Douglas Caddy

Mueller closes the circle of Russian collusion on Trump The next indictment will tie together the Russians, WikiLeaks, and the top of the Trump campaign https://www.salon.com/2019/01/30/mueller-closes-the-circle-of-russian-collusion-on-trump/ [Roger Stone will face a superseding indictment or second indictment]

The 1st Garrison Files Released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCYtGfx5sec&fbclid=IwAR0FOKGfh5oyfQc0LUCLZZ1TdztybHxW5Ni8v7rC5U_P7O6yCmP5ggvBo5U

Rich: There is really nothing to forgive. I lived in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. for years and now live in Houston. I could never return to reside in a really cold weather location. Not that hurricanes are to be preferred. But this year's sub-zero weather is the worst for a large part of the country and is bound to affect peoples general outlook. John Simkin, the founder of the Education Forum, is a school teacher by profession. He thought by creating the sundry topics on the EF that it would be an effective and modern way to supplement classroom teaching. We are indebted to him for his foresight. The number of people around the world who have visited the EF for research and information must be astronomical by now. Best wishes, Doug

JFK's PT-109 Found, U.S. Navy Confirms https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2002/07/news-jfk-pt-109-wreck-robert-ballard-archaeology/?fbclid=IwAR0MMKskQ6lkhUnfz0fSPHxWlFJi_-LaKyxQIIMRGt7-v-eqPD8WsUrFWQI

David Talbot posted this on Facebook . Let us share his joy in his son's work and in his triumph over his stroke last year that was a near death experience: I just returned from the Sundance Film Festival where I had the emotionally overwhelming experience of watching the world premiere of my son Joe Talbot's first feature movie, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" -- to critical and audience acclaim. The film is already being heralded as "a breakout festival highlight" by Rolling Stone magazine among others (see the rapturous review below). Hollywood Reporter critic Todd McCarthy actually calls "The Last Back Man" "by far the best film I've seen" at Sundance 2019. "It's one of those unique films that doesn't fit into any category at all." (Watch McCarthy's Sundance wrap-up here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/…/last-black-man-san-fran…) Here's what Rolling Stone says about "The Last Back Man": "This extraordinary ode to the displaced delivers a major breakout hit for the festival’s opening weekend. It feels singular, righteous, heartfelt. It’s the type of film that reminds you why you go to Sundance in the first place." I'm overcome for several major reasons: Because raising Joe was always a creative challenge for his mother Camille and me (let's just say that school was not Joe's thing), so it's especially gratifying as parents to witness his artistic triumph. The film also stars our "third son" Jimmie Fails, who lived in our home for five years, when his own home life evaporated. Joe and Jimmie worked out the movie's plot -- which is based loosely on Jimmie's personal story -- over years of long walks through our neighborhood in the Mission and Bernal Heights, as San Francisco grew increasingly alien to these two young native sons. The film brings to life a San Francisco that few outsiders know about -- and features some of the talented young African American men that Joe and Jimmie and our younger son Nat grew up with. "The Last Black Man" seems like an artistic expression of some of the themes I explored in my book "Season of the Witch." But it goes beyond my efforts as a journalist and a historian to a whole new creative level. Finally, I was deeply moved to the point of tears many times during the film (and believe me, I wasn't the only one in the cavernous Eccles Theater at Sundance) for a very stark reason: because I didn't die last year. Because I survived my stroke, and was physically intact enough to fly to Utah and to navigate the icy streets of Park City, and to enjoy this magical moment. There were more than a dozen of us family members and close friends of Joe and Jimmie crammed into a rented ski lodge together -- all there to experience this miraculous event. In fact we were part of a 70-person home team of cast and crew members, most from San Francisco, who showed up at Sundance to revel in this moment. I could go and on, but I'll stop being a proud poppa and simply quote director Boots Riley ("Sorry to Bother You") who also showed up at the Eccles Theater to watch the film's world premiere and afterwards tweeted this: "'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' is a beautiful work. It's visually poetic, hilarious and definitely had me crying throughout the movie -- but without those cliche oh-they're-trying-to-make-me-cry cinematic tricks -- but from an intense recognition of life. See it." The film will certainly play at the SF Film Festival in April and then after finishing the festival circuit, probably open in theaters in the fall.

Abraham Bolden wrote on Facebook today: To John Daley: You inquired about the part that The Honorable Thurgood Marshall played in having my application denied before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the Solicitor General at the time that my Attorney filed for certiorari. My attorney was of the opinion that since the late Justice Marshall had played such a major role in defending the rights of “Negroes” in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case, we erroneously surmised that as Solicitor General, he would be sensiti...ve to the violations of my constitutional rights as an Agent of the United States Secret Service during my unlawful arrest, illegal removal from Washington, D.C., denial of an attorney after being returned to Chicago, and the marked judicial prejudice exhibited by the trial judge. Apparently, the Honorable Justice Marshall had a change of perspective as to the civil and human rights of ALL citizens of this country after he was appointed to the position of Solicitor General. Unfortunately, these changes of attitude by those of us that use the tribulations and hopes of a downtrodden people to advance their personal goals in this society often become a part of the problem instead of the solution. Many of our “leaders” have stood on the backs of the poor and so called disadvantaged until they reap some benefit from the ignorance of the people. That kind of debauchery is what I have dedicated my life to bring to an end. And let there be peace

Operation Cobra: The Untold Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis https://news.yahoo.com/operation-cobra-untold-story-cia-officer-trained-network-agents-found-soviet-missiles-cuba-100005794.html?guccounter=1&fbclid=IwAR2kaqss9YCDZMBZ9onsO2mYitIpCTHwd_9J26I-p4Jyl36jTGiTKmFpwv0

Well worth the read: https://www.juancole.com/2019/01/states-corrupt-country.html

It may be old news to you and a waste of time. But to high school and college students and the general public who visit to forum to get information it likely is new news. This is why this website is called the Education Forum. Most of these visitors were born after 1963.

The CIA then and now: Old wine in new bottles https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/01/edward-curtin/the-cia-then-and-now-old-wine-in-new-bottles/

Remembering Dorothy Kilgallen in the year before JFK’s assassination and three years before her mysterious death (for those of us who remember watching this) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf3WH6IXq2c&t=7s

Jim Garrison and the Cuban Operation http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/5618-jim-garrison-and-the-cuban-operation/?fbclid=IwAR1jcKARjtLs7olwQsRAlXJzJAEwWztE48U3V5GxQtwIOpG4qahr97mTGdE

Bernardo de Torres: The Gusano Who Killed the JFK Witnesses https://www.scribd.com/document/194675885/Bernardo-de-Torres-The-Gusano-Who-Killed-the-JFK-Witnesses?fbclid=IwAR2Gdj2TVzAhJByBoGp-0cMTs3RrmBXM2FBSqPoPioMKWEIbmfvEsK19qtA

Reassessing Watergate with Geoff Shepard Part One https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-102-reassessing-watergate-with-geoff-shepard/ Park Two https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-108-reassessing-watergate-with-geoff-shepard-part-two/?fbclid=IwAR3cjDs9EjjS8LEwcuGob_CgMxbdeU8hXztOBt4qjcidaO6wg19uf7pMGSA

Well written and informative article even it one is not a fan of Roger Stone: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article2766816.html?fbclid=IwAR2B9SxU1wfNeoX7B_NdWYON3H63gaUSC7fWoNY8c7Kf8S2ZxnxkE4tDB9w

Who Killed JFK? - David Talbot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEEsddcHBmE&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3sia4DqslUBim0JT1ofHnnC2ViACOZgo10jtASgy9YrFNZUurkvgsFAig

JFK Assassination Panel with Roger Stone and Jim DiEugenio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekxtNaL1Tsk&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3VQuLMEC14oXODxAvbUDI0WQj20VeBD3MJM4xaOZwqHMgLkkHUrvMVqJ8

https://spartacus-educational.com/COLDbayofpigs.htm?fbclid=IwAR1YB-5qVL5JOqlMW_q1o-43p6tMUJ-DCykGRIrEp2ilGY1BTr54MCHZitM

Stone may or may not have a gun in his home but according to an article in The New York Times Trump carries one on his person: Trump and Cohen Received Gun Licenses in Exchange for Favors, Former Police Official Alleges By Ashley Southall Jan. 24, 2019 The New York Times President Trump, his eldest son, and his former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, were among a roster of rich and powerful people who received gun licenses from the New York Police Department in return for special favors, a former lieutenant has claimed in court papers. The former lieutenant, Paul Dean, said the men received permits to carry guns in New York City without the proper paperwork after donating to two charities with close ties to the department. They were among a list of other well-connected people who Mr. Dean said benefited from a “systematic culture of corruption” that stretched from the department’s gun licensing division to the upper echelons of the department.

From the article: For many, Friday’s arrest of Roger Stone, the veteran political trickster and longtime adviser to Donald Trump, was a sign that the special counsel investigation into Russian electoral interference is entering its final phase. Yet there were also several indications that the probe may not be as near its conclusion as many observers assume — and that the true target of Friday’s F.B.I. actions was not Mr. Stone himself, but his electronic devices. Mr. Stone’s early-morning arrest at his Florida home unsurprisingly dominated coverage, but reports also noted that federal agents were “seen carting hard drives and other evidence from Mr. Stone’s apartment in Harlem, and his recording studio in South Florida was also raided.” The F.B.I., in other words, was executing search warrants, not just arrest warrants. Even the timing and manner of Mr. Stone’s arrest — at the absolute earliest moment allowed under federal rules of criminal procedure without persuading a judge to authorize an exceptional nighttime raid — suggests a concern with preventing destruction of evidence: Otherwise it would make little sense to send a dozen agents to arrest a man in his 60s before sunrise. The indictment itself — which charges Mr. Stone with witness tampering, obstruction of justice and false statements to Congress — takes little imagination to translate into a search warrant application, and also hints at what Robert Mueller might be looking for. In describing the lies it alleges Mr. Stone told a House committee, the document places great emphasis on Mr. Stone’s denial that he had any written communications with two associates — associates with whom he had, in fact, regularly exchanged emails and text messages. That’s precisely the sort of behavior one might focus on in seeking to convince a recalcitrant judge that an investigative target could not be trusted to turn over documents in response to a subpoena, requiring the more intrusive step of seizing Mr. Stone’s devices directly. Of course, as the indictment also makes clear, the special counsel has already managed to get its hands on plenty of Mr. Stone’s communications by other means — but one seeming exception jumps out. In a text exchange between Mr. Stone and a “supporter involved with the Trump Campaign,” Mr. Mueller pointedly quotes Mr. Stone’s request to “talk on a secure line — got WhatsApp?” There the direct quotes abruptly end, and the indictment instead paraphrases what Mr. Stone “subsequently told the supporter.” Though it’s not directly relevant to his alleged false statements, the special counsel is taking pains to establish that Mr. Stone made a habit of moving sensitive conversations to encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp — meaning that, unlike ordinary emails, the messages could not be obtained directly from the service provider. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/opinion/roger-stone-indictment-mueller-investigation.html

I wonder how the other convicts in prison will react in the communal shower when they see a picture of Nixon on Roger Stone's back.

The White House says that the arrest of Roger Stone today on seven criminal counts has nothing to do with Trump and with Russia. However, this is the first indictment of Stone. There will be most likely a subsequent one of him (and others) linking him and (others) to Trump and Russia. The first shoe has dropped. Wait for the second one to drop in the not too distant future. At least one legal expert believes that this first indictment does indirectly link Trump: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/stone-indictment-appears-point-finger-trumps-direct-involvement-wikileaks-dumps-cnns-toobin/

John Newman wrote on Facebook yesterday: What is still on my mind is the ending--the last six paragraphs-- of "Into the Storm": The formula used at that meeting on behalf of the Kennedys was not a direct affront to Lemnitzer’s plans for war in Cuba. But the reprimand of Lansdale put the ball firmly in Lemnitzer’s court. He understood what he had to do. And so, Lemnitzer put his Operation Northwoods on the table two weeks later, on 13 March 1962. In Chapter Fourteen, I discussed the morally depraved details of Lemnitzer’s plan—sinking an American ship, attacking Miami, Washington and other American cities, and blaming it all on Cuba. Three days later, Kennedy and Lemnitzer met face-to face with, perhaps, a half dozen other officers. It is very difficult to find a formal memo of the discussion in that meeting. We do have a brief handwritten note authored by Deputy Under Secretary of State U. Alexis Johnson who witnessed the event: "The president also expressed skepticism that, in so far as can now be foreseen, circumstances will arise that would justify and make desirable the use of American forces for overt military action. It was clearly understood no decision was expressed or implied approving the use of such forces although contingency planning would proceed." However, as this volume went to press, I discovered a memorandum indicating that a blunt rebuke of Lemnitzer by JFK took place. I will discuss that memo further in Volume IV. Here, as a career U.S. Army officer, I am compelled to speak my mind. I speak for myself and will leave other officers of the American Armed Forces to their own counsel in this matter. General Lemnitzer betrayed his country and his oath of office to protect and defend its constitution. U.S. Army Major General Joseph Alexander McChristian, perhaps the finest Army intelligence officer ever to wear the uniform, was once asked what it means to lie about the enemy in a time of war. He spoke for what is in my heart when he replied, “It jeopardizes not only the lives of the soldiers on the battlefield, but also the future liberty of your people at home.” ****************************** As the moment of maximum danger in the Cuban Missile Crisis approached, the president finally got around to firing Lemnitzer. On 1 October 1962, Kennedy installed General Maxwell Taylor as the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The choice of Taylor, as events turned out, was a very bad mistake. Taylor would end up working secretly with other senior officers to subvert President Kennedy’s order to begin the withdrawal of U.S. military advisors from Vietnam. The ship of the brothers Kennedy was sailing headlong into the winds of war. Though they might still stop it in Cuba, war was coming nonetheless. The miraculous conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis would be short-lived. It was only an intermission—much like the passing eye of a huge hurricane. At the moment, for me—save for the steadily building hatred for the Kennedy brothers and the metamorphosing CIA plots to assassinate Castro—what lies on the other side of that intermission is mostly dark. But a saying John Kennedy was wont to quote comes to mind: Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain. [Psalm 127:1] —Remarks prepared [undelivered] for speech at the Trade Mart Dallas, Texas, 22 November 1963

Abraham Bolden wrote on Facebook yesterday: Pardon Request Update After having been denied a pardon under Presidents Nixon and President Clinton, in the year 2015, I filed again during the presidency of Barack Obama. President Obama never responded to the Petition for Pardon Due to Innocence nor did any person from his office reply to me personally. I also solicited the aid of the Congressional Black Caucus to no avail. After President Trump took office, a letter was written to the president and in June, 2018, President Trump ordered an investigation into my petition. I have been interviewed by the FBI and several of my references and college friends have been interviewed. Background checks and neighborhood interviews have also been concluded by the FBI. There has been no final decision; however I am hopeful that president Trump will act favorably and grant the petition.

John Newman wrote on Facebook yesterday: I want to thank all of my research associates and friends who helped me with this book. I consider it to be the most difficult of all of the volumes so far in this series. In particular I want to thank Bobby Kennedy, Jr. for his generous endorsement: Major John Newman has crafted a groundbreaking work that finally illuminates the dark places where democracy goes to die. Using formerly classified CIA and Military Intelligence documents, Newman -- a twenty-year veteran intell...igence officer -- here exposes the now undeniable involvement of high-level military and intelligence officials in the assassination of my uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Major Newman is a brilliant and meticulous historian and sleuth from whom secrets cannot seem to hide. Newman is the ultimate patriot; devoting his life to righting the treacherous wrongs committed by clandestine spy agencies against our country and revealing existential truths about our national values. By patient parsing, he here exposes the momentous official lies that for fifty years have been corroding the heart of American idealism. —Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance, author of American Values, Lessons I Learned from My Family. Thanks also to Peter Dale Scott for this endorsement: Using analytic techniques from his days in Army Intelligence, Newman collates and overlays disparate covert narratives to provide an unmatched overview of his explosive topic: how interagency intrigues have helped obscure our understanding of the JFK assassination. The result is a fresh perspective on many other major events of Kennedy’s curtailed presidency. I have to say that I was so deeply moved by Chapter One, about the Blue Bomb and the 1960 election, that I am almost shaking. The events themselves are very powerful, but so is Newman’s narration (including the last line) -- all wonderful! Future serious historians will have to deal with this masterful book. —Peter Dale Scott is the author of Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, The War Conspiracy, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, The American Deep State. Dallas ’63, and Poetry and Terror. Volume III is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/172264897X/ref=sr_1_2…