Interview With Tim Leary's Wife

[timboucher]

I just posted an email interview to my site that may be of interest to readers of this forum. It's with Joanna Harcourt-Smith who was romantically involved with Timothy Leary when he was re-captured in Afghanistan. She also stayed with him through his time in Vacaville Prison, etc and acted on his behalf when he decided to turn state's evidence against the Weather Underground and members of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. Also interestingly, she's the daughter of a former British secret agent and niece of Dr. Stanislas Ulam who worked with Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos. She seems like a very nice lady and was very forthcoming in her responses and recollections and I highly recommend checking it out.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/04/joanna-harcourt-smith-interview/">www.timboucher.com/journa...interview/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p097.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=timboucher@rigorousintuition>timboucher</A> at: 8/4/05 6:04 pm<br></i>

[dbeach]

"Timothy Learys dead..no no he's outside lookin in<br><br>he'l fly his astral plane<br>take you for trips around the bay<br>get you back the same way<br>TIMOTHY LEARY.."<br><br>What is Huxley connections to LSD and british intelligence?<br><br>Was the drug revolution funded by Nazis to destroy the youth of America??<br><br>Worked for me!!<br><br>these war mongers should drop a lil purple microdot<br><br>and tune in turn on and drop out of the war machine<br><br>LOts more fun than killin is luv-in<br><br>TIMOTHY LEARY!!!!<br><br>I wish he pours the luv acid from his astral plane in the waters of the world..<br><br>1.2.3.4.<br>we don't want evil dickie saurons war.. <p></p><i></i>

[anonymoose]

link? <p></p><i></i>

[timboucher]

Sorry I just spotted that<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/04/joanna-harcourt-smith-interview/">www.timboucher.com/journa...interview/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[proldic]

Everyone just keep that WIDELY-HELD opinion in mind when evaluating the ideas she's currently advocating.<br><br>Sorry if it seems I'm always doggin' your posts, Tim, because I like your site. Thanks for the interview. <p></p><i></i>

[proldic]

<br>...After eventually being extradited from Switzerland and returned to a U.S. jail cell, Leary decided, he told FBI agents, to cooperate because he not only wanted to be released, but he was suddenly desirous of a collaborative, intelligent, and honorable relationship with law enforcement...<br><br>Here are some documents from Leary's FBI file, including choice excerpts from interview transcripts: <br><br>Leary Explains His Decision To Snitch <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/leary/tlstatement1.html">www.thesmokinggun.com/lea...ment1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>Recounting The Escape Plot <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/leary/tlescape1.html">www.thesmokinggun.com/lea...cape1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Fingering The Weathermen <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/leary/tlweather1.html">www.thesmokinggun.com/lea...ther1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>FBI Summary Of Leary's Cooperation <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/leary/tlsummary1.html">www.thesmokinggun.com/lea...mary1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>Government Support For A Sentence Reduction <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/leary/tlpayoff1.html">www.thesmokinggun.com/lea...yoff1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Oh yeah, try this link 1st: www.smokinggun.com <p></p><i></i>

[timboucher]

No problem proldic. As you said, the "widely-held" opinion of her in books and on the internet seems to be that she was responsible for all kinds of stuff and was CIA, DEA, or what-have-you. But of course, just because an opinion is widely held doesn't necessarily mean it's true. I got tired of trying to cut through all the poor research and speculation out there, since so many of the stuff was based on second and third hand sources. She's very approachable, so it seemed like it would be valuable from all fronts to create a new first-person historical source with her where I openly addressed some of these issues and gave her a chance to respond. Everybody's welcome to come to their own conclusions, of course.<br><br>I think she makes a great point about the author of "Acid Dreams" in that the guy spent a lot of time writing about her, denigrating her character etc, without ever talking to her. What kind of research is that? It only took me a few hours work in total to communicate with her directly, and I plan on doing a lot more interviews and direct communication like this (definitely inspired by some of the interviews Jeff Wells has done). It seems like it's something that's very lacking in alternative history/conspiracy theory research right now. <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

Ray M. is retired CIA ..if enough of these former intells get over to the Truth side then the busheviks lose..Its up to the TRUTHIES to be good stewards of the TRUTH regardless of who we talk with...<br><br>My pal worked for the corporation and you should hear him critisize the busheviks and their war mongering <br>chikenhawking<br><br>Planting seeds of TRUTH<br><br>these villains ain' gonna just hand over the keys to NIRVANA <p></p><i></i>

[timboucher]

I like where you're going with that dbeach. Reminds me of an essay I wrote a few weeks ago, which reads in part (edited slightly):<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>If we stay small and loose we offer an assymetrical challenge that they don’t know how to react against politically or otherwise. The only way in fact that they could match us is by breaking themselves down into small units and trying to become us. Many people talk about how counter-intelligence programs of the 60’s and 70’s were this big awful boogeyman. COINTELPRO, and Operation CHAOS were supposed to be this horrible thing where the g-men dressed up like us and tried to set us up. But if [...] a government agent dresses up and pretends to be a [conspiracy theorist] and befriends [conspiracy theorists] and discusses [conspiracy theory], guess what! He’s become us! We’ve turned them into a mirror of us, rather than us becoming a mirror of them. To fight the Empire is to become infected by it’s insanity. But to trick the Empire into fighting us on our terms forces it to become infected by our <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>sanit</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->y and our <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>humanity</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/19/how-to-fight-the-empire-and-win/">www.timboucher.com/journa...e-and-win/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

how many undercovers smoke pot with the<br>people that they are investigating?<br><br>fall in love?<br>protect??<br><br>I have a another pal ,retired cop who cannot stand bush and thinks 9/11 was an inside job ..<br><br>keeping the police on the side of the TRUTHIES will foil the busheviks at every turn..<br><br>this is not gonna be easy<br><br>we need every pal we can get..<br><br>TIMOTHY LEARY!!!<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[proldic]

"how many undercovers smoke pot with the<br>people that they are investigating?<br><br>fall in love?<br>protect??"<br><br>Hey dbeach,<br>Respectfully disagree, say a wee bit naive.<br><br>Check out this guy's story for a look at the true nature of undercover work:<br> <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.leap.cc/who/jackbio.htm">www.leap.cc/who/jackbio.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>or google the story of Whitey Bulger. <br><br>Maybe I'll get a chance to post something more about Leary some other time.<br><br>Watch out for white knights.<br><br>btw loved East Beach in the fall..<br><br>Peace, Proldic<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[robertdreed]

<br>Tim Leary is one of the subjects of this recently published article, in the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Orange County Weekly</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->: <br><br>COVER Vol. 10 No. 44 July 8 - 14, 2005 <br>LORDS OF ACID <br>How the Brotherhood of Eternal <br>Love Became OC’s Hippie Mafia <br><br><br>by NICK SCHOU <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/05/44/cover-schou.php">www.ocweekly.com/ink/05/4...-schou.php</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <br> <br> <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

PRO<br><br>YEH AFTER THE TOURISTAS EVACUATE<br><br>Not disagreeing with ya pro.. most are monsters intent on fulfilling their grand design upon the masses..Its just encouraging when a guy like Ray M .comes in the public discussion and throws ice in evil dickie saurons face<br><br>we do need more riders on this TRUHTH express!!<br><br>In the end the controllers will devour their own..MAYBE some of the govt agenst will realize that family bush and the other crime families have every intention of leaving nobody to help write the history books<br><br><br>Would not trust most ..like i said my pal is out og the business now..cannot stand where the bushies are directing this movie<br><br>Fall at any beach especially Sept is serenity at its best <p></p><i></i>

[robertdreed]

You should read the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>OC Weekly</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> article, dbeach. It even has surfing content. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p097.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=robertdreed>robertdreed</A> at: 8/4/05 10:47 pm<br></i>

[dbeach]

<br><br>Whats a taxonomic mandala??<br><br>Was the drug revolution a set up be the nazi like elites.??<br><br>.I was in Nurnberg..in 70s..Had a few cognacs and was out looking for fun..My buddy was talking to a local whom we NEVER seen in that bar..This local offers a big acid deal.. for GIs ..Then another local,, a regular who we knew to be OK comes over and says to me .. in broken english.."that other guy has bad acid which the communists gave him "...<br> to kill GIs.. SCARY!<br><br>THANX for OC story DRUGS are fun... drugs are killers..<br>Opium Poppy bush is the biggest drug pusher in history..<br><br>like the nuns said in grammar school :"'some people deserve the place.."<br><br><br>Like Slick said at Woodstock..'Don't take the brown acid!!"" <p></p><i></i>