Episode
Part One: How The Dulles Brothers Created The CIA And Destroyed Everything Else
1:23:03
Published: Tue May 18 2021
Description
Robert is joined by Jason Pargin to discuss the Dulles Brothers.FOOTNOTES: https://medium.com/dan-sanchez/the-dulles-brothers-and-their-legacy-of-perpetual-war-94191c41a653 https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-cia-director-allen-dulles-order-the-hit-on-jfk https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/opinion/04schlesinger.html https://tnsr.org/2019/11/the-collapse-narrative-the-united-states-mohammed-mossadegh-and-the-coup-decision-of-1953/ https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dulles-announces-policy-of-massive-retaliation https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/perceptions-of-childhood https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BY5QX1K/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SFZB93Y/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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