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Operations Corrupt America and the World Douglas Valentine Author of three books on CIA operations, Valentine's research into CIA activities began when CIA Director William Colby gave him free access to interview CIA officials who had been involved in various aspects of the Phoenix program in South Vietnam. It was a permission Colby was to regret. The CIA would rescind it, making every effort to impede publication of The Phoenix Program, which documented the CIA's elaborate system of population surveillance, control, entrapment, imprisonment, torture and assassination in Vietnam.While researching Phoenix, Valentine learned that the CIA allowed opium and heroin to flow from its secret bases in Laos, to generals and politicians on its payroll in South Vietnam. His investigations into this illegal activity focused on the CIA's relationship with the federal drugs agencies mandated by Congress to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States. Based on interviews with senior officials, Valentine wrote two subsequent books, The Strength of the Wolf and The Strength of the Pack, showing how the CIA infiltrated federal drug law enforcement agencies and commandeered their executive management, intelligence and foreign operations staffs in order to ensure that the flow of drugs continues unimpeded to traffickers and foreign officials in its employ.Ultimately, portions of his research materials would be archived at the National Security Archive, Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center, and John Jay College.This book includes excerpts from the above titles along with subsequent articles and transcripts of interviews on a range of current topics, with a view to shedding light on the systemic dimensions of the CIA's ongoing illegal and extra-legal activities. These terrorism and drug law enforcement articles and interviews illustrate how the CIA's activities impact social and political movements abroad and in the United States.A common theme is the CIA's ability to deceive and propagandize the American public through its impenetrable government-sanctioned shield of official secrecy and plausible deniability.Though investigated by the Church Committee in 1975, CIA praxis then continues to inform CIA praxis now. Valentine tracks its steady infiltration into practices targeting the last population to be subjected to the exigencies of the American empire: the American people.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

“This shocking expose of the CIA operation aimed at destroying the Vietcong infrastructure thoroughly conveys the hideousness of the Vietnam War” (Publishers Weekly).In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, America's Central Intelligence Agency secretly initiated a sweeping program of kidnap, torture, and assassination devised to destabilize the infrastructure of the National Liberation Front (NLF) of South Vietnam, commonly known as the “Viet Cong.” The victims of the Phoenix Program were Vietnamese civilians, male and female, suspected of harboring information about the enemy—though many on the blacklist were targeted by corrupt South Vietnamese security personnel looking to extort money or remove a rival. Between 1965 and 1972, more than eighty thousand noncombatants were “neutralized,” as men and women alike were subjected to extended imprisonment without trial, horrific torture, brutal rape, and in many cases execution, all under the watchful eyes of US government agencies.Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with former participants and observers, Douglas Valentine's startling exposé blows the lid off of what was possibly the bloodiest and most inhumane covert operation in the CIA's history.The ebook edition includes “The Phoenix Has Landed,” a new introduction that addresses the “Phoenix-style network” that constitutes America's internal security apparatus today. Residents on American soil are routinely targeted under the guise of protecting us from terrorism—which is why, more than ever, people need to understand what Phoenix is all about.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

note from the archivist: Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes. However, an explanation is required. umgelenkt. Jimmy wrote these episodes, recorded them, and then began writing a book on WerBell. He wrote expanded the podcast manuscript into a book (and fixed some errors) but was required to stop writing for personal reasons. Jimmy did not stop due to what he found. additional note: the Douglas Valentine interview regarding the Charles Harrelson case (as well as Valentine's books in general) make a strong case for DEACON kill squads and/or secret teams within PI offices. incredibly hard artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__) Songs: Wig Split by Pouya ft. Denzel Curry

Dive deep into the shadowy depths of the CIA's darkest operations with "Veil of Shadows: The Hidden Truths of the CIA". Uncover startling revelations and bone-chilling secrets of an agency that operates beyond the grasp of law, cloaked in mystery and deception. Each episode peels back layers of intrigue, exposing covert missions and the tangled webs of deceit woven with the approval of the highest echelons of power. From orchestrating coups to secret wars and espionage, "Veil of Shadows" reveals a chilling portrait of an agency that shapes history from the shadows. Are you ready to uncover the truth? Listen if you dare.(00:00 - 01:25) Valentine discusses his extensive research on the CIA, noting it operates outside U.S. laws with Congressional, executive, and Supreme Court backing, enabling it to commit crimes overseas without prosecution.(02:03 - 03:28) He outlines the CIA's operation criteria: intelligence potential and absolute deniability, explaining that operations must be both potentially beneficial and entirely secret, with agents often disguised as diplomats, military officers, or businessmen to maintain deniability.(03:28 - 05:10) Valentine introduces his book and the Phoenix Program, a CIA initiative from the Vietnam War aimed at dismantling the Viet Cong's infrastructure through targeting civilian leaders, emphasizing the program's secrecy and its critical role in U.S. military strategy.(06:32 - 10:27) The Phoenix Program is described in depth, revealing its two-tier approach: high-level operations to turn Viet Cong leaders into double agents and low-level actions to terrorize villagers and dissuade them from supporting the Viet Cong, often using extreme measures like bombings and assassinations.(11:35 - 55:38) Valentine shares personal anecdotes about his journey to uncovering CIA secrets, his interactions with key figures like William Colby and Evan Parker, and the broader implications of his findings, including the alignment of CIA objectives with American capitalist and imperialist agendas, and the parallel he draws between the Phoenix Program and post-9/11 U.S. Homeland Security strategies.

for this full episode, two extra episodes each month, and exclusive content please visit: patreon.com/thenickbryantpodcast Valentine is the author of the following books: The CIA as Organized Crime The Phoenix Program The Hotel Tacloban The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, Winner of the Choice Award for Excellence The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA A Crow's Dream nickbryantnyc.com EpsteinJustice.com

Today I'm rejoined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to discuss his work for Woody Harrelson investigating his father, Charles Harrelson. This episode lays the groundwork for understanding Valentine's relationship to Daniel Sheehan and how this working relationship began. Along the way, Valentine discusses the Karen Silkwood case, his previous work, the Christic Institute and Daniel Sheehan, and the very complicated and messy nature of his work charting out espionage and drug networks. artwork by @deep_red_bells Songs: Friend of the Devil by the Gr8teful Dead I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World by Iris DeMent

Today I'm rejoined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to finish our discussion about the Harrelson investigation. In this episode, he explains the nature of politically protected drug trafficking, the Dixie Mafia, and how and why Charles Harrelson killed a federal judge. Valentine explains what he found in his investigation, the nature of the material evidence which got Charles Harrelson a new trial, how Sheehan botched the case, and how Woody undermined it himself on top of that. Further, Valentine explains how we are living in an illusory reality with regards to political realities. artwork by @deep_red_bells Songs: Stagger Lee performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Ain't the Reaping Ever Done by Eddie Noack

Douglas Valentine is the author of four books of historical nonfiction: The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix Program, The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, and The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA. He is the author of the novel TDY, and a book of poems, A Crow's Dream. He is also the editor of the poetry anthology With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Centuryhttps://amzn.to/422cImI

Douglas Valentine - CIA - Pheonix ProgramSep 27, 2022Douglas Valentine joins Ed Opperman to discuss the CIA and in particular the Pheonix Program. The Phoenix Program for the unacquainted was a CIA generated operation that sponsored mass arrests, terrorism, torture, murder and lies during the war in Vietnam. Many of the players went on to walk the halls of the Pentagon, Congress, the Department of Homeland Security, and major National Security Corporations.As no other writer, Doug Valentine has been to the heart of darkness in American foreign policy and come back with stories of historic moment. His brilliant, courageous work is revelation, prophecy, wisdom. It will stand as a singular mark of our saving capacity to learn.Books: The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in VietnamWebsite : Douglas ValentineThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

Today I'm joined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to discuss his new book, Pisces Moon: the Dark Arts of Empire. The book provides perspective on his life's work exposing the misdeeds of America's intelligence community. Along the way, he also shares his thoughts on current events, spirituality, and answers crucial questions about his career. Songs: Sinister Purpose by Creedence Clearwater Revival Links: www.douglasvalentine.com/ Merch: https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

Douglas Valentine: The Phoenix Program and the CIA"Doug Valentine belongs to that precious remnant of journalists and historians with the wisdom to see our time, the integrity and courage to write about it, and the literary grace to bring it all chillingly alive. This indispensable book may quite well be the best yet in the author's already singular body of work. He takes us again into that dark inner reality of policy and politics that Americans so tragically deny and evade, and gives us back a reflection there is no denying, no escaping. If there is hope for America at this moment of so many reckonings, it is out of pages like these." Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American PoliticianThe Phoenix Program: Created by the CIA in Saigon in 1967, Phoenix was a computer-driven program aimed at "neutralizing", through assassination, kidnapping, and systematic torture, the civilian infrastructure that supported the insurgency in South Vietnam. It was a terrifying "final solution" that violated the Geneva Conventions and traditional American ideas of human morality. "An important book." -- John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars. http://www.douglasvalentine.com/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

Douglas Valentine - CIA - Pheonix ProgramDouglas Valentine joins Ed Opperman to discuss the CIA and in particular the Pheonix Program. The Phoenix Program for the unacquainted was a CIA generated operation that sponsored mass arrests, terrorism, torture, murder and lies during the war in Vietnam. Many of the players went on to walk the halls of the Pentagon, Congress, the Department of Homeland Security, and major National Security Corporations.As no other writer, Doug Valentine has been to the heart of darkness in American foreign policy and come back with stories of historic moment. His brilliant, courageous work is revelation, prophecy, wisdom. It will stand as a singular mark of our saving capacity to learn.Books: The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in VietnamWebsite : Douglas ValentineThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

patreon.com/thenickbryantpodcast for the full episode and 2 extra episodes a month. Douglas Valentine is an award-winning author of nine books. His research materials have been archived at the National Security Archive, Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center, and John Jay College. His latest book, Pisces Moon, written in the first person, documents his personal odyssey into investigating CIA malfeasance criminality. Buy Pisces Moon today: https://tinyurl.com/27s5d28t https://www.douglasvalentine.com/ nickbryantnyc.com epsteinjustice.com

Publisher R. A. “Kris” Millegan recently spoke with Douglas Valentine, the author of six books of historical nonfiction. THE HOTEL TACLOBANTHE PHOENIX PROGRAM: America's Use of Terror in VietnamTHE STRENGTH OF THE WOLF: The Secret History of America's War on DrugsTHE STRENGTH OF THE PACK: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEATHE CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World,… and the new TrineDay book, PISCES MOON: The Dark Arts of Empire (which is also a memoir), available at TrineDay dot com and the usual sellers.Doug has also written a novel and a book of poems and is the editor of the poetry anthology WITH OUR EYES WIDE OPEN: Poems of the New American Century.Doug: “There's nothing mystical about the kind of people who run the CIA. They're the kind of people who just want to kind of grab what you have and take it for themselves. They have for many years hired the best and the brightest, guys from Harvard and Yale who are organizational geniuses, who know how to bureaucratize systems – the kind now in place that determine where we go – yet they also know how to insulate those systems from the rest of us.”

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://drdannielleblumenthal.wordpress.com/2022/03/19/the-cia-70-years-in-ukraine-with-douglas-valentine-highlights/

Author Douglas Valentine discusses The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. https://www.amazon.com/CIA-Organized-Crime-Illegal-Operations/dp/0997287012 www.douglasvalentine.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Douglas Valentine discusses The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. https://www.amazon.com/CIA-Organized-Crime-Illegal-Operations/dp/0997287012 www.douglasvalentine.com

Abby Martin introduces the first installment of a new Empire Files series about the CIA explaining why the agency was created, and how it became the most nefarious criminal organization in the world, with CIA expert Douglas Valentine. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefiles FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles LIKE // https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // https://empirefiles.store

Douglas Valentine is an author, investigator, journalist and poet and also a perfect L.A.L.O. (Life And Life Only) guest since his work and life are a combination of seeking the truth about potentially dark areas of life while promoting self-development and a spiritual centre through his poetry. In this information-packed conversation, we mostly focus on Vietnam and the C.I.A, the latter being the subject of Doug's latest book, but there is a wider discussion about propaganda methods used and honed through the ages and up to the present day. The conversation is top-and-tailed with clips from two comedy legends with insights on how the world really works. A link to Doug's website can be found below If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback or discuss a life coaching consultation, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  links Doug's main website http://www.douglasvalentine.com Carl Bernstein's famous essay on the C.I.A.'s influence on the media http://carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php George Carlin- 'The Owners of the Country' (extended version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4vvFwyYWQ Bill Hicks- 'It's Just A Ride' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w          

Join Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and intrepid author and researcher Douglas Valentine as they discuss the matrix of the CIA, law enforcement, and organized crime. This is the 25th episode of the Resistance Recovery podcast. Recorded on July 24, 2020. "Doug Valentine belongs to that precious remnant of journalists and historians with the wisdom to see our time, the integrity and courage to write about it, and the literary grace to bring it all chillingly alive." Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, 1991Douglas Valentine is the author of five works of non-fiction: The CIA as Organized Crime (2017), The Strength of the Pack (2009), The Strength of the Wolf (2004), The Phoenix Program (1990), and The Hotel Tacloban (1984); the novel TDY (2000); and a book of poems, A Crow's Dream (2011). Also editor of the poetry anthology With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century (2012).To learn more about Douglas' work and publications visit http://www.douglasvalentine.com​. Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in the field. Discover RR's new paradigm of addiction recovery by visiting http://resistancerecovery.com.Join the Resistance: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1236683136534727/ Visit the RR YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RESISTANCERECOVERYSign-up for Long Threads and get Resistance Recovery news: https://mailchi.mp/ddc8023bec67/welcometoresistancerecoverySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/resistance-recovery/donations

Author, Investigator, Journalist, & Poet, Douglas Valentine joins us for episode 98 of ABR. Douglas is the author of multiple books of historical non-fiction covering World War II, the Vietnam War and America's war on drugs: The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix Program, The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, and The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA. Douglas has lectured and appeared on TV and radio talk shows, testified as an expert witness, served as documentary film consultant and worked as a private investigator. Stay Connected!!! http://www.douglasvalentine.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Douglas-Valentine/e/B001H6W4UA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://twitter.com/dougvalentine77?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19421/lot/1237/ The Airey Bros. IG @aireybros / https://www.instagram.com/aireybros/ https://www.blacksheependurance.com/podcast Premium Content : AB/DC Programming / B-Role & Mix Tapes / Accountability Coaching https://www.patreon.com/AireyBros Value for Value https://venmo.com/Richard-Airey https://venmo.com/Jimi-Airey https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=BHCAKFGH6TNF2 Handmade in Longmont, Colorado, 42% of every Honey Bunchies Gourmet Honey Bar is pure honey with peanuts, pecans and sunflower kernels. Our bar contains simple, clean ingredients and are gluten-free, grain-free and soy-free. A perfect salty-sweet combination packed with all-natural energy that will make your tastebuds jump for joy! Use ABR1512 at check out for 10% off your next order https://honeybunchies.com/ Do you enjoy a well made pour over but don't have the time for set up, brew time and clean up? Check out Mount Hagen Coffee. Organic, Fair Trade, instant, freeze dried. https://www.mounthagen.de/en Have you tried Keto Soups from Kettle and Fire they are delicious and they are essential for any ultra marathon crew. Don't get stuck using powdered broths and top ramen at your next ultra, use Kettle and Fire, you won't regret it. Order now and save up 30% on your order https://offers.kettleandfire.com/bfcm-2019/?afmc=runningwod People always ask us about supplements my answers vary from time to time with what using at any given moment but one constant since 2013 has been Cordyceps Mushrooms from Onnit. Shroom TECH Sport helps you turn up your training volume. Whether you’re a recreational exerciser or a dedicated athlete, this means MORE: reps, circuits, miles, laps, more of the hard work you love to hate. Best of all, Shroom TECH Sport delivers improved performance all without the use of stimulants like caffeine. It's designed to be used before exercise or for a daily energy boost. http://onnit.sjv.io/c/478343/349600/5155

Author, Investigator, Journalist, & Poet, Douglas Valentine joins us for episode 98 of ABR. Douglas is the author of multiple books of historical non-fiction covering World War II, the Vietnam War and America's war on drugs: The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix Program, The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, and The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA. Douglas has lectured and appeared on TV and radio talk shows, testified as an expert witness, served as documentary film consultant and worked as a private investigator. Stay Connected!!! http://www.douglasvalentine.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Douglas-Valentine/e/B001H6W4UA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://twitter.com/dougvalentine77?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19421/lot/1237/ The Airey Bros. IG @aireybros / https://www.instagram.com/aireybros/ https://www.blacksheependurance.com/podcast Premium Content : AB/DC Programming / B-Role & Mix Tapes / Accountability Coaching https://www.patreon.com/AireyBros Value for Value https://venmo.com/Richard-Airey https://venmo.com/Jimi-Airey https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=BHCAKFGH6TNF2 Handmade in Longmont, Colorado, 42% of every Honey Bunchies Gourmet Honey Bar is pure honey with peanuts, pecans and sunflower kernels. Our bar contains simple, clean ingredients and are gluten-free, grain-free and soy-free. A perfect salty-sweet combination packed with all-natural energy that will make your tastebuds jump for joy! Use ABR1512 at check out for 10% off your next order https://honeybunchies.com/ Do you enjoy a well made pour over but don't have the time for set up, brew time and clean up? Check out Mount Hagen Coffee. Organic, Fair Trade, instant, freeze dried. https://www.mounthagen.de/en Have you tried Keto Soups from Kettle and Fire they are delicious and they are essential for any ultra marathon crew. Don't get stuck using powdered broths and top ramen at your next ultra, use Kettle and Fire, you won't regret it. Order now and save up 30% on your order https://offers.kettleandfire.com/bfcm-2019/?afmc=runningwod People always ask us about supplements my answers vary from time to time with what using at any given moment but one constant since 2013 has been Cordyceps Mushrooms from Onnit. Shroom TECH Sport helps you turn up your training volume. Whether you're a recreational exerciser or a dedicated athlete, this means MORE: reps, circuits, miles, laps, more of the hard work you love to hate. Best of all, Shroom TECH Sport delivers improved performance all without the use of stimulants like caffeine. It's designed to be used before exercise or for a daily energy boost. http://onnit.sjv.io/c/478343/349600/5155

Abby and Robbie Martin dive deep into the CIA assassination program during the Vietnam war known as the 'Phoenix Program' with writer and deep politics expert Douglas Valentine. The contradiction of Daniel Ellsberg being a Vietnam war whistleblower and a player in the Phoenix Program is also explored. After combing through the long and horrid history of CIA criminal activity and murder the discussion concludes with Douglas' take on the idea of 'Trump VS the Deep State' and how it is a false paradigm that distracts the American people away from the *real* deep state. Intro/Outro music: Shin Megami Tensei If... OST - Donyoku Kai Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey // twitter.com/dougvalentine77

Guest: Bonnie Faulkner - http://gunsandbutter.org/ | ECONOMY, HISTORY, POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, CONSPIRACIES, GLOBALISM, CENSORSHIP Bonnie Faulkner produces and hosts the political economy radio program, Guns and Butter.  Her first broadcast, one month after the crimes of September 11th, established foreknowledge of these events by Wall Street, the big banks and intelligence agencies.  Since that first show, Guns and Butter has continued its in-depth analysis of all aspects of the September 11th attacks and the resulting 9/11 wars.  Richard Gage first learned the facts of 9/11 on her show and went on to found Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth.  Guns and Butter early on covered the subprime and the coming financial meltdown of 2008 and continues its in-depth financial analysis with such experts as Michael Hudson, Michel Chossudovsky, Max Keiser, William Engdahl, William K. Black and many others.  Her radio shows are archived at gunsandbutter.org, where you can listen to her extensive interviews with such fascinating guests as James Bacque, Michael Hoffman, Robert Schoch, Jim Fetzer, Lori Handrahan, Gilad Atzmon, William Pepper, Wayne Madsen, Douglas Valentine and many more. She was banned from Pacifica's flagship station, KPFA, in August 2018 for airing a presentation on Palestine by former Army War College Director of Strategic Studies, Alan Sabrosky, in which he cited IRC figures for deaths in concentration camps, considered “holocaust denial”. Visit her website at gunsandbutter.org and help keep the spirit of free speech alive in America. *Guns and Butter airs every Wednesday at 9:00AM Eastern on WBAI in New York City at 99.5 FM and streamed live at wbai.org.

Douglas Valentine explains the 1960s CIA Vietnam torture and extermination program known as “Phoenix” which later went on to be perfected and deployed in war zones around the world after 9/11 and which has come home to roost in the United States through the creation of a permanent surveillance and police state under the auspices […]

Guest: Doug Valentine. Doug talks about his latest book, “TDY” based on a story told to him by a veteran of the Vietnam war who was sent on a covert mission related to the CIA and military involvement in trafficking. There is also a bonus segment about how and why the CIA uses trafficking for funding of covert operations Ep 177EXTRA TDY and War Trafficking.  From the book description:  “This novel by Douglas Valentine, author of the nonfiction bestseller The CIA as Organized Crime, is based on a true story, one told to him by a Vietnam veteran, and barely, yet grippingly, fictionalized here. “In early 1967, a bored, adventurous photojournalist on an Air Force base in Texas is offered a Temporary Duty (TDY) assignment somewhere overseas. The mission is steeped in secrecy, but Pete is promised a large bonus and hazardous duty pay.  The mission that unfolds is terrifying beyond anything Pete ever imagined.” Here’s what Oliver Stone said about the book: “I read it in suspense and found the last revelations after the mission even more disturbing.” Douglas Valentine is an author, investigator, journalist and poet. He’s the author of many other books, including  “The Phoenix Program: America’s Use of Terror in Vietnam,” and “The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World.” He is well known for his extensive research and interviews of numerous CIA officers, former CIA director William Colby and others involved in the Phoenix Program. The Phoenix Program was a large operation that involved kidnapping, torture, and assassination. Its goal was the destruction of the Viet Cong insurgency, a political and paramilitary movement that worked against the United States and the US-backed South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam war.  FOLLOW Doug on Twitter @DougValentine77   Find his work at his website douglasvalentine.com Around the Empire is listener supported, independent media. Pitch in at Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire or paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod. Find all links at aroundtheempire.com.  SUBSCRIBE on YouTube. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon.  SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, Facebook or on your preferred podcast app. Recorded on August 20, 2020. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Douglas Valentine is an author, journalist & historian. Douglas has lectured and appeared on TV and radio talk shows, testified as an expert witness, served as documentary film consultant and worked as a private investigator. His previous books include The CIA As Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World, The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam, and The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA. He is also the editor of the poetry anthology With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century.

I'm a veteran of the anti-globalization movement, but sadly these days COVID-19 and some seriously messed up lungs have turned my activism into slacktivism. When I wasn't busy yesterday Venmo-ing my donation to the Pittsburgh Freedom Fund (see "Pittsburgh Jailbreak," below), I spent about 12 hours monitoring Twitter feeds, live streams, and my handy police scanner to try to get an idea of what was going on during the Battle of Pittsburgh. On this episode of Failed State Update, I will ponder paranoia, provocateurs, the Phoenix Program, and the one weird thing that connects Vietnam to political activism. Special guests include Pittsburgh activist Vincent Scotti Eirene of Duncan and Porter House, and Douglas Valentine, author of The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam. The Black Political Empowerment Project: https://www.b-pep.net/ Pittsburgh Jailbreak: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aftercare-for Duncan and Porter House: http://www.notowar.com/ Music: "Back Off Boogaloo" by Ringo Starr "Children of the Revolution" by T. Rex "Panic In Detroit" by David Bowie "Urban Guerrilla" by Hawkwind --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/failedstateupdate/message

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On this edition of Parallax Views, Douglas Valentine, author of the groundbreaking book The Phoenix Program, joins us in light of the republication of his book TDY to discuss covert operations, the CIA, the Vietnam War, and more. In this conversation, however, we take a more philosophical turn as Douglas and I attempt to answer the question "How did we get here" in regards to living in an age where secrecy, surveillance, terror, and fear seem to reign supreme in our society. In doing so Douglas and I consult the work of the French theorist Guy Debord of the Situationist International and author of The Society of the Spectacle. In this regard, Douglas makes special reference to Debord's observation that, ""Secrecy dominates this world, and foremost as the secret of domination." All that and more on this edition of Parallax Views! SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWSON PATREON! FORBONUS CONTENTANDARCHIVED EPISODES! ANDCHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR: FAILED STATE UPDATEANEW PODCASTFROMJOURNALIST JOSEPH FLATLEY

Author of three books on CIA operations, Valentine's research into CIA activities began when CIA Director William Colby gave him free access to interview CIA officials who had been involved in various aspects of the Phoenix program in South Vietnam. It was a permission Colby was to regret. The CIA would rescind it, making every effort to impede publication of The Phoenix Program, which documented the CIA's elaborate system of population surveillance, control, entrapment, imprisonment, torture and assassination in Vietnam.While researching Phoenix, Valentine learned that the CIA allowed opium and heroin to flow from its secret bases in Laos, to generals and politicians on its payroll in South Vietnam. His investigations into this illegal activity focused on the CIA's relationship with the federal drugs agencies mandated by Congress to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States. Based on interviews with senior officials, Valentine wrote two subsequent books, The Strength of the Wolf and The Strength of the Pack, showing how the CIA infiltrated federal drug law enforcement agencies and commandeered their executive management, intelligence and foreign operations staffs in order to ensure that the flow of drugs continues unimpeded to traffickers and foreign officials in its employ.Ultimately, portions of his research materials would be archived at the National Security Archive, Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center, and John Jay College.This book includes excerpts from the above titles along with subsequent articles and transcripts of interviews on a range of current topics, with a view to shedding light on the systemic dimensions of the CIA's ongoing illegal and extra-legal activities. These terrorism and drug law enforcement articles and interviews illustrate how the CIA's activities impact social and political movements abroad and in the United States.A common theme is the CIA's ability to deceive and propagandize the American public through its impenetrable government-sanctioned shield of official secrecy and plausible deniability.Though investigated by the Church Committee in 1975, CIA praxis then continues to inform CIA praxis now. Valentine tracks its steady infiltration into practices targeting the last population to be subjected to the exigencies of the American empire: the American people.

Douglas Valentine: CIA in its relation to organized crim and covert international black operations including The Phoenix Program. We discuss his new book TDY Find Doug at http://www.douglasvalentine.com/

Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. This episode we welcome back Douglas Valentine to discuss his new book "TDY" which is based on the stories that he heard from Vietnam Vets about the Black Ops missions they were sent on during the war. Our connection was bad on this episode so the audio is a little choppy so our apologizes for that. Thank you so much for you support!Please check Douglas Valentines new book "TDY":https://www.claritypress.com/product/tdy/Check out all the Tin Foil Hat Full Episode Videos atbrokensimulation.comMy youtube.comYoutube.com/SamTripoliPatreon:Patreon.com/TinFoilHatTshirts:TinFoilHattshirts.comCameo.comwww.cameo.com/samtripoliThank you to our sponsors:Grubhub: Just for our listeners, if you download the Grubhub app and enter promo code SAMT, you'll get $10 off any order of $15 or more on your delivery. That’s promo code SAM for $10 off any order of $15 or more on your delivery. So download the Grubhub app today and use promo code SAMT to enjoy the restaurants you love, delivered.Strong Coffee: Go to www.strongcoffeeltd.com/tinfoil FOR 30% OFFOMAX CryoFreeze: Get 20% off a full bottle of CryoFreeze Pain Roll Relief and anything site wide plus free shipping just go to OMAXhealth.com promocode TINFOILHAT.Manscaped: Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code TINFOILHAT at Manscaped.com. That’s 20% off with free shipping atmanscaped.com, and use code TINFOILHATBlue Chew: Visit Blue Chew dot com and get your first shipment free when you use promo code tinfoil. Just pay $5 shipping. That’s B-L-U-E-Chew dot com promo code tinfoil. Chew it and do it!ADsuits.com: hey have tons of different colors and styles. they have suits in solid colors, pinstripes, plaids, houndstooth, double breasted, corduroy, tuxes. and all for $39 to $69. AND they give away 1 free suit every week to one of our listeners. thats just tinfoil hat fans. we announce the winner here the following week on the show. Just go to ADsuits.com/TinFoilHat and put in your email. or don't put in your email in for the free suit and just go to ADsuits.com/TinFoilHat and get a 2-button suit for $39Live Shows:April 11th: Tin Foil Hat Comedy Night Live at the Rec room @7pmApril 16th: Headlining the Ventura Comedy ClubMay 1st: Spokane Comedy ClubMay 2nd: Tacoma Comedy ClubMay 5th: Chicago at The Den Theatre

  Vietnam was CIA from the start, 1954-1964 The military was unprepared to fight brush-fire wars Regular U.S. military was still in Europe CIA absorbed the people and methodology of the OSS Guerilla and covert wars, Army Special Forces General Erskine, Office of Special Operations, (OSO) The liaison between CIA and the military U.S. war of suppression in the Philippines (1899 – 1902) The OSO provides CIA with personnel, planes, material Military in civilian clothes, civilians with military rank The OSS fought behind enemy lines with partisans They're cutthroats, they like this kind of work Guerilla war, there are no rules, anything goes You have to be able to torture and kill civilians Throwing people out of a helicopter is the least of it Atrocity and crime on an industrial scale Zionists poured into Palestine, guerilla warfare Communists want to take the land back Vietnam, ideological civilian warfare CIA managing police operations, root out the enemy Lansdale becomes the guru Charles Bohannon, Napoleon Valeriano Counterguerrilla Operations: The Phillippine Experience (1962) Lansdale becomes an Air Force colonel An ethic of war crimes as policy The (Hukbalahap) Huk Rebellion, United Fruit, Allen Dulles Communists were the good guys in the Philippines Rampant fascist capitalism turns people into commodities Lansdale put down the Huk Rebellion (1946–54) Paramilitary police work, quasi-military police units Dress up like Huks, wipe out neutral villages Project a boy scout propaganda image back home The Dulles brothers loved Lansdale He packaged lies, bullshit, that was what his genius was Magsaysay gave Ford and Westinghouse franchises CIA and the military, most important to show success Operation Mongoose, Task Force W, second coming of Christ Overthrowing Guatemala not for democracy, for United Fruit "For Democracy" is all a lie, colonial United States Fletcher Prouty explained all this CIA in Saigon, C-4 explosives, kill dozens, blame communists Freedom Company and Operation Brotherhood WWII, OSS, the Psychological Warfare Branch of the U.S. Army Anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists The world is a laboratory for these mad scientists Church Committee Interim Report, Operation Mongoose Lansdale's programs failed, the communists won Ed Murphy worked in Phoenix in Vietnam Military Intelligence in D.C, identify protest leaders Go in and start bonfires and fights U.S. citizens are not considered as different from peasants You're just a commodity to be exploited for your labor Kennedy was killed, Civil Rights, you're a communist Making war has become America's business CIA, military, arms industry, politicians, indistinguishable Doug corresponded with Lansdale, they never met www.douglasvalentine.com The CIA As Organized Crime: (Valentine 2016) How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World  

  Douglas Valentine's website: www.douglasvalentine.com Author of many books Book: TDY: Paperback, Kindle Book: The CIA as Organized Crime: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook Book: The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook List of all books by Douglas Valentine Thallo Pictures Ltd has purchased an option on TDY The story of Valentine's dad, a POW in World War 2 DCI William Colby introduced Valentine to a group of CIA officers involved in the phoenix program The CIA's ability to control the media and propagandize people Book: The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle Book: The Strength of the Pack: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle The CIA runs federal drug law enforcement There is no difference between the CIA and The New York Times The CIA and The New York Times work for the same people Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Donovan appointed his friends from Wall Street to all the big management positions of the OSS The deep state has a stranglehold on everything The CIA does not overthrow right-wing governments CIA's influence is greatest in the USA The US is now an empire that controls the world CIA = Capitalism's Invisible Army Operation Paperclip and Reinhard Gehlen How the CIA took over the DEA The CIA has also taken over the US Customs The staff of the House of Representatives and the US Senate are run by the CIA Black Op Radio conducted the very first interview of Douglas Valentine on the internet Listen to episodes 19 and 26, Season 1 (2000) Buy the complete Season 1 of BOR for just $10 here  

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#silenceofthelambs #hanniballecter #manhunter I give my take on this gruesome, symbolism-packed film. I cover the theory the whole thing is something other than what most think and link it to the other works from Dace McGowan and Douglas Valentine on the subject. Trauma based MK ultra is at work? Tell me what you think below!

Today on Flashpoints: Deep background on the 60 years of CIA meddling in internal Iranian affairs, in the context of the murder of General Qasem Suleimani, with author, Douglas Valentine. Also, witness at the border: a major action at the US/Mexico border in support of refugees and the right to apply for asylum. The post Douglas Valentine on The 60 Years of CIA Meddling in Iranian Affairs appeared first on KPFA.

Scott Ritter former UN Arms Control Inspector, Douglas Valentine author of The Phoenix Program, Yale Psychiatrist Bandy Lee on Trump's mental health, Sean Reynolds Voices for Creative Non-Violence

Author Douglas Valentine talks his book The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. www.douglasvalentine.com

Author Douglas Valentine talks his book The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. www.douglasvalentine.com

In this episode I interview Douglas Valentine, author of four books in the CIA, DEA and the DEA's predecessor, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics or FBN. As part of my "deep politics" series, Valentine exposes the long and sordid history of CIA involvement in the drug trade and why there's such a cozy relationship between US intelligence and brutal drug cartels. Buckle your seats because this one is a real doozy.

On this edition of Parallax Views, writer Douglas Valentine is perhaps most known for his controversial research into the CIA and its covert operations. His most-well-known work is the heavily-footnoted The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam, which attempted to document particularly chilling Vietnam War operation undertaken by the Agency as overseen by William Colby (who, it should be noted, served as Director of the CIA from September 1973 to January 1976). Valentine has continued to explored the terrain of covert skullduggery in such works as The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics, and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA, and The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. It turns out, however, that this is only one accept of Valentine's work. He is also, as it were, a champion and author of poetry. On this edition of the program, he joins us to discuss the poetry anthology he edited, With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century. In the course of this conversation Douglas explain how he became interested in poetry and how poetry connects to his broader concerns, namely the promotion of humanism and social justice. Additionally, Douglas reads a few poems from the aforementioned anthology and gives his thoughts on the passing of Toni Morrison. And, during the intro, we fill listeners in, just a bit, on his work pertaining to The Phoenix Program. All that and more on this edition of Parallax Views! SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON! WHERE YOU CAN HEAR... PARALLAX VIEWSTHE WEEK THAT WASCURRENT EVENTSPROGRAM

Guest: Douglas Valentine. We talk about the CIA, foreign intelligence and liaison operations, Donald Trump and the Jeffrey Epstein affair.  Douglas Valentine is an author, investigator, journalist and poet. He’s the author of many books, including  “The Phoenix Program: America’s Use of Terror in Vietnam,” and “The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World.” He is well known for his extensive research and interviews of numerous CIA officers, former CIA director William Colby and others involved in the Phoenix Program. The Phoenix Program was a large operation that involved kidnapping, torture, and assassination. Its goal was the destruction of the Viet Cong insurgency, a political and paramilitary movement that worked against the United States and the US-backed South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam war.  FOLLOW Douglas Valentine @dougvalentine77 and find his books, writing and archives on his website www.douglasvalentine.com. Around the Empire is listener supported, independent media. Pitch in at Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire or paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod. Find all links at aroundtheempire.com.  SUBSCRIBE on YouTube. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, Facebook or on your preferred podcast app. Recorded on July 29, 2019. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Timestamps: 2:30 Clip from Andrew McCarthy interview on expectations for the IG report on Russiagate/Spygate, foreign intelligence and liaison operations 7:45 Origins of CIA, political police force, liaison operations, Trump and Epstein, gangsters, ideology based in capitalism, makes it possible for people like Trump & Epstein to thrive, anti-communism/socialism, patriarchy, system enables sexual predatory activity 14:00 Mafia is a model for capitalist corporate enterprises, CIA exempt from laws, all intel services organized similarly, CIA tries to shape social and political environment in other countries for US business enterprises 18:30 To control other countries CIA must control criminal underworld in those countries, Various tactics like sexual blackmail used to coerce businessmen and officials in other countries, partners with organized crime for blackmail, arms and drug trafficking 22:30 1980’s Donald Trump wanted to advance his business overseas, money laundering 26:00  CIA has intel on American businessmen and makes use of them to do its bidding in the US without conducting operations here, immunized and covered up by the national security state 31:30 Five directorates of CIA, directorate of operations has two parts. Foreign intelligence/liaison branch spies and recruits assets, partners with and bargains with foreign intelligence services.  41:30 Recruiting people to spy on their own countries, wittingly or unwittingly. Creates many “proprietary companies” including charitable entities and NGOs, intelligence operations under cover of civic action.  46:00 Assets like Epstein are expendable. Trump became president, so not expendable. Ghislaine Maxwell and blackmail operations. Operations will never be revealed because covered by national security laws 50:30 Women can also perpetuate the corrupt, patriarchichal system. Details of various spectacles aren’t very important in the big picture, as nothing will change until the system is changed Reference Links: John Batchelor Show 7/25/19: Durham and Horowitz aim to answer the hard questions about Spygate [and Liaison Operations] Book: “The Phoenix Program: America’s Use of Terror in Vietnam” Book: “The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World” www.douglasvalentine.com

MintCast co-host Whitney Webb interviews author, investigative journalist and poet Doug Valentine about his extensive work on exposing the dark underbelly of the CIA and some of the agency’s most notorious covert programs. Webb and Valentine begin the interview discussing how Valentine’s journalistic work on the CIA led him to be spied on and even threatened by the agency and how being a dissident journalist in the 1990s compares to being one in the present. Valentine argues that, in the present, efforts to illegalize criticism of the state of Israel are like a gateway that will soon lead to the prohibition of criticism against the U.S. government and its intelligence agencies, the CIA among them.Valentine then touches on some of the themes covered in his book, The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World, including his assertion that the CIA operates as “the organized crime branch of the U.S. government” and how its activities have been influenced by its decades-long relationships with organized crime networks in the United States and throughout the world.Lastly, Webb and Valentine discuss the CIA’s long-standing interest in manipulating the media and how those efforts also extend to alternative media, not just mainstream media outlets. Valentine discusses the methods the CIA uses to target alternative, independent media and how we are seeing their efforts take place in real time.Follow Doug Valentine on Twitter or visit his website to learn more about his work.MintPress donors and patrons: Stay tuned later this week for a patron-exclusive extension of this podcast with Doug Valentine, which will discuss his work on the War on Drugs and the Drug Enforcement Agency and how both are key to unconstitutional, covert CIA programs. You can become a patron via Patreon or through our website.Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

Douglas Valentine is an author, journalist & historian. Douglas has lectured and appeared on TV and radio talk shows, testified as an expert witness, served as documentary film consultant and worked as a private investigator. His previous books include The CIA As Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World, The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam, and The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA. He is also the editor of the poetry anthology With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century.

Guest: Douglas Valentine. We discuss the CIA warrior class. As Doug says, they “truly believe the heroic myth they have created about themselves… endowing the warrior class with the highest social virtues, while justifying the tragic consequences of their imperial marauding as ‘fate’”. Douglas Valentine is an author, investigator, journalist and poet. He’s the author of many books, including  “The Phoenix Program: America’s Use of Terror in Vietnam,” and “The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World.” He is well known for his extensive research and interviews of numerous CIA officers, former CIA director William Colby and others involved in the Phoenix Program. The Phoenix Program was a large operation that involved kidnapping, torture, and assassination. Its goal was the destruction of the Viet Cong insurgency, a political and paramilitary movement that worked against the United States and the US-backed South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam war. FOLLOW Douglas Valentine @dougvalentine77 and find his books, writing and archives on his website www.douglasvalentine.com. Around the Empire is listener supported, independent media. Pitch in if you can at Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire or paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod. Website: aroundtheempire.com. SUBSCRIBE on YouTube. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, Facebook or on your preferred podcast app. Recorded on May 18, 2019. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: www.douglasvalentine.com.  

Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. This episode I welcome the author of the book The CIA As Organized Crime, Douglas Valentine. We discuss the origins of the CIA and it's role in controlling the drug trade all over the world.Please support our sponsors:Duke Cannon: Duke Cannon makes superior-quality grooming goods that meet the high standards of hard-working men. Our products are tested by soldiers, not boy bands. And they’re made in a little place we like to call the United States of America.Visit DukeCannon.com right now and 15% off your first of with the promo code SAM. Free shipping on orders over $35.Lucy.co: If you’re looking for a boost of nicotine that you can enjoy anywhere check out the powerful long lasting flavors of Lucy gum available at Lucy.coThe product was designed by a team of scientists from Harvard, Stanford, and Caltech who were trying to quit smoking. The only thing they could find were pharmaceutical nicotine gums that tasted and looked like medicine. 
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Share this. In this edition of Probable Cause, Newsbud Founder and Editor Sibel Edmonds is joined by Douglas Valentine, author of several non-fiction books, one novel, and one volume of poetry. He has lectured and appeared on TV and radio talk shows, testified as an expert witness, served as a documentary film consultant and worked as a private investigator. His most recent book is The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. Edmonds and Valentine discuss the influence and operations of the CIA abroad and domestically, while controlling the Media. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/2D80YXD Join the Newsbud Community http://bit.ly/2gbO5ii Visit our website http://bit.ly/2gl9jbd Follow Newsbud on Twitter http://bit.ly/29d5XFD Follow Newsbud on Facebook bit.ly/2kEdiRY Operation Mockingbird was a secret campaign by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to influence media. Begun in the 1950s, it was initially organized by Cord Meyer and Allen W. Dulles, it was later led by Frank Wisner after Dulles became the head of the CIA. The organization recruited leading American journalists into a network to help present the CIA’s views, and funded some student and cultural organizations, and magazines as fronts. As it developed, it also worked to influence foreign media and political campaigns, in addition to activities by other operating units of the CIA. The Church Committee was the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities in 1975. The committee investigated abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The committee was part of a series of investigations into intelligence abuses in 1975, dubbed the "Year of Intelligence". Source video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZV_Xm7bsgo Thanks for listening God bless.

Today on the show, we interview Douglas Valentine, author of the definitive book on the CIA's terror operations in Vietnam (The Phoenix Program), and the recently released title: THE CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. Douglas had unprecedented access to CIA officers while writing his book on Phoenix, and since then, he has been one of their most vocal critics. He names names, and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to exposing the criminal...

Today on the show, we interview Douglas Valentine, author of the definitive book on the CIA's terror operations in Vietnam (The Phoenix Program), and the recently released title: THE CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. Douglas had unprecedented access to CIA officers while writing his book on Phoenix, and since then, he has been one of their most vocal critics. He names names, and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to exposing the criminal...

Today on the show, we interview Douglas Valentine, author of the definitive book on the CIA's terror operations in Vietnam (The Phoenix Program), and the recently released title: THE CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. Douglas had unprecedented access to CIA officers while writing his book on Phoenix, and since then, he has been one of their most vocal critics. He names names, and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to exposing the criminal...

Red Wemette : "Nobody Cares and What I did About It! The Red Wemette Story of the Chicago Outfit"Author of three books on CIA operations, Valentine's research into CIA activities began when CIA Director William Colby gave him free access to interview CIA officials who had been involved in various aspects of the Phoenix program in South Vietnam. It was a permission Colby was to regret. The CIA would rescind it, making every effort to impede publication of The Phoenix Program, which documented the CIA's elaborate system of population surveillance, control, entrapment, imprisonment, torture and assassination in Vietnam.While researching Phoenix, Valentine learned that the CIA allowed opium and heroin to flow from its secret bases in Laos, to generals and politicians on its payroll in South Vietnam. His investigations into this illegal activity focused on the CIA's relationship with the federal drugs agencies mandated by Congress to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States. Based on interviews with senior officials, Valentine wrote two subsequent books, The Strength of the Wolf and The Strength of the Pack, showing how the CIA infiltrated federal drug law enforcement agencies and commandeered their executive management, intelligence and foreign operations staffs in order to ensure that the flow of drugs continues unimpeded to traffickers and foreign officials in its employ.Ultimately, portions of his research materials would be archived at the National Security Archive, Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center, and John Jay College.This book includes excerpts from the above titles along with subsequent articles and transcripts of interviews on a range of current topics, with a view to shedding light on the systemic dimensions of the CIA's ongoing illegal and extra-legal activities. These terrorism and drug law enforcement articles and interviews illustrate how the CIA's activities impact social and political movements abroad and in the United States.A common theme is the CIA's ability to deceive and propagandize the American public through its impenetrable government-sanctioned shield of official secrecy and plausible deniability.Though investigated by the Church Committee in 1975, CIA praxis then continues to inform CIA praxis now. Valentine tracks its steady infiltration into practices targeting the last population to be subjected to the exigencies of the American empire: the American people.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

Our interresting times Podcast present special guest: Douglas Valentine author of "The CIA Organized Crime"

Douglas Valentine is the author of four books of historical nonfiction: The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix Program, The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, and The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA. He is the author of the novel TDY, and a book of poems, A Crow's Dream. He is also the editor of the poetry anthology With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Centuryhttps://amzn.to/422cImIBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Chuck Morse Speaks is joined in the first hour by Servando Gonzales in a discussion about Semiotics, the study of symbols and words or phrases, and the author of many books including "THe Swaztica and the Nazis" and "I Dare call it Treason - The Council on Foreign Relations and the Betrayal of America. Website: http://www.intelinet.org/sg_site/ 2nd hour guest: Douglas Valentine, author of "The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA." Website: http://www.douglasvalentine.com/