n w o r t h y Goodbye." Search parties were
o f Stein, "Raid Kills B u g s D e a d " unsuccessful, even with their
(still in use t o d a y o f c o u r s e ) . F o r field n a r r o w e d to a quarter o f the
W e l c h , this p h r a s e w a s a s o r t o f c o m p a s s . It i s still a m a t t e r o f
Z e n koan a b o u t t h e f o o d - c h a i n debate whether Lew Welch
at its m o s t u n n a t u r a l . H e w a s to m a n a g e d to kill h i m s e l f w h e r e n o
develop the theme in his later one w o u l d e v e r find h i m or
w o r k , as h e s t u d i e d m y s t i c i s m w h e t h e r h e s i m p l y "dropped out"
w i t h S n y d e r a n d , i n his p o e m s . o f society.

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 T h i s has given rise t o a n u m b e r o f r u m o r s as to
WELCH WENT ON T O WRITE AD COPY
W e l c h ' s w h e r e a b o u t s . F o u r or five y e a r s later, Snyder,
z o n i n g o u t in his sauna, h a d a "vision" o f a v i s i t from FOR MONTGOMERY WARD IN THE 1 9 5 0 S ,
W e l c h , described in his p o e m " F o r / F r o m Lew": WHERE HE ACTUALLY PENNED THE PITHY
SLOGAN WORTHY O F STEIN, "RAID KILLS
L e w W e l c h j u s t turned u p o n e day, BUGS DEAD" (STILL IN USE TODAY OF
live as y o u a n d m e . ' D a m n , L e w ' I said,
COURSE). FOR W E L C H , THIS PHRASE WAS
' y o u didn't s h o o t y o u r s e l f after all.'
"Yes I did' h e said, A SORT OF ZEN KOAN ABOUT THE FOOD-
a n d e v e n then I felt the tingling d o w n m y b a c k . CHAIN AT ITS MOST UNNATURAL,
~Yes y o u did, t o o ' I said— T can feel it n o w . ' four y e a r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e M i d w e s t a n d t h e N o r t h e a s t .
Snyder's phrasing w o u l d m a k e sense, though, i f W e l c h
T h e w h o l e m y s t e r y is r e i n f o r c e d b y the h a d c o n t i n u e d to p u r s u e his I n t e r e s t in Eastern
p o s t h u m o u s p u b l i c a t i o n o f a t a l k W e l c h g a v e at Reed
mysticism by escaping s o m e h o w to A s i a (roughly
College on March 30, 1971,
short months before his southwest), s o m e t i m e , say, after his forty-fifth birthday,
d i s a p p e a r a n c e . I n it, h e w h i c h w a s three m o n t h s after h e disappeared. H i s plans
waxes enthusiastically in 1950 to escape t o Chile to avoid the draft, revealed in
about poetry but then letters w r i t t e n t o his m o t h e r at the time, w o u l d support
cuts short at the height
this t e n d e n c y in W e l c h . T h e r e ' s n o proof that he w e n t to
of an a n g r y tirade
against society and A s i a , but it's the o n l y scenario t h a t m a k e s sense In light
organized religion. of Snyder's o d d statement.
D o n Allen, w h o edited T h e strangest part o f the w h o l e story w a s sworn
the v o l u m e , referred in to m e b y a n a c q u a i n t a n c e o f m i n e , the o n e w h o tracked
his p r e f a c e to the d o w n D o n A l l e n in a r a t h e r aggressive w a y in the early
"faithful transcription" 1 9 8 0 s to t r y t o g e t t o t h e b o t t o m o f t h e i s s u e o f the
but it was later missing parts o f his R e e d talk. T h i s a c q u a i n t a n c e w a s
discovered that the w o r k i n g at a d i n e r in M a d i s o n , W i s c o n s i n , shortly after
second half o f the talk his c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h Allen and w a s startled by a
had been omitted grizzled-looking c u s t o m e r w h o c a m e in, w a l k e d right u p
without comment. to h i m , a n d s a i d , p e e r i n g i n t o h i s e y e s , "If y o u h a v e
Allen says he k n e w s o m e t h i n g y o u ' d l i k e to a s k m e , a s k it n o w . " M y
a b o u t it b u t d i d n ' t a c q u a i n t a n c e t h o u g h t the s t r a n g e r l o o k e d familiar but
t h i n k the deleted parts w a s too taken a b a c k t o s a y a n y t h i n g e x c e p t that h e had
added much. nothing to ask h i m and didn't k n o w w h a t he meant.
H o w e v e r , it's all t h e r e T h e customer h u n g a r o u n d for a few m i n u t e s a n d then
on the cassette tape left a n d n e v e r r e t u r n e d . M y a c q u a i n t a n c e c l a i m s the
from which the m a n l o o k e d like a n o l d e r , m o r e b e d r a g g l e d v e r s i o n o f
transcript w a s m a d e , o n Lew Welch.
Side B . S o m e think the W h e t h e r he's in J a p a n , Tibet, o r W i s c o n s i n , or
clues to W e l c h ' s plans for in a ravine in the Sierras s w e p t u n r e c o g n i z a b l y b a c k into
h i m s e l f a r e in this the food-chain he revered, W e l c h ' s p o e t r y still s p e a k s to
suppressed material. us. He w a s a tireless critic o f m e c h a n i z e d A m e r i c a n
And Gary society, and m a y b e after all h e d i d fulfill the p r o m i s e o f
Snyder's odd remark o n e of his earlier ruminations:
in his preface to
Welch's Selected Y o u can't fix it. Y o u can't m a k e it g o a w a y .
Poems that "of his I don't k n o w w h a t y o u ' r e going to d o about it,
forty-five years of life B u t I k n o w w h a t I'm going t o d o about it. I'm j u s t
in the west [Welch] going to w a l k a w a y from it. M a y b e
gave twenty-one to A small part o f it w i l l die if I'm not a r o u n d
poetry" ( e m p h a s i s m i n e )
confuses the issue. N o w , feeding it a n y m o r e .
W e l c h w a s forty-four w h e n
he disappeared into the C h r i a R o t h ' s r a d i o p r o g r a m . In Advance of the
woods. That discrepancy Landing can b e h e a r d o n W H K P in Chicago and
aside, it's unclear w h a t S n y d e r s u r r o u n d i n g e n v i r o n s of M o n d a y afternoons.
m e a n s b y "the west": W e l c h n e v e r w e n t to the Orient as
S n y d e r did, a n d y e t h e lived all over the U . S . in his forty-

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 Q: W h a t e v i d e n c e d o y o u see that indicates A I D S is a
The Silent m a n m a d e , genetically e n g i n e e r e d disease?

Holocaust: Alan A T h e idea that A I D S w a s created b y c o m b i n i n g viruses

is explosive, so as time g o e s by, I've tried to defend m y
idea that A I D S is m a n m a d e b y l o o k i n g at it in terms of
Cantwell Jr.. M D , "Is this e p i d e m i c a n a t u r a l or an unnatural
p h e n o m e n o n ? " I b e l i e v e A I D S is m a n m a d e b e c a u s e
On AIDS what happened historically in A I D S could never have
h a p p e n e d in t e r m s o f w h a t w e k n o w a b o u t e p i d e m i c
disease. For e x a m p l e , h o w do y o u get a disease that
A N I N T E R V I E W BY G . J . KRUPEY targets o n l y w h i t e g a y m e n ? W h e n A I D S started, o n l y
y o u n g , w h i t e , healthy, w e l l e d u c a t e d h o m o s e x u a l m e n in
M a n h a t t a n w e r e effected. T h a t is a very, v e r y select
For the last half decade, Alan Cantwell Jr., M.D. has g r o u p o f people. A n d at the s a m e time, w e w e r e told that
been on the forefront of the attempt to illuminate the this disease c a m e from b l a c k s in Africa. Scientists agree
true origin of AIDS, a position that he shares with that African A I D S is primarily a heterosexual disease
precious few others. The mainstream media continues to b e c a u s e half the people w i t h A I D S are m e n and h a l f are
buy into the official Center for Disease Control view, w o m e n . O n e o f the k e y questions y o u h a v e to ask is h o w
originally theorized by Dr. Robert Gallo, MD, while the so d o y o u take a black heterosexual e p i d e m i c in Africa and
called "alternative" media fawns over an alleged "medical t u r n it i n t o a w h i t e m a l e h o m o s e x u a l e p i d e m i c i n
heretic" like Dr. Peter Duesberg, PhD., who claims HIV M a n h a t t a n ? O f course, virologists ignore this. Virologists
has nothing to do with AIDS. Meanwhile, Dr. Cantwell, a r g u e , "Well, a c c o r d i n g t o the m o l e c u l a r b a s i s o f H I V
along with his mentor and ally. Dr. Robert Strecker, MD, and the molecular w e i g h t , etc.", a n d they totally ignore
continues to wage a lonely and often desperate crusade the issue o f m a n - m a d e A I D S . S o I really t h i n k that these
to prove to the world that AIDS is neither the result of an so called A I D S experts m u s t a n s w e r questions about the
African monkey virus jumping species, or of the auto origin o f A I D S . B u t let's t h r o w o u t all this h o m o p h o b i c
destruct lifestyle of gay men, but of a deliberate and and sexist bullshit that s u r r o u n d s A I D S . I a m a m a z e d at
covert action undertaken by someone or some group seeing all the h o m o p h o b i c , w a c k o sexist science w h i c h is
within the power elite to eliminate undesirable still b e i n g printed. W h e n I r e a d s o m e h i g h l y r e g a r d e d
populations. Their tool, their weapon, a mysterious, A I D S b o o k s , I s a y t o myself, "Jesus Christ! N o w I k n o w
formerly unknown virus that appeared seemingly out of h o w the N a z i s did it!" A s far as I'm c o n c e r n e d , p a r t o f
nowhere to produce the most fatal and dreaded plague of A I D S science is N a z i science.
modem times, a genetically engineered disease, not a
product of nature. It is a view that few wish to ponder.
Q: W h a t a b o u t D r . P e t e r D u e s b e r g s a y i n g t h a t H I V
Dr. Cantwell is a dermatologist and cancer researcher doesn't c a u s e A I D S ? H e s e e m s to b e the n e w m e d i a -
who had extensive experience with diagnosing Kaposi's a p p r o v e d e x p e r t s i n c e Gallo fell f r o m g r a c e .
sarcoma (KS), the skin cancer frequently
seen in AIDS victims, long before the AIDS A A s far as I'm concerned, s o m e o f
era. His research led him to identify a D u e s b e r g ' s a r g u m e n t s a r e off the
cancer microbe in KS, a pleomorphic (shape wall. Scientists h a v e b e e n q u i c k to
changing) organism that exists in the cells carefully e x p l a i n w h y D u e s b e r g is
of all living creatures, and which mimics w r o n g , b u t t h e y totally i g n o r e the
both a virus and a bacterium. Dr. Cantwell p e o p l e w h o s a y t h a t A I D S is
later identified this microbe in the diseased biological w a r f a r e , o r t h e y dismiss
tissue of AIDS patients. Initially a skeptic t h e m as paranoid. Virologists claim
on the theory of AIDS as deliberate that t h e y don't h a v e the technology
biological warfare, he changed his opinion to e n g i n e e r A I D S , w h i c h is not
after meeting Dr. Robert Strecker, one of the necessarily true. Stocks of bio-
earliest outspoken proponents of the theory, engineering c o m p a n i e s w e r e offered
in 1986. Dr. Cantwell has written four to the p u b l i c as e a r l y as 1981, the
books on the subject, A I D S : T h e M y s t e r y AIDS y e a r that the A I D S e p i d e m i c
A n d T h e S o l u t i o n (1984), A I D S a n d t h e b e c a m e official. N o w y o u k n o w that
D o c t o r s o f D e a t h (1988), The Cancer something must have been going
M i c r o b e (1990), and most recently, Q u e e r o n in the b i o - e n g i n e e r i n g field for a
Blood: T h e Secret A I D S Genocide Plot few y e a r s before 1981 because
(1993). Dr. Cantwell has also written over t h e s e s t o c k s s k y r o c k e t e d in price
thirty papers on cancer and/or AIDS for overnight.
various medical journals.
N o t o n l y that, b u t m u c h of
ALAN CANTWELL JR., M.D. the b i o t e c h n o l o g y used b y the

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biological w a r f a r e p e o p l e h a s a l w a y s b e e n classified as
secret. T h e results o f b i o w a r f a r e e x p e r i m e n t s , a n d the
technology, are k e p t secret from the public. Physicians
naively think if a b i o m e d i c a l d i s c o v e r y or experiment is
n o t in t h e m e d i c a l l i t e r a t u r e , it d o e s n ' t e x i s t . T h a t ' s
r i d i c u l o u s l T h e r e a r e t h i n g s g o i n g o n in s c i e n c e t h a t
never get into the medical library books. I have been
i n t e r e s t e d in b i o l o g i c a l w a r f a r e for s o m e t i m e . I h a v e
never s e e n a n article explaining w h a t the U S biological
warfare p r o g r a m is accomplishing. H a v e y o u ?
Q: N o t t h a t I c a n recall.
y o u g e t s i c k b e c a u s e t h e g o v e r n m e n t h a s to c o n d u c t
atomic testing to save u s all from c o m m u n i s m , then it's
God's will.
T h e r e a l i t y is t h a t g o v e r n m e n t e x p e r i m e n t s c a n
injure people. Despite all this, p e o p l e still say, "Oh, the
g o v e r n m e n t w o u l d never d o that!" A n d they continue to
believe the g o v e r n m e n t "experts".
Q: I d o n ' t k n o w w h e t h e r y o u ' r e f a m i l i a r w i t h the
theory of D r . S t e p h e n Caiazza? [See "Alternative
A I D S C u r e s " b y G . J . K r u p e y in Steamshovel Press
#5, S u m m e r 1992]

A : T h e r e ' s b e e n a few historical articles in Covert Action A O h y e s , Caiazza believed that A I D S w a s syphilis. For
Information Bulletin, b u t t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c is n o t many reasons, I never believed A I D S w a s syphilis.
i n f o r m e d a b o u t the g o v e r n m e n t ' s b i o w a r f a r e p r o g r a m ; Caiazza believed massive d o s e s o f penicillin m i g h t help
plus w e k n o w , a n d this is n o t paranoia, that g o v e r n m e n t A I D S . H e later died o f A I D S , ironically.
scientists lie t h r o u g h their teeth. I j u s t recently read a
n e w b o o k c a l l e d American Ground Q: A r e a n y alternative A I D S cures
Zero, w r i t t e n b y C a r o l e Gallagher, a or t r e a t m e n t s v i a b l e in y o u r
y o u n g w o m a n w h o w e n t to U< opinion?
to interview p e o p l e d a m a g e d
b y n u c l e a r tests c o n d u c t e d A: Well, that's a hard
at the N e v a d a test site q u e s t i o n . M y f e e l i n g is t h a t
during the late 1940s and holistic therapies alone are
into the 1950s. O f course n o t s u c c e s s f u l in t r e a t i n g
the g o v e r n m e n t told these AIDS. This is a
p e o p l e w h o b e c a m e ill f r o m generalization, but people
r a d i a t i o n fallout t h a t t h e r e w h o d o the b e s t , u t i l i z e the
was absolutely nothing proven therapies that
wrong. N o w w e k n o w that p h y s i c i a n s offer, a n d also
many, m a n y p e o p l e in the utilize dietary and nutritional
S o u t h w e s t w e r e injured d u e programs that holistic
to o u r atomic testing practitioners offer. T h e r e are
program. One document long' term survivors.
that Gallagher obtained H o w e v e r , e v e n the long term
through the F r e e d o m o f survivors, i f y o u follow t h e m
Information A c t referred to long e n o u g h , get into trouble.
these people as a "low use There are s o m e exceptions,
s e g m e n t of the population as far as I k n o w , A I D S is like
o t h e r w o r d s , if a certain n u m b e r o f fatal. It's possible to h a v e H I V ,
p e o p l e in t h i s s p a r s e l y p o p u l a t e d a n d to have A I D S , a n d to g o on for a
area get sick, well, that's t o u g h shit. long t i m e . Y o u m a y h a v e heard a b o u t
DR. ALAN CANTWELL Michael Callen. He's a long term
Q: T h e y w e r e e x p e n d a b l e . s u r v i v o r , a n d is a w e l l k n o w n
s p o k e s m a n for alternative t r e a t m e n t for A I D S . He's very,
A : O f course, y o u had all these g o v e r n m e n t experts v e r y antl-AZT. In the past y e a r or two, he's c o m e d o w n
flying in, telling t h e s e people, it's all in y o u r m i n d , a n d w i t h K a p o s i ' s s a r c o m a , i n t e r n a l l y . In fact, I h a v e j u s t
w e didn't d o that. A n d it's very, v e r y interesting b e c a u s e read a n article written b y Callen, saying that h e h a s j u s t
w e are w i t n e s s i n g a g o v e r n m e n t p r o g r a m t h a t d o e s n ' t come back from the dead. He took a new form of
give a shit about white, heterosexual Americans. T h e c h e m o t h e r a p y , w h i c h he w a s v e r y m u c h a g a i n s t in
damaged were also primarily Mormon. The Mormon principle. B u t h e h a d n o choice, a n d the c h e m o t h e r a p y
c h u r c h believes the U S g o v e r n m e n t is divinely inspired. w a s successful. N o w he's gotten a n e w lease o n life. He's
In o t h e r w o r d s , y o u don't m e s s w i t h the activities o f the lasted a long time, and he's written a b o o k called
U S government. T h e government sanctions and allows Surviving AIDS. H i s long term survival is miraculous, but
M o r m o n s to freely practice their religion, and, o f course, the b o t t o m line is that his p r o g n o s i s is still poor.
the g o v e r n m e n t p u m p s a l o t o f m o n e y i n t o S a l t L a k e N o o n e h a s t h e a n s w e r to A I D S . F o r y e a r s I h a v e
City, so that the M o r m o n religion and the U S s t u d i e d t h e s o c a l l e d " c a n c e r m i c r o b e " w h i c h is the
government are closely allied, not only on a spiritual b a c t e r i u m associated w i t h cancer. T h e m i c r o b e is also
level, b u t o n a n e c o n o m i c level. T h e concept is, well, if important In A I D S , In that, these bacteria are v e r y active

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In the p a t h o l o g y o f A I D S . Unfortunately, scientific w o r k
s h o w i n g c a n c e r b a c t e r i a in Kaposi's sarcoma, a n d A I D S
h a s b e e n totally ignored. S o I h a v e these t w o crosses to SO I HAVE THESE TWO CROSSES TO BEAR,
bear, I h a v e this k n o w l e d g e that A I D S is m a n m a d e , a n d I HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT AIDS IS MAN
that it h a s a v e r y close relationship to cancer in t e r m s o f
MADE, AND THAT IT HAS A VERY CLOSE RELA­
being caused, in part, b y cancer bacteria. W e don't d o
v e r y well treating cancer. N o w , i f w e don't d o well w i t h TIONSHIP TO CANCER IN TERMS OF BEING
cancer, w h y w o u l d it b e e x p e c t e d that w e w o u l d d o w e l l
CAUSED, IN PART, BY CANCER BACTERIA.
w i t h A I D S ? A c t u a l l y , treating cancer is a little bit simpler
because at least the patient has an i m m u n e system,
w h e r e a s In the e n d stages o f A I D S , the patient has n o physics, b u t h e s e e m s sincere. H e is, I think, privy t o
i m m u n e s y s t e m . S o I'm v e r y negative in terms o f cures secret and classified information. One should pay
for A I D S . attention to his ideas. I ' m not saying to people, "Look,
b e c a u s e D r . C a n t w e l l s a y s A I D S is m a n m a d e y o u
Doctor Strecker believes H I V was produced by
s h o u l d b e l i e v e A I D S is m a n m a d e " , b u t if y o u ' r e
m a n i p u l a t i n g cancer causing viruses, s u c h as the b o v i n e
i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e h e a l t h o f t h e p l a n e t , a n d a b o u t the
l e u k e m i a v i r u s . E v e n G a l l o s a y s A I D S is b a s i c a l l y a
origin o f A I D S , y o u s h o u l d at least r e a d w h a t I h a v e to
variant o f cancer.
say. Y o u h a v e to c o m e to y o u r o w n conclusion. B u t in
o r d e r to c o m e to the c o n c l u s i o n that A I D S is m a n m a d e ,
9 : A r e y o u a w a r e of G a s t o n N a e s s e n s ? [Steamshovel
y o u h a v e t o o p e n y o u r m i n d to certain facts, and s o m e of
Debris: In 1989, the C a n a d i a n g o v e r n m e n t tried
the facts that m i g h t lead to this conclusion, are
N a e s s e n s for allegedly p e d d l i n g a fake cancer a n d
very...evil. Y o u m u s t be aware that so called "good"
AIDS cure, an intralymphatically-injected camphor-
people can d o evil things. A n d y o u h a v e t o b e a w a r e that
b a s e d c o m p o u n d he called 714-X. Naessens was
this has h a p p e n e d , a n d that it is happening, and t h a t it
acquitted after m a n y w i t n e s s e s testified that 714-X
will continue to h a p p e n u n l e s s people s p e a k out against
had cured or alleviated the disease in t h e m .
it! G e n o c i d e p r o g r a m s , holocausts, h a p p e n over a n d over
N a e s s e n s ' t h e o r y of a " s o m a t i d cycle", i n v o l v i n g a
a n d o v e r again. A n d the r e a s o n they o c c u r is b e c a u s e
sub microscopic, s u b c e l l u l a r o r g a n i s m responsible for
m o s t people stay silent a n d don't w a n t to g e t involved.
d e g e n e r a t i v e d i s e a s e s b e a r s s i m i l a r i t y to D r .
Cantwell's c a n c e r m i c r o b e hypothesis.)
Q: W e l l , it a l s o s e e m s s o m e p e o p l e t h i n k that w h e n it
h a p p e n s t o t h e i r p e o p l e i t ' s g e n o c i d e , w h e n it
A : I a m a w a r e o f N a e s s e n s ' w o r k . H e also doesn't p l a y
h a p p e n s to o t h e r s , it's t o u g h l u c k . I r e m e m b e r
w i t h a full d e c k . H i s m i c r o s c o p i c w o r k i s i n t i m a t e l y
r e a d i n g s o m e t h i n g in The New Republic, I believe it
related t o the w o r k o f o t h e r scientists , b u t y o u n e v e r
w a s , in w h i c h a J e w i s h a u t h o r w a s actually a g h a s t at
w o u l d k n o w it from r e a d i n g w h a t h e writes.
someone's c o m p a r i s o n of the Turkish atrocities
a g a i n s t the A r m e n i a n s in the l a t e 19th c e n t u r y to
Q: S u p p o s e d l y h e b a s e d h i s m i c r o s c o p e o n t h e R o y a l
the Holocaust. He w a s maintaining that only the
Rife m i c r o s c o p e , b u t his is m o r e p o w e r f u l w i t h b e t t e r
N a z i slaughter of J e w s w a s t r u e g e n o c i d e , a n d other
resolution.
c a s e s w e r e . . . w e l l , it w a s the e q u i v a l e n t of s a y i n g that
w h e n it h a p p e n s to s o m e o n e else it's n o t as b a d as
A : W e l l , y e a h . A l l these discoveries a r e interconnected. I
w h e n it h a p p e n s to u s .
think N a e s s e n s ' w o r k h a s t r e m e n d o u s potential. I j u s t
w i s h he w o u l d e x p l a i n to p e o p l e that his w o r k is a p a r t -

o f a b i g g e r picture. A S o m e p e o p l e think the H o l o c a u s t is special, that it

s h o u l d o n l y b e referred to a s [ h a p p e n i n g o n l y t o ] the
J e w s . I personally feel that A I D S is a n o t h e r rerun o f the
Q: A r e y o u a w a r e of t h e A I D S a s S o v i e t b i o l o g i c a l
Holocaust. S o m e writers s a y It is w r o n g to equate A I D S
warfare theory of T h o m a s Bearden? (Steamshovel
w i t h the H o l o c a u s t . I believe m u r d e r is m u r d e r . It's like
D e b r i s : A f o r m e r h i g h r a n k i n g m i l i t a r y officer a n d
trying to m a k e A I D S a special disease. W e l l , it is special
p h y s i c i s t , B e a r d e n ' s AIDS: Biological Warfare was
In that w e w a n t to g e t to the root o f it. B u t I don't think
printed i n 1988 b y Tesla B o o k C o . , P O B o x 121873,
the d e a t h o f o n e g r o u p is m o r e Important than the death
Chula Vista, C A 91912.)
of another. Hitler realized that if the T u r k s could get
a w a y w i t h exterminating A r m e n i a n s , t h e n he could get
A: Yeah, I know T o m Bearden. That book w a s written
a w a y w i t h e x t e r m i n a t i n g J e w s . A n d he a l m o s t s u c c e e d e d
before h e m e t m e a n d k n e w a b o u t m y b o o k s . T o m e ,
c o m p l e t e l y ! I f t h e w o r l d c o m m u n i t y t o o k a firm s t a n d
a n y o n e w h o w r i t e s a b o u t A I D S b e i n g biological warfare
a g a i n s t this sort o f thing, g e n o c i d e p r o g r a m s w o u l d n ' t
Is w o r t h reading. It gets p e o p l e to think, "What if?" a n d if
continue the w a y they h a v e .
y o u talk to T o m Bearden, he's a brilliant m a n with
u n b e l i e v a b l e i d e a s . I t h o u g h t to myself, "God, i f thirty
p e r c e n t o f w h a t T o m B e a r d e n s a y s is true, G o d h e l p Q: G e t t i n g b a c k to T h o m a s B e a r d e n , d o y o u k n o w if
us!" I like his intellect. It's h a r d for m e to u n d e r s t a n d all he still b e l i e v e s the S o v i e t s w e r e b e h i n d A I D S ?
his ideas because I've a l w a y s had a hard time w i t h
A" It's h a r d to say. I don't really k n o w . Y o u ' d h a v e to ask

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h i m . I don't believe that [theory].

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Q: I d o n ' t either. B e a r d e n w r o t e t h a t a l t h o u g h A I D S
w a s a p r o d u c t of F o r t D e t r i c k ( S t e a m s h o v e l Debris:
the U S A r m y ' s biological warfare research center P . 0 . <f B 0°X °2 4 2
n e a r F r e d e r i c k , M a r y l a n d . A p o r t i o n of the facility is
FORT B R A G G , CA 9 5 4 3 7
o c c u p i e d b y t h e N a t i o n a l C a n c e r Institute's r e s e a r c h
l a b s , u n d e r the direction of the N a t i o n a l Institute of
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w o r k o f S o v i e t infiltrators. Y e t h e n e v e r m e n t i o n e d
Wolf S z m u n e s s (the Soviet refugee defector w h o
h e a d e d t h e 1978 h e p a t i t i s B v a c c i n e t r i a l s in N e w
Y o r k C i t y , f r o m w h i c h m a n y of the first A I D S cases
emerged), w h o would be the perfect scapegoat for T h e P e r l e c n t i o i t S- T r i a l o f G a s t o n
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A : In t h e H B O film, he w a s also p r e s e n t at the L a s s a
fever virus o u t b r e a k in Africa in the seventies. A n d he's
also the link with the p r e - A I D S feline l e u k e m i a
experiments.
Q: T h a t w a s w i t h M a x Essex, the veterinarian at
Harvard?
A : Exactly.
Q: A n d E s s e x is a c o m p a t r i o t of Gallo's.
A : A n d y o u h a v e t o a s k y o u r s e l f , w h y is t h e s e c o n d
leading authority on A I D S a veterinarian? W h e n
S t r e c k e r s a y s " A I D S c a m e from a n a n i m a l virus", the
experts all d e n y it.
Q: G e t t i n g b a c k to the H B O v e r s i o n of R a n d y Shirts'
b o o k , S h i l t s is b e s t k n o w n f o r t h e " P a t i e n t Z e r o "
t h e o r y , t h a t this airline s t e w a r d G a e t a n D u g a s w a s
the T y p h o i d M a r y of A I D S , s p r e a d i n g it all over the
w o r l d , infecting p e o p l e h e h a d s e x w i t h . T h i s s t o r y
g e t s p o r t r a y e d o n n a t i o n a l T V to m u c h publicity, a n d
people w h o haven't read his book, or would never
r e a d it o r a n y b o o k o n A I D S will see the s h o w , a n d
they're g o i n g to t h i n k t h i s is all there is to k n o w .
A : R a n d y S h i l t s is c o n s i d e r e d t h e n u m b e r o n e A I D S
r e p o r t e r i n A m e r i c a . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , h e is c u r r e n t l y ill
w i t h A I D S . (Steamshovel Debris: R a n d y Shilts died o f
A I D S at age 42 in m i d - F e b r u a r y 1994, after this
i n t e r v i e w w a s c o n d u c t e d . ) B u t h e gets his information
from the government A I D S experts. His book, w h i c h
included the "Patient Zero" story w a s w i l d l y successful.
T h e t a b l o i d s l o v e d t h e " P a t i e n t Z e r o " story, a n d g a v e
Shilts great publicity. O f course, y o u have to ask
y o u r s e l f w h y s o m a n y g o v e r n m e n t doctors w e r e carefully
tracking people's sexual lives? W h a t w a s the cost to t a x
p a y e r s t o follow "Patient Z e r o " all a r o u n d the c o u n t r y
a n d to i n t e r v i e w all the p e o p l e h e h a d s e x w i t h ? T h a t
should tell y o u s o m e t h i n g , right?
P a r t o f the e x p l a n a t i o n for t h a t is t h a t the
g o v e r n m e n t k n e w exactly w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d , t h e y
k n e w exactly h o w the A I D S virus w a s seeded into the
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EXIST. T H A T ' S RIDICULOUS!
gay c o m m u n i t y , a n d they w a n t e d to find o u t exactly h o w
c o n t a g i o u s t h i s H I V v i r u s w a s . B u t w h a t I t h i n k is
strange, is that t h e y n e v e r w a n t e d t o trace a n y g a y m a n
b a c k t o the hepatitis B v a c c i n e p r o g r a m , w h e r e the A I D S
v i r u s w a s introduced.
9: W h y d o e s t h e J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t , o f a l l
g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s , h a v e the r e c o r d s of the
hepatitis B vaccine trials, and w h y are they
classified? S h o u l d n ' t t h o s e r e c o r d s b e l o n g to a
medical agency?
A : Well, those m e d i c a l records o f those g a y m e n are
confidential. Y o u can't get that information. I talked to a
p r o d u c e r o f 20/20 o r 60 Minutes I can't r e m e m b e r , it
w a s a couple o f y e a r s a g o . H i s a r g u m e n t w a s "Well, w e
tried to c h e c k out y o u r story, b u t the government's not
cooperating." A n d I said, "But y o u g u y s h a v e the n u m b e r
one investigative reporting s h o w o n T V . D i d y o u expect
the g o v e r n m e n t to cooperate w i t h y o u r investigation?" I
m e a n , c o m e o n ! It w a s s o o b v i o u s that the p r o d u c e r w a s
afraid t o d o the story. T h e m e d i a doesn't w a n t to touch
the A I D S is m a n m a d e story. I t h i n k the r e a s o n w h y they
don't w a n t to tackle this story is b e c a u s e it is really the
m o s t logical a n d the s i m p l e s t a n d the m o s t scientific
explanation for h o w a n d w h y A I D S h a p p e n e d .
T h e a v e r a g e A m e r i c a n isn't stupid, it's j u s t t h a t they
h a v e n ' t b e e n g i v e n i n f o r m a t i o n . A n d t h e n y o u h a v e to
a s k yourself, w h y h a s n ' t the public b e e n given certain
b a s i c information. A n d t h e n y o u h a v e t o a s k yourself,
why hasn't the public been given certain basic
information o n the origin o f A I D S ? A n y b o d y w h o studies
the m e d i a k n o w s the m e d i a is allied w i t h b i g business.
B i g b u s i n e s s i s a l l i e d w i t h t h e g o v e r n m e n t , a n d the
m e d i a is In b e d w i t h the g o v e r n m e n t .
Q: R i g h t , notice h o w m a n y r e p o r t e r s will get j o b s as
government spokespeople whenever a new
administration comes in.
A : Exactly, m y feeling a b o u t investigative j o u r n a l i s m
n o w a d a y s is It's rapidly b e c o m i n g an o x y m o r o n .
Q: W e l l , a s if to u n d e r s c o r e y o u r point, in y o u r b o o k s
y o u cite t w o m e d i c a l p r o g r a m s d o w n p l a y e d or
i g n o r e d b y t h e m e d i a a s the m o s t l i k e l y s o u r c e s of
A I D S I n t r o d u c t i o n i n t o the p o p u l a t i o n . T h i s is the
hepatitis B vaccine trials which you postulate
i n t r o d u c e d A I D S into t h e g a y w h i t e m a l e c o m m u n i t y
in the U S , a n d the W o r l d Health Organization's
smallpox vaccine campaign which introduced AIDS
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into central A f r i c a , a n d b o t h of w h i c h t o o k place i n
the 1970s. C o u l d y o u elaborate further on these
"When the world is pregnant with programs?
lies, a secret long hidden
will be revealed." A : E p i d e m l o l o g i c a l l y , A I D S In t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s traces
b a c k to the hepatitis B v a c c i n e trials held in N e w Y o r k ,
w h i c h took p l a c e in the fall o f 1978 a n d w e n t t h r o u g h to
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD 1980. S o w e ' r e talking a b o u t a p e r i o d o f a y e a r a n d a
by half w h e r e y o u n g g a y m a l e s w e r e injected in this
Mark L. Mirabello, Ph.D. experiment. G a y m e n w e r e first d i a g n o s e d w i t h A I D S in
N e w Y o r k , in M a n h a t t a n , and t h e n S a n Francisco, a n d
later o n L o s A n g e l e s . A n d these w e r e the sites w h e r e the
$11.45 (postpaid) from Holmes y e a r before the e x p e r i m e n t s t o o k p l a c e .
Publishing Group, Postal Box 623,
T h e g o v e r n m e n t , a n d its scientists, particularly Dr.
Edmonds, Washington 9802 0. Gallo, w o u l d like y o u to believe that this disease
Visa/Mastercard telephone originated in Africa, a n d in s o m e fashion, e n d e d u p in
(206) 771-2701. the g a y c o m m u n i t y in A m e r i c a . A n d the tie in, as I
d i s c u s s i n m y b o o k s , s t r i k i n g l y h a r k e n s b a c k to t h e
"A conspiracy of equals" hepatitis B experiment w h i c h t o o k place at the time
when gay m e n w e r e coming out as a vocal group
d e m a n d i n g equal rights, and as soon as they w e r e
c o m i n g out, m a n y o f t h e m w e r e solicited t o take part in
this e x p e r i m e n t , the result o f w h i c h w a s the A I D S
epidemic. T h i s w a s interesting b e c a u s e the g o v e r n m e n t
BSf* EIDOS MAGAZINE traced the spread o f the H I V v i r u s in the g a y c o m m u n i t y
primarily b y using the blood o f gay m e n w h o had
"America's foremost" sexual freedom-erotic entertainment militant
alternative grassroots sex news 'zlne for free thinking consenting deposited b l o o d for the hepatitis v a c c i n e study.
'sex anarchist" adults of all eroto-sexual orientations, preferences,
lifestyles. Pro-Human, Constitutional. CMI Rlghtsl Advocates
"evolutionary/revolutionary* political/cultural sex reform. Q: W a s hepatitis a p r o b l e m for g a y m e n at the t i m e ?
"Some of the best ads of any magazine."
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claimed that g a y people h a d b e e n infected w i t h hepatitis
EIDOS, POB 9 6 ,
through a major outbreak in the gay community. I
Boston, MA 02137-0096 USA
think this scare w a s the w a y the g o v e r n m e n t w a s able to
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Q: It w a s a l u r e .
A : Well, exactly. N o w that w e k n o w m o r e a b o u t the
hepatitis B , w e k n o w t h a t h e t e r o s e x u a l s h a v e the same
p r o b l e m a n d it s e e m s t o b e m o r e p r e v a l e n t i n t h e
straight c o m m u n i t y . T h i s w h o l e hepatitis B scare w a s a
w a y o f g e t t i n g g a y p e o p l e e x c i t e d a n d to g e t t h e m to
think t h e y h a v e to g e t this v a c c i n e to s a v e their lives, or
they'll die from hepatitis B . N o w I p e r s o n a l l y h a v e n e v e r
k n o w n o f a g a y m a n to die o f hepatitis B , a n d it s e e m s to
me that all the h o o p l a a b o u t hepatitis B in the g a y
c o m m u n i t y a n d the t h r e a t it r e p r e s e n t e d w a s n o t h i n g
c o m p a r e d to the h a v o c that r e s u l t e d from that
e x p e r i m e n t in terms o f the A I D S e p i d e m i c .
I don't k n o w o f a n y g a y m e n i n the 80s o r the 70s
that w e r e b u r y i n g their b r o t h e r s from hepatitis B , b u t I
sure k n e w a lot o f g a y s w h o w e r e b u r y i n g their b r o t h e r s
in the 8 0 s w i t h A I D S . I feel v e r y s t r o n g l y that a lot o f
that hepatitis B scare w a s hoopla. T h e y said t h e y w e r e
saving p e o p l e ' s lives from hepatitis B at the s a m e time
they w e r e giving p e o p l e H I V .
Q: T h e d o c t o r w h o o v e r s a w t h e hepatitis B v a c c i n e
trials. Wolf Szmuness, certainly seems like a
s u s p i c i o u s c h a r a c t e r . H i s list of p o t e n t i a l test
s u b j e c t s w a s so s t r a n g e b e c a u s e it i n c l u d e d d i v e r s e
groups that he must have k n o w n he w o u l d never be
able to a s s e m b l e in N e w Y o r k City, like E s k i m o s .
A : Well, t h a t w a s the point. It's a l m o s t like a cliche that
certain g r o u p s are r i d d l e d w i t h hepatitis B . T h a t ' s the
k i n d o f N a z i s c i e n c e t h a t m a k e s for g o o d e x p e r i m e n t a l
subjects. Y o u scare the shit o u t o f these people a n d y o u
do a w h o l e c o n d e m n a t i o n o f a certain k i n d o f culture or
lifestyle, a n d t h e n y o u z e r o in a n d p r o c l a i m that w e ' r e
going to s a v e y o u , a n d then y o u e x p e r i m e n t o n t h e m .
9: I w a s s u g g e s t i n g t h a t he really w a n t e d to u s e g a y
m e n from the start, a n d he j u s t m a d e u p this phony
list to s h o w t h a t h e h a d c o n s i d e r e d o t h e r s , b u t a s
they didn't really offer the s a m e possibilities, he
u s e d g a y m e n i n s t e a d . S o h e g o t the g r o u p he w a n t e d
to e x p e r i m e n t o n f r o m t h e start.
A : W e l l , p r o b a b l y not. I w o u l d n ' t s a y that for the m a n .
W h e n y o u d o s t u d y hepatitis B , it w a s quite o b v i o u s , in
those d a y s , t h a t certain g r o u p s h a d a h i g h p e r c e n t a g e o f
hepatitis B , particularly dentists. I think dentists in this
country h a v e the highest rate of hepatitis B infection
b e c a u s e they're a l w a y s p o k i n g a r o u n d in people's
mouths with needles and getting bitten. But I don't
think t h e y ever w e n t a r o u n d to p r o m i s c u o u s
heterosexuals, or into whorehouses, or even into V D
clinics at that time to d o studies o n p r o m i s c u o u s
h e t e r o s e x u a l s . N o w y o u r e a d in the n e w s p a p e r that t h e y
say, "Well, w e used to think that hepatitis B w a s a g a y
disease, n o w w e k n o w t h a t a n y o n e can get it." D o e s n ' t
that s o u n d familiar?
9: Y e s , b u t g e t t i n g b a c k t o S z m u n e s s , it s e e m e d to
m e that t h e r e a s o n w h y he p i c k e d g a y m e n for his
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test subjects was because he considered them
e x p e n d a b l e . D i d y o u g e t that i m p r e s s i o n ?
A : I don't q u i t e a g r e e w i t h that. I ' m p a r a n o i d , b u t not
quite t h a t p a r a n o i d . I t h i n k p r i m a r i l y b e c a u s e h e w a s
w o r k i n g o u t o f the N e w Y o r k C i t y b l o o d center, a n d as
y o u say, it's h a r d to find E s k i m o s in M a n h a t t a n , s o I
t h i n k that the fact that g a y p e o p l e w e r e s o available,
a n d i n s u c h l a r g e n u m b e r s , a n d t h a t h e w a s a b l e to
c h o o s e the m o s t p r o m i s c u o u s p e o p l e p r o b a b l y in the city
d e t e r m i n e d h i s c h o i c e . P l u s , i f y o u ' r e g o i n g to d o a n
experiment, it's i m p o r t a n t that y o u get reliable people to
e x p e r i m e n t o n . C e r t a i n l y , t h e y ' r e m u c h e a s i e r to d e a l
with than mental deficients or alcoholics, or kidney
disease patients. Plus he w o u l d say that he really
w a n t e d to test the v a c c i n e in a h e a l t h y population. W e l l ,
the i r o n y is that t h e r e w a s this c l i c h e that all
promiscuous gay m e n w e r e diseased or infected or
i m m u n o d e p p r e s s e d , a n d b a s i c a l l y that's bullshit. G a y
m e n in general w e r e e x t r e m e l y h e a l t h y then. S z m u n e s s
didn't w a n t a n y b o d y in his e x p e r i m e n t w h o wasn't.
9: A t that t i m e , g a y m e n w e r e a c t u a l l y quite h e a l t h
conscious, even obsessed, weren't they?
A : W e l l , as I said in A I D S and the Doctors of Death, at
least h a l f t h e m e n , d e s p i t e t h e i r n o t o r i e t y in t e r m s o f
sexual p r o m i s c u i t y h a d n e v e r h a d V D . W h a t people don't
u n d e r s t a n d is t h a t y o u c a n h a v e h u n d r e d s o f s e x
partners and never come down with gonorrhea of
syphilis or h e r p e s . S o m e p e o p l e are afraid t h a t i f they g o
to b e d w i t h s o m e b o d y , they're g o i n g to get a S T D . B u t
the reality is, there a r e m a n y people, a n d I'm sure y o u
k n o w s o m e , w h o h a v e a lot o f s e x partners a n d s i m p l y
n e v e r get a n y t h i n g . T h e n there a r e p e o p l e w h o g o o u t
and get laid three times a y e a r and c o m e d o w n w i t h
herpes, or gonorrhea, o r g e t p r e g n a n t .
But I think his reason for choosing these
homosexual m e n w a s that they w e r e responsible, and
they w e r e eager, a n d t h e y w e r e available.
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the national security s q u a d turns on the o v e r h e a d
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to the w o r l d w i d e b a t t l e i n v o l v i n g o n e m a n ' s efforts to
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computer masses.
Philip Z i m m e r m a n , o w n e r o f B o u l d e r S o f t w a r e
Engineering of Boulder, Colorado, utilized a public
d o m a i n m a t h e m a t i c a l formula called the R S A algorithm
(for its inventors, M e s s r s . Rivest, Shamir, a n d A d e l m a n )
to i n d e p e n d e n t l y d e v e l o p state o f the art "guerilla
freeware" for the m a s s e s c a l l e d P G P (for "Pretty G o o d
P r i v a c y " ) . Z i m m e r m a n h a s r a t i o n a l i z e d t h a t s i n c e the
military, the g o v e r n m e n t , a n d o r g a n i z e d crime all h a v e
access to c i y p t o g r a p h i c a l l y secure c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , t h a t
the c o m m o n p e r s o n s h o u l d h a v e the s a m e capabilities.
"When c r y p t o g r a p h y is o u t l a w e d , o n l y o u t l a w s w i l l h a v e
cryptography." N o t e that Z i m m e r m a n did not p r o d u c e a
piece o f software t h a t w o u l d b e sold. H e publicized the
R S A algorithm and the P G P source code, and waited
(successfully) for the information a g e a x i o m "information
w a n t s to b e free" to take over. It did.
In a w o r l d w h e r e c o m p a n i e s routinely claim the
right to m o n i t o r e m p l o y e e electronic m a i l a n d telephone
calls, a n d w h e r e p o s t - N i x o n i a n g o v e r n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y
use i l l e g a l l y o b t a i n e d i n f o r m a t i o n as l e v e r a g e for
attacking o p p o n e n t s (the m e d i a calls these "high placed
a n o n y m o u s sources"), the citizenry is the last to b e a b l e
to c o m m u n i c a t e privately.
In a recent Wall Street Journal article (April 2 8 ,
1994, p. 1), a u t h o r W i l l i a m B u l k e l e y cites electronic m a i l
from L a t v i a t h a n k i n g Z i m m e r m a n for c r e a t i n g P G P
w h i c h is u s e d to k e e p politically u n p o p u l a r information
from the local Polizei. "If dictatorship takes o v e r Russia,
y o u r P G P is w i d e s p r e a d from Baltic to F a r E a s t n o w a n d
will h e l p d e m o c r a t i c p e o p l e i f necessary."
A c o m m o n rallying cry b y the "cipherpunk"
c o m m u n i t y on the Internet discussion group
alt.security.pgp is "They'll h a v e to pry m y P G P from m y
cold, d e a d fingers." T h i s is the first U s e n e t d i s c u s s i o n
g r o u p in w h i c h I h a v e seen the term "dickwad" applied
to c o r r e s p o n d e n t s . Z i m m e r m a n h i m s e l f h a s c h i m e d i n
o n o c c a s i o n , t h o u g h his l a w y e r s h a v e a d v i s e d he k e e p
m u m w h i l e a F e d e r a l G r a n d J u r y probes his role in
exporting prohibited m u n i t i o n s . Y o u see, P G P as "public
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A L T . S E C U R I T Y . P G P IS " T H E Y ' L L
HAVE T O PRY MY PGP FROM MY
COLD, DEAD F I N G E R S . "
key cryptography" has been classified b y the State
D e p a r t m e n t a s a prohibited m u n i t i o n s . I n the borderless
w o r l d o f the Internet t e r m s s u c h as "international
export" are a b s u r d .
W h i l e Z i m m e r m a n m a y b e u n d e r the Federal
g u n for exporting w e a p o n r y , the F e d s t h e m s e l v e s have
a p p a r e n t l y e x p o r t e d the R S A a l g o r i t h m a n d p u b l i c k e y
cryptographic software in various engineering
p r o c e e d i n g s w i t h n o q u a l m s . T h e w a r b e i n g f o u g h t is
fraught w i t h y e t s t r a n g e r a n d s t r a n g e r twists and turns.
T h o s e unaffiliated w i t h s a n c t i o n e d b u s i n e s s or
government agencies s e e m to be m o s t likely to come
under attack. If y o u purchase the cryptographic
software from a n y o f the c o m p a n i e s h o l d i n g the patents
and copyrights, y o u are safe from h a r a s s m e n t - b u t are
y o u r c o m m u n i c a t i o n s safe? T h e s a m e p e o p l e b r i n g i n g
y o u the trust-us-we-won't- look-at-your-messages-
w i t h o u t - a - w a r r a n t C l i p p e r C h i p o n l y s e e m to h a v e a
p r o b l e m w i t h software, like P G P , w h i c h is i n d e p e n d e n t l y
developed and verified by an a m o r p h o u s cadre of
international cipherpunks as b e i n g free o f trap d o o r s . A
"trap door" is a h o o k in the software w h i c h w o u l d allow
"someone" to d e c o d e a m e s s a g e . T h e w h o l e p o i n t o f the
Clipper C h i p is to a l l o w the g o v e r n m e n t e a s y a c c e s s to
Clipper encrypted information.
Examples of harassment against PGP users
a b o u n d o n the Internet. In the U s e n e t discussion g r o u p
alt.security.pgp a user utilizing the n a m e of David
Sternlight, has even examined a pro-PGP user's
c o m p u t e r files in o r d e r t o r e p o r t t h a t s a i d u s e r h a s
illegal P G P software on his c o m p u t e r a c c o u n t a n d thus
s h o u l d h a v e h i s Internet contract r e v o k e d . "Sternlight"
has b e c o m e notorious a s a w e l l - s p o k e n , literate, clean-
cut o p p o n e n t ( w h o c l a i m s not t o b e a n o p p o n e n t ) to the
use o f w h a t h e considers illegal software in violation of
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the p r i m a r y w e a p o n s used b y the anti-cryptography
cabal (all u p s t a n d i n g citizens). S t r a n g e r twist is that the A National Conference of the
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BY K E N N T H O M A S .
R o u n d e d e d g e s o f the O c t o p u s ' tentacles arose
briefly from u n d e r the relatively c a l m w a t e r s o f a n e w W E B B HUBBELL
administration's first y e a r in office. D a n n y C a s o l a r o w a s
two y e a r s g o n e a n d the k e y players in the investigation
h e b e g a n o s t e n s i b l y h a d left p o w e r a f t e r t h e 1 9 9 3
election. Casolaro's w o r k w a s left unfinished, h o w e v e r ,
a n d his m e t a p h o r i c a l sea creature still s w a m in the sea
of current e v e n t s .
C o l u m n i s t W i l l i a m Safire reported that Bill
Clinton a n d G e o r g e B u s h s t r u c k a secret deal after
C l i n t o n ' s e l e c t i o n that the f o r m e r president w o u l d
withold criticism o f the n e w administration for o n e y e a r
in e x c h a n g e for Clinton's soft-pedaling o f the Iran-contra
investigations (1). A m o n t h before the end o f that deal, a w a s the wife o f Peter V i d e n i c k s , contracting officer at the
m o n t h b e f o r e the f o r m e r A r k a n s a s g o v e r n o r ' s first Justice Department during the Inslaw period.
a n n i v e r s a r y a s president, the C l i n t o n administration re­ M c L e n d o n q u o t e d Bill T u r n e r a s s a y i n g t h a t C a s o l a r o
o p e n e d the I n s l a w investigation. In D e c e m b e r 1993, the told h i m that h e p l a n n e d to m e e t w i t h t w o m e m b e r s of
FBI b e g a n again to interview Casolaro's close associates R o b e r t B y r d ' s staff. M c C l e n d o n also noted the
a n d friends w i t h an e y e t o w a r d resolving the question o f H a m i l t o n s ' complaints t h a t H u b b e l l a n d F B I investigator
his death— w a s it a suicide o r m u r d e r ? Under the new Scott Erskine had plans to release a report without
administration, the F B I w a s not satisfied w i t h the h a v i n g t a l k e d to i m p o r t a n t C a s o l a r o a s s o c i a t e s or
d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f J u d g e B u a ' s r e p o r t . It w a s s t i l l investigating curious incidents, including a threat
concerned w i t h "Danny's state o f m i n d at the time o f his against C a s o l a r o m a d e b y a friend o f V i d e n i c k s , J o s e p h
death", a C a s o l a r o girlfriend, W e n d y W e a v e r , t o l d the Cuellar, w h o a p p a r e n t l y w a s also trailing the writer (4).
San Francisco Chronicle. T h e y said they w e r e going to
H u b b e l l h i m s e l f h a d a l r e a d y b e e n connected to
i n t e r v i e w all t h e s e p e o p l e a n d t h e n b r i n g the findings
the I n s l a w case t h r o u g h the m a n y - t e n t a c l e d confessions
b a c k to their experts to d e t e r m i n e if h e w a s suicidal...I
of D a n g e r M a n . In April 1992 M i c h a e l R i c o n o s c u i t o told
told t h e m I t h o u g h t it w a s m u r d e r . " (2) P r e s s r e p o r t s
Village Voice's F r a n k S n e p p o f the link b e t w e e n g u n s -
w e r e silent as to w h y the c a s e w a s b e i n g r e o p e n e d at
and-drugs operations at a n airstrip in M e n a , Arkansas—
this t i m e , i n d e e d f e w p a p e r s o t h e r t h a n the Chronicle
a story that a l r e a d y l o o m e d as a major Clinton-era
reported u p o n it at all. O n l y the d i m political purpose o f
s c a n d a l b e c a u s e o f C l i n t o n ' s failure to i n v e s t i g a t e the
the coming e n d to B u s h ' s y e a r o f silence e v e n suggested
situation as g o v e r n o r [(5); see s i d e b a r n e x t page]—and
an answer. D i d the n e w administration take interest in
P a r k - O n - M e t e r ( P O M ) , a p a r k i n g m e t e r m a n u f a c t u r e r in
t h i s h i g h p r o f i l e c a s e , t o u c h i n g a s it d o e s o n t h e
R u s s e l l v i l l e , A r k a n s a s , t h a t f i g u r e d p r o m i n e n t l y in
intelligence backgrounds of prominent Republican
m a k i n g W e b b H u b b e l l one o f the early v i c t i m s o f another
personalities, as protection against Clinton bashing from
Clinton debacle, the W h i t e w a t e r affair ( 6 ) . Riconoscuito
the B u s h c a m p ? O r w a s there more to it?
claimed to have w o r k e d w i t h T e r r y R e e d , the M e n a pilot
T h e review of the case had been ordered by w h o s e revelations first b r o u g h t the Oliver North-styled
Associate Attorney General Webster "Webb" Hubbell, s m u g g l i n g operation to national attention, Riconoscuito
then the third ranking official at the Justice D e p a r t m e n t also told M a r k Swaney, the head of a University of
( s e e n b y s o m e a s the D e p a r t m e n t ' s de facto h e a d ) , a A r k a n s a s s t u d e n t g r o u p responsible for a petition drive
Clinton family friend. In noting that H u b b e l l had b e e n to i n v e s t i g a t e M e n a , t h a t he h a d b e e n i n v o l v e d in
a s s i g n e d to r e v i e w the I n s l a w case, l o n g - t i m e developing chemical and biological w e a p o n s in a project
W a s h i n g t o n w a t c h e r S a r a h M c L e n d o n a l s o n o t e d that c o n n e c t e d to P O M — a p p a r e n t l y n e v e r e x p l i c i t that this
C a s o l a r o h a d m a i n t a i n e d t h a t a d d i t i o n a l details a b o u t w a s also connected to the w o r k h e did o n C a b a z o n tribal
the Inslaw relationship w i t h the Justice D e p a r t m e n t lands--and that the c o m p a n y also manufactured
c o u l d b e h a d from e m p l o y e e s in t h e office o f S e n a t o r external fuel t a n k s for C - 1 3 0 transport planes.
Robert B y r d ( 3 ) . A c c o r d i n g to M c L e n d o n , C a s o l a r o h a d Riconoscuito h a d already confided to A l e x a n d e r
s c h e d u l e d a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h t h e s e e m p l o y e e s for t h e C o c k b u m that h e h a d supervised high-tech equipment
F r i d a y preceding his death. S e n a t o r B y r d ' s chief o f staff transfers and d e v e l o p e d software t o h e l p l a u n d e r m o n e y

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 5. T H E M E N A STORY BEGINS WITH A D R U G DEALER N A M E D BARRY
SEAL W H O A P P A R E N T L Y BEGAN S M U G G L I N G DRUGS THROUGH THE
AIRSTRIP IN 1 9 8 2 . T H E OPERATION C O N T I N U E D PAST SEAL'S 1984
DRUG CONVICTION IN MIAMI. A S S E A L BEGAN W O R K I N G DEALS WITH
THE D R U G E N F O R C E M E N T A G E N C Y A N D O L L I E NORTH'S NETWORK
AFTER THAT C O N V I C T I O N TRADING UNDERCOVER WORK AGAINST
THE SANDINISTAS FOR LENIENCY—A SECOND W A V E OF
QUESTIONABLE BUSINESSES DESCENDED UPON MENA. THESE
B U S I N E S S E S DESCRIBED THEMSELVES V A R I O U S L Y AS AIRCRAFT A N D
PARTS DELIVERY SERVICES A N D B U T STORIES O F DRUG TRAFFIC
C O N T I N U E D A N D IN 1 9 8 9 , N E W A L L E G A T I O N S W E R E MADE B Y A
FORMER INVESTIGATOR FOR THE U . S . MILITARY, G E N E W H E A T O N ,
THAT T H E AIRFIELD W A S A L S O U S E D F O R C O M M A N D O T R A I N I N G .
T H E A R K A N S A S STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED A N D REPORTED TO THE
U. S. ATTORNEY BUT EXPECTED INDICTMENTS WERE NEVER
RETURNED, LEADING TO THE SUSPICION THAT THE REAGAN
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N C O U L D A D D O N E M O R E S M A L L C O V E R - U P T O ITS
TALLY.

FOR CRITICS WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT
CLINTON'S PASSIVITY IN INVESTIGATING THE
MENA AIRSTRIP, A LESS PASSIVE REASON FOR
HIS INACTION EMERGED, WITH A TENTACLE
POINTING TO THE INSLAW AFFAIR.
at M e n a (7) a n d e x p l a i n e d that P O M , In conjunction w i t h
the i n f a m o u s W a c k e n h u t and S t o r m o n t L a b s in
W o o d l a n d , California, b e g a n p r o d u c t i o n o f the delivery
s y s t e m for the n e w c h e m i c a l a n d b i o w a r f a r e w e a p o n r y
for use in the C o n t r a w a r In 1983. L o n g - r a n g e transport
m i s s i o n s r e q u i r e t h e u s e o f e x t e r n a l fuel t a n k s , b u t
a g a i n R i c o n o s c u i t o w a s n o t e x p l i c i t In c o n n e c t i n g t h i s
w i t h his tales o f space aliens or the bizarre aircraft at
A r e a 51 t h a t h a d a t t r a c t e d C a s o l a r o ' s a t t e n t i o n .
R i c o n o s c u i t o told C o c k b u r n that P O M m a d e the tanks
for u n c o n v e n t i o n a l guerilla warfare against the Contras.
P O M w a s to r e c e i v e c h e m i c a l a g e n t s f r o m t h e 3 5 4 t h
Chemical C o m p a n y of the A r m y Reserve, located on
p r o p e r t y a c r o s s from the c o r r u g a t e d b a r n h o u s i n g the
P O M facilities, for use in s m a l l e x p l o s i v e d e v i c e s m a d e
w i t h the s a m e e q u i p m e n t P O M used to produce parking
m e t e r s (8).
Stormont Labs acknowledged only discussions
with Wackenhut regarding biological weapons and
IT S E E M E D O R I G I N A L L Y T H A T B I L L C L I N T O N D I D N O T B E C O M E
I N V O L V E D W I T H T H E STORY U N T I L A PAIR O F S T U D E N T S AT T H E
UNIVERSITY OF A R K A N S A S , MARK S W A N E Y A N D T O M B R O W N ,
A P P E A L E D DIRECTLY TO THEIR T H E N - G O V E R N O R TO INVESTIGATE,
T H E A P P E A L , A N D A N O T H E R C A L L F O R A STATE G R A N D J U R Y FROM
A R K A N S A S ' DEPUTY STATE P R O S E C U T I N G ATTORNEY, MET A
STONEWALL. W H E N ARKANSAS REPRESNTATIVE BILL ALEXANDER
MET W I T H G O V E R N O R C L I N T O N , HE W A S T O L D THAT $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 IN
STATE M O N E Y H A D B E E N S E T A S I D E TO INVESTIGATE M E N A . T H E
A M O U N T W A S S L I G H T E N O U G H FOR A N EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION
BUT EVEN THAT W A S NEVER DELIVERED. THE PROSECUTING
A T T O R N E Y I N M E N A ' S P O L K C O U N T Y AT T H E T I M E S A I D HE N E V E R
RECEIVED THE OFFER FROM THE THEN-GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
T H E I R S BEGAN A N INVESTIGATION OF BARRY S E A L S ' OPERATION
IN M E N A AFTER S E A L W A S MURDERED IN BATON R O U G E , L O U I S I A N A
BY C O L U M B I A N D R U G TRAFFICKERS, B U T A C C O R D I N G TO B I L L
D U N C A N , A FORMER I R S INVESTIGATOR, THE INVESTIGATORS WERE
W A R N E D OFF, C A U S I N G D U N C A N E TO QUIT A N D TESTIFY BEFORE A
H O U S E COMMITTEE A B O U T A L L HE H A D L E A R N E D OF M O N E Y
LAUNDERING, COVERT OPERATIONS A N D DRUG S M U G G L I N G IN M E N A .
T H E CLAIM THAT C L I N T O N W A S REMISS IN NOT INVESTIGATING
M E N A W A S FIRST MADE P U B L I C L Y B Y LARRY N I C H O L S IN A
DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR. C L I N T O N HAD HIRED
NICHOLS AS MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR THE ARKANSAS
D E V E L O P M E N T F I N A N C E A U T H O R I T Y ( A D F A ) B U T F I R E D HI-M W H E N
HIS A L L E G E D CONTACTS W I T H THE C O N T R A S BECAME TOO APPARENT,
CITING THE C H A R G E THAT N I C H O L S HAD MADE U N A U T H O R I Z E D
P H O N E CALLS TO C E N T R A L AMERICA AS A REASON FOR THE FIRING.
I N N I C H O L S S U B S E Q U E N T L A W S U I T C O N T E S T I N G THAT C H A R G E , HE
A L S O FIRST P U B L I C I Z E D T H E C L A I M S O F G E N N I F E R F L O W E R S .
A N O T H E R COURT CASE, THAT OF T E R R Y REED, A L S O ADDED MUCH
TO T H E M E N A STORY. IN 1 9 8 8 REED W A S CHARGED WITH POSTAL
FRAUD FOR RECEIVING INSURANCE MONEY ON A FALSE CLAIM,
R E E D C L A I M E D THAT HIS A I R P L A N E HAD B E E N S T O L E N A S PART OF
A N O L L I E N O R T H - S T Y L E D PROJECT C A L L E D " P R I V A T E D O N A T I O N " ,
W H E R E I N " D O N A T I O N S " TO THE C O N T R A C A U S E W E R E FILED AS LOST
OR STOLEN WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES A N D THEN REIMBURSED.
A C C O R D I N G TO R E E D , HE HAD N O A W A R E N E S S O F "PROJECT
D O N A T I O N " A T T H E TIME O F HIS P L A N E ' S D I S A P P E A R A N C E , A N D SO
R E P O R T E D IT A S A L E G I T I M A T E L O S S . T H E PLANE REAPPEARED
AFTER REED L E A R N E D OF THE D O N A T I O N PROJECT A N D W A R N E D HIS
CONTACTS IN T H E O L L I E N O R T H N E T W O R K THAT HE W O U L D HAVE N O
PART OF IT. REED TELLS HIS STORY WITH CO-AUTHOR JOHN
C U M M I N G S I N COMPROMISED: CLINTON, BUSH AND THE CIA,
RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY S P I BOOKS/SH APOLSKY ( $ 2 3 . 9 5 ; J 3 6
W E S T 2 2 N D STREET, N E W YORK, N Y t o o l 1 ) . T H E BOOK CONTAINS

W a c k e n h u t d e n i e d w o r k i n g w i t h P O M . P O M president, EXTRAORDINARY DETAIL, I N C L U D I N G THE EFFORTS B Y TIME TO

DISTORT REED'S IMAGE IN THE PRESS A N D REFERENCE TO THE
S e t h "Skeeter" W a r d II, also W e b s t e r Hubbell's brother-
CONTINGENCY FUND MENTIONED BY SHERMAN SKOLNICK IN THE
in-law, admitted that the c o m p a n y h a d s o m e P e n t a g o n P O S T - S C R I P T TO T H I S I S S U E ' S I N T E R V I E W A F U N D THAT REED FELT
contracts, b u t o n l y for "re-entry n o s e cones for the W A S B E I N G T O C O N S I D E R E D T O U S E I N O F F E R I N G A S E T T L E M E N T TO
n u c l e a r w a r h e a d s o n t h e M X m i s s i l e a n d n o z z l e s for HIM.
THE PERSON W H O FIRST REPORTED THE DISCOVERY OF WHAT
rocket engines", not chemical or biological weapons TURNED O U T TO B E R E E D ' S PLANE TO THE N A T I O N A L CRIME
delivery systems, a l t h o u g h h e confessed to n o t k n o w i n g INFORMATION CENTER WAS RAYMOND L. "BUDDY" YOUNG, THEN
w h a t k i n d o f a i r c r a f t p a r t s P O M m a d e for o n e o f its WORKING FOR BILL C L I N T O N AS SECURITY CHIEF AND SINCE
CHOSEN BY C L I N T O N TO HEAD THE D A L L A S R E G I O N A L OFFICE OF
contracts w i t h M c D o n n e l l D o u g l a s ( 9 ) . THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY M A N A G E M E N T A G E N C Y , FEDERAL JUDGE
W a r d a l s o d e n i e d a n o t h e r central charge m a d e FRANK THEIS LATER SAID THAT Y O U N G A N D A N ASSOCIATE "ACTED
WITH RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE T R U T H " IN THEIR VERSION OF
b y D a n g e r M a n : t h a t P O M r e c e i v e d the first industrial
HOW THEY CAME TO REALIZE THE PLANE W A S N O T STOLEN, CHARGES
development loan made by by the Arkansas AGAINST REED W E R E DROPPED.

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LASATER WAS A PARTY ANIMAL
RENOWN FOR COCAINE SOIREES AT HIS
ARKANSAS MANSION, WHO CLAIMED T O
HAVE PAID OFF DRUG DEBTS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S BROTHER ROGER.
D e v e l o p m e n t F i n a n c e A u t h o r i t y , a c o n t r o v e r s i a l state
authority co-written b y W e b s t e r H u b b e l l in 1985. Bill
Clinton a p p o i n t e d every m e m b e r of the A D F A ' s
governing board a n d w a s required to a p p r o v e its every
b o n d issue, apparently w i t h n o o t h e r legislative m e a n s
of g u a r a n t e e i n g that the m o n e y w o u l d be s p e n t as
intended.
T h e A D F A p r i m a r i l y s e r v e d t w o m a s t e r s : the
Stephens, Inc., investment bank that received 78
percent of A D F A ' s underwriting fees and sales of
housing and industrial b o n d s (Clinton had appointed
two S t e p h e n s a s s o c i a t e s to the A D F A b o a r d ) ( 1 0 ) ; a n d
Clinton c r o n y D a n Lasater, w h o s e Lasater and C o m p a n y
firm underwrote $ 6 6 4 million in m u n i c i p a l b o n d issues
after the creation o f the A D F A (11). L a s a t e r w a s a party
a n i m a l r e n o w n for c o c a i n e s o i r e e s at his A r k a n s a s
mansion, w h o claimed to h a v e paid off d r u g d e b t s o f the
President's brother Roger. E v e n after a p o l i c e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f L a s a t e r in 1985 for drugs, C l i n t o n
a p p r o v e d a $ 3 0 . 2 million b o n d issue for h i m to overhaul
the state police radio system. In 1986 Lasater w a s
sentenced to 30 m o n t h s in prison for the distribution o f
cocaine (Roger Clinton w a s an unidicted co-conspirator)
a n d w a s p a r d o n e d f o r it b y C l i n t o n . H e r e m a i n s
c o n n e c t e d t o the W h i t e H o u s e t h r o u g h the p e r s o n o f
W h i t e H o u s e official P a t s y T h o m a s s o n , m a n a g e r o f
Lasater a n d C o m p a n y w h i l e Lasater w a s in jail. In this
murky financial atmosphere, and despite Ward's
denials, it is probable that the A D F A did Issue o n e o f its
first b o n d i s s u e s to P O M — w i t h C l i n t o n ' s r e q u i r e d
a p p r o v a l . F o r critics w h o c o m p l a i n e d a b o u t C l i n t o n ' s
p a s s i v i t y in i n v e s t i g a t i n g the M e n a airstrip, a less
passive reason for his inaction e m e r g e d , w i t h a tentacle
pointing to the Inslaw affair. M e n a did not p r o v i d e the
o n l y e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e O c t o p u s s w a m in W h i t e w a t e r
c u r r e n t s , h o w e v e r . Its t e n t a c l e a l s o s t r e t c h e d t o w a r d
the m o s t i n f a m o u s d e v e l o p i n g s c a n d a l o f t h e C l i n t o n
era: the V i n c e n t Foster death.
P O M ' s a d m i t t e d j o b s for the P e n t a g o n a n d the
funny finances o f the A D F A r e m a i n e d o b s c u r e for the
m o s t p a r t in t h e m e d i a as W e b s t e r H u b b e l l ' s
representation o f P O M b e c a m e the official reason for his
resignation from C l i n t o n ' s J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t , one
m o n t h after his r e - o p e n i n g o f the I n s l a w Investigation.
T h e R o s e L a w F i r m d e c l a r e d that H u b b e l l had failed to
provide d o c u m e n t a t i o n for e x p e n s e s he had charged to
the firm a n d that P O M lost $1 m i l l i o n in l i t i g a t i o n
expenses when Hubbell unsuccessfully pursued a
patent infringement case he t o o k on a contingency basis
for h i s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w "Skeeter" W a r d . "Unfortunately,
because of public speculation a b o u t m e and m y former
l a w firm," H u b b e l l said in his resignation letter, "I will
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
have to spend a significant a m o u n t of time on an
internal matter w i t h m y former partners."
In a d d i t i o n to b r i n g i n g P O M out of the
W a s h i n g t o n spotlight, the resignation s h i e l d e d Hubbell
from other accusations r e g a r d i n g the W h i t e w a t e r
Development Corporation real-estate investments.
Specifically, Hubbell served on the Resolution Trust
Corporation during its t a k e o v e r o f the M a d i s o n Savings
and Loan, o w n e d by W h i t e w a t e r partner James
McDougal and previously represented by Hubbell.
H u b b e l l failed to inform the R T C o f the potential conflict.
(13) Unofficially, H u b b e l l w a s the s e c o n d v i c t i m of
Whitewater, following W h i t e House counsel Bernard
N u s s b a u m ' s forced r e s i g n a t i o n for q u e s t i o n a b l e
m e e t i n g s w i t h federal regulators looking Into the
Whitewater Development Corporation real-estate
i n v e s t m e n t s . N u s s b a u m h a d b e e n r e s p o n s i b l e for
r e m o v i n g W h i t e w a t e r files a n d F o s t e r ' s d i a r y from the
office o f W h i t e H o u s e aide V i n c e n t Foster less than three
h o u r s after Foster's d e a t h from a g u n s h o t w o u n d . H e
w a s a c c o m p a n i e d o n that visit b y P a t s y T h o m a s s o n .
F o s t e r ' s l a s t w e e k e n d h a d b e e n s p e n t in t h e
company of W e b s t e r Hubbell, his wife and another
couple, W h i t e H o u s e c o u n s e l M i c h a e l C a r d o z o a n d his
wife. Hubbell j o i n e d the g r o u p In M a r y l a n d after leaving
the m e e t i n g that i n f o r m e d W i l l i a m S e s s i o n s o f his
dismissal as F B I director. After returning from a
H a w a i i a n v a c a t i o n . Bill C l i n t o n s p e n t t h a t w e e k e n d in
A r k a n s a s dining w i t h D a v i d E d w a r d s , a former Stephens
Inc. e m p l o y e e a n d conduit for $23 million from the king
o f Saudi A r a b i a for the M i d d l e E a s t e r n studies p r o g r a m
a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f A r k a n s a s . C l i n t o n h a d o n e last
twenty minute conversation with Foster the M o n d a y
night before his death. (14) Oddly, o n e o f Foster's last
p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n s on t h e m o r n i n g o f h i s d e a t h w a s
w i t h B r a n t l e y Buck, the R o s e L a w F i r m partner assigned
to investigate W e b s t e r H u b b e l l a n d P O M . ( 1 5 )
1. Saflre, William, "No Wonder Bush Is Quiet About Clinton,"
Houston Chronicle, Septemver 10, 1993.
2. Taylor, Michael and Littman, Jonathan, "Death of Conspiracy
Investigator Probed," San Francisco Chronicle, February 12,
1994.
3. Sarah McLendon's Washington Report, January 6, 1994.
4. McLendon.
5. See inset, page 38.
6. Snepp, Frank, "Clinton and the Smuggler's Airport," Village
Voice, April 14, 1992
7. Cockburn, Alexander, "Meters and Mortars," New Statesman,
March 27, 1992
8. Cockburn.
9. Cockburn.
10. Davis, L. J., "The Name of the Rose," The New Republic,
April 4, 1994.
11. "The Lasater Affair, Ghosts of Carelessness Past," The
Economist May 7, 1994.
12. Davis.
13. Davidson, Joe, "Hubbell Resigns Key Justice Post In
Surprise Move," Wall Street Journal, March 15, 1994
14. "The Foster Death," Washington Post. January 14, 1994.
15. IsikofT, Michael, "Conspiracy Theorists Find Foster Case
Hard To Resist," Washington Post, March 13, 1994.
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Caries, Cabals and
Correspondence
Letters From Readers
T h a n k y o u for Steamshovel. T h e r e is a m o u n t a i n o f
S H I T to r e m o v e , s o Are u p the boiler.
Bob DeFord
Big Sur, C A
O n the r e c e n t suicide o f K u r t C o b a l n , leader o f the r o c k
g r o u p N i r v a n a : It Is a t a l e o f t h e A m e r i c a n D r e a m .
F o r m a b a n d w i t h a n Innovative style. G e t signed to a
record contract. Release a platinum selling album.
M a k e millions o f dollars. B u y a lavish m a n s i o n . A t t a i n
everything Life h a s to offer. T h e n b l o w y o u r brains out.
C o n t e m p o r a r y s o c i e t y has g o t t e n so b a d that e v e n
millionaires are killing themselves. Everyone thinks
Kurt wasted himself because he couldn't kick heroin.
O r b e c a u s e o f the pressures o f fame?
C o b a i n d e s e r v e s better than this. H e w a s a
talented creative artist, and a human being of
astonishing sensitivity and integrity. His suicide
d e m o n s t r a t e d the i n n a t e incorruptibility o f w h o h e really
w a s . H e loved his fans a n d w a s h o n o r e d b y the fact that
they loved him and honored his music. He was a
lifelong v i c t i m o f the plastic superficiality and
materialistic insensitlvity o f o u r w o r t h l e s s society. H e
l o v e d h i s f a n s s o m u c h t h a t h e c h o s e to kill h i m s e l f
r a t h e r than sell out to fame a n d fortune and b e c o m e a
vicarious pop-culture m e d i a doll that h e l p s to create a n
i l l u s o r y o p e n n e s s t h a t s o c i e t y in f a c t c r u s h e s o u t o f
existence e v e r y d a y . I ' m sure h e k n e w and felt this In
the d e e p e s t levels of himself. H e , despite m a n y
s h o r t c o m i n g s , died a hero.
Kurt has b e e n u n d e r s t a t e d by both his
sympathizers and detractors since his death.
sympathetic rock critics going on with the "hopeless
j u n k i e r o u t i n e " , w h i c h is s c a r c e l y b e t t e r t h a n R u s h
L i m b a u g h r e f e r r i n g to K u r t a s "a w o r t h l e s s w a s t e o f
h u m a n debris, w h o should be m o u r n e d b y Nobody."
S u c h callousness is solely e v i d e n t o f the fact that R u s h
L i m b a u g h is a n i m p o t e n t , a n a l - r e t e n t i v e , b l u b b e r - N a z i
b a g o f crap, w h o is a living insult to o v e r w e i g h t persons
s u c h as myself.
David Alexander
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
W h e n I visited B o b Lazar's h o m e several y e a r s ago, h e
had a picture In his b a t h r o o m o f h i m s e l f shaking h a n d s
w i t h Steven S e a g a l ("Of S t e v e n S e a g a l a n d B u d Culligan:
F u r t h e r C o n v e r s a t i o n W i t h L a r s H a n s s o n , " SP10).
asked h i m if he k n e w S e a g a l a n d he said they w e r e good
friends, a n d that he acted a s a technical advisor o n the
m o v i e Under Siege. Well, w e both k n o w that Robert
Booth N i c h o l s also acted as a c o n s u l t a n t on Under Siege,
a n d in the l i g h t o f S e a g a l ' s c l o s e a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h
Steamshovel P r e s s , P O B 23715, Su L o u i s , M O 63121
N i c h o l s , t h e r e is r e a s o n t o s u s p e c t t h a t L a z a r k n o w s
Nichols also.
If M i c h a e l Riconocsculto's allegations regarding
C O M 12, W a c k e n h u t a n d a d v a n c e d propulsion research
are accurate, then Lazar's c o n n e c t i o n to S e a g a l b e c o m e s
highly suspect.
It should b e noted t h a t T e d G u n d e r s o n is indeed
friends w i t h N i c h o l s . A t a U F O conference I attended,
there w a s a m y s t e r i o u s fellow c l a i m i n g to b e from C O M
12 w h o g o t u p t o d e n o u n c e W a c k e n h u t . H e l a t e r
c l a i m e d t h a t R o b e r t N i c h o l s w a s i n the a u d i e n c e a n d
pointed h i m out to m e a n d m y friends, w h o sponsored
the e v e n t . A t l u n c h t i m e , G u n d e r s o n ( w h o w a s a l s o a
speaker) actually had lunch with Nichols. W h e n w e
questioned G u n d e r s o n a s to w h y h e w o u l d h a v e lunch
w i t h N i c h o l s , h e c l a i m e d t h a t at o n e t i m e he
[Gunderson] had a contract out on his [Gunderson's]
life, a n d N i c h o l s " c a l l e d o f f t h e h i t " f o r h i m ! T h u s ,
G u n d e r s o n said that h e "owed h i m one!"
Brad A. Summers
Lawrence, KS
Y o u c o n v i n c e d m e . Clinton is k n e e d e e p in blood—just
a n o t h e r r e d b l o o d i e d A m e r i c a n boy— i f h e p u s h e s
t h r o u g h t h a t m a n d a t o r y life for t h r e e - t i m e felons. H e
should b e the first convicted u n d e r that l a w . F e l o n y 1:
L y i n g a b o u t being different from Bush; F e l o n y 2: Doing
w h a t B u s h d o e s ; F e l o n y 3: m a s t e r - m i n d i n g the J F K
assassination from Oxford. Incidentally, I V e h e a r d that
o n e o f the o r g a n i z e r s o f t h e O l y m p i c s In L i l l e h a m m e r
w a n t e d to set u p a n event in w h i c h N a n c y K e r r i g a n a n d
T o n y a H a r d i n g t h r o w fistfuls o f b u l l m a n u r e a t o n e
another. B u t s o m e official thought that there m i g h t be
s o m e trouble i f the shit hit the fans.
Roy Lisker
Cambridge, MS
{Steamshovel D e b r i s : M r . Llsker's h i g h l y r e c o m m e n d e d
newsletter, Ferment!, is available for $20 a n n u a l l y from
With 197 Franklin Street, C a m b r i d g e , M A 0 2 1 3 9 )
T h e Interview w i t h D a v e E m o r y cries out for a response
("Food F o r T h o u g h t , G r o u n d s F o r F u r t h e r R e s e a r c h :
D a v e E m o r y I n t e r v i e w e d , " SP10). First o f all, regarding
Liberty Lobby: E m o r y says that Liberty L o b b y has been
"making a considerable bid to co-opt a number of
progressive Issues". T h i s s o u n d s to m e as though
E m o r y is Jealous o f the fact that Liberty L o b b y ' s devotion
to the truth has s o m e h o w led the populist— n o t f a s c i s t -
I n s t i t u t i o n to s u c c e s s f u l l y a n d e f f e c t i v e l y t r e a d u p o n
g r o u n d that E m o r y s e e m s to b e c o n v i n c e d is the
exclusive property of "progressives" (whatever they
h a p p e n to b e ) .
. I can assure y o u that on a national and
international scale Liberty L o b b y , In p u r s u i t o f the truth,
I has been, at least in m y opinion, far m o r e effective than
M r . E m o r y has b e e n .
S e c o n d l y , It i s s i m p l y n o t t r u e t h a t L i b e r t y
L o b b y founder Willis C a r t o has "gone on record" saying
h e felt the United States w a s o n the w r o n g side during
W o r l d W a r I I . T h a t is an ancient c a n a r d c o o k e d u p b y
page 41
D r e w P e a r s o n in c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h t h a t " p r o g r e s s i v e "
outfit k n o w n a s t h e A n t i - D e f a m a t i o n L e a g u e ( A D L ) o f
B'nai Brith w h i c h Is n o w b e s t k n o w n for h a v i n g spied o n
the late Dr. Martin L u t h e r King.
Thirdly, although Willis Carto w a s also the
f o u n d e r o f t h e Institute for H i s t o r i c a l review, It is n o t
true that the institute "denies the H o l o c a u s t happened."
It i s t r u e t h a t t h e I H R h a s q u e s t i o n e d certain
details o f the H o l o c a u s t — s u c h a s the o l d d e v i l theory
that the N a z i s m a d e soap o u t o f h u m a n bodies, b u t e v e n
t h a t story h a s b e e n publically r e p u d i a t e d b y Professor
D e b o r a h Llpstadt, w h o h a s m a d e a cottage Industry o u t
of attacking the I H R and those she calls "Holocaust
denlers."
It i s not m y p u r p o s e to get Into a debate o v e r the
v i e w s o f the revisionists at I H R or a n y w h e r e else. T h a t
is n o t m y j o b . I d o object, h o w e v e r , to M r . E m o r y ' s use
of non-facts to e s t a b l i s h s o m e form o f guilt by
association.
M i c h a e l Collins Piper
Washington, D C
O h , no!
Cathy Kearney
Columbus, MS
I h a v e b e e n v e r y l u c k y to h a v e o b s e r v e d o v e r five h o u r s
of G e r m a n m o t i o n pictures regarding U F O s , circular
aircraft (discs) as well as t h o u s a n d s of blue prints,
d i a g r a m s , etc. I t h a n k V l a d i m i r T e r z i s k l for researching
the N a z i / U F O c o n n e c t i o n . H e is on the right track
(Vladimir T e r z i s k l , "Saucer Section: Secret R e s e a r c h O n
A n t i g r a v i t y a n d S p a c e F l i g h t O r g a n i z e d b y the S e c r e t
Societies D u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I , " SP10). T o d a y the U F O
c o m m u n i t y is a c i r c u s , w i t h its literature n e s t l e d
between the fake wrestling and cultist magazines.
Ufology h a s b e c o m e a z o o , n e t w o r k i n g its m a s s m y t h in
a type o f p s y c h o l o g i c a l v i r u s . B u t U F O s are real, solid,
terrestrial, tangible objects. G e r m a n y started the profile
o f a n e w type o f h i g h - t e c h , p s i - p s y c h o l o g l c a l w a r f a r e ,
w i t h testing in Brazil. T i m e w a s against G e r m a n y a n d
O p e r a t i o n P a p e r C l i p d i v i d e d fifty m i l l i o n d o c u m e n t s ,
b l u e p r i n t s o n G e r m a n t e c h n o l o g y w i t h the a l l i e s . I n
Brazil, at the C h u p a C h u p a (disc) labs, It s e e m s that the
researchers w e r e aware the w a r w o u l d be over and a
n o n - A l l i e d g o v e r n m e n t o b t a i n e d t h e G e r m a n d a t a that
O p e r a t i o n Paperclip w a s to utilize. FArerything is b l a m e d
on U F O s , good ones, bad ones, but with no real
responsibility or blame placed on exotic terrestrial
scenarios.
Richard Ross
Austin, TX
O n e possible c o n s p i r a c y that h a s b e e n little d i s c u s s e d is
a connection b e t w e e n the October Surprise and Iran-
C o n t r a affairs. Isn't it possible that the a r m s sales to
I r a n w e r e t h e p a y - o f f for O c t o b e r S u r p r i s e , a n d t h a t
using the profits t o b u y a r m s for the Contreswas s i m p l y
i n t e n d e d as a c o v e r - u p — a j u s t i f i c a t i o n in case o f
d i s c o v e r y ? T h e a m o u n t o f m o n e y u s e d to a r m the
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C o n t r a s w a s s m a l l e n o u g h t h a t the C I A o r N S C could
h a v e f o u n d s o m e f u n d s far l e s s s t r e n u o u s l y a n d
visibly—by m a k i n g a n internal " b o o k k e e p i n g error", for
example.
T h e free-the hostages-in-Lebanon rationale
m i g h t also h a v e b e e n a distraction-in-case-of-discovery.
It certainly has, like the C o n t r a c o n n e c t i o n , distracted
attention from consideration of any less creditable
m o t i v e . D i s c u s s i o n h a s c e n t e r e d e l s e w h e r e — o n the
effect o f l o b b y i n g b y h o s t a g e - r e l a t i v e s (both directly to
R e a g a n and to the m e d i a ) , and on Reagan's
sentimentality about captive Americans. Perhaps,
therefore, this distraction w a s foreseen a n d intended.
Perhaps, indeed, even the hostage-taking was
d o n e to set the stage for this distraction (i.e., w i t h
A m e r i c a n complicity.)
Note that there are t w o noble m o t i v e s , or
excuses, for Iran-Contra. T h i s s h o u l d alert the sensitive
p s y c h o l o g i s t t o the p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t b o t h a r e u n t r u e ,
b e c a u s e a lie is often s u p p o r t e d b y m o r e t h a n one
j u s t i f i c a t i o n . ( E . g . , "I c a n ' t g o t o y o u r a u n t ' s funeral
b e c a u s e m y car's in t h e s h o p , A N D I h a v e a dentist's
appointment, A N D I V e o u t g r o w n m y b l a c k suit, A N D . . . " . )
Space Needle
Seattle, WA
I V e o p e n e d this letter to relay a n o d d story I h e a r d last
night on the C a n a d i a n B r o a d c a s t i n g Corporation's Fifth
Estate. T h i s w a s story o n multiple personality disorder.
I a s s u m e y o u k n o w the controversy as to w h e t h e r M P D
is a real disorder or o n e b r o u g h t on b y fantasy, hypnosis
and the desire to please a hypnotherapist, and especially
how this fits in w i t h generational Satanic
a b u s e / w o r s h i p . T h e p r o g r a m c o v e r e d b o t h sides pretty
well and at the end b r o u g h t o u t a g u y n a m e d "Dr. Ross",
I think from Ontario. Dr. Ross has done (hypnotic?)
regression on M P D patients and has come to believe
M P D h a s b e e n , at least o n occasion, p r o g r a m m e d b y the
C I A In c h i l d r e n as p a r t o f Its M K - U L T R A / M a n c h u r i a n
C a n d i d a t e p r o g r a m . H e ' s s h o p p i n g a r o u n d a n M . S . or
p r o p o s a l to p u b l i s h e r s . I i m m e d i a t e l y t h i n k o f the
alleged story o f L. R o n H u b b a r d d o i n g w o r k with
patients in an L A hospital w i t h his proto e-meters w h e n
h e finds s u b c o n s c i o u s , C I A p l a n t e d b l o c k s , w h i c h he's
a b l e to w o r k a r o u n d . T h e C I A t a k e s n o t e o f t h i s and
t h u s is t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e C I A / S c i e n t o l o g y w a r s .
T h e r e ' s also the s i m i l a r i t y w i t h the U F O a b d u c t i o n
phenomena—children taken and implanted/imprinted.
I t h i n k b a c k to Vallee's m o d e l o f U F O s as social control.
I try not to d r a w linear "connections" o r "cause and
results" b e t w e e n this stuff.
T. K. Christopher
Vashon, WA
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B o o k Reviews
So Cool, So Reichian
Jacks' Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson by Patrick
Mulligan, Norton, 1994.
W r i t e r S a u l B e l l o w , d e s c r i b e d , in h i s r e c e n t
collection o f essays, a visit from J a c k Nicholson:
"His w h i t e stretch limousine could not m a k e the
narrow turn between m y gateposts. Silent neighbors
w a t c h e d from a distance as the long car w i t h its M u s l i m
crescent a n t e n n a o n the t r u n k . T h e n N i c h o l s o n c a m e
out, observed b y m a n y . H e said, 'Gee, b e h i n d the tinted
g l a s s I couldn't tell it w a s so g r e e n o u t h e r e . ' H e lit a
m y s t e r i o u s - l o o k i n g c i g a r e t t e a n d b r o u g h t out a s m a l l
pocket ashtray, a golden object resembling a pillbox.
P e r h a p s his butt ends had b e c o m e relics or collectibles. I
should h a v e a s k e d h i m to explain this, for everything he
did w a s noted a n d I had to a n s w e r the q u e s t i o n s o f m y
n e i g h b o r h o o d friends, for w h o m Nicholson's appearance
h e r e w a s s o m e t h i n g l i k e the c o n s e c r a t i o n o f a w h o l e
stretch o f road."
I w a s first alerted to the n e w b i o g r a p h y o f J a c k
Nicholson w h e n Christopher Lehmann-Haupt's review
appeared in The New York Times. O n e o f the reviewer's
c o m m e n t s stood out: "But less e n g a g i n g sides o f the star
e m e r g e : his taste for d r u g s a n d o n e - n i g h t s t a n d s ; his
indulgence of crackpot thinkers like the o r g o n e - b o x
psychoanalyst, W i l h e l m Reich; his habit o f m o o n i n g in
public places like the B o s t o n G a r d e n . . . " ( F u n n y he
should call Reich a "crackpot" since, in a 1971 review o f
Mass Psychology of Fascism, he claimed, "Perhaps it Is
time to reconsider all o f W i l h e l m R e i c h . . . a n d to reopen
the q u e s t i o n o f cosmic o r g o n e e n e r g y , its effect o n
cancer, and other theories Reich died in Lewisberg
Federal Penitentiary defending.")
J a c k N i c h o l s o n is a R e i c h i a n ? B u t I g u e s s I
k n e w that.
Normally, I a m n o fan o f celebrity biography, b u t
I r a n o u t a n d b o u g h t t h i s o n e . A n d I can't s a y I w a s
disappointed. Well-researched, lively and Impeccably
d o c u m e n t e d , McGfiligan's b o o k is a b r e e z y r e a d w h i c h
captures the reader's attention from the start a n d rarely
lets g o . N i c h o l s o n , t h e m o s t h i g h l y p a i d a c t o r in film
history ($60 million including "points" o n m e r c h a n d i z i n g
from Batman), h a s fashioned h i m s e l f into a cultural icon
of C o o l despite h u m b l e origins a s a nerd from N e p t u n e ,
N e w Jersey.
McGilligan m a k e s m u c h o f N i c h o l s o n ' s O e d i p a l
conflict: J a c k r e m a i n e d u n a w a r e until his mid-thirties
that the sister h e a l w a y s called "June" w a s actually his
mother, a n d that the couple h e t h o u g h t o f a s his parents
were actually his grandparents. But fortunately
M c G i l l i g a n s p a r e s us the e x p e c t e d h e a v y p s e u d o -
analysis, and p l a c e s m o r e e m p h a s i s o n N i c h o l s o n ' s real
a c h i e v e m e n t s . I m e a n , d i d J a c k ever p l a y a bad role that
y o u can r e m e m b e r ? H e ' s r e s c u e d m a n y a film.
T o b e h o n e s t , m y m a i n r e a s o n for b u y i n g the
b o o k w a s to f i n d o u t a b o u t t h e e x t e n t to w h i c h
Nicholson is indebted to R e i c h ' s ideas. A n d I wasn't
disappointed. N i c h o l s o n first started talking a b o u t Reich
in h i s b o h o d a y s a s a s e m i - e m p l o y e d a c t o r i n R o g e r
C o r m a n ' s l o w - b u d g e t b i k e r e p i c s ; a friend f r o m t h o s e
d a y s cites C a m u s , N i e t z s c h e , a n d R e i c h a s Nicholson's
main intellectual reference points. Nicholson comes
through clearly a s a sophisticated g u y . W h i l e McGilligan
portrays Nicholson's interest in R e i c h as a
rationalization for w o m a n i z i n g c o m m o n a m o n g 60s
hipsters, it's also clear that
N i c h o l s o n ' s a p p r e c i a t i o n w e n t far
deeper than that. B y the 1970s,
N i c h o l s o n r e p e a t e d l y stressed the
importance of Reich's sexual-
political ideas, and the star's
b i o g r a p h e r told m e over the p h o n e
that Nicholson had "replaced
C a t h o l i c i s m w i t h Reichianism".

In 1987 J a c k told
Rolling Stone magazine
that he had been a
supporter of Gary Hart,
the U . S . senator from
Colorado w h o dropped out
of the presidential race
after it w a s r e v e a l e d t h a t
he w a s carrying on an
extra-marital affair. "I'm a
H a r t s u p p o r t e r b e c a u s e he
fucks," Nicholson told
Rolling Stone. "Do you
know what I mean?"

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 F u c k i n g t o o k p r e c e d e n c e o v e r p o l i t i c s for
Jack. Indeed, from his point o f view, fucking
w a s politics.
O n e o f the p e o p l e N i c h o l s o n b e g a n to quote
often—either h e w a s m a k i n g a s t u d y o f h i m or
doing a good j o b o f faking it—was W i l h e l m
R e i c h , the f o r m e r c o l l e a g u e o f F r e u d ' s w h o
d e v e l o p e d the t h e o r y of " o r g o n e p o w e r " or
o r g a s m i c e n e r g y a n d l a t e r w e n t to j a i l for
m e r c h a n d i s i n g s e x u a l v i b r a t i o n s In d u b i o u s
"orgone boxes." E v e r y b o d y in the later Sixties
s e e m e d to b e i m b i b i n g R e i c h , w h o in his
w r i t i n g s prescribed sexual freedom a s a cure for
m o s t o f society's ills.
T o J a c k , R e i c h w a s "the m o s t i m p o r t a n t
political w r i t e r a n d thinker o f the last century."
R e i c h b e c a m e l i k e a n e w r e l i g i o n for J a c k , a
counterpoint t o Catholicism, a n d o n e that, like
the M o t h e r C h u r c h , c o n t a i n e d articles o f faith
that m i g h t b e utilized in e v e r y a r e a o f life.
W h e n h e w a s p r o m o t i n g Drive, He Said, his
definitive m o v i e on the Sixties, J a c k continually
b r o u g h t u p R e i c h ' s n a m e . " I d o feel t h a t t h e
c o u n t r y is h u n g u p i n a s e x u a l l y r e p r e s s i v e
s o c i e t y , " N i c h o l s o n s a i d In a 1971 r a d i o
interview, e x p o u n d i n g o n his belief in Reichian
t h e o r i e s , w h i c h in his m i n d w e r e l i n k e d ,
intriguingly, w i t h infant p s y c h o l o g y a n d familial
relationships.
"The w a y R e i c h d e s c r i b e s it—the v e r y
description o f the convulsion o f a n o r g a s m , o f a
change, of an expansion and contraction...He
believes that from infancy it is incorporated Into
the p s y c h o l o g y o f e v e r y p e r s o n ; t h a t t h e y d e a l
w i t h the flow o f ' s e x u a l energy' b y either holding
it d o w n — a s y o u d o w i t h b r e a t h i n g . . . Y o u control
its e x p r e s s i o n b y h o w m u c h 'fuel' y o u give it to
express itself...You then develop 'familial
relationships' around these attitudes of
t e n s i o n — a n d the 'family' t h e n d e v e l o p s It Into
t o w n s , cities, a n d societies."
J a c k m a y h a v e b e e n standoffish about s o m e
a s p e c t s o f the Sixties, b u t h e u n d e r s t o o d w h a t
w o u l d w o r k for h i m . D r u g s a n d sexual liberation
y i e l d e d p o s i t i v e r e s u l t s , In h i s c a s e ; a n d t h e
personal and professional growth, which he
b o a s t e d about, w a s o b v i o u s to close friends.
N i c h o l s o n ' s little k n o w n Drive, He Said w a s a n
explicitly R e i c h i a n m o v i e , a c c o r d i n g to the actor's
i n t e r v i e w s p r o m o t i n g the film. T h r o u g h o u t h i s career,
Nicholson has e s c h e w e d traditional politicking so
ridiculous and rife a m o n g H o l l y w o o d stars. His
c o n s i s t e n t ability to c a p t u r e free—even e x p l o s i v e -
e m o t i o n a l expression o n the screen casts a w h o l e n e w
light u p o n his experiences in R e i c h i a n therapy, i n w h i c h
patients a r e e n c o u r a g e d to b r e a k d o w n their resistance
against feeling d e e p e m o t i o n .
I n m o s t w a y s the character o f Gabriel, w h o
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"goes c r a z y u n d e r the s t r e s s o f his v i s i o n , " in
Nicholson's w o r d s , w a s closer to J a c k : like J a c k ,
a loser w i t h w o m e n , w i t h a history o f p r e m a t u r e
ejaculation. (Nicholson w r o t e a scene, n o t In the
book, that implied a s m u c h . )
" G a b r i e l is a R e i c h - i n f l u e n c e d , y o u n g ,
politically revolutionary character, w h o believes
w h a t R e i c h said a b o u t politics," N i c h o l s o n said
in i n t e r v i e w s f o l l o w i n g the film's r e l e a s e . "His
action t h r o u g h the film is the life o f R e i c h ; h e
w a s right, w h a t he w a s saying w a s right, n o one
b e l i e v e d h i m , it d r o v e h i m c r a z y a n d h e w a s
institutionalized." (p.216)
Of course, J a c k N i c h o l s o n wasn't the only
celebrity Reichian; those w e r e different times.
"I k i n d o f a d m i r e d t h e w a y J a c k w a s a b l e t o
bring everything d o w n to the b o t t o m line,"
[Susan] Strasberg continued. "He didn't
c o m p l i c a t e t h i n g s In the w a y that s o m e a c t o r s
d o . W h e n w e w e r e f i l m i n g [the s e x s c e n e ] , for
example, I discussed R e i c h i a n t h e r a p y w i t h h i m .
I had been in Reichian therapy, and so had
J a c k , I believe. R e i c h w a s a brilliant m a n w i t h
c o m p l e x theories, far a h e a d o f their time, a b o u t
the b i o - e n e r g y o f the b o d y . A n d I r e m e m b e r J a c k
distilling it all d o w n to Y o u fuck better.'" (p. 186)
—Jim Martin
The Ultimate Computer Crime
Votescanv The Stealing of America b y J a m e s M . Collier
and K e n n e t h F. Collier, V i c t o r i a H o u s e Press, 67 W a l l
Street. N e w Y o r k . N Y 10005. ($6.99)
Shocking, o u t r a g e o u s and definitely too
c o n t r o v e r s i a l f o r p r i m e - t i m e n o o z , Votescam: The
Stealing of America is o n e o f the m o s t Important stories
of the y e a r .
T h e p r e m i s e ? " C o m p u t e r i z e d v o t i n g g i v e s the
p o w e r o f s e l e c t i o n , w i t h o u t f e a r o f d i s c o v e r y , to
w h o m e v e r controls the computer."
Former rock impresarios, New Wave
entrepreneurs, and investigative journalists, J i m and
K e n Collier stepped into a virtual n e t h e r w o r l d o f political
a n d b u r e a u c r a t i c corruption r a n g i n g from D a d e County,
Florida to W a s h i n g t o n D C .
T h e Collier b r o t h e r s ' l o n g strange trip b e g a n in
the h e a d y 1970s. Before they g o t involved in politics, the
b r o t h e r s p u t o n the D o o r s c o n c e r t in D a d e C o u n t y
w h e r e J i m Morrison g o t arrested for o b s c e n i t y d o i n g his
infamous j e r k - o f f routine.
T h e n , a l m o s t on a lark, K e n decided to test the
A m e r i c a n political p r o c e s s b y r u n n i n g for C o n g r e s s
against C l a u d e Pepper. T h e y s i m p l y w a n t e d to "use the
s y s t e m to see If things that n e e d e d to b e d o n e actually
c o u l d g e t d o n e . " T h e y e v e n g o t a b o o k d e a l from D e l l
Steamshovel P r e s s , P O B 33715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
Publishing to w r i t e a b o u t their adventures,
Running Through the System: Ballots not
Bullets.
S p e n d i n g a l m o s t no' m o n e y o n their
c a m p a i g n , t h e y w e r e s u r p r i s e d to h e a r o n
election n i g h t c o v e r a g e t h a t K e n ' s v o t e h a d
j u m p e d to 3 1 % . T h e n m y s t e r i o u s l y b y t h e
n e x t "projection", t h e v o t e h a d d r o p p e d to
16%. A n d n o t too surprisingly K e n lost.
I n v e s t i g a t i n g further, t h e b r o t h e r s
b e g a n l o o k i n g for a n o m a l i e s , a p a t t e r n i n
the official hand-written records of the
v o t i n g m a c h i n e tallies. T h e y s o o n r e c o g n i z e d
a b l a n d g r a y s a m e n e s s to all o f the « shocking tmwoitSMiM
signatures o f the v o t e canvassers. Y u p , t h e y
w e r e forgeries. T h e y e v e n found the g u y w h o
w r o t e a n article a b o u t It, " H o w T o F o r g e D o c u m e n t s with
a B a n k R a p i d o g r a p h " for Police Magazine.
Votescam Is a true-crime real-life detective story
as the brothers u n c o v e r m o r e l o w - t e c h vote-stealing
t e c h n i q u e s l i k e : 1. s h a v i n g t h e p l a s t i c w h e e l s i n s i d e
v o t i n g m a c h i n e s ; 2 . printing b l a n k c a n v a s s sheets w h i c h
c o u l d be filled in later; a n d 3. the ubiquitous
Printomatic v o t i n g m a c h i n e s w h i c h can b e pre-arranged
for a w i n b y the candidate o f choice.
A n d then there's the News Election Service
( N E S ) o f N e w Y o r k . N e v e r h e a r d o f i t ? A c c o r d i n g to a
C I A - s p o n s o r e d think tank s t u d y u n e a r t h e d b y the
C o l l i e r b r o t h e r s , " N E S is a w h o l l y o w n e d s u b s i d i a r y
j o i n t - v e n t u r e o f national television n e t w o r k s A B C , C B S ,
a n d N B C a n d the press-wire services A P and U P I . T h i s
private organization performs without a contract,
w i t h o u t s u p e r v i s i o n b y p u b l i c officials. It m a k e s
d e c i s i o n s c o n c e r n i n g its d u t i e s a c c o r d i n g to i t s o w n
criteria. T h e question of accountability of News
Election Service has not arisen in the nation's press
b e c a u s e the responsibility N E S n o w has In counting the
nation's votes w a s assumed gradually over a lengthy
period w i t h o u t e v e r b e i n g e v a l u a t e d a s a n i t e m o n the
public agenda."
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e Corners, "the N E S m a i n f r a m e
c o m p u t e r has the capability, v i a t e l e p h o n e lines, o f
'talking' back and forth with county and state
g o v e r n m e n t m a i n f r a m e s . D u r i n g the I m p o r t a n t 6 0 - d a y
certification p e r i o d after an election, the c o u n t s in the
c o u n t y a n d state m a i n f r a m e s can still b e m a n i p u l a t e d
b y outsiders to c o n f o r m to earlier T V projections."
W h e n a s k e d b y o u r reporters h o w N E S c o u n t s
a n d d i s s e m i n a t e s the v o t e n a t i o n w i d e , the president o f
N E S replied, "This is n o t a p r o p e r area o f inquiry." O h ,
z a t right?
W i t h a n a n s w e r like that, try to figure o u t the
o d d c o i n c i d e n c e o f all the n e t w o r k s c o m i n g u p w i t h the
same "projections" at the same t i m e . T h e y d o .
A n d w h a t i f "deniabillty" and "untrackabillty"
were built into the secret source codes that run the
machines?
Votescam is a r e a l p a g e - t u r n e r a s the b r o t h e r s
practice their take-no-prisoners b r a n d o f reporting, e v e n
getting the L e a g u e o f W o m e n V o t e r s o n v i d e o d o i n g the
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
dirty d e e d .
Describing the Collier brothers' video,
a t t o r n e y E l l i s S. R u b i n in the V o t e r s '
O m b u d s m a n report, writes "you will be
s h o c k e d and s i c k e n e d t o see s e v e n t y w o r k e r s
from the L e a g u e o f W o m e n V o t e r s sitting at
long tables at the D a d e C o u n t y tabulation
center using p e n c i l s to p u n c h holes in
thousands of paper punchcard computer
ballots prior to their being counted." The
L W V w e r e q u i e t l y d r o p p e d after this
revelation.
T h i s b o o k is a n a b s o l u t e m u s t - r e a d
b e c a u s e It n a m e s n a m e s — a S u p r e m e C o u r t
j u s t i c e , the m o s t powerful female publisher in
America, and the current US Attorney
General— all culpable In w i t h h o l d i n g e v i d e n c e o f massive
v o t e fraud In A m e r i c a .
Votescam: The Stealing of America is a troubling
l o o k at the c o r r u p t i o n o f the A m e r i c a n v o t e that m o s t
p e o p l e d o n ' t w a n t to b e l i e v e is e v e n p a r t i a l l y t r u e . It
asserts the unthinkable— the ultimate c o m p u t e r crime.
A n d y o u k e e p w o n d e r i n g w h y y o u v o t e and the
rascals n e v e r s e e m t o g e t t h r o w n out?. T h i s b o o k will set
y o u r m i n d a'spinnlng. G u a r a n t e e d . *
— Uri Dowbehko
No Gemstone Rosetta Stone
Project Seek: Onassis, Kennedy, and the Gemstone
Thesis, B r i d g e r H o u s e Publishers, Inc, 1994.
I n Project Seek o n e seeks In v a i n t h r o u g h its 3 8 8
p a g e s to find m u c h t h a t Is n e w o n the s u b j e c t o f the
Gemstone File. Gerald A . Carroll, "program assistant
a n d a d j u n c t a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r . . .at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
Iowa," h a s w r i t t e n w h a t the publisher t o u t s a s the first
treatment o f G e m s t o n e to b e "seriously researched a n d
c o n f i r m e d t h r o u g h i n d e p e n d e n t , objective m e a n s . " B u t
Carroll Is playing h i d e - a n d - s e e k w h e n h e h i d e s the fact
that o n e third or m o r e of his b o o k w a s previously
p u b l i s h e d in m y o w n The Gemstone File ( I l l u m i n e t ,
1992). Carroll says, "The S k e l e t o n K e y a p p e a r s here, for
the first time, In a n n o t a t e d form." N o t .
Beyond the K e y and the Kiwi and a lot of
p a r a p h r a s i n g from m y b o o k , the b o o k is m o s t l y padding.
Carroll also implies that m y Interview with
Stephanie C a r u a n a , the p e r s o n w h o m o s t likely penned
the S k e l e t o n K e y to the G e m s t o n e File, is a fabrication
b y m e . 'Tt w a s o n l y t h r o u g h K e i t h ' s n a r r a t i v e i n T h e
Gemstone File that the b r e a k t h r o u g h w a s achieved— that
the S k e l e t o n K e y e d i t o r at l o n g l a s t h a d b e e n "found"
and that s o m e original R o b e r t s scripture w a s suddenly
extant," a c c o r d i n g to Carroll.
If Carroll d o u b t e d the authenticity o f m y
Interview with Caruana, might he not have exercised
s o m e o f his "objectivity" a n d d r o p p e d m e a line, asking
to r e v i e w m y file o f C a r u a n a c o r r e s p o n d e n c e ? P e r h a p s
h e m i g h t h a v e Inquired a b o u t C a r u a n a ' s p h o n e n u m b e r ?
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O r m i g h t h e n o t h a v e c o l l a r e d h e r after h e r r a n t a s a
p a r t i c i p a n t o n m y G e m s t o n e p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n at t h e
P h e n o m i c o n in 1992?
A l o n g w i t h a few n e w observations o n G e m s t o n e ,
w e are m o s t l y given material w i t h o u t m u c h bearing o n
the subject: p a g e after p a g e of C a r r o l l ' s partially-
i n f o r m e d v i e w s o n t h e J F K hit, B C C I , P a u l W i l c h e r ,
Casolaro's Octopus, the Illuminati...There are even
several p a g e s c o m p a r i n g the G e m s t o n e material to the
Indiana J o n e s films.
A "Conspiracy N e t w o r k " chart at the b a c k o f the
b o o k p r o v i d e s a h a n d y i n d e x t o t h e m u d d l e t h a t Is
Carroll's v i e w o f conspiracy politics—you're g o i n g to
w a n t to laminate this o n e for y o u r billfold. T h e Illuminati
and Freemasonry (which Carroll swings into action
against w i t h t w o s e n t e n c e s in his b o o k ) are depicted at
the top o f the c o n s p i r a c y h e a p , b r a n c h i n g d o w n w a r d s to
the G e m s t o n e Files, w h i c h b r a n c h e s into the C o m m i t t e e
of 300, the O l y m p i a n s , and the Trilaterallsts on one
hand, a n d Torbitt, Brussell, and O n a s s i s / N a z i s on the
other.
Is a l l t h i s w i l l f u l disinformation and
obsfucation? O r is this j u s t a b o o k w h i c h is miles from
the original spirit of G e m s t o n e , muffling w h a t e v e r
original m e s s a g e w h i c h m i g h t h a v e b e e n c o n t a i n e d In
the 'Stone w i t h leyar after layer o f conspiratorial cotton
wool?
—Jim Keith
(Steamshovel D e b r i s : J i m K e i t h is the editor o f
The Gemstone File a n d Secret and Suppressed: Banned
Ideas and Hidden History. H i s n e w b o o k is Casebook on
Alternative 3: UFOs, Secret Societies, and World Control.
A l l of these b o o k s are available from Illuminet Press, P O
B o x 2 8 0 8 , Lilburn, G A 3 0 2 2 6 . P h o n e : 1-800-680-INET.)
Kennedy Round Up
O f the n e w J F K a s s a s s i n a t i o n b o o k s , t h e o n e
t h a t a d d s t h e m o s t t o t h e l i b r a r i e s o f n o v i c e s and
v e t e r a n s o f the topic is R o b e r t G r o d e n ' s The KUling of the
President ($30; Viking Studio B o o k s , Penquin B o o k s
U S A Inc., 375 H u d s o n Street, N e w Y o r k , N Y 10014.)
Groden, of course, has done more than any other
researcher to e x p o s e the intricacies o f the Z a p r u d e r film
to r e s e a r c h e r s , t h r o u g h r o t o s c o p i n g a n d e n l a r g e m e n t s
that appear now on virtually every amateur video
d o c u m e n t a r y o f the assassination— s o m e t i m e s d u b b e d
to s m u d g e s b y m a n y generations. H i s enlargements o f
the Z a p r u d e r frames as w e l l as other films he has
collected and has b e e n w o r k i n g on, most notably the
Charles Brcnsonfilm containing a previously unknown
v i e w o f the E l m Street s e q u e n c e , c a n b e f o u n d In this
coffee-table edition. T h e c o m m e n t a r y will not only
enlighten u n i n f o r m e d coffee-table guests b u t it p r e s e n t s
new and under-reported information that will inform
s o m e buffs and r e m i n d o t h e i s o f significant, fascinating
and unresolved aspects o f the crime. For Instance,
G r o d e n r e p r o d u c e s the "tramps" p h o t o s a n d s e e m s to
have no p r o b l e m stating flatly that they picture E.
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H o w a r d H u n t ; h i s e n l a r g e m e n t s e v e n reflect w h a t h e
labels as a radio control device b e h i n d H u n t ' s ear. The
Killing of the President is a plush, bountiful presentation
of the visual elements of the J F K assassination that
really sets a n e w s t a n d a r d for r e s e a r c h in the
photographic materials. (An a c c o m p a n y i n g v i d e o release
w a s unavailable to Steamshovel at p r e s s time.)
M i c h a e l Collins P i p e r b r i n g s a perspective that is
relatively h e w to J F K s t u d i e s but an old s a w to his
publishers, a s u b s e t o f the L i b e r t y L o b b y . Final
Judgement: The Missing Link In The JFK Assassination
Conspiracy ($20; The Wolfe Press, Washington, DC)
looks at the i n v o l v e m e n t o f the M o s s a d , the Israeli secret
police, i n the J F K hit and m a k e s the case that it w a s a
pre-dominant element. T h e thesis certainly has been
u n d e r - e x a m i n e d in the p a s t a n d raises s o m e interesting
historical questions a b o u t the relationship b e t w e e n the
K e n n e d y s a n d Israel that date b a c k to J o s e p h Kennedy's
Neville C h a m b e r l a i n - l i k e n o d s t o the N a z i s . T h e b o o k
c a n n o t b e read, h o w e v e r , w i t h o u t trying to identify the
fine line of a n anti-Israel/anti-Zionist critique w i t h old-
fashioned anti-Semitism.
T h e m a i n t h e s i s o f the b o o k is not w h a t
r e c o m m e n d s it, h o w e v e r . I n c l u d e d i n its p a g e s is a
discussion o f M a r k L a n e ' s defense o f the Liberty L o b b y
against E. H o w a r d H u n t ' s defamation suit. It condenses
and in s o m e w a y s m a k e s the trial m o r e clear than
L a n e ' s o w n Plausible Denial. R e a d e r s w i l l r e c a l l t h a t
H u n t b r o u g h t suit after V i c t o r M a r c h e t t i p u b l i s h e d an
article In t h e L i b e r t y L o b b y ' s Spotlight s u g g e s t i n g that
the C I A w a s a b o u t to issue a m e m o c h a r g i n g H u n t w i t h
c o m p l i c i t y in the a s s a s s i n a t i o n . M a r c h e t t i ' s article
s t a t e d e x p l i c i t l y t h a t t h i s m e m o w a s c r e a t e d for
purposes o f limited hangout, to sacrifice H u n t as a rogue
e l e m e n t a n d deflect c r i t i c i s m o f the C I A as an
i n s t i t u t i o n . T h e L i b e r t y L o b b y c l a i m e d n o m a l i c e In
p u b l i s h i n g t h e s t o r y b u t H u n t w o n the o r i g i n a l c a s e .
L a n e t o o k It u p o n a p p e a l a n d w o n b y c h a n g i n g t h e
d e f e n s e to p r o v i n g t h a t H u n t w a s in D a l l a s a n d w a s
complicit In the conspiracy, a c h a r g e n e v e r m a d e In the
o r i g i n a l M a r c h e t t i article. I f for n o o t h e r r e a s o n , Final
Judgement Is w o r t h t h e r e a d e r s ' a t t e n t i o n to d i s c o v e r
w h a t a piece o f l a w y e r w o r k t h a t trial b e c a m e .
R o n L e w i s ' b o o k , Flashback: The Untold Story of
Lee Harvey Oswald ( 1 4 . 9 5 ; L e w c o m P r o d u c t i o n s , P O B
2 4 2 9 , Roseberg, O r e g o n 9 7 4 7 0 ) , h a s the m o s t to offer in
terms of local color and period detail about the
assassination. L e w i s m e t O s w a l d in O c t o b e r 1962 a n d
had an intermittent relationship with him through
O c t o b e r o f the n e x t y e a r . In A u g u s t 1963, O s w a l d
c o n f i d e d In L e w i s the p l a n t o kill K e n n e d y a n d L e w i s
failed to b r i n g the i n f o r m a t i o n to authorities. Like
R o b e r t M o r r o w {Steamshovel D e b r i s : w h o s e c l a i m that
R o b e r t K e n n e d y w a s killed b y a M o s s a d a g e n t w i t h g u n
disguised a s a c a m e r a recently c o s t the Globe tabloid $ 3
m i l l i o n in a d e f a m a t i o n s u i t ) , L e w i s h a s confessed
publicly to this complicity and h a s b e e n Investigated b y
the F B I , w h i c h d o e s n o t p r o s e c u t e for fear o f exposing
the conspiracy.
L e w i s w a s first incarcerated at a g e 18 a n d w a s
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 2.1715, Si. L o u i s , M O 63121
living u n d e r an a s s u m e d n a m e in fear of being
p r o s e c u t e d for c h e c k - b o u n c i n g w h e n h e m e t O s w a l d .
After the a s s a s s i n a t i o n he hid for y e a r s in D e l R i o ,
T e x a s , w i t h his family thinking h i m d e a d . In addition to
reflecting his life in the O s w a l d e s q u e under-class, L e w i s '
account contains a vivid reflection o f its b a n a l detail. In
c o m p l a i n i n g about his m e a g e r p a y as a m e s s e n g e r b o y
for G u y Bannister, for instance, Lewis quotes Oswald:"Tf
I had to d e p e n d on thirty-three dollars a w e e k , I couldn't
e v e n b u y M a r i n a a thirty-nine cent pair o f panties.' L e e .
t o l d m e . H e d i s c u s s e d M a r i n a ' s p a n t i e s i n h i s half-
kidding, half-serious manner, saying, T ' m serious...you
should see her panties! T h e elastic is giving o u t a n d s h e
w a n t s s o m e n e w o n e s ' . . . t h e panties she w o r e obviously
weren't d e s i g n e d for the latter stages o f pregnancy."
All The Rest
O n the U F O p u b l i s h i n g front, t w o offerings
should g r a b r e a d e r attention: L i n d a M o u l t o n H o w e has
produced a glossy, slick, large, c o m p r e h e n s i v e and
copiously illustrated v o l u m e on crop circles, animal
mutilations and h u m a n a b d u c t i o n s entitled Glimpses of
Other Realities, Volume 1: Facts and Eyewitnesses
($39.95; Linda Moulton H o w e Productions, P O B 538,
H u n t i n g d o n Valley, P A 19006); a n d Bill Barker has
released a t w o - p a c k a g e kit o f his eerie, all-too-real alien
' c a r t o o n s . Schwa and Counter Schwa (send SASE to
Schwa, B o x 6 0 6 4 , R e n o N V 8 9 5 1 3 for m o r e information).
H o w e ' s b o o k g i v e s alternately beautiful and r e p u g n a n t
color photographic i m a g e s o f crop circles, d i s m e m b e r e d
cattie and a b d u c t e e impressions o f alien p r e s e n c e .
Glimpses presents the v i e w that these
p h e n o m e n a m a y reflect "another Intelligence that is
facing e n v i r o n m e n t a l s u r v i v a l Issues a s w e are o n o u r
o w n planet", b u t d o e s it m o r e w i t h a p r e s e n t a t i o n o f
evidence t h a n persuasive a r g u m e n t . Glimpses attempts
to report on o v e r l o o k e d local stories from a l a r g e variety
of locales to reveal c o m m o n patterns that may, i n turn,
reveal something of this other intelligence. Nothing
here, however, really contradicts the notion that the
aliens are j u s t d i c k i n g a r o u n d w i t h us.
T h e o n l y real defense, o f course, Is Schwa, the
unwieldy packages of key-rings, tokens, pins, b u m p e r
stickers, booklets and cartoons put out by Barker.
T h e s e n e w materials n o t e t h a t "Alien Is Beautiful* a n d
that "This P l a n e t C o n t a i n s Life O f A n U n u s u a l and
G r a p h i c Nature", and present a v a r i e t y o f k e y h o l e g i z m o s
a n d c h a r m s to detect a n d e x p o s e s u c h alienism. A m i d s t
the ubiquitous G r e y v i s a g e In Barker's d r a w i n g s , w h i c h
comprise t w o large b o o k l e t s in this latest outing, is the
stick man—a one dimensional ordinary guy
o v e r w h e l m e d b y the alien m a d n e s s . S t e v e D i t k o c o m e s
to m i n d a s a n antecedent in the graphic arts. J a c q u e s
V a l l e e p r o m i s e s t o u s e t h e A l i e n D e t e c t o r at t h e next
M U F O N convention.
M o r e serious s t u d e n t s o f alien l a n d / t i m e s c a p t n g
w o u l d d o w e l l to b o o t u p t h e Timewave Zero software
($49; Dolphin Software, 48 Shattuck Square #147,
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
Berkeley C A 94704). Based on Terence McKenna's
m i l l e n i a l / a p o c a l y p t i c theories, w h i c h w e r e laid u p o n h i m
b y a l i e n s a f t e r a h e a v y m u s h r o o m e n c o u n t e r in the
C o l u m b i a n A m a z o n i n 1 9 7 1 , it c u r r e n t l y p r o j e c t s the
s i n g u l a r i t y e v e n t a t t h e e n d o f h i s t o r y c o m i n g in o n
D e c e m b e r 2 1 , 2 0 1 2 , after w h i c h h o p e f u l l y w e c a n all
relax. This software displays a n y part of M c K e n n a ' s
t i m e w a v e as a w e s t e r n c a l e n d a r g r a p h . T h e u s e r can
see t h e 4 . 5 b i l l i o n y e a r h i s t o r y o f e a r t h o r z e r o in on
p o r t i o n s a s b r i e f a s 9 2 m i n u t e s . It w a s d e v e l o p e d b y
Peter M e y e r in consultation w i t h T e r e n c e M c K e n n a . It's
IBM PC compatible (graphics adapter or not) and
requires M S - D O S 2.10 o r later.
R o b e r t A n t o n W i l s o n w r i t e s , "I don't care w h a t
y o u s a y a b o u t the video— a s l o n g as y o u get the ordering
information correct!" as if to suggest Steamshovel would
h a v e a n y t h i n g b u t h i g h p r a i s e f o r Fear in the Night:
Demons, Incest and UFOs ( $ 1 4 . 9 5 ; P e r m a n e n t P r e s s ,
D e p a r t m e n t S, P O B o x 7 0 0 3 0 5 , S a n J o s e C A 9 5 1 7 0 ) .
A n y chance to b e regaled a n d enlightened b y this great
professor o f the h i g h e r circuits is a b a r g a i n at a l m o s t
any p r i c e -
it's surprising really that recent W i l s o n - i s - D e a d r u m o r s
haven't put the price for this tape t h r o u g h the roof. (In
fact, Steamshovel is still w a i t i n g for t h e effect o f t h e
W i l s o n - I s - O r s o n W e l l e s r u m o r to i m p a c t o n the b a c k
issue market.) On the tape, R A W tackles issues
surrounding false m e m o r y s y n d r o m e , where sham
psychotherapy meets the tribulations of abductee
v i c t i m s , b u t the lecture is a l s o a l m o s t a p i c a r e s q u e o f
many wide-ranging a m u s e m e n t s -
i n c l u d i n g W i l s o n ' s r e p o r t o n h o w B e r k e l e y (as in
"Berkeley, dooood") g o t its n a m e a n d his take the B u d d
Hopkins crowd. T h e tape runs j u s t under an hour,
w h i c h is p a l a t a b l e for a l e c t u r e , a n d it w i l l h o l d o v e r
vlewers/readers/thinkers-of-things until an expected
n e w anthology from R. A . W i l s o n this year.
G r o w i n g out the Potlatch Lecture series,
Extraphile e x p r e s s e s i n z i n e f o r m the "no n a t i o n , n o
w o r k " ethic L e n B r a c k e n a n d B o b B l a c k h a v e attempted
t o a r t i c u l a t e In t h e i r F i r s t E x t r a n a t i o n a l m a n i f e s t o
"Provisional Resolutions T o w a r d s a U n i o n o f Egos". T h e
S p r i n g 1994 i s s u e i n c l u d e s t h a t m a n i f e s t o as w e l l as
Peter Lamborn Wilson's "An Immediatist Potlatch",
Black's postscript t o "The O r i g i n a l Affluent Society" b y
Marshall Sahlins a n d m u c h else, s o m e o f it taking a bit
of, well, w o r k to deconstruct. Available for $ 1 2 annually,
$3 p e r issue from P O B 5 5 8 5 , A r l i n g t o n , V A 2 2 2 0 5 .
—Kenn Thomas
Errata: T h e o p e n i n g paragraph to G.J. K r u p e y ' s reviews
of books on A I D S last issue stated that "The H I V
h y p o t h e s i s , o n c e c o n s i d e r e d irrefutable, is n o w u n d e r
attack, as c l a i m s are b e i n g m a d e for H I V - n e g a t i v e
patients w h o remain AIDS-free," a patently absurd
s t a t e m e n t c a u s e d b y t y p o g r a p h i c a l m i s h a p . It should
h a v e r e a d "claims are b e i n g m a d e for H I V - n e g a t i v e
patients w i t h A I D S s y m p t o m s , and HrV-positive patients
w h o r e m a i n A I D S - f r e e . " Steamshovel a p o l o g i z e s to M r .
K r u p e y a n d the readers for the error.
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Things A r e Gonna
Slide
Tramp The Dirt Down
R i c h a r d N i x o n , o f c o u r s e , is n o w d e a d . M e d i a
p u n d i t s w e r e o b l i g a t e d to c o m e up w i t h s o m e
rationalization for his life, o f course, s o little e n o u g h w a s
said about even the disgraces a c c e p t e d by the
m a i n s t r e a m , the m i s b e g o t t e n escalation o f the V i e t n a m
W a r , W a t e r g a t e , t h e r e s i g n a t i o n . "Well, h e o p e n e d u p
China, dammit!" s e e m e d to b e the refrain a s television
c o m m e n t a t o r s c o u g h e d their w a y through their eulogies.
E v e n less w a s m e n t i o n e d a b o u t , for i n s t a n c e , N i x o n ' s
r o l e in a p p r o v i n g G a r y P o w e r s ' i l l - f a t e d U 2 flight a s
m e a n s to interrupt a U S / S o v i e t s u m m i t that m i g h t h a v e
ended the Cold W a r thirty years earlier, or Nixon's
involvement with various assassinations. Nothing w a s
said a b o u t the synchronistic w a v e o f d e a t h s connected
to the J F K a s s a s s i n a t i o n n o w happening— in the w a k e
(still) o f the S t o n e m o v i e , the p a s s a g e o f the
A s s a s s i n a t i o n s M a t e r i a l R e v i e w A c t a n d the o b s e r v a n c e
o f the thirtieth a n n i v e r s a r y o f the assassination. Nixon,
J o h n Connally, H . R . H a l d e m a n , F r a n k Sturgis, Bill
Hicks (the J F K a s s a s s i n a t i o n c o m e d i a n recently k i c k e d
off the L e t t e r m a n s h o w , a n o t h e r fast-acting cancer) a n d
n o w J a c k i e K e n n e d y O n a s s i s , all d e a d w i t h i n less than a
year. F e w e v e n n o t e d this as coincidence.
(Steamshovel Debris: T h e best commentary on
Nixon to pass this editorial desk came from M a r k
Z e p e z a u e r o f the Tucson Comic News. Z e p e z a u e r w r o t e a
c o m p r e h e n s i v e o v e r v i e w o f N i x o n ' s public life, noting the
d o u b l i n g o f U S d e a t h s i n V i e t n a m b y N i x o n for n o
discernible c h a n g e in the w a r ' s final s e t t l e m e n t terms;
the transformation of Chile into a fascist state; the
mindless support of the S h a h of Iran, consequent oil
crisis a n d all the a t t e n d a n t e c o n o m i c w o e s o f the 1970s;
N i x o n ' s ties t o the m o b . H e c o n c l u d e s t h a t "Richard
Nixon, a dismal, l o a t h s o m e toad o f a m a n , left this w o r l d
a m u c h nastier place than h e found it, in large part d u e
to his career." T h e Tucson Comic News is available for
$ 1 0 . 7 0 for t w e l v e i s s u e s from P O B 2 1 1 1 , T u c s o n , A Z
85702.)
N i x o n ' s l a w y e r s a n d f a m i l y v o w e d to c o n t i n u e
t h e i r e f f o r t t o d e p r i v e t h e c o u n t y o f its o w n h i s t o r y
through lawsuits to stop the release o f his presidential
papers and tapes. O n e l a w y e r , R. S t a n Mortenson, told
a New York Times reporter that N i x o n had p o s t h u m o u s
privacy rights. "He could not cite a legal basis for that
concept," c o m m e n t e d the reporter.
Assassination Coalition
M e a n w h i l e , the effort to locate a n d e x a m i n e
d o c u m e n t s that reflect a truer picture o f recent history
c o n t i n u e s In t h e w a k e o f t h e A s s a s s i n a t i o n M a t e r i a l s
Review A c t of 1992. A t press time, legislation was
page 48
p e n d i n g that w o u l d e x t e n d to t w o y e a r s the life o f the
A s s a s s i n a t i o n Materials R e v i e w B o a r d , currently slated
to c l o s e - u p s h o p in O c t o b e r d e s p i t e t h e fact t h a t its
m e m b e r s had o n l y finally b e e n c o n f i r m e d in A p r i l .
A c c o r d i n g to S t e v e T i l l e y , J F K A s s a s s i n a t i o n R e c o r d s
Collection liaison for the N a t i o n a l A r c h i v e s and Records
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , the b o a r d h a s a u t h o r i t y to e x t e n d its
o w n life b y a y e a r if the p e n d i n g extension legislation is
delayed past October. A d e s c r i p t i o n o f the
A s s a s s i n a t i o n s R e c o r d s Collection a n d its w o r k to create
a n e l e c t r o n i c d a t a b a s e o f the n e w l y e m e r g i n g r e c o r d s
can b e found in G e n e r a l Information Leaflet 42 from the
National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington D C 20408.
T h e question o f w h a t is a n assassination record
has helped researchers in sifting through n e w releases,
b u t a n equally important question m a y define the legal
parameters o f w h a t will b e m a d e available through the
M a t e r i a l s R e v i e w A c t : w h o d e c i d e s w h a t is an
assassination record? T h e claim of H. R. Haldeman
(whose newly released b o o k / C D - R O M w a s unavailable
at press time) in Ends of Power that N i x o n m a k e s coded
r e f e r e n c e to the a s s a s s i n a t i o n in a W a t e r g a t e tape
s h o u l d qualify all W a t e r g a t e t a p e s as a s s a s s i n a t i o n
r e c o r d s . T h e logic w o u l d b e l o s t o n N i x o n ' s l a w y e r s .
W h o decides?
F o r t u n a t e l y , a n e w o r g a n i z a t i o n , the C o a l i t i o n
on Political Assassinations, has formed including
representatives of many important research
organizations (the A s s a s s i n a t i o n A r c h i v e s and Research
C o m m i t t e e , t h e C i t i z e n s f o r T r u t h in t h e K e n n e d y
Assassination, the C o m m i t t e e for a n O p e n A r c h i v e s , the
F o u r t h D e c a d e a n d t h e F u n d f o r A c c o u n t a b i l i t y ) to
a n a l y z e released d o c u m e n t s , assist in public education
and influence the R e v i e w B o a r d . J o h n J u d g e is o n e of
its principal organizers and its g o v e r n i n g b o d y includes
Cyril Wecht, J i m Di Eugenio, J i m Lesar and John
Newman. T h e g r o u p c o n d u c t e d an o r g a n i z i n g
conference In April and plans a national conference on
the thirtieth anniversary of the W a r r e n Commission
Report, Oct. 7-10, at the S h e r a t o n W a s h i n g t o n Hotel in
Washington, DC. The Coalition On Political
A s s a s s i n a t i o n s can b e reached at P O B 772, W a s h i n g t o n ,
D C 20044.
Mack Facts
. J o h n M a c k ' s n e w b o o k , Abduction: Human
Encounters with Aliens, published b y Scribner's, is being
hailed as the best thing to h a p p e n to ufology since
J a c q u e s V a l l e e . M a c k is a H a r v a r d p s y c h i a t r i s t and a
w i n n e r o f a 1977 P u l i t z e r Prize for a b i o g r a p h y o f
L a w r e n c e o f A r a b i a . H i s four h u n d r e d p a g e b o o k takes
the U F O a b d u c t i o n p h e n o m e n o n into r e a l m s u n d r e a m t
o f b y its original guru B u d d H o p k i n s . Finally, s a y U F O
buffs— legitimacy.
B u t the b a c k l a s h h a s already b e g u n . L o n g - t i m e
U F O - s c e n e o b s e r v e r J e r o m e C l a r k calls M a c k ' s b o o k a
t h r o w b a c k to the 1 9 5 0 s " s p a c e b r o t h e r " c r a z e , w h e n
s u s p e c t c h a r a c t e r s l i k e G e o r g e A d a m s k i told stories of
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63131
Aryan-looking Venusians
bringing messages of peace.
T h a t w a s a far cry from the
supposedly more believable
tales o f e m o t i o n l e s s , r o b o t - l i k e
Greys performing experiments
on napless abductees. Mack's
aliens bring m e s s a g e s of p e a c e ,
messages surprisingly similar
to M a c k ' s o w n radical-left, anti-
"Western" political v i e w s .
That's no coincidence,
a c c o r d i n g t o D o n n a Bassett, a
j o u r n a l i s t recruited t o infiltrate
Mack's support-group
pretending t o b e a n a b d u c t e e . Philip K l a s s a n d Bassett
b o t h c l a i m K l a s s d i d n o t p u t h e r u p t o it, a l t h o u g h
Bassett's h u s b a n d is a fellow editor o f K l a s s ' at Aviation
Week and Space Technology. Time (April 2 5 ) reported on
the shoddy research methods and indifferences to
clients' w e l f a r e that Bassett found in M a c k ' s " U F O cult."
B u t she a l s o s a y s M a c k is c r e a t i n g alien "spilt
personalities" in his a b d u c t e e s a n d u s i n g w h a t she
likens to "Chinese b r a i n w a s h i n g techniques"—Including
the G r o f b r e a t h i n g t e c h n i q u e , w h i c h M a c k calls " L S D
w i t h o u t the L S D . " T h a t s o u n d s less like a dispassionate
w a y to g e t a t t h e t r u t h o f w h a t ' s c a u s i n g a b d u c t i o n
t r a u m a a n d m o r e like classic M K U L T R A "spy-chlatry."
M a c k ' s colleagues at the C e n t e r for P s y c h o l o g y and
Social Change include not only Yale professor Robert
J a y Lifton b u t a l s o p a r a p s y c h o l o g i s t a n d f o r m e r N a v a l
I n t e l l i g e n c e official C . B . S c o t t J o n e s , r e p o r t e d l y t h e
"Falcon" of William Moore's "aviary" of T
FO-U.S.
intelligence t u r n c o a t s . M a c k has ties to i i S T and
reportedly to the C I A a n d the Rockefellers as w e l l .
I n the n e x t few m o n t h s w e m a y b e learning a lot
more about John Mack.
- Chris Roth
(Steamshovel D e b r i s : T h e New York Times Book Review
o f M a r c h 2 0 c o m p a r e d J o h n M a c k to T i m o t h y L e a r y a n d
q u o t e d a n a n o n y m o u s friend o f M a c k ' s as raising "the
specter o f W i l h e l m Reich, the psychiatrist w h o s e notions
a b o u t o r g o n e e n e r g y destroyed his career." I n the s a m e
a r t i c l e P h i l i p K l a s s s n i f f e d t h a t a b d u c t e e s a r e "little
nobodies."
In D e c e m b e r 1992 J o h n M a c k ' s n a m e a p p e a r e d
in a n article entitled " M i c r o w a v e H a r a s s m e n t a n d M i n d -
C o n t r o l E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n " b y J u l l a n e M c K l n n e y in
Electronic Surveillance Project, published by the
Association of National Security Alumni. The author
reports u p o n the e x p e r i e n c e s o f a w o m a n referred to a
hospital n e a r M c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y in 1973 d u r i n g the
period w h e n the university housed MKULTRA
e x p e r i m e n t s . T h e w o m a n w a s later p h y s i c a l l y s u b d u e d
by personnel of a medical center in N e w Y o r k but
resisted their a t t e m p t s to force neuroleptic d r u g s u p o n
h e r . S h e l a t e r f o u n d h e r s e l f In o n e o f J o h n M a c k ' s
s u p p o r t g r o u p s for alien a b d u c t e e s . T h e article suggests
that the w o m a n w a s "an M K U L T R A e x p e r i m e n t e e being
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 33715, S t . L o u i s M O 63121
kept o n the b o o k s " a n d concludes
that "drugs, externally Induced
auditory Input, holographic
projections.. .appropriately
focused dlrected-energy targeting,
device Implantations, special
effects and abductions are all
within this government's
c a p a b i l i t i e s a n d c a n b e u s e d for
purposes o f creating illusions of
UFO experiences." The
Association of National Security
A l u m n i i s a private g r o u p focusing
on directed energy and mind
control issues. It c a n b e reached
at P O B 13625, Silver S p r i n g , M D 2 0 9 1 1 -
3645.)
Skip Clemens and the Finders
S k i p C l e m e n s s a y s t h e m o r e h e l o o k s Into the
p o s s i b l e I n v o l v e m e n t o f the U . S . C u s t o m s S e r v i c e , the
F B I . a n d the C I A In a n International c h i l d - a b u s e ring,
t h e m o r e it r e s e m b l e s t h e W a s h i n g t o n , D C b a s e d
"Finders" ring u n c o v e r e d in 1 9 9 1 . In fact, h e has come
to s u s p e c t that it m i g h t all b e c o n n e c t e d .
C l e m e n s u s e d t o b e w i t h the C I A b u t n o w h e
says he's w i t h a private c o m p a n y in Stuart, Florida
c a l l e d T e c h n o l o g y S t r a t e g i c P l a n n i n g ( T S P ) , t h a t Is
staffed b y f o r m e r intelligence e m p l o y e e s (although,
u n u s u a l l y for a private c o m p a n y , its t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r
Is u n l i s t e d , a n d D i r e c t o r y A s s i s t a n c e t o l d m e t h a t its
prefix did n o t exist in t h a t a r e a c o d e ) . C l e m e n s says the
c a p a c i t y h e w o r k s in n o w is n o t as a n a g e n t b u t as a
"parent." C l e m e n s ' o w n child w a s o n e o f the v i c t i m s o f
the G l e n d a l e M o n t e s s o r i S c h o o l in F l o r i d a , w h i c h w a s
b u s t e d i n t h e m i d - i 9 8 0 s in w h a t h a s b e e n t h e o n l y
successful p r o s e c u t i o n e v e r in the U . S . for ritual a b u s e
(contra K e n Lannlng, the F B I ' s F a l s e M e m o r y S y n d r o m e
advocate, w h o d e n i e s ritual a b u s e exists).
N u m e r o u s other e x - C I A officials' kids were
victimized in that case, too, b u t o n c e the t r u e scope o f
the o p e r a t i o n b e c a m e k n o w n p r o s e c u t o r s h a n d s w e r e
already tied. J a m e s T o w a r d , the school's founder, a n d
h i s s e c r e t a r y w e r e s e n t e n c e d t o 2 5 a n d 10 y e a r s
respectively in 1986, b u t o n l y o n condition that a n y o n e
e l s e d i s c o v e r e d In the o p e r a t i o n b e i m m u n e f r o m
prosecution. T h a t odd plea-bargain should have been
t h e tip-off, C l e m e n s s a y s . B e y o n d t h e f i v e v i c t i m s
k n o w n at the t i m e , T S P is n o w d i s c o v e r i n g that Glendale
w a s c o n n e c t e d t o a r i n g o f M o n t e s s o r i s c h o o l s in
K e n t u c k y , Mississippi, and elsewhere w h i c h routinely
chloroformed a n d h y p n o t i z e d children— s o m e as y o u n g
as 18 m o n t h s — a n d s h i p p e d t h e m a s far afield as M e x i c o
on "field trips" f e a t u r i n g s e x u a l a b u s e a n d full
d o c u m e n t a t i o n o n film a n d v i d e o . A c c o r d i n g to
Clemens, multiple-personality-disorder programming
a l s o f e a t u r e s i n t h e i r r e p e r t o i r e oi m i n d - c o n t r o l
techniques.
Clemens claims T S P has been finding similar
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first to b e a s m a l l k i d d i e - p o r n o p e r a t i o n t h a t t h e y
m a n a g e d to t r a c e to a w a r e h o u s e i n W a s h i n g t o n , D C .
T h e r e a full-on s t u d i o w a s in o p e r a t i o n , i n v o l v i n g n o t
only child v i c t i m s b u t also mutilated a n i m a l s and other
p a r a p h e r n a l i a i n d i c a t i n g ritual a b u s e . It w a s s h a p i n g
u p to b e the k i n d o f multi-jurisdictional b u s t that w o u l d
m a k e the T a l l a h a s s e e cops famous; the FBI and
C u s t o m s w e r e c o o p e r a t i n g o n c r a c k i n g the w h o l e ring.
T h a t is, until the C I A s t e p p e d in and s q u a s h e d the
bust— a n d the story. T h a t ' s w h y y o u h a v e n ' t h e a r d a b o u t
the Finders in t h e m a i n s t r e a m press: it t e n t a c l e s w e n t
too h i g h i n t o federal agencies.
T h e c o v e r - u p o f the M o n t e s s o r i ring, C l e m e n s
maintains, involves n o t o n l y the C u s t o m Service's child-
p r o t e c t i o n t e a m b u t a l s o t h a t a g e n c y ' s e x e c u t i v e level
a n d the h i g h e s t levels o f the F B I a n d C I A as well. B u t
T S P ' s people h a v e h i g h c o n n e c t i o n s in the C I A too, a n d
that's the o n l y r e a s o n t h e y h a v e n ' t s h u t d o w n as quickly
a s t h e F i n d e r s i n v e s t i g a t i o n . T h e I R S t r i e d to c r a c k
down on T S P in April, and they've been harassed by
Finders agents as w e l l . B u t C l e m e n s insists the s c a n d a l
reaches t o o far a n d the d o c u m e n t a t i o n is too extensive
to d e n y : e v e n p a p e r w o r k from C u s t o m s ' o w n
investigations implicates their i n v o l v e m e n t .
T h a t m u c h is c o n f i r m e d b y a 1993 A s s o c i a t e d
Press report that the Justice Department was
investigating C u s t o m s Service allegations that the
Finders w a s not only a Satanic "commune" but a C I A
"front c o m p a n y . " T h e C I A , a c c o r d i n g to the report, h a s
tried t o o b s t r u c t the i n v e s t i g a t i o n , b u t the C I A d e n i e s
everything. T h e F i n d e r s are in this connection identified
with a computer c o m p a n y called Future Enterprises,
w h i c h trained C I A e m p l o y e e s In the 1980s.
C l e m e n s s a y s T S P has b e e n in touch w i t h
Attorney General Janet Reno, NBC, ABC,CNN,
Newsweek, a n d others. A t Steamshovel's press t i m e he
w a s p r o m i s i n g that A m e r i c a w o u l d b e reading all a b o u t
it w i t h i n a f e w w e e k s . T h e n again that's w h a t C l e m e n s
told m e in D e c e m b e r 1993. B u t he isn't m a k i n g it all u p .
page 50
A s p o k e s m a n for one of the two C o n g r e s s m e n
c o o p e r a t i n g in C l e m e n s ' i n v e s t i g a t i o n , C h a r l i e R o s e of
N o r t h C a r o l i n a (the o t h e r is T o m L e w i s o f F l o r i d a ) ,
confirmed the m a i n outline o f w h a t C l e m e n s said. T h e
s p o k e s m a n a d d e d t h o u g h t h a t it w a s too e a r l y to talk
about "ritual abuse" or t o start setting dates for a n y big
revelations. T h e investigation is till in the early stages,
Rose's office said.
B u t i f h a l f o f w h a t C l e m e n s says is true, there's
a government-run ritual abuse ring w h o s e discovery
could shake up the corridors o f p o w e r like n o other
scandal since W a t e r g a t e . Let's h o p e that i f he's right the
C I A doesn't get to h i m first.
- C h r i s Roth
Post Partum Suppression
In a n a n n o u n c e m e n t for its a d d r e s s c h a n g e ,
Steamshovel Press r e p r i n t e d the w o r d s o f s u b s c r i b e r
M i k e Sylwester, a J F K assassination researcher, as they
a p p e a r e d i n t h e l e t t e r s p a g e o f t h e W a s h i n g t o n Post:
"[the Post] p r i n t e d a p i e c e b y h u m o r i s t C h a r l e s P a u l
F r e u n d o n the t h e m e that all b o o k s about the
assassination are e q u a l l y stupid a n d l a u g h a b l e . W h i c h
comic gets the a s s i g n m e n t this y e a r ? " T h r o u g h the good
offices of M r . Freund, w h o w a s o t h e r w i s e o c c u p i e d w h e n
the Post d e c i d e d to a g a i n l o o k at c o n s p i r a c i e s a n d s o
p a s s e d o n the chore, the c o m i c ironically turned o u t to
be Steamshovel Press editor K e n n T h o m a s .
Steamshovel's best a t t e m p t at d o c u m e n t i n g the
W a s h i n g t o n Post's n o t o r i o u s r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h the
i n t e l l i g e n c e c o m m u n i t y a p p e a r s in its s i x t h issue.
Steamshovel Press # 6 c o n t a i n e d a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h
D e b o r a h Davis, a u t h o r o f Katharine The Great: Katharine
Graham and Her Washington Post Empire. M s . Davis
r e v i e w e d m u c h o f the k n o w n r e c o r d a b o u t the
relationship b e t w e e n Post publisher Phillip G r a h a m and
C I A h e a d A l l e n Dulles; the C I A ' s project to staff the Post
a n d other n e w s p a p e r s w i t h its a s s e t s ( O p e r a t i o n
M o n g o o s e ) ; Phil G r a h a m ' s m y s t e r i o u s death after
m a k i n g a p u b l i c a n n o u n c e m e n t a b o u t the J F K / M a r y
M e y e r liaison; a n d the military intelligence b a c k g r o u n d s
o f s u c h Post l u m i n a r i e s a s B o b W o o d w a r d a n d B e n
Bradlee. "The m o s t i m p o r t a n t thing to [the publishers o f
the Post]," M s . D a v i s noted, "is putting forth this m y t h
about themselves, that they are supremely moral,
s u p r e m e l y powerful, all-knowing, all-caring, that they'll
take care o f the rest o f u s a n d anything t h a t t h e y d o that
is questionable t h e y try to cover up". S o the W a s h i n g t o n
Post d i d n o t p a t r o n i z e a n u n k n o w i n g o r t a c i t l y
collaborating ally in the alternative press w h e n it offered
t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y f o r Steamshovel Press t o p r o v i d e a
w r a p - u p o f "conspiracy" research.
T h e n e w s p a p e r ' s Intention w a s to present a
t o n g u e - i n - c h e e k feature h e r a l d i n g in t h e " n e w a g e " o f
conspiracy theories w r o u g h t b y Bill Clinton's first y e a r
in o f f i c e . T h e Post e d i t o r d i d o f f e r c a v e a t s t h a t t h e
w r i t i n g "had to b e m o r e careful" t h a n w h a t o r d i n a r i l y
a p p e a r s i n Steamshovel ( i n t h e Post's v i e w ) — b u t
otherwise it m a d e a rare v e r b a l c o m m i t m e n t to present
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 33715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
the m a t e r i a l w i t h a s little v a r n i s h as p o s s i b l e — w i t h i n
the limits o f its editorial m i s s i o n . A n x i o u s as e v e r for
publicity and never adverse to exploring d i m e n s i o n s o f
h u m o r in c o n s p i r a c y r e s e a r c h , Steamshovel editor
T h o m a s t o o k the c h a l l e n g e to p r e s e n t the often
s u p p r e s s e d c o n s p i r a c y material to the Post r e a d e r s h i p
with m i n i m a l d i s t o r t i o n . T h e result, "Clinton Era
Conspiracies!" a p p e a r e d in the J a n u a r y 16 edition o f the
Post.
T h o m a s v i e w s the final article as 8 0 % successful
in identifying currents within "conspiracy" research and
keeping at a m i n i m u m the Post's propensity to ridicule
researchers. T h i s success c a m e as a result o f three
w e e k s of h a g g l i n g w i t h the e d i t o r s , h o w e v e r -
abandoning some good ideas, changing others, and
r e s i s t i n g a t t e m p t s a t p u t t i n g in p a r e n t h e t i c a l j i b e s
against the research c o m m u n i t y . A flippant q u e r y not
w r i t t e n by T h o m a s , " W a s G e n n i f e r F l o w e r s O n the
G r a s s y Knoll?", h e a d e d the article, a n d it included the
opinion, not shared b y T h o m a s , that the Trilateral
C o m m i s s i o n a n d the C o u n c i l o n F o r e i g n Relations are
"generally w e l l - r e g a r d e d pillars o f the foreign policy
establishment". T o give interested readers the best v i e w
o f t h e d i f f e r e n c e s , Steamshovel Press o f f e r e d t w o
v e r s i o n s o f t h e article to a n y o n e p u r c h a s i n g its 1994
Assassinations Calendar, the o n e that a p p e a r e d in the
Post and the original draft.
In the p u b l i s h e d v e r s i o n , Post editors r e m o v e d
e v e r y r e f e r e n c e to A r e a 5 1 , o s t e n s i b l y b e c a u s e it h a d
already e x a m i n e d that topic at length in recent editions.
Cut also w a s Len Bracken's c o m m e n t that Carroll
Q u i g l e y ' s s p e e c h e s m a d e h i m s e e m less the c o n v i n c e d
i m b e c i l e t h a t Bill C l i n t o n m a d e h i m o u t t o b e in h i s
a c c e p t a n c e s p e e c h at the D e m o c r a t i c N a t i o n a l
C o n v e n t i o n . T h e Post also t r i m m e d a long section
r e v i e w i n g the 1993 A S K s y m p o s i u m a n d t h e C l i n t o n
administration's i n c o m p e t e n c e in establishing the review
b o a r d r e q u i r e d b y the A s s a s s i n a t i o n s M a t e r i a l R e v i e w
A c t o f 1992. In a d d i t i o n to s p a c e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s (the
chief culprit for m o s t o f the cuts), the Post maintained
that too m u c h J F K material w o u l d r o b the article o f its
focus on C l i n t o n conspiracies.
Indeed, the Post w a s m o s t rigorous in asking for
rewrites o f the section on the airstrip in Mena, A r k a n s a s
apparently used in an Ollie North-styled d r u g s - a n d - g u n s
s c h e m e that t h e n - g o v e r n o r Clinton failed to investigate
properly. T h e Post insisted that this section b e flushed
out with details a n d sources, e v e n inserting reference to
A l e x a n d e r C o c k b u r n ' s early w o r k in b r e a k i n g the M e n a
story. "Clinton Era Conspiracies!" a p p e a r e d before the
W h i t e w a t e r scandal b e g a n to flood the daily n e w s and,
although the death o f W h i t e H o u s e aide V i n c e n t Foster
did c o m p r i s e o n e section o f the essay, the M e n a story
s e e m e d the m o s t substantial. (By M a r c h even CBS News
could n o l o n g e r resist a n d did a two-part broadcast on
M e n a , albeit depriving the story o f important details.)
If a similar rigor had been applied to the earlier
article b y C h a r l e s F r e u n d m e n t i o n e d b y Sylwester, the
Clinton c o n s p i r a c y e s s a y m a y h a v e n e v e r reached print.
F r e u n d h a d e x a g g e r a t e d c o m m e n t s T h o m a s m a d e in the
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S i . L o u i s , M O 63121
T W O DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE
ESSAY, BOBBY RAY INMAN WITHDREW HIS NAME
FROM CONSIDERATION AS SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE IN A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT MADE
HIM LOOK LIKE A CONSPIRACY WONK.
b o o k r e v i e w s for the Flatland catalog a b o u t charges o f
"agent baiting" m a d e b y J o h n J u d g e against M a r k L a n e .
T h e resulting p h o n e conversations a n d correspondence
b e t w e e n the t w o resulted in Freund's r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of
T h o m a s for this -assignment.
T w o d a y s after the p u b l i c a t i o n of the essay,
B o b b y R a y I n m a n w i t h d r e w his n a m e from consideration
as Secretary o f Defense i n a n e w s conference that m a d e
h i m l o o k like a c o n s p i r a c y w o n k . H i s c o m p l a i n t s w e r e
m a d e p r i m a r i l y a g a i n s t c o l u m n i s t W i l l i a m Saflre, b u t
s o m e Steamshovel r e a d e r s s u g g e s t e d t h a t the C l i n t o n
conspiracy essay a l s o m a y h a v e contributed to Inman's
decision to w i t h d r a w . T h e e s s a y had repeated J i m
Hougan's suggestion that Inman may have been
W a t e r g a t e ' s D e e p T h r o a t , reflecting a g e n e r a l criticism of
I n m a n as a s o u r c e for l e a k s . H o w e v e r , the e s s a y also
reported u p o n I n m a n ' s e x c h a n g e s w i t h ufologist R o b e r t
O e s c h l e r in w h i c h t h e A d m i r a l s e e m e d t o b e
a c k n o w l e d g i n g the existence o f alien spacecraft and the
M J 1 2 g r o u p o f U F O lore. T h i s report appeared and w a s
read w i d e l y in T i m o t h y G o o d ' s b o o k Alien Contact, but
readers suggested that its a p p e a r a n c e in a W a s h i n g t o n
daily m a y h a v e c a u s e d M J 1 2 to force I n m a n outl
Holding out the possibility that such attention m a y
indeed have been one more aggravation underscoring
I n m a n ' s dislike for the W a s h i n g t o n spotlight,
Steamshovel nevertheless c o u l d find n o evidence that he
had m e n t i o n e d the e s s a y in his p r e s s conference or on
Larry King Live, as s o m e readers suggested.
T h e parenthetical s w i p e s at researchers that did
creep into the text included m e n t i o n o f the relationship
of J o n a t h a n V a n k i n ' s publisher to the Unification
c h u r c h and S h e r m a n Skolnick's v i e w o f W a t e r g a t e . T h a t
V a n k i n ' s b o o k , Conspiracies, Cover Ups and Crimes w a s
p u b l i s h e d b y P a r a g o n H o u s e , w h i c h is o w n e d b y S u n
M y u n g M o o n ' s church, has b e e n w i d e l y discussed. T h i s
brief parenthetical nod, h o w e v e r , allowed n o opportunity
to d i s c u s s the i s s u e s o f p u b l i s h i n g c o m p r o m i s e s t h a t
s u r r o u n d the p r o v e n a n c e o f that book— issues that also
obviously involve the publication of the Clinton
conspiracy article b y the W a s h i n g t o n Post as well.
T h e Post a s k e d s e v e r a l t i m e s a b o u t S k o l n i c k ' s
take on W a t e r g a t e , u n k n o w n b y the author but
p r e s u m a b l y h a v i n g s o m e t h i n g to do w i t h the J F K
a s s a s s i n a t i o n / W a t e r g a t e l i n k o f t e n s c o f f e d at b y t h e
m a i n s t r e a m b u t accepted as c a n o n b y certain segments
of the research c o m m u n i t y . H e n c e , a non-parenthetical
a n d m a r g i n a l l y r e l e v a n t s t a t e m e n t that S k o l n i c k "who
h a s b e e n p r o m i n e n t in c o n s p i r a t o r i a l c i r c l e s s i n c e
Watergate" (Skolnick's work actually pre-dates
Watergate) appeared in the article. T h e article reported
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ISIKOFF RESPONDED THAT HE HAD BEEN
SATISFIED WITH THE REPORT ON INSLAW ISSUED
BY JUDGE NICHOLAS BUA LAST MARCH STATING
THAT DANNY CASOLARO HAD COMMITTED SUI­
CIDE AND THAT NO WRONG DOING WAS EVIDENT
IN THE INSLAW AFFAIR.
Skolnick's v i e w that V i n c e F o s t e r h a d b e e n killed b y a
t e a m o f G e r m a n hit m e n to prevent h i m from h a v i n g Bill
Clinton stop an a s s a s s i n a t i o n a t t e m p t against S a d d a m
Hussein. D e t a i l s a b o u t the plot a g a i n s t S a d d a m
H u s s e i n w e r e s u p p o r t e d b y n e w s reports in the C h i c a g o
Tribune faxed b y Steamshovel to the W a s h i n g t o n Post.
T h e last significant change m a d e by the
W a s h i n g t o n Post u n d e r s c o r e d the differences b e t w e e n
the pre- a n d post- published versions o f the article. After
t h e a r t i c l e c o n c l u d e d t h a t " I f i n d e e d C l i n t o n is a s
i m m e r s e d in t h e s e p l o t s , c o u n t e r p l o t s a n d v a r i o u s
intrigues as s o m e o f the r e s e a r c h e r s suggest, the need
for the k i n d o f m o r a l c e r t i t u d e h e a s c r i b e d t o C a r r o l l
Q u i g l e y s e e m s obvious", the Post chose to e n d the article
w i t h its o w n invention, "The president will also be h a r d
p r e s s e d to find t i m e for r e f o r m i n g h e a l t h c a r e , n e v e r
m i n d N A T O " , a glib observation for w h a t the n e w s p a p e r
v i e w e d as a frivolous piece. A n i m p o r t a n t point w a s lost
from the original article, w h i c h nevertheless e m p h a s i z e d
an Ironic relationship b e t w e e n the material it e x a m i n e d
and the v i e w held b y Clinton that Q u i g l e y w a s a p a r a g o n
of morality: "Like the research, h o w e v e r , its litmus test
will b e the d e g r e e to w h i c h that certitude is real or the
imaginative projection o f those w h o put it forward."
O n e last e x c h a n g e w i t h the Post provided s o m e
m e a s u r e of h o w the publication of "Clinton Era
Conspiracies" m i g h t affect the P o s f s future reporting o f
similar types o f research. After the W h i t e w a t e r scandal
erupted, several interesting connections b e t w e e n it a n d
the I n s l a w case b e c a m e a p p a r e n t . T h e s e w e r e
c o m m u n i c a t e d t o t h e W a s h i n g t o n Post w h e n M i k e
Issikoff, a reporter w h o p u r s u i n g the "conspiracy" angle
on the Foster suicide, called. Steamshovel faxed articles
to Isikoff s h o w i n g t h a t W e b s t e r L . H u b b e l l , the W h i t e
House counsel and associate attorney general w h o
resigned u n d e r o n e o f the W h i t e w a t e r w a v e s , h a d b e e n
r e c e n t l y a s s i g n e d t o r e - o p e n the I n s l a w I n v e s t i g a t i o n .
T h e articles also reflected that P a r k - O n - M e t e r , the
parking m e t e r c o m p a n y central to the allegations leading
to Hubbell's resignation, h a d curious contracts w i t h the
P e n t a g o n to d e v e l o p m o r e t h a n j u s t parking m e t e r s (it
b u i l t M X m i s s i l e c o n e s for o n e ) a n d t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n
a b o u t the c o m p a n y had surfaced w i t h allegations m a d e
in part b y the notorious informant o f D a n n y Casolaro's
Inslaw investigation, Michael Riconoscuito, regarding
the M e n a airstrip. Isikoff r e s p o n d e d that h e h a d b e e n
satisfied with the report o n Inslaw Issued b y J u d g e
N i c h o l a s B u a last M a r c h s t a t i n g that D a n n y C a s o l a r o
had committed suicide a n d that no w r o n g doing w a s
evident in the I n s l a w affair. Steamshovel had faxed Its
r e p o r t f r o m SP9 t h a t J u d g e B u a m a d e a t w e n t y - f i v e
page 52
m i l l i o n d o l l a r o u t - o f - c o u r t s e t t l e m e n t offer t o I n s l a w
a t t o r n e y E l l i o t R i c h a r d s o n ( w h o r e j e c t e d it) before
issuing the report a n d that B u a ' s report failed to d o even
simple things like a c o d e c h e c k o f the P r o m i s p r o g r a m .
Nevertheless, Isikoff r e m a i n e d c o n v i n c e d b y J u d g e B u a
and found n o merit In p u r s u i n g the I n s l a w / W h i t e w a t e r
connection and instead wrote a piece emphasizing
S h e r m a n Skolnick's t h e o r y on V i n c e Foster. (Isikoff did
b r u s h against the I n s l a w / W h i t e w a t e r link b y reporting
that o n e o f the last p h o n e calls r e c e i v e d b y Foster w a s
from Brantley Buck, the Rose law firm partner
r e s p o n s i b l e for l o o k i n g i n t o its t r o u b l e s w i t h W e b s t e r
Hubbell.)
"One e x c e l l e n t h i s t o r i c a l l e s s o n [ l e a r n e d f r o m
the J F K assassination researchers]," Mike Sylwester
w r o t e to the W a s h i n g t o n Times last N o v e m b e r , "has been
the ability o f i n d e p e n d e n t b u t informed citizens to defeat
g o v e r n m e n t and m e d i a elites w h o try to i m p o s e an
Official T r u t h b y pretending infallibility a n d b y ignoring,
mischaracterizing and hooting down dissenters."
Certainly this process w a s evident in Steamshovel's
r e l a t i o n s w i t h the W a s h i n g t o n Post, b u t Steamshovel
t a k e s s o m e c r e d i t — a n d g i v e s c r e d i t as w e l l t o the
editorial d e p a r t m e n t o n the P o s f s Outlook section—for
m i n i m i z i n g it In this instance.
In All Directions
We's all cuzzins! Federal a p p r o v a l o f the bovine
g r o w t h h o r m o n e In m i l k w a s p a s s e d w i t h the
participation o f F D A officials w h o also h e l d Interests in
M o n s a n t o C o m p a n y , the h o r m o n e ' s producer; and a
c a m p a i g n p r o m i s e to s h u t d o w n W a s t e T e c h n o l o g y Inc.'s
toxic w a s t e i n c i n e r a t o r in E a s t L i v e r p o o l , O h i o (the
world's largest) was ignored because of campaign
c o n t r i b u t i o n s b y A r k a n s a s i n v e s t m e n t firm S t e p h e n s ,
Inc., one of four original investors in the
i n c i n e r a t o r . . . I s n ' t that what happened to RFK? T h e
m u r d e r o f M e x i c a n presidential candidate Luis D o n a l d o
Colosio m u s t have set a speed record. He was
assassinated before he w a s actually president. The
M e x i c a n g o v e r n m e n t first c h a r a c t e r i z e d t h e a s s a s s i n ,
M a r i o A b u r t o M a r t i n e z , as a lone g u n m a n , then
c o n c e d e d t h a t at l e a s t s i x o t h e r p e o p l e b l o c k e d a n d
distracted Colosio's b o d y g u a r d s , a n d then b a c k e d a w a y
from a n y notion o f conspiracy... O f course, he couldn't see
anything from the floorboard. T a p e s released b y the L B J
L i b r a r y in A u s t i n d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t J o h n s o n d i d n ' t
believe the m a g i c bullet theory either. J o h n M a h e r
failed to b r i n g it u p d u r i n g A r l e n S p e c t e r ' s r e c e n t
a p p e a r a n c e o n Politically Incorrect...It would happen if
Spike Lee teamed up with Oliver Stone. A t the end o f last
y e a r a l a w y e r n a m e d W a y n e C h a s t a i n s o u g h t to present
n e w e v i d e n c e on the M a r t i n L u t h e r K i n g case b u t w a s
r e f u s e d a h e a r i n g b y a g r a n d j u r y in M e m p h i s . T h i s
followed a confession published b y the London Observer
of a U S b u s i n e s s m a n c l a i m i n g to h a v e h i r e d the
murderer. J a m e s Earl R a y lost his bid for parole o n M a y
26, despite pleas from two former M L K associates...A
Moose of a man. Still n o trace in A l a s k a , o r a n y w h e r e , o f
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, St. L o u i s , M O 63121
J o e V o g l e r , the m a l c o n t e n t , a n t i - e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t a n d
founder (in 1973} of the secessionist A l a s k a n
Independence Party. It l o o k s l i k e m u r d e r and
c o n s p i r a c y . . . C a r b o l c g i s t s on the run. O n e o f the d e a l s
considered b y the S a n F r a n c i s c o district attorney's office
o v e r the A D L s p y s c a n d a l p r e v e n t e d it f r o m r e c e i v i n g
confidential information from police sources b u t didn't
stop a n y o f its o t h e r "fact-finding" activities...Carbologist
on the run II. A L o n g Island j u d g e s u b p o e n a e d Y o k o O n o
to testify against Frederic S e a m a n , a former assistant to
J o h n L e n n o n , in a suit b r o u g h t b y o n e o f the
b o d y g u a r d s that S e a m a n alleges b e a t h i m u p after the
O n o c a m p d i s c o v e r e d his theft o f a L e n n o n diary u s e d as
the b a s i s o f h i s b o o k , The Last Days oj John Lennon
( r e v i e w e d i n Steamshovel Press # 4 ) . . . B e t t e r safe than
sorry. T h e J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t r e q u e s t e d t h a t f i l e s
relating to the b o t c h e d raid a n d u n n e c e s s a r y deaths at
the B r a n c h D a v i d i a n c o m p o u n d be e x e m p t e d from the
F r e e d o m o f I n f o r m a t i o n A c t for t h e s a k e o f n a t i o n a l
s e c u r i t y . . . W h a t ' d I say? T h e N a t i o n a l R e c o n n a i s s a n c e
Office l a u n c h e d a $ 1 . 5 billion-plus satellite in April b u t
d i d n o t g i v e its n a m e , m i s s i o n o r e x a c t c o s t t o t h e
taxpayers footing the bill. "Spy satellites are e n o r m o u s l y
expensive," says the New York Times, "in part because
they are technologically exquisite devices capable of
plucking a single c o n v e r s a t i o n from the babble of
t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , a n d in p a r t b e c a u s e the s e c r e c y
that s u r r o u n d s their existence a d d s significanUy to the
cost o f b u i l d i n g them"... Any thing you want, we Just don't
want to see him naked. S i d d i g I b r a h i m S i d d i g A H . the
alleged W o r l d Trade Center bombing villain w h o just
happened to be u n d e r FBI surveillance prior to the
b o m b i n g , planned to k i d n a p H e n r y Kissinger, strip h i m
because he m i g h t have been w e a r i n g electronic
e a v e s d r o p p i n g d e v i c e s , a n d offer h i m in t r a d e for t h e
freedom w i t h those charged in the b l a s t . . . Y o u won't see
it on X-Files. T h e W h i t e S a n d s D e f e n s e C o m m i t t e e is
fighting to prevent further g o v e r n m e n t t a k e o v e r o f land
at the i n f a m o u s U F O s i g h t A r e a 5 1 . T h e g o v e r n m e n t
can o n l y take 4 0 0 0 acres at a time w i t h o u t r u n n i n g Into
Congressional oversight. It h a s n o w set its sight on one
critical hill. W h i t e S i d e s , o n e o f the last p l a c e s w h e r e
visitors can still l o o k on the G r o o m L a k e facility,
s u p p o s e d h o m e o f the alien spacecraft a n d genetic labs.
Contact the W h i t e S i d e s Defense C o m m i t t e e , P O B 448,
A l a m o , N V 8 9 0 0 1 . For real, now, what's really going on
with this? T h e fumes that o v e r c a m e e m e r g e n c y w o r k e r s
at Riverside G e n e r a l Hospital after the death o f cancer
patient Gloria R a m i r e z still h a v e n o official explanation,
only r u m o r s that the 31 y e a r old w o m a n belonged to an
abductee or ritual-abuse survivors support
group...Liddy lifts the lid on Foster. G. G o r d o n L i d d y led
the F B I to the "man in the w h i t e v a n " w h o o r i g i n a l l y
found V i n c e n t Foster's b o d y ( the National Parks
m a i n t e n a n c e w o r k e r w h o claimed to h a v e seen the m a n
In the v a n later r e c a n t e d ) . T h e w i t n e s s says Foster h a d
n o g u n a n d L i d d y i s c o n v i n c e d o f h i s v e r a c i t y . In St.
Louis recently to p r o m o t e his radio show, Liddy also
c l a i m e d t h a t his p r o g r a m p r o v i d e d a n e e d e d c o u n t e r ­
balance to the liberal m e d i a . T h e radio station boasted
S t e a m s h o v e l P r e s s , P O B 23715, S t . L o u i s , M O 63121
AN AIRPORT COP IN AUSTIN NOW SHARES A
DISTINCTION WITH LIDDY BY ARRESTING DR.
LEARY FOR AN ASSOCIATION WITH NON-CRIMI­
NAL PLANT LIFE. ON MAY 10 LEARY WAS
ARRESTED FOR LIGHTING AND NOT QUITE SMOK­
ING A TOBACCO CIGARETTE IN PROTEST AGAINST
THE LACK OF A SMOKING AREA AT THE AIRPORT.
that it b r o u g h t In L i d d y ' s p r o g r a m in as competition for
R u s h L i m b a u g h , w h o a p p e a r s o n a rival station. Liddy
once b u s t e d T i m o t h y L e a r y for possession of peat
moss... It's Rodney King all over again. A n airport c o p in
A u s t i n n o w s h a r e s a distinction w i t h L i d d y b y arresting
Dr. L e a r y for a n association w i t h non-criminal plant life.
O n M a y 10 L e a r y w a s arrested for lighting a n d not quite
s m o k i n g a tobacco cigarette in protest against the lack
of a s m o k i n g area at the airport. H e later explained to
G r e g K i n n e a r o n N B C ' s Later that a s a s m o k e r h e pays
h e a v y t a x e s a n d a i r p o r t s are t a x s u p p o r t e d facilities.
L e a r y a l s o b r o u g h t v i d e o o f the b u s t s h o w i n g t h e cop
s n a t c h i n g t h e cigarette b e f o r e h e c o u l d inhale. L e a r y
will p a y as m u c h as $ 5 0 0 in fines for this act o f social
p r o t e s t (in t y p i c a l l y 1 9 6 0 i s h - s t y l e d s h o w o f solidarity,
A l l e n G i n s b e r g w e n t o n the C o n a n O ' B r i e n s h o w a n d
d i d ' D o n ' t S m o k e " . ) . . . I t means "Editor's Note". T h e
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
includes this quote from J a c k K e r o u a c In Its definition o f
debris: "The w h o l e library g r o a n e d w i t h the accumulated
debris o f centuries o f recorded folly."
THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN'
(News that h a p p e n e d w h i l e the current Issue w a i t e d out
its production delays.) Shut down With an endorsement
by the FDA. T h e p s y c h e d e l i c - m i m i c k i n g r e l a x a t i o n
devices that l o o k like a cross b e t w e e n a S o n y W a l k m a n
a n d a p a i r o f F o s t e r G r a n t s h a v e b e e n b u s t e d b y the
F o o d a n d D r u g A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . P r o d u c t i o n o f the light
a n d s o u n d d e v i c e s b y S y n e t i c S y s t e m s o f S e a t t l e has
b e e n s h u t d o w n and its inventory confiscated, although
o t h e r m a n u f a c t u r e r s still e x i s t a n d the d e v i c e is still
b e i n g sold. Synetic had altered its descriptive literature
for the m a c h i n e s s e v e r a l m o n t h s p r i o r to the F D A
s e i z u r e t o a v o i d the a p p e a r a n c e t h a t I t m a d e m e d i c a l
c l a i m s for the d e v i c e . ( R e a d e r s s h o u l d r e c a l l t h a t the
characterizing o f W i l h e l m R e i c h ' s b o o k s as labeling for
o r g o n e d e v i c e s b y the F D A is w h a t led t o t h e m b e i n g
b u r n e d . ) T h e F D A p r o c e e d e d w i t h its raid against
Synetic despite its a p p r o v a l o f the w o r d i n g changes. F D A
c o m p l i a n c e o f f i c e r D a r y l T h o m p s o n s t a t e d t h a t It is
against the l a w to m a r k e t d e v i c e s "that affect the
structure or function o f man", certainly a larger c l a i m
than has ever b e e n m a d e b y the device's manufacturers.
T h e b e s t v e r s i o n o f the spinning-lights a n d s y n c h r o n i z e d
s o u n d m a c h i n e s tested b y S t e a m s h o v e l is the V o y a g e r
X L , a v a i l a b l e f r o m T h e t a T e c h n o l o g i e s , P O B 130, Fall
City W A 9 8 0 2 4 . It i n c l u d e s a p r o g r a m w r i t t e n b y
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Thomas A . Budzynski, an aerospace engineer and
p s y c h o l o g y P h D w h o at o n e t i m e served as c r e w chief of
the inertial navigation t e a m o f the SR-71 Blackbird,
w h i c h w a s d e v e l o p e d at A r e a 5 1 . (Last J u n e the Senate
A r m e d S e r v i c e s C o m m i t t e e a p p r o v e d $263 billion w o r t h
of defense authorization, including m o n e y that takesthe
S R - 7 1 o u t o f m o t h b a l l s for service in s p y i n g o n N o r t h
Korea's nuclear p r o g r a m . ) Simpson Twists of Fate: O n e
w e e k after t h e B u f f a l o N e w s p r i n t e d a r e c a p o f O . J .
Simpson's connections to former Buffalo bar owner
C a s i m e r J. " C a s e y Sucharski, h e a n d t w o w o m e n w e r e
found m u r d e r e d at S u c h a r s k i ' s h o m e In M i r a m a r ,
Florida. In A p r i l 1975 S u c h a r s k i w a s arrested o n d r u g s
a n d g u n s c h a r g e s at t h e h o m e o f M i c h a e l M i l i t e l l o .
another Buffalo b a r o w n e r . Militello a n d S i m p s o n w e r e
subjects o f police investigation for cocaine b u t charges
w e r e never b r o u g h t against either o f the prominent, well-
c o n n e c t e d c i t i z e n s o f B u f f a l o . M i l i t e l l o p a i d a v i s i t to
S i m p s o n in j a i l o n J u l y 17.
Adventures of Robert Morrow:
N B C i n t e r r u p t e d its S i m p s o n ONE WEEK AFTER
coverage to report a n PRINTED A RECAP OF O . J . SIMPSON'S CON­ m a t e r i a l t h a t n e i t h e r K e i t h nor
assassination attempt against
the P L O c h a i r m a n . Israeli radio NECTIONS TO FORMER BUFFALO BAR
h a d r e p o r t e d , t h a t s h o t s w e r e OWNER CASIMER J. "CASEY" SUCHARSKI,
fired from a g u n disguised a s a
camera—a scenario identical to HE AND TWO WOMEN WERE FOUND MUR­
a u t h o r R o b e r t M o r r o w ' s t a k e DERED AT SUCHARSKI'S HOME IN MIRAMAR,
on the R F K assassination. T h e
Globe tabloid lost a FLORIDA.
c o n s i d e r a b l e s u m w h e n it r e p e a t e d t h e t a l e f r o m
Morrow's book, The Senator Must Die, that Robert
Kennedy was shot by a gun disguised as a camera
wielded b y a M o s s a d agent n a m e d K h a w a r . K h a w a r s u e d
a n d w o n $ 3 million. M e a n w h i l e , last N o v e m b e r M o r r o w
a n n o u n c e d that h e had the financial b a c k i n g to build a
$ 9 0 m i l l i o n s p o r t s a r e n a i n C i n c i n n a t i for a N a t i o n a l
H o c k e y League team. T h e money, the arena and the
t e a m n e v e r materialized. Soccer Star Killed by Group of
Lone Nuts: After "accidentally" kicking a n o w n - g o a l that
l o s t t h e p i v o t a l g a m e for t h e h i g h l y - r a t e d C o l u m b i a n
team during W o r l d C u p soccer, A n d r e s Escobar w a s
shot to death b y a g r o u p characterized In the m e d i a as
disgruntled fans of the sport. T h e C o l u m b i a n loss
allowed the U . S . team to p l a y against Brazil o n J u l y 4 .
H e n r y K i s s i n g e r w a s o n e o f the p r o m i n e n t s p o n s o r s o f
W o r l d C u p S o c c e r in the U S . (Steamshovel Debris: G . J.
Krupey reports that the L a R o u c h e newspaper ran a
headline: "Kissinger Imports International Terrorists
D i s g u i s e d A s S o c c e r H o o l i g a n s T o S p r e a d D i s o r d e r In
the U S . " N o w o r d on w h e t h e r o r n o t he b e t o n Brazil,
w h i c h w o n the J u l y 4 g a m e . ) Add to the Clinton Body
Count: T h e police informer w h o testified against the son
o f S u r g e o n G e n e r a l J o y c e l y n Elders during his trial for
selling cocaine w a s found d e a d o f a n a p p a r e n t suicide in
J u l y . P o l i c e d o n o t s u s p e c t foul p l a y (as e v e r ) in the
death of Calvin R. Walraven, w h o admitted helping
police e n t r a p Elders' s o n i n a cocaine deal.
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PROJECT SEEK: Onassis, Kennedy and the Gemstone
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b y G e r a l d A . Carroll
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$ 2 . 5 0 s+h] d o e s an o u t s t a n d i n g j o b o f researching a n d
d o c u m e n t i n g the starkly c o m p r e s s e d s t a t e m e n t s I m a d e
In the 2 2 - p a g e Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File, w h i c h
I released, samlzdat-style, i n 1975. Its 3 8 8 p a g e s are
packed solid with n e w information, relevant original
interviews, footnoted s o u r c e s , a n d rational analysis. It
clearly d o c u m e n t s , s u p p o r t s and e x p a n d s u p o n perhaps
8 0 % o f the original G e m s t o n e K e y material. In fact, it is
j u s t the b o o k I h a v e b e e n h o p i n g s o m e o n e w o u l d d o ,
s o m e d a y . It h a s fulfilled its s t a t e d a i m : a
" d e t e r m i n a t i o n to find o u t e x a c t l y h o w truthful
G e m s t o n e File a u t h o r B r u c e R o b e r t s actually w a s . "
W h a t I particularly like a b o u t this b o o k Is that it
d o e s not, like J i m Keith's pastiche called T h e Gemstone
File, p e r c h o h a lofty e d i t o r i a l
peak of opinionated ignorance
THE BUFFALO NEWS a n d take p o t s h o t s at source
his "researchers" have b o t h e r e d
either to try to u n d e r s t a n d or
study in detail, either to
substantiate o r deny.
Carroll brings to his subject 20
years o f experience as a
newspaper reporter, columnist
and editor w i t h Gannett, Copley,
Thomson, Hearst and
M c N a u g h t o n c o m p a n i e s , i n c l u d i n g 10 y e a r s a t t h e
H e a r s t - o w n e d San Francisco Examiner.
H e h a s u s e d h i s skills to ferret o u t additional
biographical information a b o u t the elusive Bruce
Roberts, a n d h a s e v e n u n e a r t h e d a 1952 photograph o f
Bruce Roberts draping a gemstone headdress on
C a r m e n Miranda! T h e p h o t o section alone is a g e m , and
Carroll's written text provides a rational, well-written
a n d easily u n d e r s t a n d a b l e e x p o s i t i o n o f the G e m s t o n e
Skeleton K e y ' s u n a v o i d a b l y staccato style.
Carroll's interviewees include: D o n a l d N e u h a u s ,
w h o w o r k e d for "Hughes" g u a r d i n g J e a n Peters In her
b u n g a l o w at the B e v e r l y Hills H o t e l during the s u m m e r
o f 1957; D r . T h e o d o r e M a i m an, d e v e l o p e r o f laser-beam
research for H u g h e s T o o l , w h o m a y h a v e u s e d s o m e o f
B r u c e R o b e r t s ' artificial rubles in his w o r k i n 1959; and
R a n d y Strom, s o n o f A l S t r o m , the b a r t e n d e r at the Drift
I n n In S a n Francisco
The,last chapter. Shiny New Gemstones,
provides a bridge from the Skeleton Key's final
paragraphs, written in J u n e , 1975, to today's events.
In its strict a d h e r e n c e to I n v e s t i g a t i n g the
Skeleton Key's "Gemstone" s t a t e m e n t s in detail, the
b o o k adheres more closely to the original spirit of
G e m s t o n e , w h i c h w a s a n d will a l w a y s r e m a i n a d o g g e d
search for the truth, t h a n J i m Keith's v e r s i o n .
I t h i n k the l u n a c y o f Keith's a t t e m p t to b e top
d o g In the G e m s t o n e m a n g e r trembles t o the surface as.
In his review, h e refers to m y "rant" at the P h e n o m i c o n
C o n v e n t i o n , w h i c h certainly did turn o u t to b e dueling
m i c r o p h o n e s ! T o o bad, Jim! I w r o t e the Skeleton K e y ,
a n d y o u didn't! I u n d e r s t a n d It, and y o u don't.
— Stephanie C a r u a n a
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