Description:What happened in the 80s doesn't stay in the 80s. Iran-Contra was an historical moment that reaches forwards and backwards in time to connect some of the key political players of the past 50 years...and exposes the shadow government that has been in operation for decades. Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we replace the Orwellian con/text of history by putting Iran-Contra history in context.
Documentation - The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis
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13:31
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A Bill Moyers/PBS production released just weeks before the Tower Commission report was released. Exposes some extremely important truths about the national security state...and hides others.
Documentation - Oliver North Questioned on Continuity of Government
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34:41
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Representative Jack Brooks attempts to ask Oliver North about REX84 and the plans for suspending the constitution that he was working on during the Iran-Contra era.
Documentation - Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Iran's Nuclear Program
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36:26
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The US loves to sell Iran weapons, and then demonize them for having weapons...oh, and use the relationship to further their own plans to detain their own citizens.
Documentation - OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION AWARENESS OFFICE
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50:32
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Convicted Iran-Contra liar Poindexter resurfaces as head of an Orwellian program to track and trace the finances and movements of everyone in the world.
Documentation - VP George H W Bush grilled by Dan Rather
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59:18
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If memory serves, this is what reporters are supposed to do when they're talking to power...put them in their place, ask tough questions and demand answers. I wonder if the Bushes had anything to do with feeding him those fake documents all those yea