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Trevor Aaronson - The Bizarre Story Behind The FBI Fake Documentary About The Bundy FamilyOct 20, 2024Trevor Aaronson is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer at The Intercept[and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism. He was a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America and a 2015 TED Fellow.Aaronson is the creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS, which tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who joined the Islamic State as a fighter in Syria; and Chameleon: High Rollers, which investigates an FBI undercover operation in Las VegasFrom the Intercept:Ryan Bundy seemed uneasy as he settled into a white leather chair in a private suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. As the eldest son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who had become a national figure for his armed standoff with U.S. government agents in April 2014, Ryan had quite a story to tell.Eight months had passed since Cliven and hundreds of supporters, including heavily armed militia members, faced off against the federal government in a sandy wash under a highway overpass in the Mojave Desert. Now, here in the comforts of the Bellagio, six documentary filmmakers trained bright lights and high-definition cameras on Ryan. They wanted to ask about the standoff. Wearing a cowboy hat, Ryan fidgeted before the cameras. He had told this story before; that wasn’t the reason for his nerves. After all, the Bundy confrontation made national news after armed agents with the Bureau of Land Management seized the Bundy family’s cattle following a trespassing dispute and the accumulation of more than $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. But the Bundys, aided by their armed supporters, beat back the government, forcing agents to release the cattle and retreatBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Trevor Aaronson - The FBI Manufactured War on TerrorMar 19, 2023When America declares war, or 'enforces freedom', who profits?Trevor Aaronson joined Ed Opperman to discuss how the FBI actively encourages conflict and escalation in order than certain individuals can profit from nefarious activities. It's a startling insight into how much money can be made from manufactured combat. Trevor Aaronson is a contributing writer for The Intercept and a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America. He is also author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism and creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS and Chameleon: High Rollers.Aaronson co-founded the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting in 2010. Investigations he edited spurred changes to law and policy and won honors from the National Headliner Awards, the National Awards for Education Reporting, Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the Green Eyeshade Awards.Trevor more recently appeared on the Opperman report to discuss his series, the Alphabet Boys.Website             : Trevor Aaronson Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Christina Radum Verix - Kidnap and Kill - an FBI Terror PlotMay 31, 2023Christina Radum Verix joined Ed Opperman to talk about the New Documentary detailing the events around the Whitmer Kidnapping Plot - "Kidnap and Kill: An FBI Terror Plot."   which the federal government and FBI referred to as the biggest domestic terror case in a generation. The project  shows the lengths the FBI and their network of 12 informants were willing to go in pursuit of a "big case," as well as the political and career motivations of those involved. It also demonstrates how the FBI drove every single aspect of this "plot," and that these men wouldn't have even met one another without the FBI. The underlined message writ large is that the FBI broke the law in this case and should be investigated.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Daniel Luzadder - The Manchurian Journalist: Lawrence Wright, the CIA, and the Corruption of American Journalism4 days agoThe Manchurian Journalist documents for readers that their concerns about American journalism are justified. It shows that as the watchdog of democracy journalism has, since the Cold War, been compromised by influences unseen and unheard by the public in deciding what people read, hear and subsequently believe. This cultural cold war, led by a CIA and State Department-tied political strategy, involved major news outlets, magazine and book publishers, and worked through a network of unsigned intelligence ‘ agents’ – and influential institutions, foundations and government agencies -- to propagandize the American public, challenge socialism and communism, and preserve an elite “ Establishment.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Walter Herbst Returns2 days agoAuthor Walter Herbst brings four decades of intensive, comprehensive research to uncovering the truth behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including an analysis of how the manipulations of misguided patriots in the military-industrial complex and intelligence community led inevitably to the events in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.As a retired engineer and successful entrepreneur, Herbst’s well-honed critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills perfectly serve his life-long passion for the mystery of the JFK assassination. His two-volume debut is the first fruit of that dedication to the truth. It Did Not Start With JFK - The Decades of Events That Lead to the Assassination of John F. Kennedy shines the spotlight on decades of machinations by politicians, generals, and spies that set the stage for the crime of the century.Herbst BooksBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.