Paladin Group organization
also: Paladin, Palatin, Paladin outfit
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Claims (10)
Watch Guard affiliate_of
Paladin Group documented
“It will be recalled that Sterling's group was an affiliate of Paladin. Sterling was also close to several British Circle members. As such, the strategy of tension came to the colony. It was associated with the German BND. It was associated …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 53:31
Otto Skorzeny member_of
Paladin Group documented
“Galen worked with Otto Skorzeny, a former Nazi, who during World War II, his services were called upon repeatedly by Galen, and then also after World War II, when he took command of the BND. It will be recalled that Skorzeny and the Paladin…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 43:15
Aginter Press worked_with
Paladin Group book_quoted
“Another possible transference comes in the form of a gentra press. In the foreword to Hendrick Kruger's classic, The Great Heroin Coup, which I have and I have read, Peter Dale Scott alleges that a gentra press, along with the Townsleys, wo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 51:03
Gerhard Hartmut von Schubert founded
Paladin Group host_asserted
“viewed Delachey as a protege and someone that he could pass off some of his specialty skilled training to. It would also seem that Delachey worked closely with the Paladin group, P-A-L-A-D-I-N, during this time. The Paladin outfit had been …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 6 @ 22:19
Paladin Group member_of
DINA documented
“The intelligence apparatus was quick to recognize the value of the PL, and the PL purpose was temporarily used and then eventually disbanded because they all joined the DINA. Its former members were in very high demand, and by 1974, they we…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 35:09
Michael Townley supplied_arms_to
Paladin Group host_asserted
“and then using people in the CIA to smuggle them back into Chile. This, in light of all of the bombings in Chile in the run-up to the coup, was likely being supplied by Townley from the U.S., specifically from Miami. And keep in mind, Miami…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 33:41
Michael Townley member_of
Paladin Group documented
“Using that equipment at the Dignity Colony would communicate to their counterparts in the other countries that they were there and they would assassinate them. That's basically what they did to the one guy that was in Italy. It's what they …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 36:10
Guido Giannattini member_of
Paladin Group book_quoted
“allegedly was involved with Otto Skorzeny and the Paladin group. Well, of course he was, because he's the trainer of all of them. If, let's see, this is further evidence that the Paladin was also a part of the strategy of tension. Of course…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 22:22
Paladin Group member_of
Le Cercle host_asserted
“would have had access to Skorzeny's Paladin Group. Skorzeny's Paladin Group had access to everybody. They would have had access to the Circle and could use the veterans of all of these organizations in any of their operations to include the…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 53:01
Paladin Group carried_out_attack
Chile host_asserted
“and ended up in a huge tragedy. Groups like the Argenter Press and Paladin were responsible for importing the strategy of tension into Latin America via Operation Condor. The French military itself had also taught the concept of these tacti…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 54:01
Mentions (24)
▶ 22:19
viewed Delachey as a protege and someone that he could pass off some of his specialty skilled training to. It would also seem that Delachey worked closely with the Paladin group, P-A-L-A-D-I-N, during this time. The Paladin outfit had been …
▶ 22:48
Sometime around 1968, von Schubert was a veteran of Goebbels' propaganda ministry. Prior to the founding of Paladin Group, he had helped train Peron's secret police and disseminate propaganda on behalf of Nasser in Egypt. Skorzeny also had …
▶ 23:18
their security forces in the 1950s. Paladin had also been described as an international directorship of strategic assault personnel straddled the watershed between paramilitary carried out by troops in uniforms and the political warfare whi…
▶ 23:45
what would now be known as a private military company. In a sense, Paladin blazed the trail and became the first one. It was also thought that companies like DynCorp and Blackwater followed in its footsteps. By all accounts, it was the head…
▶ 24:16
involved in Paladin described it as undoubtedly the most serious of all private intelligence and action services that was around. Paladin's clients included the service intelligence of Spain and Greece and South Vietnamese government. Now, …
▶ 25:11
to basically monitor or occupy countries that had already been overthrown by the CIA to make sure they didn't get out of line. Their corporate clients included Cadbury Chocolates and Rhine Metal. In many English languages sources, Skorzeny …
▶ 25:42
This author did not find any evidence of that. But if you go to Major Gannis' book in the Skorzeny's papers, he basically gives you the trail. It is beyond question that Skorzeny had some involvement in Paladin. Initially, the Paladin organ…
▶ 26:40
Also, Skorzeny had helped Siroc establish a gentrish press paramilitary organization around the same time, which is also true because Skorzeny trained not only a gentrish press people, but also the OAS. Because if you guys recall, they had …
▶ 27:10
was Watchguard International, another early military intelligence corporation. Watchguard had been founded by SAS co-founder David Sterling, who was a colonel. Sterling was a close associate of the Circle and all of its British partners. As…
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OSS veterans, and by the late 1960s, Skorzeny had become a key factor in this Operation Gladio slash Condor network. His paladin group, along with the Ginger Press and Delachey's Avant-Guardia Nationali, were among the pillars of the networ…
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They're all Gladio. They just subdivide themselves into other organizations with a quote unquote leader so that it's plausible deniability for Gladio at all. Just so that you guys understand that. By 1968, the Paladin Group had also been la…
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Strategy of tension remained confined to Italy for a long time. Well, and we obviously know the strategy of tension applied to everything because of Fabian society. But remember the conference that we were talking about that they had all at…
▶ 22:22
allegedly was involved with Otto Skorzeny and the Paladin group. Well, of course he was, because he's the trainer of all of them. If, let's see, this is further evidence that the Paladin was also a part of the strategy of tension. Of course…
▶ 34:12
the Cuban exiles to attack Guatemala, Cuba, Nicaragua, and a lot of that was being shipped out of ports in Miami, some of which was being shipped out of New Orleans as well, by the way. By all accounts, the efforts of Townley and the PL was…
▶ 34:42
They had stopped all shipping. They were blockading. They had naval vessels off the shore. So there's a declaration of emergency that's declared. And then what happens? The CIA immediately calls him a dictatorship because he has to implemen…
▶ 43:15
Galen worked with Otto Skorzeny, a former Nazi, who during World War II, his services were called upon repeatedly by Galen, and then also after World War II, when he took command of the BND. It will be recalled that Skorzeny and the Paladin…
▶ 53:01
would have had access to Skorzeny's Paladin Group. Skorzeny's Paladin Group had access to everybody. They would have had access to the Circle and could use the veterans of all of these organizations in any of their operations to include the…
▶ 53:31
It will be recalled that Sterling's group was an affiliate of Paladin. Sterling was also close to several British Circle members. As such, the strategy of tension came to the colony. It was associated with the German BND. It was associated …
▶ 54:01
and ended up in a huge tragedy. Groups like the Argenter Press and Paladin were responsible for importing the strategy of tension into Latin America via Operation Condor. The French military itself had also taught the concept of these tacti…
▶ 1:03:52
As we shall see, the relationship between the British private security industry and the Circle Complex will continue. One other trailblazer in the early private security racket was Otto Skorzeny, because of course, who allegedly, not allege…
▶ 1:04:19
Even before Paladin was established in the 60s, Skorzeny appears to have been working as a privateer for years. During the mid-1950s, Skorzeny had been enlisted by German intelligence and the CIA, whose top official at the time in Egypt was…
▶ 1:04:47
Skorzeny proceeded to bring in more than 100 German advisors to Egypt, many of them former SS men, among them Harmut von Schubert, S-C-H-U-B-E-R-T, who would go on to be a manager at Paladin. One particular task Skorzeny and his advisors we…
▶ 1:06:53
Western forces were also trained there because they're gladio camps. Researcher Martin Lee even described Skorzeny's operation in Spain during the early 60s as a paladin-based camp. While it was certainly possible that paladin grew out of t…
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the most serious of all private intelligence and action services available. Because it's Operation Bladio. It's a NATO paid-for operation. It had an international scope. It conducted in operations not only in Spain itself, but Greece and ev…