[…] of looking at the cover-up he focuses instead on the burglary at the Watergate buildings. He finds the media already lined up to have a go at Nixon, ignoring the details of the burglary and consequently missing the real heart of the Watergate affair. He sees the burglary as a cover for other illegal […]
[…] March 2005.(12) During the debate several MPs reported their constituents’ complains of ill-health generated by the Tetra masts. Watergate: why Spencer Oliver’s phone was tapped When the Nixon White House ‘plumbers’ broke into the Watergate offices of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) they placed taps on two phones. One was Larry O’Brien’s. This was […]
[…] went back to Vietnam. At this point political considerations at the highest level came into play. Colby, a self-described liberal, had a fortuitous personal connection with Richard Nixon. (Colby’s son was the roommate of Tricia Nixon’s fiancé, Edward Cox, who in 1970 was Jonathan Colby’s best man.) This became useful when Nixon was elected […]
[…] slapped smartly on wrist, and fined.) It would appear, then, that Throat was not so much opposed to illicit break-ins and eavesdropping as he was to the Nixon Administration as such. In his June 2 article in the Post, outing his source, Woodward tells us that Felt regarded the Nixon White House as ‘corrupt……..sinister […]
[…] of cancer. It will never expose itself. Well, will you, Nader? Anti-matter. When anti-matter collides with matter – Zilch. It’s here and it’s waiting …….. I elected Nixon – and the Mafia – not Nixon and Mitchell – the Mafia put an unlimited price tag on the murder of me and my family and […]
[…] working with a larger number of agents through third nations – use the intelligence forces of other countries rather than the CIA – which was implemented by Nixon in ’72 or so. But the whole idea, which involved the material interests of the people I’ve talked about, bankers and so on, was floated, tried […]
[…] that ‘The Agency was extremely proud of its successful and recommended it as a model for future operations . (124) Ambassador Green reports of an interview with Nixon in 1967 that The Indonesian experience had been one of particular interest to because things had gone well in Indonesia. I think he was very interested […]
[…] electoral college votes. The USA has had some remarkable vote-rigging manoeuvres in the past: Kennedy’s mob-assisted skullduggery in Illinois (worth 22 collegiate votes) seems to have robbed Nixon of the 1960 election.(15) Nixon, in turn, scuppered the Democrats in 1968, by persuading the Vietnamese to hold out on peace negotiations with LBJ, with the […]
[…] This took place under heavy US pressure on Israel to accept a US-Egyptian sponsored ceasefire and halt plans to destroy the Egyptian army completely. Beleaguered US President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger’s response was to order a US nuclear alert (DEFCON 3), aimed ostensibly at the Soviets (and as many alleged, at Nixon’s congressional critics) […]
[…] to help the Americans. He was head of the mission until 1965, subsequently visiting Saigon a number of times before being appointed a special consultant by President Nixon. Less publicity has been given to the involvement of other British military personnel in the Vietnam war. “More sensitive operations, such as those in Vietnam, have […]
