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Temple assets: John Judge, in a piece about “The Jonestown Banks” (August 1982) wondered: “Was the Jonestown empire built with the same dirty money that came from the Banco Ambrosiano, the Nugan Hand Bank and other international conduits of cash for the men who trade in narcotics, espionage, human flesh and death?”
5
Body counts: Sinister Forces, Book Two: A Warm Gun, by Peter Levenda, TrineDay, Waterville, Oregon, 2006, p. 223.
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Cyanide: Ibid., p. 224.
7
Disappearing samples: “The Secret Life of Jim Jones: A Parapolitical Fugue,” by Jim Hougan, Lobster 37, Summer 1999. Also on www.jimhougan.com.
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Handling of bodies: New England Journal of Medicine, “Law-Medicine Notes: The Guyana Mass Suicides: Medicolegal Re-evaluation,” by William J. Curran, J.D., L.L.M., S.M. Hyg., June 7, 1979, cited in Hougan.
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Removal of medical tags: Newsweek, December 4, 1978. Robert Pastor denied the article’s account.
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Bracelets and bodies: Sinister Forces, p. 224.
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Survivors treated at Langley-Porter: Hougan article.
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Langley-Porter research: Mind Wars, by Ron McRae, St. Martin’s Press, 1984, p. 136.
13
Ryan letter to CIA: October 10, 1978. San Francisco Mayor Moscone was reportedly involved in funding of the rehab program.
14
Ryan and Vacaville research: Sinister Forces, p. 207.
15
Ryan’s investigation: Researcher John Judge was the first to suggest this, in his 1985 article, “The Black Hole of Guyana” (http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/JohnJudge/Jonestown.html).
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Jones as informant: Hougan article.
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Jones-Mitrione relationship: Sinister Forces, p.176.
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Jones and 201 file: Hougan article.
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Jones and Cuba: Hougan article.
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Two Jones passports: Hougan article.
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Jones-Mitrione socializing: Autobiographical fragment found at Jonestown.
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Jones and Mitrione in Brazil: Ibid.
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“suspected CIA conduit” Invesco: Hougan writes: “The firm was owned and operated by men and women whose connections to criminals such as Ronald Biggs [involved in England’s Great Train Robbery] and spooks like Fernand Legros—and to gangster-spooks such as Christian David—deserve serious scrutiny.”
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Jones’s interest in occult: Hougan article.
25
Temple alliances: Ibid.
26
“target populations”: Individual Rights and the Government’s Role in Behavior Modification, 1974 Government Printing Office report.
27
Jones and Guyana; Reverend Smith: Sinister Forces, p. 210.
28
State Department officer quote: Ibid., p. 214 (Frank Tunniminia).
29
Larry Layton and father: Sinister Forces, p. 195.
30
Dwyer: Hougan article.
31
James Adkins: e-mail from Hougan to Dick Russell, June 30, 2009.
32
Zombie-like killers: White Night, by John Peer Nugent, Rawson/Wade Publishers, 1979, p. 197.
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Body not matching Jones: Michael Meiers.
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Questions about Jones’s identification: “The Black Hole of Guyana,” by John Judge.
35
Holsinger on Jonestown: www.friendsofliberty.com.
36
Survivors’ lawsuit: The Jonestown Genocide, by Robert Sterling, online page.
37
Ryan children lawsuit: Sinister Forces, p. 227.
38
Gritz on Jonestown and MK-ULTRA: interview with Adam Parfrey.
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Sign at Jonestown: Hougan article.
Chapter Nine
1
Casey approach: cited in “The Case for a Conspiracy,” by Joseph E. Persico, New York Times Book Review, December 22, 1991.
2
Hashemi and Carter: “The Ladies’ Room Secrets,” The Consortium for Independent News, by Robert Parry.
3
July meeting: Defrauding America, p. 202, citing a CIA informant to author Stich.
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Bribes: Stich, p. 196.
5
Bani-Sadr on secret deal: First described it in a letter to the U.S. Congress (December 17, 1992) identifying Reza Passendideh as the Khomeini nephew.
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Bani-Sadr letter: cited in “October Surprise: Time for Truth? Part 2,” by Robert Parry, Consortium News, 1997.
7
Carter, hostages, and Reagan leak: “The Election Story of the Decade,” by Gary Sick, New York Times, April 15, 1991.
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$3 million deposit: “The Ladies’ Room Secrets.”
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Bush’s whereabouts: Stich, p. 201.
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Bush airplanes, Ibid., p. 203.
11
Gary Sick on Bush in Paris: “The Election Story of the Decade.”
12
Ben-Menashe book: Ibid., p. 199.
13
Brenneke testimony: Ibid., p. 200.
14
Russian investigation: “Russia’s PM & October Surprise,” by Robert Parry, The Consortium, May 17, 1999.
15
Gates and Iran/Iraq: “The Secret World of Robert Gates,” by Robert Parry, www.consortiumnews.com/2006/110906.html. The NSC’s Howard Teicher submitted the affidavit in federal court in Miami in 1995.
16
Bush at CIA: Cited in Peter Dale Scott, “Deep Events and the CIA’s Global Drug Connection,” www.globalresearch.ca.
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Iran’s shift: Sick article.
18
Israeli shipment: Ibid.
19
Banker’s claim: Robert Denis and Ernest Backes, Revelation$, Les Arénes Publishers, 2001. Backes said copies of his files also went to the National French Assembly.
20
Bani-Sadr on documents: interview with Barbara Honnegger, cited at Wikipedia, “October Surprise Conspiracy Theory.”
21
Chardy and Honegger: Stich book, pp. 197-198.
22
Ben-Menashe arrest and Eitan quote: quoted in I/F Magazine, “Israeli Spy Cover-Up Crumbles,” by Jack Colhoun, September-October 1999. Citing Gordon Thomas, Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad.
23
Ben-Menashe and Israelis: Ibid.
24
BCCI and Barcella: “October Surprise X-Files (Part 4): The Money Trail,” by Robert Parry, The Consortium.
25
BCCI and Iran: In These Times, “For the Record” by Joel Bleifuss, March 8, 1993.
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Barcella quote: In These Times, “Mr. Fixit,” by Joel Bleifuss, February 22, 1993, citing the book on BCCI, False Profits.
27
House findings: “October Surprise conspiracy theory,” Wikipedia (online).
28
Donald Gregg: Stich, p. 245.
29
Andelman testimony: “Fact Finders: U.S.-Iran: 20 Years of Secrets,” I/F Magazine, November-December 1999.
30
Russian report: “Russia’s PM & October Surprise,” by Robert Parry, The Consortium, May 17, 1999.
31
Steven Emerson: www.steveemerson.com.
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Clinton: I/F Magazine, November- December 1999 article.
Chapter Ten
1
Statistics on prisons: “Will Obama End ‘War on Drugs?’, by Sherwood Ross, June 1, 2009, www.truthout.org.
2
Banks and drug money: Chapter by Peter Dale Scott, “Drugs, Anti-Communism and Extra-Legal Repression in Mexico,” p. 18
7, in Government of the Shadows, edited by Eric Wilson, Pluto Press, 2009.
3
Heroin smuggling: “The Cocaine Connection,” by Vince Bielski and Dennis Berstein, Covert Action, Summer 1987, quoting Alfred McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin.
4
Heroin in bodies: Rodney Stich, Defrauding America, p. 296.
5
Nugan Hand bank: “The Australian Heroin Connection,” by Jerry Meldon, Covert Action, Summer 1987.
6
Reagan and Nicaragua: “Reinventing Reagan?”, by John Lampert, April 29, 2009, www.truthout.org.
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Memorandum of Understanding: “Hyde’s Blind Eye: Contras & Cocaine,” I/F Magazine, November-December 1999.
8
Hitz report: The Consortium, October 26, 1998.
9
Levine and Castillo: “Hyde’s Blind Eye”
10
Reagan statement on Contras: “U.S. Concedes Contras Linked to Drugs, But Denies Leadership Involved,” Associated Press, April 10, 1986.
11
Reagan Administration report: April 17, 1986. North memo: quoted in “Hyde’s Blind Eye.”
12
Wanda Palacio testimony: “Congress Puts Contra-Coke Secrets Behind Closed Doors,” by Robert Parry, I/F, July-Aug. 1999.
13
Kerry quote: “Cocaine Connection,” Covert Action, Summer 1987.
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Anti-Drug Abuse Act: CounterPunch, June 15-30, 1998.
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Kerry report: April 13, 1989, Government Printing Office.
16
Times and Kerry report: “CIA: We Knew All Along,” CounterPunch, October 15- 25, 1998. The series was written by Keith Schneider.
17
Post and Time: “R.I.P. Gary Webb—Unembedded Reporter,” by Jeff Cohen, December 13, 2004, www.commondreams.org. The Time correspondent was Laurence Zuckerman.
18
Stone and Noriega: “A Talk with Manuel Noriega,” The Nation, January 24, 1994.
19
Noriega: Stich, Defrauding America, p. 307.
20
Seal smuggling billions: 1986 letter from the attorney general of Louisiana to U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese.
21
Mena, Arkansas and Seal: “The Crimes of Mena,” by Sally Denton and Roger Morris, online at www.theforbiddenknowledge.com. Barry Seal’s story became the subject of an HBO film in 1991 called Doublecrossed.
22
Gary Webb series: Ibid. See also Webb’s book, Dark Alliance.
23
Pincus and CIA: “WaPo Covered for CIA in Iran-Contra Crack Scandal,” Huffington Post, June 29, 2009.
24
LA Times slant: Cohen article.
25
Gates comment: Stich book, p. 400.
26
Gates and BCCI: www.historycommons.org. Complete 9/11 timeline: BCCI. Citing article in London’s Financial Times in 1991.
27
Pakistani president and drugs: Report by Alfred McCoy.
28
Kerry investigation and cooperation: “with the key exception of the Federal Reserve,” Senator Kerry later told the Foreign Relations Committee.
29
Largest Islamic bank: Owned 77% at the time by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayhan, president of the United Arab Emirates.
30
Bin Laden: www.historycommons.org, BCCI timeline, citing United Press International story March 1, 2001.
31
Peter Dale Scott: “Afghanistan: Heroin-Ravaged State”, May 8, 2009, on Global Research Web site.
32
Pentagon refusal to bomb drug labs: Pakistani journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid.
33
Karzai’s brother: “Brother of Afghan Leader Said to be Paid by C.I.A.,” New York Times, October 28, 2009.
34
Marshal Fahim and drugs: New York Times, August 27, 2009, “Accused of Drug Ties, Afghan Official Worries U.S.”
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Expert: Loretta Napoleoni.
36
Traffickers targeted: New York Times, August 10, 2009, “Drug Chieftains Tied to Taliban are U.S. Targets.”
37
Peter Dale Scott: chapter in Government of the Shadows, p. 173.
38
Haro bust: Scott, p. 176.
39
Honduran supplier: Scott, p. 184.
40
Mexico corruption: Ibid.
41
Salinas, Citibank, Lehman: Scott, p. 186.
42
Profits flowing south: “Obama Targets Mexican Cartels,” Washington Post, April 16, 2009.
43
Drug war deaths: “Vast U.S. Illegal Drug Market Fuels Mexican Cartels,” by David Crary, Associated Press, May 26, 2009.
44
Guns from U.S.: Truthout Web site, June 19, 2009.
45
Plan Mexico: “U.S.-Trained Death Squads?”, Mother Jones magazine, July- August 2009.
46
Obama effort: “Obama Targets Mexican Cartels.”
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Obama policies: “Will Obama End ‘War on Drugs?’” by Sherwood Ross, June 1, 2009, www.truthout.org.
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Drug figures: “Vast U.S. Illegal Drug Market Fuels Mexican Cartels.”
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Marijuana on public lands: “High Sierras,” Mother Jones magazine, July-August 2009.
Chapter Eleven
1
John Ellis and Fox: “Because Jeb Said So: What Really Happened on Election Night in Florida,” by David W. Moore, in Loser Take All, edited by Mark Crispin Miller, Ig Publishing, Brooklyn, 2008, p. 36.
2
Volusia County “mistake”: Loser Take All, “Diebold and Max Cleland’s ‘Loss’ in Georgia,” by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., p. 66.
3
Voter delays; photo IDs; missing ballots: “The Stolen Presidential Elections,” www.michaelparenti.org.
4
Felon purge in Florida: Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Plume paperback, 2003, pp. 11-21.
5
Post story: Ibid., p. 19.
6
Russert comment: Ibid., p. 39.
7
Absentee ballots: “Did Bush camp encourage military personnel to vote after Election Day?”, by Jake Tapper, www.salon.com, March 5, 2001.
8
Mob and recount: “The Five Worst Republican Outrages,” by Wayne Barrett, www.villagevoice.com, December 19, 2000.
9
Scalia on decision: Miller piece, Loser Take All, p. 40.
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Later articles showing Gore victory: cited in Miller article, Loser Take All, p. 37.
11
Times and Post on 2004 election: “Was the 2004 Election Stolen?”, by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posted June 1, 2006 at www.rollingstone.com.
12
Kennedy on election: Ibid.
13
Voting machine companies: “Diebold and Max Cleland’s ‘Loss’ in Georgia,” Loser Take All, p. 66.
14
Vote shift: “The Suspicious, Disturbing Death of Election Rigger Michael Connell,” by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3320, December 21, 2008.
15
Ohio events: Kennedy article.
16
Lou Harris: Ibid.
17
Blackwell and Conyers: Fitrakis and Wasserman article.
18
Suit against Blackwell: King Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood Association v. Blackwell.
19
Missing Ohio records: “2004 Ballots Not Preserved,” Cincinnatti Enquirer, August 12, 2007.
20
Background on lawsuit: Cliff Arnebeck interview with Dick Russell, August 21, 2009.
21
Arnebeck on Spoonamore: Interview with Dick Russell, August 2009.
22
Spoonamore background: �
��Cyber Security Expert Says KingPin Attack Benefited Bush,” www.epluribusmedia.net, October 30, 2008.
23
SMARTech: “Chattanooga Takes Center Stage in Connecting Voters for President,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, March 19, 2004.
24
Contract between Ohio, GovTech: “Statement of Work Under State Term Schedule Number 533384-1, Secretary of State Contract Number 180.”