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10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Adolfo Calero.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Longtime CIA agent and former Coca-Cola bottling plant manager in Managua who was selected by the CIA in 1983 to lead the political wing of the FDN and worked closely with Oliver North.
+born: 1931-12-22
+died: 2012-06-02
+location: "Managua, Nicaragua"
 ---
 Adolfo Calero was a longtime [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent and former manager of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in [[Managua]].[^1] Selected by the CIA in 1983 to lead the political wing of the [[FDN]], Calero worked closely with [[Oliver North]] and met with [[Norwin Meneses]] several times during the years Meneses was selling drugs for the Contras.[^1] He later became a member of the [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] Assembly.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Agha Hasan Abedi.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - BCCI
 summary: "Agha Hasan Abedi was a Pakistani financier who founded the BCCI in 1972, with the intention of creating the Third World's first multinational bank."
+born: 1922-05-14
+died: 1995-08-05
+location: "Lucknow, India"
 ---
 
 Agha Hasan Abedi was a Pakistani financier who founded the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] in 1972, with the intention of creating the Third World's first multinational bank. He is described as a diminutive man, the son of petty bureaucrats, who handcrafted BCCI into one of the most powerful private organizations globally by the early 1980s.[^1] Abedi was a visionary and a romantic, a Muslim who drifted into the secretive Sufi sect, which influenced his unique business style. He incorporated Islamic mysticism into the bank's driving force, emphasizing spiritual progress and a democratic theory of management, which eventually devolved into corruption. He was known for his ability to build relationships with ruling elites and for his philanthropic efforts in the Third World.[^2]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Garcia.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Politician
   - Israel
 summary: "President of Peru who declared martial law in Ayacucho in 1980 due to the growing influence of the Shining Path Maoist terrorist group."
+born: 1949-05-23
+died: 2019-04-17
+location: "Lima, Peru"
 ---
 
 [[Alan Garcia]] was the President of [[Peru]]. In 1980, he declared the department of [[Ayacucho]] under martial law due to the growing influence of the [[Shining Path]], a Maoist terrorist group led by [[Abimael Guzman Reynoso]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alice Astor Bouverie.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Alice Astor Bouverie was an American heiress, philanthropist, and the only daughter of John Jacob Astor IV, who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic."
+born: 1902-07-07
+died: 1956-07-19
+location: "Manhattan, New York City"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Allen Dulles.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Allen Dulles served as the Director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961."
+born: 1893-04-07
+died: 1969-01-29
+location: "Watertown, New York"
 ---
 
 Allen Dulles served as the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] from 1953 to 1961. He, along with his brother [[John Foster Dulles]], the Secretary of State, were infuriated by [[Israel]]'s attempt to mask the extent of its military buildup prior to the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]]. He was regularly present at White House briefings where intelligence from [[U-2 Spy Plane|U-2]] flights, including early information on [[Dimona]], was presented.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alvin Ash.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - INSLAW
   - Military
 summary: "Alvin Wilson Ash (1921-2019) was a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who, as a civilian programmer and systems analyst at Computer Usage Company, helped develop PROMIS for the DC U.S. Attorney's Office, subsequently worked at the LEAA within the Department of Justice, sat on the INSLAW advisory board, and was a close personal friend of Bill Hamilton."
+born: 1921-07-30
+died: 2019-07-07
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 Alvin Wilson Ash was born July 30, 1921, in New York City. He attended Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago, where he became an Eagle Scout and ROTC Cadet Lieutenant Colonel, graduating in 1939. He enrolled at the University of Illinois in the ROTC program and enlisted in the U.S. Army in July 1940. He attended the preparatory school at Fort Sheridan hoping for a West Point appointment, and in 1943 received that appointment. He graduated from West Point in 1946.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Amin Gamayel.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Politician
 summary: "Gamayel received a letter from George K."
+born: 1942-01-22
+location: "Bikfaya, Lebanon"
 ---
 [[Amin Gamayel]] served as the president of [[Lebanon]], succeeding his brother [[Bashir Gemayel]] who was assassinated before taking office. His family, the Gamayels, were a powerful Christian family who sought outside forces for money, guns, and political support, notably turning to the international heroin trafficking network.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Amos Deshalit.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Amos Deshalit was a prominent Israeli physicist who headed the physics division at the Weizmann Institute of Science."
+born: 1926-09-29
+died: 1969-09-02
+location: "Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine"
 ---
 
 Amos Deshalit was a prominent Israeli physicist who headed the physics division at the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]]. He was considered a quantum researcher in the same class as [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] and [[Niels Bohr]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Andrew J. Goodpaster.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "U.S. Army General who served as military aide to Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon and was involved in diplomatic exchanges regarding Israel's Dimona nuclear facility."
+born: 1915-02-12
+died: 2005-05-16
+location: "Granite City, Illinois"
 ---
 
 Andrew J. Goodpaster was an American Army General who served as military aide to President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and later to President [[Richard Nixon]]. He recalled that diplomatic exchanges between Eisenhower and [[David Ben-Gurion]] regarding [[Dimona]] were "very closely held" and not available even to close subordinates at the time. While there was presidential concern about "what they were doing at [[Dimona]]," Goodpaster could not remember any "specific exchange about a nuclear umbrella."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Anthony Eden.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Soviet
 summary: "Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957."
+born: 1897-06-12
+died: 1977-01-14
+location: "Windlestone Hall, County Durham, England"
 ---
 
 Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] from 1955 to 1957. He was involved in the secret planning for the [[Suez Crisis]] in 1956, alongside [[Israel]] and [[France]]. The battle plan called for [[Israel]] to initiate the attack, followed by demands from [[France]] and [[Britain]] for a halt to hostilities and withdrawal from the [[Suez Canal]]. When [[Egypt]] refused, [[France]] and [[England]] would launch assaults to occupy the canal.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ari Ben-Menashe.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ tags:
   - INSLAW
   - October Surprise
 summary: "Ari Ben-Menashe is a self-proclaimed Israeli military intelligence officer who submitted affidavits to the House Judiciary Committee alleging Earl Brian sold PROMIS to Israeli intelligence and Singapore, then recanted to the Bua Report, admitting he had allowed investigators to assume he was referring to INSLAW's PROMIS to promote his book."
+born: 1951-12-04
+location: "Tehran, Iran"
 ---
 [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] is a self-proclaimed [[Israel|Israeli]] military intelligence officer, born in Tehran, [[Iran]] in 1951 to affluent Iraqi Jewish parents. He is multilingual, speaking Arabic, English, French, Farsi, Hebrew, and Spanish. His father, Gourdji, was involved with [[LEHI]] (Stern Gang) and knew [[Yitzhak Shamir]].[^3]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Arigo.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Military
 summary: "Arigo was a Brazilian psychic healer who gained widespread notoriety for reportedly performing major surgeries with a pocketknife, without anesthesia, stitches, or antibiotics, and without causing any pain."
+born: 1921-10-18
+died: 1971-01-11
+location: "Congonhas do Campo, Minas Gerais, Brazil"
 ---
 
 Arigo was a Brazilian psychic healer who gained widespread notoriety for reportedly performing major surgeries with a pocketknife, without anesthesia, stitches, or antibiotics, and without causing any pain. His extraordinary abilities attracted the attention of [[Andrija Puharich]], who became obsessed with documenting his work[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bashir Gemayel.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Politician
   - Israel
 summary: "Elected president of Lebanon after the 1982 Israeli invasion; reportedly on the CIA payroll and assassinated before taking office."
+born: 1947-11-10
+died: 1982-09-14
+location: "Bikfaya, Lebanon"
 ---
 [[Bashir Gemayel]] was elected president of [[Lebanon]] after the 1982 Israeli invasion. He was reportedly on the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] payroll. Before he could take office, Gemayel was killed by an assassin's bomb. His brother, [[Amin Gamayel]], was subsequently installed as president.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bernard Baruch.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "Bernard Baruch was an American financier and statesman."
+born: 1870-08-19
+died: 1965-06-20
+location: "Camden, South Carolina"
 ---
 
 Bernard Baruch was an American financier and statesman. In the late summer of 1939, he collaborated with [[Lewis L. Strauss]] on a proposal to convince the British government to cede a large tract of colonial [[Africa]] for resettlement by European refugees, both Jewish and non-Jewish. They believed that as much as $300 million could be raised for this purpose, but it was ultimately too late to prevent the impending Nazi blitzkrieg.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bertrand Goldschmidt.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Bertrand Goldschmidt was a French nuclear chemist who served during World War II with American nuclear researchers, becoming an expert in the chemistry of plutonium and plutonium extraction."
+born: 1912-11-02
+died: 2002-06-11
+location: "Paris, France"
 ---
 
 Bertrand Goldschmidt was a French nuclear chemist who served during World War II with American nuclear researchers, becoming an expert in the chemistry of plutonium and plutonium extraction. He chose to return to [[France]] after the war and joined its [[Atomic Energy Commission]]. Goldschmidt was among the few outsiders permitted to visit the completed reactor at [[Dimona]] in the 1960s.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bill Clinton.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - Stargate
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: "William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001) and Governor of Arkansas during the period when Barry Seal operated his CIA-connected cocaine smuggling operation at Mena airport."
+born: 1946-08-19
+location: "Hope, Arkansas"
 ---
 
 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. His administration oversaw the declassification and termination of the [[STARGATE PROJECT]] in 1995.[^1] While the *Remote Viewers* text does not detail Clinton's direct involvement with the project, it notes that [[William Perry]], who served as Clinton's Secretary of Defense, had previously been involved in funding decisions for the program during the Carter administration.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Binyamin Blumberg.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Binyamin Blumberg was a former military intelligence officer handpicked by Shimon Peres to direct the Office of Special Tasks, a new intelligence agency created to provide security for Israel's burgeoning nuclear operation at Dimona."
+died: 2018
+location: "Israel"
 ---
 
 Binyamin Blumberg was a former military intelligence officer handpicked by [[Shimon Peres]] to direct the Office of Special Tasks, a new intelligence agency created to provide security for [[Israel]]'s burgeoning nuclear operation at [[Dimona]]. This office, bureaucratically placed inside the defense ministry, would later become known as LAKAM (Science Liaison Bureau) and was responsible for one of [[Israel]]'s worst mistakes, the recruitment of [[Jonathan Pollard]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles Bohlen.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Soviet
 summary: "Charles Bohlen (1904–1974) was a distinguished American diplomat who served as the U.S."
+born: 1904-08-30
+died: 1974-01-01
+location: "Clayton, New York"
 ---
 
 Charles Bohlen (1904–1974) was a distinguished American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]] from 1953 to 1957. He was one of the ambassadors who was subjected to the [[Moscow Signal]], a microwave beam aimed at the [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] by the Soviets[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles de Gaulle.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "Charles de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II and later founded the Fifth Republic, serving as its first President from 1959 to 1969."
+born: 1890-11-22
+died: 1970-11-09
+location: "Lille, France"
 ---
 
 Charles de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II and later founded the Fifth Republic, serving as its first President from 1959 to 1969. He was emphatically in favor of an independent nuclear deterrent for [[France]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Che Guevara.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - revolutionary
   - contra-war
 summary: Che Guevara was the Argentine revolutionary executed in Bolivia with the participation of CIA agent Felix Rodriguez, a Bay of Pigs veteran who later managed the Contra resupply operation.
+born: 1928-05-14
+died: 1967-10-09
+location: "Rosario, Argentina"
 ---
 Che Guevara was the Argentine revolutionary executed in [[Bolivia]] in 1967 with the participation of [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent [[Felix Rodriguez]], a [[Bay of Pigs|Bay of Pigs]] veteran who later managed the Contra resupply operation at Ilopango Air Base. Rodriguez had been present at Guevara's capture and execution, an experience that burnished his credentials as a counterinsurgency specialist.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Chou En-lai.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Chou En-lai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from 1949 until his death in 1976."
+born: 1898-03-05
+died: 1976-01-08
+location: "Huai'an, Jiangsu, China"
 ---
 
 Chou En-lai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of [[China]], serving from 1949 until his death in 1976. At the Bandung Conference of African and Asian nations in April 1955, he promised [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] as many arms as [[Egypt]] could afford, marking a significant step in Nasser's efforts to secure military aid from the Communist world.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Clark Clifford.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Banking
   - Lawyer
 summary: "Clark Clifford (1906-1997) was a Washington attorney who served as Special Counsel to President Truman, co-authored the National Security Act of 1947, served as Secretary of Defense under Lyndon Johnson, and became the central American figure in the BCCI scandal after he and his partner Robert Altman personally vouched to banking regulators that BCCI would not secretly own First American Bank -- a representation that proved false."
+born: 1906-12-25
+died: 1997-10-10
+location: "Fort Scott, Kansas"
 ---
 Clark McAdams Clifford was born December 25, 1906, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He earned a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1927 and an LL.B. from Washington University School of Law in 1928, after which he practiced law in St. Louis through World War II. He served in the Navy during the war, rising to captain, and arrived at the White House in 1946 as naval aide to President Harry S. Truman. He died October 10, 1997, in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 90.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Cleve Backster.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Stargate
 summary: "In 1966, Backster conducted an experiment where he attached polygraph electrodes to a plant and observed its responses to his thoughts, including the intention to harm it."
+born: 1924-02-27
+died: 2013-06-24
+location: "Lafayette Township, New Jersey"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dale Graff.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Graff's interest in psi phenomena stemmed from a personal experience in 1968, where he had a profound out-of-body experience while caught in a rip current."
+born: 1934-12-13
+location: "Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Daniel Ellsberg.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Daniel Ellsberg was an American activist and former military analyst who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers to the *New York Times* in 1971."
+born: 1931-04-07
+died: 2023-06-16
+location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
 
 Daniel Ellsberg was an American activist and former military analyst who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers to the *New York Times* in 1971. In 1963, he was involved in high-level nuclear weapons issues as a deputy in the [[Pentagon]]'s Office of International Strategic Affairs. He recalled seeing a "Top Secret, Eyes Only" memorandum from [[McGeorge Bundy]] to President [[John F. Kennedy]] summarizing a change in policy toward the French, indicating that the [[United States]] would cooperate with [[France]] and allow them to use the [[Nevada]] test site for underground testing. This memorandum was dated November 22, 1963, the day of Kennedy's assassination.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Danny Casolaro.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ tags:
   - Journalist
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: "Joseph Daniel Casolaro was an American freelance journalist investigating a sprawling criminal conspiracy he called 'The Octopus,' linking the PROMIS software theft to Iran-Contra, the October Surprise, and BCCI. He was found dead in a Martinsburg, West Virginia hotel room on August 10, 1991, his wrists slashed twelve times, in a death officially ruled suicide."
+born: 1947-06-16
+died: 1991-08-10
+location: "Fort Meade, Maryland"
 ---
 Joseph Daniel Casolaro (June 16, 1947 — August 10, 1991) was an American freelance journalist and former computer-trade magazine owner. Born in Fort Meade, Maryland, he grew up in McLean, Virginia, attended Providence College until 1968, and married Terrill Pace, a former Miss Virginia, with whom he had one son, Trey. He owned several computer-industry trade publications through the 1970s and 1980s, which he sold toward the end of the decade. In early 1990, he returned to investigative journalism, beginning the work that would consume the last eighteen months of his life.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/David Ben-Gurion.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "David Ben-Gurion, often referred to as the 'Old Man,' was a central figure in the establishment of Israel and served as its first Prime Minister and Defense Minister from 1948 to 1963, with one brief interlude."
+born: 1886-10-16
+died: 1973-12-01
+location: "Płońsk, Poland (then Russian Empire)"
 ---
 
 David Ben-Gurion, often referred to as the "Old Man," was a central figure in the establishment of [[Israel]] and served as its first Prime Minister and Defense Minister from 1948 to 1963, with one brief interlude. He was a strong advocate for [[Israel]]'s self-defense and self-reliance, driven by a private nightmare of a second Holocaust at the hands of the Arabs. He believed that [[Israel]]'s security would come through its own capabilities, repeatedly linking the nation's security to its progress in science.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/David Grusch.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - UFO
 summary: "In 2023, Grusch went public with his allegations, testifying under oath before the House Oversight Committee's National Security Subcommittee."
+born: 1987
+location: "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"
 ---
 [[David Grusch]] is a former intelligence officer from the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] (NRO) and the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA) who served as the NRO's representative on the [[UAP Task Force]]. He is a key whistleblower who has provided Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General with extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says have retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/David Owen Brooks.md

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "David Owen Brooks (born February 14, 1955) functioned as a teenage accomplice to serial killer Dean Corll in the Dean Corll Murders from 1970 to 1973."
+born: 1955-02-14
+location: "Houston, Texas"
 ---
 
 David Owen Brooks (born February 14, 1955) functioned as a teenage accomplice to serial killer [[Dean Corll]] in the [[Dean Corll Murders]] from 1970 to 1973. Brooks played a key role in procuring victims and participating in their torture and murder. He introduced [[Elmer Wayne Henley]] to Corll and provided crucial testimony connecting the crimes to broader trafficking networks.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dean Corll.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973), known as the Candyman Killer, was an American serial killer who murdered at least 28 teenage boys and young men in Houston, Texas, between 1970 and 1973."
+born: 1939-12-24
+died: 1973-08-08
+location: "Fort Wayne, Indiana"
 ---
 
 Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973), known as the Candyman Killer, was an American serial killer who murdered at least 28 teenage boys and young men in [[Houston]], between 1970 and 1973. Corll earned his nickname from his family's candy business, which provided access to neighborhood children. His case revealed connections to larger child trafficking and pornography networks across the United States.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dewey Clarridge.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Chief of the CIA Latin American Division from 1981 to 1984 who oversaw the creation of the Contra project, recruited Contra leaders including Eden Pastora, and was later indicted for perjury during the Iran-Contra investigation.
+born: 1932-04-16
+died: 2016-04-09
+location: "Nashua, New Hampshire"
 ---
 Duane "Dewey" Clarridge was the chief of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s Latin American Division from 1981 to 1984 and oversaw the creation of the Contra project.[^1] He recruited many of the Contra leaders, including [[Eden Pastora]] in 1981.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dodi Fayed.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Egyptian multi-millionaire film producer and son of Mohammed Al-Fayed, romantically involved with Princess Diana; died with her in a 1997 Paris car crash."
+born: 1955-04-15
+died: 1997-08-31
+location: "Alexandria, Egypt"
 ---
 [[Dodi Fayed]] was an Egyptian multi-millionaire film producer and the son of [[Samira Khashoggi Fayed]] and [[Mohammed Al-Fayed]]. He was romantically involved with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]. The couple died in a car crash in a Paris underpass in the early hours of August 31, 1997.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dwight D. Eisenhower.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
   - Military
 summary: "Eisenhower authorized a daring reconnaissance program, primarily targeting the Soviet Union, and assigned the development of the revolutionary U-2 Spy Plane jointly to the CIA and the Air Force."
+born: 1890-10-14
+died: 1969-03-28
+location: "Denison, Texas"
 ---
 
 Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1953 to 1961. His reliance on aerial photography as Allied Commander in Chief in World War II was reaffirmed by postwar bombing surveys, which concluded that a significant portion of useful intelligence came from overhead reconnaissance. Upon becoming president, he was concerned about the lack of aerial intelligence on the [[Soviet Union]] and ordered the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to address this.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Edward Brongersma.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Edward Brongersma was a Dutch Senator and prominent advocate for the legalization of pedophilia in the Netherlands."
+born: 1911-08-31
+died: 1998-04-22
+location: "Haarlem, Netherlands"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Edward P. Boland.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - person
   - contra-war
 summary: Edward P. Boland was the Massachusetts congressman who sponsored the Boland Amendments prohibiting U.S. military aid to the Contras.
+born: 1911-10-01
+died: 2001-11-04
+location: "Springfield, Massachusetts"
 ---
 Edward P. Boland was the Massachusetts Democratic congressman who sponsored the [[Boland Amendment|Boland Amendments]], the series of congressional provisions that prohibited the use of taxpayer funds for covert military operations against [[Nicaragua]]. The amendments, passed between 1982 and 1984, were named after Boland as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Eileen Garrett.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Eileen Garrett was an Irish medium who was well-known in New York City parapsychology circles."
+born: 1893-03-17
+died: 1970-09-15
+location: "Beauparc, County Meath, Ireland"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Elliott Abrams.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - u.s.-government
   - contra-war
 summary: Elliott Abrams was the Assistant Secretary of State who oversaw Central American policy and pressured NHAO officials to hire Oliver North's associates for Contra supply operations.
+born: 1948-01-24
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 Elliott Abrams was the Assistant Secretary of State who oversaw Central American policy and pressured [[NHAO]] officials to hire [[Oliver North]]'s associates for Contra supply operations. Abrams served as the political point man for the Reagan administration's [[Contras|Contra]] funding strategy.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Enrique Bermudez.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Supreme military commander of the FDN and former Somoza military attache in Washington who was hired by the CIA in 1980 to reassemble the National Guard into a Contra fighting force, and was murdered in Managua in 1991.
+born: 1932-12-11
+died: 1991-02-16
+location: "León, Nicaragua"
 ---
 Enrique Bermúdez "Commandante 380" was the supreme military commander of the [[FDN]], the largest [[Contras|Contra]] faction.[^3] A former military attaché for the [[Anastasio Somoza|Somoza]] regime in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], he was hired by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in 1980 to reassemble Somoza's scattered [[Nicaraguan National Guard|National Guard]] brigades into a fighting force.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ernst David Bergmann.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "Ernst David Bergmann was a German-born Israeli organic chemist, widely considered the scientific father of the Israeli nuclear bomb."
+born: 1903
+died: 1975-04-06
+location: "Karlsruhe, Germany"
 ---
 
 Ernst David Bergmann was a German-born Israeli organic chemist, widely considered the scientific father of the Israeli nuclear bomb. A refugee from Nazi Germany, he became director of the chemistry division at the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] after [[Israel]]'s War of Independence in 1948. He was also chairman of [[Israel]]'s Atomic Energy Commission, established in 1952, and publicly advocated for nuclear research for peaceful purposes.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fidel Castro.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: "Leader of Cuba targeted by CIA assassination plots involving organized crime figures Sam Giancana, Johnny Rosselli, and Santos Trafficante."
+born: 1926-08-13
+died: 2016-11-25
+location: "Birán, Oriente, Cuba"
 ---
 [[Fidel Castro]] was the leader of [[Cuba]]. In 1960, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] initiated a series of assassination attempts against him. These operations involved [[Robert Maheu]] as a "cut-out," who contacted organized-crime leaders [[Sam Giancana]], [[Johnny Rosselli]], and [[Santos Trafficante, Jr.]]. These individuals, in turn, enlisted the direct assistance of Cuban exiles in the assassination plots.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Frank Barnaby.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Frank Barnaby was a nuclear physicist and former employee of Britain's nuclear weapons installation at Aldermaston."
+born: 1928-09-27
+died: 2020-08-01
+location: "Andover, Hampshire, England"
 ---
 
 Frank Barnaby was a nuclear physicist and former employee of [[Britain]]'s nuclear weapons installation at Aldermaston. He spent two days with [[Mordecai Vanunu]] at the request of the *Sunday Times* to verify Vanunu's account of [[Israel]]'s nuclear program. Barnaby concluded that Vanunu's account was "totally convincing." After leaving government service, Barnaby became director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an arms control study group funded by the Swedish government.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Frank Carlucci.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - CIA
 summary: "Carlucci's connections extended into the intelligence community, with Harold Okimoto reportedly working under his auspices for years."
+born: 1930-10-18
+died: 2018-06-03
+location: "Scranton, Pennsylvania"
 ---
 [[Frank Carlucci]] was a prominent American government official who held several high-level positions, including former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] deputy director and later [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]]. He was also a member of the board of directors for [[Wackenhut Corporation]].[1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Frederick Atwater.md

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 ---
-category: "Key Figures"
+category: “Key Figures”
 tags:
   - Person
   - Stargate
   - CIA
   - Military
   - RemoteViewer
-summary: "Frederick Holmes “Skip” Atwater was born in Glendale, California, growing up in a house with land, dogs, cats, a goat, and a donkey."
+summary: “Frederick Holmes “Skip” Atwater was born in Glendale, California, growing up in a house with land, dogs, cats, a goat, and a donkey.”
+born: 1947
+location: “Glendale, California”
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gary Glitter.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Gary Glitter was a British glam rock artist whose career was helped to success by Chris Denning, who catapulted him to the Top of the Pops in the 1970s."
+born: 1944-05-08
+location: "Banbury, Oxfordshire, England"
 ---
 
 Gary Glitter was a British glam rock artist whose career was helped to success by [[Chris Denning]], who catapulted him to the Top of the Pops in the 1970s. In November 1997, a week after Denning's arrest, Glitter was arrested by British authorities after child pornography was discovered on a computer he had taken into a repair store.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gatsha Buthelezi.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Chief Gatsha Buthelezi was a figure in South Africa who led 'black death squads' that were involved in violence against black revolutionary groups, including the African National Congress."
+born: 1928-08-27
+died: 2023-09-09
+location: "Mahlabathini, Natal, South Africa"
 ---
 
 Chief [[Gatsha Buthelezi]] was a figure in [[South Africa]] who led "black death squads" that were involved in violence against black revolutionary groups, including the [[African National Congress]]. This was part of an operation facilitated by the [[PROMIS]] software, which tracked dissidents and generated death lists. The term "Kushi kills Kushi" was used in [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence circles to describe these actions.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Geoffrey Dickens.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Geoffrey Dickens was a Conservative (Tory) MP in Margaret Thatcher's government who became known for his campaigns against child pornography and his efforts to expose VIP pedophile networks within British institutions."
+born: 1931-08-26
+died: 1995-05-17
+location: "London, England"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George A. Cowan.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "American nuclear weapons designer at Los Alamos for over twenty years who acknowledged close associations with Israeli physicists from the Weizmann Institute."
+born: 1920-02-15
+died: 2012-04-20
+location: "Worcester, Massachusetts"
 ---
 
 George A. Cowan was an American scientist who spent more than twenty years designing nuclear weapons at [[Los Alamos]]. He acknowledged that there was always a close association with Israeli physicists from the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]], who visited the labs. Cowan believed that the Israelis were smart enough to do their own research and that the need for secret information was largely promoted by spy novelists.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George Ball.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "George Ball served as the Under Secretary of State during the Kennedy administration."
+born: 1909-12-21
+died: 1994-05-26
+location: "Des Moines, Iowa"
 ---
 
 George Ball served as the Under Secretary of State during the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] administration. His office was responsible for rewriting [[William R. Crawford]]'s draft letter from President Kennedy to [[David Ben-Gurion]] regarding [[Israel]]'s nuclear program at [[Dimona]]. Ball's office held onto the letter for days, eventually provoking a complaint from the White House, and when his rewritten version emerged, it had the same message but in "JFK prose."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George Deukemejian.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Governor of California named in a Writ of Mandamus for refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County."
+born: 1928-06-06
+died: 2018-05-08
+location: "Menands, New York"
 ---
 [[George Deukemejian]] was the Governor of [[California]]. He was named in a Writ of Mandamus filed by [[Ben Wagner]] for refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George H.W. Bush.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ tags:
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
   - OctoberSurprise
 summary: "Vice President under Reagan and 41st U.S. President who dealt with Israel's nuclear program, the VELA incident, and sanctions discussions after Osirak bombing, while simultaneously overseeing anti-drug efforts as Contra-connected drug traffickers operated with impunity."
+born: 1924-06-12
+died: 2018-11-30
+location: "Milton, Massachusetts"
 ---
 George H.W. Bush served as the Vice President under President [[Ronald Reagan]] and later as the 41st President of the United States. He was present at a meeting of Reagan's high command following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, where he agreed that some sanctions against [[Israel]] were essential.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gerald Bull.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "In 1981, Bull approached Israel Military Industries in Israel hoping to sell his project, but they were more interested in missile technology."
+born: 1928-03-09
+died: 1990-03-22
+location: "North Bay, Ontario, Canada"
 ---
 
 [[Gerald Bull]] was a Canadian scientist and aeronautical engineer known for his work on long-range artillery, particularly the "supergun" project. He was involved in developing artillery that could shoot payloads over remarkable distances without the need for missiles.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gerald Feinberg.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Gerald Feinberg was a physics professor at Columbia University."
+born: 1933-05-27
+died: 1992-04-21
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 
 Gerald Feinberg was a physics professor at [[Columbia University]]. He was working on hypotheses involving a subatomic particle called a [[Tachyon]], which is proposed to be superluminal, or faster-than-light[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gerald R. Ford.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Diplomat
   - Military
 summary: "In late 1976, at the end of his tenure as President, Henry A."
+born: 1913-07-14
+died: 2006-12-26
+location: "Omaha, Nebraska"
 ---
 
 Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1974 to 1977. His administration, along with that of [[Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon]], maintained a warm relationship with [[Israel]], a stark contrast to the later approach of the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] administration. Ford's precedent was to tightly restrict access to high-quality [[KH-11]] imagery, even to close allies like [[Great Britain]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Hans Bethe.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967."
+born: 1906-07-02
+died: 2005-03-06
+location: "Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine (now France)"
 ---
 
 Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967. He helped design the first American nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. Bethe recalled three visits to the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] where his hosts would "take me anywhere and discuss anything with me." However, they never offered to take him to [[Dimona]], which Bethe found significant, as he was interested in nuclear power reactors.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Harold M. Agnew.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "American physicist and Los Alamos director (1970-1979) who served on the Nuclear Intelligence Panel and criticized suppression of the VELA Satellite findings."
+born: 1921-03-28
+died: 2013-09-29
+location: "Denver, Colorado"
 ---
 
 Harold M. Agnew was an American physicist and director of the [[Los Alamos]] laboratory from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the Nuclear Intelligence Panel (NIP), a highly classified nuclear intelligence group in the U.S. government. Agnew and other NIP members were dismayed by the extent of White House interference in the investigation of the 1979 [[VELA Satellite]] sighting, which they concluded was a low-yield nuclear weapon detonation. Agnew famously stated, "If it looks like a duck, it's got to be a duck," in reference to the event, but noted that this was "not an answer [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] liked."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Idi Amin.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "Relations between Israel and Uganda deteriorated after Col."
+born: 1925
+died: 2003-08-16
+location: "Koboko, Uganda"
 ---
 
 [[Idi Amin]] was the self-proclaimed president of [[Uganda]]. He was installed in a military coup planned and led by former [[Israel|Israeli]] military attaché Col. Baruch Bar Lev. Relations between [[Israel]] and [[Idi Amin|Amin]] were at their lowest at the time of the 1976 [[Entebbe hijacking]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Itzhak Bentov.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Itzhak Bentov was an Israeli rocket scientist, biomedical engineer, and author known for his work on 'the mechanics of consciousness.' He designed Israel's first rocket for the War of Independence and invented the steerable cardiac catheter, which paved the way for many biomedical engineering invent"
+born: 1923-08-09
+died: 1979-05-25
+location: "Humenné, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)"
 ---
 
 Itzhak Bentov was an Israeli rocket scientist, biomedical engineer, and author known for his work on "the mechanics of consciousness." He designed [[Israel]]'s first rocket for the War of Independence and invented the steerable cardiac catheter, which paved the way for many biomedical engineering inventions[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jack Anderson.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Military
 summary: "Jack Anderson (1922–2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist and syndicated columnist for *The Washington Post*."
+born: 1922-10-19
+died: 2005-12-17
+location: "Long Beach, California"
 ---
 
 Jack Anderson (1922–2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist and syndicated columnist for *The Washington Post*. He was known for his muckraking style and his ability to uncover classified government information[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jack Brooks.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - IranContra
 summary: "Jack Brooks (1922-2012) was a Texas Democrat who represented the Beaumont area in Congress for 42 years, chaired the House Judiciary Committee from 1989 to 1995, and presided over the three-year INSLAW investigation that produced House Report 102-857 (September 1992), which found that the Department of Justice had stolen PROMIS software and named Edwin Meese and Richard Thornburgh as having obstructed the inquiry."
+born: 1922-12-18
+died: 2012-12-04
+location: "Crowley, Louisiana"
 ---
 Jack Bascom Brooks was born December 18, 1922, in Crowley, Louisiana. His family moved to Beaumont, Texas, in 1927. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and served overseas for 23 months at Guadalcanal, Guam, Okinawa, and northern China before being discharged as a first lieutenant in 1946. He earned his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1949 and was admitted to the Texas bar the same year. Brooks represented Texas's 2nd Congressional District from 1953 to 1967, then Texas's 9th Congressional District (Beaumont and Jefferson County) from 1967 to 1995. He died December 4, 2012, in Beaumont, at age 89.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jacques Bergier.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Journalist
   - Author
 summary: "Jacques Bergier was a journalist, former French resistance spy, and author with strong ties to the intelligence community and an interest in the supernatural."
+born: 1912-08-21
+died: 1978-11-23
+location: "Odessa, Ukraine"
 ---
 
 Jacques Bergier was a journalist, former French resistance spy, and author with strong ties to the intelligence community and an interest in the supernatural. He is known for bringing secret government [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] programs to public attention[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/James A. Baker III.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Chief of Staff under President Reagan who agreed sanctions against Israel were essential after the 1981 bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor."
+born: 1930-04-28
+location: "Houston, Texas"
 ---
 
 James A. Baker III served as the Chief of Staff under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. He was present at a meeting of Reagan's high command following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, where he agreed that some sanctions against [[Israel]] were essential.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/James Callaghan.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - BCCI
   - CIA
 summary: "James Callaghan, also known as Lord Callaghan, was a former British prime minister who served as a paid economic adviser to the BCCI."
+born: 1912-03-27
+died: 2005-03-26
+location: "Portsmouth, England"
 ---
 
 James Callaghan, also known as Lord Callaghan, was a former [[Great Britain|British]] prime minister who served as a paid economic adviser to the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]].[^1] His association with BCCI was part of [[Agha Hasan Abedi]]'s strategy to cultivate relationships with influential figures and enhance the bank's image.

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/James Jesus Angleton.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "James Jesus Angleton was the CIA's director of counterintelligence and was also responsible for liaison with Israel."
+born: 1917-12-09
+died: 1987-05-11
+location: "Boise, Idaho"
 ---
 
 James Jesus Angleton was the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s director of counterintelligence and was also responsible for liaison with [[Israel]]. He was known for his insistence on secrecy and his paranoia about Soviet penetration of the Agency. Angleton's increasing inability to deal with the real world eventually led to his firing in late 1974. He had worked closely with members of the Jewish resistance in [[Italy]] at the end of World War II, during a period when thousands of Jewish refugees and concentration camp survivors were being illicitly funneled from [[Europe]] into [[Palestine]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jimmy Carter.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "39th U.S. President who led nuclear nonproliferation efforts against South Africa, provided Israel KH-11 satellite access, and oversaw early psychic research funding."
+born: 1924-10-01
+died: 2024-12-29
+location: "Plains, Georgia"
 ---
 
 James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. was the 39th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1977 to 1981. His presidency was marked by significant challenges in foreign policy, nuclear nonproliferation efforts, and involvement with unconventional intelligence programs.

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John B. Alexander.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Military
 summary: "Lieutenant Colonel John B."
+born: 1937
+location: "New York, New York"
 ---
 
 Lieutenant Colonel John B. Alexander is a former Green Beret and Special Forces commander in [[Vietnam|Vietnam]] and [[Thailand]], earning the moniker Assassin Six. He holds a PhD in thanatology, the study of death. Alexander became a prominent figure in the [[U.S. Army]]'s exploration of anomalous mental phenomena and human potential[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John Connally.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - October Surprise
   - Politician
 summary: "John Connally was Governor of Texas and Treasury Secretary who in July-August 1980, accompanied by Ben Barnes, allegedly toured the Middle East carrying a message from the Reagan campaign to Arab intermediaries: Iran would receive better terms for hostage release with Reagan than with Carter, so they should counsel the Iranians to wait."
+born: 1917-02-27
+died: 1993-06-15
+location: "Floresville, Texas"
 ---
 John Bowden Connally Jr. was born February 27, 1917, in Floresville, Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, rising to lieutenant commander and serving as an aide at the time of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. He was elected Governor of Texas three times (1963-1969) as a Democrat and was riding in President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when he was seriously wounded in the same attack that killed Kennedy. He served as Secretary of the Navy under President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and as Secretary of the Treasury under President [[Richard Nixon]] from 1971 to 1972. He switched to the Republican Party in 1973. He mounted a campaign for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination, spending more than $11 million but winning only a single delegate before withdrawing from the race. He supported [[Ronald Reagan]] in the general election. He died June 15, 1993, in Houston.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John Foster Dulles.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "John Foster Dulles served as the Secretary of State under President Dwight D."
+born: 1888-02-25
+died: 1959-05-24
+location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---
 
 John Foster Dulles served as the Secretary of State under President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. He, along with his brother [[Allen Dulles]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director, were infuriated by [[Israel]]'s attempt to mask the extent of its military buildup prior to the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]]. He was regularly present at White House briefings where intelligence from [[U-2 Spy Plane|U-2]] flights, including early information on [[Dimona]], was presented.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John Gotti.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Prominent figure associated with the Gambino Crime Family who enjoyed a special relationship with MCA president Eugene Giaquinto per FBI wiretaps."
+born: 1940-10-27
+died: 2002-06-10
+location: "Bronx, New York"
 ---
 [[John Gotti]] was a prominent figure associated with the [[Gambino Crime Family]]. He reportedly enjoyed a special relationship with [[Eugene Giaquinto]], then president of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] home entertainment division, as indicated by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] wiretaps during the investigation into alleged organized crime penetration of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]].[1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John L. Gizzarelli.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - INSLAW
   - Navy
 summary: "John L. Gizzarelli, Jr., was a Navy cryptologic officer who worked on the 1969 PROMIS design team under Charles R. Work, Joan E. Jacoby, and Bill Hamilton, subsequently attended Georgetown Law School, served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for DC, and served as general counsel at INSLAW in 1973."
+born: 1938
+died: 2021-02-18
+location: "Quincy, Massachusetts"
 ---
 John Laurence Gizzarelli, Jr., was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1938. He graduated from Quincy High School in 1956 and from Boston University in 1961, and joined the Navy in November 1961. In 1962 he was a Lieutenant assigned to Cryptologic Warfare (MOS 1615 -- Information Warfare), stationed in Spain, Morocco, and Japan, and later was assigned to Naval Research. He remained in the Naval Reserve through at least 1977.[^1][^2]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John Wayne Gacy.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) murdered at least 33 young men and boys in the Chicago, Illinois, area during the 1970s."
+born: 1942-03-17
+died: 1994-05-10
+location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
 
 John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) murdered at least 33 young men and boys in the [[Chicago]], area during the 1970s. Gacy operated under the cover of a construction business and political involvement. Gacy owned [[Painting Decorating Maintenance]] (PDM) in [[Chicago]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Joris Demmink.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Military
 summary: "Joris Demmink was a senior Dutch justice official who served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands from 2002 until his resignation in 2012."
+born: 1947-12-11
+location: "Laren, North Holland, Netherlands"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jose Guillermo Garcia.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
   - Contra_War
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Salvadoran defense minister linked to death squad activities who received Pyramid International's security proposal in 1982.
+born: 1933-06-25
+location: "El Salvador"
 ---
 General José Guillermo García was the Salvadoran defense minister who received a security proposal from [[Pyramid International Security Consultants]] in October 1982.[^1] García was linked by human rights organizations to death squad activities and the slaughter of hundreds of peasants at a village called El Mozote in December 1981.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Joseph Coors.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - PROMIS
   - CIA
 summary: "Prominent right-wing activist, Heritage Foundation associate, and FGBMFI member connected to the PROMIS/Cabazon network."
+born: 1917-11-12
+died: 2003-03-15
+location: "Golden, Colorado"
 ---
 [[Joseph Coors]] was a prominent right-wing activist and a member of FGBMFI (Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International). He was associated with the [[Heritage Foundation]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Juan Matta Ballesteros.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - honduran
   - contra-war
 summary: Juan Matta Ballesteros was Honduras's biggest drug trafficker whose air cargo company SETCO was the principal transportation provider for the Contra army.
+born: 1945
+died: 2025
+location: "Tegucigalpa, Honduras"
 ---
 Juan Matta Ballesteros was [[Honduras]]'s biggest drug trafficker whose air cargo company [[SETCO]] was the principal transportation provider for the [[Contras|Contra]] army. The [[U.S. Customs]] Service had known about Matta's drug trafficking since 1983, but his company continued to receive U.S. government contracts for Contra supply missions.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Junio Valerio Borghese.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "Junio Valerio Borghese, known as the Black Prince of Borghese, was an Italian aristocrat descended from the Borghese family of the Italian black nobility."
+born: 1906-06-06
+died: 1974-08-26
+location: "Artena, Province of Rome, Italy"
 ---
 
 Junio Valerio Borghese, known as the Black Prince of Borghese, was an Italian aristocrat descended from the Borghese family of the Italian black nobility. Borghese commanded the Decima Flottiglia MAS, a former regiment of the Italian Navy, which fought as a prominent piece of the army under the Nazi puppet state known as the [[Republic of Salo]] in Northern Italy during World War II. The regiment continued to fight the Allies in the northern territories under the Republic's administration right up until the end of the war.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kamal Adham.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - BCCI
   - CIA
 summary: "Kamal Adham was the former head of Saudi Arabian intelligence and brother-in-law of the late King Faisal."
+born: 1929
+died: 1999-10-29
+location: "Istanbul, Turkey"
 ---
 
 Kamal Adham was the former head of [[Saudi Arabian intelligence]] and brother-in-law of the late [[King Faisal]]. He was a significant shareholder in [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] and [[First American Bank]]. Adham was a shrewd and jovial figure who straddled the worlds of Middle Eastern business and politics for decades. He was considered one of the true inside power players of the Middle East.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kiki Camarena.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - DEA
   - 1980s
 summary: DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena was tortured and murdered in Mexico in February 1985, an investigation that uncovered CIA collaboration with Mexican drug cartels providing support to the Contras.
+born: 1947-07-26
+died: 1985-02
+location: "Mexicali, Mexico"
 ---
 [[DEA]] agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena was abducted, tortured, and murdered by Mexican drug traffickers in February 1985 in Guadalajara, [[Mexico]]. His death at the hands of Mexican traffickers made him a hero to many narcotics agents and triggered a massive investigation that exposed unexpected connections between drug trafficking and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s [[Contras|Contra]] operations.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kirsten Gillibrand.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - UFO
   - Politician
 summary: "Senator Gillibrand has been a key ally in the bipartisan effort to pass UAP-related legislation."
+born: 1966-12-09
+location: "Albany, New York"
 ---
 [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] is a United States Senator from New York who has been a leading voice in the recent legislative efforts to increase transparency and oversight of the [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) issue. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, she has worked to destigmatize the topic and to ensure that the U.S. government takes the potential national security threat posed by UAP seriously.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Leon Brittan.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Politician
 summary: "Leon Brittan was the Secretary of the Home Office under Margaret Thatcher who received a dossier from MP Geoffrey Dickens in 1983 containing allegations about members of parliament and the Queen's royal staff being part of a VIP pedophile ring with ties to the Pedophile Information Exchange (PIE)."
+born: 1939-09-25
+died: 2015-01-21
+location: "London, England"
 ---
 
 Leon Brittan was the Secretary of the Home Office under Margaret Thatcher who received a dossier from MP [[Geoffrey Dickens]] in 1983 containing allegations about members of parliament and the Queen's royal staff being part of a VIP pedophile ring with ties to the [[Pedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE). Several public figures were named in a Scotland Yard dossier on child sex offences, with Dickens stating he had compiled a list of names and planned to disclose them in Parliament. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed it was studying a report on a police inquiry into PIE, and Interior Minister Leon Brittan ordered a copy of the report by Friday[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Leonid Brezhnev.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Soviet
 summary: "In 1972, Brezhnev met with Golda Meir, then Prime Minister of Israel, in Finland."
+born: 1906-12-19
+died: 1982-11-10
+location: "Kamenskoye, Ukraine (Russian Empire)"
 ---
 
 [[Leonid Brezhnev]] was a prominent political figure in the [[Soviet Union]] who played a significant role in Middle Eastern affairs during the 1970s, particularly in relation to [[Israel]] and the Arab states.

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Levi Eshkol.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Levi Eshkol was an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969."
+born: 1895-10-25
+died: 1969-02-26
+location: "Oratov, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)"
 ---
 
 Levi Eshkol was an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of [[Israel]] from 1963 to 1969. He had spent eleven years as finance minister, much of it in a struggle against funding for [[Dimona]], and was far less committed emotionally than [[David Ben-Gurion]] to the concept of spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually on nuclear activity. Eshkol prioritized better weapons and training for the army and air force, which he and his supporters saw as [[Israel]]'s most immediate need.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Luis Posada Carriles.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Contra_War
 summary: Veteran CIA agent and terrorist with a documented history of drug trafficking who ran day-to-day Contra resupply operations at Ilopango Air Force Base under the alias Ramon Medina.
+born: 1928-02-15
+died: 2018-05-23
+location: "Cienfuegos, Cuba"
 ---
 Luis Posada Carriles was a veteran [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent with a history of involvement with drug traffickers, mobsters, and terrorists who ran day-to-day Contra resupply operations at [[Ilopango Airbase|Ilopango Air Force Base]] under the alias "Ramon Medina." He was recruited by [[Felix Rodriguez]] as his right-hand man after escaping from Venezuelan prison in 1985.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Pierre Gallois.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Pierre Gallois was a retired French general and the intellectual spokesman for the French nuclear program."
+born: 1911-06-29
+died: 2010-08-24
+location: "Turin, Italy"
 ---
 
 Pierre Gallois was a retired French general and the intellectual spokesman for the French nuclear program. His argument, as eventually published, was that when two nations are armed with nuclear weapons, even if unequally, the status quo is unavoidable. He believed that a nuclear-armed [[France]] would no longer need to wonder if the [[United States]] would come to its defense in a nuclear crisis.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Rafael Eitan.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Rafael Eitan, also known as 'Rafi the stinker,' was an ambitious Israeli clandestine operative and a crony of Ariel Sharon."
+born: 1926-11-23
+died: 2019-03-23
+location: "Kibbutz Ein Harod, British Mandate Palestine"
 ---
 Rafael Eitan, also known as "Rafi the stinker," was an ambitious Israeli clandestine operative and a crony of [[Ariel Sharon]]. He was appointed the new head of [[LAKAM]] (Science Liaison Bureau) and also served as [[Menachem Begin]]'s special assistant for counterterrorism. Eitan had participated in the 1960 kidnapping of [[Adolf Eichmann]] in [[Buenos Aires]] and was a veteran of many operations inside the Arab world. He had been forced to resign from [[Mossad]] years earlier and was bitter about his stunted career and the failure of [[Mossad]] and [[Israel]]'s other intelligence agencies to cooperate with his counterterrorism office.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Altman.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - Banking
 summary: "Robert Altman was a Washington attorney and partner to Clark Clifford who served as president of First American Bankshares and was indicted by Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau in July 1992 on charges of bribery and fraud related to BCCI's secret ownership of the bank; he was acquitted by a Manhattan jury in September 1993."
+born: 1947-02-23
+died: 2021-02-03
+location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---
 Robert Altman was a prominent American lawyer and banker, known for his close association with [[Clark Clifford]] and his involvement in the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] scandal. He served as the former president of [[First American Bank]] and was Clifford's law partner and protégé. Altman, along with Clifford, acted as BCCI's chief American counsel from 1978 to 1990.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Bigelow.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - UFO
   - Politician
 summary: "Bigelow has had a lifelong obsession with UAP and paranormal occurrences, and he has used his personal fortune to fund research into these mysteries."
+born: 1944-05-12
+location: "Las Vegas, Nevada"
 ---
 [[Robert Bigelow]] is a billionaire hotelier, developer, and aerospace magnate known for his long-standing interest in [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) and paranormal research. His company, [[Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies]] (BAASS), was the primary contractor for the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AAWSAP), the precursor to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP).[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Gates.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Robert Gates is an American government official who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1991 to 1993."
+born: 1943-09-25
+location: "Wichita, Kansas"
 ---
 
 Robert Gates is an American government official who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1991 to 1993. He was also an analyst on loan to the [[National Security Council|NSC]] from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] during the [[Cold War]][^1][^2].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roberto D'Aubuisson.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ tags:
   - Contra_War
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Salvadoran army major and ARENA party leader who ran death squads during El Salvador's civil war, linked to weapons deals with Ronald Lister's operations.
+born: 1943-08-23
+died: 1992-02-20
+location: "Santa Tecla, El Salvador"
 ---
 Roberto D'Aubuisson was a former Salvadoran army major and leader of the ultraright [[ARENA]] party who ran death squads during [[El Salvador]]'s civil war in the early 1980s.[^1] D'Aubuisson was reportedly running one of the death squads linked to the assassination of [[San Salvador]]'s Archbishop Oscar Romero - allegedly by hit men from the [[FDN]]'s predecessor, the [[Legion of September 15]].
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roswell L. Gilpatric.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - UFO
 summary: "The report also suggested reconsidering a controversial American plan to create a multilateral force (MLF) that would give NATO members, including West Germans, a joint finger on the nuclear trigger."
+born: 1906-11-04
+died: 1996-03-15
+location: "Brooklyn, New York"
 ---
 
 Roswell L. Gilpatric was an American government official who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense under President [[John F. Kennedy]]. He headed a special panel on nonproliferation convened by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] after [[China]]'s first nuclear test in 1964. The panel's report, returned on January 21, 1965, amounted to an indictment of past and present policy, warning that the world was "fast approaching a point of no return" in controlling the spread of nuclear weapons. It urged the President to substantially increase efforts and advocated for nuclear-free zones in [[Latin America]], [[Africa]], and the [[Middle East]], including [[Israel]] and [[Egypt]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Rudolph Giuliani.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - LawEnforcement
 summary: "U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York involved in the Hashemi sting operation targeting Israeli intelligence arms sales to Iran."
+born: 1944-05-28
+location: "Brooklyn, New York"
 ---
 
 [[Rudolph Giuliani]] was the [[United States|U.S.]] Attorney for the Southern District of [[New York City]]. He was involved in the [[Hashemi sting]] operation, which was designed to entrap individuals connected with [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sam Giancana.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - PROMIS
   - CIA
 summary: "Organized crime leader enlisted by the CIA through Robert Maheu in 1960 to assist in assassination plots against Fidel Castro."
+born: 1908-05-24
+died: 1975-06-19
+location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
 [[Sam Giancana]] was an organized-crime leader who was contacted by [[Robert Maheu]] in 1960 as part of [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operations to assassinate [[Fidel Castro]]. Giancana, along with [[Johnny Rosselli]] and [[Santos Trafficante, Jr.]], was enlisted to assist in these efforts, which involved Cuban exiles.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Samuel Goudsmit.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "Samuel Goudsmit was a Dutch-American nuclear physicist who served as the scientific head of Operation Alsos, an elite U.S."
+born: 1902-07-11
+died: 1978-12-04
+location: "The Hague, Netherlands"
 ---
 
 Samuel Goudsmit was a Dutch-American nuclear physicist who served as the scientific head of [[Operation Alsos]], an elite U.S. scientific intelligence effort during [[World War II]]. The mission of Operation Alsos was to investigate the German nuclear energy project and to prevent German scientific and technological knowledge from falling into Soviet hands[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Shahpour Bakhtiar.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Israel
 summary: "After the Shah's departure from Iran in January 1979, Bakhtiar proved unable to function effectively."
+born: 1914-06-26
+died: 1991-08-06
+location: "Shahr-e Kord, Iran"
 ---
 
 [[Shahpour Bakhtiar]] was the last prime minister appointed by [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|the Shah]] of [[Iran]], serving as a compromise with the opposition. He was a supporter of [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] and a member of the National Front.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Shalheveth Freier.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Shalheveth Freier was an Israeli nuclear physicist with impeccable credentials."
+born: 1920-07-16
+died: 1994-11-27
+location: "Germany"
 ---
 
 Shalheveth Freier was an Israeli nuclear physicist with impeccable credentials. He served as scientific counselor to the Israeli embassy in [[Paris]] during the critical days of the 1950s, when the Israeli–French nuclear understanding was reached. Freier enjoyed high standing among international scientists and was particularly well known to American nuclear weapons designers.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sidney Gottlieb.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Sidney Gottlieb was a CIA chemist and spymaster, notorious for his involvement in controversial programs like Project MKUltra, which explored mind control and chemical interrogation."
+born: 1918-08-03
+died: 1999-03-07
+location: "Bronx, New York"
 ---
 
 Sidney Gottlieb was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] chemist and spymaster, notorious for his involvement in controversial programs like [[Project MKUltra]], which explored mind control and chemical interrogation. In 1977, Gottlieb testified at a congressional hearing, revealing a strange complaint made by President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Simcha Dinitz.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Diplomat
   - Military
 summary: "Simcha Dinitz was the Israeli ambassador to Washington D.C."
+born: 1929-06-23
+died: 2003-09-23
+location: "Tel Aviv, British Mandate Palestine"
 ---
 
 Simcha Dinitz was the Israeli ambassador to [[Washington, D.C.]] During the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], he made a series of urgent telephone calls to [[Henry A. Kissinger]], then Secretary of State, focusing on the need for resupply for the Israeli military. Dinitz's insistence on a one-on-one meeting with Kissinger, where he reportedly conveyed [[Golda Meir]]'s willingness to come to the [[United States]] personally to plead for arms aid, was described by Kissinger as potentially "hysteria or blackmail."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Tom DeLonge.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - UFO
 summary: "DeLonge has had a lifelong interest in UAP and has used his celebrity to bring attention to the issue."
+born: 1975-12-13
+location: "Poway, California"
 ---
 [[Tom DeLonge]] is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, record producer, actor, and filmmaker. He is the co-founder, co-lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Blink-182. He is also the founder of [[To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science]] (TTSA), an organization dedicated to the investigation of [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) and other fringe scientific topics.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Uri Geller.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Stargate
   - Military
 summary: "When Geller was ten, his parents separated, and he moved with his mother to Cyprus."
+born: 1946-12-20
+location: "Tel Aviv, British Mandate Palestine"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walworth Barbour.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Walworth Barbour was the American ambassador to Israel from 1961 to 1973, serving longer in one post than all but three other American ambassadors."
+born: 1908-06-04
+died: 1982-07-21
+location: "Cambridge, Massachusetts"
 ---
 
 Walworth Barbour was the American ambassador to [[Israel]] from 1961 to 1973, serving longer in one post than all but three other American ambassadors. He was a compelling presence, described as a tall, shy, hugely overweight diplomat with a gluttonous appetite and acute emphysema. He constantly sprayed his throat with a vaporizer, wore yellowing white suits with brown-and-white shoes, and walked with a shambling gait. Barbour spoke no Hebrew and rarely attended educational, cultural, or social events, yet he was beloved by [[Israel]]'s leadership.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William Barr.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - INSLAW
 summary: "William Barr served as the Attorney General of the United States."
+born: 1950-05-23
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 
 William Barr served as the Attorney General of the United States. He is noted for his involvement in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]] investigation.