Archives and research center. He discusses the Committee Findings related to political assassinations. The Church Committee investigated abuses by u. S. Intelligence agencies from the 1950s through wear the gate. This was recorded in 2013 at due cane university at an International Symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. Kennedy. The discussion ran 50 minutes. Hello. My talk is going to be a little bit different. I want to start with kind of a History Lesson that took hopefully will show some of the context of what were talking about. I not directly about the kennedy assassination, although ill be moving into that as well. I apologize if some of this is familiar ground. Okay. I would like to start by painting a picture of a time. Imagine this, if you will. Wiretapping and spying on americans, and even targeting a foreign adversary for assassination. Wait, im describing 2013. P not just liberal institutions and democratic leaders, but also on the other side
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Moving into that as well. I apologize if some of this is familiar ground. Okay. I would like to start by painting a picture of a time. Imagine this, if you will. Wiretapping and spying on americans, and even targeting a foreign adversary for assassination. Wait, im describing 2013. P not just liberal institutions and democratic leaders, but also on the other side. For example, in 1971 nixon discovered maybe yomen and Charles Bradford had been stealing documents from henry kissinger. Secretary of state. Anyway, nixons resignation in 1974 was followed by a heavily democratic socalled reform congress. Some of the names that we recognize. Henry waxman, tom hartman, and Patrick Leahy were elected in that congress. They immediately voted funding restrictions on the vietnam war which nixon had been succeeded by former Warren Commissioner gerald ford who along with his chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld feld and his aide dick cheney wasnt on quite the same page as the congress. Ford was not in a p
This program is about an hour and 20 minutes. Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity. Marshall mcluhan. The gospel of thomas includes the following, jesus said, know what is in front of your face and what is hidden will be disclosed. There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed and nothing that will not be raised. Our speaker is a former Army Intelligence officer, an expert in far eastern studies, a scholar of christian theology, and historian, educator, and an author Whose Research has led to revelations about americas hidden histories. The author of 1992s jfk and vietnam, and oswald and the c. I. A. , updated for the 2008 edition. And most recently 2011 quest for the kingdom, the secret teachings of jesus. Im honored to introduce dr. John newman. And he will introduce his assistant jay. Welcome, dr. John newman. [applause] we live with the mic . Good. Im going to get started. I have a busy agenda here with you today. Oh.
General ham let me start with you. Sort of going in proposition with africom in many ways is youre not going to have large amounts of american troops under your command on the ground, if any. Did you feel at times that you were a general in charge of the contractor army . No, not at all. There is a proper role i think for the contractors but theres also a proper role for the uniformed military. Like the other Combatant Commanders and the Service Chiefs i was part of a discussion with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of defense that yielded the defense strategic guidance of 20 to which was approved by the president , and conduct with regard to advocate says they will seek a light footprint innovative and it reads lowcost, approach to africa. Not only because i was part of that discussion but i think that is the right approach. I dont think there is a need for a large standing u. S. Uniformed military presence in africa. But there is a role and there are places whe