It’s been a long month here at the BradCast, but the end is near. Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen return to their rightful places here on Monday. I’m NICOLE SANDLER, holding down the fort for one final show until they return.
When Brad called to tell me that his father had suffered a stroke, and that he and Desi were heading out to Arizona to be with him, I told him I’d be here for whatever he needs. That’s what friends do. And I consider Brad and Desi not only friends, but family. I’m glad I could help them out so they didn’t have to worry about anything here, but be fully with his parents, taking care of what’s really important in life. But I, like you, am looking forward to the return of the Brad Friedman-hosted ‘BradCast’ and Desi’s much-missed Green News Report!
On this final show of the week, I spent the first two segments, once again, recapping the latest news. Harvey Friedman sure picked the craziest time in this generation to make his exit, as the already frenetic pace of breaking news accelerated exponentially in the past month.
Today was insane, with news on the Giuliani front (he’s the subject of a criminal investigation now too, after his associates were arrested Wednesday attempting to flee the country!). The Pentagon is now telling Turkey to stop doing what Donald Trump gave them his blessing to do less than a week ago. And, oh, what he authorized was genocide of our only real allies in the region. But the dominoes are about ready to fall, as even his staunchest defenders in Congress – Lindsey Graham, we’re looking at you – are appalled by his actions and are calling him out publicly about it. And a courageous former Ambassador to Ukraine defied the White House’s warning that no one would be testifying or cooperating with the impeachment inquiry, showing up today and apparently blowing the roof off the sucker. At press time, we’d only gotten reports about her explosive opening statement. I’m guessing more details will emerge in the coming hours and days.
Our guest today is an old friend and Air America Radio colleague, JACK RICE. In addition to being a broadcaster and journalist, he’s also a trial lawyer. And he was a CIA case officer under the Clinton and Bush 43 administrations. I call on Jack regularly for his expertise, which he kindly provided in reference to the plethora of news we’re living through.
Thanks for bearing with me this past month… Welcome home Brad and Desi. We’ve missed you!
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Perhaps for balance you could interview Robert Kennedy Jr. about the CIA’s role in removing his uncle from the Presidency and preventing his dad from running for President. He is supporting an effort calling for Truth and Reconciliation about the state sponsored assassinations of the sixties, which most of the media, including the “alternative” media, has ignored.
By the way, the original “Air America” was a CIA proprietary, an airline that transported weapons and opium in Laos.
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http://www.carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php
THE CIA AND THE MEDIA
How America’s Most Powerful News Media Worked Hand in Glove with the Central Intelligence Agency and Why the Church Committee Covered It Up
Rolling Stone, October 20, 1977
BY CARL BERNSTEIN
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/22/the-cia-70-years-of-organized-crime/
The CIA is not now nor has it ever been a central intelligence agency. It is the covert action arm of the President’s foreign policy advisers. In that capacity it overthrows or supports foreign governments while reporting “intelligence” justifying those activities. It shapes its intelligence, even in such critical areas as Soviet nuclear weapon capability, to support presidential policy. Disinformation is a large part of its covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target audience of its lies.
— Ralph McGehee, “Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA”
I wish we could kiss the oil wars goodbye (The Peak Of The Oil Wars – 15).
They kill so many innocent people.