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Decoding Chase Brandon: CIA Entertainment Liaison - Spy Culture

Chase Brandon was the CIA's first entertainment liaison officer, working in the entertainment industry for over a decade from 1996 onwards. Brandon helped produce over a dozen major films and a similar number of TV shows and more than any other individual helped set up a permanent CIA network within Hollywood and the rest of the industry.

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ClandesTime 072 – The Pentagon in Hollywood: The Enemy Image - Spy Culture

The philosophy of Carl Schmitt asserts that for a state to be identifiable and legitimate it has to employ an enemy image - the perception of a threat from the Other. In this episode we explore whether this philosophy has been adopted by the Pentagon as part of their operations in the entertainment industry.

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-072-pentagon-hollywood-enemy-image/

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When the CIA used CBS to stop a TV Show from Being Made - Spy Culture

In the 1950s the CIA and CBS were very close and this relationship enabled the CIA to use CBS to influence the media landscape in the United States. This episode from 1956-57 shows the CIA stopped a TV show from being made, using CBS as a proxy to muscle a smaller studio out of the way and effectively censor an unfriendly production about the OSS.

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http://www.spyculture.com/when-cia-used-cbs-stop-tv-show-made/

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ClandesTime 069 – Political Correctness Gone Mad - Spy Culture

Recent stories focusing on the 'migrant crisis' and 'the Cologne attacks' - among other incidents - are provoking racial and religious tensions in Europe. In this episode I look at the simple-minded dialogue around these trends and events, identifying the Russian state as playing a critical role in the incitement.

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-069-political-correctness-gone-mad/

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Review: The Secret Garden - Spy Culture

I recently had the pleasure of previewing The Secret Garden - an independently made spy thriller. The film is inspired by the short story The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges, but transplants the themes and existential quandaries of that story into a CIA Cold War setting.

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http://www.spyculture.com/review-the-secret-garden/

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Tom Clancy’s FBI File (Part II) - Spy Culture

Tom Clancy was one of the best selling spy authors of all time, known not only for his technical accuracy - gleaned through extensive government contacts - but also for an uncanny ability to predict the future. Part of his FBI file was released in 2014 but in recent weeks another section has been made available. It sheds light on just how deep his government contacts must have run, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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http://www.spyculture.com/tom-clancys-fbi-file-part-ii/

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Disinfowars 29 – Marxism in the Truth Movement - Spy Culture

Marxism usually gets a bad rap in the Truth Movement, but the two share a lot of key ideas.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-29-marxism-in-the-truth-movement/

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ClandesTime 066 – Homeland Season 5 Episode 12 ‘A False Glimmer’ - Spy Culture

This review of the finale of Homeland discusses not just the final episode but the entire season. We reflect on what is new and different about this fifth season, from the religious dimensions being crow-barred into the show to the use of Russians as the enemy image and hackers as second-level terrorists.

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-066-homeland-season-5-episode-12-a-false-glimmer/

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Homeland Season 5 Episode 11 – Porkins Policy Radio - Spy Culture

On this penultimate episode of our Homeland series Tom and I begin by venting about our hatred of Alison. Next we move onto the shows continual use of women as negative characters. We discuss the similarities between Alison and real life Russian spy Anna Chapman. We look at the parallels between these two characters and the notion that Alison will receive a hero’s welcome if she returns to Russia.

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http://www.spyculture.com/homeland-season-5-episode-11-porkins-policy-radio/

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ClandesTime 065 – Homeland episode 10 ‘New Normal’ - Spy Culture

This much more dramatic episode of Homeland was the basis for a fun review discussion this week, touching on the hints towards the deep state, the portrayal of the Laura Poitras character, the implausibility of the CIA's handling of the Russian double agent problem and Pearse's hatred of Allison.

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-065-homeland-episode-10-new-normal/

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Homeland Season 5 episode 9: The Litvinov Ruse – Porkins Policy Radio - Spy Culture

On this episode of our Homeland series Tom and I spent the first half of the episode dissecting the falsehoods that this particular episode as put forth in terms of the legality of spying. Suddenly aware of the rule of law and constitutional rights we see all the major characters in this episode pushing this agenda of doing everything by the book.

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http://www.spyculture.com/homeland-season-5-episode-9-the-litvinov-ruse-porkins-policy-radio/

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Disinfowars 26 – The Power of Nightmares - Spy Culture

The Power of Nightmares was possibly the last great documentary series produced by the BBC. A decade after it was first broadcast I look back at the series, offering a brief review before using this as a basis for analyzing recent events. I discuss the criticism of the filmmaker Adam Curtis for his superficial take on 9/11, before exploring the 'defection' of Jamal Al Fadl, an associate of Osama Bin Laden.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-26-the-power-of-nightmares/

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ClandesTime 063 – Homeland Season 5 Episode 8 ‘All About Allison’ - Spy Culture

This was not the most interesting instalment of Homeland so Pearse and I talked about topics related to the episode including the history of Kosovo and NATO's use of jihadis in the entire Balkans region, the arrest this week of a mysterious unnamed Montenegrin arms trafficker on his way to Paris, and why it is that the US Marine Corps Entertainment Liaison Office reports do not make any mention of Homeland.

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-063-homeland-season-5-episode-8-all-about-allison/

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Homeland Season 5 Episode 7 ‘Oriole’- Porkins Policy Radio - Spy Culture

On this episode of our Homeland review series,Tom and I try to decipher this puzzle-piece of an episode. In contrast to last week’s fairly simple episode, this week’s was complex and intriguing. We explore the character of Alison and her trajectory from CIA station chief to Russian double agent. We discuss how the show is turning her into the ultimate villain, who is not only a master manipulator, but a cold and calculating egoist.

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http://www.spyculture.com/homeland-season-5-episode-7-oriole/

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ClandesTime 062 – Homeland Season 5 Episode 6 ‘Parabiosis’ - Spy Culture

Today Pearse and I discuss the latest 6th episode of Homeland, 'Parabiosis' which saw the return of the classic spies vs jihadis type of storyline. We looked at the two halves of the story - Quinn holed up in a refugee hostel/terrorist halfway house and ultimately him killing the Reel Bad Arab Hajik, and Saul's rediscovering that he is actually a skilled secret agent.

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-062-homeland-season-5-episode-6/

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Homeland Season 5 episode 5 Review – Porkins Policy Radio - Spy Culture

In the latest of our Homeland reviews, Tom and I tackle the latest episode, ¨Better Call Saul.” In true form to this season, the fifth episode completely resets the original storyline and refocuses our attention to the evil Russians. Tom and I discuss this development and how it plays out in the episode.

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http://www.spyculture.com/homeland-season-5-episode-5-review-porkins-policy-radio/

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Disinfowars 23 – Was Watergate a False Flag? - Spy Culture

Watergate is the quintessential conspiracy, one that went all the way to the White House and took down a presidency. But was it a consequence of J Edgar Hoover's death and the FBI's succession crisis? Was it the result of a CIA conspiracy, a soft power coup against the Nixon White House? In this episode I explore the deeper and darker sides of the Watergate scandal to try to find the answers.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-23-was-watergate-a-false-flag/

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Disinfowars 22 – The Pentagon Papers - Spy Culture

In 1971 DOD analyst and RAND Corporation employee Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers - the DOD's Top Secret history of the Vietnam War. This is one of the biggest and most famous leaks in history, but there remain huge questions about why this happened. Was Ellsberg a genuine whistleblower?

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-22-the-pentagon-papers/

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Disinfowars 20 – How to Catch Brzezinski in a Lie - Spy Culture

Deep state intellectual Zbigniew Brzezinski turns up everywhere but he is perhaps most known for his role in the founding of Operation Cyclone - NATO's program to support the mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets. The media coverage, both mainstream and alternative, has focused on misleading interpretations of what happened and when, much of which has been encouraged by Brzezinski himself.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-20-how-to-catch-brzezinski-in-a-lie/

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ClandesTime 057 – Conspiracy Theories: The Death of Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe's death in 1962 was ruled a 'probable suicide' but there have always been suspicions that she was murdered because of her relationship with the Kennedy brothers. In this episode I look at the various conspiracy theories about her death, from the highly plausible (she was murdered by her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson) to the ridiculous (the Mafia killed her on behalf of the CIA).

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-057-conspiracy-theories-the-death-of-marilyn-monroe/

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FBI Report on Marilyn Monroe Conspiracy Theory

When Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 the FBI quietly investigated, collecting clippings of newspaper and magazine articles claiming that she had been murdered - or at least callously pushed towards suicide. Fingers pointed in many directions, but most pointed at the Kennedy brothers, particularly Attorney General Robert F Kennedy.

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http://www.spyculture.com/fbi-report-on-marilyn-monroe-conspiracy-theory/

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Marilyn Monroe CIA Memo

Right up until her suspicious and much-discussed death in 1962 Marilyn Monroe was under surveillance. The FBI were keeping tabs on her, the Mafia had a private detective bug her phone and house, and this memo seems to confirm that the CIA were also monitoring her.

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http://www.spyculture.com/marilyn-monroe-cia-memo/

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Disinfowars 13 – Institutional Secrecy

Following on from last week's show I look at how the intelligence services who were causing mayhem in Northern Ireland were protected by a culture of institutional secrecy in the British government. Via a little-known government file that was declassified in 2009 I tell the story of government policy on avowing the existence of the security services.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-13-institutional-secrecy/

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Executive Action – Porkins Policy Radio

To help celebrate his 35th episode Pearse invited me onto his show to discuss the 1973 JFK assassination thriller Executive Action. This is an unusual film that portrays a private right wing conspiracy to kill Kennedy, and was written by several interesting figures - Mark Lane, Donald Freed and Dalton Trumbo.

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http://www.spyculture.com/executive-action-porkins-policy-radio/

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Ex-CIA Official: End of Cold War Sparked Spy’s Paradise

The US used a not-so-secret “spying den” perched atop its embassy in Paris to spy on the activities of three French presidents.

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http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/06/27/ex-cia-official-end-of-cold-war-sparked-spys-paradise/

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Disinfowars 4 – How the Cold War became the War on Terror

This week I present a mini-documentary on the rise of the neocons in the 1970s and how they turned Cold War paranoia into War on Terror paranoia. I look at the people and organisations involved: Henry Jackson and the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, Richard Pipes and Team B, the reformed Committee on the Present Danger and how this all ties in with the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism in 1979.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-4-how-the-cold-war-became-the-war-on-terror/

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DisInfoWars with Tom Secker- How the Cold War became the War on Terror

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Disinfowars 3 – The Ideological Origins of the War on Terror

This is the third episode of my new podcast for Boiling Frogs Post. This is a weekly show that is only available to BFP subscribers. In the first of a three-part series I look into the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism, where the ideology of the current War on Terror was conceived. I focus in on Benjamin Netanyahu, who hosted the conference and later wrote a book on all the major speeches and discussion.

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http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-3-the-ideological-origins-of-the-war-on-terror/

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The CIA’s TV Network

In the years before 9/11 the CIA invaded the entertainment industry. In the years after those attacks this relationship became more pronounced and overt. While it is not as influential as their Hollywood operations, the CIA's role in small-screen productions is still quite pronounced.

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-cias-tv-network/

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Reform or Repression: What’s Behind Russia’s Mysterious College Shutdown?

Moscow State University, one of Russia’s most prestigious institutions, failed to rank among the top 400 international universities in the last academic year.

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http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/05/06/reform-or-repression-whats-behind-russias-mysterious-college-shutdown/

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The CIA and Argo – The CIA and Hollywood 07

Pearse and Tom round off season 1 looking at the 2012 Oscar winning historical drama Argo, which is based on a real life exfiltration operation during the Iranian revolution. We discuss the CIA's almost too-obvious involvement in the film, the background of how the story was declassified and turned into a movie including the shadowy figures of producer David Klawans and writer Chris Terrio. We stick the boot into Ben Affleck and his film, not just for its 'Reel Bad Arabs' racism but also its outrageous and possibly intentional historical inaccuracy.

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-cia-and-argo-the-cia-and-hollywood-07/

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The CIA and Hollywood – Season 1 Digital Download

The first season of The CIA and Hollywood is now available as a digital download. For only $2.99 you get a convenient zip file containing all the episodes, a season guide, graphics from the show, source documents and more.

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The CIA and Charlie Wilson’s War – The CIA and Hollywood 06

Sibel Edmonds is our final guest as we dissect this shambolic re-telling of the Soviet-Afghan War. Much of this conversation is devoted to what the film leaves out, such as Charlie Wilson being a CIA asset, the origins of Operation Cyclone being older and much more important than one drunk congressman and his ultra-right wing Christian friend and of course the likes of Jalaluddin Haqqani, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Osama Bin Laden who are completely absent from the movie.

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-cia-and-charlie-wilsons-war-the-cia-and-hollywood-06/

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US Admiral wouldn’t be surprised if “Russia sends bomber patrols through the Gulf of Mexico”

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Source: Sputnik News

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The destructive legacy of Arab liberals

Arab liberalism allied itself with US and Israel to impoverish and destroy whole countries.

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http://electronicintifada.net/content/destructive-legacy-arab-liberals/14385

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Processing Distortion with Peter B. Collins: What Do We Really Know About Russia?

Peter B. Collins Presents Journalist Terry Phillips

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http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2014/09/04/processing-distortion-with-peter-b-collins-what-do-we-really-know-about-russia/

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Ukraine Crisis Sends NATO Back to the Cold War

NATO’s expanding again.

NATO, a military alliance forged in the Cold War, is showing signs of reverting to type—with Russia assuming its familiar role as the “heavy.”

This is a development that should trouble us all, not least because the arguments advanced to justify NATO’s newly aggressive stance are so hard to resist.

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http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/09/04/ukraine-sends-nato-back-to-the-cold-war/