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Michael Hastings, Saudi Arabia, and 9/11 as the New JFK

from Slumbering Herds of Cattle · #12

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4 min

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Talbot discusses fears around journalists like Michael Hastings dying in suspicious circumstances, then closes by comparing 9/11 to the JFK assassination as a 'deep event,' citing the declassified 28 pages showing Saudi government links to the hijackers.

In this bit8 moments
  • 1:04:59Richard Clark claimed the CIA can easily hack cars to accelerate them to 100 mph and crash them, raising questions about Michael Hastings' death.
  • 1:05:239/11 functions as the JFK assassination of Tim's generation—a deep event that rewrites history and still has hidden dimensions.
  • 1:05:53The guest agrees 9/11 is the modern era's Kennedy assassination and says we've barely scratched the surface of what happened.
  • 1:06:17Recently released 28 pages from the 9/11 Commission revealed direct connections between Saudi officials and the hijacking cell in San Diego.
  • 1:06:35Saudi government was monitoring and probably paying the hijackers, raising the question of whether Bush and Cheney knew about it.
  • 1:06:48The Bush and Saudi dynasties are extremely close—Barbara Bush nicknamed the Saudi ambassador 'Bandar Bush.'
  • 1:07:07The revelation that Saudis were financing the hijackers opens explosive questions about what George W. Bush and Dick Cheney knew and when.
  • 1:07:54The guest oscillates between despair and hope, citing Oliver Stone's JFK as proof Americans can suddenly wake up and care about hidden truths.
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9/11Dick CheneySaudi ArabiaGeorge W. BushJohn F. KennedyDavid TalbotBandar BushOliver StonePeter Dale ScottBarbara BushRichard ClarkMichael Hastings

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