Transcript Verdict First, Evidence Later The Case for Bobby Garwood

Verdict First, Evidence Later
The Case for Bobby Garwood
Monika Jensen-Stevenson
The “Fourth Estate” a phrase coined by
Thomas Jefferson in reference to the free
press.
Free Press as the Harbinger of Truth
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President Eisenhower
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“Beware the Military-Industrial Complex”
The author intimates that the press had climbed
into bed with the military-industrial complex as
early as the McCarthy witch hunts of the 50’s.
The press “meekly mouth the Warren
Commission
The Washington Post’s attack on Oliver Stone’s
JFK in the late 80’s
Private Robert R. Garwood
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POW – Court Marshaled for Treason
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Direct testimony of veterans of all ranks belittled and
ignored, if it was not of the government’s position.
The Best and the Brightest – Top News Reporters of
the VN war.
“Not the best and the brightest” – a quote from
Donna Shalala (Clinton cabinet member)
Slander – easy to believe – see Gen. Tighe accused
by one of the “top” journalists of suffering from
Alzheimer's.
POWS Alive in Viet Nam
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Media believes government line that all are dead.
Threats from the top (NSC and DIA) when reporters were
known to be working on POW stories.
1985 “Dead or Alive” airs.
Tighe Commission formed
Garwood’s story would undermine the governments efforts to
keep the truth about American POWs from the public.
The media consistently did not report testimony given on
behalf of Garwood.
Witnesses pressured by the government to lie.
Can we expect the modern day press to protect the truth?
Mainstream Media
The Drug War’s Shills
Michael Levine
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How big is this story?
$20 Billion a year in Federal funds alone.
1971 – present an increase in 1000% of heroine addiction alone.
The war that was never intended to be won.
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Agencies fight for money!
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U.S. Customs vs The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
CIA protecting major drug dealers.
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Why?
Turn $2,000 into $1,120,000 with a kilo of pure heroine.
Shipping drugs (Air America)
Laundering money
Profits from the illegal operations funded the CIA without congressional oversight
being necessary.
The media is silent!!
It’s all about the money – job security.
The Mightly Wurlitzer Plays On
Gary Webb
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The story that shook an investigative reporter’s
blissful trust in the free press and how it made life
better for Americans and punished the evil doers.
The Contras, a CIA paramilitary group
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Crack Cocaine dealing to support the war
Creating the drug markets in inner city LA, and spreading
it across the nation.
Once discredited – Dark Alliance became viewed as
an Internet conspiracy theory.