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1 minute ago, Ron Bulman said:

It is a big deal if it limit's or disrupts access to information.  I'm glad you brought the subject up.

Ive listened to many of them, almost all of them, on Apple and Ive never heard it cut anything. Not saying it doesn't or couldn't happen, but Ive never had that happen. YouTube, however, does cut anything they think is copyrighted, including many clips and some music that isn't. So, Ive tried to limit the YouTube use for the show. But Ive, personally, never had an issue with Apple cutting anything. They can also be downloaded on the website if you want to use your favorite music player, which some people also do. Thank you. 

1 hour ago, John Kozlowski said:

 Apple and stitcher only go back to episode 27. No big deal I just used your website to listen. Apple cuts a lot of episode for some reason. Stitcher is usually better but they stop at 27 too.

Oh, youre right. they do. Ive never noticed that before. I guess there is some episode limit or something. The 2nd Schreck episode, number 089, should still be on both. But yes, everything is on the website for free. Thanks.

7 hours ago, John Kozlowski said:

What podcast player do you recommend to listen to your show? The apple podcast app and stitcher don’t go back far enough to listen to your shows with Schreck.

The Apple podcast app and Stitcher should both go back far enough. On the Apple app - which I use - you, for some reason have to scroll down and click "available episodes." Then they should all pop up. I wish Apple didnt make you go through this step to see all episodes... but they do. Its my understanding that Stitcher has something similar, but I havent used it in a while.

The print and e-book versions of issue 002 of garrison: The Journal of History & Deep Politics are available now at our LuLu page:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MidnightWriterNews

The cover story is by author Ray Locker, who did a brilliant story on General Alexander Haig and the military spy ring that eventually brought down a president. This 128-page issue also includes:

Randolph Benson, "JFK, Oswald, & the Raleigh Connection"

Edgar F. Tatro, "JFK: Assassination & Predestination"

Kenn Thomas & John Judge, "The 9/11 Interview (Part 2)"

Jim Hougan, "Carl Shoffler, Robert Merritt, and the Scandal That Dare Not Speak Its Name"

Joseph E. Green, "Kennedy, Nixon, and Chappaquiddick (Part 2)"

Keith Harmon Snow, "Tutsi Hegemony: Genocide in Rwanda (Part 2)"

Caitlin Johnstone, "The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped by Russiagate"

Richard Bartholomew, "True Believers"

Prof. David Denton, "New Docs Reveal Extreme CIA Sabotage Proposals that Paralleled Operation Northwoods"

Malcolm Blunt, "Memories: A Tribute to Ian Griggs"

Becca Bledsoe, "Monsanto Loses in Court"

Walt Brown, PhD, "Warren Omission: Part II - Semantics"

Robert Groden, "How Gerald Ford Sold Out the Country and the Memory of President Kennedy"

Larry Rivera, "Fifteen Finds of the JFK Files"

Ralph Epperson, "Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and the Rise of the Trilateral Commission (Part 1)"

Caitlin Johnstone, "The First Democratic Debate: Summarized"

.... and more!

Where Schreck differs from Chaos, Mae Brussell, Dave McGowan, and some of the other anti-Bugliosi alternatives, as well, is that Schreck doesn't believe Manson was CIA or Process Church, either. I'm oversimplifying it here - and really shouldn't since his book is over a thousand pages - but he makes a compelling case that the Tate-Labianca murders were a part of a drug deal gone bad. The Straight Satan biker gang ties into that also. Schreck deals with all of this in the shows and in the book. He is going to be in L.A. for the anniversary. He'll be showing the documentary and speaking on the case. I'm personally hoping the book will be re-released then, as well. 

This remains one of my favorite episodes of the show, ever, and yet, to be honest, it doesn't get the respect it deserves in download/listen numbers. But it's definitely in my personal top ten.

MWN Episode 027: The Unsolved Murders of Jack the Ripper

https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-027-the-unsolved-murders-of-jack-the-ripper/

I've had Nikolas Schreck on the show twice. He's done the 1000+ page The Manson File, and he was the director of the documentary Charles Manson Superstar. He absolutely shreds Bugliosi's myth-making regarding the Manson case. What I like most is that he also shreds the myths regarding who the girls really were (especially Van Houten, who the MSM has always portrayed as the most palatable). Both episodes are over three hours, I believe, but they are worth it. Nikolas was excellent.

MWN Episode 013: Charles Manson and the Myth of Helter Skelter

https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-026-charles-manson-and-the-myth-of-helter-skelter/

MWN Episode 089: The Legacy of Charles Manson (* recorded shortly after the battle over the estate occurred *)

https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-026-charles-manson-and-the-myth-of-helter-skelter/

Note: Nikolas Schreck also covers the shared characters in the Manson and JFK cases. He does that in episode 013.

Edit: Another note, The Manson File is very expensive on Amazon right now, but this fall he is re-releasing an updated version with the death, estate, and anniversary information in it.

I apologize. I misspoke completely and mixed the two up. The articles would have sent a further, deeper investigation into the wiretaps, which would have exposed Haig. Locker makes the case that a big part of Nixon's insistence on using the taping system was to keep a record of Kissinger's statements. Apparently, Kissinger had been a part of the wiretapping and was trying to distance himself from all things Watergate et al as time went on. Haig knew a deep investigation of Article 2.2 would lead to him. This is how Locker explains it. I apologize for confusing the wiretapping with the spy ring.  

I think the Ford-as-FBI connection is somewhat psychological. He applied to be an agent earlier in life and was turned down. I think he always loved the idea of being FBI, even when he wasn't. I have no evidence of this, but he was probably also someone who liked the FBI-related television shows and movies of the era. I think Ford has a lofty view of the FBI rather than a realistic one. 

When Ford asked Rockefeller to consider being VP, Rockefeller was going to take it, but told Ford he'd need a day to "discuss it with his family." Rockefeller came back and, in essence, "pulled a Cheney." He told Ford that he'd need to be an "active vice-president." I think Ford called it a "working vice president." Ford then tells Rockefeller, "I'd like you to do in the domestic field what Henry [Kissinger] is doing in the international field." Richard Nixon had considered choosing Nelson Rockefeller over Ford as VP (for a split second). Nixon basically thought Ford was not bright enough to prove a threat or succumb to the intrigues that were disloyal to the president. Nixon also was dead set against plucking someone from the Eastern Establishment to be a heartbeat away. Rockefeller hasn't been cozy with Nixon, anyway. Nixon snubbed him at the Waldorf-Astoria on election night in 1968, and Nixon had a streak of class/regional envy in him, anyway. So, as Ray Locker points out in the excellent Haig's Coup, Haig works with Ford to secure a pardon as a means by which Ford would be nominated. To extrapolate that out, the pardon also means that the article of impeachment would not go forward. What was in those articles? A to-be investigation of the Moorer-Radford spy ring, which would have led straight to Haig. So, by choreographing the VP replacement, Haig once again saves Al Haig from professional/historical ruin and potentially prison.    

I suggest listening to ray describe it all, but Haig begins acting on behalf of the military. But then that changes, as soon as he believes any number of the ongoing investigations could lead straight to him and to the Moorer-Radford spy ring. then he sort of smooths the path of where he wants the story to go (always away from him). Have you ever watched Olympic curling? Haig is a sweeper, massaging the path. Ray Locker is great on both episodes. Highly suggested. I also suggest an earlier episode with him, as well, called "Nixon's Gamble," the title of his first book. It really sets up Haig's Coup.

MWN Episode 037 - Nixon's Gamble with Ray Locker

https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-037-nixons-gamble/

Thanks, Ron.

I definitely will, Stephanie. Thank you.

And hey, we already have the Letters to the Editor done for this issue, but feel free to write one for Issue 002 after you read it. I'll print it.

I was pleased to have done a nice two-part interview with Ray Locker, the author of Haig's Coup, recently. Ray was a great guest and very generous with his time. Of the 124 episode we've done, I feel like these are two of our best. I believe they are worthy of your time. Thank you.

Part 1: https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-123-ray-locker-on-haigs-coup-and-watergate-part-1/

Part 2: https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-124-ray-locker-on-haigs-coup-and-watergate-part-2/

Thanks to everyone who has ordered. The newest issue - issue 002 - will release in about two weeks. I'll make sure to keep everyone posted. It really means a lot to me that some of you have liked what has been done. It has been a monumental task to do this magazine, but I love doing it.

Thanks, David. Part 2 is up now:

https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-124-ray-locker-on-haigs-coup-and-watergate-part-2/