This is a disturbing story containing both facts and revelant theories that point sadly to direct U.S. Government involvement in the murder (ultimately an assassination) of John Lennon and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan,where such events occured just months apart.
A look inside a dark period in American culture where I try to piece together the truth that is hidden underneath government coverups.
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This is a disturbing story containing both facts and revelant theories that point sadly to direct U.S. Government involvement in the murder (ultimately an assassination) of John Lennon and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan,where such events occured just months apart.
Although both incidents appear to be completely unrelated as far as motive goes, there does run a common thread between them. Here is a disturbing yet plausible look inside a dark period in American culture where I try to piece together the truth that is hidden underneath government coverups.
John Lennon was considered a radical antiwar activist who took part in protests with members of both the White & Black Panther Party's circa 1971-72.Nixon,fearing Lennon's activities would cost him the 1972 election, ordered FBI director J.Edgar Hoover to wire tap John & Yoko's phones and to have them followed everywhere they went to scare Lennon into stopping his activism.
A memo from J.Edgar Hoover proves this reality:
April 10, 1972 memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to the FBI's New York office, Hoover orders his agents to "...promptly initiate discrete efforts to locate subject [Lennon] and remain aware of his activities and movements".
In 1972 both Republican California Governor Ronald Reagan and President Nixon were very anxious and aggravated by the escalation in John Lennon's anti Government actions as the year grew older. The CIA had discovered that John was personally funding radical Chicago 7 member Rennie Davis's plans to disrupt the National Republican Convention in San Diego, California.
Here is a copy of the actual CIA document describing John Lennon funding anti-war activists:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/top08.pdf
As of note,Calif. Gov. Reagan disliked hippie activists with this 1969 defining moment from wikipedia:
Reagan was involved in high-profile conflicts with the protest movements of the era. On May 15, 1969, during the People's Park protests at UC Berkeley, Reagan sent the California Highway Patrol and other officers to quell the protests, in an incident that became known as "Bloody Thursday". Reagan then called out 2,200 state National Guard troops to occupy the city of Berkeley for two weeks in order to crack down on the protesters.When the one activist group requested distribution of food to the poor, Reagan joked, "It's just too bad we can't have an epidemic of botulism."
Returning to the year 1972,the U.S. Government tried to use an old pot possession conviction to have Lennon deported to the UK. The charge led him to court deportation proceedings held by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
And in July of 1973, the INS ordered John Lennon to leave U.S. in 60 days based on his past drug misdemeanor conviction(1968,Cannabis aka marijuana)
The legalities of the case went on for 2 years until the deportation order was overturned in the U.S. courts in Oct. 1975. Lennon was subsequently issued his green card in 1977. This was detailed in the excellent documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon", which airs on VH-1 Classic frequently.
When Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as president on 19 January 1977, Lennon and Ono attended the Inaugural Ball.
In 1980, John Lennon made a remarkable musical comeback with the LP "Starting Over".The timing would be a curse for Lennon, as a team of paranoid war mongering right wing administrators would be back in the White House.
By 1980,the Republicans returned to power with the November election of ex-California Governor Ronald Reagan and VP George HW Bush ,whom was was ironically bitterly defeated by Reagan in the NRP race for Presidential nomination but that didn't stop Reagan from asking Bush to run as his VP, much to Nancy Reagan's disapproval. More on this later.
One month later,on Dec.8th,1980,John Lennon was assassinated by an MK Ultra CIA asset named Mark David Chapman who had ties to World Vision,a far-right evangelical missionary.
John W. Hinckley Sr., was also the president of the board for World Vision & the father of John Hinckley Jr., who was later charged with the attempted assassination of Reagan.It get's stranger. Hinckley senior helped finance Bush Senior's Presidential campaign earlier that year and Bush's son & younger brother of W., Neil Bush, was friends with Scott Hinckley ,the brother of John Hinckley jr.
Scott and Neil were scheduled to have dinner together the night after the assassination attempt on Reagan.Of course with Hinckley senior being the President of World Vision, his son attended this missionary camp with Mark David Chapman. Bush Senior was CIA director in 1976 and had learned all about MK-Ultra CIA brainwashing techniques to set up Manchurian candidates.
Fenton Bresler,author of 'Who Killed John Lennon'? wrote-- "Lennon, the politically most active rock star of his generation... was shot dead outside his own home by a killer who was merely a tool, a human gun used and controlled by others to destroy a uniquely powerful radical figure who was likely to prove a rallying point for mass opposition to the policies soon to be implemented... by the new United States government headed by Ronald Reagan."
Reference: http://www.john-lennon.com/whokilledjohnlennon.htm
Bresler quotes the late radio journalist Mae Brussell, who broke the Watergate story 2 months before the Woodward-Bernstein expose'. Brussell had no doubts: "It was a conspiracy. Reagan had just won the election. They knew what kind of president he was going to be. There was only one man who could bring out a million people on demonstration in protest at his policies -- and that was Lennon."
Bresler speculates that Chapman was a "Manchurian Candidate," brainwashed and pre-programmed to kill on command. When the moment had arrived, Chapman received his signal and performed his task.
Note: To get Lennon's attention, Chapman yelled "hey Mr.Lennon". The oddity? The Secret Service,FBI,
and CIA had always referred to John as "Mr.Lennon". What kind of so called fanatic would call him "Mr. Lennon"? It would either be "John" or "Lennon", not "Mr." My point? This anamolity points toward CIA brainwashing even more so.
Case in point, watch this 1992 interview with Chapman,where he appears robotic and stoic.He explains hearing a voice at the time of the shooting in his head say "do it, do it,do it,do it" over and over and says he got into a combat stance.This is classic CIA MK ULTRA all the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0wwPl7N7OY
In my opinion,both Ronald Reagan & Bush senior were behind the assassination of Lennon and in a strange turn, Bush was behind the attempted assassination of Reagan.
George HW Bush,while he was a very successful oil man and a brief employee with the CIA in the early 1960's, was an amazing political failure thru out the 1960's when he lost both attempts for a Senate seat.Nixon,who had a political affinity for Bush,appointed him as chairman of the RNC from 1973-74 after he had previously given Bush a postition as Ambassador to the UN (1970-72).
It was Bush who then was appointed to do Nixon's dirty work by forcing him (Bush) to go around the world and do damage control speeches on behalf of Nixon when rumors started spilling out about his possible involvement in the Watergate scandal.
In 1976,when Bush's political career was tarnished (seemingly forever),Gerald Ford made Bush CIA director. It's then that Bush learned of the nasty workings of CIA narcotics dealings,MK-Ultra's continuation programs,etc. By the end of 1976,Jimmy Carter fired Bush as CIA director. Bush sr. became director of the CFR in 1977, but by 1979 Bush was back on the campaign trail and vying for a Presidential nomination & in 1980 he was able to go all the way to face off against Reagan for the Republican nomination,only to lose a bitter fight, as noted at the top of this article.
As continued from earlier in the article, as I reiterate here - Reagan felt sorry for the loser Bush and made him his VP. Nancy Reagan viewed Bush as a sneaky distrustful,creep & begged her husband to NOT choose him as the VP- and she said so in her biography many many years later.
When you think about the bitterness that Bush now had inside of him and his ties to all the above I mentioned, it is NOT inconvievable that Bush was behind the attempted assassination of Reagan so he himself could take over the reigns of the Presidency that he has longed for many years.Of course his dream came true in 1988/89 and to celebrate, he decided to have a war in the Gulf of Iraq. The running commonality in all these conspiracies are staggering and they usually include too many coincidences.
Final Note:
"Conspiracy phobists, whose minds snap shut whenever they hear what they conceive of as "conspiracy theory." I've never figured out exactly what qualifies. It appears that anything that implies nefarious behavior is "conspiracy theory." Apparently illegal or dishonest behavior is not possible in the world view of these people - at least not among prominent politicians. They cling desperately to the "Leave It To Beaver" vision of American life". - unknown blogger,2004
Authors Bio:Marc Starcke is a 20 year veteran firefighter/Paramedic in
Southern Florida.He became a 9/11 Truth activist 5 years
ago after seeing the documentary 9/11 Press for Truth.
In addition to being an independent writer for the past 4 years on all subjects of government corruption,he has also
attended many local South Florida truth rallies distributing
pamphlets and dvds with facts to educate the average citizen
on government wrong doing.