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[jore]

On 24/10/14 09:40, JanW wrote:
> Wow. If you get a chance, look at The Drum from yesterday on iView. Tho Peter Carey's new book is about this, the panel poo-pooed it as impossible conspiracy theory. I may rethink and buy Carey's book after all, given the analysis below. "Amnesia" is the title.
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> Jan

Thanks, but no thanks. It's too late in the day for me to waste precious
time with the opinions of (sadly) uninformed people who are some-40
years in the dark about Australian history, dismissing it as "conspiracy
theory."

If I am to be helpful though, a great book that substantially deals this
topic, one that I've recommended on this list before, is "Rooted in
secrecy: The clandestine element in Australian politics" by Joan
Coxsedge. Goes in to great depth about foreign intel involvement with
Australian political culture going back to before 1960s (no surprise
really given CIA had done this in over 50 countries, many of them
democracies), etc. Sadly, it can be hard to find these days as I think
it's out of print.

Anyway, the story is very pertinent and more substantiated now than ever
before though however (esp pertaining to Pine Gap), and esp given
Snowden, etc. And yeah, the last thing we need right now is the
dismissal of this important history... We need remembering and to fight
back against the spooks.

Best,
Jore.