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also: Towers, Democrats for Tower, Republican U.S. Senator John Tower, Senator Benson, Senator Tower, Tower, Vice Chairman Tower, Senator Roth, Senator Ross

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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 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
“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 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
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

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The Colonel’s Corner Mafia, CIA and George Bush Part 2
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Mafia, CIA and George Bush Part 2
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 9
▶ 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 …
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 9
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 9
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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 …
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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 …
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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 …
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23
▶ 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…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 50 (52)
▶ 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…
The Colonel's Corner Strange Tales of the ParaPolitical Part 5
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #9 b
▶ 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…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #9 b
▶ 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 …
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #9 b
▶ 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…