And the name of the star is called Wormwood. Wormwood I II III IV V VI 2017, opening scene, Olson reads Revelations
I was told, Your father has had an accident. And he fell or jumped out of the window. ibid. son
1975: When the Rockefeller report on the CIA came out there was in it a grisly story of the CIA experiment on an unwitting civilian who was given LSD. ibid. news
A massive illegal domestic spying operation by the CIA. ibid. Seymour Hersh, The New York Times
This special operations group which is kind of subset within [Fort] Detrick. ibid. son
Russians accuse US of readying germ war. ibid. newspaper
Ford offers apology to Olson family. ibid.
And says, I’m leaving. I’m quitting. He goes to New York Tuesday morning. Late Friday night, early Saturday morning, he’s dead. ibid. son
What we call the Colby documents; then they said it’s everything there is on the whole matter. ibid. attorney
They want me to see a psychiatrist. ibid. Olson to wife
The government was so eager to shut this down. ibid. son
CIA linked to attempt to kill Lumumba. ibid. newspaper
You’re in a room. You can’t jump. You have to dive … If he dives out the window, that’s an amazing stroke of luck on their part. ibid. son
Back to Washington and back to New York again. ibid.
He was arguably in the most dangerous spot in the whole Cold War. ibid.
He’s with Lashbook. This key person. CIA. ibid. attorney
It’s even harder to sustain that cover story. ibid. son
Your husband’s death disturbed me greatly. ibid. hotel deputy manager, letter to Mrs Olson
Now modern technology and old-fashioned science have convinced a team of forensic pathologists that Olson may have been murdered. ibid. news
There were no lacerations … They found this impact on the skull above one of the eyes which they said could only have come from a blow in the room. ibid. son
In Cuba sometime before dawn the invading forces’ B-26 bombers give air cover to men landing on the beach. As the sun rises there is a surprise attack from Castro’s air force. The B-26s are shot down. Without air cover, the anti-Castro forces’ ships are attacked. And the men are cut off from their supplies. The situation looks dire. The Good Shepherd 2006 starring Matt Damon & Angelina Jolie & Robert de Niro & Alec Baldwin & William Hurt & Joe Pesci & John Turturro & Billy Crudup & Michael Gambon & John Sessions & Tammy Blanchard & Timothy Hutton et al, director Robert de Niro, news commentary
You got a big problem very close to home … Your name is on a ‘must worry’ list right at the top. ibid. CIA bloke
Miss Buttercup, Skull and Bones – accept or reject? ibid. the tap on shoulder
You have been chosen to become members of America’s most secret society. For over a hundred years Skull & Bones members have included a president, vice-presidents, supreme court justices, congressmen and senators, captains of science and industry, the very best of America. ibid.
In other words no Jews or Negroes and very few Catholics. ibid. De Niro
Get out while you still can. While you still believe. While you still have a soul. ibid. Gambon’s advice
I’m concerned that too much power will end up in the hands of the too few. ibid. De Niro
But you – you need to keep the Russian myth alive to maintain your military-industrial complex. ibid. defecting spy
Sometimes even spies fall in love. ibid. Russian spy
Safe? I never felt safe. I was always frightened. ibid.
Pont-Saint-Esprit: The story of what happened here in August 1951 when an episode of mass hysteria broke out: over a period of several days people fell victim to wild hallucinations, intense stomach pains and sensations of being consumed by fire which led some to leap from windows. Five died and dozens more were hospitalised for weeks … I have a document supplied by an American writer … that it all could have been the result of a secret experiment by the CIA using the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Document: 23/08/2010: BBC Radio 4
‘Here’s this Agency and it’s engaged in criminal activities around the world, some of which are quite deadly. Some of which are quite provocative in the sense of laying the groundwork for large-scale military conflict. And it’s happening in a lot of countries.’ Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations s1e1: The Company, Christopher Simpson, 2013
From the beginning the CIA was steeped in elitism. Its top leadership was made up mostly of Wall Street lawyers, while new recruits were sought through the top Ivy League universities. ibid.
The culture of the secret society would find a parallel in the new intelligence agency; internally, it was known as The Company. ibid.
‘Planned and executed so that any US government responsibility for them is not evident to unauthorized persons and that for those uncovered the US Government can plausibly disclaim any responsibility.’ ibid. NSC 12/02
Daniel Ellsburg, a high-ranking Pentagon official, leaked a treasure-trove of secret documents to The New York Times. The publication of the Pentagon Papers seemed to affirm a widely held view: no matter how hard you try, you cannot keep secrets in Washington. ibid.
‘The National Security State is an instrument of class warfare, organized and designed to permit an elite, local and multinational, to operate without any constraint from democratic processes.’ ibid. Edward Herman
‘Compartmentalization is inherent to intelligence organisations.’ ibid. Ross Baker, author The Family of Secrets
Not all NGOs live up to their title. ibid.
The CIA has overthrown countless governments around the world … Its agents have engaged in similar plots against America’s closest allies. ibid.
‘The CIA’s aim in Australia was to get ride of a government they did not like and was not cooperative … It’s a Chile but in a much more sophisticated and subtle form.’ ibid. Victor Marchetti, ex-CIA officer
Though [Harold] Wilson was a moderate, he was the object of a relentless smear campaign in the British press in which he was painted as a Soviet agent. ibid.
The CIA attempted to assassinated several dozen leaders during the Cold War; oftentimes, they succeeded. ibid.
Private contractors have repeatedly robbed the American taxpayer. ibid.
The United States now has 16 separate intelligence agencies. ibid.
Operation Chaos: The CIA spied on leftists during the civil rights era. ibid.
They called it Iran/Contra: for many Americans it provided their first peak behind the curtain of the National Security State. Others were old enough to remember similar scandals. Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations s1e2: The Deep State
Perhaps the most important investigation into America’s secret government was the Church Committee. ibid.
Fearing that the Sandinista model may spread to other countries, former treasury secretary George Shultz called the Sandinistas ‘a cancer right here on our land mass’. Trained in neighbouring Honduras as well as back home in Florida, the Contras would unleash a reign of terror on the people of Nicaragua. They focused heavily on economic targets … The Contras had raped, tortured and killed unarmed civilians including children. ibid.
‘There’s a correlation between CIA activity and drug production.’ ibid. Peter Dale Scott
‘Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.’ Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations s1e3: The Strategy of Tension, Marshall McLuhan
Operation Northwoods: In 1962 the joint chiefs of staff drew up and approved what may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the US government. In the name of anti-communism, they proposed launching a secret and bloody war of terrorism against their own country in order to trick the American public into supporting an ill-conceived war they intended to launch against Cuba. ibid.
The False Flag Operation takes the concept of black propaganda to a murderous extreme. Secret agents carry out an act of terrorism or other outrage which is then blamed on the enemy of choice. ibid.
Sometimes False Flag Operations fail. Under Operation Susannah in 1954, Israeli military intelligence attempted to carry out a series of False Flag-like bombings in Egypt. The targets were to be American and British business to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood … The Operation was cut short before the bloodshed could begin: conspirator Philip Natanson was caught attempting to detonate a bomb in a British-owned theatre. ibid.
Gladio: the stay-behind networks had been set up to repel a Soviet invasion. Yet the invasion never came … The myth of Soviet expansionism remained an important component of Cold War propaganda ... In Europe Gladio would provide the ammunition … With no Soviet army to repel, the Fascists increasingly focused on what they regarded as the enemy within. False Flag terror would be their primary weapon. ibid.