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created: 2025-07-22
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updated: 2025-07-23
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title: Aharon Yariv
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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- Israel
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summary: "Aharon Yariv was a Brigadier General and the head of military intelligence in Israel."
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Aharon Yariv was a Brigadier General and the head of military intelligence in [[Israel]]. He was one of the high-profile Israeli figures who took an interest in [[Uri Geller]]'s purported psychic abilities. Newspapers in Israel reported that Geller had met privately with Yariv[^1].
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This meeting highlights the interest of Israeli intelligence in Geller's capabilities, similar to how other nations' intelligence agencies, including the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], explored the potential military and intelligence applications of [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]][^1].
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category: "Organized Crime"
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- Person
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- Child_Trafficker
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- British
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- Netherlands
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- 1980s
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- 1990s
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- Operation_Framework
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- Warwick_Spinks
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- Amsterdam
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- OrganizedCrime
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summary: "Alan Williams, known as 'The Welsh Witch,' was a British child trafficker who operated in Amsterdam during the 1980s and 1990s."
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Alan Williams, known as "The Welsh Witch," was a British child trafficker who operated in [[Amsterdam]] during the 1980s and 1990s. Williams managed [[Boys Club 21]], a venue in [[Amsterdam]]'s Spuistraat district that served as a front for child prostitution and pornography production. He worked closely with [[Warwick Spinks]], who managed the [[Gay Palace]] nightclub in the same district, forming a partnership that facilitated extensive child trafficking operations across Europe.[^1]
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Williams earned his nickname "The Welsh Witch" due to his reputation for brutality and his ability to manipulate both victims and associates within the trafficking network. His operation in Amsterdam exploited the city's relatively permissive attitude toward the adult sex industry, using legitimate business fronts as cover for illegal activities involving minors. The Spuistraat district, where Williams operated, became a hub for international child trafficking under his influence and that of his associates.[^1]
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category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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- Person
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- Government Official
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- USA
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- Nuclear
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- Israel
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summary: "Director of international affairs for the AEC in 1958 who believed U.S. officials could have learned about Israel's Dimona reactor earlier."
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Algie A. Wells was the director of international affairs for the [[Atomic Energy Commission|AEC]] in mid-1958. He suggested that [[Lewis L. Strauss]] might have ignored his statutory responsibility as AEC chairman for trivial reasons, rather than his Jewishness, when it came to informing [[John A. McCone]] about [[Dimona]]. Wells believed that if McCone was surprised to learn about the reactor in late 1960, "he shouldn't have been," as any government official who chose to do so could have learned about [[Israel]]'s nuclear reactor.[^1]
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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
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- Person
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- Journalist
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- Reporter
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- Media
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- PROMIS
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- Investigation
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- Canada
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summary: "Reporter for the Toronto Star who was briefed by Sean McDade on his PROMIS investigation in 2000."
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[[Allan Thompson]] was a reporter for the *Toronto Star*. He, along with [[Valerie Lawton]], was told by [[Sean McDade]] in August 2000 that there were issues he could not talk about related to his investigation, which centered on [[PROMIS]].[^1]
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Politics
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- Iran
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- USA
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- Israel
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summary: "Iranian ambassador to the U.S. who served as a key intelligence source for Israel, reporting on American Middle East policy to the Shah."
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[[Ardeshir Zahedi]] was the [[Iran|Iranian]] ambassador to the [[USA|U.S.]]. He served as a vital source of information for [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence, reporting directly back to the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah's]] office in the Royal Court. His reports detailed discussions in [[Washington D.C.]] regarding [[Middle East]] policy and [[USA|American]] initiatives with [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar Sadat's]] [[Egypt]].[^1]
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[[Ardeshir Zahedi]] was the [[Iran|Iranian]] ambassador to the [[United States|U.S.]]. He served as a vital source of information for [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence, reporting directly back to the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah's]] office in the Royal Court. His reports detailed discussions in [[Washington, D.C.]] regarding [[Middle East]] policy and [[United States|American]] initiatives with [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar Sadat's]] [[Egypt]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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category: "Belgium Scandals"
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- Pedophile
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- 1990s
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summary: "Armand Van Ghysegham was a book publisher operating under the name Aba-Vangh and the owner of two esoteric bookstores in Brussels, Belgium."
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Armand Van Ghysegham was a book publisher operating under the name Aba-Vangh and the owner of two esoteric bookstores in [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]]. Ghysegham appeared to have been the primary focus of the investigation into the [[Abrasax Institute]] rather than the institute itself. Ghysegham seemingly spent much of his time in Thailand. Police went to search one of his bookstores during the [[Abrasax Institute]] raids in December 1996 but found the property vacant with a "for rent" sign. Ghysegham's publishing company Aba-Vangh had declared bankruptcy in 1995, the same year [[John Stamford]] faced trial in Belgium.[^1]
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The [[X-Dossier]] contains summary interviews with three of Ghysegham's former employees conducted between 21 December 1996 and 14 January 1997. All three said Ghysegham was a pedophile who frequently visited Thailand for this purpose, and one stated he had been involved in child trafficking. All three said he participated in black mass rituals held at the [[Abrasax Institute]]. Two mentioned Ghysegham had a wealthy benefactor named Dessy who was his mistress, identified as [[Forges de Clabecq]], a member of a wealthy industrialist family who owned a controlling interest in [[Forges de Clabecq]].[^1]
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[[Arthur Welmas]] was the Tribal Chairman of the [[Cabazon Band of Mission Indians]]. He signed a letter on behalf of [[Jimmy Hughes]] to the Army Discharge Review Board, requesting Hughes' military record to obtain security clearances for his work in the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon]]/[[Wackenhut Corporation]] Joint Venture.[^1]
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summary: "Tribal Chairman of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians involved in the Cabazon/Wackenhut Joint Venture."
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[[Arthur Welmas]] was the Tribal Chairman of the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation]]. He signed a letter on behalf of [[Jimmy Hughes]] to the Army Discharge Review Board, requesting Hughes' military record to obtain security clearances for his work in the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon]]/[[Wackenhut Corporation]] Joint Venture.[^1]
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[[Robert Chasen]], Executive Vice President of [[Wackenhut Corporation]], felt an affinity with Welmas due to his wife being part Cherokee. Chasen sympathized with the Cabazons' situation and expressed a desire to protect them, suggesting he may have done so by shutting down the [[Wackenhut Corporation]]'s biological virus and vaccine development proposal to the Army on the Cabazon reservation.[^1]
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category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
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summary: "Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who prosecuted Ari Ben-Menashe for conspiracy to sell C-130 aircraft to Iran."
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[[Baruch Weiss]] was an Assistant [[USA|U.S.]] Attorney for the Southern District of [[New York]]. He was the prosecutor in the trial of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and [[Richard St. Francis]] for conspiracy to sell [[C-130]] aircraft to [[Iran]].[^1]
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[[Baruch Weiss]] was an Assistant [[United States|U.S.]] Attorney for the Southern District of [[New York City]]. He was the prosecutor in the trial of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and [[Richard St. Francis]] for conspiracy to sell [[C-130]] aircraft to [[Iran]].[^1]
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[[Baruch Weiss|Weiss]] initially classified [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] as dangerous, but later admitted it was a mistake. He signed an agreement with [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] to talk without a lawyer present, granting him immunity for the conversations. [[Baruch Weiss|Weiss]] insisted that [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] was a low-level translator acting for personal profit, but the taped conversations and [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe's]] employment records, including letters of recommendation, contradicted this claim.[^1]
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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summary: "Wagner filed two civil rights lawsuits with the U.S."
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[[Ben Wagner]] was a lawyer from Jackson, [[California]]. He represented [[Dave Beavers]] and other deputies who were exposing corruption within the Mariposa Sheriff's Department. Wagner played a key role in forming [[D.I.G. (Decency in Government)]], an organization dedicated to exposing this corruption.[^1]
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Wagner filed two civil rights lawsuits with the [[United States District Court|U.S. District Court]] in Fresno, which were later described as the largest civil rights lawsuits in [[California]] history. He also filed a Writ of Mandamus against [[John Van de Kamp]], the State Attorney General; [[George Vinson]], regional director of the Fresno [[Federal Bureau Investigation|FBI]]; [[George Deukemejian]], then Governor of [[California]]; and [[David F. Levi]], [[United States Attorney|United States Attorney]], for their alleged refusal to investigate corruption in Mariposa County.[^1]
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Wagner filed two civil rights lawsuits with the [[United States District Court|U.S. District Court]] in Fresno, which were later described as the largest civil rights lawsuits in [[California]] history. He also filed a Writ of Mandamus against [[John Van de Kamp]], the State Attorney General; [[George Vinson]], regional director of the Fresno [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]; [[George Deukemejian]], then Governor of [[California]]; and [[David F. Levi]], [[United States Attorney|United States Attorney]], for their alleged refusal to investigate corruption in Mariposa County.[^1]
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Wagner was reportedly carrying a gun both inside and outside Mariposa for the first time in his life due to the nature of his work. He wrote letters to the Attorney General, the [[Federal Bureau Investigation|FBI]], and President [[Ronald Reagan]] seeking help. A special agent from the Fresno [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], Division of Law Enforcement, informed Wagner that everything pertaining to Mariposa was being "trashed" at the Attorney General's office, and advised him to proceed with the lawsuit.[^1]
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Wagner was reportedly carrying a gun both inside and outside Mariposa for the first time in his life due to the nature of his work. He wrote letters to the Attorney General, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and President [[Ronald Reagan]] seeking help. A special agent from the Fresno [[Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], Division of Law Enforcement, informed Wagner that everything pertaining to Mariposa was being "trashed" at the Attorney General's office, and advised him to proceed with the lawsuit.[^1]
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Shortly before his first scheduled court appearance on behalf of D.I.G., Wagner received an obscure response from "Chuck" at the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] [[White House]]. The day after meeting with "Chuck," Wagner, along with [[Jerry Goldberg]], reportedly disappeared, unplugging his phone and leaving his law practice and home, never to be seen again.[^1]
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summary: "Bernard Weinstein, born in France, relocated to Belgium in the early 1990s and became a close associate of Marc Dutroux in criminal activities centered on auto theft and child trafficking."
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Bernard Weinstein, born in France, relocated to Belgium in the early 1990s and became a close associate of [[Marc Dutroux]] in criminal activities centered on auto theft and child trafficking. A drifter with a record for petty crimes, Weinstein collaborated with Dutroux in late 1995 on a scheme involving the kidnapping of three teenagers who had stolen a truck for them, leading to Dutroux's December arrest when one victim escaped and reported the incident. Prior to this, in November 1995, Weinstein witnessed abuses of captives [[An Marchal]] and [[Eefje Lambrecks]] held upstairs at Dutroux's Marcinelle home, as their basement dungeon contained [[Julie Lejeune]] and [[Melissa Russo]]. Dutroux drugged Weinstein with a sedative during a fishing trip, bound him, and buried him alive at a Sars-la-Buissière property, where his body was exhumed on September 16, 1996, alongside those of An and Eefje, showing signs of asphyxiation from the shallow grave.[^1]
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Weinstein worked as a video copier at SPRL Video Promotion in Charleroi, processing tapes that potentially included child pornography produced by Dutroux, aligning with seized materials like rape videos and equipment returned to [[Michelle Martin]]. A note addressed to Weinstein, signed "Anubis," was found in his cabin, referencing a "feast" and "high priestess present," linking to the [[Abrasax Institute]] raided in December 1996, though Weinstein's connection remained unclarified before his death. His murder eliminated a witness to the network's operations coordinated with [[Michel Nihoul]] via [[ASCO]] vehicles for abductions.[^1]
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Weinstein worked as a video copier at SPRL Video Promotion in Charleroi, processing tapes that potentially included child pornography produced by Dutroux, aligning with seized materials like rape videos and equipment returned to [[Michelle Martin]]. A note addressed to Weinstein, signed "Anubis," was found in his cabin, referencing a "feast" and "high priestess present," linking to the [[Abrasax Institute]] raided in December 1996, though Weinstein's connection remained unclarified before his death. His murder eliminated a witness to the network's operations coordinated with [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] via [[ASCO]] vehicles for abductions.[^1]
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The Sars-la-Buissière site, owned by Dutroux, served as a burial ground for victims and accomplices, with Weinstein's shallow grave covered in concrete, discovered post-arrest on August 13, 1996, triggered by [[Laetitia Delhez]]'s witness plate. Autopsy confirmed drugging and suffocation, consistent with Dutroux's method to silence threats, as Martin later testified Weinstein knew of the captives during his visits.[^1]
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[[Bill Turner]] was a friend and confidante of investigative journalist [[Danny Casolaro]]. He met with Casolaro in the parking lot of the Sheraton Hotel in Martinsburg, Virginia, on August 9, 1991, the day before Casolaro's death, to deliver some papers. These papers allegedly included two sealed packages that Turner had been keeping in his safe for Casolaro, and a packet of Hughes Aircraft papers belonging to Turner, who had been let go from Hughes for whistleblowing.[^1]
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Turner later admitted to police that he met with Casolaro but initially refused to specify the time or describe the contents of the papers. He claimed not to know what was in the sealed documents, which had Casolaro's name written across the seal. It was suggested that Turner might have known who Casolaro was preparing to meet that evening and wanted Casolaro to show the Hughes Aircraft documents to that individual.[^1]
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summary: "Brad Veek was a cartographer and career submariner who played a role in Project Deep Quest."
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Brad Veek was a cartographer and career submariner who played a role in [[Project Deep Quest]]. He was responsible for creating a composite map from the individual maps marked up by psychics [[Ingo Swann]] and [[Hella Hammid]] during their [[Map Dowsing]] efforts to locate a shipwreck[^1].
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Brad Veek was a cartographer and career submariner who played a role in [[Project Deep Quest]]. He was responsible for creating a composite map from the individual maps marked up by psychics [[Ingo Swann]] and [[Hella Hammid]] during their [[Dowsing]] efforts to locate a shipwreck[^1].
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This composite map was then taken by [[Stephan Schwartz]] to the Bureau of Marine Sites of the [[U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]] for official opinion and verification, helping to narrow down the search area for the *Taurus I* submersible[^1].
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[[Brian Toohey]] was a top [[Australia|Australian]] journalist. In 1991, he reported in his *The Eye* magazine that [[Michael Hand]] had a postal drop at a suite in NE Bellevue, Washington State, and that Hand's wife was reportedly living with him there.[^1]
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Bruce Williams was a U.S. Army attaché in [[Israel]]. He accompanied [[Orwin C. Talbott]] during a meeting with [[David Elazar]] in early 1974, where Elazar revealed [[Israel]]'s preparedness to use nuclear weapons against the Syrians if they had broken through during the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]]. Williams recalled Elazar's remarks as revelatory, stating that the message was clear.[^1]
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Caspar W. Weinberger (1917–1990) was an American politician and businessman who served as the Secretary of Defense under President [[Ronald Reagan]] from 1981 to 1987. He was a key figure in the Reagan administration's military buildup during the [[Cold War]][^1].
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[[William Richard Higgins]], a Marine Lieutenant Colonel who was abducted in [[Lebanon]] in 1988, had served as a military aide to Weinberger from June 1985 until he went to Lebanon in June 1987. Higgins's in-depth knowledge of classified military matters, gained during his time with Weinberger, made him a high-value hostage[^1].
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Caspar Weinberger served as the Secretary of Defense under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. Following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak]] in June 1981, Weinberger proposed canceling the F-16 aircraft sale to [[Israel]] as a sanction. However, President Reagan privately disagreed with this course of action.[^1]
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Caspar Weinberger served as the Secretary of Defense under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. Following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, Weinberger proposed canceling the F-16 aircraft sale to [[Israel]] as a sanction. However, President Reagan privately disagreed with this course of action.[^1]
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Chaim Weizmann was a Russian-Jewish biochemist and prominent Zionist leader. He played a crucial role in the establishment of the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] in [[Rehovot]], [[Israel]]. Weizmann actively sought to bring eminent scientists to [[Israel]], attempting to woo figures like [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] and [[John von Neumann]] as early as 1947 to conduct research there.[^1]
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Weizmann was a close friend of [[Ernst David Bergmann]]'s father, one of Berlin's most eminent rabbis. In 1933, when Nazi decrees made it impossible for Bergmann to continue his academic work in Germany, Weizmann arranged for Bergmann to join him on the faculty at Manchester University in England. Weizmann also intervened to help Bergmann find a job in Philadelphia and later in Brooklyn after he left England.[^1]
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category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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tags:
|
||||
- Person
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- Government Official
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- USA
|
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- Nuclear
|
||||
- Israel
|
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summary: "Deputy general counsel of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency who believed Israel was the Achilles heel of U.S. nonproliferation policy."
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Charles N. Van Doren was the deputy general counsel of the [[Arms Control and Disarmament Agency]] in the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]] administration. He was convinced that [[Israel]] was the "Achilles heel" of [[America]]'s [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]] policy, stating, "We were winking at it." Van Doren repeatedly tried to get the NPT on the agenda for talks on the [[Middle East]], but was told there was "too much on the table." He understood the underlying reason: an order had gone out that no nuclear information on Israeli proliferation was to be put out, which he found very frustrating.[^1]
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Charles N. Van Doren was the deputy general counsel of the [[Arms Control and Disarmament Agency]] in the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] administration. He was convinced that [[Israel]] was the "Achilles heel" of [[America]]'s [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]] policy, stating, "We were winking at it." Van Doren repeatedly tried to get the NPT on the agenda for talks on the [[Middle East]], but was told there was "too much on the table." He understood the underlying reason: an order had gone out that no nuclear information on Israeli proliferation was to be put out, which he found very frustrating.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
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created: 2024-04-25
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updated: 2026-05-01
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tags:
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- Person
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- PROMIS
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- INSLAW
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- Lawyer
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- Attorney
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- Government
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- Washington DC
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- Legal
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||||
- DoJ
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summary: "Charles R. Work was Deputy Chief of the DC U.S. Attorney's Office Superior Court Division who co-directed the original PROMIS design team with Joan E. Jacoby and project manager Bill Hamilton in 1969, then served as Deputy Administrator of LEAA from 1973 to 1975 where he continued funding INSLAW and PROMIS expansion."
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Charles "Chuck" R. Work was born June 21, 1940, in Glendale, CA. He is married, has three children, and spent most of his life in Washington, DC[^1] (now retired and living in Naples, Florida).
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Charles "Chuck" R. Work was born June 21, 1940, in Glendale, California. He graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1962), the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1965), and the Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1966), passing the bar in 1965.[^1]
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He graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1962), the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1965), and the Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1966). He passed the bar exam in 1965.
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In 1966, Work became an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal trial section. In 1969, he moved to the Superior Court Division of the [[U.S. Attorney's office|U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia]], serving as Deputy Chief and then Chief of that division, responsible for prosecuting all local crime in the District, until he left in 1973.[^2]
|
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|
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In 1966 Work became an Assistant United States Attorney (criminal trial section). In 1969 he moved to to the Superior Court Division, the division responsible for prosecuting all local crime in the District of Columbia, as Deputy Chief and finally Chief until he left in 1973.
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### Role in PROMIS Development
|
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|
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In 1973, Work became the Deputy Administrator of the [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] (via [[Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon's]] Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation) within the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] until 1975 at which point he became a partner at Peabody, Lambert & Meyers. In 1983 Work moved to McDermott, Will & Emery where he was the Partner-In-Charge of DC through 1997 (now retired).[^2]
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In 1969, while serving as Deputy Chief of the Superior Court Division, Work co-directed the original [[PROMIS]] design team commissioned by U.S. Attorney [[Thomas A. Flannery]], alongside [[Joan E. Jacoby]] (Director of the [[Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia]]) and project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] (then a senior consultant at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]]). The team produced the Prosecutor's Management Information System, deployed January 1, 1971, in the DC U.S. Attorney's Office. Work hired INSLAW to write the first version of PROMIS and maintained a close working relationship with Hamilton through the program's early years.[^3]
|
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|
||||
Following Nixon’s resignation, Work was close personal friends with one of [[Ford administration|President Ford’s]] speech writers and used that connection to encourage Ford to come out as tough on crime and career criminals (bolstering the LEAA).[^3]
|
||||
### LEAA Deputy Administrator
|
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|
||||
In 1985, [[Reagan administration|Ronald Reagan]] appointed him a member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, the body that reappoints and disciplines the judges of the District of Columbia.
|
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In 1973, Work became Deputy Administrator of the [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] via Presidential nomination by [[Richard Nixon]] and Senate confirmation, a position he held until 1975. In that capacity, he continued funding [[INSLAW]] and promoting PROMIS adoption through both direct grants and the [[National Center for Prosecution Management]]. Following Nixon's resignation, Work maintained close personal relationships with Ford administration officials and worked to encourage the incoming administration to sustain LEAA's crime-fighting programs.[^2]
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|
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Work has handled civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts as well as matters before various federal agencies, including the International Trade Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Independent Counsel. Chuck has on a number of occasions represented former government officials, business executives and trade association executives with respect to employment contract and compensation issues.
|
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### Later Career
|
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|
||||
He is a former president of the D.C. Bar. In 1978, he received the Rockefeller Public Service Award for Administering Justice and Reducing Crime.
|
||||
## Notable Cases
|
||||
#### Wesley Jessen Corporation vs. Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
|
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A patent trial in the U.S. District Court in Delaware involving contact lenses.
|
||||
#### United States of America v. Quorum
|
||||
A significant health care fraud case in the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida.
|
||||
#### United States of America v. Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrup Grumman Corporation
|
||||
Co-lead counsel on behalf of the Lockheed Martin Corporation in which the United States sued to enjoin the merger of the two companies
|
||||
#### Aristotle Publishing, Inc. v. CDB Infotech
|
||||
a case involving data rights
|
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## INSLAW
|
||||
Charles R. Work hired [[INSLAW]] to write the first version of [[PROMIS]] for the [[U.S. Attorney's office]]. He appears to have been close to [[Bill Hamilton]] who thanked him specifically and profusely for enabling the PROMIS program to proceed.
|
||||
In 1975, Work became a partner at Peabody, Lambert & Meyers. In 1983, he moved to McDermott, Will & Emery, where he served as Partner-in-Charge of the DC office through 1997.[^1] He served as a former president of the D.C. Bar and in 1978 received the Rockefeller Public Service Award for Administering Justice and Reducing Crime.
|
||||
|
||||
Work continued to fund INSLAW during his tenure as Deputy Administrator of LEAA.
|
||||
In 1985, President [[Ronald Reagan]] appointed him a member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, the body that reappoints and disciplines DC judges.[^4]
|
||||
|
||||
During [[Inslaw, Inc., et al. v. The United States]] Work was co-lead counsel.
|
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## MISC
|
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Was appointed by the United States District Court as guardian ad litem of the Vietnamese orphans who survived a plane crash in Saigon in 1975.
|
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Work was appointed by the United States District Court as guardian ad litem of Vietnamese orphans who survived a plane crash in Saigon in 1975.
|
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|
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### INSLAW Litigation
|
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|
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#### Footnotes
|
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During INSLAW's litigation against the [[Department of Justice]], Work served as co-lead counsel for INSLAW, bringing his knowledge of the program's origins and his prior relationship with [[Bill Hamilton]] to the company's defense.[^3]
|
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|
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[^1]: [Appointment of Charles R. Work as a Member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-charles-r-work-member-the-district-columbia-commission-judicial-disabilities)
|
||||
[^2]: [Charles R. Work - Atlantic Legal Foundation](https://atlanticlegal.org/directors/charles-r-work)
|
||||
[^3]: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=osu1487081370607576&disposition=inline
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Atlantic Legal Foundation. Charles R. Work — Director Biography. atlanticlegal.org.
|
||||
[^2]: Reagan Presidential Library. "Appointment of Charles R. Work as a Member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure." presidency.ucsb.edu.
|
||||
[^3]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.
|
||||
[^4]: Reagan Presidential Library. Appointment document, 1985.
|
||||
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|
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---
|
||||
aliases: []
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- DoJ
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
summary: "Charles Trombetta was identified by Lois Battistoni as an individual who might have information about the DOJ and Inslaw."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Charles Trombetta was identified by [[Lois Battistoni]] as an individual who might have information about the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] and [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]]. However, when interviewed by the Special Counsel, Trombetta stated that he had no direct knowledge of the [[INSLAW]] matter. He did suggest that [[Garnett Taylor]] might possess information concerning Inslaw documents held by the DOJ security office, but he could not provide any further details.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Charles Trombetta was identified by [[Lois Battistoni]] as an individual who might have information about the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] and [[INSLAW|Inslaw]]. However, when interviewed by the Special Counsel, Trombetta stated that he had no direct knowledge of the [[INSLAW]] matter. He did suggest that [[Garnett Taylor]] might possess information concerning Inslaw documents held by the DOJ security office, but he could not provide any further details.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Murder_Victim
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- 1980s
|
||||
- X-Dossier
|
||||
- Marc_Dutroux_Connection
|
||||
- Judicial_Corruption
|
||||
- Dutroux
|
||||
summary: "Christine Van Hees was a 14-year-old girl whose body was discovered on an old mushroom farm in 1984."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Christine Van Hees was a 14-year-old girl whose body was discovered on an old mushroom farm in 1984. She was murdered in what became a cold case that was later reopened as part of the [[X-Dossier]] investigation related to the [[Marc Dutroux]] affair. According to the testimony of witness "X1" ([[Regina Louf]]), Christine Van Hees, known as "Chrissie," was tortured and murdered at a factory farm in 1984. The details provided by X1 matched the crime scene with such precision that they could not have been obtained from public sources or newspaper reports.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The crime scene revealed horrific details about Christine's final moments. Her body was badly burnt and bound with ligature fixed to the neck running down to the ankles. One wrist had a penetration wound caused by a metal nail-like object. The murder occurred in the basement of a factory on the farm, where the perpetrators set her on fire after torturing her. The brutality of the crime and the specific nature of the wounds suggested a ritualistic element to the murder, consistent with patterns observed in other cases connected to the broader Dutroux network and organized child abuse operations in Belgium during this period.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
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|
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|
||||
### Suspects and Accused Perpetrators
|
||||
|
||||
X1 identified several key figures as having participated in the torture and murder of Christine Van Hees. [[Michel Nihoul]], a businessman and central figure in the Dutroux network, was named as a primary participant. [[Marc Dutroux]], the convicted serial killer and child molester, was also identified as being involved in the murder. [[Bernard Weinstein]], an associate of Dutroux who worked at a video processing company, was named as another participant. [[Michel Vander Elst]], a lawyer with ties to Nihoul and the video processing company where Weinstein worked, was also accused of involvement in the crime.[^1]
|
||||
X1 identified several key figures as having participated in the torture and murder of Christine Van Hees. [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]], a businessman and central figure in the Dutroux network, was named as a primary participant. [[Marc Dutroux]], the convicted serial killer and child molester, was also identified as being involved in the murder. [[Bernard Weinstein]], an associate of Dutroux who worked at a video processing company, was named as another participant. [[Michel Vander Elst]], a lawyer with ties to Nihoul and the video processing company where Weinstein worked, was also accused of involvement in the crime.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The connection between these individuals and the video processing company where Weinstein worked suggested a possible link to the production and distribution of child abuse material, which was a common thread in many cases connected to the Dutroux network. Vander Elst's position as a lawyer provided legal cover and connections that could help protect the activities of the network from law enforcement scrutiny.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Child_Abuser
|
||||
- Priest
|
||||
- Tennessee
|
||||
- 1970s
|
||||
- Father_Buds_Boys_Farm
|
||||
- Child_Pornography
|
||||
summary: "Cladius Vermilye established Father Bud's Boys Farm as a rural foster home incorporated under The Church of New Revelation in New Jersey."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Rev. Cladius Vermilye was an ordained Episcopal priest known by the alias Father Bud. He owned and operated [[Father Bud's Boys Farm]] in Monteagle, Tennessee, as a foster home for boys. Juvenile delinquents were sent to the farm by youth corrections and welfare agencies in Tennessee.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Cladius Vermilye established [[Father Bud's Boys Farm]] as a rural foster home incorporated under [[The Church of New Revelation]] in New Jersey. The farm served as a placement for troubled boys from state agencies, providing a supposed rehabilitative environment on his property. Vermilye, as the ordained Episcopal priest and owner, positioned the operation as a legitimate youth welfare program.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Associate
|
||||
- Criminal
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- 1990s
|
||||
- Marc-Dutroux-Case
|
||||
- Dutroux-Affair
|
||||
- Dutroux
|
||||
summary: "Claude Thirault, a petty criminal, assisted Marc Dutroux in 1993 with renovations to a basement at Dutroux's Marcinelle residence, transforming it into a hidden dungeon designed for imprisoning kidnapped girls."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Claude Thirault, a petty criminal, assisted [[Marc Dutroux]] in 1993 with renovations to a basement at Dutroux's Marcinelle residence, transforming it into a hidden dungeon designed for imprisoning kidnapped girls. Thirault, hired by Dutroux under the pretense of installing a drainage system, helped construct soundproofed cells concealed behind removable plywood partitions disguised as shelving. During the work, as two high school girls passed by, Dutroux remarked to Thirault that abducting them could yield 150,000 francs by grabbing them from behind, sedating them with a drug, and securing them in a vehicle. This comment, overheard by Thirault, revealed Dutroux's intentions, prompting Thirault to report the suspicious activity to police at the time, though investigators dismissed it as unfounded.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Two days after the July 22, 1995, disappearance of eight-year-old [[Julie Lejeune]] and [[Melissa Russo]] from Charleroi, Thirault reiterated his 1993 concerns to authorities, emphasizing Dutroux's earlier statement as evidence of premeditation. Despite this, the Othello investigation led by Inspector [[Rene Michaux]] did not pursue Dutroux as a suspect until much later. Thirault's involvement remained peripheral, limited to the construction assistance and subsequent warnings, which highlighted early opportunities for intervention that were overlooked amid Dutroux's escalating crimes.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ Two days after the July 22, 1995, disappearance of eight-year-old [[Julie Lejeun
|
|||
### Role in Basement Construction
|
||||
Thirault's labor contributed directly to the dungeon's functionality, featuring reinforced walls, ventilation adjustments, and hidden access points that enabled Dutroux to hold victims like Julie, Melissa, [[Sabine Dardenne]], and [[Laetitia Delhez]] undetected during initial 1995 searches. Police inspected the renovations in 1993 but accepted Dutroux's drainage excuse, ignoring Thirault's report. The setup allowed for prolonged captivities, with screams from the basement during Dutroux's December 1995 auto theft incarceration—while Thirault was not present—dismissed as external noise by searching officers, including Michaux.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The dungeon's design facilitated abuse and potential video production, as evidenced by seized equipment like chloroform, chains, and a speculum returned to Dutroux's wife [[Michelle Martin]]. Thirault's post-disappearance alert linked the structure to the missing girls, but systemic delays prevented action, allowing Dutroux to abduct [[An Marchal]] and [[Eefje Lambrecks]] on August 22, 1995, while under surveillance. His testimony underscored how the basement enabled the network's operations, coordinated with [[Michel Nihoul]] via [[ASCO]] for victim supply.[^1]
|
||||
The dungeon's design facilitated abuse and potential video production, as evidenced by seized equipment like chloroform, chains, and a speculum returned to Dutroux's wife [[Michelle Martin]]. Thirault's post-disappearance alert linked the structure to the missing girls, but systemic delays prevented action, allowing Dutroux to abduct [[An Marchal]] and [[Eefje Lambrecks]] on August 22, 1995, while under surveillance. His testimony underscored how the basement enabled the network's operations, coordinated with [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] via [[ASCO]] for victim supply.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Connections and Reporting
|
||||
Thirault connected primarily to Dutroux through this employment, unaware of the full criminal scope until the 1995 abductions. His reports positioned him as an unwitting informant, contrasting with accomplices like [[Michel Lelievre]] and Martin, who aided post-construction. The overlooked warnings tied into broader failures, including Justice Minister [[Melchior Wathelet]]'s 1992 parole of Dutroux despite prior rape convictions. Judge [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]]'s later probe validated early red flags like Thirault's, though his 1996 removal sparked White Marches protests against perceived cover-ups.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Authors & Journalists"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Journalist
|
||||
- Author
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
summary: "In July 1992, *The Village Voice* printed a long article by Unger that quoted Moshe Hebroni, a former colleague of Ben-Menashe, confirming Ben-Menashe's access to very sensitive material while working for the Foreign Flow desk in External Relations."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Craig Unger]] is an [[USA|American]] journalist and author. In October 1991, his article in *Esquire* magazine repeated [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe's]] allegations that [[Robert McFarlane]] had been recruited by [[Rafi Eitan]] and named [[Robert McFarlane|McFarlane]] as "Mr. X" in the [[Jonathan Pollard]] case. [[Robert McFarlane|McFarlane]] subsequently sued the magazine, but the suit was dismissed in June 1994.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Craig Unger]] is an [[United States|American]] journalist and author. In October 1991, his article in *Esquire* magazine repeated [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe's]] allegations that [[Robert McFarlane]] had been recruited by [[Rafi]] and named [[Robert McFarlane|McFarlane]] as "Mr. X" in the [[Jonathan Pollard]] case. [[Robert McFarlane|McFarlane]] subsequently sued the magazine, but the suit was dismissed in June 1994.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In July 1992, *The Village Voice* printed a long article by [[Craig Unger|Unger]] that quoted [[Moshe Hebroni]], a former colleague of [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]], confirming [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe's]] access to very sensitive material while working for the Foreign Flow desk in External Relations.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases: []
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
summary: "Daniel Tessler managed a venture capital fund called 53rd Street Ventures, Inc., which was formed around 1976 as an investment company."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Daniel Tessler managed a venture capital fund called [[53rd Street Ventures]], Inc., which was formed around 1976 as an investment company. In about 1984, Tessler and his wife, [[Patricia Cloherty]], assumed management of 53rd Street Ventures through their investment management company, [[Tessler & Cloherty]], Inc. At that time, 53rd Street Ventures had a $100,000 investment in [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]], representing less than 1% of the fund's total portfolio. This investment was made around 1982 under the supervision of [[Patricof and Company]], the previous managers, with [[Jonathan Ben Cnaan]] arranging the investment. The investment resulted in 53rd Street Ventures owning about 1.2% of [[INSLAW]].
|
||||
|
||||
Daniel Tessler managed a venture capital fund called [[53rd Street Ventures]], Inc., which was formed around 1976 as an investment company. In about 1984, Tessler and his wife, [[Patricia Cloherty]], assumed management of 53rd Street Ventures through their investment management company, [[Tessler & Cloherty]], Inc. At that time, 53rd Street Ventures had a $100,000 investment in [[INSLAW|Inslaw]], representing less than 1% of the fund's total portfolio. This investment was made around 1982 under the supervision of [[Patricof and Company]], the previous managers, with [[Jonathan Ben Cnaan]] arranging the investment. The investment resulted in 53rd Street Ventures owning about 1.2% of [[INSLAW]].
|
||||
|
||||
[[Bill Hamilton]]'s affidavit claimed that in December 1984, shortly before Inslaw's Chapter 11 filing, Tessler came to Inslaw and attempted to induce the Hamiltons to turn over the voting rights of their controlling interest in Inslaw common stock. Hamilton alleged that Tessler stated neither 53rd Street Ventures nor [[Hambro Venture Capital]] would help Inslaw raise capital unless the Hamiltons surrendered their voting rights by the end of the business day. Hamilton's affidavit also suggested a relationship between [[Daniel Tessler]] and [[Alan Tessler]], a partner in a law firm representing [[Earl Brian]] and [[Hadron]], and that Daniel Tessler helped organize Hadron's efforts to "get" Inslaw.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -11,4 +16,4 @@ Daniel Tessler denied these allegations. He stated that he and Cloherty looked i
|
|||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Pornographer
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- 1990s
|
||||
- Dutroux-Affair
|
||||
- Toro-Bravo
|
||||
- Dutroux
|
||||
summary: "Daniel Waillez, a Belgian pornographer, was involved in the production and distribution of child pornography through the Toro Bravo company during the 1990s."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Daniel Waillez, a Belgian pornographer, was involved in the production and distribution of child pornography through the [[Toro Bravo]] company during the 1990s. Toro Bravo, a child porn production outfit, was linked to the broader networks investigated in the [[Marc Dutroux]] case. Waillez's role included producing and distributing explicit materials involving minors, with Toro Bravo operating as part of the underground child pornography trade in Belgium. Police raids in the 1990s uncovered Waillez's involvement, leading to his arrest as part of the crackdown on child abuse networks connected to the Dutroux affair. Waillez was convicted for possession and distribution of child pornography, with evidence showing his participation in the production and sale of videos and photos. His activities tied into the international rings exposed during the investigation, with Toro Bravo supplying materials to pedophile groups.[^1]
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|
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Waillez's Toro Bravo company produced explicit content involving children, with materials distributed through mail order and private networks. The company's operations were raided in the 1990s, uncovering videos and photos that linked to the broader child abuse web in Belgium. Waillez's conviction stemmed from evidence of his direct involvement in filming and distributing these materials. The investigation under the Dutroux affair revealed connections to other groups, with Waillez's role in Toro Bravo highlighting the commercial aspect of the network. His arrest contributed to the exposure of the underground trade, with police seizing equipment and materials from his premises.[^1]
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category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Legal
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- USA
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- Lawyer
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- LawEnforcement
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summary: "Attorney who represented Robert Maxwell and Nicholas Davies, and was part of Lawrence Walsh's prosecution team against Oliver North."
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[[David Zornow]] was an attorney who represented [[Robert Maxwell]] and [[Nicholas Davies]]. He was also part of [[Lawrence Walsh|Lawrence Walsh's]] team that prosecuted [[Oliver North]].[^1]
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[[David Zornow|Zornow]] became the attorney for [[Robert Maxwell|Maxwell's]] Mirror group, including [[Nicholas Davies|Davies]], after [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] was imprisoned. He was able to negotiate with the prosecution to ensure that the names of his clients did not come out in open court during [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe's]] trial.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
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created: 2024-04-25
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updated: 2026-05-01
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tags:
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- Person
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||||
- Incomplete Research
|
||||
- PROMIS
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- INSLAW
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- DoJ
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summary: "Dennis W. Wright was a member of the original 1969 PROMIS design team who went on to work for INSLAW directly by 1974, and by 1990 was a Senior Research Computer Scientist in the DOJ's ICMS Re-engineering project within the Division of Innovations and Systems Development."
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> [!WARNING] INCOMPLETE RESEARCH
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> This page is a placeholder and requires extensive additions.
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Dennis W. Wright was a member of the team assembled in 1969 to design the [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System]], working under co-directors [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]] with project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]].[^2]
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Worked on the team developing the original 1969 [[PROMIS]] under [[Joan E. Jacoby]], [[Charles R. Work]], and [[Bill Hamilton]].
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By 1974 Wright was working for [[INSLAW]] directly. By 1990 he was employed by the [[Department of Justice]] as a Senior Research Computer Scientist in the ICMS Re-engineering project within the Division of Innovations and Systems Development -- the DOJ's Integrated Case Management System successor to PROMIS, which Wright had helped design two decades earlier.[^1]
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As of 1974, Dennis was working for [[INSLAW]][^2] directly.
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### Footnotes
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In 1990, Dennis was a Senior Research Computer Scientist working in the [[ICMS]] Re-engineering project within the [[Division of Innovations and Systems Development]][^1] of the [[U.S. Department of Justice]].
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#### Footnotes
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[^1]: [1990 Annual Report Federal Judicial Center](https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/132273NCJRS.pdf)
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[^2]: [Management of data elements in information processing](https://archive.org/details/managementofdata7446mcew/page/474/mode/2up?q=%22dennis+w.+wright%22)
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[^1]: Federal Judicial Center. *1990 Annual Report.* U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/132273NCJRS.pdf.
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[^2]: McEwen, J. Thomas. *Management of Data Elements in Information Processing.* National Bureau of Standards, 1974.
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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Royalty
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- Princess
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- United Kingdom
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- Celebrity
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||||
- Conspiracy
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- PROMIS
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summary: "Princess of Wales whose 1997 death alongside Dodi Fayed is referenced in research tied to the PROMIS scandal and its web of interconnected intelligence figures."
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[[Diana, Princess of Wales]] was romantically involved with [[Dodi Fayed]]. The couple died in a car crash in a Paris underpass in the early hours of August 31, 1997.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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tags:
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- Person
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- CIA
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- Politician
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summary: "Associated with Wackenhut Corporation who worked alongside Robert Frye on ventures connected to Robert Booth Nichols."
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---
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[[Dick Wilson]] was associated with [[Wackenhut Corporation]]. [[Robert Chasen]], Executive Vice President of [[Wackenhut Corporation]], believed that Wilson and [[Robert Frye]] were "dazzled" with [[Robert Booth Nichols]], despite Chasen's own distrust of Nichols. [[George Wackenhut]] reportedly liked Frye and Wilson, but did not trust [[Michael Riconosciuto]] or Nichols.[^1]
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category: "Authors & Journalists"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Journalist
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- Producer
|
||||
- ABC News
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- Media
|
||||
- Television
|
||||
summary: "Thrasher also learned about Rod Sinclair, Jr.'s education in Japan and his later work in Army C.I.D.."
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---
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[[Don Thrasher]] was a ten-year veteran producer for ABC News 20/20. He interviewed [[Ron Williams]], a Secret Service agent, in connection with the "[[Queen's accident]]." Thrasher's interview with Williams corroborated the profile of [[Roderick Sinclair]]'s father as a military attaché to [[Douglas MacArthur]] during [[World War II]] and his role in supervising intelligence training in [[Japan]].
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Thrasher also learned about Rod Sinclair, Jr.'s education in [[Japan]] and his later work in Army [[Criminal Investigation Division|C.I.D.]][^1].
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aliases:
|
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- Don Walsh
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- Don Walsh
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
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- Person
|
||||
- Explorer
|
||||
- Naval Officer
|
||||
- Navy
|
||||
- Military
|
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- Deep Sea
|
||||
- Remote Viewing
|
||||
- Project Deep Quest
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "Don Walsh is a renowned deep-sea explorer and former naval officer, known for achieving the deepest dive ever undertaken."
|
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---
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Don Walsh is a renowned deep-sea explorer and former naval officer, known for achieving the deepest dive ever undertaken. In 1960, along with a crewmate, he descended to the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, a feat that would not be replicated for another fifty-two years[^1].
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|
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In the fall of 1976, Walsh, along with fellow deep-sea explorer [[Don Keach]], was running the Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies at the [[University of Southern California]]. They provided [[Stephan Schwartz]] with access to the *Taurus I*, a state-of-the-art submersible, for three days of sea trials. This access was crucial for Schwartz's [[Project Deep Quest]], which aimed to use [[Remote Viewing]] to locate a previously unknown shipwreck on the seafloor[^1].
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---
|
||||
created: 2025-07-23
|
||||
updated: 2025-07-23
|
||||
title: Dr. D. G. Vinod
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- mystic
|
||||
- scholar
|
||||
description: Dr. D. G. Vinod was a Hindu scholar and mystic who Andrija Puharich believed channeled a group of entities called "the Nine Principles and Forces."
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||||
- Person
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "Puharich brought Vinod to the Round Table Foundation, where Vinod allegedly went into a trance and channeled a group of entities called 'the Nine Principles and Forces.' This event had a profound impact on Puharich, solidifying his belief in an external, possibly extraterrestrial, source for psychic"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Dr. D. G. Vinod was a Hindu scholar and mystic who [[Andrija Puharich]] met in New York City in 1952. Puharich was deeply impressed by Vinod's apparent ability to divine his past and future with remarkable accuracy.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Puharich brought Vinod to the [[Round Table Foundation]], where Vinod allegedly went into a trance and channeled a group of entities called "[[the Nine Principles and Forces]]." This event had a profound impact on Puharich, solidifying his belief in an external, possibly extraterrestrial, source for psychic phenomena. The séance was attended by several of the foundation's wealthy benefactors, including [[Alice Astor Bouverie]] and [[Marcella Miller du Pont]].[^1]
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---
|
||||
category: "Key Figures"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- General
|
||||
- Army
|
||||
- Intelligence
|
||||
- Remote Viewing
|
||||
- Psychic Research
|
||||
- Stargate
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- SRI
|
||||
summary: "Major General Edmund R."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Major General Edmund R. "Ed" Thompson was a key figure in the U.S. Army's psychic research programs, serving as the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence ([[ACSI]]) from 1977 to 1981. Thompson, who had developed an interest in psi after reading Arthur Koestler’s The Roots of Coincidence, demonstrated considerable enthusiasm for the idea of psychic spying and remote viewing work. He supported getting the [[U.S. Army]] involved in remote viewing without relying too heavily on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] or [[SRI International]].
|
||||
|
||||
His support included approving [[Frederick Atwater]]'s proposal for a psychic spying unit and encouraging its initial progress. Thompson also personally engaged in remote viewing semi successfully. He augmented the unit’s resources by increasing its budget and allocating positions for three full-time remote viewers. The program evolved from [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] to "Grill Flame," encompassing both the [[Fort Meade]] unit and [[SRI International]]’s work [i].
|
||||
Major General Edmund R. "Ed" Thompson was a key figure in the U.S. Army's psychic research programs, serving as the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence ([[ACSI]]) from 1977 to 1981. Thompson, who had developed an interest in psi after reading Arthur Koestler’s The Roots of Coincidence, demonstrated considerable enthusiasm for the idea of psychic spying and remote viewing work. He supported getting the [[U.S. Army]] involved in remote viewing without relying too heavily on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] or [[Stanford Research Institute]].
|
||||
|
||||
His support included approving [[Frederick Atwater]]'s proposal for a psychic spying unit and encouraging its initial progress. Thompson also personally engaged in remote viewing semi successfully. He augmented the unit’s resources by increasing its budget and allocating positions for three full-time remote viewers. The program evolved from [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] to "Grill Flame," encompassing both the [[Fort Meade]] unit and [[Stanford Research Institute]]’s work [i].
|
||||
|
||||
Later in his career, as ACSI, Thompson expressed concerns about [[Albert Stubblebine]]’s [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]].
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- nicaraguan
|
||||
- contra-war
|
||||
summary: Edgar Torres was one of the Nicaraguan Torres brothers who became major cocaine traffickers and key distributors for Danilo Blandón's drug network in Los Angeles.
|
||||
---
|
||||
Edgar Torres was one of the Nicaraguan Torres brothers who became major [[cocaine]] traffickers and key distributors for [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s drug network in [[Los Angeles]]. Along with his brother [[Jacinto Torres|Jacinto]], Edgar managed the East Los Angeles distribution hub that moved massive quantities of cocaine supplied by Blandón and [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Torres Brothers Network
|
||||
|
||||
The Torres brothers ran the East Los Angeles end of Blandón's cocaine distribution network, handling the street-level operations that moved drugs from Blandón's wholesale supply to dealers like [[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]]. An FBI report stated the Torres brothers estimated Blandón moved over 5,000 kilograms of cocaine between 1980 and 1991. The brothers provided crucial testimony to law enforcement about the scale and operations of the [[Contras|Contra]]-connected trafficking network, becoming key cooperating witnesses whose information led investigators toward the Contra drug connection.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7.
|
||||
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7, Ch. 10.
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||||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
created: 2025-07-22
|
||||
updated: 2025-07-22
|
||||
title: Edmund Thompson
|
||||
category: "Key Figures"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- military
|
||||
- general
|
||||
- intelligence
|
||||
description: Major General Edmund R. Thompson was the U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) and a key supporter of the Stargate Project.
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Stargate
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- SRI
|
||||
summary: "Major General Edmund Thompson was the U.S."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Major General [[Edmund Thompson]] was the [[U.S. Army]] Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) from 1977 to 1981. He was a key figure in the establishment and early support of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]], then codenamed [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] and later [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]]. Thompson had a personal interest in [[Psi|psi]] phenomena, having read [[Arthur Koestler]]'s pro-paranormal book *The Roots of Coincidence*.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Thompson approved [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]]'s proposal to assemble a remote viewing team, seeing it as an opportunity to involve the Army in psychic spying without relying too heavily on the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] or [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]]. He provided minimal initial funding and assigned Major [[Murray Watt|Scotty Watt]] to lead the unit alongside Atwater. His support was crucial in the project's early survival, despite its controversial nature and the skepticism from many within the military and intelligence communities, including his successor, [[William Odom]].[^1]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Nuclear Physicist
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Physicist
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is widely known as the 'father of the hydrogen bomb.' He and other American nuclear weapons designers understood well before the end of World War II that a far more powerful nuclear device, with fission as merely a first step, was theo"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is widely known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb." He and other American nuclear weapons designers understood well before the end of World War II that a far more powerful nuclear device, with fission as merely a first step, was theoretically possible. This new weapon, code-named "Super," was the hydrogen bomb, or fusion device.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Elmo Zumwalt
|
||||
- Elmo Zumwalt
|
||||
- Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- US Navy
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- Soviet
|
||||
summary: "Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000) was an American naval officer who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000) was an American naval officer who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974. He was a key figure in modernizing the [[U.S. Navy]] during the [[Cold War]][^1].
|
||||
|
||||
[[Stephan Schwartz]] served as a special assistant for research and analysis to Admiral Zumwalt. In this capacity, starting in 1971, Schwartz was briefed on the Navy's [[Telepathy|telepathy]] studies and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] efforts in [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] research[^1].
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Physicist
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. He, along with [[I. I. Rabi]], was asked by the Israelis to visit the still-incomplete reactor at [[Dimona]] sometime early in 1961. They reported seeing no evidence of a weapons facility, and President [[John F. Kennedy]] expressed satisfaction with their conviction that the reactor was designed for peaceful purposes.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Politics
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- Politician
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
summary: "Israeli Defense Minister under Begin who negotiated the SIMWA wartime alliance with South Africa and later became President of Israel."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Ezer Weizman]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] politician and military leader. He served as Defense Minister under [[Menachem Begin 1]] and later became President of [[Israel]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] urged [[Menachem Begin 1|Begin]] to sign the [[Camp David Accords]], which [[Menachem Begin 1|Begin]] reluctantly did under pressure from [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]. In 1978, [[Menachem Begin 1|Begin]] dispatched [[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] to [[Pretoria]] to meet [[P.W. Botha|Prime Minister P.W. Botha]] of [[South Africa]] to discuss [[Israel|Israeli]]-[[South Africa|South African]] relations. Despite [[Menachem Begin 1|Begin's]] intentions to downgrade the relationship, [[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] agreed with [[P.W. Botha|Botha]] on a wartime alliance between the two governments as the price for continuing nuclear tests. This led to the creation of [[SIMWA]] (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).[^1]
|
||||
[[Ezer Weizman]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] politician and military leader. He served as Defense Minister under [[Menachem Begin]] and later became President of [[Israel]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] urged [[Menachem Begin|Begin]] to sign the [[Camp David Accords]], which [[Menachem Begin|Begin]] reluctantly did under pressure from [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]. In 1978, [[Menachem Begin|Begin]] dispatched [[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] to [[Pretoria]] to meet [[P.W. Botha|Prime Minister P.W. Botha]] of [[South Africa]] to discuss [[Israel|Israeli]]-[[South Africa|South African]] relations. Despite [[Menachem Begin|Begin's]] intentions to downgrade the relationship, [[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] agreed with [[P.W. Botha|Botha]] on a wartime alliance between the two governments as the price for continuing nuclear tests. This led to the creation of [[SIMWA]] (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
33
10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Federico Vaughn.md
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10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Federico Vaughn.md
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|
|
@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Person/Drug_Trafficker
|
||||
- Person/Intelligence
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- Nicaragua
|
||||
- 1980s
|
||||
- Contra_War
|
||||
summary: Alleged Sandinista aide shown by President Reagan loading drugs onto an aircraft, who evidence suggests was actually a U.S. double agent working for the CIA.
|
||||
---
|
||||
Federico Vaughn was identified by President Ronald Reagan on national television as "a top aide to one of the nine commandantes who rule [[Nicaragua]]," shown loading an aircraft with illegal narcotics "bound for the United States." Evidence later emerged suggesting Vaughn was actually a U.S. government double agent.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Reagan Broadcast
|
||||
|
||||
The night before a crucial vote in Congress on Contra aid, Reagan displayed a grainy photograph taken during [[Barry Seal]]'s joint [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-[[DEA]] sting operation against the Sandinistas. "This picture, secretly taken at a military airfield outside [[Managua]], shows Federico Vaughn, a top aide to one of the nine commandantes who rule Nicaragua, loading an aircraft with illegal narcotics, bound for the United States," Reagan announced. "No, there seems to be no crime to which the [[Sandinistas]] will not stoop—this is an outlaw regime."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Evidence of U.S. Government Ties
|
||||
|
||||
A 1988 House Judiciary Committee investigation produced evidence suggesting the entire Seal sting was stage-managed by [[Oliver North]] and the CIA as a domestic disinformation operation. Committee chairman William Hughes of New Jersey told reporters that "subcommittee staff recently called Vaughn's number in Managua, Nicaragua, and spoke to a 'domestic employee' who said the house belonged to a U.S. Embassy employee," and that the house had been "continuously rented" by the United States since 1981.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Declassified CIA cables supported the idea that Vaughn was a U.S. double agent. In March 1985 the CIA reported that Vaughn "was said to be an associate of Nicaraguan narcotics trafficker Norwing [sic] Meneses Cantarero." [[Norwin Meneses]] at that time was working with the DEA in [[Costa Rica]], assisting the [[Contras]]. Oliver North's daily diaries contained several references to "Freddy Vaughn," including a July 6, 1984, entry: "Freddy coming in late July."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Far from being a "top aide" to a Sandinista commandante, Vaughn was a deputy director of Heroes and Martyrs Trading Corporation (H&M Corp.), the official import-export agency of the Sandinista government—a firm heavily infiltrated by CIA operatives. [[Dagoberto Nunez|Dagoberto Núñez]], a Costa Rican-based drug trafficker working for North and the CIA, obtained a contract with H&M Corp. to cover an intelligence-gathering operation aimed at Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, his brother Humberto, and Interior Minister Tomas Borge.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Leak and Aftermath
|
||||
|
||||
Four DEA officials testified before Hughes's committee that they received pressure from North and the CIA to leak Vaughn's involvement with drugs to the press. They also said North wanted to take $1.5 million in drug profits Seal had collected from the [[Medellin Cartel|Medellín cartel]] and give it to the Contras. When the DEA refused, the story was leaked by the White House to the right-wing Washington Times. The leak publicly linked the Sandinistas to drug trafficking right before the Contra aid vote and prematurely exposed the DEA's investigation of the Medellín cartel—the DEA's most promising chance ever to break up the Colombian drug conglomerate. Vaughn disappeared.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 13: "The wrong kind of friends"
|
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|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- cuban
|
||||
- contra-war
|
||||
summary: Felipe Vidal was a CIA contract agent who proposed creating a private army in Costa Rica to fight the Sandinistas, exemplifying the freelance military operations supporting the Contra war.
|
||||
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|
||||
Felipe Vidal was a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] contract agent who proposed creating a "small, professionally managed" private army in [[Costa Rica]] to fight the [[Sandinistas]] in February 1986. Vidal's proposal exemplified the freelance military operations that supplemented the official Contra war effort.[^1]
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||||
|
||||
### Private Army Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
Vidal proposed a privately funded military force that would operate alongside the Contras, reflecting the entrepreneurial approach to covert warfare that characterized the Reagan administration's approach to [[Central America]]. Vidal also approached [[George Morales]] with [[Marcos Aguado]] to solicit contributions to [[Eden Pastora|Pastora]]'s army. Vidal's activities illustrated how CIA-connected operatives moved freely between official operations, private military ventures, and the drug trafficking that funded them.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 13.
|
||||
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 13.
|
||||
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|
|||
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|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Fred Zachariasen
|
||||
- Fred Zachariasen
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Professor
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- Stargate
|
||||
summary: "Fred Zachariasen was a physics professor at Caltech and a ranking member of the Department of Defense's elite JASON Committee."
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Fred Zachariasen was a physics professor at [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] and a ranking member of the [[Department of Defense]]'s elite [[JASON Committee]]. He was a member of the new science panel for the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Sun Streak]] program, which was established on January 31, 1986[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
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|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
created: 2024-04-25
|
||||
updated: 2026-05-01
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Incomplete Research
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
summary: "Frederick G. Watts was a member of the original 1969 PROMIS design team; no further biographical details have been identified."
|
||||
---
|
||||
> [!WARNING] INCOMPLETE RESEARCH
|
||||
> Need additional time to complete research.
|
||||
|
||||
Frederick G. Watts was a person requiring further research for complete documentation.
|
||||
Frederick G. Watts was a member of the original 1969 team assembled to design the [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System]], working under co-directors [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]] with project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]]. No additional biographical details have been identified.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Research pending - file was found incomplete and requires investigation to add content.
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases: []
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- DoJ
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
summary: "Garnett Taylor was a former security officer at the DOJ."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Garnett Taylor was a former security officer at the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]]. He was identified by [[Lois Battistoni]] and an unnamed senior U.S. Government official (according to [[Bill Hamilton]]) as having information about the [[PROMIS Software Scandal|Inslaw matter]]. Specifically, Hamilton's source alleged that Taylor knew about the destruction of a number of [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] documents by the Justice Department's Office of Security.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Garnett Taylor was a former security officer at the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]]. He was identified by [[Lois Battistoni]] and an unnamed senior U.S. Government official (according to [[Bill Hamilton]]) as having information about the [[PROMIS Software Scandal|Inslaw matter]]. Specifically, Hamilton's source alleged that Taylor knew about the destruction of a number of [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] documents by the Justice Department's Office of Security.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Taylor supervised by [[James Walker]], Chief Security Specialist with the Justice Management Division, for approximately one year before being transferred to Personnel Security. As a control officer, Taylor was responsible for shredding classified documents once a determination was made that they need not be retained. However, he did not review classified files of departing DOJ attorneys to determine retention or shredding; rather, the attorney themselves would make that determination.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
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|
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|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Authors & Journalists"
|
||||
created: 2024-04-25
|
||||
updated: 2026-05-01
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Journalist
|
||||
- United_States
|
||||
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
|
||||
summary: "Investigative reporter for the San Jose Mercury News whose 1996 Dark Alliance series exposed links between CIA-backed Contras, Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers, and the crack explosion in Los Angeles."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Gary Webb]] was an investigative reporter for the [[San Jose Mercury News]] whose 1996 "Dark Alliance" series exposed the links between [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-backed [[Contras|Contra]] forces in [[Nicaragua]], Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers, and the explosion of [[Crack Cocaine]] in [[Los Angeles]] and other American cities.[^1] His reporting drew on federal court records, [[DEA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] documents, grand jury testimony, and congressional hearing transcripts.
|
||||
|
||||
### Early Career
|
||||
|
||||
Webb began his journalism career at a small daily in Kentucky before moving to the Cleveland Plain Dealer in the early 1980s, where he shared a computer terminal with a veteran reporter nicknamed Tom A.[^1] He later worked at the Kentucky Post before joining the San Jose Mercury News. During his time in Sacramento covering state government, Webb developed expertise in asset forfeiture laws, writing a series called "The Forfeiture Racket" about California police seizing private property under the guise of drug enforcement. The series prompted the [[California]] legislature to abolish the forfeiture program.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Dark Alliance Investigation
|
||||
|
||||
In July 1995, Webb received a tip from the girlfriend of incarcerated cocaine trafficker [[Rafael Cornejo]], who claimed one of the government's witnesses against Cornejo was a CIA-connected drug trafficker.[^1] The witness turned out to be [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]], a Nicaraguan who testified before a federal grand jury that he had sold cocaine in Los Angeles to raise funds for the Contras during the early 1980s. Webb obtained Blandón's grand jury testimony and DEA-6 and FBI 302 reports through court discovery files.
|
||||
|
||||
Webb's investigation revealed that Blandón had been the primary supplier to [[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]], the leader of [[South Central Los Angeles]]'s first major crack distribution network. Blandón had pleaded guilty to conspiracy in 1992 but received an unusually short sentence and was released to work as a paid DEA informant.
|
||||
|
||||
### Congressional Precedent
|
||||
|
||||
Webb discovered that [[John Kerry|Senator John Kerry]]'s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations had investigated Contra drug links in 1987 and 1988, uncovering direct evidence of drug traffickers funding the Contras with apparent CIA knowledge.[^1] Investigation director [[Jack Blum]] told Webb the committee was "trashed" by the Reagan administration and the press when it tried to publicize its findings. AP reporters [[Robert Parry]] and Brian Barger had also pursued the story but were similarly attacked.
|
||||
|
||||
### Sources and Methods
|
||||
|
||||
Webb's editor approved the investigation.[^1] Webb used Dialog database searches, federal court files in [[San Diego]] and [[San Francisco]], [[Freedom of Information Act]] requests to the FBI, and interviews with witnesses including [[Dennis Ainsworth]], a San Francisco Contra supporter who had tried to alert authorities to drug trafficking by [[Norwin Meneses]] and [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermúdez]]. Ainsworth warned Webb that pursuing the story would make him "a persona non grata."[^1] Webb hired Swiss freelance journalist [[Georg Hodel]] in [[Managua]] to locate and interview Meneses.
|
||||
|
||||
### DEA Meeting in San Diego
|
||||
|
||||
On October 19, 1995, Webb met with six DEA agents at the National City regional office, including [[Craig Chretien|Special Agent in Charge Craig Chretien]] and Blandón's handlers [[Chuck Jones]] and Judy Gustafson. Chretien asked Webb to omit Blandón's DEA ties from the story, claiming it would compromise undercover operations and endanger lives. Jones denied knowing anything about Blandón's Contra drug history. When Webb showed Jones grand jury transcripts proving Blandón had testified about selling cocaine for the Contras, Jones grew enraged and accidentally confirmed the DEA knew about the connection, blurting out that the government had pulled Blandón from the witness stand because a judge ordered release of unredacted files. Chretien proposed a deal: if Webb would focus on Meneses instead of Blandón, the DEA might provide information. Webb agreed to wait a week or two. Chretien was then transferred to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and promoted to head the DEA's International Division, replacing [[Robert Nieves]], who resigned eight days after the meeting.[^3]
|
||||
|
||||
### CIA Cables About the Investigation
|
||||
|
||||
A CIA Inspector General's report released in early 1998 referenced three CIA cables about Webb, titled "Possible Attempts to Link CIA to Narcotraffickers," written within weeks of his October 1995 meeting with the DEA. A December 4, 1995, cable from CIA headquarters stated: "In November 1995, we were informed by DEA that a reporter has been inquiring about activities in Central America and any links with the Contras. DEA has been alerted that Norwin Meneses will undoubtedly claim that he was trafficking narcotics on behalf of CIA to generate money for the Contras." The cable noted "extensive entries" in CIA traces on Meneses that were not revealed in the declassified version of the report.[^3]
|
||||
|
||||
### Project Memo and Web Site Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
In December 1995, Webb wrote a four-page project memo outlining the story. He proposed using the Mercury News Web site to post evidence online so readers could examine documents, grand jury transcripts, and undercover DEA tapes for themselves, a use of the Internet unprecedented in journalism. "This series will show that the dumping of cocaine on L.A.'s street gangs was the back end of a covert effort to arm and equip the CIA's ragtag army of anti-Communist Contra guerrillas," Webb wrote. Managing editor David Yarnold approved the approach and told Webb he would have as much space as needed.[^3]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Ross Trial
|
||||
|
||||
Webb attended the March 1996 trial of Ricky Ross in San Diego as the only spectator in the courtroom. He was exposed when a private investigator hired by defense attorney [[Alan Fenster]] filed an affidavit naming Webb and his investigation. [[Jesse Katz]] of the [[Los Angeles Times|L.A. Times]] flew in from Houston to cover the hearing on the government's motion to suppress any CIA testimony, but after the entire hearing was conducted in whispered sidebar conversations, Katz's story revealed only vague "ties to U.S. intelligence sources" without mentioning the Contras.[^4]
|
||||
|
||||
After Blandón told Webb the DEA would never allow him to be interviewed, Webb devised a solution: he secretly supplied questions to Fenster for cross-examination. Webb's editor approved the arrangement. Fenster used the questions to grill Blandón about his Contra ties, Somoza connections, and meetings with Enrique Bermúdez in Honduras. Blandón's shifting testimony about when he stopped selling cocaine for the Contras, moving the date from 1986 to 1984 to 1982, confirmed to Webb that the prosecution was trying to break the chain linking Contra cocaine to the L.A. gangs.[^4]
|
||||
|
||||
### Publication and Reaction
|
||||
|
||||
The four-part "Dark Alliance" series ran in the Mercury News beginning August 18, 1996. Webb's opening paragraph reported that "a Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to a Latin American guerrilla army run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency." The series was initially ignored by the national media, but talk radio and the Internet drove it to national attention. The Web site, created by the Mercury Center team, offered full-color animated maps, uncut source documents, audio clips from undercover DEA tapes, and Blandón's federal court testimony. Hits on the Web page climbed past one million.[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
At Ross's sentencing, Judge [[Marilyn Huff]] told prosecutor [[LJ Oneale]] she wanted answers from the CIA before passing sentence and ordered the Justice Department to begin deportation proceedings against Blandón. The L.A. City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for a federal investigation. Both California senators and several congressmen demanded official inquiries. CIA director John Deutch ordered an internal investigation, and Attorney General Janet Reno followed suit.[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
### Media Attacks
|
||||
|
||||
In October 1996, the [[Washington Post]] published the first major attack, written by [[Walter Pincus]], a former CIA operative, and Roberto Suro. The story falsely claimed Webb alleged a CIA conspiracy to target black communities and accepted Blandón's trial testimony that he quit selling Contra cocaine before meeting Ross. The L.A. Times followed with a three-day series by Katz and Washington bureau chief [[Doyle McManus|McManus]], declaring that crack "followed no blueprint or master plan" and that the CIA bore no responsibility. McManus's story relied on unnamed sources who claimed only $50,000 to $60,000 went to the Contras, a figure Rafael Cornejo scoffed at: "Sixty thousand? You can raise that in an afternoon."[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
### Follow-Up Reporting and Suppression
|
||||
|
||||
Webb and Georg Hodel flew to [[Costa Rica]] and Nicaragua to gather additional evidence. Hodel located [[Carlos Cabezas]], who admitted delivering millions in drug money to the Contras and identified CIA agent [[Ivan Gomez|Ivan Gómez]] as having direct knowledge. Hodel also found [[Enrique Miranda]], who had been captured in [[Miami]] and returned to Nicaragua. Webb submitted four follow-up stories totaling 16,000 words, including evidence that the DEA helped accused CIA drug trafficker [[John Hull]] escape from Costa Rica.[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
Executive editor [[Jerry Ceppos]] initially defended the series but on March 25, 1997, informed Webb he was publishing a column describing "shortcomings." At a meeting, Ceppos told Webb the follow-up stories were "a quarter turn of the screw" and refused to publish them. "You're taking a dive on a true story, and one day you're going to find that out," Webb told him. Ceppos's column ran May 11, 1997. The [[New York Times]], which had ignored the original series, splashed the apology on its front page. Webb was transferred to the Cupertino bureau and quit the newspaper in November 1997.[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
### Resignation and Aftermath
|
||||
|
||||
A few days after Webb's resignation was announced in November 1997, the CIA leaked the conclusion of an internal investigation to the L.A. Times and the Mercury News, claiming it had absolved the agency of wrongdoing. When the declassified version was released in 1998, it showed the CIA had known about Norwin Meneses's activities and had intervened in the [[Frogman Case]]. [[Fred Hitz|CIA Inspector General Fred Hitz]] testified before Congress that the agency had not "in an expeditious or consistent fashion" cut off relationships with Contra-connected drug traffickers, and revealed a secret 1982 agreement between the CIA and Justice Department that exempted CIA assets from drug crimes reporting.[^6]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Prologue: "It was like they didn't want to know"
|
||||
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Author's Note
|
||||
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 25: "Things are moving all around us"
|
||||
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 26: "That matter, if true, would be classified"
|
||||
[^5]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 27: "A very difficult decision"
|
||||
[^6]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Epilogue: "The damage that has been done"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- General
|
||||
- Panama
|
||||
- Drug Trafficking
|
||||
- Government
|
||||
- Panama Canal
|
||||
- Latin America
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
summary: "Panamanian leader whose family members were reportedly involved in the cocaine trade, shielded from U.S. scrutiny during the Panama Canal treaty negotiations."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[General Torrijos]] was a figure in [[Panama]] whose family members were reportedly heavily involved at the highest levels of the world cocaine trade. During [[Jimmy Carter]]'s presidency, the Carter administration was reportedly reluctant to pursue Torrijos due to its determination in 1977 to sign a [[Panama Canal]] treaty with him.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- FBI
|
||||
- LawEnforcement
|
||||
summary: "Regional director of the Fresno FBI who was accused of refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[George Vinson]] was the regional director of the Fresno [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. He was named in a Writ of Mandamus filed by [[Ben Wagner]] for refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County. [[Vivian L. Wagner]], Ben Wagner's wife, stated in a letter to President [[Ronald Reagan]] that her husband took two witnesses, [[Kay Ritter]] and [[Robert Ashmore]], to Vinson to present testimony, but Vinson failed to redress their grievances and did not return Ben Wagner's phone calls. It was understood through a reliable source that Vinson felt the complaints had "no substance."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Child_Trafficker
|
||||
- Dutch
|
||||
- Belgian
|
||||
- 1990s
|
||||
- Apollo_Network
|
||||
- Manuel_Schadwald_Case
|
||||
- Murder_Victim
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
summary: "Gerrit-Jan Ulrich was a German computer technician and child trafficker who played a pivotal role in the international child pornography distribution network known as the Apollo Bulletin Board Service."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Gerrit-Jan Ulrich was a German computer technician and child trafficker who played a pivotal role in the international child pornography distribution network known as the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]]. Operating from the Dutch seaside resort town of Zandvoort, Ulrich administered one of the world's largest online distributors of sadomasochistic child pornography during the mid-1990s, representing the intersection of traditional trafficking networks with emerging digital technology.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Ulrich owned and operated a computer store called Cube Hardware, which served as a legitimate front for his criminal activities. His technical expertise allowed him to establish and maintain sophisticated computer systems that could distribute child pornography globally while maintaining relative security from law enforcement detection. This combination of technical knowledge and criminal enterprise made Ulrich a particularly dangerous figure in the evolution of child exploitation networks.[^2]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
16
10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Harold H. Titus Jr..md
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10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Harold H. Titus Jr..md
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|
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
created: 2026-05-01
|
||||
updated: 2026-05-01
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
summary: "Harold H. Titus Jr. served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia following Thomas A. Flannery and, in February 1973, made the decision to upgrade PROMIS to a real-time online system capable of tracking more than 160 variables per case."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Harold H. Titus Jr. served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia under President [[Richard Nixon]], succeeding [[Thomas A. Flannery]] in the position. In February 1973, Titus directed the upgrade of the [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System]] from its original batch-processing design to a real-time online system capable of handling more than 160 variables per case. This upgrade was funded by the [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] and was administered through [[INSLAW]] (then operating as the Institute for Law and Social Research under [[Bill Hamilton]]), establishing the foundation for what became PROMIS II.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- President
|
||||
- Government
|
||||
- Politician
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "33rd U.S. President who declined Israeli military offers during the Korean War, reportedly fearing a binding security arrangement with Israel."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the [[United States]], serving from 1945 to 1953. He declined [[David Ben-Gurion]]'s offer to send Israeli troops to fight alongside [[United Nations]] forces in South Korea, reportedly fearing it would back him into a security arrangement with [[Israel]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
created: 2025-07-22
|
||||
updated: 2025-07-22
|
||||
title: Hartleigh Trent
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- military
|
||||
- psychic
|
||||
- remoteviewer
|
||||
description: Hartleigh Trent was a former Navy petty officer and one of the original remote viewers in the Stargate Project, known for his ability to take directions at a target.
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- Stargate
|
||||
- SRI
|
||||
- Soviet
|
||||
summary: "Hartleigh Trent was a former Navy petty officer and one of the original six remote viewers in the STARGATE PROJECT."
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|
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Hartleigh Trent was a former Navy petty officer and one of the original six remote viewers in the [[STARGATE PROJECT]]. He was recruited into the program, then codenamed [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]], in 1977 by [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]] and [[Murray Watt|Scotty Watt]].[^1]
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|
||||
Trent was the oldest of the initial group of remote viewers, in his fifties, and had a background as a photo-interpreter. He was described as a "restless tinkerer and inventor," having built a large solar-powered hot-water heater at his home. He was also a close friend of [[Mel Riley]] and [[Joe McMoneagle]].[^1]
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category: "Organized Crime"
|
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tags:
|
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- Person
|
||||
- Person/Drug_Trafficker
|
||||
- Person/Contra
|
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- Nicaragua
|
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- United_States
|
||||
- 1980s
|
||||
- Contra_War
|
||||
summary: Ivan Torres was a Nicaraguan drug trafficker and FDN West Coast branch chief who managed Danilo Blandon's Los Angeles cocaine operations while claiming CIA awareness of his drug activities.
|
||||
---
|
||||
Ivan Torres was a [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] drug trafficker and [[FDN]] official who headed the organization's West Coast branch while managing [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s [[Los Angeles]] cocaine operations. He was a brother of [[Torres Brothers|Jacinto and Edgar Torres]].[^1]
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|
||||
### Role in the FDN and Drug Operations
|
||||
|
||||
Torres served as Blandón's chief assistant for the L.A. cocaine operations and was identified as head of the West Coast branch of the FDN, which was supplying the [[Contras]] with weapons. After the October 1986 raids on Blandón's organization, Torres continued operating without interruption. When the [[DEA]] sent [[Norwin Meneses]] and a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] operative known as "Roberto" to infiltrate Blandón's organization under "Operation Perico" in early 1987, Torres met with them and provided detailed intelligence about the operation.[^1]
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|
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### CIA Claims
|
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|
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According to DEA debriefing reports of the meetings, Torres claimed to be in contact with [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and CIA representatives as a result of his FDN involvement. He claimed to have been trained by the CIA in [[San Bernardino]] in an area made to resemble Nicaraguan terrain. Torres told Roberto that "CIA representatives are aware of his drug-related activities and that they don't mind. He said they have gone so far as to encourage cocaine traffic by members of the Contras because they know that it is a good source of income. Some of this income has gone into numbered accounts in Europe and Panama." Torres also bragged that the FBI was keeping him fully informed "of any police investigations against Blandón and himself."[^1]
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|
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### Continuation After Raids
|
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|
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Torres reported that the [[LASD Major Violators]]' raids had not interfered with cocaine sales to "Los Angeles black organizations" and had merely caused management changes. Blandón was keeping a low profile and may have turned over distribution to the black market through Jacinto Torres. Torres also warned that the informants who snitched them off "would be killed sometime in the future." Nine months later, FDN member Carlos Rocha was shot five times in the groin and legs in [[Guatemala]] but survived. Blandón denied involvement.[^1]
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|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 20: "It is a sensitive matter"
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- nicaraguan
|
||||
- contra-war
|
||||
summary: Jacinto Torres was one of the Nicaraguan Torres brothers who managed the East Los Angeles cocaine distribution hub for Danilo Blandón's trafficking network.
|
||||
---
|
||||
Jacinto Torres was one of the Nicaraguan Torres brothers who managed the East [[Los Angeles]] [[cocaine]] distribution hub for [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s trafficking network. Along with his brother [[Edgar Torres|Edgar]], Jacinto handled the distribution operations that moved Blandón's cocaine to street-level dealers.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Torres Brothers Network
|
||||
|
||||
Jacinto Torres told the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] that [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] was "routinely flying quantities of 200 to 400 kilograms from [[Miami]] to the West Coast" to supply Blandón's booming business. The Torres brothers were among the first to cooperate with law enforcement, providing LAPD detective Jerry Guzzetta with detailed information about Blandón's operations, the [[Contras|Contra]] connection, and the airfields in [[New Orleans]] and [[Texas]] where Contra cocaine was allegedly being flown in. Their cooperation formed the foundation of [[Project Sahara]], the investigation that nearly exposed the Contra-drug connection before being shut down.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7.
|
||||
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7, Ch. 17.
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- DIA
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
- Soviet
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- Intelligence
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
summary: "Assistant Deputy Director of the DIA for technical affairs who headed the U.S. delegation at a 1979 Israel-U.S. intelligence exchange."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Dr. [[Jack Varona]] was the assistant deputy director of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] for technical affairs. He was the head of the [[USA|U.S.]] delegation at an [[Israel|Israel]]-[[USA|U.S.]] intelligence exchange conference in late September 1979.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Dr. [[Jack Varona]] was the assistant deputy director of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] for technical affairs. He was the head of the [[United States|U.S.]] delegation at an [[Israel|Israel]]-[[United States|U.S.]] intelligence exchange conference in late September 1979.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Jack Varona|Varona]] was criticized by [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] for his indifference and lack of understanding regarding the [[Iraq|Iraqi]] threat to [[Iran]]. He was more concerned with obtaining details about [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-made military equipment than with the urgent situation in [[Iran]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Jack Vorona
|
||||
- Jack Vorona
|
||||
- Dr. Jack Vorona
|
||||
category: "Key Figures"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Stargate
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- DIA
|
||||
- Intelligence
|
||||
summary: "Jack Vorona was the Assistant Director for Scientific and Technical Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and served as the overall manager of the Grill Flame program."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Jack Vorona was the Assistant Director for Scientific and Technical Intelligence at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA) and served as the overall manager of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program. He played a crucial role in the continuation and restructuring of the U.S. government's psychic research programs after the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] scaled back its involvement[^1][^2].
|
||||
|
||||
In 1981, Vorona contacted [[Dale Graff]] and brought him to Washington, D.C., to help run a classified program called [[Psychoenergetics]]. The main goals of this project were "to evaluate the threat that foreign psychoenergetics achievements might pose to US national security, and to explore the potential of psychoenergetics for use in US intelligence collection"[^2]. Vorona believed that with the resources of the DIA, genuine progress could be made toward a general theory of [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]][^2].
|
||||
|
|
@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ Vorona oversaw the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program and later the [[STAR
|
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|
||||
He was also involved in high-priority operational tasks, such as the effort to locate [[William Richard Higgins]], a Marine Lieutenant Colonel abducted in [[Lebanon]], and the tracking of [[Muammar Qaddafi]]'s alleged chemical weapons stockpile. In the latter case, Vorona sat with [[Angela Dellafiora]] in the viewing room at [[Fort Meade]], demonstrating the high-level attention given to her abilities[^2].
|
||||
|
||||
Vorona chaired the Remote Viewing Tasking Group for Sun Streak, which included representatives from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], [[National Security Agency|NSA]], [[State Department]], and various military and intelligence agencies. This group handled targets such as underground tunnels in [[Korea]], [[Silkworm Missile]] launch facilities in [[Iran]], and the errant nuclear-powered [[Cosmos 1900]] satellite[^2].
|
||||
Vorona chaired the Remote Viewing Tasking Group for Sun Streak, which included representatives from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], [[NSA|NSA]], [[State Department]], and various military and intelligence agencies. This group handled targets such as underground tunnels in [[Korea]], [[Silkworm Missile]] launch facilities in [[Iran]], and the errant nuclear-powered [[Cosmos 1900]] satellite[^2].
|
||||
|
||||
He received [[Hal Puthoff]]'s sixty-page classified report, "Psychoenergetics Research in the People’s Republic of China (1982)," which confirmed the extensive research into [[Extraordinary Human Body Function|EHBF]] and its military applications in [[China]], driven by [[H. S. Tsien]][^2].
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Jacques Vallée
|
||||
- Jacques Vallée
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Computer Scientist
|
||||
- Astronomer
|
||||
- UFOlogist
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- SRI
|
||||
summary: "Jacques Vallée is a French-born computer scientist, astronomer, and UFOlogist."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Jacques Vallée is a French-born computer scientist, astronomer, and [[UFOlogist]]. He worked at [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] and carried a top-secret security clearance, being assigned to the SRI psychic research program as a "de facto unpaid consultant"[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
In early 1973, Vallée was working on a classified [[Department of Defense]] contract for [[ARPA]] involving a multiuser military computer network called [[ARPANET]], which later became the [[Internet]]. His expertise in information technology and computer programming, combined with his dedication to the study of [[Unidentified Flying Objects|UFOs]], made him a relatable figure for [[Ingo Swann]][^1].
|
||||
In early 1973, Vallée was working on a classified [[Department of Defense]] contract for [[DARPA]] involving a multiuser military computer network called [[ARPANET]], which later became the [[Internet]]. His expertise in information technology and computer programming, combined with his dedication to the study of [[Unidentified Flying Objects|UFOs]], made him a relatable figure for [[Ingo Swann]][^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Vallée observed Swann's frustration with the [[Outbounder-Beacon Experiment|outbounder-beacon experiments]], which Swann felt were a "trivialization of my abilities." Vallée suggested Swann approach the problem from the perspective of information technology, asking, "What do you do [when remote viewing]? Do you move your consciousness around?" Swann replied, "Yes, I can position it anywhere"[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Vallée drew an analogy between long-distance [[Telepathy|telepathy]] and his work on the ARPANET, suggesting that a "virtual addressing" scheme could be applied to [[Remote Viewing]]. This idea, that accessing a virtual address was a means of accessing data beyond sensory grasp, inspired Swann to develop the concept of [[Coordinate Remote Viewing]] (CRV)[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Vallée also commented on the mysterious death of [[Pat Price]], noting that when the [[FBI]] learned Price was a Scientologist, the church became a suspect in his death[^1].
|
||||
Vallée also commented on the mysterious death of [[Pat Price]], noting that when the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] learned Price was a Scientologist, the church became a suspect in his death[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
### Involvement with AATIP-Related Research
|
||||
|
||||
Dr. Vallée has continued his scientific investigation of [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) into the modern era. He was involved in scientific research related to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP), collaborating with [[Dr. Garry Nolan]] on the analysis of a metallic slag recovered from a 1977 UAP crash in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Their research, published in the peer-reviewed journal "Progress in Aerospace Sciences," revealed that the material contained isotopes of magnesium and iron that were arranged in a highly structured and deliberate manner, a feat that is beyond our current technological capabilities.[^2]
|
||||
Dr. Vallée has continued his scientific investigation of [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) into the modern era. He was involved in scientific research related to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP), collaborating with [[Garry Nolan]] on the analysis of a metallic slag recovered from a 1977 UAP crash in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Their research, published in the peer-reviewed journal "Progress in Aerospace Sciences," revealed that the material contained isotopes of magnesium and iron that were arranged in a highly structured and deliberate manner, a feat that is beyond our current technological capabilities.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
His scientific background has informed his approach to UAP research, which has focused on data analysis and the development of a classification system for UAP sightings. He is the author of numerous books on the UAP topic, including "Anatomy of a Phenomenon" and "Passport to Magonia," in which he has explored the parallels between modern UAP encounters and historical folklore and mythology. He worked closely with Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the scientific consultant for the U.S. Air Force's [[Project Blue Book]], and was the inspiration for the character of the French scientist, Claude Lacombe, in the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases: []
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "James Walker is the Chief Security Specialist with the Justice Management Division, having been employed by the DOJ for eight years."
|
||||
---
|
||||
James Walker is the Chief Security Specialist with the Justice Management Division, having been employed by the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] for eight years. His duties include operating a Sensitive Compartment Information Facility (SCIF), a specially constructed room within the DOJ building for storing classified national security/foreign intelligence documents. Walker supervised [[Garnett Taylor]], a former DOJ security officer, for approximately one year. Walker had no recollection of an incident where he reassigned Taylor and handled document disposition himself. He stated that there were no [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]] or [[PROMIS]] documents in the DOJ Security Department, nor in any of the safes he controlled or knew about.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
James Walker is the Chief Security Specialist with the Justice Management Division, having been employed by the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] for eight years. His duties include operating a Sensitive Compartment Information Facility (SCIF), a specially constructed room within the DOJ building for storing classified national security/foreign intelligence documents. Walker supervised [[Garnett Taylor]], a former DOJ security officer, for approximately one year. Walker had no recollection of an incident where he reassigned Taylor and handled document disposition himself. He stated that there were no [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] or [[PROMIS]] documents in the DOJ Security Department, nor in any of the safes he controlled or knew about.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
- Judge
|
||||
- LawEnforcement
|
||||
summary: "White revealed that the original CHP report on the 'Queen's accident' was sent to the State Attorney General's office (John Van de Kamp), who told his assistant to 'discard' it."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[James White]] was an Assistant [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] in Fresno. He ordered [[Dr. Arthur Dahlem]]'s files seized to prove [[Roderick Sinclair]]'s alleged drug use in connection with the "[[Queen's accident]]." However, [[United States District Court|U.S. District Court]] Judge [[Robert E. Coyle]] ordered White to "drop the criminal investigation," stating Sinclair's drug problem was not relevant and drug records could not be used in court.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
White revealed that the original [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] report on the "[[Queen's accident]]" was sent to the State Attorney General's office ([[John Van de Kamp]]), who told his assistant to "discard" it. [[Bruce Eckerson]], the Mariposa County District Attorney, was then appointed to take charge of the investigation and submit a new report. White noted that all of the "crack M.A.I.T.S. team" [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] officers involved in the original investigation either resigned or were transferred or fired. The [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] Commander and Deputy Commander who supervised the M.A.I.T.S. investigation also resigned, as did White himself after the cover-up.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Pornographer
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- Colombia
|
||||
- 1990s
|
||||
- Toro_Bravo
|
||||
- Michel_Caignet
|
||||
summary: "Jean Manuel Vuillaume was a Belgian pornographer who headed Toro Bravo, a child pornography production company based in Bogota, Colombia."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Jean Manuel Vuillaume was a Belgian pornographer who headed [[Toro Bravo]], a child pornography production company based in [[Bogota|Bogota, Colombia]]. In 1995 it was discovered that [[Michel Caignet]] and two of his associates, [[Philippe Desnous]] (using the alias "Bernard Alapetite") and Vuillaume, were producing films in [[Colombia]] distributed through [[Toro Bravo]] showing very young children gagged, tortured, and raped. [[Michel Caignet|Caignet]] claimed the films had been made in [[Colombia]] using boys hired by [[Toro Bravo]], which was headed by Vuillaume. The films were shot in Vuillaume's house in [[Bogota]] and then brought to France and duplicated for sale by mail order.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Vuillaume was arrested at Roissy airport in 1995. He denied all connections with [[Toro Bravo]], but prosecutors claimed 38 pornography videos, sadomasochistic material, and a child-sized toreador costume seen in one of the films were found in his house in [[Bogota]]. A prior investigation into [[Michel Caignet|Caignet]] and his [[Toro Bravo]] associates in 1989 led to the arrest of [[Nicolas Glencross]], a British-born French priest. The [[Philippe Desnous|Desnous]]/Alapetite alias was identified during the broader investigation into the network. The discovery of [[Toro Bravo]]'s operations led to the large-scale ADO 71 raids across France in 1996 and 1997, which resulted in multiple suicides among those arrested or questioned.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- 1990s
|
||||
- Dutroux_Affair
|
||||
- X-Dossier
|
||||
summary: "Jean-Claude Van Espen was a Belgian judge assigned to the reopened investigation of the Christine Van Hees murder from 1984 after Michel Nihoul was named as a suspect in 1996."
|
||||
---
|
||||
Jean-Claude Van Espen was a Belgian judge assigned to the reopened investigation of the [[Christine Van Hees]] murder from 1984 after [[Michel Nihoul]] was named as a suspect in 1996. Van Espen was a close friend and business partner of Nihoul but failed to recuse himself from the case. His conflict of interest was brought to light by a journalist two years later, in 1998, at which point he finally stepped down from the case.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Jean-Claude Van Espen was a Belgian judge assigned to the reopened investigation of the [[Christine Van Hees]] murder from 1984 after [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] was named as a suspect in 1996. Van Espen was a close friend and business partner of Nihoul but failed to recuse himself from the case. His conflict of interest was brought to light by a journalist two years later, in 1998, at which point he finally stepped down from the case.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Government Official
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "President Kennedy's science adviser who was deliberately excluded from intelligence about Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor at David Ben-Gurion's request."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Jerome B. Wiesner was President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s science adviser. He was Jewish, but was totally cut out of the intelligence about [[Dimona]], and assumed that [[David Ben-Gurion]] had requested that he not deal with that issue in the White House. Wiesner played a major role on disarmament issues for the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] administration and had served as a board member of the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]]. He frequently ran into Ben-Gurion on visits to [[Israel]], who would always ask him two questions: "Can computers think? And should we build a nuclear weapon?" Wiesner consistently answered "no" to the latter, which he believed marked him as a liberal in Ben-Gurion's eyes and limited his access.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- John L. Wilhelm
|
||||
- John L. Wilhelm
|
||||
category: "Skeptics & Critics"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Journalist
|
||||
- Skeptic
|
||||
- Media
|
||||
- Washington Post
|
||||
- Parapsychology
|
||||
- Remote Viewing
|
||||
summary: "Wilhelm's exposé centered on the U.S."
|
||||
---
|
||||
John L. Wilhelm was a journalist and a skeptic of [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and other anomalous mental phenomena. He is known for his *Washington Post* article, "Psychic Spying? The [[CIA]], the [[Pentagon]] and the Russians Probe the Military Potential of [[Parapsychology]]," published on August 7, 1977[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
John L. Wilhelm was a journalist and a skeptic of [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and other anomalous mental phenomena. He is known for his *Washington Post* article, "Psychic Spying? The [[Central Intelligence Agency]], the [[Pentagon]] and the Russians Probe the Military Potential of [[Parapsychology]]," published on August 7, 1977[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Wilhelm's exposé centered on the [[U.S. Navy]]'s top scientist, [[Samuel Koslov]], who publicly expressed outrage about the [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] project on ESP, claiming he had demanded its cessation. Koslov told Wilhelm, "If you ask me, ‘Do you think it’s a pile of crap?’ I do, and you can quote me." Wilhelm's article highlighted the public relations nightmare faced by Koslov, especially as the nefarious details surrounding the [[Moscow Signal]] and [[Project Pandora]] had only recently become public[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
|
|||
[[John Paul Vukasin, Jr.]] was a [[United States District Court|U.S. District Court]] Judge. He was a long-time associate and political ally of [[Edwin Meese III]]. [[Calvin Robinson]] filed a "Pro Per" affidavit requesting that Judge Vukasin be recused from his case, believing that Vukasin was appointed to the district court bench as a "damage control agent" for Meese and the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].[^1]
|
||||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "U.S. District Court Judge and political ally of Edwin Meese III accused of acting as a damage control agent for the DOJ in PROMIS scandal cases."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[John Paul Vukasin, Jr.]] was a [[United States District Court|U.S. District Court]] Judge. He was a long-time associate and political ally of [[Edwin Meese III]]. [[Calvin Robinson]] filed a "Pro Per" affidavit requesting that Judge Vukasin be recused from his case, believing that Vukasin was appointed to the district court bench as a "damage control agent" for Meese and the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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aliases:
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- John Taylor
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- John Taylor
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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tags:
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||||
- Scientist
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- Professor
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summary: "John Taylor was a professor at King's College."
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John Taylor was a professor at King's College. He was one of two scientists, along with South African zoologist and anthropologist [[Lyall Watson]], who witnessed [[Uri Geller]]'s demonstrations live on [[BBC]] television's *Dimbleby Talk-In* show. During the broadcast, Geller bent and broke a fork, started a broken watch, and reproduced a drawing hidden in a sealed envelope[^1].
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Professor Taylor expressed wonder at Geller's abilities, stating, "I believe this process... I believe that you actually broke the fork here and now." This public endorsement from a scientist contributed to the phenomenon of "conversion moments" occurring on live television, where individuals became convinced of Geller's powers[^1].
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category: "Iran-Contra"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Politics
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- USA
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- Intelligence
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- IranContra
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- CIA
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- Military
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summary: "After the Iran-Contra Affair scandal broke, Tower was appointed to head a presidential commission of inquiry into the affair."
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[[John Tower]] was a [[USA|U.S.]] Senator and a prominent figure with connections to [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] circles. He served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] was introduced to [[Rafi Eitan]], then counterterrorism adviser to [[Menachem Begin 1]], in 1978. Eitan sought to build a network within the [[USA|United States]] to obtain information about Palestinian terrorists. [[John Tower|Tower]] and his senior aide, [[Robert McFarlane]], developed a close relationship with Eitan, and much information reaching the Senate Armed Services Committee found its way to Eitan's desk.[^1]
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[[John Tower]] was a [[United States|U.S.]] Senator and a prominent figure with connections to [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] circles. He served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] was involved in the secret negotiations concerning the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. He was present at a meeting in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]], in late 1986 with [[Carlos Cardoen]], [[Robert Gates]], and [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]] (South African Military Intelligence), where the [[USA|U.S.]] reaffirmed its intention to maintain arms channels to [[Iraq]].[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] was introduced to [[Rafi]], then counterterrorism adviser to [[Menachem Begin]], in 1978. Eitan sought to build a network within the [[United States|United States]] to obtain information about Palestinian terrorists. [[John Tower|Tower]] and his senior aide, [[Robert McFarlane]], developed a close relationship with Eitan, and much information reaching the Senate Armed Services Committee found its way to Eitan's desk.[^1]
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[[Robert Maxwell]] claimed that when [[George Bush]] was head of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in 1976, [[John Tower|Tower]] approached Maxwell to connect him and Bush secretly with various [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] intelligence people. Maxwell delivered, and [[John Tower|Tower]] became his friend for life, later being appointed a director of Maxwell's [[Macmillan]] publishing company in the [[USA|U.S.]].[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] was involved in the secret negotiations concerning the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. He was present at a meeting in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]], in late 1986 with [[Carlos Cardoen]], [[Robert Gates]], and [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]] (South African Military Intelligence), where the [[United States|U.S.]] reaffirmed its intention to maintain arms channels to [[Iraq]].[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] approached [[Robert Maxwell|Maxwell]] to market the [[PROMIS]] software on behalf of the [[Robert Gates|CIA]] group. He also personally gave [[Yitzhak Shamir]] permission to use [[USA|U.S.]] funds as a guarantee for Maxwell's publishing empire.[^1]
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[[Robert Maxwell]] claimed that when [[George H.W. Bush]] was head of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in 1976, [[John Tower|Tower]] approached Maxwell to connect him and Bush secretly with various [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] intelligence people. Maxwell delivered, and [[John Tower|Tower]] became his friend for life, later being appointed a director of Maxwell's [[Macmillan]] publishing company in the [[United States|U.S.]].[^1]
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After the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] scandal broke, [[John Tower|Tower]] was appointed to head a presidential commission of inquiry into the affair. The [[Tower Commission]]'s conclusions were largely seen as a cover-up, focusing only on a minor part of the sales and making no mention of the ongoing original arms channel. [[George Bush]] later nominated [[John Tower|Tower]] for defense secretary, but he was not confirmed by [[USA|Congress]].[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] approached [[Robert Maxwell|Maxwell]] to market the [[PROMIS]] software on behalf of the [[Robert Gates|CIA]] group. He also personally gave [[Yitzhak Shamir]] permission to use [[United States|U.S.]] funds as a guarantee for Maxwell's publishing empire.[^1]
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After the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] scandal broke, [[John Tower|Tower]] was appointed to head a presidential commission of inquiry into the affair. The [[Tower Commission]]'s conclusions were largely seen as a cover-up, focusing only on a minor part of the sales and making no mention of the ongoing original arms channel. [[George H.W. Bush]] later nominated [[John Tower|Tower]] for defense secretary, but he was not confirmed by [[United States|Congress]].[^1]
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[[John Tower|Tower]] died in a plane crash in [[Georgia]] in early 1991.[^1]
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### Footnotes
|
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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---
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
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tags:
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- Person
|
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- Person/Intelligence
|
||||
- United_States
|
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- 1980s
|
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- Contra_War
|
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- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
|
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summary: Former CIA officer who employed Richard Wilker and knew of his weapons business activities with Ronald Lister in El Salvador.
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---
|
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John Vandewerker was a former CIA officer who once employed [[Richard Wilker]] as a salesman and knew of Wilker and [[Ronald Lister]]'s business activities in [[El Salvador]].[^1]
|
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|
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Vandewerker said he knew Lister and Wilker were involved in some business activity in El Salvador. "It was kind of touchy... as far as getting out of the country and all that kind of stuff." He did not elaborate. Coincidentally, Vandewerker's name was found in the notebooks of investigative reporter [[Danny Casolaro]] after his death, in connection with the goings-on at the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation]].[^1]
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|
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Vandewerker also confirmed to journalist Nick Schou that Ronald Lister and [[William Nelson]] knew each other. When Lister was running to Fluor Corporation's headquarters in 1982 and 1983, it was Nelson—the CIA's former deputy director of operations—with whom he was meeting.[^2]
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### Footnotes
|
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|
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[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty"
|
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[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"
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---
|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Politics
|
||||
- South Africa
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "John Vorster was the Prime Minister of South Africa."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
John Vorster was the Prime Minister of [[South Africa]]. He had sided with [[Germany]] during World War II. In 1976, he visited [[Israel]], marking the first official state visit by a South African prime minister to [[Israel]]. This visit resulted in a renewal of full diplomatic relations, as well as secret arms transfer agreements that would enable the two countries to work together in defiance of international opinion and [[United Nations]] sanctions.[^1]
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|
||||
[[Shimon Peres]] made at least one private trip to [[Pretoria]] before the Vorster visit to arrange for arms and nuclear cooperation. His agenda included nuclear testing, and he won a commitment in principle from John Vorster for a series of joint Israeli–South African tests in [[South Africa]].[^1]
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|
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---
|
||||
tags: ["Person", "Bank Examiner", "Government Official"]
|
||||
category: "BCCI Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- BCCI
|
||||
summary: "In February 1978, Vaez submitted a report on the BCCI that characterized it as a bank dangerously out of control."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Joseph E. Vaez was an officer in the [[Office of the Comptroller of the Currency|Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Role in BCCI Investigation
|
||||
|
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|
|||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Diplomat
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv who dismissed concerns about Dimona as Israeli disinformation."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Joseph O. Zurhellen, Jr. was the replacement for [[William N. Dale]] as deputy chief of mission at the American embassy in [[Tel Aviv]]. He followed Ambassador [[Walworth Barbour]]'s cue and was much less interested in [[Dimona]]. Zurhellen explained that Barbour was not well versed in technical matters and that the embassy's view was that much of the international concern about [[Dimona]] had been deliberately fostered by [[Israel]] as "disinformation."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Organized Crime"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Drug_Trafficker
|
||||
- Contra
|
||||
- Nicaragua
|
||||
- San_Francisco
|
||||
- 1980s
|
||||
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
|
||||
summary: Major cocaine trafficker in the San Francisco Bay Area and top-ranking U.S.-based member of UDN-FARN who recruited Carlos Cabezas into the Contra drug ring and was convicted in the Frogman Case.
|
||||
---
|
||||
Julio Zavala was a major cocaine trafficker in the [[San Francisco]] Bay Area during the early 1980s and the top-ranking U.S.-based member of [[UDN-FARN]]. Zavala recruited his former brother-in-law [[Carlos Cabezas]] into the Contra drug ring.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Drug Trafficking Operations
|
||||
|
||||
Zavala sold kilos and ounces to street-level dealers, buying directly from a Colombian in San Francisco and a Nicaraguan in [[Miami]], purchasing a kilo for around $54,000 and reselling it for up to $68,000. He had customers in Miami, [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], and San Francisco, and was making inroads into Oakland's black community.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
To cover his frequent travels, Zavala claimed to work as a buyer for supermarkets in [[Costa Rica]]. He was the assistant treasurer of the Conservative Party of Nicaraguans in Exile (PCNE), a Contra support group.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Legal Troubles and Recruitment of Cabezas
|
||||
|
||||
By 1981 Zavala was under growing scrutiny. His girlfriend Doris Salomon, a Contra fund-raiser, had been arrested with cocaine. Zavala himself had been busted twice—once with five ounces of cocaine in a stolen Cadillac from his Miami connection—though charges were dropped each time. His friend Edmundo Rocha had been arrested twice as well.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
Facing mounting pressure, Zavala hired his former brother-in-law Carlos Cabezas in October 1981 to deliver cocaine and collect money, paying him $500 per kilo plus a percentage of collected debts. He told Cabezas that some of the cocaine profits would help finance the [[Contras]].[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
Zavala was a heavy drinker who neglected his responsibilities, falling behind in payments to his Colombian suppliers. [[Horacio Pereira]] grew suspicious that Zavala was misspending Contra drug money, and eventually cut Zavala out of the Costa Rica side of the operation.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### The Frogman Case
|
||||
|
||||
On February 15, 1983, federal agents raided fourteen locations in the San Francisco area. Zavala was arrested along with Carlos Cabezas, Colombian supplier Álvaro Carvajal Minota, and others. Police found an M-1 carbine, a practice grenade, assorted passports, a catalog of machine guns and silencers, and $36,020 in cash in Zavala's nightstand.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
Zavala was held on $1,000,000 bail. His attorney, Judd Iverson, presented the court with letters from [[Francisco Aviles]] and [[Vicente Rappaccioli]]—CIA assets and Contra officials—who claimed Zavala was a Contra official and that the seized $36,020 belonged to UDN-FARN, not to drug trafficking.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] intervened to suppress the Contra connection. CIA lawyer Lee Strickland asked prosecutor Mark Zanides to ensure the depositions of Aviles and Rappaccioli did not go forward. The government ultimately returned the $36,020 to Zavala and Aviles in October 1984 in exchange for dropping the Costa Rican depositions.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Conviction and Aftermath
|
||||
|
||||
Zavala was convicted of cocaine trafficking in 1984. Carlos Cabezas testified against him as a government witness, presenting ledger books documenting cocaine transactions with Contra officials. Zavala reportedly worked as an informant for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] after his release.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Cast of Characters
|
||||
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 5: "God, Fatherland and Freedom"
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Karl Maria Wiligut
|
||||
- Karl Maria Wiligut
|
||||
- Wiligut
|
||||
category: "World War II & Nazi Era"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Nazi Germany
|
||||
- SS
|
||||
- Occultist
|
||||
- WW2
|
||||
- Nazi
|
||||
- Occult
|
||||
summary: "Karl Maria Wiligut (1866–1946) was an Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadeführer who advised Heinrich Himmler on esoteric matters within Nazi Germany."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Karl Maria Wiligut (1866–1946) was an Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadeführer who advised [[Heinrich Himmler]] on esoteric matters within [[Nazi Germany]]. Himmler, fascinated with the occult since his college days, hired Wiligut in 1925 to advise him on these subjects[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Wiligut was an expert in runes and Teutonic symbols, and he designed the SS death's-head ring, *Totenkopfring*. He claimed to be a seer, or medium, who could channel a tribe of ancient Aryans from AD 1200[^1].
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
created: 2025-07-23
|
||||
updated: 2025-07-23
|
||||
title: Karl Zener
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- psychologist
|
||||
- parapsychologist
|
||||
description: Karl Zener was an American psychologist and parapsychologist known for developing the Zener cards used in ESP experiments.
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "American psychologist and parapsychologist who developed the Zener Cards, a standard ESP testing tool, and collaborated with J.B. Rhine at Duke University."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Karl Zener]] was an American psychologist and parapsychologist. He is best known for developing the [[Zener Cards]] in the early 1930s, which became a standard tool for testing [[ESP]] (extrasensory perception) in [[Parapsychology|parapsychological]] experiments. Zener collaborated with [[J. B. Rhine]] at the [[Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Organized Crime"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Child-Pornographer
|
||||
- TAG-Films
|
||||
- Welsh-Pedophile
|
||||
- Operation-Framework
|
||||
- OrganizedCrime
|
||||
summary: "Lee Tucker functioned as a central child pornographer in the TAG Films enterprise during the 1980s and 1990s, partnering with Alan Williams and John Gay to fabricate and propagate explicit recordings of underage boys conveyed from the United Kingdom to exploitation venues in Amsterdam."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Lee Tucker functioned as a central child pornographer in the [[TAG Films]] enterprise during the 1980s and 1990s, partnering with [[Alan Williams]] and [[John Gay]] to fabricate and propagate explicit recordings of underage boys conveyed from the [[United Kingdom]] to exploitation venues in [[Amsterdam]]. Headquartered in [[Cardiff, Wales]], Tucker aided in documenting compelled interactions with adolescents procured from institutional care and metropolitan environments, chronicling episodes of debasement and ferocity for underground propagation linked to [[Gero-Video]] in [[Dusseldorf]].
|
||||
|
||||
### Production Role in TAG Films
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Leonid L. Vasilev
|
||||
- Leonid L. Vasilev
|
||||
- L. L. Vasilev
|
||||
category: "Scientists & Researchers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Parapsychologist
|
||||
- Soviet Union
|
||||
- Russia
|
||||
- Cold War
|
||||
- Telepathy
|
||||
- ESP
|
||||
- Research
|
||||
- Researcher
|
||||
- Parapsychology
|
||||
summary: "Vasilev asserted that the publication of articles like Jacques Bergier's 'Thought Transfer, Weapon of War' and 'The Secret of the Nautilus' in French journals stimulated Soviet parapsychology research."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Leonid L. Vasilev was a leading Russian [[Parapsychology|parapsychology]] researcher who played a significant role in the [[Soviet Union]]'s efforts to investigate [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]]. He is noted for his statements in April 1960, where he claimed that Soviet scientists had conducted extensive, unreported investigations into telepathy under the Stalin regime, predating American efforts[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Vasilev asserted that the publication of articles like [[Jacques Bergier]]'s "Thought Transfer, Weapon of War" and "The Secret of the Nautilus" in French journals stimulated Soviet parapsychology research. He used these reports to advocate for increased Soviet investment in the field, stating, "Today the American Navy is testing telepathy on their atomic submarines. Soviet scientists conducted a great many successful telepathy tests over a quarter of a century ago. It’s urgent that we throw off our prejudices. We must plunge into the exploration of this vital field"[^1].
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
created: 2025-07-22
|
||||
updated: 2025-07-23
|
||||
title: Leonid Vasiliev
|
||||
category: "Scientists & Researchers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- person
|
||||
- scientist
|
||||
- parapsychologist
|
||||
- SovietUnion
|
||||
description: Leonid Vasiliev was a prominent Soviet parapsychologist and chairman of the physiology department at the University of Leningrad, known for his research into remote influencing.
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Researcher
|
||||
- Parapsychology
|
||||
summary: "By the early 1960s, Vasiliev was heading a well-funded parapsychology laboratory, and his work soon concentrated on 'remote-influencing' experiments, such as attempting to telepathically induce sleep in a distant receiver."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
[[Leonid Vasiliev]] was a prominent [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] parapsychologist and chairman of the physiology department at the University of Leningrad. A past winner of the Lenin Prize, Vasiliev was a key figure in the resurgence of Soviet [[Parapsychology|psi]] research following the publication of [[The Nautilus (Telepathy Project)|"The Secret of the Nautilus"]] article in 1960. He argued that "the discovery of the energy underlying ESP will be equivalent to the discovery of atomic energy."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
By the early 1960s, Vasiliev was heading a well-funded parapsychology laboratory, and his work soon concentrated on "remote-influencing" experiments, such as attempting to telepathically induce sleep in a distant receiver. His efforts, along with those of other Soviet researchers like [[I. M. Kogan]], contributed to the establishment of numerous other psi research centers in the Soviet Union.[^1]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Leslie Ronald Young
|
||||
- Leslie Ronald Young
|
||||
- Jimmy Young
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Broadcaster
|
||||
- Media
|
||||
- United Kingdom
|
||||
- BBC
|
||||
- Radio
|
||||
- Psychokinesis
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "Leslie Ronald 'Jimmy' Young was a veteran British broadcaster for BBC Radio 2, known for his show *The Jimmy Young Show*, which had a wide audience across England, Ireland, and Scotland."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Leslie Ronald "Jimmy" Young was a veteran British broadcaster for [[BBC Radio 2]], known for his show *The Jimmy Young Show*, which had a wide audience across England, [[Ireland]], and [[Scotland]][^1].
|
||||
|
||||
On November 23, 1973, Young conducted a live on-air experiment with [[Uri Geller]]. Young asked Geller to bend a large key. Geller concentrated, and encouraged listeners across the [[United Kingdom]] to summon their own [[Psychokinesis|psychokinetic]] powers and bend metal in their homes. Live on national radio, Young exclaimed, "It’s bending right in front of me, I can’t believe it!"[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Following the broadcast, the [[BBC]] switchboard was inundated with calls from citizens reporting metal objects in their homes inexplicably bending, and watches restarting. This event, which the [[CIA]] referred to as "secondary consequences," led many people across Great Britain to believe they had bent metal with their own minds[^1].
|
||||
Following the broadcast, the [[BBC]] switchboard was inundated with calls from citizens reporting metal objects in their homes inexplicably bending, and watches restarting. This event, which the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] referred to as "secondary consequences," led many people across Great Britain to believe they had bent metal with their own minds[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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category: "Other"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Widow
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- Investigation
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- Mariposa County
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- Corruption
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- Law Enforcement
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summary: "On March 23, 1984, Leslie Van Meter filed a Citizen's Complaint with the Mariposa County Sheriff's Department, alleging negligence and unprofessionalism in the investigation of her husband's disappearance, as his body had still not been found."
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[[Leslie Van Meter]] was the widow of [[Ron Van Meter]], a deputy in the Mariposa Sheriff's Department. She was notified of her husband's disappearance after his alleged boating accident on Lake McClure. Her home was subsequently ransacked, and her husband's briefcase and diary were seized by the Mariposa Sheriff's Department. She and a few deputies were the only ones who knew the contents of Van Meter's diary. A special life insurance policy taken out by Ron two weeks before his death also went missing after the search.[^1]
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On March 23, 1984, [[Leslie Van Meter]] filed a Citizen's Complaint with the Mariposa County Sheriff's Department, alleging negligence and unprofessionalism in the investigation of her husband's disappearance, as his body had still not been found. She requested the case be re-opened. On July 6, 1985, she filed a "Request for Official Inquiry" with the State of [[California]] Department of Boating and Waterways, stating that no satisfactory investigation had been conducted.[^1]
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category: "Organized Crime"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Hollywood
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- Entertainment
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- MCA
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- Ronald Reagan
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- Organized Crime
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- Business
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- Media
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- OrganizedCrime
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summary: "Wasserman was a major contributor to and sat on the board of the Reagan presidential library, along with Edwin Meese and others."
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[[Lew Wasserman]] was the Chairman of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] Corporation. He was a powerful figure in Hollywood and a long-time political supporter of [[Ronald Reagan]]. Wasserman represented Reagan during the actor's early days in Hollywood, and along with [[Jules Stein]], [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]'s founder, negotiated the sale of Reagan's [[California]] properties at hugely inflated prices, which helped make Reagan a millionaire.[^1]
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Wasserman was a major contributor to and sat on the board of the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] presidential library, along with [[Edwin Meese]] and others. He was involved in raising $80 million to build it.[^1]
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aliases:
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- Llewellyn Thomas
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- Llewellyn Thomas
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Diplomat
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- Ambassador
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- RemoteViewer
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- Soviet
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summary: "Llewellyn Thomas (1903–1972) was an American diplomat who served as the U.S."
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Llewellyn Thomas (1903–1972) was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]] from 1957 to 1962 and again from 1967 to 1969. 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].
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Thomas died of cancer on February 6, 1972, at the age of sixty-seven. His death, along with that of [[Charles Bohlen]] and later [[Walter Stoessel Jr.]], raised concerns about the potential health effects of prolonged exposure to the Moscow Signal[^1].
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aliases:
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- Louis de Wohl
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- Louis de Wohl
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category: "World War II & Nazi Era"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Astrologer
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- Propaganda
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- World War II
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- British Intelligence
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- MI6
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- Black Ops
|
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- Germany
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- Hungary
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- WW2
|
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- Nazi
|
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- Occult
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summary: "Louis de Wohl was a German-born Hungarian astrologer and British citizen who became a key figure in Allied black propaganda during World War II."
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|
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Louis de Wohl was a German-born Hungarian astrologer and British citizen who became a key figure in Allied black propaganda during [[World War II]]. He was one of the most high-profile astrologers in the Western world, with admirers including [[Lord Halifax]], Britain's Foreign Secretary, and the Duke of Alba, the ambassador from [[Spain]][^1].
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|
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De Wohl's mission in America, in the summer of 1941, was to elevate astrology into the realm of "astro-philosophy" and, more importantly, to influence American public opinion in favor of aiding [[Great Britain]]. His syndicated American column, "Stars Foretell," consistently emphasized the Nazi threat. Starting in June 1941, shortly after the [[Rudolf Hess]] affair, de Wohl's predictions became unusually specific and appeared to come true, such as his foretelling of a "strong collaborator of Hitler who is neither German nor a Nazi will go violently insane," which was followed by reports of Admiral Georges Robert, the Vichy High Commissioner of the French West Indies, going mad[^1].
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His escalating popularity led the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to lift its ban against astrologers and air an exclusive interview with him. He was also the first astrologer filmed for a U.S. newsreel. However, de Wohl's successful American career was a product of [[British Intelligence]], specifically through its operational arm in America, the [[British Security Coordination Office]]. His so-called manager was none other than the spymaster [[William Stephenson]], whom [[Winston Churchill]] famously called Intrepid. The [[American Federation of Scientific Astrologers]] and its 1941 convention had been fabricated by [[MI6]]. The British spy agency would first feed information to de Wohl for his column, and then feed this bogus information to the U.S. press, which, unable to fact-check with [[Nazi Germany]], would report it as real[^1].
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His escalating popularity led the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to lift its ban against astrologers and air an exclusive interview with him. He was also the first astrologer filmed for a U.S. newsreel. However, de Wohl's successful American career was a product of [[British Intelligence]], specifically through its operational arm in America, the [[British Security Coordination Office]]. His so-called manager was none other than the spymaster [[William Stephenson]], whom [[Winston Churchill]] famously called Intrepid. The [[American Federation of Scientific Astrologers]] and its 1941 convention had been fabricated by [[British Intelligence]]. The British spy agency would first feed information to de Wohl for his column, and then feed this bogus information to the U.S. press, which, unable to fact-check with [[Nazi Germany]], would report it as real[^1].
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||||
|
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De Wohl's efforts were effective in swaying public opinion away from U.S. isolationist views. A declassified memo from Stephenson noted that "An ever-growing audience [is] becoming convinced of his supernatural powers"[^1]. This operation was coordinated with [[William Donovan]], who would later head the [[Office of Strategic Services]], the precursor to the [[CIA]][^1]. After the Japanese bombed [[Pearl Harbor]] and the U.S. declared war on Japan, and [[Adolf Hitler]] declared war on the United States, de Wohl returned to England[^1].
|
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De Wohl's efforts were effective in swaying public opinion away from U.S. isolationist views. A declassified memo from Stephenson noted that "An ever-growing audience [is] becoming convinced of his supernatural powers"[^1]. This operation was coordinated with [[William Donovan]], who would later head the [[Office of Strategic Services]], the precursor to the [[Central Intelligence Agency]][^1]. After the Japanese bombed [[Pearl Harbor]] and the U.S. declared war on Japan, and [[Adolf Hitler]] declared war on the United States, de Wohl returned to England[^1].
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|
||||
For the next few years, de Wohl was used by the Allies as a countermeasure to [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s use of astrology and the occult. Under the direction of master propagandist [[Sefton Delmer]], de Wohl wrote seemingly authentic astrology charts that predicted the demise of certain Nazi admirals and generals, and stated that [[Adolf Hitler]] would be betrayed by his inner circle. These fake star charts and horoscopes were included in near-perfect replicas of a banned German astrological magazine called *Zenit*, intended for underground distribution in Germany. However, these counterfeit magazines were seized by the [[Gestapo]] in [[Stettin]], as detailed by [[Wilhelm Wulff]] in his memoir *Zodiac and Swastika*[^1].
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Lyall Watson
|
||||
- Lyall Watson
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Zoologist
|
||||
- Anthropologist
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "Lyall Watson was a South African zoologist and anthropologist."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Lyall Watson was a South African zoologist and anthropologist. He was one of two scientists, along with King's College professor [[John Taylor]], who witnessed [[Uri Geller]]'s demonstrations live on [[BBC]] television's *Dimbleby Talk-In* show. During the broadcast, Geller bent and broke a fork, started a broken watch, and reproduced a drawing hidden in a sealed envelope[^1].
|
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|
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### Footnotes
|
||||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Diplomat
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Malcolm Toon was the U.S."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Malcolm Toon was the U.S. Ambassador to [[Israel]]. In 1976, after [[Carl E. Duckett]] inadvertently revealed that the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] estimated [[Israel]]'s nuclear arsenal to total at least ten warheads, Toon was summoned by [[Yigal Allon]], then Israeli Foreign Minister, to discuss the disclosure. Toon reported that Allon was "very disturbed" and asked rhetorically why the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] had done it. Toon dutifully explained that Duckett's remarks were supposed to have been off-the-record. When Toon asked Allon if Duckett's conclusion was accurate, Allon replied, "It is not true."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
A year later, after [[Jimmy Carter]]'s election, Toon told a delegation of thirteen visiting American senators that he was sure [[Israel]] had the bomb. He complained that it was "indecent for [[Israel]] to keep us out of [[Dimona]]," but recalled the bureaucratic response was "Don't stir up the waters."[^1]
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- President
|
||||
- Government
|
||||
- Honduras
|
||||
- Latin America
|
||||
- Coup
|
||||
- Politics
|
||||
- Hugo Chávez
|
||||
- Politician
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
summary: "Zelaya was ousted by a coup allegedly designed by General Daniel Lopez Carballo and Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, both friends of Jimmy Hughes."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Manuel Zelaya]] was the president of [[Honduras]]. On June 28, 2009, he was rousted from his home in Tegucigalpa and exiled at gunpoint to [[Costa Rica]]. He called the action a kidnapping and maintained he was still president. The [[United States]] and other countries condemned the coup.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Zelaya was ousted by a coup allegedly designed by [[General Daniel Lopez Carballo]] and [[Romeo Vásquez Velásquez]], both friends of [[Jimmy Hughes]]. The Honduran Supreme Court reportedly gave the order for the military to detain the president. The Honduran Congress formally removed Zelaya from the presidency and named congressional leader [[Roberto Micheletti]] as his successor.[^1]
|
||||
Zelaya was ousted by a coup allegedly designed by [[General Daniel Lopez Carballo]] and [[Romeo Vasquez Velasquez]], both friends of [[Jimmy Hughes]]. The Honduran Supreme Court reportedly gave the order for the military to detain the president. The Honduran Congress formally removed Zelaya from the presidency and named congressional leader [[Roberto Micheletti]] as his successor.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[General Daniel Lopez Carballo]] justified the coup by stating that [[Venezuelan President]] [[Hugo Chávez]] would eventually be running [[Honduras]] by proxy if the military had not acted. Zelaya had been in the process of forming a friendship or alliance with [[Hugo Chávez]], which could have led to the [[United States]] losing its airbase in [[Honduras]] (Soto Cano Air Base), which [[Oliver North]] once used as a base of operations for the [[Contras]].[^1]
|
||||
[[General Daniel Lopez Carballo]] justified the coup by stating that [[Venezuelan President]] [[Hugo Chavez]] would eventually be running [[Honduras]] by proxy if the military had not acted. Zelaya had been in the process of forming a friendship or alliance with [[Hugo Chavez]], which could have led to the [[United States]] losing its airbase in [[Honduras]] (Soto Cano Air Base), which [[Oliver North]] once used as a base of operations for the [[Contras]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Private-Investigator
|
||||
- Morkhoven-Workgroup
|
||||
- Activist
|
||||
- Child-Trafficking-Investigation
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
summary: "Marcel Vervloesem operated as a Belgian private investigator and activist affiliated with the Morkhoven Workgroup, an NGO dedicated to exposing child exploitation networks across Europe during the 1990s."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Marcel Vervloesem operated as a Belgian private investigator and activist affiliated with the [[Morkhoven Workgroup]], an NGO dedicated to exposing child exploitation networks across Europe during the 1990s. His investigations targeted the disappearance of [[Manuel Schadwald]], a 12-year-old German boy who vanished in [[Berlin]] in 1993, linking cases to broader international child trafficking operations involving figures such as [[Lothar Glandorf]], [[Robbie Van Der Plancken]], and [[Gerrit-Jan Ulrich]]. Vervloesem's work uncovered the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]], one of the largest online distributors of sadomasochistic child pornography, hosted in [[Zandvoort]], and connected to distribution networks in [[Amsterdam]], [[Rotterdam]], and beyond.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Investigation into Manuel Schadwald's Disappearance
|
||||
|
|
@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Vervloesem collaborated closely with [[Gina Pardaens-Bernaer]], another [[Morkho
|
|||
|
||||
Marcel Vervloesem's revelations from the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]] connected to the [[Rolodex Investigation]] and [[Odyssey Network]], highlighting encrypted distribution methods used by perpetrators in the [[The Finders]] cult and [[Spartacus International]]. His work prompted international cooperation, including examinations of [[John David Norman]]'s records and [[Peter Righton]]'s pedophile information exchange, revealing overlaps with Belgian cases like the [[Grafton Close Children's Home]] abuses. Vervloesem faced retaliation, mirroring the murder of [[Gina Pardaens-Bernaer]] in November 1998, amid efforts to suppress evidence from the [[Zandvoort]] files. The [[Morkhoven Workgroup]] retained key witnesses in the [[Manuel Schadwald]] case, as noted in De Morgen on September 21, 1998, sustaining pressure on authorities investigating [[Joris Demmink]] and [[Leon Brittan]].
|
||||
|
||||
The exposure of the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]] through Vervloesem's persistence led to arrests, including [[Robbie Van Der Plancken]] in Italy for shooting [[Gerrit-Jan Ulrich]], and influenced probes into [[TAG Films]] and German operations post-1993 raids. Connections extended to [[Jimmy Savile]]'s network via [[Walton Hop Disco]] and [[Stoke Lodge]], with Vervloesem's findings corroborating testimonies from the [[Marc Dutroux]] involving [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] and [[Michel Nihoul]].[^1]
|
||||
The exposure of the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]] through Vervloesem's persistence led to arrests, including [[Robbie Van Der Plancken]] in Italy for shooting [[Gerrit-Jan Ulrich]], and influenced probes into [[TAG Films]] and German operations post-1993 raids. Connections extended to [[Jimmy Savile]]'s network via [[Walton Hop Disco]] and [[Stoke Lodge]], with Vervloesem's findings corroborating testimonies from the [[Marc Dutroux]] involving [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] and [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.
|
||||
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|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Scientists & Researchers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Scientist
|
||||
- Crystal Technology
|
||||
- IBM
|
||||
- Researcher
|
||||
summary: "Researcher and scientist known for his work in crystal technology and consciousness studies."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Marcel Vogel]] was a researcher and scientist with interests in crystal technology and consciousness studies.
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases: []
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
summary: "Marilyn Titus worked for Simeon from September 1982 until January 1984, and then for Hadron for four years after leaving Simeon."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Marilyn Titus worked for [[Simeon]] from September 1982 until January 1984, and then for [[Hadron]] for four years after leaving Simeon. Simeon was a subsidiary of Hadron, Inc.
|
||||
|
||||
[[Bill Hamilton]]'s affidavit claimed that Titus, then secretary to [[Paul Wormeli]], stated that the purpose of a 1983 fundraising trip to New York by [[Dominic Laiti]] and Wormeli was to "raise capital to buy the court [i.e. [[PROMIS]]] software."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Titus, however, denied this. She told investigators that to her knowledge, the only court-related software company Simeon/Hadron ever had an interest in purchasing was a Southern California company called Responsive Design. She stated that she never heard any discussion about Hadron obtaining PROMIS software and did not believe she ever told William Hamilton that the purpose of the 1983 fundraising trip was to acquire PROMIS or [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]]. She also confirmed that she was not present at or a participant in any conversations Simeon or Hadron personnel had about Inslaw, and that no one ever made a statement in her presence indicating that Wormeli and Laiti attempted to raise capital to buy Inslaw, or that Hadron had any interest in acquiring Inslaw or PROMIS. Furthermore, she said no one made any statements in her presence that indicated they were contemplating any unethical or illegal activities to acquire PROMIS.[^1]
|
||||
Titus, however, denied this. She told investigators that to her knowledge, the only court-related software company Simeon/Hadron ever had an interest in purchasing was a Southern California company called Responsive Design. She stated that she never heard any discussion about Hadron obtaining PROMIS software and did not believe she ever told William Hamilton that the purpose of the 1983 fundraising trip was to acquire PROMIS or [[INSLAW|Inslaw]]. She also confirmed that she was not present at or a participant in any conversations Simeon or Hadron personnel had about Inslaw, and that no one ever made a statement in her presence indicating that Wormeli and Laiti attempted to raise capital to buy Inslaw, or that Hadron had any interest in acquiring Inslaw or PROMIS. Furthermore, she said no one made any statements in her presence that indicated they were contemplating any unethical or illegal activities to acquire PROMIS.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The Special Counsel's investigation concluded that Titus's statements did not support Hamilton's claims and that there was no evidence from her or other interviewed individuals that Hadron or Simeon ever had any interest in obtaining Inslaw's software.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
|
||||
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
|
||||
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Business
|
||||
- IranContra
|
||||
- ArmsDealer
|
||||
- UK
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
summary: "In 1983, Thatcher introduced Gerald Bull to Gen."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Mark Thatcher]] is the son of British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He is an established arms dealer with significant connections in the international arms trade, particularly with [[Chile]] and [[South Africa]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In 1983, [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] introduced [[Gerald Bull]] to [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]], chief of [[South African Military Intelligence]], who then connected Bull with [[South African Arms Corporation|ARMSCOR]] for his "supergun" project.[^1]
|
||||
In 1983, [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] introduced [[Gerald Bull]] to [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]], chief of [[South African Defense Force]], who then connected Bull with [[Armscor|ARMSCOR]] for his "supergun" project.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] was present at a meeting in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]], in late 1986 with [[Carlos Cardoen]], [[Robert Gates]], Senator [[John Tower]], and [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]], where the [[USA|U.S.]] reaffirmed its intention to maintain arms channels to [[Iraq]] through [[South Africa]] and [[Chile]].[^1]
|
||||
[[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] was present at a meeting in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]], in late 1986 with [[Carlos Cardoen]], [[Robert Gates]], Senator [[John Tower]], and [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]], where the [[United States|U.S.]] reaffirmed its intention to maintain arms channels to [[Iraq]] through [[South Africa]] and [[Chile]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Carlos Cardoen|Cardoen]] indicated that [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] was involved in his business, and that he had the backing of the [[USA|Americans]] and the Chilean government. [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] also had business dealings with [[South Africa]] for a long time, and was involved in providing military equipment through the [[Carlos Cardoen|Cardoen]] network to the [[Iraq|Iraqis]], including nuclear missile projects.[^1]
|
||||
[[Carlos Cardoen|Cardoen]] indicated that [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] was involved in his business, and that he had the backing of the [[United States|Americans]] and the Chilean government. [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] also had business dealings with [[South Africa]] for a long time, and was involved in providing military equipment through the [[Carlos Cardoen|Cardoen]] network to the [[Iraq|Iraqis]], including nuclear missile projects.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In 1988, [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] met [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]], where [[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] presented himself as a private businessman with no connection to the British government, despite his mother's position. He expressed admiration for [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] and discussed the [[Falklands War]], noting [[Chile]]'s support for [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. He also revealed that [[Carlos Cardoen|Cardoen]] received technology directly from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] through [[Robert Gates|Gates's]] office.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Mark Thatcher|Thatcher]] was involved in the sale of 48 [[Chieftain tanks]] to [[Chile]] after the [[Falklands War]]. He was also linked to [[Ihsan Barbouti]] and [[Sarcis Sargalian]] in projects supplying [[Iraq]] with military equipment. [[Richard Babayan]], a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] contract agent, also controlled a network providing equipment for [[Iraq]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Magistrate
|
||||
- Politician
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- 1990s
|
||||
- Dutroux-Affair
|
||||
- X-Dossier
|
||||
- Dutroux
|
||||
summary: "Melchior Wathelet, born 1951, served as a Belgian politician and magistrate, holding the position of Minister of the Interior from 1988 to 1995 under Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants, a fellow Christian Social Party (CSP) member."
|
||||
---
|
||||
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Melchior Wathelet, born 1951, served as a Belgian politician and magistrate, holding the position of Minister of the Interior from 1988 to 1995 under Prime Minister [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]], a fellow Christian Social Party (CSP) member. Wathelet later became a judge on the European Court of Justice from 1999 to 2003. As Minister of Justice in 1992, Wathelet approved the conditional parole of [[Marc Dutroux]] after he served only two years of a 13.5-year sentence for kidnapping, torturing, and raping five girls aged 11-19 in 1986. The parole decision, made despite opposition from prison authorities citing ongoing risk, released Dutroux in 1992, allowing him to continue operations leading to the 1995-1996 abductions of [[Julie Lejeune]], [[Melissa Russo]], [[An Marchal]], [[Eefje Lambrecks]], [[Sabine Dardenne]], and [[Laetitia Delhez]]. Wathelet's decision was criticized in the [[X-Dossier]] investigation for enabling further crimes, with the X-Dossier alleging his involvement in the network through abuse claims.[^1]
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In the X-Dossier, witness [[Regina Louf]] (X1) accused Wathelet of raping her as a child at parties organized by [[Michel Nihoul]], where Dutroux supplied girls. Louf described Wathelet attending sadomasochist events at estates of [[Count Leopold Lippens]] and [[Baron Benoit de Bonvoisin]], linking him to elite circles detailed in the dossier compiled by Judge [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]] and Prosecutor [[Michel Bourlet]]. Wathelet was accused of participation in orgies and hunts, with X1 claiming he engaged in violent acts during gatherings at Knokke-Heist villas near [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]]. His tenure as Interior Minister overlapped with the 1980s period of X-witness allegations of elite abuse networks overlapping with [[Operation Gladio]] stay-behind operations. Wathelet denied all accusations, attributing them to political rivals within CSP.[^1]
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In the X-Dossier, witness [[Regina Louf]] (X1) accused Wathelet of raping her as a child at parties organized by [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]], where Dutroux supplied girls. Louf described Wathelet attending sadomasochist events at estates of [[Count Leopold Lippens]] and [[Baron Benoit de Bonvoisin]], linking him to elite circles detailed in the dossier compiled by Judge [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]] and Prosecutor [[Michel Bourlet]]. Wathelet was accused of participation in orgies and hunts, with X1 claiming he engaged in violent acts during gatherings at Knokke-Heist villas near [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]]. His tenure as Interior Minister overlapped with the 1980s period of X-witness allegations of elite abuse networks overlapping with [[Operation Gladio]] stay-behind operations. Wathelet denied all accusations, attributing them to political rivals within CSP.[^1]
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Wathelet's family ties and political career positioned him in powerful networks, with his role in the 1992 parole contributing to public outrage after Dutroux's 1996 arrest revealed the subsequent kidnappings. The X-Dossier included claims from other witnesses corroborating elite participation, with Wathelet named alongside Vanden Boeynants and Lippens. As European Court judge, Wathelet faced scrutiny for these links, resigning in 2003 amid the affair's fallout. His connections to the network remained testimonial from X1 and others, with no direct evidence leading to charges.[^1]
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category: "Other"
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tags:
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- Business
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- ArmsDealer
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summary: "In April 1989, Timpani was involved in a deal to sell three C-130s to Tehran, working with Richard St."
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[[Mike Timpani]] was an individual who worked for [[GeoMiliTech]] (GMT), a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-financed company. He was involved in various arms deals, particularly concerning the sale of C-130 aircraft to [[Iran]].[^1]
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In April 1989, [[Mike Timpani|Timpani]] was involved in a deal to sell three C-130s to [[Iran|Tehran]], working with [[Richard St. Francis]] of [[TransCapital]] and [[Joseph O'Toole]]. This deal was intended to be a go-between for [[Israel]] and [[Iran]]. He was slated to make a personal profit of $2 million from this deal.[^1]
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In April 1989, [[Mike Timpani|Timpani]] was involved in a deal to sell three C-130s to [[Iran|Tehran]], working with [[Richard St. Francis]] of [[TransCapital Corporation]] and [[Joseph O'Toole]]. This deal was intended to be a go-between for [[Israel]] and [[Iran]]. He was slated to make a personal profit of $2 million from this deal.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Whistleblower
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- Nuclear
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- Israel
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summary: "Vanunu began working as a technician at Dimona in August 1977 and spent much of the next eight years assigned to various tasks inside the reprocessing plant, formally known as Machon 2 and informally as the Tunnel."
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[[Mordecai Vanunu]] was a former technician at a nuclear facility near [[Dimona]], [[Israel]], who became a whistleblower, exposing details of [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear program to the _London Sunday Times_ in 1986.[^1][^2]
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### Background and Early Career
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[[Mordecai Vanunu|Vanunu]] was born in [[Morocco]] to a right-wing Jewish family that migrated to [[Israel]] in the early 1960s. He grew up in [[Beersheba]] and was drafted into the military, where he was trained as a technician at the [[Dimona reactor]]. After his military service, he continued to work there as a civilian. He began sympathizing with the Palestinian cause and was horrified by [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear capabilities.[^1]
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[[Mordecai Vanunu|Vanunu]] was born in [[Morocco]] to a right-wing Jewish family that migrated to [[Israel]] in the early 1960s. He grew up in [[Beersheba]] and was drafted into the military, where he was trained as a technician at the [[Dimona]]. After his military service, he continued to work there as a civilian. He began sympathizing with the Palestinian cause and was horrified by [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear capabilities.[^1]
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### Work at Dimona and Security Breach
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. _Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network_. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War") [^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. _The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy_. Random House, 1991. Chapter 15.
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. _Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network_. TrineDay, 1992. [^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. _The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy_. Random House, 1991. Chapter 15.
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- Military
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- Israel
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- Military
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summary: "Director general of the Israeli Ministry of Defense who in 1980 authorized Israel to develop a hydrogen bomb for testing."
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[[Mordechai Tsippori]] was the director general of the [[Israel|Israeli]] Ministry of Defense in 1980. He gave the go-ahead for [[Israel]] to develop a hydrogen bomb for testing.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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created: 2025-07-22
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updated: 2025-07-22
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title: Murray Watt
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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tags:
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- military
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- officer
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description: Murray "Scotty" Watt was a U.S. Army Major and the commanding officer of the remote viewing unit in the Stargate Project.
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- Person
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- RemoteViewer
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- Military
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- Stargate
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summary: "Watt, along with Atwater, was responsible for selecting and training the initial remote viewers for the program."
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Murray B. "Scotty" Watt was a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and the first commander of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] (later [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]]) remote viewing unit. He was two decades older than [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]], described as a tall and husky man with a bulbous nose and a Boston accent. Watt had a reputation for a volcanic temper, which was said to have hindered his career progression after an incident in Panama where he struck a fellow officer. He was chosen for this obscure and potentially controversial assignment because it was felt he had "little to lose."[^1]
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Watt, along with Atwater, was responsible for selecting and training the initial remote viewers for the program. He handled the bureaucratic aspects of the unit, maintaining contact with the network of Grill Flame customers and ensuring the unit's operations adhered to necessary protocols. He was concerned about maintaining the appearance of scientific rigor and avoiding any perception of cheating within the program.[^1]
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category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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tags:
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- Military
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- USA
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- Nuclear
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- Israel
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summary: "Lieutenant General told point-blank by Israeli Chief of Staff David Elazar about Israel's nuclear threat during the 1973 Yom Kippur War."
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Orwin C. Talbott was a Lieutenant General and deputy commander of the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). In early 1974, Talbott visited [[Israel]] to discuss lessons learned from the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]]. During a meeting with [[David Elazar]], then Israeli Chief of Staff, Elazar suddenly began talking "out of the blue" about [[Israel]]'s threat to use nuclear weapons in the desperate moments of the 1973 war. Talbott understood the significance of this information and quickly filed a top-secret one-page memorandum for General [[Creighton W. Abrams]], the Army chief of staff, believing Elazar was trying to send a message to [[Washington D.C.]].[^1]
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Orwin C. Talbott was a Lieutenant General and deputy commander of the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). In early 1974, Talbott visited [[Israel]] to discuss lessons learned from the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]]. During a meeting with [[David Elazar]], then Israeli Chief of Staff, Elazar suddenly began talking "out of the blue" about [[Israel]]'s threat to use nuclear weapons in the desperate moments of the 1973 war. Talbott understood the significance of this information and quickly filed a top-secret one-page memorandum for General [[Creighton W. Abrams]], the Army chief of staff, believing Elazar was trying to send a message to [[Washington, D.C.]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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aliases:
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- P. T. Van Dyke
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- P. T. Van Dyke
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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tags:
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- Person
|
||||
- Author
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
summary: "The study noted that it would not be conceptually difficult to imagine the utility of psychokinesis in disrupting electrical systems, such as those associated with an ICBM's guidance program, as displayed by Geller."
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P. T. Van Dyke was a co-author of the Pentagon briefing, "Paranormal Phenomena—Briefing on a Net Assessment Study," published in January 1973. This report discussed the potential military utility of [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]], particularly in the context of [[Uri Geller]]'s alleged abilities[^1].
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The study noted that it would not be conceptually difficult to imagine the utility of psychokinesis in disrupting electrical systems, such as those associated with an [[Intercontinental Ballistic Missile|ICBM]]'s guidance program, as displayed by Geller. The report emphasized a serious need for detailed analytical studies of these phenomena by specialists in various scientific disciplines[^1].
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aliases: []
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||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
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||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- DoJ
|
||||
- INSLAW
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||||
summary: "Patricia Wald was the Chief Judge of the U.S."
|
||||
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||||
Patricia Wald was the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She played a direct role in the events surrounding the non-reappointment of [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Judge Bason]], which became a central point of contention in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]] due to allegations of improper influence by the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]].
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|
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On December 28, 1987, Chief Judge Wald informed Judge Bason of the Court's decision not to reappoint him. Subsequently, on January 12, 1988, Judge Bason sent a 14-page letter to Chief Judge Wald (with copies to every judge on the Court of Appeals), in which he raised the allegation that the DOJ may have obstructed his reappointment in retaliation for his rulings in the [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]] case. This letter became a basis for the DOJ's motion to recuse Judge Bason from further proceedings in the [[INSLAW]] case.[^1]
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Patricia Wald was the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She played a direct role in the events surrounding the non-reappointment of [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Judge Bason]], which became a central point of contention in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]] due to allegations of improper influence by the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]].
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On December 28, 1987, Chief Judge Wald informed Judge Bason of the Court's decision not to reappoint him. Subsequently, on January 12, 1988, Judge Bason sent a 14-page letter to Chief Judge Wald (with copies to every judge on the Court of Appeals), in which he raised the allegation that the DOJ may have obstructed his reappointment in retaliation for his rulings in the [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] case. This letter became a basis for the DOJ's motion to recuse Judge Bason from further proceedings in the [[INSLAW]] case.[^1]
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The Special Counsel's investigation found no evidence that anyone tried to influence the selection process improperly. Chief Judge Wald unequivocally denied that the DOJ obstructed or attempted to obstruct the reappointment of Bankruptcy Judge Bason. The investigation concluded that the allegations of improper interference were not supported by credible evidence. The report notes that Judge Bason's allegation was made by himself, a disappointed candidate, and that the great weight of the evidence supports the conclusion that there was no attempt by the DOJ to obstruct his reappointment.[^1]
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|
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### Footnotes
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|
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[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
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[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
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|
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|
||||
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Government Official
|
||||
- USA
|
||||
- Nuclear
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Assistant Secretary of Defense who pressured Israel to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and directly confronted Israel about its nuclear weapons program."
|
||||
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|
||||
Paul C. Warnke served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. He was involved in intense pressure on [[Israel]] to sign the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]] in exchange for F-4 fighter jets. Warnke directly questioned [[Yitzhak Rabin]], then [[Israel]]'s ambassador to [[Washington D.C.]], about [[Israel]]'s nuclear capabilities, stating, "we are shocked at the manner in which you are dealing with us.… You, our close ally, are building nuclear bombs in [[Israel]] behind our back."[^1]
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|
||||
Paul C. Warnke served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. He was involved in intense pressure on [[Israel]] to sign the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]] in exchange for F-4 fighter jets. Warnke directly questioned [[Yitzhak Rabin]], then [[Israel]]'s ambassador to [[Washington, D.C.]], about [[Israel]]'s nuclear capabilities, stating, "we are shocked at the manner in which you are dealing with us.… You, our close ally, are building nuclear bombs in [[Israel]] behind our back."[^1]
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|
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### Footnotes
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|
||||
category: "Belgium Scandals"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Politician
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- 1970s-1990s
|
||||
- Dutroux-Affair
|
||||
- X-Dossier
|
||||
summary: "Paul Vanden Boeynants, born 1919 in Brussels, Belgium, served as Prime Minister from 1978 to 1981 and held earlier roles including Minister of the Interior."
|
||||
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|
||||
Paul Vanden Boeynants, born 1919 in Brussels, Belgium, served as Prime Minister from 1978 to 1981 and held earlier roles including Minister of the Interior. A key figure in the Christian Social Party (CSP), Vanden Boeynants focused on security and anti-communist efforts during the Cold War. In the [[X-Dossier]], witness [[Regina Louf]] (X1) accused him of raping her as a child at her grandmother [[Cecile Beernaert]]'s brothel in Knokke-Heist, near the [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]]. Louf described Vanden Boeynants arriving from golf rounds for private sessions where he engaged in sexual acts with her. X1 claimed he attended orgies at the Dolo nightclub and Faulx-les-Tombes chateau organized by [[Michel Nihoul]], where he sodomized her and participated in violent acts. Vanden Boeynants denied the accusations, calling them political fabrications.[^1]
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||||
|
||||
Paul Vanden Boeynants, born 1919 in Brussels, Belgium, served as Prime Minister from 1978 to 1981 and held earlier roles including Minister of the Interior. A key figure in the Christian Social Party (CSP), Vanden Boeynants focused on security and anti-communist efforts during the Cold War. In the [[X-Dossier]], witness [[Regina Louf]] (X1) accused him of raping her as a child at her grandmother [[Cecile Beernaert]]'s brothel in Knokke-Heist, near the [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]]. Louf described Vanden Boeynants arriving from golf rounds for private sessions where he engaged in sexual acts with her. X1 claimed he attended orgies at the Dolo nightclub and Faulx-les-Tombes chateau organized by [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]], where he sodomized her and participated in violent acts. Vanden Boeynants denied the accusations, calling them political fabrications.[^1]
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|
||||
Vanden Boeynants survived a 1974 kidnapping attempt linked to his anti-communist work, released after ransom payment. The X-Dossier, compiled under Judge [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]] and Prosecutor [[Michel Bourlet]], included Louf's identification of him from photos as an abuser at Beernaert's brothel, where she was prostituted from age two. Louf detailed him raping her in a bedroom with Beernaert watching. She claimed he participated in orgies with Nihoul, [[Count Leopold Lippens]], and [[Baron Benoit de Bonvoisin]], escalating to violence for blackmail in business and politics. Vanden Boeynants, a CSP leader, had ties to financial institutions like [[Societe Generale de Banque]], backing the party, with family estates in the Ardennes used for hunts alleged by Louf.[^1]
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|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Attorney
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- DoJ
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
- Death
|
||||
- Investigation
|
||||
- October Surprise
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
- Government
|
||||
- Washington DC
|
||||
summary: "On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to Janet Reno, the Attorney General, claiming that holdover DOJ employees from the Reagan-Bush era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President Bill Clinton."
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
[[Paul Wilcher]] was a Washington D.C. attorney who investigated the [[October Surprise]] incident based on the claims of his client, [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]]. He was also investigating possible government involvement in a variety of questionable activities, including the [[INSLAW]] case, with his research leading him into areas that [[Danny Casolaro]] had covered earlier.[^1]
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||||
|
||||
On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to [[Janet Reno]], the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], claiming that holdover [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] employees from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George Bush|Bush]] era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President [[Bill Clinton]]. On or about June 11, Wilcher was interviewed by [[Carl Stern]], her public relations man, regarding the contents of the letter.[^1]
|
||||
On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to [[Janet Reno]], the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], claiming that holdover [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] employees from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George H.W. Bush|Bush]] era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President [[Bill Clinton]]. On or about June 11, Wilcher was interviewed by [[Carl Stern]], her public relations man, regarding the contents of the letter.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
After days of not hearing from him, worried friends contacted the police, who found his decomposing body propped on a toilet in his apartment on June 23, 1993. [[Sarah McClendon]], a [[White House]] correspondent and close friend of Wilcher, wrote that Wilcher believed [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]] to be a political prisoner, persecuted because he allegedly flew former President [[George Bush]] to [[Paris]] to meet with leading Iranians to make a deal to supply [[Iran]] with weapons in exchange for keeping American hostages until after the November election, ensuring [[Ronald Reagan]]'s victory.[^1]
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||||
After days of not hearing from him, worried friends contacted the police, who found his decomposing body propped on a toilet in his apartment on June 23, 1993. [[Sarah McClendon]], a [[White House]] correspondent and close friend of Wilcher, wrote that Wilcher believed [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]] to be a political prisoner, persecuted because he allegedly flew former President [[George H.W. Bush]] to [[Paris]] to meet with leading Iranians to make a deal to supply [[Iran]] with weapons in exchange for keeping American hostages until after the November election, ensuring [[Ronald Reagan]]'s victory.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Wilcher was working daily for Russbacher and wanted to ask [[Janet Reno]] to grant immunity from prosecution to Russbacher so he could testify about activities inside the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. McClendon concluded that Wilcher was a "casualty of good citizenship and patriotism." She attempted to obtain his papers and tapes, but his family took them away.[^1]
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||||
|
||||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases: []
|
||||
category: "Intelligence & Government"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- Politician
|
||||
summary: "Paul Wormeli was the Vice President in charge of Product Development for Simeon, Inc., a company that was purchased by Hadron in 1982."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Paul Wormeli was the Vice President in charge of Product Development for [[Simeon]], Inc., a company that was purchased by Hadron in 1982. He remained with Simeon for two years after the acquisition.
|
||||
|
||||
Wormeli accompanied [[Dominic Laiti]] on a business trip to New York City in late 1983, which [[Bill Hamilton]] alleged was to raise capital to buy [[PROMIS]]. Wormeli confirmed that the trip was to raise money for Simeon and that he and Laiti met with [[Earl Brian]] and executives from Allen and Company, including [[Mark Kesselman]], to discuss funding. However, Wormeli stated that neither Laiti nor Brian ever discussed the acquisition of PROMIS or [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]] with him, and that Laiti never mentioned PROMIS or Inslaw to him or at any of the New York meetings. Wormeli first became aware of Inslaw's problems with the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] from reading newspaper articles. While sympathetic to Hamilton's view, Wormeli maintained he had no knowledge of a connection between Hadron and Inslaw.[^1]
|
||||
Wormeli accompanied [[Dominic Laiti]] on a business trip to New York City in late 1983, which [[Bill Hamilton]] alleged was to raise capital to buy [[PROMIS]]. Wormeli confirmed that the trip was to raise money for Simeon and that he and Laiti met with [[Earl Brian]] and executives from Allen and Company, including [[Mark Kesselman]], to discuss funding. However, Wormeli stated that neither Laiti nor Brian ever discussed the acquisition of PROMIS or [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] with him, and that Laiti never mentioned PROMIS or Inslaw to him or at any of the New York meetings. Wormeli first became aware of Inslaw's problems with the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] from reading newspaper articles. While sympathetic to Hamilton's view, Wormeli maintained he had no knowledge of a connection between Hadron and Inslaw.[^1]
|
||||
|
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The Special Counsel's investigation found that Wormeli's testimony did not support Hamilton's thesis that the New York trip was to raise money to buy PROMIS. The investigation concluded that there was no evidence from Wormeli or other interviewed individuals that Hadron or Simeon ever had any interest in obtaining Inslaw's software.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
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[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
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