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Interesting article... this quote struck me a kind of weird though: "The mission, which (according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Special S
by MindTwister 14y ago
Interesting article... this quote struck me a kind of weird though:
"The mission, which (according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Special Subcommittee on Investigations of the House Commerce Committee) was financially subsidized, and to be filmed by CBS news, was aborted when the participants were arrested by the FBI. WerBell was released without being charged."
...A war funded by the news?
- waterlesscloud 14y agoYeah, that does jump out at you. There were always a lot of rumors swirling around him. Probably a healthy mix of lies, half-lies, and truths. His compound was along this road that ran between towns, fenced in, with a rotating police light on a tall pole next to the gate. Supposedly when the light was on, that meant training was "in session", I guess as a warning to anyone who might want to enter. Anyway, it meant that all the locals were aware of him. One rumor was that he provided School Of The Americas* (a couple hours away) with special training the military couldn't / didn't want to provide directly. After his death, his son ran the place for a while, and one of this instructors, Jason Lau, opened a specialized kung fu school in the area. Their military supply retail outfit, Brigade Quartermasters, continues in operation- http://www.brigadeqm.com/aboutus.asp http://www.brigadeqm.com/aboutus.asp The county I grew up in was very, very, very right wing. Still is to some extent. So he was in the right place. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_fo...