Gerald Posner
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Four years later, that was totally debunked by the National Academy of Sciences, but everyone remembers the headline, likelihood of conspiracy versus not. Then Oliver Stone comes in in 91 with his film. I'm amazed that anybody thinks it's Oswald alone in some ways because of all of that. But what you said before is key.
I don't believe there was a conspiracy in the JFK assassination, but I know there are conspiracies. And sometimes the government conspires against our own interests. So I've lived through consequential conspiracies from lies about Vietnam over a period of time to Watergate. I saw Iran-Contra play out.
I don't believe there was a conspiracy in the JFK assassination, but I know there are conspiracies. And sometimes the government conspires against our own interests. So I've lived through consequential conspiracies from lies about Vietnam over a period of time to Watergate. I saw Iran-Contra play out.
I don't believe there was a conspiracy in the JFK assassination, but I know there are conspiracies. And sometimes the government conspires against our own interests. So I've lived through consequential conspiracies from lies about Vietnam over a period of time to Watergate. I saw Iran-Contra play out.
I saw what happened that led us into the war in Iraq when we overestimated what was happening on weapons of mass destruction. But what have we had since? We've had the Pentagon Papers. We've had the Panama Papers. We've had the Snowden leaks. We've had WikiLeaks. Not a mention in there of anything to do with JFK. Nothing to do at any point with an alien having landed Area 51.
I saw what happened that led us into the war in Iraq when we overestimated what was happening on weapons of mass destruction. But what have we had since? We've had the Pentagon Papers. We've had the Panama Papers. We've had the Snowden leaks. We've had WikiLeaks. Not a mention in there of anything to do with JFK. Nothing to do at any point with an alien having landed Area 51.
I saw what happened that led us into the war in Iraq when we overestimated what was happening on weapons of mass destruction. But what have we had since? We've had the Pentagon Papers. We've had the Panama Papers. We've had the Snowden leaks. We've had WikiLeaks. Not a mention in there of anything to do with JFK. Nothing to do at any point with an alien having landed Area 51.
At some point, what you said is key. There has to be evidence. You have to say, what's the basis beyond speculation? And there's one other thing. I... Thank you.
At some point, what you said is key. There has to be evidence. You have to say, what's the basis beyond speculation? And there's one other thing. I... Thank you.
At some point, what you said is key. There has to be evidence. You have to say, what's the basis beyond speculation? And there's one other thing. I... Thank you.
The people who pulled the strings, the puppet masters, had been from Moscow.
The people who pulled the strings, the puppet masters, had been from Moscow.
He was larger than life. He smoked his cigars. He played golf. And he was garrulous. He was outgoing.
He was larger than life. He smoked his cigars. He played golf. And he was garrulous. He was outgoing.
Not a chance. He knew his own limitations. He might not express them to anyone. He would never say to the Pope, by the way, I don't think I'm cut out for this job. What he viewed himself as was the quintessential judge of good character. And so therefore he could find the right outside bankers to do the work for him. He could find the investment people who would help him make the Vatican Bank big.
Not a chance. He knew his own limitations. He might not express them to anyone. He would never say to the Pope, by the way, I don't think I'm cut out for this job. What he viewed himself as was the quintessential judge of good character. And so therefore he could find the right outside bankers to do the work for him. He could find the investment people who would help him make the Vatican Bank big.
Marcinko suddenly moves from just being the head of the Vatican Bank to having this position where he's now involved in this covert, surreptitious financing of, you know, money, CIA money and church money and others back to Poland to destabilize communism.
Marcinko suddenly moves from just being the head of the Vatican Bank to having this position where he's now involved in this covert, surreptitious financing of, you know, money, CIA money and church money and others back to Poland to destabilize communism.
So it's bad for him because they're suddenly trying to show less of those connections. And that means he can't pick up the phone, just call them and ask them to write a check for him for another one of his ventures in the Caribbean.
So it's bad for him because they're suddenly trying to show less of those connections. And that means he can't pick up the phone, just call them and ask them to write a check for him for another one of his ventures in the Caribbean.