Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups
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517 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
518 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
519 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
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521 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
522 Miles Goslett, “David Kelly post mortem to be kept secret for 70 years as doctors accuse Lord Hutton of concealing vital information,” 25 January, 2010, dailymail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245599/David-Kelly-post-mortem-kept-secret-70-years-doctors-accuse-Lord-Hutton-concealing-vital-information.html
523 Haroon Sidique, “Experts call for David Kelly inquest: Official cause of David Kelly’s death is ‘extremely unlikely’, say group of legal and medical experts,” 13 August 2010, theguardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/13/experts-call-david-kelly-inquest
524 Sue Reid, “Did MI5 kill Dr. David Kelly? Just another crazy conspiracy theory? But, amid claims he wrote tell-all book that vanished after his death, it’s one that refuses to go away,” 27 July, 2009, dailymail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1200004/Did-MI5-kill-Dr-David-Kelly-Another-crazy-conspiracy-theory-amid-claims-wrote-tell-book-vanished-death.html
525 Reid, “Did MI5 kill Kelly?”
526 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
527 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
528 The Hutton Report, Chapter Four, 2003
530 Gordon Thomas, “The Secret World of Dr. David Kelly,” 18 August 2003, http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/8-18-03/discussion.cgi.32.html
531 Timothy Garton Ash, We were duped: We need to confront the men who led us astray over Saddam’s non-existent arsenal, 4 March 2004. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/mar/04/iraq.iraq
532 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
533 Anthrax War – Dead Silence: The untold story of the 2001 U.S. Anthrax Attacks, dead scientists and the dark secret of germ war research, dir. by Bob Coen & Eric Nadler (2009, dvd). http://www.anthraxwar.com/1/?page_id=134
534 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly
535 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, 139.
536 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, 279.
537 USA Today, “Wolfowitz comments revive doubts over Iraq’s WMD,” 30 May, 2003, http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-05-30-wolfowitz-iraq_x.htm (accessed 20 Feb. 2012)
538 Farah Stockman, “Carnegie study calls arms threat overstated,” The Boston Globe, 9 Januray, 2004, http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/09/carnegie_study_calls_arms_threat_overstated/ (accessed 20 Feb. 2012)
539 The Sun, “BRITS 45mins FROM DOOM,” 25 September, 2002, page 1.
540 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, 105-106.
541 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, 110, 124, 132, 134.
542 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, 113-114.
543 Peter Beaumont, “Iraq Mobil Labs Nothing to do with Germ Warfare, Report Finds,” 15 June 2003, theguardian – The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jun/15/iraq
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546 Andy Bloxham, “Police ‘ignored’ Dr. David Kelly’s mobile phone records: Police investigating the death of the Government weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly ignored mobile phone records which could have shed light on his movements before he died, it has been claimed,” 7 January 2011, The Telegraph.
547 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, 49, 68, 304, 307.
548 Baker, Strange Death of David Kelly, vii, 281.
549 Goslett, “David Kelly post mortem to be kept secret for 70 years”
550 Baker, “Strange Death of David Kelly”
551 Norman Baker, “Did Two Hired Assassins Snatch Weapons Inspector David Kelly?,” 22 October 2007, dailymail. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=BAK20071022&articleId=7155
552 Simon Aronowitz, “’Kelly was Murdered’ Says U.K. Intelligence Insider,” 25 February 2004, ThoughtCrimeNews.com/PrisonPlanet.com, http://www.prisonplanet.com/022304kellywasmurdered.html
553 Anthrax War, dir. by Bob Coen & Eric Nadler
I wanted to say a few words about this book because I consider it very patriotic—and I will explain why.
We, as Americans, would be well advised to take a closer look at our history and our definition of patriotism. With the passing of the insidiously-named Patriot Act which profoundly diminishes the civil liberties that veterans like myself and millions of others have fought to protect, we are now officially encouraged to not question authority. But, I ask you, is that patriotism? I don’t think so. I think patriotism is exactly the opposite. Patriotism isn’t blindly following whatever your leaders preach. Patriotism is questioning the government and seeking the truth wherever it leads. That’s what real patriotism is in a country that calls itself a Democracy. Blindly following our so-called leaders is not patriotism. Behaving like a flock of docile sheep that go wherever they are led is not patriotic.
There is a famous movie quote that most people are familiar with where, during a trial, a Marine Corps Colonel is pressed on revealing the truth to a questioning attorney, until it gets to the point where the Colonel has finally had enough and he screams:
You can’t handle the truth!
That’s a good metaphor for the place that we’re in right now because apparently—based on their actions—our so-called leaders don’t seem to think that the American people are actually capable of handling the truth.
Isn’t it ridiculous that documents related to the JFK assassination are still sealed by order of our own government? For what reasons are they still sealed? To protect us? To protect us from whom exactly? From them, apparently. Why are we being treated like babies who can’t handle the truth? I’ve traveled this land far and wide, and I’ve come to quite a different conclusion: Americans can handle the truth.
This book is a perfect example of how Americans have not been trusted with the truth; it profiles case after case where we have often been intentionally misled and even clearly lied to on the most basic points of important events that changed history. The fact that we have been lied to about the JFK assassination is so obvious that it’s outrageous. The government cover-up was— and still is— so transparent that it’s ridiculous.
The assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy is another clear case of a cover-up because it has now been established unequivocally that the defendant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, was never at any point close enough to have fired the fatal shot.
Most Americans are still unaware that a jury in 1999 returned a verdict that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a conspiracy that included agencies of the United States Government.
That pattern of lying to us has continued. As this book has also documented, the U.S. and British governments lied about Iraq’s ability to deliver “weapons of mass destruction.” There was no WMD. They made it up. Those lies led directly to the war in Iraq, the death of Dr. David Kelly, and the “outing” of CIA agent Valerie Plame as revenge for the attempts of her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, to try to get the truth out to the people that there was no mass threat from Iraq. But that was a truth that The Powers That Be did not want to hear because it interfered with their plans for war in the oil-rich Middle East. As a veteran who proudly served this country and as an American who cares about his country’s future, I think it is absolutely disgraceful that the office of the President of the United States was used to intentionally reveal a loyal covert Intelligence Operative and did so simply as a method of political revenge. That’s not the definition of a leader—that’s the definition of a traitor.
Another disturbing trend in recent events is wh
at I see as the very intentional manipulation of the word “conspiracy.” They would have us believe that any person who believes that something might possibly be a conspiracy has to be a demented individual. They make it sound like one would have to be crazy to even suspect that members of our government could take part in a conspiracy. I suggest that the truth of the matter is quite the contrary. As this book has clearly established, conspiracies are not some rare occurrence in history. They are common. They can and do happen all the time.
As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the JFK assassination, it would seem well time that we, as Americans, come to terms with some very simple truths. I will offer a couple, just to get us started. Beyond the slightest doubt, John F. Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy involving many individuals. That isn’t some theory—that’s the only way it could have happened. Here’s another one. Beyond a doubt, the American government in the years following the JFK assassination has intentionally clouded the issue with intentional obfuscations of the true facts of the matter.
So why are we still being lied to about these cases? They seem to be missing a basic point about Democracy—they are our employees. They’re employed by us— We, The People. How dare they withhold the truth from us! Can you imagine if an employee in an office intentionally withheld pertinent information from her or his boss? With what justification? Because she or he didn’t think that their boss could handle it? That employee would rightfully be thrown out of that office on their ear, and that’s what should happen to a lot of people in Washington too. Somehow things have been twisted backwards, and we need to get them back the way that the founders of our country originally intended.
But remember something very important here. Our elected officials are officially servants of The People. Technically, they’re our employees. That’s the way this government was set up by its founders. I’d say that the time has now come when We, The People, need to oversee our employees quite a bit more carefully. We need to demand the truth.
There is one thing that is more powerful than all the armies in the world and that is an idea whose time has come. Mahatma Gandhi once said The truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction. Gandhi saw change coming; and it came. So did Martin Luther King; and again, change did come. It is also apparent today when we see the Occupy movements in almost every city in the country. It’s a time of change.
In my opinion, it should be a peaceful revolution, and one which starts and continues from a very simple and basic foundation—demanding the truth from our elected representatives.
Some Americans are so demoralized that they may think that the truth doesn’t even really matter anymore. I respectfully disagree. I think that we, as Americans, have an obligation to the great foundations of this Democracy, as well as a debt to those who have literally laid down their lives to protect it. As the pages of this book have revealed, we have not been told the truth. So now it’s up to us to demand it. We can start with the JFK assassination. We want all the records released and we want them now. Our elected officials need to be reminded of who their real employers are.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Americans can handle the truth.
And frankly, it’s time that we are allowed the opportunity.
A responsible citizen is one who participates in the formation of what is and is not acceptable behavior from their representatives in a Democratic form of government. Our elected officials need to be held responsible for their actions— that’s a basic principle of this Republic. And those same representatives have proved over and over again that they have their own agenda— such as the last few wars, for example— which are not the actual wishes of We, The People, whom they supposedly represent.
America has not officially declared war against any nation since December 8, 1941— yet we are now at war on a virtually continuous basis because, as Major General Smedley Butler cogently observed: “War is a racket.” It’s great for business and not just for weapons manufacturers either. It’s also great for Halliburton, and for Bechtel, and General Electric, and dozens of multibillion-dollar mega-corporations who basically run this country now by buying influence on Capitol Hill. Because corporations know what Will Rogers knew long ago; this country has the best politicians that money can buy.
What’s happening in our country? The First Amendment clearly states that “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.” But it was recently abridged anyway. It wasn’t covered much in the media but a new bill, HR 347, was recently passed by Congress and quietly signed into law by President Obama that gives federal agents sweeping powers and now makes it a felony offense for the crime of standing and protesting, determined at the discretion of the Secret Service. As Judge Andrew Napolitano put it, “it is a part of American history since Day One that we have a right to speak freely to, about and against those in the government.” But we no longer have it.
Lets’ speak plainly. We are talking here about would-be leaders who “rescue” the same bankers who are the very cause of our economic problems, instead of helping the people who have suffered as a result of Wall Street’s contemptuous actions. They even use public resources— our money— to fund the bailout of the same ruthless financiers, who planned, executed, and caused the whole mess that we find ourselves in. That’s not Democracy in action; that’s a gang of thieves feasting on the fat of this Republic. They are pigs at the trough, gorging themselves at our expense. We cannot and should not allow it to continue unchecked. It’s not what the founders of this great country intended. In fact, it’s exactly what they were trying to keep from happening.
I’ve had enough, and I suspect that if you are holding this book in your hands right now that you also have had enough of their lies and encroachment upon our civil liberties. Join me at my website: WeAintGotTimeToBleed.com
It’s a place where your comments and opinions are always welcome and also one where we can mobilize our outrage into effective action.
Commit yourself to the process of reclaiming our Democracy. We outnumber them and we have the power of truth and history on our side. We can turn this great Republic of ours back into the Democracy it was intended to be. It won’t be easy— but it can be done. And we have to do it, because no one else will.
So stand beside me. And take heart in these words, as I have:
My name is Jesse Ventura and I want my country back.
Jesse Ventura
May, 2012
Table of Contents
Cover
Halftitle
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Warning
Introduction By Richard Belzer
Introduction By David Wayne
Chapter 1: Frank Olson
Chapter 2: Henry Marshall
Chapter 3: George Krutilek
Chapter 4: Marilyn Monroe
Chapter 5: President John F. Kennedy
Chapter 6: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Chapter 7: Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Chapter 8: Fred Hampton
Chapter 9: White House Counsel Vince Foster
Chapter 10: Dr. David C .Kelly
Afterword by Jesse Ventura