Michael Clark Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Some Watergate threads with a JFKA connection I haven't read this yet, so I can't speak to it's top 10 worthiness Edited May 21, 2017 by Michael Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Clark Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Vietnam JFK threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Clark Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Dead, missing witnesses threads Edited May 21, 2017 by Michael Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Clark Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Intelligence agencies threads Photo archive of Intelligence assets and agents http://spartacus-educational.com/CIAagents.htm From this thread Edited May 21, 2017 by Michael Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Clark Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Cuban Connections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Clark Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Tim Grats Threads revolving around Tim Gratz brought out some of the best researchers and debates, back in the day. I'll post some of the best of those here. Of course, if Mr. Gratz is not comfortable with the angle taken herein, I would be glad to break it up. Sorry for the bump but it was pointed-out to me that just reserving a bunch of posts that I can fill-out, in the future, is unfair. So this gets bumped when I add "top-ten" lists as I go. Edited May 21, 2017 by Michael Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Clark Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Larry Hancock said: OK David, its hard to compress a rather lengthy chapter into a few paragraphs but here you go: By the time Roselli arrived in Los Angeles he was in transition from street hood to enforcer, moving out of the rackets per se into gambling and running protection for games in LA, most importantly the high dollar off shore gambling ships. At that point he took his first syndicate job, putting a major racetrack gambling wire into operation. That gave put him in touch with a number of east coast mob money guys and brought him to the attention of Meyer Lansky, who became his real behind the scenes mentor. Lansky was so impressed with Roselli he used him in Cuba to clean up some of the most egregious casino problems which were embarrassing the gambling industry there – Roselli had learned how to get people’s attention without leaving bodies strewn all over the place. For him it was about deals and deal making. Back in LA, he used his east coast connections to bring big money into investments in the entertainment industry, a good way to launder cash – and he figured out ways to frustrate the movie industry unions while at the same time making money off the industry. The FBI was always frustrated by LA and Roselli; it was a city that used outside money to make more money rather than producing it through typical street crime (at least in his era). With his entertainment connections, his money connections and his backing by Lansky, Roselli was in a great position to broker deals in gambling and entertainment as Vegas grew, his business card described him as a strategist and he helped folks like Giancana put casinos into Vegas. And he brokered his influence with entertainers and entertainment, Roselli made money off investment deals, and legal sidelines such as casino services. By the time you get to 1960 he had been gone from the street for a very long time, he knew people and he was trusted since he provided services and competed with none of the godfathers or with the syndicate. Was he a mob guy, sure, but a very different type of mob guy. He was special in terms of the Castro plot because he had worked in Cuba, had connections to the old casino crowd there and also knew folks who still had channels into Cuba via the exile community in Florida – specifically Trafficante. And up to that point in time he was known as the type of guy who could bring people together and ensure nobody talked. If the CIA was going to use criminal assets to operate inside Cuba, he was a great choice for making the right introductions that was his real attraction. That was really all there was to it, another agreement to make introductions, hook up people and get a deal done – which is really all he did for the CIA if you really dig into it. It’s just that he did it twice, the second time for William Harvey – who clearly found him as a kindred spirit, Harvey always went full bore into anything he did, a really intense guy, and the same thing could be said for Roselli. Roselli just dressed a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Clark Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Sorry for the bump. I meant to edit that in above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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