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John Tower met_with
Nicholas Katzenbach documented
document
“Senator TOWERSenator Mathias Senator M:1'rIII:1s Thank you Mr Chairman I basically have one comprehensive question which I would address first to Mr hatzenbach…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.249
John Tower headed
United States Senate documented
document
“JOHN TOWER Vice Chairman…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.300
John Tower met_with
James Jesus Angleton documented
document
“Let me just reinforce what I said by reading from page 62 of the transcript of the testimony of Mr Angleton in an executive session of this committee on September 12 1975…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.115
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
John Tower documented
document
“Senator TOWER [presiding]…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.124
John Tower met_with
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“A list of specific targets has been prepared for review by Senators Churchand Tower and appropriate FBIHQ officials are available for a discussion of this list…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.286
John Tower met_with
U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities reported
document
“is this the same matter that was covered in the executive session when Senator Tower was present…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.124
John Tower met_with
NSA documented
document
“Among others we have met with the Directors of the NSA and the CIA as well as the Secretary of Defense…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.6
John Tower met_with
CIA documented
document
“Among others we have met with the Directors of the NSA and the CIA as well as the Secretary of Defense…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.6
John Tower worked_for
Gary Hart documented
document
“This I must say has the consent of our vice chairman Senator Tower so we will move to the ends of the table first and that means our first Senator to question is Senator Hart…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.29
George Allen met_with
John Tower documented
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“Senator TOWER I must say Mr Chairman I am very touched by Senator Goldwater's concern for your safety…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.43
John Tower member_of
United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities documented
document
“Senator TowER Mr Chairman if you would yield at that point…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.51
John Tower member_of
Banking Committee documented
document
“I am the ranking minority member of the Banking Committee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.54
John Tower worked_for
Fair Play for Cuba Committee documented
document
“Senator Town _[r Chairman The C'rninatSenator Tower Senator Townu Thank you Mr Chairman…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.64
John Tower worked_for
United States documented
document
“Senator Tower I think to make fine distinctions on a matter of war and peace ignores the fact that we are confronted in this world by a very powerful adversary…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.68
John Tower worked_for
U.S. Congress documented
document
“Senator Tower spoke of an awesome technology a huge vacuum cleaner of communications which had the potential for abuses…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.75
John Tower member_of
Church Committee documented
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“Now I would like to turn to the vice chairman of the committee Senator Tower…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.13
John Tower met_with
John L. Schwarz documented
document
“Senator TOWER Mr Schwarz would you yield at that point…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.23
John Tower headed
U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities documented
document
“Senator John Tower presiding…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.117
John Tower headed
Fair Play for Cuba Committee documented
document
“JOHN TOWER Vice Chairman…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.300
John Tower headed
Church Committee documented
document
“JOHN TOWER Texas Vice Chairman…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.3
John Tower headed
Church Committee documented
document
“JOHN G TOWER Texas Vice Chairman…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.3
John Tower headed
Church Committee documented
document
“Vice-Chairman John Tower…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.144
John Tower headed
Church Committee documented
document
“JOHNG TOWERTents ViceChairman…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.2
John Tower member_of
Senate Foreign Relations Committee documented
document
“I would like to recognize the ranking Republican member of this committee Senator Tower of Texas…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.6
Dr. Gordon met_with
John Tower documented
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“That is so Senator Tower…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.71
Gordon Gottlieb met_with
John Tower documented
document
“Senator TOWER You received no direct order to destroy the substance Is that a fact or is it not Mr GORDONThat is a fact. sir…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.72
John Tower worked_for
Select Committee documented
document
“The letter has been prepared for my signature as Chairman and for the signature of John Tower as Vice Chairman of the committee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.162
John Tower member_of
Senate Select Committee documented
document
“Senator TowER Mr Chairman I move that the committee waive further interest in the toxic materials…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.190
John Tower headed
Church Committee documented
document
“JOHN T TOWER Texas ViceChairman…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.2
James Jesus Angleton met_with
John Tower documented
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“Senator TOWER Senator Huddleston…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.72
John Tower met_with
James R. Brennan documented
document
“Senator TowER Mr Chairman may I be indulged a comment at this time…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.115
John Tower lived_in
Washington, D.C. documented
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“I remember driving down Virginia Avenue and having oil drums thrown in the path of my car…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.116
John Tower studied_at
University of California, Berkeley documented
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“In 1967 I made a speech from the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California at Berkeley…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.115
John Tower exposed
Iran-Contra affair documented
“that senator tower's plane crash happened right around the same time as senator heinz plane crash and he believes that they were in the same type of aircraft um obviously two separate instances but that um because the tower commission is th…”
▶ COLONEL TOWNER OPERATION GLADIO DIG INTO Bank of Credit and Commerce Finale with War Hamster PART 3 @ 1:56:57
Robert McFarlane worked_for
John Tower documented
“Expected didn't happen. Iran's need for weapons was acute and critical. The Hashemi brothers were not the only ones making overtures. In late September 1980, a bizarre meeting took place at the El Avant Plaza in Washington. Former Marine Co…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23 @ 1:20:45
John Tower paid_by
Robert Maxwell host_asserted
“under the Pergamon Brassy Company. So Tower was paid by a lot of people. He also was involved in the Promise scandal that happened in Bulgaria relating to the Neva program, ABA. And keep in mind that Bulgaria was Operation Gladio's weapons …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 15 @ 1:09:41
John Tower did_business_with
Blue Bonnet Savings host_asserted
“Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And the connection was by Robert Maxwell was the potential purchase of Blue Bonnet savings and loan connected to Republican Senator John Tower. And they were wanting to buy that out of the foreclosure.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book ClubReview @ 1:02:59
Robert Maxwell connected_to
John Tower documented
“Baker is very much entangled. He is the Menendez. What we see with Menendez now is Howard Baker. Maxwell may have first encountered Baker through his years of relationship with Senator Tower, who fits all that mold too. Maxwell had first go…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 15 @ 1:08:37
Robert Maxwell consulted_with
John Tower documented
“In my whole life in London, no one ever acted like this. I'm here for a month and look what's happening. Money talks, baby. So that's the kind of reception he got. He hired a group of prominent consultants and lawyers to make his way in Ame…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 15 @ 1:01:55
John Tower spied_on
George H.W. Bush host_asserted
“to question H.W. Bush about the Iran-Contra. And those questions, they were being re-questioned or about to be about contradictions between their initial statement to Senator Hines and Senator Tower versus some of Bush's later campaigns. An…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23 @ 1:44:51
John Tower headed
Tower Commission documented
“his finger off the trigger. John Tower, the committee's ranking Republican sitting to Church's left, stares at the gun as Church holds it aloft. News reporters kneeling in front of the committee dais quickly go to work, taking shot after sh…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO exposed in Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 9B @ 44:41
John Tower member_of
Georgetown Club documented
“to the Georgetown Club owned by South Korean intel agent, Hunson Park, which we went over as well. Gray was the company's president at the time when it was used by the CIA to acquire sexual blackmail. John Tower was also a member of the Geo…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 15 @ 1:11:43
John Tower headed
Tower Commission documented
“News reporters kneeling in front of the committee dais quickly go to work, taking shot after shot of Church holding this heart attack gun. Unquote. The image of Church and John Tower, who would later lead the Tower Commission, which essenti…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #9 b @ 50:17
John Tower member_of
October Surprise host_asserted
“the 1968 october surprise but also it's it's worth mentioning you know that a key kind of linchpin in that uh outreach of nixon to the south vietnamese government was our good friend senator john tower of texas and you know he's a guy with …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 8 @ 1:15:47
John Tower involved_in
Iran-Contra affair host_asserted
“advancing Israelis' intel goal of installing, I promise, software into computers at top-secret U.S. laboratories tied to the nuclear weapons program. Maxwell, who had placed Tower on Israeli payroll, prompted his involvement in the Iranian …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 15 @ 1:09:10
John Tower member_of
Church Committee documented
“or submitting to questioning under oath. This is another quote. After a meeting with President Gerald Ford and his top national security advisor, Church and Vice Chairman Tower secured from the president a pledge that the White House would …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO exposed in Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 9B @ 37:43
Marguerite Oswald spied_on
John Tower host_asserted
“Now, that's an excellent point. And isn't it weird how Tower's name just keeps coming up? And by the way, sorry for interrupting. You know, John Tower also had key records from Lee Harvey Oswald's mom to Senator Tower in 1960 when he was in…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23 @ 1:43:54
John Tower acted_as_liaison_for
Reagan-Bush campaign host_asserted
“October surprise. As you know, Colonel, that involved our hero, Senator John Tower, once again as liaison between the Nixon campaign and the South Vietnam government. There's a lot of evidence showing that this really went on, etc., etc. So…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23 @ 1:43:24
John Tower plane crash about
John Tower structural
“structural link inferred from entity names (not a claim from any source): 'John Tower plane crash' is a work/event about 'John Tower'…”
John Tower died_in
Vietnam host_asserted
“That are very interesting. And also, of course, Senator Tower dies in that plane crash either the day before or day after Senator Kerry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Senator Hines of Pennsylvania in 1991. There were two plane crashes, one the day …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 8 @ 1:16:21
Mentions (18)
▶ 10:34
In 1978, he was a member of the steering committee for Democrats for Tower. He was Republican U.S. Senator John Tower in his race against the Democrat. People referred to him as pragmatic. He didn't let his ideological leanings get in the w…
▶ 49:16
bought a savings and loan in a suburb of Houston that was controlled by a man called Tommy Adkins. He was a partner of Michener on several different land deals to include ones that include Senator Benson. Walter Michener and I have been ver…
▶ 34:48
When he was chief counsel of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Weiland made a cameo appearance along with his boss, Senator Roth, in Oliver North's White House notebooks. On January 6, 1984, North got a phone call from a …
▶ 35:19
North then wrote that Weiland wants Woodworth to proceed with a meeting with Sergio Brule, B-R-U-L-L, in Miami. The next line was set off in quote marks by North. Quote, White House, underlined twice by North, is interested in moving on Pro…
▶ 43:52
Crazy. On January 11th, 1984, the name, the day after North had scheduled a meeting with Weiland and Senator Ross regarding Belize, North got another phone call from George Woodworth. He wrote in his notebook that it was about Weiland. This…
▶ 1:21:08
had taken the national security aid. He was the national security aid to Texas Senator John Tower. And y'all can post, if you wouldn't mind, SR-71, what ends up happening to John Tower. If you just grab his Wikipedia page, not good. He had …
▶ 1:21:37
who had claimed that he had helped the Republicans get the hostages relieved. Allen said that he was the first reluctant but finally acquiesced to the meeting because Tower was a close friend of George Bush. Allen also liked McFarlane, who …
▶ 1:43:24
October surprise. As you know, Colonel, that involved our hero, Senator John Tower, once again as liaison between the Nixon campaign and the South Vietnam government. There's a lot of evidence showing that this really went on, etc., etc. So…
▶ 1:43:54
Now, that's an excellent point. And isn't it weird how Tower's name just keeps coming up? And by the way, sorry for interrupting. You know, John Tower also had key records from Lee Harvey Oswald's mom to Senator Tower in 1960 when he was in…
▶ 1:44:25
And with Oswald's mom saying that she thought that this was an intelligence operation. So that's yet another sensitive area that might give cause some negative turbulence for Senator Tower, who again was killed either the day before or the …
▶ 1:44:51
to question H.W. Bush about the Iran-Contra. And those questions, they were being re-questioned or about to be about contradictions between their initial statement to Senator Hines and Senator Tower versus some of Bush's later campaigns. An…
▶ 1:45:21
Bush's intelligence advisory board during Desert Storm. I mean, up until his death, which is really weird. So, yeah. And I find it interesting that he was in Senate, Texas Senate politics at the same time LBJ was with all of the shenanigans…
▶ 51:44
The first Bush had left the board alone for a year, then cut it back because Bush didn't need it. He's Mr. CIA himself. He just does everything. He doesn't need a National Security Council. He doesn't need a special group. He doesn't need a…
▶ 1:55:12
the people that were on those committees that attempted to speak out about the shenanigans to include those that were on the committee that actually held the CIA responsible on the Pike and Church Committee, not the ones that like on the Wa…
▶ 43:04
but it looks suspicious when they resist even a cursory investigation or submitting to questioning under oath. This is another quote. After a meeting with President Gerald Ford and his top national security advisor, Church and Vice Chairman…
▶ 49:47
takes out a strangely designed battery-operated pistol shaped like a .45 with a large sight attached across its barrel. He walks up to the dais and lays the gun down in front of Church. Church holds up the gun in his left hand, pointing it …
▶ 50:17
News reporters kneeling in front of the committee dais quickly go to work, taking shot after shot of Church holding this heart attack gun. Unquote. The image of Church and John Tower, who would later lead the Tower Commission, which essenti…
▶ 1:49:08
that Senator Tower's plane crash happened right around the same time as Senator Hines' plane crash. And he believes that they were in the same type of aircraft. Obviously two separate instances, but that because the Tower Commission is the …