Friday, October 12, 2018
Let's not talk about that, shall we?
It's 1987 and Rep. Brooks (D-TX), during the Iran-Contra hearings, asks Lt. Col. Oliver North about Garden Plot, REX 84, etc. and, boy, is Ollie miffed. Sen. Inouye (D-HI) stops that line of questioning and the mainstream media, for the most part, dutifully ignore the story. And the American public, for the most part, dutifully stay asleep. As far as I can tell Brooks never again bucked the powers that be on the subject.
See also:
- “Look It Up, Check It Out”: REX 84 and the History of an American Conspiracy by Michael Grasso
- "Church and Pike Committees Post-mortem" by VFPD
- Operation Northwoods on the National Security Archive site
Labels: civil liberties, conspiracy, history, media, politics, repression, United States