conspiracy theories

What Connects the next Mission: Impossible to the First Movie to Shoot at CIA Headquarters?

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/21/2022 - 07:50
Something I found while flicking through Production Weekly (a Hollywood newsletter that charts in-production TV and films) is that the...
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https://www.spyculture.com/what-connects-the-next-mission-impossible-to-the-first-movie-to-shoot-at-cia-headquarters/

John Wayne’s FBI File Says Nothing About Stalin Assassination Plot

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/13/2021 - 06:15
According to legend, Joe Stalin hated John Wayne and tried on several occasions to have the leading man killed.  This story has been told and re-told across books, blogs, articles, youtubes.  In every version, the FBI play a key role in stopping at least one of the supposed plots against Wayne.  But Wayne's FBI file doesn't mention anything about any of these state-sponsored attempted murders, begging the question of where these stories originated, and why?
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https://www.spyculture.com/john-waynes-fbi-file-says-nothing-about-stalin-assassination-plot/

ClandesTime 221 – The Philadelphia Experiment

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/12/2021 - 12:47
The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most enduring paranormal conspiracy theories in American history. In this episode we examine this theory, its sociological and cultural impact, why the Pentagon refused to help make a movie based on the story, and why it has persisted for so long.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-221-the-philadelphia-experiment/

Is The Crash the Worst Government-Supported Movie of All Time?

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/08/2020 - 11:36
One of the nice things about searching through documents and databases of government-supported films is that I get to read...
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https://www.spyculture.com/is-the-crash-the-worst-government-supported-movie-of-all-time/

Is The Crash the Worst Government-Supported Movie of All Time?

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/08/2020 - 11:36
One of the nice things about searching through documents and databases of government-supported films is that I get to read...
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https://www.spyculture.com/is-the-crash-the-worst-government-supported-movie-of-all-time/

Is The Crash the Worst Government-Supported Movie of All Time?

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/08/2020 - 11:36
One of the nice things about searching through documents and databases of government-supported films is that I get to read...
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https://www.spyculture.com/is-the-crash-the-worst-government-supported-movie-of-all-time/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18
A recent article on Insider accused my work of being &;the worst example&; of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...
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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18
A recent article on Insider accused my work of being &;the worst example&; of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...
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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18
A recent article on Insider accused my work of being &;the worst example&; of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...
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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

ClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/29/2019 - 05:19
This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its treatment in the Oliver Stone movie JFK. We look at the psychological and political consequences of the assassination, as well as the political and cultural impact of the film.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-194-oliver-stones-jfk/

ROI: Does the Pentagon Fund Movies?

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 09/20/2019 - 07:48
One of the most common conspiracy theories you hear in this line of research is that the Pentagon and CIA fund Hollywood movies.  This isn't entirely untrue - the CIA covertly funded productions of Animal Farm and 1984 in the early Cold War period - but on the whole, it is untrue.  In all the many thousands of documen
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https://www.spyculture.com/roi-does-the-pentagon-fund-movies/

New Jack Ryan Trailer Illustrates Western Hypocrisy Over Arms Trade

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/09/2019 - 06:52
The latest trailer for Amazon Prime's Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a perfect illustration of Western double standards and hypocrisy over the global arms trade.  As I predicted in an earlier article, the plotline centres on Venezuela and in all lik
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https://www.spyculture.com/new-jack-ryan-trailer-illustrates-western-hypocrisy-over-arms-trade/

New Jack Ryan Trailer Illustrates Western Hypocrisy Over Arms Trade

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/09/2019 - 06:52
The latest trailer for Amazon Prime&;s Tom Clancy&;s Jack Ryan is a perfect illustration of Western double standards and hypocrisy...
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https://www.spyculture.com/new-jack-ryan-trailer-illustrates-western-hypocrisy-over-arms-trade/

New Jack Ryan Trailer Illustrates Western Hypocrisy Over Arms Trade

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/09/2019 - 06:52
The latest trailer for Amazon Prime&;s Tom Clancy&;s Jack Ryan is a perfect illustration of Western double standards and hypocrisy...
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https://www.spyculture.com/new-jack-ryan-trailer-illustrates-western-hypocrisy-over-arms-trade/

ClandesTime 188 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Mubin Shaikh

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 08/04/2019 - 07:21
The 2006 arrests of the Toronto 18 was a key moment in the post-9/11 war on terror. It helped internationalise the war effort and added Canada to the list of supposed terrorist targets. This week I examine the life and work of the main Canadian intelligence informant inside the Toronto 18 – Mubin Shaikh.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-188-an-alternative-history-of-al-qaeda-mubin-shaikh/

ClandesTime 188 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Mubin Shaikh

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 08/04/2019 - 07:21
The 2006 arrests of the Toronto 18 was a key moment in the post-9/11 war on terror. It helped internationalise...
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-188-an-alternative-history-of-al-qaeda-mubin-shaikh/

Documents: CIA Successfully Pressured Michael Bay To Change Benghazi Movie

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 07/31/2019 - 04:28
I recently obtained 50 pages of documents from the CIA on the support they provided to Michael Bay's Benghazi movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.  In this investigation for Shadowproof I outline how the relationship between Bay and the Agen
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https://www.spyculture.com/documents-cia-successfully-pressured-michael-bay-to-change-benghazi-movie/

Documents: CIA Successfully Pressured Michael Bay To Change Benghazi Movie

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 07/31/2019 - 04:28
I recently obtained 50 pages of documents from the CIA on the support they provided to Michael Bay&;s Benghazi movie...
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https://www.spyculture.com/documents-cia-successfully-pressured-michael-bay-to-change-benghazi-movie/

Watergate, the Mark Felt Biopic and the FBI

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/25/2019 - 07:05
In my latest article for Shadowproof I examine the FBI's role in the Mark Felt biopic Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House.  Using documents obtained under FOIA and an interview with Ed Gray, the son of FBI acting director Pat Gray (who is depicted in Mark Felt) I
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https://www.spyculture.com/watergate-the-mark-felt-biopic-and-the-fbi/

How the Hell is Project Blue Book so Boring?

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/09/2019 - 11:52
UFOs.  Probable extraterrestrials.  Investigation and revelation.  Nazi scientists.  A military cover-up.  With all these elements in place the History Channel's Project Blue Book should be an exciting, unpredictable replacement for The X-Files.  Instead it is a dull-as-dishwater procedural th
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https://www.spyculture.com/how-the-hell-is-project-blue-book-so-boring/

ClandesTime 174 – The Big Short vs Margin Call

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 03/23/2019 - 13:14
The 2008 Wall Street crash has inspired little more than a staccato response from Hollywood, with very few films taking the subject seriously. In this episode I examine and review two of the more prominent movies that cover this topic – The Big Short and Margin Call.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-174-the-big-short-vs-margin-call/

ClandesTime 169 – Margaret Thatcher and the Entertainment Industry

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/17/2019 - 06:46
The British government’s role in using the entertainment industry is smaller than in America, but nonetheless involves many of the same familiar activities.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-169-margaret-thatcher-and-the-entertainment-industry/

ClandesTime 168 – Executive Decision

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/03/2019 - 06:27
The 1996 action thriller Executive Decision was an early example of what should be called ‘irregular war films’, pitting a team of special forces commandos against a gang of terrorists, on a hijacked plane headed for Washington DC.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-168-executive-decision/

Fake News, Trump and the Freedom of Information Act

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/06/2019 - 08:31
A story doing the rounds claims that the Trump administration is taking advantage of the government shut-down to change the rules by which the Department of the Interior processes and responds to FOIA requests.
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https://www.spyculture.com/fake-news-trump-and-the-freedom-of-information-act/

FBI Say They Cannot Find Their File on Radical Author Sam Greenlee

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 11/01/2018 - 06:57
Sam Greenlee is perhaps most famous for writing the novel The Spook Who Sat By the Door, which was adapted into a film in the 1970s.  Greenlee believed that the CIA and FBI suppressed the film because it portrayed them in such a bad light, and promoted b
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https://www.spyculture.com/fbi-say-they-cannot-find-their-file-on-radical-author-sam-greenlee/

Dezinformatsiya? The RT interview with Petrov and Boshirov - Spy Culture

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 09/14/2018 - 07:56
The disinformation war kicked into high gear this week with the release of an interview with Petrov and Boshirov by RT.
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https://www.spyculture.com/dezinformatsiya-the-rt-interview-with-petrov-and-boshirov/

The 9 Most Important Questions about 9/11 that Remain Unanswered - Spy Culture

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 09/11/2018 - 11:50
The pain of 9/11 remains unresolved because the crime of 9/11 remains unsolved.
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https://www.spyculture.com/the-9-most-important-questions-about-9-11-that-remain-unanswered/

Salisbury Poisoning CCTV Has Suspects Walking in the Wrong Direction - Spy Culture

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 09/06/2018 - 14:01
Image 5 in the Met Police’s CCTV collection of Petrov and Boshirov also poses some questions.
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https://www.spyculture.com/salisbury-poisoning-cctv-has-suspects-walking-in-the-wrong-direction/