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summary: "Nichols formalized a joint venture with Wackenhut Corporation on April 1, 1981, to establish 'Cabazon Arms' on the reservation."
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[[Dr. John Philip Nichols]] was the administrator of the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon Indian tribe]] and a former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent. He played a central role in the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon]]/[[Wackenhut Corporation]] Joint Venture and was deeply involved in various covert operations, arms dealing, and alleged criminal activities.[^1]
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### Cabazon/Wackenhut Joint Venture
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Nichols formalized a joint venture with [[Wackenhut Corporation]] on April 1, 1981, to establish "Cabazon Arms" on the reservation. This venture aimed to manufacture high-tech arms and explosives for export, leveraging the reservation's sovereign status to bypass federal regulations. Nichols obtained a [[Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] secret facility clearance for the reservation and proposed the manufacture of various weapons systems, including 120mm combustible cartridge cases, 9mm machine pistols, laser-sighted assault weapons, sniper rifles, and portable rocket systems. He also sought to develop biological weapons.[^1]
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Nichols introduced [[Michael Riconosciuto]] to [[Robert Frye]], Vice President of [[Wackenhut Corporation]], and Riconosciuto conducted a theoretical blackboard exercise on a Railgun for [[Dr. Harry Fair]] at Picatinny Arsenal. Nichols was aware of Riconosciuto's past conviction for stabbing a [[DEA|DEA]] agent but still sought his expertise.[^1]
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### Alleged Criminal Activities and Connections
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Nichols was arrested in January 1985 for hiring a man to solicit the murder of five people for drug-related reasons, though the murders were not carried out due to his arrest. He was convicted of felony murder solicitation and served 18 months in prison. His son, [[John Paul Nichols]], took over his position as acting administrator during his incarceration.[^1]
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Police reports indicate that Nichols previously did business in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[South Africa]], [[Panama]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Guatemala]], [[Mexico]], [[Chile]], [[Brazil]], the [[Netherlands]], [[England]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], and [[Taiwan]]. In 1960, he managed a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Sao Paolo, [[Brazil]], and later became a Pentecostal leader in the Chilean Pentecostal movement.[^1]
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Nichols wrote himself a 10-year contract with the Cabazon tribe in 1978, granting him 50 percent of the profits from any business he brought to the reservation. He embarked on international security and military ventures, including proposals to provide security for [[Crown Prince Fahd]]'s Saudi Arabia palace and to manufacture weapons on the reservation.[^1]
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Surveillance reports from the Indio Police Department in August 1981 observed Nichols meeting with various [[La Cosa Nostra]] underworld figures, including [[Tommy Marson]], a known [[Gambino Crime Family]] associate, [[Vincent Caci Bologna]], [[Anthony Fratianno]], and [[Daniel Magano]]. These meetings were believed to involve financial transactions, suggesting Nichols acted as an intermediary between the Cabazons and the Mob.[^1]
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### Role in Murders and Cover-ups
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Nichols was implicated in the [[Fred Alvarez]] triple murders. [[Peter Zokosky]]'s time-line indicated that Nichols was in [[Canada]] with Zokosky from June 22 to June 30, 1981, providing him with an alibi for the murders of [[Fred Alvarez]], [[Ralph Boger]], and [[Patricia Castro]] on June 29, 1981. However, [[John Belton]], a Canadian source, claimed that Nichols used people in [[Canada]] to ensure he had an alibi.[^1]
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[[Jimmy Hughes]], security director of the Cabazon casino, reported that he was instructed in Nichols' presence to take $5,000 as partial payment for the Alvarez killings. Hughes later alleged that Nichols was involved in criminal activities, including issuing contracts to commit murder, and that the gambling enterprises were fronts for U.S. government-sanctioned covert military activities and arms shipments.[^1]
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[[Michael Riconosciuto]] claimed that Nichols' office was broken into to retrieve [[Phyllis Riconosciuto]]'s diary, which contained passwords for [[Tyme Shares]] online financial clearing house, used for accessing bank accounts. Riconosciuto also stated that Nichols and [[Peter Zokosky]] claimed that Riconosciuto was responsible for the torture and murder of [[Paul Morasca]], and that Riconosciuto had discussed torture techniques with Nichols prior to Morasca's death.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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category: "Military"
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summary: "Montt's military regime (1982–1983) was involved in some of the worst atrocities of Guatemala's 36-year civil war."
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born: 1926-06-16
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died: 2018-04-01
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location: "Huehuetenango, Guatemala"
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[[General Rios Montt]] was a Pentecostal "true believer" who became president of [[Guatemala]] in an army coup in March 1982. He was supported by the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration and aided by Full Gospel businessman [[John Carrette]], a former Army Ranger in [[Vietnam]].[^1]
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Montt's military regime (1982–1983) was involved in some of the worst atrocities of [[Guatemala]]'s 36-year civil war. Despite this, the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration continued to support him, with [[Ronald Reagan]] declaring in December 1982 that Montt was "a man of great personal integrity and commitment" who wanted to improve the quality of life for Guatemalans and promote social justice. In January 1983, Reagan agreed to sell [[Guatemala]] millions of dollars worth of helicopter spare parts, a decision that did not require Congressional approval.[^1]
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Montt's extreme version of Christian fundamentalism eventually led to his ousting in another coup in August 1983 by General [[Oscar Mejia Victores]]. In 1984, Montt spoke at an [[Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International|FGBMFI]] world convention, and [[Ronald Reagan]] succeeded in pressuring Congress to approve $300,000 in military training for the Guatemalan army.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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summary: "Okimoto's company, Island Tobacco, was said to sell cigarettes at the Casino du Liban, which was controlled by the Syrian mob and used as a front by narcotics people.[1]"
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[[Harold Okimoto]] is a figure linked to [[Robert Booth Nichols]] and alleged organized crime activities, particularly the [[Yakuza]]. He is described as a 67-year-old car dealer in Hawaii and believed by some sources to be a top Japanese organized crime figure based in Hawaii, acting as a top agent in the [[Yakuza]] overseas.[1]
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[[Michael Riconosciuto]] claimed that [[Robert Booth Nichols]] was under Okimoto's influence and referred to Nichols as Okimoto's "god-son." Okimoto was also represented as an intelligence person who had worked under [[Frank Carlucci]] for years, and reportedly performed services for the [[United States|U.S. government]] during [[World War II]], for which he was rewarded.[1]
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Okimoto's company, [[Island Tobacco]], was said to sell cigarettes at the Casino du Liban, which was controlled by the [[Syria|Syrian]] mob and used as a front by narcotics people.[1]
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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summary: "Convicted British arms dealer acting for the CIA who offered Ari Ben-Menashe $2 million and U.S. citizenship for his silence."
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died: 1992
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[[Herbert Alwyn Smith]] was a convicted British arms dealer. He contacted [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] through an informant in early 1991, while [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] was in [[Lexington]], [[Kentucky]].[^1]
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[[Herbert Alwyn Smith|Smith]], acting on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], offered [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] a deal: $2 million and [[United States|U.S.]] citizenship in exchange for his silence and a signed statement that he had no legal claims or allegations against the [[United States|U.S.]] government. [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] received a letter of credit for the amount but did not accept the deal.[^1]
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[[Herbert Alwyn Smith|Smith]] visited [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] in [[Australia]] five times over the next year. He also arranged for [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] to meet with [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officials in [[Ireland]] in August 1991 and with [[Robert Maxwell]] in the [[Soviet Union]] the same month. The purpose of these meetings was to try to get [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] to hand over control of part of the slush fund to the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]].[^1]
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[[Herbert Alwyn Smith|Smith]] died in March 1992, purportedly of a heart attack, ten days after leaving [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].[^1]
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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: "Tehran contact for the Hashemi brothers, head of the Dervish movement, and son-in-law of future Iranian president Rafsanjani."
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[[Iran Najd Rankuni]] was the [[Tehran]] contact for the [[Hashemi brothers]]. He was the head of the Dervish movement and a son-in-law of [[Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani|Hojjat El-Islam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]], who was to become president of [[Iran]].[^1]
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[[Iran Najd Rankuni|Rankuni]] was connected with the [[Iranian Revolution]]. However, he did not have direct access to the Supreme Council, which actually called the shots in [[Iran]], and therefore could not set up a serious dialogue between the [[United States|Americans]] and the [[Iran|Iranians]] for the release of the hostages.[^1]
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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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summary: "Wilcher was interviewed by Carl Stern, Reno's public relations man, regarding the contents of the letter."
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died: 2016-11-07
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location: "Miami, Florida"
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[[Janet Reno]] served as the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] of the [[United States]]. She is included here in connection with the death of [[Paul Wilcher]], a Washington D.C. attorney who had been investigating the [[October Surprise]] incident and the [[INSLAW]] case. Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to Reno on May 21, 1993, claiming that holdover [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] employees from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George H.W. Bush|Bush]] era were responsible for government cover-ups.[^1]
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Wilcher was interviewed by [[Carl Stern]], Reno's public relations man, regarding the contents of the letter. After Wilcher's death, [[Sarah McClendon]] and [[Garby Leon]] wrote letters to Reno, urging her to investigate Wilcher's death due to its disturbing parallels with [[Danny Casolaro]]'s death and the implications for individual investigation and criticism of government activities.[^1]
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[[Bill Hamilton]] also mentioned that a [[Department of Justice|Justice Department]] report commissioned by [[Janet Reno]] confirmed that a system called [[PROMIS]] was being used by [[Canada|Canadian]] agencies, but claimed it was totally different from [[INSLAW]]'s [[PROMIS]] software.[^1]
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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summary: "John Robert and Luis Elizondo served together in the Army in Korea in the 1990s and developed a deep and lasting friendship."
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[[John Robert]] is the pseudonym for a close friend and former U.S. Army colleague of [[Luis Elizondo]]. He is described as a trusted confidant who was aware of Elizondo's involvement in the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP) and provided him with support and advice throughout his journey.[^1]
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### Relationship with Luis Elizondo
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John Robert and [[Luis Elizondo]] served together in the Army in Korea in the 1990s and developed a deep and lasting friendship. After leaving the military, both men continued to work in the intelligence community for different three-letter agencies. They were so close that they carpooled to work together every day from their homes on Kent Island, Maryland.[^1]
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John Robert was one of the few people who knew about Elizondo's involvement in the [[Stargate Project]] successor program and his training in [[Remote Viewing]]. He was also a liaison between his own agency and AATIP, and he was the one who initially recommended Elizondo for the program. He served as a sounding board for Elizondo, offering him brutally honest advice and helping him to navigate the treacherous internal politics of the Pentagon.[^1]
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When Elizondo decided to resign from the Pentagon, John Robert was the first person he told. While he was initially skeptical of Elizondo's chances of success, he ultimately supported his decision and remained a loyal friend and ally.[^1]
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summary: "During the process of opening a grand jury investigation into the mob's involvement in the motion picture industry, St."
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[[John St. John]] was a Detective with the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]'s Organized Crime Intelligence Division ([[OCID]]). He was implicated in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] wiretap investigation into alleged organized crime penetration of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]].[^1]
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[[Martin Bacow]] boasted to [[Eugene Giaquinto]] that St. John's status within OCID allowed him to obtain intelligence reports on organized crime figures across the nation, which Bacow could then pass along to Giaquinto. St. John was allegedly Bacow's direct contact at LAPD-OCID.[^1]
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During the process of opening a grand jury investigation into the mob's involvement in the motion picture industry, St. John called Bacow and told him he would listen, not give up too much, and try to find out what the investigators were looking at to inform Bacow. Bacow then called Giaquinto, who responded that he would call [[Edwin Meese]] and get the investigation shut down.[^1]
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Despite the wiretap information and related investigation reportedly gathering enough evidence to justify seeking an indictment against St. John, Giaquinto, and Bacow for obstruction of justice, no indictment was ever issued. The prosecution reportedly did not go forward because no one at the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] in Washington D.C. wanted all the wiretap affidavits in the case to be released.[^1]
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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summary: "Londono was a target of a major DEA Centac investigation, which led to his indictment in Los Angeles and New York in 1978."
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[[Jose Santacruz Londono]] was a key figure in the [[Cali Drug Cartel]], a powerful Colombian drug trafficking organization that, by 1994, controlled a significant portion of the world's cocaine trade. He was often mentioned alongside [[Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela|Gilberto Rodriguez]] as a leader of the cartel.[1]
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Londono was a target of a major [[DEA|DEA]] Centac investigation, which led to his indictment in Los Angeles and New York in 1978. However, these cases reportedly did not progress beyond the indictment phase, and the Centac 21 task force was dismantled during the [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H.W. Bush]] administrations, leading to suspicions among disgruntled [[DEA|DEA]] agents of a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] connection.[1]
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His name surfaced in connection with [[Michael Riconosciuto]]'s claims that [[Robert Booth Nichols]] paid [[Michael Abbell]] to "crowbar" the extradition of Londono and [[Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela|Gilberto Rodriguez]], as they were considered "intelligence people."[1]
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Londono's activities were also part of the broader "[[The Octopus]]" investigation conducted by [[Danny Casolaro]], which sought to expose the interconnectedness of organized crime, drug trafficking, and intelligence operations.[1]
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[1] Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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summary: "Marcella Miller du Pont was an heiress to the du Pont chemical and weapons production conglomerate and a passionate supporter of ESP research."
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Marcella Miller du Pont was an heiress to the [[du Pont]] chemical and weapons production conglomerate and a passionate supporter of [[ESP]] research. She was a key financial backer of [[Andrija Puharich]]'s [[Round Table Foundation]] and held the honorary title of "mother of magic" within the organization.[^1]
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According to documents from the Library of Congress, it was du Pont who first brought the Round Table Foundation to the attention of top-tier government officials, including Admiral John E. Gingrich, the director of security and intelligence for the Atomic Energy Commission.[^1]
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[^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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summary: "Administrator of the Cabazon Tribal Council who inherited the position from his brother John Paul Nichols in 1989."
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[[Mark Nichols]] inherited the position of administrator of the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon tribe]] from his brother, [[John Paul Nichols]], in 1989.[^1]
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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summary: "SRI mathematician who demonstrated strong psychic talents in early remote viewing tests conducted by Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ."
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[[Marshall Pease]] was a mathematician at [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] and one of the "ordinary people" who demonstrated strong psychic talents in early remote viewing tests conducted by [[Hal Puthoff]] and [[Russell Targ]]. In late 1973 and early 1974, Puthoff and Targ focused their research on Pease and three other individuals, exploring their psychic abilities.[^1]
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[[Marvin Rudnick]] was a [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] who supervised the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] wiretap investigation of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]. He, along with [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent [[Thomas Gates]] and [[Richard Stavin]] of the Organized Crime Strike Force, believed that [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] had been penetrated by organized crime, based on the wiretaps.[1]
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Rudnick subsequently lost his job when he refused to drop the investigation into [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]. The wiretaps were later sealed by the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]], and no prosecutions were pursued. The Los Angeles Organized Crime Strike Force was disbanded, and Rudnick's efforts to expose the alleged organized crime penetration of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] were thwarted.[1]
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After losing his job, Rudnick eventually had part of his story told in the 1993 book, *Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, The Music Business, and the Mafia* by William Knoedelseder.[1]
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[1] Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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- Politician
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summary: "Her nephew, Brian Weiss, who had been living at her house in Fresno, was a business associate of Michael Riconosciuto."
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died: 1982-01-14
|
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---
|
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[[Mary Quick]] was a 63-year-old school teacher and president of the Woman's Auxiliary at Fresno's American Legion Post 509. She was shot in the face and her purse stolen on January 14, 1982. Her death, along with that of [[Paul Morasca]], was traced to looted [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] money from the Sydney-based [[Nugan Hand Bank]].[^1]
|
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|
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Her nephew, [[Brian Weiss]], who had been living at her house in Fresno, was a business associate of [[Michael Riconosciuto]]. [[Michael Riconosciuto]] had told [[Paul Morasca]] that he had given Mary Quick a card containing secret bank account code numbers, believing she could be trusted due to her lack of connection to any of the principals. She was instructed to give the code numbers over the phone only to [[Paul Morasca]] or [[Michael Riconosciuto]].[^1]
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|
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[[Michael Riconosciuto]] later admitted that he had not, in fact, given any cards to Mary Quick, but had kept them hidden. However, Morasca believed, and under torture revealed, that one of the cards was being held by Mary Quick and the rest were stored in a safe deposit box. Mary Quick died three days later. The computer cards that Morasca and Mary Quick allegedly died for belonged to the Tyme Shares on-line financial clearing house.[^1]
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|
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### Footnotes
|
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
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- Israel
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summary: "Iranian minister for the Revolutionary Guards aligned with Prime Minister Mousavi who sought to open a second arms-sales channel to Iran."
|
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born: 1940
|
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location: "Tehran, Iran"
|
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---
|
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[[Mohsen Rafiqdoost]] was the minister for the [[Iranian Revolution]] in [[Iran]]. He was aligned with [[Mir Hossein Mousavi]], the Prime Minister of [[Iran]], and tried to open the second channel for arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]
|
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|
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### Footnotes
|
||||
[^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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---
|
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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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- DoJ
|
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- Lawyer
|
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- INSLAW
|
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summary: "Special Counsel appointed in 1991 to investigate the Inslaw/PROMIS allegations, whose 1993 report found no credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing."
|
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---
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Nicholas J. Bua was appointed Special Counsel by Attorney General [[William Barr]] on November 7, 1991, to investigate all allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the [[PROMIS Software Scandal|Inslaw matter]]. His mandate was to conduct a complete and thorough investigation to determine if there had been any misconduct by individuals inside or outside the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]]. Bua was assured of complete independence and full cooperation from all DOJ employees. He selected six Assistant United States Attorneys and two FBI agents to assist him, all of whom reported solely to him to maintain the investigation's independence. The investigation devoted considerable resources to the myriad allegations, which ranged from murder and international espionage to simple incompetence. Bua's report, submitted in March 1993 to newly appointed Attorney General [[Janet Reno]], concluded that there was no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing by any past or present DOJ employee.[^1]
|
||||
|
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Bua's report concluded that there was no credible evidence to support the allegation of a conspiracy between DOJ members and [[Earl Brian]] to obtain or distribute [[PROMIS]] software, stating that the overwhelming evidence showed no connection between Brian and anything related to [[INSLAW]] or PROMIS. The report also found insufficient evidence to support the allegation that the DOJ obtained an enhanced version of PROMIS through fraud, trickery, and deceit, or that it wrongfully distributed PROMIS. Instead, it concluded that DOJ employees acted in what they genuinely believed were the best legitimate interests of the government. Furthermore, the report found no credible evidence that DOJ employees improperly influenced the selection process that resulted in Bankruptcy Judge Bason's non-reappointment, nor that DOJ employees attempted to improperly influence the U.S. Trustee to convert the Inslaw bankruptcy case or committed perjury to hide such obstruction. Finally, the report found no evidence that DOJ employees destroyed any documents related to Inslaw or otherwise acted improperly to obstruct Congressional investigations.[^1]
|
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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.
|
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|
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---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Ninel Kulagina
|
||||
- Nina Kulagina
|
||||
category: "Skeptics & Critics"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Skeptic
|
||||
summary: "Ninel Kulagina (1926–1990), also known as Nina Kulagina, was a celebrated Soviet psychic and a decorated World War II hero, having served as a front-line soldier and tank radio operator for the Red Army."
|
||||
born: 1926-07-30
|
||||
died: 1990-04-11
|
||||
location: "Leningrad, Soviet Union"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# Ninel Kulagina
|
||||
|
||||
Ninel Kulagina (1926–1990), also known as Nina Kulagina, was a celebrated Soviet psychic and a decorated [[World War II]] hero, having served as a front-line soldier and tank radio operator for the [[Red Army]]. She gained international attention for her purported [[Psychokinesis|psychokinetic]] abilities, particularly her capacity to move matter with her mind[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Kulagina's abilities reportedly manifested in childhood, with objects spontaneously moving when she became angry. Starting in the mid-1960s, her psychokinetic feats became the subject of state-run television programs in the [[Soviet Union]], such as *Science Films* produced by Leningrad Studios. She was filmed moving objects sealed inside a glass aquarium, including metal salt shakers, matchsticks, and cigar canisters[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
In the [[United States]], skeptics often dismissed her demonstrations as fraud. However, the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and the [[Department of Defense]] were not as dismissive, especially after a classified film from March 10, 1970, at the Ukhtomskii Military Institute in Leningrad, showed Kulagina allegedly stopping a frog's heart with her mind. This film caused significant alarm within the American defense community[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
The experiment, overseen by Soviet military doctor [[Genady Sergeyev]], involved Kulagina concentrating for about twenty minutes to stop a surgically removed frog's heart, which was still beating in Ringer's solution. Her physiological responses, including a heart rate of 240 and elevated blood pressure, were monitored. According to declassified documents, the heart activity ceased after approximately 7 minutes in the first experiment and 22 minutes in a second. She was also reportedly able to "reactivate" the heart[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Another experiment involved Kulagina attempting to increase the heart rate of a skeptical physician, which reportedly reached dangerous levels within minutes. While some U.S. analysts suspected a Soviet disinformation campaign, others, particularly from the Medical Intelligence Office of the [[U.S. Army]], considered the military applications of such abilities to be extremely important[^1].
|
||||
|
||||
Kulagina's alleged abilities contributed to the [[Pentagon]]'s decision to launch a joint intelligence assessment of the "Soviet psychoenergetic threat," a term coined to encompass Soviet research into anomalous mental phenomena and [[Electromagnetic Weapons|electromagnetic weapons]] programs[^1]. Her work, along with that of [[H. S. Tsien]] in [[China]], highlighted the perceived need for the U.S. to invest in its own psychic research programs.
|
||||
|
||||
### 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"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "Judge Johnson became a central figure in the allegations surrounding Judge Bason's non-reappointment."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Norma H. Johnson was a District Judge who chaired the Merit Selection Panel responsible for reviewing candidates for the bankruptcy judge position in the District of Columbia. This panel was formed in 1987, prior to the expiration of [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Judge Bason]]'s term.
|
||||
|
||||
Judge Johnson became a central figure in the allegations surrounding Judge Bason's non-reappointment. She solicited her colleagues' views of Judge Bason and it was during this process that Judge Bason ruled orally that the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] had stolen and converted [[INSLAW|Inslaw]]'s software. Judge Johnson initially recalled that a district judge recommended she obtain a copy of the transcript of Judge Bason's oral ruling in Inslaw. She later clarified that it was District Court Judge [[Royce Lambreth]] who directed her to Bason's ruling. Although Lambreth did not comment on the ruling, Judge Johnson understood from his tone that he viewed the ruling unfavorably. She circulated copies of Judge Bason's oral ruling to the Panel members, the only judicial opinion circulated. While the Panel discussed the ruling, they reportedly found nothing untoward about it and agreed it should not influence their evaluation of Judge Bason.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The Special Counsel's investigation found no evidence that anyone tried to influence the selection process improperly. It concluded that [[Royce Lambreth]]'s communication with Judge Johnson was proper, as he had a legitimate interest in the matter as a prospective judicial officer. The report noted that Judge Johnson was fiercely independent and that any attempts to influence her had little effect. She considered the [[INSLAW]] ruling along with all other information the Panel received. The Special Counsel's report concluded that the great weight of the evidence clearly supports the conclusion that there was no attempt by the DOJ to obstruct Judge Bason's reappointment.[^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.
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "Swedish-born psychic who served as the receiver in Edgar Mitchell's mind-to-mind telepathy experiment during the Apollo 14 mission."
|
||||
location: "Sweden"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
[[Olaf Johnson]] was a Swedish-born psychic who participated in [[Edgar Mitchell]]'s secret [[Mind-to-Mind Telepathy|mind-to-mind telepathy]] experiment during the Apollo 14 mission. Johnson served as the receiver on Earth, attempting to perceive the Zener cards that Mitchell was concentrating on from space.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- IranContra
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
summary: "After the deaths of Freddie and Herut (Ari Ben-Menashe's daughter), Ora and Ari Ben-Menashe began a relationship in late 1986, eventually living together in Jerusalem."
|
||||
location: "United States"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Ora Ben-Shalom]] is the wife of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. She was born in the [[United States|United States]] to a [[Canada|Canadian]] Jewish mother and an [[Austria|Austrian]] Jewish father. Her family moved to [[Israel]] when she was 12, and they changed their family name from Friedman to Ben-Shalom. The family was religiously observant and ultra-rightwing politically.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Ora Ben-Shalom|Ora]] joined the External Relations Department (ERD) of the [[Israel]]/Military Intelligence as a first lieutenant in 1979, where she met [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. She was fluent in English, Spanish, and Hebrew. She later left the ERD in 1980 to work for [[Mossad]] and was appointed to a prestigious position in public relations at the [[Hilton International]] in [[Jerusalem]], while remaining a [[Mossad]] "operative."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
After the deaths of [[Marie Fernanda|Freddie]] and Herut (Ari Ben-Menashe's daughter), [[Ora Ben-Shalom|Ora]] and [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] began a relationship in late 1986, eventually living together in [[Jerusalem]]. She traveled with him on various business trips to [[Europe]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In August 1987, [[Ora Ben-Shalom|Ora]] was put under surveillance and interrogated by [[SHABAK]] (Israel's internal security agency) after she was discovered meeting with [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] people in [[Tel Aviv]]. She admitted to talking to the [[United States|Americans]] about [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] and his knowledge of the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. Her ties with [[Mossad]] were terminated, but [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] intervened to prevent her prosecution, claiming she was pregnant and they planned to marry. Their daughter, Shira, was born on July 22, 1988.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In October 1989, [[Ora Ben-Shalom|Ora]] and [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] planned a vacation to [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. However, [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] was arrested in [[Los Angeles]] before they could depart. [[Ora Ben-Shalom|Ora]] later divorced [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] in [[Israel]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
aliases:
|
||||
- Paul Kurtz
|
||||
category: "Skeptics & Critics"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Skeptic
|
||||
summary: "Paul Kurtz (1925–2012) was an American philosopher and a prominent figure in the skeptical movement."
|
||||
born: 1925-12-21
|
||||
died: 2012-10-20
|
||||
location: "Newark, New Jersey"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Paul Kurtz (1925–2012) was an American philosopher and a prominent figure in the skeptical movement. He was a co-founder of the [[Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal]] (CSICOP), along with [[Carl Sagan]], [[Martin Gardner]], [[Ray Hyman]], and [[James Randi]][^1].
|
||||
|
||||
CSICOP was established to promote scientific inquiry and combat pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs. Kurtz, through his work with CSICOP, advocated for critical thinking and the application of the scientific method to claims of the paranormal[^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.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- RemoteViewer
|
||||
summary: "Chinese rocket scientist who contributed to U.S. missile programs before deportation, later advocating paranormal research as the father of China's rocket program."
|
||||
born: 1911-12-11
|
||||
died: 2009-10-31
|
||||
location: "Shanghai, China"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Qian Xuesen, also known as H. S. Tsien, was a brilliant Chinese rocket scientist who made significant contributions to the U.S. missile and space programs before being deported to [[China]] during the McCarthy era. He is considered the father of the Chinese rocket program.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In his later years, Qian became a vocal advocate for research into [[Extraordinary Human Body Function]] (EHBF), a term used in China to describe a range of paranormal abilities. He believed that the study of [[qigong]] and other traditional Chinese practices could lead to a scientific revolution and provide [[China]] with a strategic advantage. His influence was instrumental in the Chinese government's decision to officially sanction and fund research into these phenomena.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- IranContra
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Iranian arms dealer and one of the Hashemi brothers involved in secret arms sales and hostage negotiations related to Iran-Contra."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Reza Hashemi]] was one of the [[Hashemi brothers]], an [[Iran|Iranian]] living in the [[United States|West]]. He was involved in secret arms sales and negotiations concerning the [[United States|American]] hostages in [[Tehran]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Reza Hashemi|Hashemi]] was arrested after his brothers, [[Cyrus Hashemi]] and [[Jamshid Hashemi]], were tipped off about their indictment under the [[Arms Export Control Act]] for illegal arms sales to [[Iran]]. He became a hostage himself, which pressured his elder brothers to negotiate with [[U.S. Customs|U.S. Customs]] to become informants.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "Connecticut businessman and TransCapital employee involved in C-130 aircraft sales to Iran and indicted alongside Ari Ben-Menashe."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Richard St. Francis]] was a businessman from [[Connecticut]] who worked for [[TransCapital Corporation]], a firm licensed to sell computer hardware used for the [[PROMIS]] program. He was involved in arms deals, particularly concerning the sale of [[C-130]] aircraft to [[Iran]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In April 1989, [[Richard St. Francis|St. Francis]] was involved in a deal to sell three C-130s to [[Iran|Tehran]], working with [[Joseph O'Toole]] and [[Mike Timpani]]. This deal was intended to be a go-between for [[Israel]] and [[Iran]]. He was also the person who brought the mysterious "Lettner" (later identified as [[John Lisica]], an undercover [[U.S. Customs|U.S. Customs Service]] agent) to [[Kennedy Airport]] to meet [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], as part of a sting operation.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Richard St. Francis|St. Francis]] was arrested in April 1989 and later indicted for conspiracy to defraud the [[United States|United States]], cover up illegal dealings, and attempt to sell three planes to [[Iran]] in violation of federal laws. He was a co-defendant with [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] in the trial, though his case was later severed.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^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
|
||||
- Belgium
|
||||
- Dutroux
|
||||
summary: "Robbie Van Der Plancken was a Belgian national who began as a child prostitute working for Lothar Glandorf and later 'graduated to become an exploiter himself' in the European child trafficking and pornography network."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Robbie Van Der Plancken was a Belgian national who began as a child prostitute working for [[Lothar Glandorf]] and later "graduated to become an exploiter himself" in the European child trafficking and pornography network. He emerged as a central figure connecting multiple major investigations during the 1990s, including the [[Marc Dutroux]] case and the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]]. Van Der Plancken operated across various European countries, maintaining connections to key figures in the international pedophile network while establishing himself as both a victim turned perpetrator and a crucial witness to systemic child exploitation operations spanning [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Netherlands]], and [[Italy]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Van Der Plancken's criminal activities began under the tutelage of Lothar Glandorf, who operated a sophisticated child trafficking operation targeting vulnerable boys from [[Berlin]]. His progression from victim to perpetrator exemplified the cycle of abuse within these networks, where former victims often became recruiters and abusers themselves. This pattern was common in the European child trafficking scene, where established networks leveraged the trauma and dependency of their victims to ensure continued participation and silence. His position within multiple overlapping networks made him a valuable asset for trafficking operations while simultaneously making him a target for both law enforcement and rival criminal elements seeking to eliminate potential witnesses.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The Zandvoort network investigation in 1998 revealed Van Der Plancken as "a central figure" in what was then "the world's largest online distributor of sadomasochist child pornography, served from a website called [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]] hosted in the Dutch seaside resort town of Zandvoort." This operation represented a significant evolution in child exploitation, moving from physical distribution to digital platforms that could reach global audiences while maintaining relative anonymity for the operators.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Key Criminal Activities and Major Cases
|
||||
|
||||
Van Der Plancken admitted to helping Lothar Glandorf transport [[Manuel Schadwald]] from Berlin to Rotterdam, then stated in an unaired interview with Dutch reporters that "the boy had then been sold to [[Warwick Spinks]] in Amsterdam." Warwick Spinks' name was later found in an address book belonging to Robbie Van Der Plancken, confirming the business relationship between these key figures in the European child exploitation scene.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
The murder investigation of [[Gerrit-Jan Ulrich]] in June 1998 further exposed Van Der Plancken's criminal connections. Ulrich, a 49-year-old German computer technician who owned a computer store called [[Cube Hardware]], was found "shot multiple times" in an Italian forest. Van Der Plancken was arrested by Italian police as a suspect in this murder, which occurred shortly after Ulrich had been observed during a television interview with Van Der Plancken conducted by Belgian public broadcaster RTBF. The timing of Ulrich's death, coming just days after his exposure during the investigation, suggested a possible connection to efforts to silence witnesses or eliminate loose ends within the trafficking network.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Van Der Plancken maintained regular presence at the [[G-Force nightclub]] in [[Amsterdam]], which was owned by American [[John Edward Mullaney]] and had connections to the [[Spartacus International]] network. This nightclub served as a meeting point for various figures in the European pedophile and trafficking scene, including Marc Dutroux. The establishment provided a legitimate business front for criminal networking, allowing traffickers, pornographers, and their associates to coordinate operations while maintaining plausible deniability. Van Der Plancken's regular attendance at this venue demonstrated his integration into the broader European criminal ecosystem that facilitated child exploitation across multiple countries and jurisdictions.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Legal Consequences and Potential Witness Testimony
|
||||
|
||||
Following his arrest for the murder of Gerrit-Jan Ulrich, Van Der Plancken faced imprisonment in [[Italy]] while potentially possessing explosive information about broader criminal networks. His father made dramatic statements to the media, claiming: "If Robby spoke, the Dutroux case wouldn't be anything against it." This statement suggested that Van Der Plancken possessed knowledge that could significantly impact one of Europe's most notorious child abuse and murder cases, potentially implicating higher-level figures or revealing connections between seemingly disparate criminal operations. The father further alleged that "There is a snuff video in which a boy from Berlin dies. I saw it and recognized my son as the actor in it," suggesting Van Der Plancken's possible involvement in the production of extreme child abuse material.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
German authorities reported that "the alleged child molester Robby van der Plancken, who is imprisoned in Italy because he is said to have shot his partner Gerrit Jan Ulrich, can be seen in at least five Gero films." This connection to Gero-Video, a known producer of child pornography, further established Van Der Plancken's role in the commercial exploitation of children across multiple production and distribution networks. The international scope of these operations—spanning Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Italy—demonstrated the challenges faced by law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting cross-border criminal enterprises that exploited jurisdictional boundaries and legal differences between countries.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
In February 2001, investigators tracked down a transvestite in [[Amsterdam]] named Robert Jan Warmerdam, who "claimed to have known not only Robbie Van Der Plancken, but also Marc Dutroux." [^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "BCCI Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- BCCI
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
summary: "Sami Masri was a BCCI operative."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Sami Masri was a [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] operative.[^1] He was a Palestinian with a [[Jordan|Jordanian]] passport, raised in [[Abu Dhabi]], and had connections to [[Sheikh Zayed]]'s Private Department.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Role in BCCI's Black Network
|
||||
|
||||
Masri was recruited into BCCI's "[[Black Network]]" in 1984 while in college in [[Pittsburgh]].[^3] This network was a clandestine division of BCCI that functioned as a global intelligence operation and a mafia-like enforcement squad.[^4] Masri described the network's involvement in drug shipments, smuggled gold, stolen military secrets, assassinations, bribery, extortion, covert intelligence operations, and weapons deals.[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
He claimed the Black Network did a lot of intelligence operations with the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], including picking up and assassinating people for the agency.[^6] Masri stated that the organization was bankrolled by BCCI and aimed for complete domination of key countries.[^7] He also revealed that the Black Network was involved in financing both sides in [[Nicaragua]], handling money from [[Saudi Arabia]] for the [[Contras]] and from [[Kuwait]] for the [[Sandinistas]].[^8]
|
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|
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Masri was a source for [[Jonathan Beaty]] and [[S. C. Gwynne]] during their investigation into BCCI. He provided detailed information about the bank's criminal activities and its connections to intelligence agencies, though he was often evasive and exaggerated his own importance.[^9] He was secretly tape-recorded by federal law enforcement figures as he described BCCI's criminal activities.[^10]
|
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|
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### Legal Issues and Personal Life
|
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|
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Masri was arrested by American Customs agents in Tampa, Florida, as part of a sting operation targeting money laundering.[^11] He was later indicted on charges of tax evasion stemming from a coffee-smuggling scheme financed by BCCI.[^12]
|
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|
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His personal life was tumultuous; he was disinherited by his family after marrying an Australian airline stewardess named Pamela. He later sought to divorce Pamela, claiming she knew too much about his work with the Black Network.[^13]
|
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|
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### Footnotes
|
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|
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[^1]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 10.
|
||||
[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 94.
|
||||
[^3]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 103.
|
||||
[^4]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 147.
|
||||
[^5]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 90.
|
||||
[^6]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 108.
|
||||
[^7]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 105.
|
||||
[^8]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 105.
|
||||
[^9]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 122.
|
||||
[^10]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 29.
|
||||
[^11]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 13.
|
||||
[^12]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 14.
|
||||
[^13]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 94.
|
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|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "American engineer and CEO of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, member of FGBMFI connected to the PROMIS scandal network."
|
||||
born: 1922-10-12
|
||||
died: 2012-03-19
|
||||
location: "Little Rock, Arkansas"
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Sanford N. McDonnell]] (October 12, 1922 – March 19, 2012) was an American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist. He was a member of [[Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International|FGBMFI]] and was associated with [[McDonnell Douglas Corporation]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas,[^2] McDonnell attended [[Princeton University]], the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], and [[Washington University in St. Louis]], earning bachelor's degrees in economics (1945) and mechanical engineering (1948), and a master's degree in applied mechanics (1954).[^3]
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||||
|
||||
In 1948, McDonnell joined [[McDonnell Aircraft Corporation]], a company founded by his uncle, [[James S. McDonnell]], as a stress engineer. He participated in the development of the F-101 Voodoo and the F-4 Phantom II jet fighters. In 1962, he was named vice president-general manager of all combat aircraft. He became the president of the company, by then [[McDonnell Douglas Corporation]], in 1971, and chief executive officer the following year. Upon the death of [[James S. McDonnell]] in 1980, Sanford McDonnell succeeded him as chairman of the board, a role he retained until 1988. He also served as chairman of the board of governors of the [[Aerospace Industries Association]].[^3]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
|
||||
[^2]: *World Who's who in Commerce and Industry*. 1968.
|
||||
[^3]: "[History of Sanford McDonnell](https://web.archive.org/web/20101120111514/http://boeing.com/history/mdc/snm.htm)" *Boeing.com*. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010.
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Authors & Journalists"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Journalist
|
||||
- Author
|
||||
summary: "McClendon had alerted authorities that Wilcher was missing."
|
||||
born: 1910-07-08
|
||||
died: 2003-01-08
|
||||
location: "Tyler, Texas"
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Sarah McClendon]] was a [[White House]] correspondent and a close friend of [[Paul Wilcher]]. She wrote in her *Washington Report* on July 4, 1993, an article entitled "Death of a Friend," expressing her belief that Wilcher was a "casualty of good citizenship and patriotism."[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
McClendon had alerted authorities that Wilcher was missing. She was present at the scene after Wilcher's death but was unable to identify his body after viewing the remains. She was told that preliminary autopsy results found "no natural cause of death, and no other cause of death" to explain Wilcher's demise, despite him being in apparent good health.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
McClendon called local police for 24 hours, imploring them to check on Wilcher. She attempted to get possession of the papers and tapes he left behind, but his family took them away. She believed Wilcher was a political prisoner, persecuted because he allegedly flew former President [[George H.W. Bush]] to [[Paris]] to meet with 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]
|
||||
|
||||
McClendon was also present when [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents arrived at Wilcher's apartment. She checked their identification, which seemed convincing. She later phoned the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] to ask about the presence of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents, and [[James V. Desarno, Jr.]], Assistant Special Agent in Charge from the D.C. Metropolitan Office, arrived. Desarno strongly denied that the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] was interested in or involved in the case, despite the presence of multiple agents.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
McClendon petitioned [[Dr. Joye Carter]] of the D.C. Medical Examiner's office to submit forensic evidence from Wilcher's body fluids for further study, as the inconclusive autopsy results raised concerns. She also expressed her desire to submit the evidence to [[Dr. Mason]], a top forensic toxicologist.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "Lieutenant Colonel in Israeli Military Intelligence who commanded Unit 8206's code-breaking department and recruited Ari Ben-Menashe."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Lieutenant Colonel [[Sasson Yishaek]], also known as Lt. Col. Sasson, was a key figure in [[Israel|Israeli]] Military Intelligence. He was the number-two person in the code-breaking department of [[Unit 8200]] and later became its commander, replacing [[Reuben Yirador|Col. Yirador]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Sasson Yishaek|Lt. Col. Sasson]] recruited [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] into Military Intelligence in 1973, offering him a special position in connection with his military service. He was involved in the incident where [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] broke the [[Iran|Iranian]] diplomatic code. He also court-martialed [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] for insubordination when [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] refused an assignment to the [[Rome]] listening station, a decision that was later overruled by the Director of Military Intelligence.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 19th, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- DoJ
|
||||
summary: "Lawrence's investigation quickly expanded beyond the software to follow a drug trail."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Scott Lawrence]] is a [[U.S. Customs|U.S. Customs]] internal affairs investigator from Boston. He became involved in the investigation of the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]], initially focusing on [[Peter Videnieks]], a [[U.S. Customs|U.S. Customs]] contract specialist detailed to the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] in the early 1980s for the development of the [[PROMIS]] software.[1]
|
||||
|
||||
Lawrence's investigation quickly expanded beyond the software to follow a drug trail. His deep-cover drug investigation was code-named [[THE INDO-CHINA PROJECT]], operating on the Maine/Canadian border. However, his probe was abruptly shut down after he and his supervisor, [[John (Tim) Kelly]], requested to impanel grand juries in several states to depose officials from the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. The [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] declined this request, and [[Peter Videnieks]] was never charged with any wrongdoing.[1]
|
||||
|
||||
Despite the obstruction, Lawrence is noted as one of only two investigators who remained in law enforcement after directly or peripherally investigating the alleged theft of the [[PROMIS]] software and its connections to high-level organized crime, drugs, and money laundering.[1]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[1] Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Military"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Lieutenant Colonel Shimon Lavee was the branch head of the Special Assistance Branch (SIM) of the External Relations Department of the Israel Defense Forces/Military Intelligence."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Lieutenant Colonel [[Shimon Lavee]] was the branch head of the Special Assistance Branch (SIM) of the External Relations Department of the [[Israel]]/Military Intelligence. He was responsible for preparing the [[Israel|Israeli]] version of the [[SIMWA]] (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement) between [[Israel]] and [[South Africa]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
summary: "Member of FGBMFI who participated in a 1970 prayer meeting with California Governor Ronald Reagan at his Sacramento home."
|
||||
---
|
||||
[[Shirley Boone]] was a member of FGBMFI ([[Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International]]). In 1970, she, along with [[Pat Boone]], [[Harold Bredesen]], and [[George Otis]], prayed with then-California Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] at his home in Sacramento.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Military"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Military
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
- General
|
||||
summary: "Major General Shlomo Gazit was the Director of Israeli Military Intelligence."
|
||||
born: 1926-10-22
|
||||
died: 2020-10-08
|
||||
location: "Istanbul, Turkey"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Major General [[Shlomo Gazit]] was the Director of [[Mossad]]. He commended [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and other members of the [[Unit 8200]] Iranian desk after they successfully broke the [[Iran|Iranian]] diplomatic code.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "Israeli intelligence asset in Paris who coordinated the October 1980 Paris meeting between Israeli, Iranian, and American delegations."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Simon Gabbay]] was a cousin of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]'s father and the head of a Jewish organization in [[Paris]], [[France]]. He served as an [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence asset for many years.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Simon Gabbay|Gabbay]] coordinated the October 1980 [[Paris Summit Meeting]] between [[Israel|Israeli]] and [[Iran|Iranian]] delegations, which included [[George H.W. Bush]], [[William J. Casey]], and [[Mehdi Karrubi]]. His role was to eliminate direct contact between [[Israel|Israeli]] and [[Iran|Iranian]] embassy personnel. He continued to serve this function in subsequent years.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "Discussions included the Mujahideen's willingness to field test new and esoteric weapons and return research reports with photos."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Tim Osman]] was a figure involved in a worldwide support network for the [[Mujahideen]] in [[Afghanistan]]. He met with [[Ted Gunderson]], [[Ralph Olberg]], and [[Michael Riconosciuto]] in early 1986 to discuss this network, which focused on the Afghanistan Resistance Movement against the Soviets.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
Discussions included the Mujahideen's willingness to field test new and esoteric weapons and return research reports with photos. They also discussed the capture and/or defection of high-ranking Soviet military personnel with sensitive compartmentalized information, and the availability of their briefings. Other topics included a military joint venture in [[Turkey]] to produce specialized ammunition and a lobbying effort to legally obtain Stinger II missiles and their variants.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
[[Ralph Olberg]] and Osman proposed an unprecedented leadership meeting in Washington D.C. to prove that their group represented the full leadership of the Mujahideen, addressing a "turf battle problem" with certain factions of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and their group, MSH (Management Science For Health).[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Iran-Contra"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- IranContra
|
||||
- Israel
|
||||
summary: "Middle East correspondent for Newsday who received early details of the Iran-Contra story from Ari Ben-Menashe."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Timothy Phelps]] was the Middle East correspondent for *Newsday*, based in [[Cairo]]. He visited [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] several times in [[Jerusalem]], where [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] provided him with details about the [[Oliver North|North]] story, which later became known as the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. However, *Newsday* did not print the story.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
12
10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Tina Sinatra.md
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|
|
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "Other"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
summary: "Daughter of Frank Sinatra who expressed interest in adapting The Last Circle and the PROMIS scandal for film or television."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
[[Tina Sinatra]] is the daughter of [[Frank Sinatra]]. She was involved in overseeing a slate of projects at [[Joel Silver Productions]], including *The Manchurian Candidate*. She read the draft manuscript of *The Last Circle* and was very interested in meeting [[Robert Booth Nichols]], seeing the Zapruder tape, and reading his script. She was also interested in a potential TV or movie project based on *The Last Circle*.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
|
||||
22
10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/William Ryback.md
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|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "BCCI Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- BCCI
|
||||
summary: "William Ryback was the Deputy Director of Banking Supervision at the Federal Reserve."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
William Ryback was the Deputy Director of Banking Supervision at the [[Federal Reserve]].[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
### Role in BCCI Investigation
|
||||
|
||||
Ryback was the Federal Reserve's spearhead in the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]]-[[First American Bank]] case.[^2] He had repeatedly investigated the supposed connections between the two banks but had found no concrete evidence.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
In December 1990, Ryback traveled to [[London]] and demanded to see the October 1990 audit report of BCCI from [[Zafar Iqbal]], who had recently taken over BCCI.[^2] This audit revealed over $1 billion in loans to an entity coded "[[XYZ Corp]]." and that the loans were secured by stock in XYZ, with no repayment.[^2] Ryback concluded that "XYZ Corp." was actually [[First American Bank]] and that the loans were made to front men.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
Ryback's findings led him to believe that BCCI had been lying to the Federal Reserve for years, and he sought to have [[Clark Clifford]] and [[Robert Altman]] investigated for withholding this vital information.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 11.
|
||||
[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 132-133.
|
||||
21
10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/William Sessions.md
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21
10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/William Sessions.md
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|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- PROMIS
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- Lawyer
|
||||
- INSLAW
|
||||
summary: "William Sessions was the Director of the FBI."
|
||||
born: 1930-05-27
|
||||
died: 2020-06-12
|
||||
location: "Fort Smith, Arkansas"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
William Sessions was the Director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. He became involved in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]] due to allegations that the FBI's Field Office Information Management System ([[FOIMS]]) was a pirated version of [[INSLAW|Inslaw]]'s [[PROMIS]] software.
|
||||
|
||||
In January 1991, [[Terry D. Miller]], President of Government Sales Consultants, Inc., sent a letter to Director Sessions, alleging that FOIMS was stolen. In response, Sessions offered the FBI's complete cooperation to the Special Counsel's investigation, agreeing to a request to examine the FOIMS software. He requested reasonable security-related conditions, including requiring the expert to have appropriate security clearance. The Special Counsel's investigation ultimately concluded that FOIMS was not PROMIS or any derivative of PROMIS, and that it was developed independently by the FBI.[^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.
|
||||
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10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/William von Raab.md
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|
|
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
category: "BCCI Scandal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- BCCI
|
||||
- Banker
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
summary: "William von Raab was the U.S."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
William von Raab was the [[U.S. Customs]] Commissioner.[^1]
|
||||
|
||||
He was involved in the [[Hashemi sting]] operation, which was designed to entrap individuals connected with [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence arms sales to [[Iran]].[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
Von Raab, along with [[Rudolph Giuliani]], gave joint TV interviews on April 22, 1986, announcing the arrest of a "huge ring of terrorists" and "Merchants of Death" who were supposedly about to sell arms worth a billion dollars to [[Iran]]. [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] claims that von Raab and his associates had created the crime themselves.[^2]
|
||||
|
||||
### Role in BCCI Scandal
|
||||
|
||||
Von Raab headed the agency during the Tampa money-laundering investigations involving the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]].[^1] He stated that the [[C-Chase]] sting operation, which led to the arrest of several BCCI bankers, was the most important money-laundering case in history.[^3]
|
||||
|
||||
After BCCI's Tampa conviction, von Raab thought the case was "enormously meaningful" and announced it publicly. He was told by his superiors to dampen his public enthusiasm.[^4] He later testified before the [[John Kerry|Kerry]] subcommittee that the [[Department of Justice]] had denied knowledge of the [[Ali Mirza]] tapes, which contained crucial information about BCCI's activities.[^5]
|
||||
|
||||
### Footnotes
|
||||
|
||||
[^1]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 11.
|
||||
[^2]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
|
||||
[^3]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 25.
|
||||
[^4]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 389.
|
||||
[^5]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 54.
|
||||
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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summary: "Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his pioneering work on quantum mechanics, particularly the Pauli exclusion principle."
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born: 1900-04-25
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died: 1958-12-15
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location: "Vienna, Austria"
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Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his pioneering work on quantum mechanics, particularly the Pauli exclusion principle. He is also famously associated with the "Pauli effect," a phenomenon where technical equipment inexplicably malfunctions or breaks in his presence[^1].
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The Pauli effect was coined after numerous instances were noted where Pauli was present and technical equipment malfunctioned, fell, broke, or sustained unusual damage. For example, in February 1950, during a visit to Princeton University, the cyclotron Pauli had come to observe inexplicably caught fire[^1].
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Pauli, along with psychiatrist [[Carl Jung]], had a lively conversation about [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]], discussing a paper by physicist Robert A. McConnell titled "ESP—Fact or Fancy?" Jung remarked on how some age-old mysteries never change, and that attempts to explain away seemingly miraculous results often fail against the facts[^1].
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Pauli wrote an article on the subject titled "Background Physics," in which he discussed the relationships between physics, the conscious, and the unconscious[^1]. His association with Jung and his interest in the unconscious aspects of reality highlight a unique intersection of physics and parapsychology.
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### Footnotes
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[^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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