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William A. Robertson Jr. person

also: Senator Willis Robertson, William Rip Robertson, Robertson, Rip Robertson

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Claims (11)

William A. Robertson Jr. father_of Pat Robertson documented
“Fields was a CIA operative that was very close to George Bush and was in a position to let them know everything that was going on. It didn't hurt that Fields had been an administrative assistant to Senator Willis Robertson of Virginia, who …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Prelude to Terror Chap 25 @ 41:37
William A. Robertson Jr. trained CIA documented
“He was recruited in Chile four years before that to run black propaganda radio stations. On the paramilitary side, Haney had brought in William A. Robertson, Jr. He was a CIA trainer in Saipan. And remember, Saipan is basically like what we…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 40:26
William A. Robertson Jr. member_of Eddie P. Haney documented
“He was recruited in Chile four years before that to run black propaganda radio stations. On the paramilitary side, Haney had brought in William A. Robertson, Jr. He was a CIA trainer in Saipan. And remember, Saipan is basically like what we…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 40:26
William A. Robertson Jr. carried_out_attack Alfhem documented
“Diction was like a scandal. And it basically led to the first military action of Operation Success. CIA paramilitary man William Rip Robertson wanted to go to the port city with frogmen and sink the Swedish ship with explosives. Yes, that's…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 52:02
William A. Robertson Jr. carried_out_attack Guatemala documented
“Instead, he sent a party from Armas' Liberation Army to blow up the railroad tracks outside of the port. Robertson led the team himself and laid the explosives on the track, but it just so happens it rained and it didn't work. The CIA team …”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 52:32
William A. Robertson Jr. carried_out_attack Springfjord documented
“Plausible deniability. So Simoes is pissed. And he tells Robertson, if you use my airfields, you're working for me and you will follow my order. Robertson, who had also been disappointed by the orders to not take care of it, gave in and ord…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 1:01:45
Allen Dulles removed_from_power William A. Robertson Jr. documented
“and Alan Dulles fired him. In a 1966 interview with the New York Times, Richard Bistel conceded that the action went beyond the established limits of policy. We're just going to overthrow a government. We don't really want to sink ships. Li…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 1:03:42
Glenn Fields worked_for William A. Robertson Jr. book_quoted
“Fields was a CIA operative that was very close to George Bush and was in a position to let them know everything that was going on. It didn't hurt that Fields had been an administrative assistant to Senator Willis Robertson of Virginia, who …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Prelude to Terror Chap 25 @ 41:37
William A. Robertson Jr. recruited Grayston Lynch book_quoted
“With another program, when an army friend, a liaison with the CIA, put him in contact with Desmond Fitzgerald. The CIA's Far East Baron began the process of recruiting Lynch. But somewhere in the bureaucracy, the hire simply got lost. Retur…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 38:38
Eddie P. Haney recruited William A. Robertson Jr. documented
“He was recruited in Chile four years before that to run black propaganda radio stations. On the paramilitary side, Haney had brought in William A. Robertson, Jr. He was a CIA trainer in Saipan. And remember, Saipan is basically like what we…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 40:26
William A. Robertson Jr. carried_out_attack Cuba book_quoted
“At one point, Robertson led a mission where the team was to sabotage one of the mines, which was Cuba's largest, setting explosive charges on conveyors and key equipment. The mission came off, but nothing happened. Cuban security found the …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 10:40

Mentions (15)

The Colonel's Corner Book Club Prelude to Terror Chap 25
▶ 41:37 Fields was a CIA operative that was very close to George Bush and was in a position to let them know everything that was going on. It didn't hurt that Fields had been an administrative assistant to Senator Willis Robertson of Virginia, who …
The Colonel's Corner Book Club Prelude to Terror Chap 25
▶ 42:12 Fields had been an administrative assistant to Senator Willis Robertson, who's the father of Pat Robertson. So Pat Robertson's dad is working with Fields and they're all CIA assets. So what I find most interesting about that is Pat Robertso…
The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6
▶ 40:26 He was recruited in Chile four years before that to run black propaganda radio stations. On the paramilitary side, Haney had brought in William A. Robertson, Jr. He was a CIA trainer in Saipan. And remember, Saipan is basically like what we…
The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6
▶ 52:02 Diction was like a scandal. And it basically led to the first military action of Operation Success. CIA paramilitary man William Rip Robertson wanted to go to the port city with frogmen and sink the Swedish ship with explosives. Yes, that's…
The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6
▶ 52:32 Instead, he sent a party from Armas' Liberation Army to blow up the railroad tracks outside of the port. Robertson led the team himself and laid the explosives on the track, but it just so happens it rained and it didn't work. The CIA team …
The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6
▶ 1:01:15 to fuel their trucks and airplanes to attack Nicaragua to exact revenge. The Nicaraguan dictator turned to Rip Robertson, the top CIA officer at the airfield, and demanded that the ship be stopped. Robertson asked Apalaca for orders, but hi…
The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6
▶ 1:01:45 Plausible deniability. So Simoes is pissed. And he tells Robertson, if you use my airfields, you're working for me and you will follow my order. Robertson, who had also been disappointed by the orders to not take care of it, gave in and ord…
The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6
▶ 1:03:11 because they knew in Guatemala that unless they got rid of their duly elected president, the U.S. was never going to stop attacking them. So he goes to the Mexican embassy and asks for political asylum. Despite the success of the overall th…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20)
▶ 37:05 who had participated in World War II amphibious landings and had been a guerrilla commander against the Japanese in the Philippines. In Korea, he had led a battalion during the conflict there. Esterling could navigate the system and ask for…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20)
▶ 37:37 During the Guatemalan operation. But enlisting Rip. As a contract officer. Didn't require King's approval. Esterling thought highly of Robertson. And didn't mind bringing him back. Anticipating the need to embark. The exile force. As well a…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20)
▶ 38:06 Nicaragua offered the best possibilities. Robertson used his connections with the dictator Somoza to obtain a base on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. The contract officer became the amphibious warfare trainer. Another fresh base was Grayston Ly…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 26 (27)
▶ 50:58 George French was a demolition expert and he loved to blow things up. Rip Robertson and Grayston Lynch were back, leading units comprising many teams of Cubans. A CIA contract officer's records that the word paramilitary declared verboten a…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28)
▶ 10:14 Harvey finally said, what in the hell does a bunch of quacks know about covert operations? Bobby Kennedy's enthusiasm won the support of many who were disgruntled by the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Rip Robertson was one of them. Robertson thought l…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28)
▶ 10:40 At one point, Robertson led a mission where the team was to sabotage one of the mines, which was Cuba's largest, setting explosive charges on conveyors and key equipment. The mission came off, but nothing happened. Cuban security found the …
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31)
▶ 14:36 soon called the units People's Action Teams. The variant of the same idea took place in the Mekong Delta. That was oversaw by Stuart Methvin, who was reassigned there from Laos. The paramilitary specialist Rip Robertson presently materializ…