THE CIA'S BLOND GHOST: TED SHACKLEY - PART 2/3
Added 2025-02-16 03:47:08 +0000 UTCI split my new documentary "The CIA's Blond Ghost" into three bit sized chapters. The content within is identical to the full documentary, I only split it for ease of viewing.
Bibliography:
[2] Alec Dubro and David Kaplan - Yakuza (p. 48)
[2] David Corn - The Blond Ghost (p.22-32, 41)
[2] Ted Shackley Spymaster ( p. XVI-XVII, 94)
[2] E.H. Cookridge - Reinhard Gehlen Spy of the Century (p.237-252)
https://archive.org/details/gehlenspyofcentu0000cook/page/74/mode/2up
[2] John Loftus - The Belarus Secret (p.26, 68-80)
https://archive.org/details/belarussecret0000loft/page/70/mode/2up
[2] Christopher Simpson - Blowback (p. 46-51 139-150) https://archive.org/details/blowbackamericas00simp/page/n5/mode/2up
[2] Archive page of disclosure of US intelligence ties to former Nazis: https://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/rg-263-report.html#augsburg
[2] Lucien Conein Fort Bragg 1956 https://www.beforethequagmire.com/Before_the_Quagmire_by_William_JRust/Aboutthe_Author_files/Conein-Contrasts-and-Controversy.pdf (p.47)
Comments
You’ll see in part 3 how the commando program evolved. There were definitely ulterior motives re: Green berets and to integrate otherwise disallowed (I.e. former Nazis) assets into the security state (see Simpson’s book Blowback, he explains this exact reasoning) I do think there was an offensive Gladio program in the works as early as 1948 (See Operation Bloodstone as an example.) which evolved into the US special forces. Pretty clear that it was harder than it seemed at the time to actually foment revolution behind the iron curtain. Also yes Gladio was ongoing despite the turn away from stay behind forces, I mentioned that in the video in regards to Years of Lead and Brabant killings. Also covered it extensively in my French Gladio video
EWO
2025-02-17 14:38:28 +0000 UTCThe puzzle is solved if we consider Cookridge´s book as a bad interpretation, if not disinformation at all. ( For instance: 21:27 Top priority: agents to work in Russia. 16:43 To infiltrate assets beyond the iron curtain. 23:23 Commandos to infiltrate behind the iron curtain 12:05 Special forces to penetrate the Soviet Union. 35:18: ALL FAILURES ? ) The Dulles and Gehlen´s concerns were not behind the curtain; the development at the highest echelons of the CIA and the Gehlen Org was Operation Gladio: but not seen or interpreted as special forces to defend a potential soviet invasion,( totally, 100% unlikely, like nowadays); not even as offensive subversion Ops against the eastern bloc ( they didnt overthrow any communist regime in 40 years: that was not the goal) ; but as offensive commandos, death squads to commit false flag attacks in Europe, and to blame the communists. That was in essence, the Cold War. ( like in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948.). Italy, 1948, Greece, 1949: everything against communists in Europe: the resistance against Nazism. Conein and Shackley were not infiltrating assets and gathering Intelligence; they were, with paramilitary background, in the irregular warfare. Does Op Gladio remain active to this day.?
David Prego
2025-02-17 14:06:56 +0000 UTCAll these connections are frying my brain this is ridiculous
BearBear88
2025-02-16 23:39:09 +0000 UTC
