Consolidated CIA Files Update

Presenting new evidence and historical information for your review about Newton S. Miler, Raymond G. Rocca, and Joseph Burkeholder Smith, the latest three subjects added to the Consolidated CIA Files. 

The KGB agent, Speculations, and Evidence

C.A.A. Savastano joins the Chuck Ochelli to discuss a matter of some historical debate with additional evidence that challenges both official claims and later public assumptions about a KGB agent that was long shrouded in history.

JFK 201 pt. 2 - The Department of Defense

Historian Larry Hancock, author C.A.A. Savastano, and your host Chuck Ochelli return to discuss the Department of Defense and its related agencies that influenced the development of some illegal and compartmentalized programs. These gaps in oversight allowed for the possible influencing of some groups related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

C.A.A. Savastano returns to The Lone Gunman Podcast w/ Rob Clark

Join your host Rob Clark and his guest C.A.A. Savastano to discuss and inspect the claims of two prior guests from different sides of the Kennedy assassination case. They discuss the same problems that differently motivated inspections of the case offer, dissect some related myths, and offer why the sources of evidence we believe are important to forming reasonable conclusions.

A Dive into the Pond

J.V. Grombach and his group "The Pond" might be the least well known development in wartime US intelligence because of a commitment to pursuing his political enemies using the power of an unknown intelligence group. In total secrecy, he would attempt to destroy or purge official groups of those he found unacceptable and it would require other officials to stop his increasingly damaging attacks from within their own ranks.  

Hoover's Special Intelligence Service

The Special Intelligence Service is a little known predecessor of the most infamous and renowned later groups that still remain in the public consciousness. This largely forgotten American entity was under the command of J. Edgar Hoover and despite his earliest lukewarm desires to manage the group, in time he would desire to use this organization as a launching point for shared control of worldwide intelligence operations with the military.

A Look at CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith

The Past American Century has a look at the important historical policies of Director of Central Intelligence Walter Bedell Smith who restructured the Agency with a military bent during a period of uncertainty to secure its future eminence.

Wild Bill and the OSS

Join your host Chuck Ochelli with author Carmine Savastano as they offer some insights with evidence into the design and history of America's first official attempt to centralize intelligence via the Office of Strategic Services.

The OSS: History and Documents

Inspecting the foundations of the modern historical American intelligence system and its military origins reveals the influences that created the Office of Strategic Services from which all later intelligence groups would evolve. Additionally noted are some resulting power struggles between civilian and military departments about the policies and future path of American intelligence.

The Past American Century continues its Allen Dulles review

Historian Mike Swanson and author Carmine Savastano return to complete their prior study of former Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles in another look at the whether he was the legendary spymaster or merely presenting the crafted image of one.

The Bi-Partisan American War Machine

An increasing expansive budget, repeated calls for military escalation, bipartisan love of political pork, and expansive benefits have fueled an expanding war machine that presents there will be no end to government-authored violence without public demands for reason.

The Past America Century reviews Allen Dulles

Historian Mike Swanson and The Past American Century podcast return with author C.A.A. Savastano to discuss the historical successes and failures of Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles. They consider whether he is truly the mastermind of lore or perhaps his legend is founded upon less than substantial evidence.

Who controls Covert Action?

The Past American Century podcast is back featuring a discussion with author C.A.A. Savastano and historian Mike Swanson. They review US covert action operations while considering if decades of official and public debate and restructuring have diffused responsibility so much that no official or government agency completely does.

JFK 201 The Military Establishment

Authors Carmine Savastano and Larry Hancock join your host Chuck Ochelli to discuss some notable people, structures, and conflicts among the United States military's establishment. These subjects and other related facets of the Kennedy assassination are discussed and debated.