The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government # 10

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0:00 Hello, everyone. If you guys could repost the space out, I'd appreciate it. I am having trouble with Rumble. I don't know what the problem is. I opened the live stream and it wouldn't go to the next page. And I logged out and came back in and it showed that it was there, but I couldn't get back in it. So I don't know what it's doing.

0:38 It won't let me make a new one and it won't let me back in the old one. So who knows? I don't know if I can go to StreamYard and just record it and then upload it later on. Let me try that real quick. Oh, my gosh. So many problems. Nope. Not going to let me do that either. All right.

1:27 Let me try one last thing. All right, there it is. Livestream to Rumble and YouTube. All right, let's try that. And we'll just go with that. So today I need to keep the show right to an hour and we'll just have a few minutes Q&A at the end.

2:05 I've got a speech to give at a local conservative club at 630. I've got a spaces that we're going to do with the Vell at eight. And then I've got the Alpha Warrior show at 930. So that's a lot. And it'll take me a few minutes to get to the speech. So I don't I will only be able to stay on until about.

2:37 Five twenty today, just as a heads up to everybody. So. All right. Looks like it's going to let me do this. OK, I got the mic going, but it's not going to. Oh, my gosh. StreamYard is not going to let me use the camera for some reason.

3:16 Let me see. It's not showing a camera available. So I don't know what that's about. Devices not connected. It's my computer and the device is inside the computer. So I don't know how you can say it's not connected. All right. But at least we'll have it and then we can upload it later on. All right. So I'm going to go ahead and go live over there.

3:59 And, again, I'll just have to upload it later. So, first of all, I owed you guys the name of the book that I keep talking about that I'm also reading called, the name of the book is The Splendid Blonde Beast. It's by Christopher Simpson. It is a very, very interesting book. So, I finished that book yesterday.

4:28 I will not go into it in the same depth that I normally do, but there is quite a few lessons that we need to take away from the book because of, it explains a lot of how we got to where we are today. So, all right. So StreamYard isn't gonna work either. Holy crap. All right.

5:04 We just will not have that out there. Somehow we'll have to load this across platforms later with someone who knows how to do that. All right. So we're on Chapter 9 called Reforming the CIA. And again, we're almost done with this book. And it says, how do we oppose the massive U.S. corporation like Lockheed Martin that performed?

5:33 most of the CIA's surveillance and technical work. And I find that interesting because that goes to the heart of what we found in the international syndicate, that now, because the CIA has outsourced so much of their work to civilian entities, we are literally right back where we were pre-World War II, where corporations basically had their own private

6:01 intelligence apparatus and paramilitary forces. And by the CIA outsourcing all of their work to the same international syndicate members that helped create the CIA, we are literally right back to where we were. The difference is that the taxpayer pays the bill and not the corporation. They are now being paid to have their own intelligence and paramilitary force to do their bidding around the world on our dime.

6:30 That's literally what it boils down to. And it talks about some numbers. The U.S. budgeted just shy of $100 billion for intelligence gathering in 2023, a nearly $10 billion jump over 2022. And those numbers were released by the Director of National Intelligence at the Pentagon.

7:00 It also says that it breaks up the ones by Department of Defense or whatever. But that's a crap ton of money. And he goes on and talks about how he names all of the different agencies like the DIA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, NSA.

7:24 Air Force intelligence, Army intelligence, Marine intelligence, Navy intelligence and space intelligence. That's nine. And that's just within the Department of Defense. Then you have the Office of DNI, the CIA, the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the Coast Guard intelligence, which is part of.

7:54 For that particular thing, they have it listed under the Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, has their own intelligence. FBI has their own intelligence. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which is part of the State Department, and we know them to be the belly button for the CIA. They actually share resources.

8:25 And then the Office of Intelligence and Analysis as part of the Treasury. So that's another nine for a total of 18. And he says that, obviously, in a book such as this, he doesn't have time to go into all of that. But he says, in all honesty, I have to say that most of the CIA people I worked with were good people. But my concern throughout this book is the very structure of the CIA itself.

8:57 promotes and encourages the worst instincts of very bad people. The vast majority of problems are caused by relatively small number of powerful people who obviously have billions of dollars in order to work with. If the percentage is accurate as a rough estimate of what the CIA gets relative to other agencies, that means that the current yearly budget for the CIA is about $28 billion.

9:26 billion dollars a year. This CIA is unique in that it combines intelligence gathering, which I would argue they don't do at all, and the paramilitary aspects of covert operations. The CIA monster has infected every sector of America. In coordination with other intelligence agencies, it has compromised journalism, businesses.

9:54 And that's exemplified by people like Buzzy Krongard. And then he goes on and quotes his Truman about, you know, oh, my gosh, what did I do kind of thing, which I've argued many times was just basically telling us what he did, not that he was actually sorry for doing it because he wasn't. He used it extensively.

10:18 It goes on to say intelligence communities let insiders know hidden truth, but not the American taxpayer, because if you know the things the public does not know, you have an advantage over them. There was an article from CNN in 2022 regarding former President Trump's alleged retention of secret documents containing this alarming statistic. The director of intelligence publishes what it describes as an annual report, security clearance determinations.

10:47 although the most recent one I could find was from 2017. It says that there are more than 2.8 million people that have a security clearance as of October 2017. More than 1.6 million have access to either confidential or secret information, and another 1.2 have TS clearances. There are additional people who have security clearances but don't currently have access to information.

11:15 This includes civilian employees, contractors and members of the military. And that's true of anybody that leaves the military with an active clearance until it expires. You have the clearance, but you don't have access. You're not read in on anything. As comedian George Carlin once observed, it's a big club and you ain't in it. I've heard reasonable estimates that up to four million eight hundred thousand Americans have security clearances.

11:44 I do believe that all of them are using such knowledge, or do you believe that they are using this information in selfless service to the U.S.? Kevin Shipp does not. From personal knowledge, I'm aware of thousands of affiliated CIA sites and corporate locations across America. The authors of a 2011 book called Top Secret America, The Rise of the New American Security State by Dana Priest and William Arkins.

12:12 made the following statement, quote, the top secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of 9-11 has become so large and so unwelding and so secret that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it, and exactly how many agencies do the same work. These are the same findings of a two-year investigation by the Washington Post that discovered

12:38 What amounts to an alternative geography in the United States, a top secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight, unquote. The authors were able to put some flesh on the bones that so many had been invisible. So much of it had been invisible prior. Consider whether the following is a reasonable response to 19 hijackers as found in 2011 by the authors of Top Secret America, quote.

13:08 Some 1,271 governmental organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence at about 10,000 locations in the United States. An estimated 854,000 people, nearly one and a half times as many people as live in Washington, D.C., hold top-secret security clearances.

13:36 In Washington, the surrounding area, 33 building complexes are dedicated for intelligence work, are under construction or have been built since September 2001. 33 buildings. Together, they occupy the equivalent of almost three pentagons or 22 U.S. Capitol buildings. That's about 17 million square feet of space.

14:04 If you wonder where the national security state is, the answer is, especially if you're anywhere near the capital, is it's all around you. In another book called The CIA and the Politics of U.S. Intelligence Reform, Brent Burden wrote, quote, despite these challenges, elected representatives must develop tools to monitor intelligence agencies efficiently.

14:32 Anything less risks subverting the democratic values these agencies are tasked to defend. During the earliest debates over establishing a central intelligence organization, numerous commentators, including members of Congress, Eleanor Roosevelt, and even Truman, expressed fears that such a body would become an American Gestapo. At times, the CIA and other members of the intelligence community have shown tendencies in that direction.

15:00 Investigations launched by both media outlets and government representatives have uncovered illegal programs to spy on Americans, assassinate foreign leaders and defy explicit statutory limits imposed by Congress to maintain domestic and international legitimacy. U.S. leaders must convincingly demonstrate they control the agents of the secret date. Unquote. In that book, we.

15:28 They devoted considerable time to detailing the historic crimes of the CIA, their successful attempts at avoiding reform, and how they have had many ways in taking over the control of media and businesses. There are 12 concrete steps that they describe. I'm not going to go through them, but there are ways that he's arguing that things that...

15:58 Critical things that need to be done. My answer is get rid of it completely. They've never actually done what we think they are supposed to be doing anyway. So then he goes in and he talks about a lot of the history of like the Roman Empire and stuff like that. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on that part. But.

16:27 He goes on in an epilogue to the book that talks about the Trump assassination attempt. And I did want to get into that, even if we don't get it finished today. He talks about this gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and it says the incident shocked the American people.

16:52 And it says, in this account, I will follow the facts and evidence where they lead and provide my conclusions regarding what occurred on that horrible day. As the facts unfolded, it was clear that the attempt was either gross malpractice by the Secret Service and others or an inside job. Huge gaps in the Secret Service protection protocol caused Americans to demand answers as to how this happened. Security lapses of this magnitude.

17:20 I've never been seen in nearly 160 years of Secret Service history. I'd argue I saw him at JFK's assassination as well as other times, but whatever. Many Internet personalities and at least one congressman immediately jumped to the conclusion that the attempt was an inside job conducted by the Biden administration. In my years of analysis, I've learned to wait a minimum of three days to a week before discussing.

17:49 Any initial conclusions? I worked as a protective agent on the detail of CIA Director William Casey during the Iran-Contra scandal. Kevin Shipp was a team member for the High-Risk Defector Program and acted as chief of training for CIA's Federal Police Security Protective Service, meaning he's done a lot of this kind of work. He trained foreign...

18:18 presidential and prime minister details during his time at the CIA to include car size detail. That was hair raising, I bet. He also says that he was an assistant team leader at a counter-assault team that worked with retired Navy SEALs, Delta Force members, Secret Service agents, and CIA operatives. He says, so I'm not an armchair analyst in this world.

18:44 He says, but I must tell you that doing this kind of work in the real world is humbling. It's one thing to do this sort of training and another to do it when someone's life depends on you. The following information has been obtained by multiple vetted news reports, eyewitness accounts. So he basically goes through the chronology of that day. Now.

19:07 Again, I'm not going to go over everything because we all just lived through this and we know pretty much what happened, but I'm going to hit the highlights. He talks about the police command center being alerted with two photos of crooks sent by police officers. This was on July 13th at 545 p.m. Trump takes the stage and a local police.

19:35 climbs up on the roof after a witness report. And according to that police, obviously, according to him, Crooks turned the rifle on him, so he dropped down. And that happened at 6.02, which is basically the same time Trump was taking the stage. At 6.10, Tom Knight, the township manager, stated police officer lost his grip and was not...

20:05 retreating when he um fell to the ground that's the guy that um uh dropped down when the rifle was pointed at him so that was said over the radio the roof where crooks was spotted was an estimated 140 yards from the podium while speaking trump points to the right um and at 6 11 the first shot is heard and that's obviously when he was shot the other people were killed

20:33 somewhat injured. A minute later, after the final shot, Trump gets up on his feet and says, fight, fight, fight. A minute later, which is now two minutes after the shots were fired, Trump turns back towards the crowd, raising his fist, and he is basically escorted down and put in the vehicle to take to the emergency room. At 6.50,

21:04 Secret Service released a statement saying the former president is safe. I said that if there are villains or fools to be found in the story, we might need to look at the leadership of the Secret Service. That would start with Kimberly Cheadle. On Tuesday, the next day, July 14th, Cheadle appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to discuss the assassination attempt, which is interesting because it's ABC, which is a known CIA affiliate.

21:38 Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle said in an interview that aired Tuesday morning that a sloped roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination last weekend at the rally had safety factor considerations. That building in particular had a sloped roof. We know all about that, which was all hogwash. Sometimes it comes down to a single bad decision that results in a catastrophe.

22:04 In my years of training, I've reviewed several such incidents and have often been shocked at the propensity of certain individuals to make bad decisions. As somebody who has served on a protective detail as well as trained such groups, this is an inexcusable failing. At this point, I was unable to determine whether this was based on a desire to bring about the death of Trump or basically negligence.

22:27 Whatever the truth, Cheadle showed an unparalleled skill at making herself look bad, as demonstrated when she showed up at the Republican National Convention just days later. At the event, she was confronted by Republican senators angry over the failings of the Secret Service. Two prominent Republican senators angrily confronted her, blah, blah, blah.

22:51 Yes, the people of America and indeed the world wanted answers. A political candidate targeted by the quote unquote justice system, but popular among the people who then nearly loses his life to a crazed gunman who sneaks past security would be viewed with great suspicion, especially if it happened in a foreign country. So that for it to happen here, it's extra weird. There are a number of failures prior to Trump's assassination attempt that.

23:21 would be regarded as suspicious activity. This suggests to me that there was more than a single lapse of security and potential, much more. What else had been reported about the incident that made it highly suspicious? The alleged gunman, who also appeared to possess little to no skill with guns, as reported by ABC. I know that the skeptics will say maybe he improved his marksmanship since he was rejected from the rifle club, and that's certainly...

23:51 possible. Early reports claim Crooks was a registered Republican, but then he had a donation to Act Blue and definitely was not a Republican. One of the challenging aspects of figuring out Crooks is the claim that he hadn't had much of a social media profile. This seems unusual to me for a 20-year-old. The lack of information on this question renders me unable to come to a strong conclusion, although I do have opinions.

24:21 It seems to me that something about Crooks is being hidden, but I don't have enough information to say that certainly. One of the narratives which quickly began appearing in the media was that he was a victim of bullying, but that picture was dismissed when a classmate said that was absolutely not true. The account painted by his classmate did not suggest a loner or a misfit, but a highly intellectual individual.

24:50 What could have motivated him? Then there was a New York Times article. And when Kevin reviewed that information, he said, I definitely got a Lee Harvey Oswald vibe from the guy. Crooks is getting packages delivered to his home. Oswald supposedly obtained a rifle through a mail order company. I can understand how this might have gone undetected, but there appears to be no reason for federal law enforcement to be suspicious.

25:18 that there was reason for them to be suspicious. But if it's true that there is a little to no information on his phone, all I can say is that's consistent with someone who is trained in spycraft. If you're an officer in charge of an asset, you teach them how to avoid detection. That's what I did for officers assigned to my details. The options are that Crook or he was trained. Personally, I think it's possible. So he says, consider this section of the Times article.

26:03 Kimber, this is a quote, Kimberly Chief. Ma'am, I show your mic is muted. Looks like we're having some connecting issues. So everybody hang in there and hopefully she'll be back in just a second. Good afternoon, sunshine. On my end, it says that she's having connection problems, just so you know. Right. It just gave me the same thing. I was in the other room and all of a sudden it was like, poof, she was gone.

27:29 This happened the other day when she had a storm. So maybe she'll be back here shortly. Yeah, we had storms the last, like, three days. It's finally beautiful again. It's crazy, isn't it? We needed it. We've had such a drought down here. You know, she's more central Florida, and I'm on the Gulf, and we've had horrible drought. Yeah, she got some hail during this last one.

28:02 Thankfully, it didn't wipe out our new gladiolus. Can you hear me now? Yes, ma'am. There you are. Bridget. Yes, ma'am. We can hear you. Can you hear me, Colonel? Okay. Yeah. If you can't hear Bridget, we can hear you. That was weird. Yeah. Yes, ma'am. Can you hear me? I can hear you. Oh, and again, it's saying connect. Colonel, can you hear? We can hear you.

29:05 I think she just lost connection again. No, there she is. Yes, I can hear you. Can hear me. Doesn't seem like she can hear you, but I can hear you. I can talk. Can you hear me talk? Okay.

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Donald Trump9 Matthew Crooks9 United States Secret Service7 Kimberly Cheatle5 Harry S. Truman2 Kevin Shipp2 Top Secret America2 Eleanor Dulles1 The Splendid Blond Beast1 Christopher Simpson1 Iran-Contra affair1 The CIA and the Politics of U.S. Intelligence Reform1 The Washington Post1 National Reconnaissance Office1 Lockheed1 Lee Harvey Oswald1 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency1 Brent Burden1 Dana Priest1 William Arkin1 DEA1 William Casey1

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Matthew Crooks attempted_assassination_of Donald Trump book_quoted ▶ 16:27

“He goes on in an epilogue to the book that talks about the Trump assassination attempt. And I did want to get into that, even if we don't get it finished today. He talks about this gunman, Thomas Matt…”

Kimberly Cheatle headed United States Secret Service documented ▶ 21:38

“Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle said in an interview that aired Tuesday morning that a sloped roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination last weekend at the rally had safety facto…”

Matthew Crooks spied_on Donald Trump book_quoted ▶ 25:18

“that there was reason for them to be suspicious. But if it's true that there is a little to no information on his phone, all I can say is that's consistent with someone who is trained in spycraft. If …”