Western Goals Foundation
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 Western Goals Foundation    | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1979 |
| Founder | •  John K. Singlaub• John Rees •  Larry McDonald |
| Extinction | 1986 |
| Headquarters | 309A Cameron Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314 |
Western Goals Foundation was a private domestic intelligence agency active in the United States.[1] It was founded in 1979 by Major General John K. Singlaub, John Rees, and Congressman Larry McDonald. It went defunct in 1986 when the Tower Commission revealed it had been part of Oliver North's Iran–Contra funding network. Western Goals Foundation published several pamphlets, books, and documentaries.[1]
After the Watergate and COINTELPRO scandals of the early 1970s, several laws were passed to restrict police intelligence gathering within political organizations and tried to make it necessary to demonstrate that a criminal act was likely to be uncovered by any intelligence gathering proposed. Many files on radicals, collected for decades, were ordered destroyed. The unintended effect of the laws was to privatize the files in the hands of 'retired' intelligence officers and their most trusted, dedicated operatives.[1]
Each founder of Western Goals was also a member of the World Anti-Communist League, the John Birch Society, and similar organizations. John Rees and Larry McDonald joined forces with Major General John K. Singlaub to form the Western Goals Foundation in 1979. One of its principal sponsors was the Texan billionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt.[2]
Western Goals was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) after a police officer was caught adding information from the disbanded Los Angeles Police Department "Red Squad" to a related computer bulletin board system.[3][4]
The organization also founded an offshoot, Western Goals (UK), later the Western Goals Institute, which was briefly influential in British Conservative politics.[1]
Contents
Advisory board and directors
- Hon. Jean Ashbrook[5]
- Mrs. Walter Brennan[5]
- Mrs. Lyman H. Brooks[5]
- Taylor Caldwell[5]
- Roy M. Cohn, Esq.[5]
- Congressman Philip M. Crane[5]
- Gen. Raymond G. Davis[5]
- Miss Julia Ferguson[5]
- Linda Catoe Guell[5]
- Henry Hazlitt[5]
- Dr. Mildred F. Jefferson[5]
- Dr. Anthony Kubek[5]
- Roger Milliken[5]
- Adm. Thomas Moorer[5]
- E. A. Morris[5]
- Vice-Adm. Lloyd M. Mustin[5]
- Mrs. John C. Newington[5]
- General George S. Patton, III[5]
- Dr. Hans Sennholz[5]
- Dr. Robert C. Shuman[5]
- Major Gen. John K. Singlaub[5]
- Dan Smoot[5]
- Robert Stoddard[5]
- Congressman Bob Stump[5]
- Mrs. Helen Marie Taylor[5]
- Dr. Edward Teller[5]
- Gen. Lewis Walt[5]
- Dr. Eugene Wigner[5]
References
- ↑ a b c d "Western Goals Foundation." Interhemispheric Resource Center/International Relations Center, January 2, 1989. Archived from the original.
- ↑ Jasper, William F. "Nelson Bunker Hunt and the Scheme 'to Corner The Silver Market'." The New American, Vol. 30, No. 23, December 1, 2014.
- ↑ Berlet, Chip. "The Maldon Institute." Political Research Associates, September 8, 2000. Archived from the original.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20060605013703/http://www.cpsr.org/prevsite/conferences/cfp91/bayse.html/view
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab The Subversion Factor: A History of Treason in Modern America. Written and hosted by G. Edward Griffin. 1982. 120 min. Template:OCLC.
Bibliography
Books
- Ally Betrayed: Nicaragua. Foreword by U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith. United States postscript by Turner B. Shelton. Nicaragua postscript by Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños. 1989. Template:OCLC. 112 p.
- Ally Betrayed: The Republic of China by David Nelson Rowe. Foreword by Anthony Kubek, afterword by Patricia Hurley. 1982. Template:OCLC. 107 p.
- Ally Betrayed: The Republic of Korea by David Nelson Rowe. Foreword by Major General John K. Singlaub. Postscript by Congressman Bob Stump. 1982. Template:OCLC. 106 p.
- Red Tide Rising in the Carolinas. 1980. Template:OCLC. 26 p.
- Broken Seals: A Western Goals Foundation Report on the Attempts to Destroy the Foreign and Domestic Intelligence Capabilities of the U.S. Introduction by Congressman John M. Ashbrook. Afterword by Lt. Gen. Daniel O. Graham. 1980. Template:OCLC. 110 p.
- Red Locusts: Soviet Support for Terrorism in South Africa. Foreword by U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, postscript by Ambassador Marion Smoak, 1981.
- Soviet Active Measures Against the United States. 1984. 120 p.
Reports
- The Swiss Report: A Special Study for Western Goals Foundation. Written by George Smith Patton IV & Lewis W. Walt. 1983. 20 p.
Transcripts
- No Place to Hide: The Strategy and Tactics of Terrorism. Written, produced, and hosted by G. Edward Griffin. 1982. Template:OCLC. 17 p.
- The Subversion Factor: A Transcript. Written and hosted by G. Edward Griffin. 2 volumes. 1983. Template:OCLC.
Further reading
- Berlet, Chip. "Private Spies". Shmate: A Journal of Progressive Jewish Thought, No. 11/12, Summer 1985.
- Berlet, Chip. "How Government Intelligence Agencies and Private Right-wing Counter-subversion Groups Forge Ad Hoc Covert Spy Networks that Target Dissidents as Outlaws". Political Research Associates, February 2, 1993.
- Manzione, Elton. "The Private Spy Agency". The National Reporter, Summer 1985, pp. 34-39.
Filmography
Documentaries
- No Place to Hide: The Strategy and Tactics of Terrorism. Written, produced, and hosted by G. Edward Griffin. Directed by Dick Quincer. 1982. 58 min. Template:OCLC.
- The Subversion Factor: A History of Treason in Modern America. Written and hosted by G. Edward Griffin. 1983. 120 min. Template:OCLC.
External links
- Western Goals at Militarist Monitor
- Western Goals at Powerbase.info
- Western Goals at WorldCat
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