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Matthew Crooks attempted_assassination_of Donald Trump book_quoted
“He goes on in an epilogue to the book that talks about the Trump assassination attempt. And I did want to get into that, even if we don't get it finished today. He talks about this gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and it says the incident sho…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10 @ 16:27
Matthew Crooks attempted_assassination_of Donald Trump documented
“to private intelligence that are owned by the same oligarchs that are using the intelligence agency as a paramilitary operation. So, yeah, I'm saying it is dead in the water. The part that I really did want to talk about a little bit, we st…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final @ 4:18
Matthew Crooks spied_on Donald Trump book_quoted
“took place suggests to me that he had stored a rifle somewhere on the location, which would make it almost seem like that was kind of a stay-behind tactic. He goes on to say that obviously if the CIA is behind it, if you look back in histor…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final @ 18:38
Matthew Crooks spied_on Donald Trump book_quoted
“that there was reason for them to be suspicious. But if it's true that there is a little to no information on his phone, all I can say is that's consistent with someone who is trained in spycraft. If you're an officer in charge of an asset,…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10 @ 25:18
Matthew Crooks member_of Blackwater caller_asserted
“and Ryan Ruth, R-O-U-T-H, both were involved with BlackRock commercials. So you've got MKUltra going on here and the whole Pansy thing. So I just want to add to you that they were also connected to the BlackRock as well. Yeah, I saw the com…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Indonesia Part 3 @ 1:41:30

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Operation Gladio - Indonesia Part 3
▶ 1:41:00 I think my engineering consulting engineering company that I work for was like flipping like a syndicate arm of these clients. Right. And I'm going to dig I'm going to dig into that for sure. I also have a piece I'm actually working on a po…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 16:27 He goes on in an epilogue to the book that talks about the Trump assassination attempt. And I did want to get into that, even if we don't get it finished today. He talks about this gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and it says the incident sho…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 19:07 Again, I'm not going to go over everything because we all just lived through this and we know pretty much what happened, but I'm going to hit the highlights. He talks about the police command center being alerted with two photos of crooks s…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 19:35 climbs up on the roof after a witness report. And according to that police, obviously, according to him, Crooks turned the rifle on him, so he dropped down. And that happened at 6.02, which is basically the same time Trump was taking the st…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 20:05 retreating when he um fell to the ground that's the guy that um uh dropped down when the rifle was pointed at him so that was said over the radio the roof where crooks was spotted was an estimated 140 yards from the podium while speaking tr…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 23:21 would be regarded as suspicious activity. This suggests to me that there was more than a single lapse of security and potential, much more. What else had been reported about the incident that made it highly suspicious? The alleged gunman, w…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 23:51 possible. Early reports claim Crooks was a registered Republican, but then he had a donation to Act Blue and definitely was not a Republican. One of the challenging aspects of figuring out Crooks is the claim that he hadn't had much of a so…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 24:21 It seems to me that something about Crooks is being hidden, but I don't have enough information to say that certainly. One of the narratives which quickly began appearing in the media was that he was a victim of bullying, but that picture w…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 24:50 What could have motivated him? Then there was a New York Times article. And when Kevin reviewed that information, he said, I definitely got a Lee Harvey Oswald vibe from the guy. Crooks is getting packages delivered to his home. Oswald supp…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10
▶ 25:18 that there was reason for them to be suspicious. But if it's true that there is a little to no information on his phone, all I can say is that's consistent with someone who is trained in spycraft. If you're an officer in charge of an asset,…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 4:47 um, points out the sequence of events, which we're all very familiar with since we just lived through it. And, um, he, he articulates his bona fides of having ran security details, both for the CIA director and for president Karzai over in …
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 5:14 Crooks having basically no to speak of digital footprint was a telltale sign that he probably had a handler and someone was cleaning up his shit. He also talks a lot about Cheadle and how ridiculous she was. I think the most damning part of…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 6:41 which is something they love to repeat over and over. And the fact that he was supposedly a loner, which was disproved. And the fact that he couldn't actually shoot, which other people had commented on. And him having received packages in t…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 9:37 And then it says, when I was in the CIA, one of my jobs was to analyze information. In many instances, I wasn't able to determine what was true, but I could certainly figure out what was suspicious and worthy of further investigation. At th…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 16:30 Thomas Matthew Crooks was reportedly able to scale the roof through an air conditioning unit. So Bridget said, I'm banding and they're dropping her. So more sabotage.…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 18:05 I'm going to go on. He says when he looks at the facts, it doesn't seem to me that he was. Let's see. The ladder and the bulletproof vest doesn't make any sense, which is what he probably concluded when he got to the site of the rally that …
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 19:38 kind of scatters all of the information. Because one of the details that came in the several days later was the fact that Crooks had encrypted platforms used on his cell phone. And that was a very interesting thing, supposedly because he ha…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #10 Final
▶ 22:43 Seth's rich laptop, blah, blah, blah. So he also says that he lists a whole bunch of questions that he believes need to be answered about the event. And I mean, they're the normal questions like where is Crook's laptop? Who's investigating …