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16 Jones as informant: Hougan article.
17 Jones-Mitrione relationship: Sinister Forces, p.176.
18 Jones and 201 file: Hougan article.
19 Jones and Cuba: Hougan article.
20 Two Jones passports: Hougan article.
21 Jones-Mitrione socializing: Autobiographical fragment found at Jonestown.
22 Jones and Mitrione in Brazil: Ibid.
23 “suspected CIA conduit” Invesco: Hougan writes: “The firm was owned and operated by men and women whose connections to criminals such as Ronald Biggs [involved in England’s Great Train Robbery] and spooks like Fernand Legros—and to gangster-spooks such as Christian David—deserve serious scrutiny.”
24 Jones’s interest in occult: Hougan article.
25 Temple alliances: Ibid.
26 “target populations”: Individual Rights and the Government’s Role in Behavior Modification, 1974 Government Printing Office report.
27 Jones and Guyana; Reverend Smith: Sinister Forces, p. 210.
28 State Department officer quote: Ibid., p. 214 (Frank Tunniminia).
29 Larry Layton and father: Sinister Forces, p. 195.
30 Dwyer: Hougan article.
31 James Adkins: e-mail from Hougan to Dick Russell, June 30, 2009.
32 Zombie-like killers: White Night, by John Peer Nugent, Rawson/Wade Publishers, 1979, p. 197.
33 Body not matching Jones: Michael Meiers.
34 Questions about Jones’s identification: “The Black Hole of Guyana,” by John Judge.
35 Holsinger on Jonestown: www.friendsofliberty.com.
36 Survivors’ lawsuit: The Jonestown Genocide, by Robert Sterling, online page.
37 Ryan children lawsuit: Sinister Forces, p. 227.
38 Gritz on Jonestown and MK-ULTRA: interview with Adam Parfrey.
39 Sign at Jonestown: Hougan article.
Chapter Nine
1 Casey approach: cited in “The Case for a Conspiracy,” by Joseph E. Persico, New York Times Book Review, December 22, 1991.
2 Hashemi and Carter: “The Ladies’ Room Secrets,” The Consortium for Independent News, by Robert Parry.
3 July meeting: Defrauding America, p. 202, citing a CIA informant to author Stich.
4 Bribes: Stich, p. 196.
5 Bani-Sadr on secret deal: First described it in a letter to the U.S. Congress (December 17, 1992) identifying Reza Passendideh as the Khomeini nephew.
6 Bani-Sadr letter: cited in “October Surprise: Time for Truth? Part 2,” by Robert Parry, Consortium News, 1997.
7 Carter, hostages, and Reagan leak: “The Election Story of the Decade,” by Gary Sick, New York Times, April 15, 1991.
8 $3 million deposit: “The Ladies’ Room Secrets.”
9 Bush’s whereabouts: Stich, p. 201.
10 Bush airplanes, Ibid., p. 203.
11 Gary Sick on Bush in Paris: “The Election Story of the Decade.”
12 Ben-Menashe book: Ibid., p. 199.
13 Brenneke testimony: Ibid., p. 200.
14 Russian investigation: “Russia’s PM & October Surprise,” by Robert Parry, The Consortium, May 17, 1999.
15 Gates and Iran/Iraq: “The Secret World of Robert Gates,” by Robert Parry, www.consortiumnews.com/2006/110906.html. The NSC’s Howard Teicher submitted the affidavit in federal court in Miami in 1995.
16 Bush at CIA: Cited in Peter Dale Scott, “Deep Events and the CIA’s Global Drug Connection,” www.globalresearch.ca.
17 Iran’s shift: Sick article.
18 Israeli shipment: Ibid.
19 Banker’s claim: Robert Denis and Ernest Backes, Revelation$, Les Arénes Publishers, 2001. Backes said copies of his files also went to the National French Assembly.
20 Bani-Sadr on documents: interview with Barbara Honnegger, cited at Wikipedia, “October Surprise Conspiracy Theory.”
21 Chardy and Honegger: Stich book, pp. 197-198.
22 Ben-Menashe arrest and Eitan quote: quoted in I/F Magazine, “Israeli Spy Cover-Up Crumbles,” by Jack Colhoun, September-October 1999. Citing Gordon Thomas, Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad.
23 Ben-Menashe and Israelis: Ibid.
24 BCCI and Barcella: “October Surprise X-Files (Part 4): The Money Trail,” by Robert Parry, The Consortium.
25 BCCI and Iran: In These Times, “For the Record” by Joel Bleifuss, March 8, 1993.
26 Barcella quote: In These Times, “Mr. Fixit,” by Joel Bleifuss, February 22, 1993, citing the