Germany Keeping Eichmann Files Secret for 50 (More) Years

Com­ment: Why would this be nec­es­sary? Among the pos­si­bil­i­ties is the polit­i­cal sen­si­tiv­ity deriv­ing from past employ­ment of Eich­mann and many of his subordinates–and supe­ri­ors–by ele­ments of West­ern intel­li­gence, includ­ing U.S. and Ger­man intel­li­gence ser­vices.
The open­ing of these files would also shed light on the Under­ground Reich and its deriv­a­tive, pro­found eco­nomic and polit­i­cal relationships [...]

FTR #677 Update on Global Fascism

The old SS giv­ing rise to new fas­cism in Aus­tria and Ger­many; Mussolini’s heirs move into the Ital­ian main­stream; Con­ti­nu­ity of for­eign pol­icy between the “new” Ger­many and the Third Reich.

A Descent into the Abyss

CIA, Vat­i­can, the Mafia, ele­ments of the mil­i­tary, and the Amer­i­can power elite con­spire to traf­fic in drugs and gold, stage assas­si­na­tions and coups, import Nazi war crim­i­nals, sub­vert the constitution.

FTR #675 Interview with Lucy Komisar: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

Food Ser­vices Giant Sodexo’s scams cost tax­pay­ers, school chil­dren big bucks; Tim­o­thy Gei­th­ner ignored U.S. Trea­sury bonds naked short sell­ing; Swiss Banks join­ing AIG in off­shore machinations.

Repost: FTR #531 Interview with Lucy Komisar about Offshore

Insur­ance giant AIG’s pro­lific use of off­shore scams, cap­tive rein­sur­ance, ille­gal gam­bits and oper­a­tions, aided by high-level gov’t offi­cials and legislators.

Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens

by Ariel David
AP
VATICAN CITY—Believing that the uni­verse may con­tain alien life does not con­tra­dict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an inter­view pub­lished Tues­day.
The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit direc­tor of the Vat­i­can Obser­va­tory, was quoted as say­ing the vast­ness of the uni­verse means it is pos­si­ble there could be [...]

FTR #624 Miscellaneous Articles and Updates

Recorded Feb­ru­ary 28, 2008
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As indi­cated by the title, this pro­gram sup­ple­ments dis­cus­sion top­ics cov­ered in past broad­cast, as well as intro­duc­ing some new items of inter­est. Begin­ning with a look at one of the more friv­o­lous sto­ries pre­oc­cu­py­ing an Amer­i­can jour­nal­is­tic com­mu­nity that should be pay­ing more atten­tion to the [...]

FTR #618 Veteran’s Day Interview with John Loftus

Recorded Novem­ber 11, 2007
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In 2007, Mr. Emory observed Vet­er­ans’ Day by vis­it­ing with John Lof­tus, a for­mer mil­i­tary offi­cer who has hero­ically uncov­ered and exposed the machi­na­tions of inter­na­tional fas­cism, bring­ing the forces of both law and jour­nal­ism to bear on the male­fac­tors. In addi­tion to help­ing locate and prosecute [...]

FTR #616 Going Native, Part 3: Homeland Insecurity

Recorded Octo­ber 28, 2007
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Con­tin­u­ing analy­sis from FTR#550, this pro­gram looks at the use of native, “unrep­re­sented” peo­ples by polit­i­cal ele­ments that don’t appear to be gen­uinely con­cerned with the wel­fare of those pop­u­la­tion groups. Specif­i­cally, we look at a strange brew of Tibetan Bud­dhists, Mon­go­lian Bud­dhists, Islamists and Pan-Turkists working [...]

FTR #615 Going Native, Part 2 German Foreign Policy and Its Implications

Recorded Octo­ber 21, 2007
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Con­tin­u­ing analy­sis from FTR#550, this pro­gram looks at the use of native, “unrep­re­sented” peo­ples by polit­i­cal ele­ments that don’t appear to be gen­uinely con­cerned with the wel­fare of those pop­u­la­tion groups. Specif­i­cally, we look at a strange brew of Tibetan Bud­dhists, Mon­go­lian Bud­dhists, Islamists and Pan-Turkists working [...]