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jlroberson (jlroberson) wrote in scans_daily,

Well, consider though that Moore came to the conclusion after researching it(which resulted in CIA officers asking his neighbors questions) that, if you're ON a CIA assassination list, you're the safest person ever. But if your name is LIKE someone's on said list, you're dead. He basically decided they're a conspiracy, but a bad one, full of dangerous incompetents. (People forget that stupidity and failed plans can do more damage than anything intentional)

And I'm not taking Moore here at face value; I've had 20 years since reading this to know what's right and what's not. How it fits together? Well, it fits together in the sense that US covert policy was all done by the US. I didn't really get a GUCT out of reading it. And the basic facts? Mostly correct. In the case of the Iran section, this is all true stuff that's been documented elsewhere and was well-known then. The history of our involvement with the Shah and Savak is not disputed. (And the cake thing came up in the Iran-Contra hearings)

The "conspiracy theory" that they got knocked down on was the La Penca Bombing, which is not what Moore's doing, that was the other story in the book, an unreadable section of wordy sludge by Joyce Brabner. Most of the CIA history part is, as far as is known, true.

I just recently found his spoken-word version. It's pretty good. Though he is using that "Old Gangsters" voice and it grates a bit at length.

On JFK: look, what nobody ever seems to notice about JFK is that it comes to the conclusion that he was killed by a group of fascist homosexuals. That's pretty much all I have to say about that crap film that made anyone who DOES see the government doing nasty secret things look stupid for a long time after. I hate Oliver Stone.