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EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 1H 41M

#1280 – David Talbot

from Black Op Radio · host Len Osanic

Previous interview #755 from 2015 David's book, The Devil's Chessboard: (2015) Brothers: (2008) Bobby was looking at the CIA anti-Castro operations as the source of the plot David thought of Allen Dulles as the chief culprit, the "Old Man" The Dulles Era is the beginning of today's lawless era Subversion, extraordinary rendition, assassinations, surveillance David encourages that his book be bought at an independent bookstore During WW II Allen Dulles conducted his own foreign policy Allen and (John) Foster Dulles go way back with these Nazis Sullivan & Cromwell, I.G. Farben, Zyklon B They put the interests of their clients above the good of the war effort Unconditional surrender, Operation Sunrise, Karl Wolff The first tool of the Final Solution, Walter Rauff and Gas Vans James Angleton hid Nazi war criminals in Italy Reinhard Gehlen's rise through the West German power structure Dulles' day calendars, blacked out for Dallas in October, 1963 American media, Washington press corps, timid and complicit His "retirement", Dulles didn't get the memo when he was fired An anti-Kennedy government-in-exile in his home in Georgetown Cuban exile Paulino Sierra Martinez met with Dulles Dulles put William Harvey in charge of assassinations Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Jesus de Galindez, extraordinary rendition CIA support of a coup attempt against Charles De Gaulle The CIA "kill team" was brought back to Dallas Mark Wyatt, Harvey's assistant, Harvey was in Dallas in November 1963 Dulles at Camp Peary, "The Farm" the weekend of the assassination Dulles worked hard behind the scenes to get appointed to the WC Angleton's and Dulles' daughters were two of David's sources Dulles' JFK Oral History Interview "the assassination ... if any one of the chess pieces ... had been moved differently ... the whole thing might have been different" CIA knew the (Bay of Pigs) Cuban Brigade was doomed to fail The plan was to force Kennedy to send in the military Arthur Schlesinger's Journals: 1952-2000 (2008) Schlesinger worked up a CIA reorganization plan for President Kennedy American media. lazy and ignorant or they have an agenda David calls on NARA employees to leak the 1,100 CIA documents Hollywood does not want to be Oliver "Stoned" It's a war of ideas, the best story wins The communist witch hunt purged Washington of FDR New Dealers Nixon was sponsored by the Dulles' Truman's bombshell of an op-ed (December 22, 1963), (more) Dulles operated within a system of power The Power Elite (Mills 1956) Dulles was uniquely connected, to make something like this happen SPECIAL: Access this interview on You Tube

Previous interview #755 from 2015 David's book, The Devil's Chessboard: (2015) Brothers: (2008) Bobby was looking at the CIA anti-Castro operations as the source of the plot David thought of Allen Dulles as the chief culprit, the "Old Man" The Dulles Era is the beginning of today's lawless era Subversion, extraordinary rendition, assassinations, surveillance David encourages that his book be bought at an independent bookstore During WW II Allen Dulles conducted his own foreign policy Allen and (John) Foster Dulles go way back with these Nazis Sullivan & Cromwell, I.G. Farben, Zyklon B They put the interests of their clients above the good of the war effort Unconditional surrender, Operation Sunrise, Karl Wolff The first tool of the Final Solution, Walter Rauff and Gas Vans James Angleton hid Nazi war criminals in Italy Reinhard Gehlen's rise through the West German power structure Dulles' day calendars, blacked out for Dallas in October, 1963 American media, Washington press corps, timid and complicit His "retirement", Dulles didn't get the memo when he was fired An anti-Kennedy government-in-exile in his home in Georgetown Cuban exile Paulino Sierra Martinez met with Dulles Dulles put William Harvey in charge of assassinations Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Jesus de Galindez, extraordinary rendition CIA support of a coup attempt against Charles De Gaulle The CIA "kill team" was brought back to Dallas Mark Wyatt, Harvey's assistant, Harvey was in Dallas in November 1963 Dulles at Camp Peary, "The Farm" the weekend of the assassination Dulles worked hard behind the scenes to get appointed to the WC Angleton's and Dulles' daughters were two of David's sources Dulles' JFK Oral History Interview "the assassination ... if any one of the chess pieces ... had been moved differently ... the whole thing might have been different" CIA knew the (Bay of Pigs) Cuban Brigade was doomed to fail The plan was to force Kennedy to send in the military Arthur Schlesinger's Journals: 1952-2000 (2008) Schlesinger worked up a CIA reorganization plan for President Kennedy American media. lazy and ignorant or they have an agenda David calls on NARA employees to leak the 1,100 CIA documents Hollywood does not want to be Oliver "Stoned" It's a war of ideas, the best story wins The communist witch hunt purged Washington of FDR New Dealers Nixon was sponsored by the Dulles' Truman's bombshell of an op-ed (December 22, 1963), (more) Dulles operated within a system of power The Power Elite (Mills 1956) Dulles was uniquely connected, to make something like this happen SPECIAL: Access this interview on You Tube

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