Meanwhle, CIA officer William King Harvey also got 'fired' by JFK. In his case it was for sending armed raids into Cuba during the Missile Crisis.
Where was Harvey sent next?
Rome.
Where was Harvey sent next?
Rome.
With Lemnitzer and Harvey we have two cold warriors who were supposedly "punished" and "fired" but ended up in the perfect place for a person like them: Rome, GLADIO HQ on Sardinia. Right in the mix of violent covert action.
As some others here have mentioned:
Lyman Lemnitzer was on the Rockefeller Commission.
This committee was put together after the Church Committee exposed intelligence community crimes.
Lyman Lemnitzer was on the Rockefeller Commission.
This committee was put together after the Church Committee exposed intelligence community crimes.
The goal of the Rockefeller Commission was to load the committee up with people who were friendly to the intelligence community and then have them produce a report absolving the IC of any crimes.
It was a classic limited hang-out. By putting Lemnitzer on that committee, they knew they had a guy who was very comfortable with murdering civilians in the name of "anti-Communism" -- totally comfortable with false flags.
Other members of the 'Rockefeller Committee' (United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States) included Ronald Reagan and behind the scenes activity by Dick Cheney.
Ultimately, the Rockefeller Commission was put together by an ex-Warren Commission guy (Gerald Ford) and he staffed it with Ronald Reagan, David Belin (Warren Commission guy), and Lemnitzer, the psychopath who approves of murdering civilians in covert ops. Sus much?
Watch the BBC Timewatch 3-part series 'GLADIO' on my YT channel here. This is a higher quality upload than the other copies on YT.
Part 1 - "The Ringmasters"
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Part 1 - "The Ringmasters"
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Part 2 - "The Puppeteers"
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Part 3 - "The Foot Soldiers"
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As for Operation Northwoods, that was declassified as a result of the work of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) which was formed after public outcry from the film JFK. The ARRB caused the declassification of thousands of documents.
Among those documents declassified, there were a number of plans and proposals related to Cuba with Northwoods just one of many. It was later reported on by James Bamford in his book Body of Secrets.
You can find more about Northwoods and related ARRB Cuba declassified docs here:
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"Operation Northwoods was spearheaded by then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Lyman L. Lemnitzer and eventually signed off by all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
"Itβs unbelievable but true."
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"Itβs unbelievable but true."
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However, Lemnitzer was not in command at the time of one of the most notorious GLADIO acts: the kidnappng of Italian politician Aldo Moro. That happened on the watch of another fascist, Gen. Alexander Haig. (12/74 to 7/79)
Haig is probably most famously remembered for telling members of the press "I am in control here, in the White House" after Ronald Reagan was shot and Bush was in the air.
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