The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 4

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0:00 A few minutes after three, it just let loose here. So somebody's listening to us. All right. Chapter six, Nightmare of the Agents, the Ben Berka affair. And so the book has been setting up just how dysfunctional this entire network is and all of the competing factions within it.

0:30 Thus far, we're in October 1965. There was a kidnapping of a Moroccan exile leader, Medai Ben Barka, who was one of the most controversial people in Morocco at the time. And Christian David is a part of this story.

1:10 Ben Barca's case for Morocco and France ranks right up there with the way we view the JFK assassination, according to the author. To make the story hold water, many of those involved had to be killed, threatened, or ruined. In 19...

1:41 80 15 years after his disappearance the story remains as dubious and full of holes as ever the current version goes something like this the moroccan king hassan ii interior minister general mohammed akker and his security chief colonel ahmed dalimi

2:11 conspired with members of the French government and its intelligence arm, the French CIA, to lure Ben Barca to Paris, where he was turned over to Moroccan espionage agents. The abduction was executed as planned on October 29th. Ben Barca was taken to a house in Paris suburbs.

2:41 The following evening, General Akkar and Colonel Delimy and Moroccan intelligence agencies arrived. Soon afterward, Ben Barka was tortured and killed by Akkar himself and buried by hired assistants. Implicated were the Moroccan government, certain leading...

3:10 french politicians the french intelligence agency and gangsters connected to it no one else according to the official version de gaulle believed with good reason that he had been hoodwinked by some of his own men who had been in cahoots with the cia which he blamed for the entire affair amazingly though the cia

3:40 came out smelling like a rose, because of course they did. The only ones to be disgraced in the ensuing trial were the Moroccans and certain elements of the French intelligence, their underworld allies having long since been compromised. Not coincidentally, the trial was punctuated by interruptions, postponements, and liquidation of their

4:11 two star witnesses the disappearance of a number of those implicated and the death of at least three french attorneys that represented the ben burka family ochre and members of his security staff were sentenced in abstincia to life in prison several frenchmen among them police and intelligence agencies

4:40 each received up to eight years. The SDECE chief, Paul Jacquier, was fired. Prime Minister Pompidou, Interior Minister Roger Fry, and de Gaulle's son-in-law, a member of the parliament, Pierre Lac Marchand, were all blasted by de Gaulle. The stunned

5:12 population that as far as the scandal went and it was believed that was as far as it went but what really happened why did so many struggle so desperately to keep the lid on the truth so far the secession of theories and rumors have basically either lacked credibility or didn't have enough evidence to support them

5:47 In more recent years, additional aspects of the Ben Barca affair have come to light through details in many books and articles. Together, they form a lead that can be followed. The author says that he's basically presenting a composite of all of the information that he has gathered. He says that he tries to show

6:26 that we haven't been told the truth, that the CIA was involved, and that the Ben Barca affair has to, this day, left some unfinished business, which of course is the case with so many of these intelligence activities. Ben Barca at the time was 44 years old when he disappeared. From an early age, he was a zealous

6:58 champion of Moroccan independence. For a period in the late 40s, he was a mathematics instructor of Hassan, the son of Mohammed V, who became the present King Hassan II. In 1952, with Morocco still under French rule, Ben Barca was banished.

7:34 In 1956, Morocco gained its independence. Three years later, Ben Barca founded the UNFP. Basically, it stands for United National Forces Popular. In 1961, Hassan was crowned and appointed himself the prime minister. In 1963, the National Assembly election

8:05 Ben Barca's party, the UNFP, won 28 seats, while another reformist party gained 41. The two were expected to form a coalition, which was a threat to the King's ruling party, the FDIC. They earned 69 collective seats. In July of 63, two months after the election, Security Chief Ockford

8:38 disclosed a plot against the king. A sworn devotee of feudal rule and a, by his own words, an quote-unquote anti-communist, Ockford cracked down hard against the quote-unquote alleged conspirators. In March of 1964, the court

9:08 sentenced 77 opposition politicians. 11 were condemned to death, though eight had already fled. Among those sentenced to death in abstincia was Ben Barca. In other words, it's a Gladio thing. We're going to create the threat that doesn't exist. There was no coup. We're going to implicate all of the opposing parties. And then...

9:39 basically have a kangaroo court sentence them to death and you perpetuate the ruling party according to a report of the international commission of jurists which followed the trial evidence of the plot basically didn't exist whether or not the plot was a fabrication it's uncovering was a boon to

10:13 Akher's career, because that was like a loyalty test. Just purge the other parties and you get closer to the king. From 1964 on, he was Morocco's interior minister, the strong man, the man the CIA supported and worked with extensively in Morocco. At the time,

10:44 Ethiopian and Morocco was America's two most important African allies. They received the lion's share of US economic and military aid. And Morocco's air base was a focal point of CIA activity throughout Africa, including the Middle East. The US ambassador to Morocco in 1965 was Henry

11:12 tasca t-a-s-c-a he later became known for his service in greece where he supported the colonel's junta another cia coup the cia station chief was robert wells he coordinated the cia's assistant to the moroccan security police in a eradicating the political opposition

11:46 The purges, just like we documented in all of these countries. The Americans took a keen interest in Ben Barca in 1965 when he set up a Geneva-based entity for his travel. Ben Barca had been elected chairman of a steering committee for the first tri-continental Congress.

12:14 that was scheduled to be hosted in 1966 in Havana, Cuba. So if he didn't already have a target on his back, this certainly made it much bigger and much more important. This Tri-Continental Congress was basically the same apparatus that we would refer to today as the non-aligned movement. Ones that didn't

12:44 want the largesse of the imperialist system. The conference was supposed to be a third world milestone demonstrating solidarity to battle against imperialism. It was a major thorn in the U.S.'s side. The Americans hadn't given up hope of quote-unquote liberating

13:18 Cuba. Moreover, Washington had good reason to fear that the budding third world solidarity would lead to a strong united front against American businesses and their exploitative monopolization of, and not just the U.S., it's all the western countries. In 1965, King Hassan began airing the possibility of pardoning Ben Barca.

13:50 and allowing him to return to participate in politics under the king's conditions. Hassan went so far as to send an emissary to Geneva to negotiate with Ben Barca. It's impossible to know whether the king's gesture was genuine or a ploy. Hassan might have been part of the plot from the very beginning. More likely, though, the king was hoping to entice him back to Morocco of his own free will.

14:21 but needed the help of the French to convince him. The hoodwinking grew out of discussions between Acker and the CIA's ambassador, Tasca. And Tasca inquired at CIA Paris headquarters about the possibility of helping return Ben Berka to Morocco. Now, keep in mind, we're...

14:55 in the period where nato is still in paris very very important because we already see the hallmarks of gladio stuff going on the cia was primarily interested in preventing ben barca's attendance at the tri-continental congress and in learning of preparations already underway so they both have a vested interest in making sure that this guy is controlled

15:27 The CIA wanted to, quote unquote, help Ben Barca, help him out with his Moroccan politics. All three goals could be realized only by assassinating him or taking him to Morocco and allowing them to do whatever they saw fit since they had already sentenced him to death.

16:00 was most concerned about ensuring Ben Barka's permanent absence from the Moroccan politics. His second priority was assisting the CIA. They all have the same goal. The possibility cannot be overlooked that the CIA and Auker had already made plans for Morocco's future, plans that led to Auker's catastrophic coup attempt seven years later.

16:31 What of the affair's scapegoats? How did France feel about Ben Barker's return to Morocco and his trip to the Tri-Continental Congress? So obviously, de Gaulle was intent on securing independence for countries, as was JFK. They worked together on that initiative.

17:05 But keep in mind, de Gaulle is not in control of all facets of his owned government. We've learned that throughout this entire study, that these intelligence agencies do not exclusively work for the head of state. De Gaulle had just returned from Latin America, where he had expressed wholehearted support for third world nationalism.

17:39 He wanted their freedom. He wanted their sovereignty for them to be able to pick and choose who they did business with and not be controlled by this oligarch class. De Gaulle was very much interested in the Tri-Continental Congress and even more so in Ben Barca's reconciliation with King Hassan, if it was legitimate.

18:07 That would undermine the U.S. position in North Africa. And if the king was able to reunite and make peace with Ben Barca, it would also weaken the CIA asset, Akker, and his power hold on Morocco as the interior minister. De Gaulle despised Akker because Akker had aided.

18:38 the OAS factions in the war in Algeria against the French government. Desire to free those people. It was not in France's official interest at all to have Ben Barka murdered. But it was definitely within the interest of the intelligence agency's assets that worked for the oligarchs.

19:15 and not for their country. As usual, one of the staff members, Foucault, who was going on his own way at the time in Latin America, Foucault had just, he's one of the guys that works for the government in France, he had just seen his African policies backfire.

19:48 and would likely hesitate before risking another major blunder. He had opposed de Gaulle's freeing of Algeria. Until then, Foucart had been secretly supplying Ben Barca with money and arms. It must have been either King Hussein or his trusted Colonel de Lamy, who, in search of French assistance, presented a plan for collaboration to some of the people in France.

20:21 The plan, however, was hardly an elaborate one hatched by Ocker or the CIA with or without King Hussein's consent. The plan shown to de Gaulle's people probably was limited to bringing Ben Barca to Paris and holding him there on suspicion of narcotics smuggling or some other trumped up charges until he and the Moroccans could reach an agreement.

20:49 What's most important is that the plan involved the French and the Moroccans only. Judging from the appearances, Hassan even asked Lamarchand at the start to negotiate with Ben Barca. Papers later found on a murdered key witness indicate that Lamarchand had jotted down the king's condition for presentation to Ben Barca.

21:20 The French agreed to lure Ben Barca to Paris in the belief that it would help both the king and the exiled leader. Picard and La Marchande also anticipated viewing plans for the Tri-Continental Congress so that they could suitably adjust French policy. According to the plan, both Moroccan and French espionage agents shadowed Ben Barca while he was in Geneva.

21:49 But Ocker sought independent intelligence and intended neither for Hassan nor for the French government to carry out this plan. Had he assigned the job to the CIA, it would have been too risky since it would have been quickly noticed by the French intelligence. He requested instead the aid of Mossad. Though it might sound strange, Israel and Morocco were on excellent.

22:23 terms in the 1960s, so excellent that Moroccan espionage agents were even trained in Israel. Akker, claiming his own men were up to the assignment, requested the loan of Israeli agents from Mossad that they were not up to the task. So he went to Mossad chief, Meir Ament.

22:51 Ament agreed to send a team of agents to shadow Ben Berka in Geneva. A few days later, they phoned in a report that French and Moroccan agents were stumbling all over each other doing the same thing. The Mossad chief called off his men and told Ocker he didn't need three sets of agents to spy on one man, except the other two were not necessarily doing it for the benefit.

23:21 of the nefarious people. Ocker entrusted his business in France to his agent, Mohamed Maloud. The two spun a web of conspiracy involving exclusively of Frenchmen who either were deceived by or were working with the CIA. In other words, they're Gladio operators. Getting Ben Barca to Paris would have taken care

23:52 would have been taken care of by de Gaulle's unsuspecting staff. For the practical details, the French hired a gangster, George Fagon, an acquaintance of Le Marchand, who moved in very different circles than he did. Quite casually, they located a film director, another George, Fanjou, who was then planning an anti-imperialist,

24:25 film and fancied having Ben Barca in the starring role. This may or may not been a setup. It was excellent bait. For if Ben Barca agreed to come to Paris to discuss the film, he would bring his file on the approaching trilateral conference. The go-between was reportedly Philippe Benair, a friend of Fagone's who knew Ben Barca personally.

24:56 Ben Barca took the bait. Enthusiastic about the movie, he agreed to meet in Paris. When Fangio, Bernier, and Fagon had a meeting on 29 October 1965 at a drugstore restaurant. Prior to Ben Barca's arrival, however, George Fagon caused trouble. He was nervous. He asked to be paid for his services.

25:27 In Joan Attica's bar, Joe Attica's, from the previous chapters, he confided to acquaintances that he'd soon be paid a small fortune for his work. Among those acquaintances was Christian David. Akir had decided he'd had it with Fagon, who he most likely knew was working for Lumashart.

25:58 Akir offered him a lucrative job in Morocco, but Fagon declined. Around noon on October 29th, Ben Barca was walking through Paris with his friend, a Moroccan student, Azimori. The two were on their way to meet the filmmakers. A patrol car pulled up in front of a restaurant.

26:27 Two men hopped out, flashed their police badges, and asked Ben Barca to join them. There were already three men in the car. A airport chief, Antoine Lopez, French narcotics lieutenant, Louis Chargeon, and his assistant, Roger Bicoit. An agent for the French CIA, Lopez.

27:03 was close to Akhir, who had promised him the dictatorship of the Royal Air Maroc if anything went wrong. George Papadu had Lopez working closely as a special agent with America's Paris Narcotics Office, the DEA, which, by the way, was mostly staffed with CIA, not DEA. Weird.

27:36 Sarkone and Voitat were similarly collaborating with this office. Lopez, however, had apparently convinced them the agent was sanctioned by the government. The abduction was initially camouflaged as a quote-unquote drug raid. Had anything misfired at the start, they could always have claimed, truthfully enough, that Bimbarco was a suspected.

28:08 The car with Ben Barca and the three cops headed out of Paris, followed closely by another one containing another George, Barcasi, and at least four or five other men, all from Joe Attica's gang. They were all working for the nefarious part of the French CIA.

28:46 One of them had worked very closely with Aker, who was involved financially in French brothels and nightclubs with his corrupt money from Morocco, from running his hit squads in Morocco. The two cars drove approximately 20 kilometers out of Paris, where Ben Barco was led into a house,

29:21 owned by one of them. Several of them drove away immediately, leaving behind four gangsters and two Moroccan agents with Binbarka. Shortly thereafter, Lopez phoned one of the members of the French CIA and delivered the message, Pedro to Thomas, the package has been delivered. At the time, Marcel Leroy, who was later fired in

29:54 imprisoned for his complicity in the Ben Barca affair was highly valued by the Americans. The CIA had gotten him out of jail by blackmailing a SDECE and French politician through various people in the French government. The French spy who became friendly with the CIA after uncovering a Soviet rocket base in

30:25 Cuba. One of them was responsible for a small newspaper, and they had written an article that the French press speculated was ghostwritten by the CIA counterpart, Leroy. It disclosed the previous mentioned French murder committee, whose job under de Gaulle was to cut down the president's enemies. In the book,

31:01 He insists that Colonel Marcel, not Leroy, was the evil SDECE man in the Ben Barca affair. In a chapter apparently added to it at the 11th hour, Leroy describes being summoned shortly before the Ben Barca incident to a building where Pompadour had his offices, the president. There to his surprise, he says, he was ordered.

31:32 by a certain person to collaborate with lopez on a drug control measure in other words they're trying to implicate the french government in it leroy claims to have refused unless the order came directly from his immediate supervisor and then he claimed later that it did so instead of the nefarious sdec guys that are in bed with the cia and gladio it came from the french government which it did not so

32:10 One of the people that he implicated was a man by the name of Ferdinand Lagrosse. He was a Playboy millionaire, art dealer, and CIA agent. He was also very close to several people in the immediate sphere of Pompidou's entourage. Lagrosse was a double agent.

32:43 appearing to work for both the CIA and the SDECE. His loyalties lay within the CIA. He was a personal friend of Henry Kissinger's. Legros was a man the CIA assigned to snoop on the UN Secretary General Das Hammerskjold as well, who, by the way, later gets killed by these same people.

33:20 Legros helped the CIA kidnap the African leader Moise Dishambi. And in 1965, Legros was in personal contact with Ben Barca in Geneva, where Legros maintained a residence in a very large art gallery that many people suspect was used for money laundering for the CIA. When Leroy receives the...

33:50 Pedro to Thomas message package is delivered, a big question arises. What was the package delivered to the appropriate place? Should Ben Barca have been taken to a designated location? And did Lopez really tell Le Marchand that Ben Barca had been quote unquote freed?

34:21 by passengers in another call hidden from the police. Everything suggests something happened which the police could do nothing about. Telephone wires began humming and the Moroccans dashed into Paris, perhaps to appear as much overcome by panic and dismay as were the French, although they knew exactly where he was at. In other words, the cover-up has already began.

34:52 A day after the kidnapping, none other than Akir from Morocco flies into Paris. From here on, no one seems to agree on anything. There's absolutely no proof of an official version that put Akir in that house on the day that he was kidnapped.

35:22 if in fact he died immediately. The only basis for that particular theory was an article written on 10 January 1966, in which the author recounts seeing Aker torture and murder Ben Barca in a Paris suburb. However, the article's origin is a mystery. A copy of Fagon's account was delivered to the editors.

35:55 by a gangster. So a gangster, a mafia guy, just shows up and says, hey, print this. Here's your money. We want you to print it. And again, this is how they lay the seeds of confusion around a narrative so that there's like 50 different little fires around. So they confuse any real information that comes in. One of the eyewitness accounts of

36:30 Akir murdering Ben Burka was later disavowed by the magazine, but not before it was printed. One thing is certain, according to the author, Akir would not have murdered Ben Burka before the eyes of someone that he didn't fully trust. And Fagone was one of those people. Had the unthinkable, in fact, occurred,

37:05 Had Fagone accidentally seen him murder Ben Burka, then Fagone would not have lived to tell about it either. Like all the rest of the people that get murdered in this story. One more thing. It says he took a taxi to the Burka and Casey's house in such a delicate matter that would have sufficed to seal not only Fagone's fate, but that of the taxi drivers as well.

37:42 So the chances are that whole thing is not true. So what happened? Either Delemy or Acker were to have held the French in check as Ben Berka was taken away. And it would have also indicated that Delemy, since he was the one who later avoided prosecution, was most likely being protected.

38:14 The French might have become suspicious with Fagon panicking and running to Le Marchand. One of the gangs with Christian David could then have entered the plot at a very early stage. Le Marchand might have tried to prevent the abduction to Morocco by sending his gang members to the house. That could easily have led to conflict. Ben Barca could have been killed during the struggle or someone could have been

38:46 could have murdered him to make it appear like an accident. Ben Berka could have been killed by Achmir, the CIA, an asset, one of their many gang members, because they were all basically OAS, Gladio-trained assassins. None of the following publicity aired.

39:16 can be totally disregarded. The French murdered him because he possessed information embarrassing to high-ranking officials is one such theory. Ben Barca committed suicide upon realizing he was bound for Morocco was another theory that was thrown out there. Or he was murdered to make sure that he was no longer a threat to Akir.

39:46 couldn't attend the conference is another theory. That theory is much more well-documented. In an interview published on 19 October 1966 in the Lebanese Daily, Colonel Delemy maintained that Ben Barka was still alive when he and Achmir left France and was to have been flown to Morocco on the evening of 3 November 1965.

40:17 He allegedly waited in vain that entire night at an airport. I wrote out in the column, sure, Jan. 11 days passed before rumors of Ben Barker's disappearance began to leak out. He could have been kidnapped or murdered any time within those 11 days and by any of the parties involved. It is the author's belief that the CIA and Akir was behind the entire thing. That Akir...

40:52 and possibly um cia assets among some of them being french in the oas meaning gladio were involved actually who personally murdered him is secondary to the fact that someone authorized and directed that he be murdered who did that all of the participants

41:29 were busy covering their tracks. Only the CIA succeeded because the agency had made exclusive use of Moroccans and Frenchmen, not themselves, which they're definitely known to do. The French, on the other hand, was caught with their pants down. De Gaulle was pissed. Somebody's team, somebody's taken me for a complete idiot, he said.

42:00 He was convinced that the CIA was involved, but couldn't touch him. All he could do was crack down on Frenchmen he suspected as being CIA lackeys. Collaboration with the CIA went well beyond certain French intelligence, into his circles, into his Gladio units.

42:27 If one believes that Leroy, when he says his orders to cooperate with Lopez on the Ben Barca affair came directly from Lagros, who was a member of the office. And at the time, Pompidou is the prime minister of France and de Gaulle is the president. So just keep that in mind, too. It would be possible to track CIA involvement directly to.

43:01 Prime Minister Pompidou's office. Not de Gaulle's, Pompidou's. The connection becomes crystal clear in light of a clash between de Gaulle and Pompidou that grew to implicate they hated each other in the last few years of de Gaulle's presidency. And of course, we all know from reading other books that Pompidou

43:29 worked exclusively with the CIA and Nixon administration to wipe out the entire Corsican mafia and basically give the narcotics trafficking over to the CIA. So Pompidou was very close to the CIA well before he became president. So why then didn't La Marchand step forward to tell his story and pull the French out of the fire?

43:58 In the first place, until the affair leaked out, he was busy camouflaging his own role in it. He was trying to determine what really happened. He knew very well that the French had been woven into a web and feared that he was going to be implicated in it. La Marchand's CIA counterparts had better cards to play. They knew all about La Marchand's hiring George Fagon to entice Ben Barca to Paris.

44:29 since the Moroccans had talked La Marchand into doing it. If that information was to slip out, it would make them all look bad. So they had their blackmail material. There would be no way for them to retaliate. And that wasn't the only trump card in the Americans' hands. They could also figure Lopez, Vallotte, and all of the French cops,

45:01 as Ben Barca's kidnappers. But the ace up the CIA's sleeve was the uncertainty of the De Gaulle's people about what really happened to Ben Barca. All the French could do was clam up and cut their losses. Fagon was a key to the mystery surrounding the actual Ben Barca kidnapping. He remained a question mark in the drama. Though the Moroccans had promised him a small fortune,

45:34 Fagon never saw a penny while fellow thugs had their pockets full and enjoyed asylum in Morocco. They were allowed to leave France and enjoy the life of Riley in Morocco for helping the Moroccans and the CIA. Aker refused to pay Fagon. This again underscores that either Fagon had given Aker

46:07 reason for suspicion or that he simply didn't bother paying the La Marchand man and didn't have to worry about it. He could save his money because La Marchand was not in a position to squeal on him because it would implicate him. Money had been Fagon's motive. As to La Marchand, he now had to think twice before

46:40 passing out any traceable funds. Fagone became increasingly bitter and finally decided to make the best of the situation. I suspect Fagone committed two major blunders. His first was to speak to reporters, but he provided enough to cause confusion. The second was to put a squeeze on La Marchand for money. Judging from the appearance,

47:10 Lamashan responded by having one of his gangs soften up Fagan, who then decided it was time to become scarce. Though Fagan had given several acquaintances the impression that he feared this gang, he went into hiding with Joseph Zorita and another thug who claimed they had broken with Leska in anger.

47:41 That was mistake number three, because Zorita never did lose touch with the mob or La Machin. Meanwhile, de Gaulle's crowd concluded, perhaps after gaining wind of certain rumors, that Ben Berka had been knocked off by Ocker. That suited them just fine. Moreover, someone, it seemed, persuaded Vagon to dictate his account into a tape, later transcribed for an article.

48:11 The article might also have been edited prior to delivery, who knows, since it was submitted by Sarita and not Fagone himself. In January of 66, an article appeared with a celebrated story that blamed everything on Aker for killing Ben Barca. And they indicated it was done in front of Fagone and he was a witness to it. Though the thought of Fagone witnessing the murder was hard to swallow, the CIA could not rebuff him.

48:45 just when without coming out into the open. It's kind of hard to call somebody a liar who's saying they have firsthand evidence without then outing yourself saying that's not true. I care's own denials fell on deaf ears because he had motive. In a letter produced at a trial, Newsweek's Paris correspondent, Edward Beer, claiming to have heard the Fagon tapes.

49:19 said there was no such mention on it of the leaders witnessing Akir's murder, Ben Berka. Newsweek, by the way, is CIA. The tape itself proves useless, as something was later recorded over it, of course. But you have this CIA-controlled news reporter that says he heard it, and it didn't say that. Bayer was transferred to Newsweek's Hong Kong branch.

49:50 Shortly thereafter, he had accomplished his mission. He's on to his next one. As to Fagone, he seems to have gone along with the article's fabrication. Immediately following its publication, his finances took a sharp turn for the better. He sported a new false passport and told friends he'd be traveling abroad. He was called in for interrogation, but never got a chance to explain the article.

50:20 On 17 January 1966, he was found with a bullet in his head. One witness, or at least a player, out of the way. His apartment was swarming with police supposedly there to protect him. And no one seen anyone entering his apartment. The police listed his death as a suicide. Swept up all the loose ends.

50:52 and we were off and running. In Fagon's suitcase, they found King Hussein's conditions for the return of Ben Barca to Morocco that he was intimately involved in. They were on documents drawn up by La Marchand. Were they planted? Who knows? During the trial of Ben Barca's case, orders were issued for the arrest of General Aker and Colonel Delemy.

51:25 both of whom were safely in Morocco. Nonetheless, on 18 October 1966, de Lamy came secretly to Paris and registered in a hotel. This hotel was distinguished as a haunt for CIA. It was also the home of a mercenary recruiting office for Tshambi's Congolese army, in other words, the CIA. The office directors

51:59 were all close friends of the CIA officer Lagrosse. The next day, Delemy reported to French police for interrogation. On October 1972, following six uneventful years, a bomb exploded in faraway Brazil where mobster spook Christian David, one of Lamarcon's and Fakart's most trusted agents, confessed allegedly under torture.

52:29 I saw to it Ben Barker's body disappeared. General Ock here paid me $15 million for the job. And I, together with a certain person, broke into the apartment minutes before Fagone committed suicide, in air quotes. The police didn't notice us because we went through the building parallel to it.

53:02 The confession is nothing short of fantastic. It reveals how intelligence agents operate, especially under duress. Those few lines contain some interesting information, a message and a warning, according to the author. He says, I would even insist that the confession was composed in detail.

53:34 by the cia that's a pretty big statement it's puzzling how the french and american press could have swallowed it wholeheartedly first the torture business newspapers on both sides of the atlantic dealt with david's mold appearance upon the arrival in u.s he was tortured the author also says he's learned enough about brazilian tortures torturers and police to know these are experts

54:09 And they don't generally leave marks that are visible. And under no circumstances would they molest a prisoner bound for extradition to the French or the U.S. because they depend on them for funding. Another fact about David that was never mentioned. A few months after his extradition to the U.S., it was disclosed that the chief whipping boy for the Brazilian security forces in

54:40 Paulo, Sergio Florey, along with several of his men and their colleagues in the narcotic squad, had accepted bribes to protect David's drug ring. Moreover, three of David's SAC brethren were closely connected to Furry. In other words, he was one of them. They served as advisors. The author does not believe that Christian David was tortured in Brazil at all.

55:13 His appearance upon arrival at the U.S., he believes, came from desperate attempts to make it look like that so that he could plead that he had been tortured while he was there, to include swallowing the glass of the light bulb. So he was desperate not to leave Brazil. Something else happened. Why would the Brazilians force a confession on a matter like Ben Barca?

55:48 They had no vested interest in it at all. None. Why would the prisoner's statement immediately be publicized when it had nothing to do with the charges leveled against him by the Americans at all? He was in no way associated with Ben Barca at all. The revelation that David was tortured certainly did not come from the Brazilians, who to this day deny it. It came from one source.

56:23 the CIA. It was the only way to explain reports of a hardened criminal and CIA asset opening up an explosive subject. Don't forget that in 1972, CIA agents were still sent out by the dozens to be interrogators and advisors from the Brazilian police department. According to Lamont,

56:55 the New York Times of France, CIA agents were in fact present at the interrogation of Christian David. No such information could have unintentionally slipped through their fingers and be printed. There remains another even more important aspect. A very special agent of the CIA was then spending much of his time in Brazil.

57:31 Who would that be? Ferdinand Lagrosse? You mean the guy that was involved in the Ben Berka case in France? That CIA agent is in Brazil? How? That's weird. Huh. The same Lagrosse whom Leroy fingered as the man who gave the orders for Ben Berka's kidnapping just so happens to have been in Brazil?

58:06 when Christian David made this CIA-invoked confession? Huh, that's weird. Although Christian David's confession was probably composed meticulously, which it appears to have been, by the CIA, it doesn't necessarily mean that it was completely false, because there's always a tidbit of real...

58:39 information in there. Akir took the ultimate blame. That had happened often enough in the past, but never at the hands of his old bedfellows in the CIA. So why? For that simple explanation, Akir's death two months earlier on 16

59:08 august 1972 in the wake of an unsuccessful coup against king hussein you mean his interior minister that was messing with this entire affair tried to that was so loyal to the king that he had to basically kill ben burka because he was the opposition forces that guy initiated a coup against hassan yes yes that guy so

59:40 The question then becomes, did the CIA orchestrate that too, since Akir was one of their assets? Huh. That would have been very interesting. So he's dead. And now's the perfect time for Christian David to confess that he saw him do it because he's dead. That would have.

1:00:11 wiped your hands of the entire affair and the CIA is out of everything, even though they controlled everything. Maybe to include the coup against Toussaint. So they get him to orchestrate a coup. He gets killed in the coup. They blame him for the Ben Barca affair. And they get the guy down in Brazil to confess that he...

1:00:38 This Akir guy was responsible for the death of Ben Berka. Case solved all the way around. He's now dead. Everybody's happy. In addition, interesting timing because we're in 1972 now, President Pompidou had just cleaned house of the SDECE. Huh. So having David implicate Akir.

1:01:12 was the CIA's way of extending its hand to the French. Look, we'll blame whatever it was your nefarious people did on the dead guy in Morocco. We're all good. You're going to help us transfer all of the narco trafficking down to Sicily and into the CIA control guy. And everybody's happy. Nobody knows the truth, but they're all happy.

1:01:42 The CIA walks away from another operation. So, wow. All too little attention, according to the author, has been focused on the underworld connections, the gangsters who, it can be proven, were bought and paid for by Akir and the CIA. They all fled to Morocco. On the other hand, Leska's gang thugs, closely associated with La Marchand,

1:02:19 wound up in Latin America, where they regrouped around David and continued to work for the nefarious aspects of the corrupt OAS and NATO. So just park a bunch more criminals down in Brazil. Akir's faith was shared by gangsters that were also implicated in this entire operation during the quote unquote coup. Some of them.

1:02:55 were not actually killed in the coup, but they were arrested during the coup as part of the coup and were executed. Huh. The witnesses closest to Akir in the Ben Barca affair and protected him afterwards were now all out of the picture. An international spook, Luis Gonzalez Mata, who was a close friend of Akir, claims,

1:03:31 that he told him the CIA had planned to murder Ben Barca and had constantly plotted behind Akir's back. Quote, Ben Barca was alive when I left him in Paris. Unquote. After the David, Christian David's confession, is it undisguised? Was it an undisguised warning? That's a question.

1:04:10 He implicated a guy that he said was Bonjour X. Who was that in his confession? There are people that interpreted part of his quote unquote confession as a warning that if he didn't play ball, that he would be exposed. It was speculated that Bonjour X certainly knows the CIA.

1:04:44 is aware of his identity. If he believes the business about the torture, he is also aware that the torturers don't deal in unknowns. If he doesn't believe it, then he must know that the CIA made a deal with Christian David for information, a deal that saved David from extradition to France and certain death, and a possible date with the guillotine.

1:05:13 The fact that Major X is mentioned at all can only mean that he played an important role in the entire affair and perhaps the French politics as well. The CIA furthermore followed up with a warning with reports that Fagon's pistol was found in the possession of Christian David. We're almost done. The author says he won't hazard a guess on who Major X's identity is.

1:05:47 only that he might belong to the NATO network. In the interim, there has been a notable shift in CIA posture on the Ben Barca affair. In 1975, David Garin published La Assassin de Ben Barca, also alleging CIA involvement. That's the first thing that I read.

1:06:19 about Ben Barka. I didn't even know who he was before I read Daniel Garin's article or work. Time Magazine, which we all know is basically a mouthpiece for the CIA, promptly published a curious article purporting to prove that Ben Barka had been murdered by either Akir or Delimi, both of them Moroccan.

1:06:49 In fact, the article contained no new facts. What was new, though, was that the Americans were pointing the finger at DeLemi without justification, which could be perceived as a warning. This caused matters to take a twist. As Garin later informed the author, both Lopez and the widow of one of those involved told him,

1:07:17 they would be willing to testify that Ben Barca had been kidnapped from the house by another set of gangsters. So he was kidnapped, put in a house, and that someone else picked him up. And that Akir and Dilemmi had never seen Ben Barca in Paris, because remember, they came in the next day after he was kidnapped. Here we observe Dilemmi hard at work defending himself against U.S. allegations.

1:07:47 Having become good friends with the CIA, the French were suddenly out of the picture. Now the CIA's formerly good friends and presently not so good friends in Morocco had their turn to run through the treadmill back to square one, the Moroccans and the CIA. The author believes Fagon was murdered because nobody could count on his silence under interrogation. And without it, the whole story,

1:08:18 against Akir and who was actually involved would change. There was too much at stake. If it leaked out that there were fabricated stories being told, it would draw into question what exactly happened to Ben Barka. The author also believes that Christian David helped knock off George Begone. Otherwise, the CIA's warning to Major X,

1:08:50 would be meaningless, and otherwise David would not have acted the way he did on February 1966, 14 days after Fagone's suicide. On that date, the head of the police department squad, Lieutenant Maurice Gallibert, received a tip that a man implicated in the Ben Barca case could be found at a restaurant. He dashed off with other officers. Upon arrival, they spotted

1:09:19 Christian David playing cards. When Galibert asked David to come downstairs or downtown, his partner protested. David flashed his SAC ID, but Galibert stood his ground. David shrugged his shoulders and fetched his coat from the cloakroom. Suddenly, he stuck his hand in his coat, drew a pistol, and shot all three policemen dead.

1:09:51 The other two, well, excuse me, he shot Galibert dead. The other two were wounded and he got away. That's the end of the story. Not the end of the book, just the end of the chapter. So just like with JFK, we will never know the true story of Ben Berka, but he definitely posed a philosophical threat to the system. And we know what happens to anyone.

1:10:26 that poses a philosophical threat to the system. They die. As we've seen over and over and over and over, it's nuts, isn't it? It is. It is truly nuts. Yeah. Go ahead, SR. Thank you, Colonel Light. I want to thank everybody here that's on YouTube, on Rumble and on Spaces as well. We wouldn't do it without you. But it just amazes me.

1:11:05 how the CIA comes out of this clean, how they just wheel their way. It seemed like they were caught. They knew they were caught, yet they managed to get away. It just blows my mind. They always use cutouts for that exact reason. They're very good at manipulation.

1:11:37 They're very good at getting other people to do their dirty work. And they pay well until they decide they don't need you. It is truly amazing. Truly, truly amazing. Anybody else got anything? No? Bonkers. I agree. It's all bonkers. What I can say, Colonel, is not only is this a way to look at...

1:12:18 the CIA and what's going on, I see it happening today. You see it happening, you know it's happening, and you can't do anything about it. All the, how do I want to put it? All of the previous things that they've done, the indicators are there, and they're flashing red, and nobody does anything about it. You got our Congress.

1:12:57 Congress printers that do nothing. You've got our CIA, our FBI now working towards clearing this stuff up. But other than that, until we see something really happen, go down, which I'm hoping, this is the case, I'm hoping the case with Comey and Casey and the rest of these guys will go down. We'll see what happens tonight.

1:13:29 We'll see what happens tonight. So one of the user with some letters after over on YouTube asked, how do we know the CIA aren't being paid used by the ruling class elites who have an ulterior motive separately? You must be new. We've actually explained that entire network. The only conclusion with.

1:13:59 the four years of research that we've done is the cia has never worked for the united states government ever sometimes the instructions or directions that are given to the cia are congruent with whoever happens to be president at the time like when the standard oil guys got the phone call from the

1:14:29 Anglo-Iranian oil company guys in the UK and wanted to get rid of Mossadegh in Iran, and Eisenhower owed his presidency to the Rockefellers, then great. Eisenhower signs a finding. We overthrow the government of Iran. Standard Oil gets a percentage of the proceeds in the future from all the oil that comes out of Iran, and everything's fine.

1:14:59 When the oligarch class, which we refer to as the international syndicate, wants something done and they are working with the CIA to get it done and the president doesn't go along with it, like in the case of JFK, they just kill him. So your observation is correct that the ruling class, the international syndicate.

1:15:28 runs the intelligence agencies with or without the president's permission. Sometimes they align, sometimes they don't. And when they don't, the CIA always works on behalf of the international syndicate. And that is true of all intelligence agencies because all of the current intelligence agencies were set up after World War II under the guise and funding

1:15:58 of this entire operation. They were trained, they were schooled by the dad, MI6, and all of the kids all collectively work together. Now, do the kids occasionally have spats among themselves? Yes, but they definitely collectively work together. Some will try to get out in front of the other, blah, blah, blah, just like siblings.

1:16:29 but don't for a second ever think that they actually work on behalf of the people or even in some cases, the president all the time. Why are you so mad? Go ahead. Okay. I don't want to sound like a recruiter, but here's my spiel. Okay.

1:16:51 The CIA is actually now hiring mass. There are some mass job openings for people with any type of computer knowledge, AI knowledge, data analysis and programming skills. There's so many jobs to be filled.

1:17:13 maybe and i'm just saying maybe maybe this time we'll get a whole bunch of good people i know that sounds like a stretch no maybe no no no no my boat is always no okay i i get it i understand after knowing exactly what they did um throughout this entire process and the whole reason why they were created in the first place my my question is is do

1:17:42 Do you believe at all that we do ever need a CIA? No, no. That does foreign intelligence without any intervention or anything? No, no, no, no, no. The only reason you need foreign intelligence is for the defense of your sovereign nation. And the defense of our sovereign nation falls exclusively within the Department of War. Period.

1:18:09 Okay, so eliminate the CIA altogether and just go through the Department of War? Yes. Are we going to rely on military intelligence then? Yes. That's all we had before the CIA. We had naval intelligence. We had army intelligence. And that's it. There is nothing outside. And then you have the same. It's a completely different motive for analyzing intelligence.

1:18:38 Because you work in an entity that is going to have to go die based on the validity of the intelligence. When you have people collecting intelligence and producing intelligence reports whose lives are not on the line, they are always going to be outside of the battle, regardless of what the intelligence.

1:19:07 portrays they have no vested interest in producing legitimate intelligence and that's a very valid point that should never ever be the case i don't care how big the intelligence needs the the the manpower needs to be if it is not within the constraints of someone who is going to have to put their life on the line

1:19:36 in whatever comes of that intelligence, then to me, it's not a legitimate function. And once you have an agency that has spent the last 80 years working for the oligarchs, they are always going to be in a very, for the people in the CIA, they are in a very vulnerable position.

1:20:06 Because as we have indicated time and time again, these guys all the entire way it operates is embedding themselves sheep dipping into corporate entities. They are bankers. They are lawyers. They are very well educated in a corrupt education system that.

1:20:36 then lends itself and then they use the international structures to embed themselves inside of to do the intelligence, not just for the United States, but for those corporate entities. That is not a legitimate federal use of intelligence. The intelligence should be used to guard and make safe our country.

1:21:05 not international syndicate people who want to exploit resources in people. They can do that on their own dime. Okay, so basically intelligence needs to come from the military where they're at. Where they're going to put their ass on the line. That's my personal opinion. All along, go ahead. Yeah, Colonel, on that note, in terms of, you know,

1:21:37 Does the president control the CIA or not? I think it's very relevant for everyone to look at. NASM, National Security Action Memorandum 55 and NSAM 56 that JFK wrote, I believe it was in 62, where he's directly taking away.

1:22:03 some of these abilities of cia specifically um and putting them under the pentagon precisely because he felt well look i can keep an eye on these on this much better with mcnamara than i can with cia they have yeah they have completely competing agendas yeah and so those and yeah i think everyone should look at nsam 30.

1:22:33 uh 55 and 56 really closely because i think that there's a lot those are often overlooked in terms of you know the overall picture of jfk versus cia yeah yeah that's um also just yeah other thing i wanted to say is you know just raise the issue of you know as you point out um or suggest it seems like you know cia was getting along

1:23:04 considerably better with Pompidou than with Chuck DeGaulle. And it's just, it's kind of interesting, you know, just to pose, you know, the question why that is. And there could be, and there's, there's a number of, you know, moving parts there, one of which is Richard Nixon, who's always a moving part. And, but also, you know, the contrast between JFK's

1:23:33 you know, closer relationship with Charles de Gaulle. And we know CID did not really see eye to eye with him. And also, you know, how Nixon, in what ways was he more, did he get along better with Pompidou for a while? So it's just, you know, it's interesting to look at how the international situation has changed. I'm not sure. I know the, I mean, I know definitely can't put my finger on it right now, but.

1:24:02 Just look at all the moving parts around the changes internationally from DeGaulle to Pompidou, you know, and what made those, that difference in terms of the CIA's perspective. Right. Yep. Bridget, go ahead. Oh, I'm just, I'm going to go back with what, yes, I was saying about, you know, we see them, this repeating pattern over and over.

1:24:31 And there's nothing we can do, but there is something we can do. And that's what we're doing right here. And because cockroaches only survive in the darkness. That's true in my house. That's true in my house. With an educated public and informed group, that becomes much, much more difficult to do because the patterns are so recognizable because there is an actual playbook.

1:25:02 This is the same pattern over and over. And you guys, we, and we talked about this way back in the Wayback Machine in the very beginning of this. We're doing this because you guys take all this information and you run with it and you post and you tag people. And the more you see people talking about, like the one time when it just so happened, I can't remember what's his name.

1:25:28 talked about operation gladio briefly all of a sudden right after we had the biggest crash on the on uh trump frogs yeah uh space yeah this is not a coincidence yeah you guys are making an impact don't ever think you're helpless yeah because this is a worthwhile endeavor and the only way things are going to change is what you guys are doing which we're giving you the information and you're running with it and

1:25:56 nothing it's a team it really is a teamwork deal and we're making an impact and you see it by the headlines you do i mean i've never seen the word fabian used more since warhamster and i started our fabian series ever um it's it's amazing to watch it happen actually yeah right that's what i'm saying and it gets me so excited it does me too and that's the reason why we're here every day

1:26:23 That's the reason why we don't miss a space and we keep trying. When things crash and when things go amok and we keep pushing against this wall and keep rolling this rock up a hill is because you guys are making a difference with sharing and posting and tagging and sharing and posting and tagging and telling your friends and telling your neighbors and telling the people and pointing this out to where when these things do come up in the news, those friends, neighbors, people you tag, friends you're sending information to.

1:26:52 Say, hey, I remember when you talked about this. You know, and it lends credibility to what you said about all the other things. And it's just building a bigger and bigger case, like a legal case, like a legal argument. And again, the cockroaches can only survive in the darkness. And the more light we shine on it, the less they can do because people won't fall for it. It's like the COVID thing. They won't fall for it twice.

1:27:23 Because the light was shed on all the bullshit. And that's what we're doing. Tara's over there on Rumble saying it was Jack Posebeck that you're talking about. Yes, that's it. Thank you, Tara. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes my brain gets overloaded with info. And basically, for those of you who are new, when we first brought this information over to X years ago, not only was the space sabotaged repeatedly.

1:27:53 throughout the evening. But the very next morning, Jack Bosabek thought it was such a threat that he had to get on his podcast and basically mention Operation Gladio and tell his entire audience that it was just something that happened for about 20 years back in the 60s and 70s. But don't worry about it. It's not anything that's currently going on. Right. And they don't. And here's the thing. That's proof's in the pudding.

1:28:22 You can tell them how they want. But they don't attack you unless you are a threat. They don't try and get out ahead of you unless you are actually making an impact. So put a feather in everybody's cap. Everybody who's listening, everybody who will listen. Yeah. All right. James, go ahead. Thank you, Colonel. I just wanted to say that, you know, the U.S. has an incredibly complex system.

1:28:51 You know that I've mentioned DARPA earlier. DARPA is like the bakery of the private industry in the US. And with regards to the CIA, I mean... It's one of many. It's one of many. One of many. So it's an incredibly complex system. And you have the goal. You also have...

1:29:17 olof palme and and several other politicians falling you know victims to yep a gladio network or gladio network and um i think that uh um you know the private oligarch system uh also is incredibly complex uh you know with the darpa as a bakery and private companies

1:29:47 adapting technology and launching it into the world. And then the CIA operationally not always aligned with the president, thinking sometimes that they protect the interests of the U.S. and sometimes just acting on behalf of the oligarchs. But I don't think that's unique to the U.S. No, no, probably not.

1:30:14 Yeah, I think that each of these countries have a very similar, they just obviously are not as powerful, not as big, not as well funded because they basically enslaved all of us and use our tax dollars to basically destroy and control us. So, yeah, I think that's very...

1:30:39 uh obvious now to just about everybody that has two brain cells that are still working together yeah yeah absolutely yeah thank you again sure thank you james um sr go ahead thank you colonel i i just want to add something to what bridget said concerning what's going on here and and what we're really dealing with for those that have been following the colonel we we definitely understand

1:31:11 But at the beginning of this, the colonel made it quite obvious that she was going to talk about Operation Gladio. Today, you'll hear about Operation Gladio, but in a roundabout manner. They don't come out and tell you it's Operation Gladio. They don't come out and tell you that's what they're doing, but you know it. You see it everywhere.

1:31:41 That's true. You also see the international syndicate working everywhere. You also see the intelligence hand working everywhere now that we know just how nefarious it really is. And so anyway, you guys have a nice evening. I'm going to jump off here and grab some dinner. And I'm sure we're all going to be watching Trump's speech tonight.

1:32:12 You notice that there's a lot of people. I don't do that. I'll just say that up front. There's a lot of people that make predictions about what Trump is going to say and what he isn't going to say. And you will notice I never do that. I don't think it's beneficial. I'm one of those 48 hour rule people. Well, maybe 24.

1:32:38 It'll be very interesting to watch what he does say, but I've always been one of those people, especially now, given the information that we all know, to be one of those people that understand that there's a methodology here and a timeline. And I'm one that observes what that is and tries to make sense of it.

1:33:05 um as it unfolds as opposed to trying to get out ahead of it and being the one that posts first about oh i think it's going to be this or that um so i don't want anybody that's new here to think that we're avoiding those things we are not we know enough now to understand how complex this system is um so it is going to be

1:33:30 Because as we said in the very early beginnings of this, the enemy always gets a vote. And I do think that the sequence of things as they roll out are, they have a timeframe that they're working in, but they're not going to be always able to stay on that timeline because the enemy gets a vote.

1:34:00 And you are dealing with a very devious enemy. And it is a very large enemy with trillions of dollars socked away from all of these nefarious operations that they've been involved in. While I firmly believe that there is...

1:34:22 And the evidence is out there every day with new arrests, new indictments, new freezing of assets and stuff like that, that they're disassembling this network. But they've been at this for a very long time. They're very good at what they do. And you can never underestimate your enemy. You will do that to your own detriment.

1:34:52 So just put that out there and we'll be back tomorrow. Don't forget noon tomorrow, Moore Hamster and I will continue our Pilgrim Society show and then we'll be back at four o'clock and we can talk about what happens tonight then. You guys take care. See you guys later.

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Ahmed Dlimi member_of Morocco documented ▶ 1:41

“80 15 years after his disappearance the story remains as dubious and full of holes as ever the current version goes something like this the moroccan king hassan ii interior minister general mohammed a…”

Mohammed Oufkir member_of Morocco documented ▶ 1:41

Mehdi Ben Barka assassinated Mohammed Oufkir book_quoted ▶ 2:41

“The following evening, General Akkar and Colonel Delimy and Moroccan intelligence agencies arrived. Soon afterward, Ben Barka was tortured and killed by Akkar himself and buried by hired assistants. I…”

Paul Jacquier removed_from_power SDECE documented ▶ 4:40

“each received up to eight years. The SDECE chief, Paul Jacquier, was fired. Prime Minister Pompidou, Interior Minister Roger Fry, and de Gaulle's son-in-law, a member of the parliament, Pierre Lac Mar…”

Mehdi Ben Barka founded United National Popular Forces documented ▶ 7:34

“In 1956, Morocco gained its independence. Three years later, Ben Barca founded the UNFP. Basically, it stands for United National Forces Popular. In 1961, Hassan was crowned and appointed himself the …”

CIA funded Mohammed Oufkir book_quoted ▶ 10:13

“Akher's career, because that was like a loyalty test. Just purge the other parties and you get closer to the king. From 1964 on, he was Morocco's interior minister, the strong man, the man the CIA sup…”

Henry Tosca appointed Morocco documented ▶ 10:44

“Ethiopian and Morocco was America's two most important African allies. They received the lion's share of US economic and military aid. And Morocco's air base was a focal point of CIA activity througho…”

United States funded Morocco documented ▶ 10:44

Robert W. Welch appointed Morocco documented ▶ 11:12

“tasca t-a-s-c-a he later became known for his service in greece where he supported the colonel's junta another cia coup the cia station chief was robert wells he coordinated the cia's assistant to the…”

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Mehdi Ben Barka book_quoted ▶ 15:27

“The CIA wanted to, quote unquote, help Ben Barca, help him out with his Moroccan politics. All three goals could be realized only by assassinating him or taking him to Morocco and allowing them to do …”

Mohammed Oufkir recruited Mossad book_quoted ▶ 22:23

“terms in the 1960s, so excellent that Moroccan espionage agents were even trained in Israel. Akker, claiming his own men were up to the assignment, requested the loan of Israeli agents from Mossad tha…”

Meir Amit member_of Mossad documented ▶ 22:23

George Fagon recruited Mehdi Ben Barka book_quoted ▶ 23:52

“would have been taken care of by de Gaulle's unsuspecting staff. For the practical details, the French hired a gangster, George Fagon, an acquaintance of Le Marchand, who moved in very different circl…”

Antoine Lopez member_of SDECE book_quoted ▶ 26:27

“Two men hopped out, flashed their police badges, and asked Ben Barca to join them. There were already three men in the car. A airport chief, Antoine Lopez, French narcotics lieutenant, Louis Chargeon,…”

Marcel Leroy member_of SDECE book_quoted ▶ 29:54

“imprisoned for his complicity in the Ben Barca affair was highly valued by the Americans. The CIA had gotten him out of jail by blackmailing a SDECE and French politician through various people in the…”

Ferdinand Lagrosse member_of CIA book_quoted ▶ 32:10

“One of the people that he implicated was a man by the name of Ferdinand Lagrosse. He was a Playboy millionaire, art dealer, and CIA agent. He was also very close to several people in the immediate sph…”

Ferdinand Lagrosse spied_on Dag Hammarskjold book_quoted ▶ 32:43

“appearing to work for both the CIA and the SDECE. His loyalties lay within the CIA. He was a personal friend of Henry Kissinger's. Legros was a man the CIA assigned to snoop on the UN Secretary Genera…”

Ferdinand Lagrosse relationship_with Henry Kissinger book_quoted ▶ 32:43

Ferdinand Lagrosse member_of SDECE book_quoted ▶ 32:43

Ferdinand Lagrosse carried_out_attack Moise Tshombe book_quoted ▶ 33:20

“Legros helped the CIA kidnap the African leader Moise Dishambi. And in 1965, Legros was in personal contact with Ben Barca in Geneva, where Legros maintained a residence in a very large art gallery th…”

CIA covered_up Ben Barka Affair book_quoted ▶ 41:29

“were busy covering their tracks. Only the CIA succeeded because the agency had made exclusive use of Moroccans and Frenchmen, not themselves, which they're definitely known to do. The French, on the o…”

Jean Sainteny hired George Fagon book_quoted ▶ 43:58

“In the first place, until the affair leaked out, he was busy camouflaging his own role in it. He was trying to determine what really happened. He knew very well that the French had been woven into a w…”

Mohamed Akerr paid George Fagon book_quoted ▶ 45:34

“Fagon never saw a penny while fellow thugs had their pockets full and enjoyed asylum in Morocco. They were allowed to leave France and enjoy the life of Riley in Morocco for helping the Moroccans and …”

Mohamed Akerr assassinated Mehdi Ben Barka book_quoted ▶ 47:41

“That was mistake number three, because Zorita never did lose touch with the mob or La Machin. Meanwhile, de Gaulle's crowd concluded, perhaps after gaining wind of certain rumors, that Ben Berka had b…”

Edward Beer reported George Fagon book_quoted ▶ 48:45

“just when without coming out into the open. It's kind of hard to call somebody a liar who's saying they have firsthand evidence without then outing yourself saying that's not true. I care's own denial…”

George Fagon died_in Paris documented ▶ 50:20

“On 17 January 1966, he was found with a bullet in his head. One witness, or at least a player, out of the way. His apartment was swarming with police supposedly there to protect him. And no one seen a…”

Christian David confessed_to Ben Barka kidnapping book_quoted ▶ 52:29

“I saw to it Ben Barker's body disappeared. General Ock here paid me $15 million for the job. And I, together with a certain person, broke into the apartment minutes before Fagone committed suicide, in…”

Sergio Flores accepted_bribes_from Christian David book_quoted ▶ 54:40

“Paulo, Sergio Florey, along with several of his men and their colleagues in the narcotic squad, had accepted bribes to protect David's drug ring. Moreover, three of David's SAC brethren were closely c…”

Ferdinand Lagrosse ordered_assassination_of Mehdi Ben Barka book_quoted ▶ 57:31

“Who would that be? Ferdinand Lagrosse? You mean the guy that was involved in the Ben Berka case in France? That CIA agent is in Brazil? How? That's weird. Huh. The same Lagrosse whom Leroy fingered as…”

Mohamed Akerr died_in Morocco documented ▶ 59:08

“august 1972 in the wake of an unsuccessful coup against king hussein you mean his interior minister that was messing with this entire affair tried to that was so loyal to the king that he had to basic…”

Mohamed Akerr attempted_coup_against Hassan II of Morocco documented ▶ 59:08

Georges Pompidou cleaned_house_of SDECE book_quoted ▶ 1:00:38

“This Akir guy was responsible for the death of Ben Berka. Case solved all the way around. He's now dead. Everybody's happy. In addition, interesting timing because we're in 1972 now, President Pompido…”

David Garin published L'Assassin de Ben Barka documented ▶ 1:05:47

“only that he might belong to the NATO network. In the interim, there has been a notable shift in CIA posture on the Ben Barca affair. In 1975, David Garin published La Assassin de Ben Barca, also alle…”

Time-Life published_article_about Mehdi Ben Barka book_quoted ▶ 1:06:19

“about Ben Barka. I didn't even know who he was before I read Daniel Garin's article or work. Time Magazine, which we all know is basically a mouthpiece for the CIA, promptly published a curious articl…”

Christian David assassinated Maurice Gallibert documented ▶ 1:09:19

“Christian David playing cards. When Galibert asked David to come downstairs or downtown, his partner protested. David flashed his SAC ID, but Galibert stood his ground. David shrugged his shoulders an…”

Jack Posobiec exposed Operation Gladio host_asserted ▶ 1:27:53

“throughout the evening. But the very next morning, Jack Bosabek thought it was such a threat that he had to get on his podcast and basically mention Operation Gladio and tell his entire audience that …”