As President Franklin D. Roosevelt noted in a private letter only published after his death:
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The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson--and I am not wholly excepting the Administration of W.W. The country is going through a repetition of Jackson's fight with the Bank of the United States--only on a far bigger and broader basis.
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(From President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a letter to Col. Edward Mandell House, November 21, 1933; contained in F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945, edited by Elliott Roosevelt [New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950], p. 373.)
The history which Franklin Roosevelt invokes in his above comment is quite telling, and all the more relevant to the current economic ills which the world is experiencing. President Andrew Jackson was a staunch critic of central banking, and he led the movement that ended the Second Bank of the United States. So in writing the above, Roosevelt was criticizing the Federal Reserve System and the monied families (e.g., the Rockefellers) who put it in place, whom Roosevelt refers to as the actual owners of the US government and whom Prof. Carroll Quigley would later write about.
Roosevelt in the above letter mentioned President Woodrow Wilson ("W.W."). Below is what Woodrow Wilson himself wrote concerning this same matter:
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Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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[A]nd we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world--no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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(From Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People [New York and Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913], pp. 13-14, 201
http://archive.org/details/newfreedomcallfo00wils ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYNsiLhL ,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14811 .)
Obviously if these monied families outright own no less than the US government as President Franklin Roosevelt maintained (and he was in a position to know), then the major media must also be their servants, since the major media would presumably represent a far easier target for control (at least going by the popular assumptions regarding the danagers of monopolies which government is somehow supposed to protect us against, forgetting that government is itself the largest and by far the most dangerous monopoly). But that this is indeed the case has been revealed in many official US government documents, which demonstrate that all news agencies and media outlets (e.g., in the fields of television or movies) of almost any significance around the world are firmly under the control of the US government or its allied governments.
The below is video of the testimony by expert witness, Attorney and Professor Emeritus William Schaap in the November-December 1999 Memphis, Tennessee wrongful death lawsuit trial of Loyd Jowers and co-conspirators in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Schaap gave his testimony on November 30, 1999. The jury of six whites and six blacks found Jowers guilty of involvement and that the US government was involved in carrying out the assassination.
William Schaap's testimony concerns the US government's near-total control over the major media (i.e., news agencies, newspapers, etc.) and its extensive use of disinformation campaigns (i.e., outright lying on a massive scale) targeted against the US public. His testimony is based upon US government primary-documentation divulged in US Congressional hearings and the resulting reports, as well as by the testimony of named government officials involved in the disinformation operations.
All the parts below were posted by reprehensor on March 8, 2008:
"William Schaap - Part 1/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnxsPgcsH0"William Schaap - Part 2/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcH7vKVM2iE"William Schaap - Part 3/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4rFXjGJ5os"William Schaap - Part 4/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oMqyWns1ew"William Schaap - Part 5/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd8Lqx7mazo"William Schaap - Part 6/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6dTsHIlI4"William Schaap - Part 7/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkxL0qquCE"William Schaap - Part 8/8 - The Media, CIA, FBI & Disinfo."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPZrjxD4AAoIn the following links, the above videos can be downloaded together:
William-Schaap-Testimony-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Trial.7z , 181016431 bytes, MD5: 8045a5965b6356a977b1bbea9dd96687
http://mirrorstack.com/rwd3653n1iqr ,
http://depositfiles.com/files/ljmbpicxn ,
http://ziddu.com/download/21631784/ ,
http://sendspace.com/file/d72b14 ,
http://bitshare.com/files/vtlz3a2m/William-Schaap-Testimony-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Trial.7z.htmlFor the trial transcript of the above, see:
Proceedings, November 30th, 1999, Volume IX, Case No. 97242-4 T.D., Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20030108054943/http://www.thekingcenter.org/news/trial/Volume9.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYOHk6Bo ,
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/MLKv9Schaap.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYOKxKSGFor more on this almost totally complete control which the US government has over the major media, see the below interview of William Schaap and Louis Wolff by Harold Channer:
"William Schaap & Louis Wolff - Air date: 07-13-98", haroldchanner, April 10, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5h3vZl6uoSee the below article regarding US military PsyOps personnel being employed by CNN. (Although I here point out that even this article attempts to discredit the use of sarin nerve agent in Operation Tailwind during the Vietnam War, of which all the evidence available demonstrates that sarin was used, but the media exposure of it was burried due to US government pressure. Which, once again, demonstrates just how much control the US government exercises over the major media.)
"Army 'psyops' at CNN: News giant employed military 'psychological operations' personnel", Geoff Metcalf, WorldNetDaily.com, March 3, 2000
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20010408033947/http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17437 ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYOeNGnrThis US government stronghold over the major media also extends to Hollywood and the entertainment industry:
"A mix of movies and military: Hollywood often seeks Pentagon's advice, guidance", Jennifer Brown, Associated Press (AP), November 2, 1996
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961102/NEWS/311029944 ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYOtdrOT"Projecting Positive Military Image: Some Filmmakers Accept Pentagon Guidance, Support; Others Reject It", Jennifer Brown, Associated Press (AP) via Daily News (Los Angeles, Cal.), November 3, 1996
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/PROJECTING+POSITIVE+MILITARY+IMAGE+:+SOME+FILMMAKERS+ACCEPT+PENTAGON...-a084001677"Pentagon weighs in on some Hollywood movie scripts", Associated Press (AP), October 31, 1996
http://lubbockonline.com/news/103196/pentagon.htm ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYPiosRP"Pentagon provides for Hollywood", Associated Press (AP), May 29, 2001
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-05-17-pentagon-helps-hollywood.htm ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYPsNYM1"Top Gun versus Sergeant Bilko? No contest, says the Pentagon; Scripts can often be the first casualty in Hollywood's theatre of war", Duncan Campbell, The Guardian (U.K.), August 29, 2001
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/aug/29/media.filmnews ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYPwqY5g"Pentagon plays Hollywood censor", Guardian News Service, August 29, 2001
http://web.archive.org/web/20010903003304/http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/300801/detFOR06.asp ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYQ0eb3l"Hollywood Helping Out Pentagon?!", Josh Grossberg, E! Online News, October 8, 2001
http://web.archive.org/web/20011129053123/http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8936,00.html"Hollywood Went To War On September 11th"
http://celebritynews.about.com/library/weekly/blattack-hollywoodtrain.htm ,
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20020113045116/http://www.courses.psu.edu/comm/comm497d_amh13/fall01/sony.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYR37QG7"Hollywood and the Military", David Robb, AMCTV.com (American Movie Classics, a Cablevision holding)
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20040203192140/http://www.amctv.com/article?CID=1284-1--0-15-EST ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYRKDeGd"Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon bullies movie producers into showing the US military in the best possible light", David Robb interviewed by Jeff Fleischer, Mother Jones, September 20, 2004
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20041009194038/http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/09/09_403.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYReDKiS"The Lone Gunmen: 1AEB79 Pilot", The Lone Gunmen Realm, March 4, 2001
http://web.archive.org/web/20020201225916/http://www.xfiles.stylicious.com/lonegunmen/1aeb79.php ,
http://propagandamatrix.com/The_Lone_Gunmen_Realm_Pilot_Episode.htm ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYS17myuFrom the above website discription of the X-Files spin-off show The Lone Gunmen, which aired March 4, 2001:
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Hacking the raw data on the computer hard drive, Langly finds file directories of what appear to be government files, including one named scenario_12_d.txt. ... Langly's friend helps the Gunmen hack into the DOD [US Department of Defense] computer and find the 12D scenario file. As they begin to download, a DOD worker detects the download and begins blocking it, accessing the Gunmen's computers. ... The 12D plan is for a small group of government operatives to crash a jetliner into New York City in order to keep tensions high and increase arms sales. ... They realize that the airplane will be remote controlled, just like Bert's car was. Talking by phone to the Gunmen's office, Byers asks Langly and Frohike to hack into the aircraft controls. They do and discover that the plane is programmed to crash into the World Trade Center.
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One of the three leading actors of The Lone Gunmen, Dean Haglund, is interviewed about the above pilot episode of the show, and about the US government's influence over Hollywood:
"Alex Jones Interviews X-Files/Lone Gunmen Star Dean Haglund", Prison Planet.tv, January 12, 2005
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20050206040738/http://www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/january2005/120105haglund.htm ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYSYw84VBelow is an excerpt from the above article:
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Haglund stated that after years of writing the X-files, the FBI and NASA would approach Chris Carter with plots for stories. He also discussed the fact that the CIA have since the 80's hired informants posting as psychics to attend Hollywood parties and report back the the CIA on general trends and talking points.
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In the following link one can view a video clip wherein Dean Haglund makes a number of the above revelations:
"Alex Jones Interviews X-Files/Lone Gunmen Star Dean Haglund", Prison Planet.tv, January 12, 2005
http://www.prisonplanet.tv/video/120105haglundteaserqt56k.htmhttp://www.prisonplanet.tv/video/120105haglundteaserqt56k.mov"Alex Jones Interviews X-Files/Lone Gunmen Star Dean Haglund", The LOST Gunmen (thelostgunmen), November 18, 2008
http://www.myspace.com/video/the-lost-gunmen/alex-jones-interviews-x-files-lone-gunmen-star-dean-haglund/46713991See also:
"Police State Product Placement", Alex Jones, Prison Planet, January 6, 2003
http://www.prisonplanet.com/jones_report_010603_product.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYSqIGTc"Neoconservatism: a CIA Front", Gregory Pavlik, The Rothbard-Rockwell Report, 1997
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20000817184842/http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/pavlik2.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYSyzKQQAnd see the below New York Times report, which got almost no coverage in the major media and what little coverage it did receive was almost completely obsequious to the US government:
"Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon's Hidden Hand", David Barstow, New York Times, April 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/us/20generals.html?pagewanted=all ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYTBTGYW"How the Pentagon Spread Its Message", New York Times, April 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/04/20/washington/20080419_RUMSFELD.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYTRkNJg"Parts of the Message Machine", New York Times, April 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/04/19/us/20080419_GENERALS_DOCS.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYTNO76H"Q & A With David Barstow", New York Times, April 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/media/21barstowqa.html?pagewanted=all ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYTIydjmA number of the documents used in the above New York Times report can be obtained from the below Department of Defense webpage:
"Military Analysts: These documents were released to the New York Times regarding the Pentagon's Military Analyst program", US Department of Defense
http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/operation_and_plans/MilitaryAnalysts/index.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYTX2flCFor an analysis of the major media coverage which the above New York Times revelation received, see:
"EXPOSED: Media ignore Pentagon Pundits scandal", videofreepress (Free Press [Freepress.net], and the Free Press Action Fund), April 24, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksSGdh-Sox4I highly recommend that everyone read the below Guardian article. Although the article contains the throwaway canard "The CIA is often credited with 'advice' on Hollywood films, but no one is truly sure about the extent of its shadowy involvement" in its title, it goes on to demonstrate that the US government's control over the Hollywood film industry is nearly total.
"An offer they couldn't refuse: The CIA is often credited with 'advice' on Hollywood films, but no one is truly sure about the extent of its shadowy involvement. Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham investigate", The Guardian (UK), November 14, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/nov/14/thriller-ridley-scott ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYTnHSUJThe article also details rationally conclusive evidence that the CIA assassinates prominent Hollywood film-industry people if they get too close to certain truths, specifically in regards to the case of screenwriter Gary DeVore.
Consider the following detail from the article:
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He [Gary DeVore] was travelling back to California when, at 1.15am on June 28, he called Wendy, a call she says has been excised from phone records. She told CNN she was "terribly alarmed" because he was speaking as though he were under duress. She was sure "someone was in the car with him". That was the last time Wendy DeVore heard from her husband.
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The vital element in the above excerpt is that Gary's aforesaid call was excised from the phone records. No one has the power to excise phone records of calls made in the US except the US government or, in a very trivial sense, the telephone company through which the call was made. The latter case is a trivial matter of fact, since the phone company would have no reason to excise such a phone call unless it was doing so at the behest of the US government.
Nor would it be rational to attempt to explain away this detail as being the fault of a computer error, for the reason that this call specifically was deleted, evidencing purpose and lack of randomness. If this were some computer glitch then we would expect many people and many calls to be affected by it; or, in the case of some bug that only evidences itself when utterly rare conditions are met, then in that case we're talking about astronomical odds against this call in particular being deleted: which, especially when combined with the other details surrounding this case, makes such a notion irrational to believe.
For example:
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DeVore's laptop computer containing his unfinished script was missing from his vehicle, as was the gun he customarily carried on long trips; after his disappearance, a CIA representative allegedly showed up at DeVore's house to request access to his computer; Hollywood private investigator Don Crutchfield noted that previous drafts of DeVore's script were inexplicably wiped from said computer during the same timeframe; police claimed that DeVore's vehicle careened off the highway, yet DeVore's widow was troubled by the absence of visible damage to the guardrail at the scene of the alleged accident; and how come no one noticed an SUV sitting in the water beneath a busy highway for a whole year?
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If the above details regarding the computer from DeVore's house are correct, then this along with the phone-record excision completely nails the coffin lid on this case vis-Ã -vis it being foul play by the US government.
But even the phone-record excision by itself is conclusive proof beyond any reasonable doubt of US government foul play, since one must resort to irrational explanations in order to attempt to get around this detail.
For Wendy DeVore's CNN interview referred to in the above, see the following (note also the video file URL linked to below):
"Screenwriter's wife seeks answers in his mysterious death", CNN, July 15, 1998
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20000116101305/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9807/15/devore/index.html ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYUqdnQC"DeVore recalls the last time she spoke with her husband", CNN
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20060302154344/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9807/15/devore/bop.mov ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYUooRwMAnd see:
"On the take and loving it: Academic recipients of the U.S. intelligence budget", Julian Assange, Wikileaks, October 7, 2007
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/On_the_take_and_loving_it ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYUw5pXp"The Megadeath Intellectuals", Marcus Raskin, New York Review of Book, November 14, 1963, pp. 6–7
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50330552/nyrb-1963 ,
http://www.webcitation.org/6EYVgxXfX
