Al Smith person
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Claims (11)
Al Smith did_business_with
J. Edgar Hoover documented
document
“He is unable to say where these file cabinets came from as they were already on his truck when he received his instructions to lake them to Mr Hoover's residence…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.365
Al Smith worked_for
FBI documented
document
“He said these cabinets were full and that during the moving a drawer came open on one of the cabinets and he observed light colored folders inside with the contents of each folder roughly one inch thick…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.365
Al Smith founded
Office of National Estimates documented
document
“His most significant change was the creation of the Office of National Estimates (ONE) whose sole purpose was to produce National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.112
Al Smith headed
CIA documented
document
“The Korean War placed enormous pressures on the Agency during Smith's term and had a major impact on the size and direction of the CIA…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.18
Al Smith appointed
CIA documented
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“Immediately after his appointment as DCI in October 1950 Smith discovered that the Agency had no current coordinated estimate of the situation in Korea…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.112
Al Smith member_of
Empire State Incorporated documented
“of a company called the Empire State Incorporated. This was the, and Smith was part of the political movement that built the Empire State Building. Problem with that is it was called in the tabloids, the empty state building because nobody,…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 21:37
Al Smith appointed
New York City documented
“Robert would become the governor of New York in 1923 until 28. I'm sorry, that was Smith was the governor. Robert was a mayor. So still talking about Al Smith. He tried to run for president in 1928. He was actually the Democrat nominee, but…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 20:32
Al Smith appointed
State Factory Committee documented
“And Wagner gets to name the chair of the State Factory Committee to investigate it over the next four years. Of course, his vice chair was a guy by the name of Al Smith, who we just talked about. And this led to all kinds of new labor laws …”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 23:11
Al Smith member_of
Tammany Hall documented
“How about Aaron Burr? You know, the guy who shot Hamilton? Yeah. Yeah, well, that feud goes all the way back to Tammany Hall. How about President Martin Van Buren? One of their first mayors were Fernando Wood. And of course, we've already m…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 29:22
Robert Ferdinand Wagner II relationship_with
Al Smith documented
“But if you think politics are dirty today, the 1800s want you to hold their beer. And it didn't change much with the turn of the century. So Wagner Sr. was really close with a famous New York Democrat named Al Smith. And these guys would be…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 19:59
DuPont funded
Al Smith host_asserted
“Smith had the DuPonts, which was part of the military-industrial complex at the time.…”
▶ Antony Sutton book review of relationship of Wall Street and FDR @ 6:53
Mentions (3)
▶ 6:23
that were basically anti-Hoover. His biggest criticism of Hoover was his relationship with the bankers, which is ironic once you find out what FDR's relationships were with the bankers. And Hoover, who ran as a Republican, he had J.P. Morga…
▶ 6:53
Smith had the DuPonts, which was part of the military-industrial complex at the time. But the irony is, as we have all learned about the Uniparty, J.P. Morgan was DuPont's banker. So if you can look at the triangle, you basically have Hoove…
▶ 40:40
Broward agreed to sell explosives and furnish four men for Turple's contract in Libya. I emphasized to him that the responsibility for the shipment was his and that he had to do it legally. Broward found four men. What I didn't know until a…