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American Dream wrote:I'm trying to understand what you've been saying, c2w, and the honest truth is it's still not completely clear to me.
Could you please briefly state:
1) What is it that you feel I have done (is it believing a certain thing or things based on VM's word? If so, what things in particular?)
2) Why you think this situation in particular is notable enough to warrant a specific warning from you.
3) Why would knowing her biography make a particular difference over knowing her written record in this case?
It is true that I wasn't sure what you wanted or where you were going but I am hereby suspending all suspicion in the spirit of genuine goodwill.
P.S. If you want to drop a little knowledge on us here or elsewheres about what you consider good basic techniques for researching people's life stories, feel free to do so, either now or later.
I do not believe that desertfae is a "victim" and she has not posted any information that she is who she claims to be. The best evidence of this belief is her removal of her so-called birth certificate from the web. I want to add here that desertfae had absoutely NO influence on the re-opening of the cold case file on the Alvarez slayings. However she is attacking people who are putting their lives in danger trying to solve this triple homicide. What she is doing is particpating as an actress in an Alternate Reality Game. She is a low stage puppet reporting to the puppet master and two or three of his minions.
As far as the DesertFae thread on Rigorous Intuition....it has always been my belief that "pissing matches" between posters or authors and readers are a waste of energy and no one really wins. Riverside Detective John Powers tells me that he has seen DesertFae's birth certificate and he says she is who she says she is, but I have asked him to send me the certified birth certificate and he has declined. I still have enough conspiracy blood left in me that I can see a potential scenario whereby DesertFae is a well paid informant and/or puppet used by law enforcement and/or the Riconosciuto camp and put forth to act as a sponge obtaining information and reporting back to someone or some agency.
American Dream wrote:I'm trying to understand what you've been saying, c2w, and the honest truth is it's still not completely clear to me.
Could you please briefly state:
1) What is it that you feel I have done (is it believing a certain thing or things based on VM's word? If so, what things in particular?)
2) Why you think this situation in particular is notable enough to warrant a specific warning from you.
why specifically you are implying that it was such dangerous act to have contacted her when questions about Desert Fae arose?
even though I really do have no opinion one way or the other wrt Virginia McCullough, it makes me a little worried for your safety that you feel comfortable corresponding with her and putting your faith in her word without knowing what her bona fides actually are. Extensive knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair and other deep-political machinations isn't in itself a very good indicator of how personally trustworthy someone with claims to internet authority is. It's more like an indicator that you should proceed with caution until you can find out whether the answer to that question is "Very trustworthy" or "Very dangerous," in fact.
What are you really saying here, and where are you going with this?
Nothing very complicated. And, seriously, nothing that I didn't say. There are no hidden implications. She's a stranger without portfolio who writes about subjects that are dangerous and full of landmines. So I find the really very unusual absence of information about who she is and where she came from notable enough to merit some caution.
Apart from that, I have no reason at all either to suspect her or to not-suspect her. I don't presume to know better than you do whom you should trust, or anything of the kind. However, I personally am very, very strongly in favor of erring on the side of caution wrt un-portfolio-having people who are in the same general vicinity as subjects that are dangerous and full of landmines. So I read your reply, felt concerned, and wanted briefly to express those concerns for what they were worth, just to be on the safe side. That's really about all there is to it. In short: I wasn't being cryptic. I just really didn't have that much to say.
3) Why would knowing her biography make a particular difference over knowing her written record in this case?
The main reason that I don't have any opinion is that I don't read that site much. Precisely because I have no idea who Virginia McCullough is or what her affiliations and credentials are. And I find it very, very odd that I don't. Because.....Most reporting doesn't really involve any special skills at all, in literal terms. It does (or at least should) involve talent, but anyone can make phone calls, ask questions, knock on doors, et cetera. But investigative reporting -- especially investigative reporting that implicates powerful and dangerous people -- really and truly is skilled work in the classic and traditional sense. Some people have a natural talent for it, obviously. But, you know, that and a nickel. It's still just inherently the kind of work that can't be done any better than you know how to do it. Which requires learned skills.
So it's really pretty anomalous to just come out of nowhere and start producing the kind of work VM does at the level that she does without any explanation at all of how and where she learned those skills, or what her achievements prior to newsmakingnews were, or a single trace or clue anywhere online that might suggest whether she started out as an intern at Knoll or a copy-girl at the Philadelphia Inquirer And her work is totally different from what Mae Brussell did. That wasn't reporting so much as it was figuring stuff out, for which Mae Brussel had a genius that was unique to her. So working with Mae Brussell in some undefined capacity really isn't enough to account for it. Or if it is -- ie, if she did investigative legwork for Mae Brussell, or something of that nature -- why doesn't she (VM) proudly claim her background experience and achievements the same way everyone else on earth does?
It is true that I wasn't sure what you wanted or where you were going but I am hereby suspending all suspicion in the spirit of genuine goodwill.
American Dream wrote:Hi c2w-
Not really at my best now, so I'll be brief: Your fundamental premises are somewhat flawed and the special dangers that you are alluding to are somewhat vague. So I'll just acknowledge your words, chew on them further, and let it go at that.
Cross Posted on Casolaro Thread:
This just in from Virginia McCullough:
Wow! 14 pages of talking on this discussion board re "What would you do if Danny Casolaro asked for your help?" and only 2 pgs about Jimmy Hughes arrest for the Alvarez murders. This is disconcerting to me because it is obvious that there is far less interest on Jeff's site than I thought there would be re the Alvarez executions. However, I took the time this afternoon to read all of the 14 pages and I do have some comments.
Pg. 11 fascinated me because of the discussion between Penguin, Percival and Nathan 28 re the reality of the Promis software. Certainly Danny Casolaro became involved in "The Octopus" because of Bill and Nancy Hamilton and the Inslaw case. Behind the introduction of Danny to the Hamiltons was Jeffrey Steinberg of the LaRouche origanization. Therefore the reality of the fabled Promis software and whether or not it was/is truly "the Cadillac" of all software iwas at the core of his investigation, at least it was in its infancy. But like all good investigations, the center of the investigation changes with time and the information obtained. So it did with Danny. I know this because in the months before his murder I often talked to him three or four times a day, evidenced by both his and my phone records in my possession. So the discussion on page 11 clearly demonstrates that over time Inslaw was not everything that was being hyped so intensely in the media and promoted by Michael Riconosciuto in the later part of 1990 and throughout 1991. Most scientists in Silicon Valley the Cobol-based Promis software is old and slow...by today's standards it is a dinosaur. It was Michael Riconosciuto's allegations that turned Promis into the super software of legend. During the last several weeks of Danny's life his attention had clearly shifted to the gold transfers conveyed by various intelligence operatives as so well detailed by Unsolved Mysteries reporter Don Devereaux. The two Unsolved Mysteries programs covering Danny's killing and the misplaced hit intended for Don Devereaux following the Casolaro airing clearly demonstrates the danger in delving into government/mob secrets .
What I see now is the same manipulation of the Alvarez executions, several years after the fact, by the same brilliant individual Michael Riconosciuto. The story that Desert Fae is centering on and conveying to Nathan Baca and to law enforcement is the one promoted by Michael; i.e. the reason that Fred Alvarez was killed is because he was going to expose the Wackenhut/Cabazon Joint Venture and the arms manufacturing and sales that would be generated had that venture been successful. To be totally fair Desert Fae is also now saying that Robert Booth Nichols and his access to CIA funds might have been a motive for murder. In my opinion, based on my knowledge, documents and other books written about the Alvarez murders, there was a far greater, long term monetary incentive for the Alvarez executions. And that motive was control of land and the income it would bring to support our dirty little wars around the globe. I am currently working on a detailed article about this issue but it probably will not be post until next week. In any case, I have seen no proof, aside from Michael's allegations, that Promis was either developed and/or altered on the Cabazon reservation or that Dr. Gerald Bull's work product from Valleyfield ended up at the Cabazon Resevation, as also alleged by Michael.
As for Desert Fae, I can assure you that I know that she, law enforcement and Nathan Baca of KESQ-TV maintain a trilogy by communicating and attempting to control what is released. That is why the term "The Octopus Murders" is being used in unison when these individuals refer to what has historically been known as the Alvarez Executions. I also believe that Desert Fae has high hopes of being a key witness in the event that Jimmy Hughes is ever brought to trial. There is a long way between arrest, extradition, trial and conviction. I am not certain that I would want to rely on what I see available at the present time as evidence and witnesses in the event that Jimmy Hughes is quickly brought to trial. Justice is a brutal task master and it takes many twists and turns once it gets into a courtroom. It is my fervent belief that (1) Jimmy Hughes was involved in the killings, (2) that Jimmy Hughes was not the only shooter, (3) Jimmy Hughes will have very high priced and well versed attorneys, and (4) he will not be easily "turned" to rat on any one else. In spite of this exacting analysis, it is my hope that someone or several killers will eventually answer for the Alvarez executions.
At this point, I will simply let my writings and the documentation I offer be accepted or declined on its merits. My thought process in determining what I believe is true or false is my own based on my own knowledge and experience. As those who read my articles well know, I have been both right and wrong over the years. I suspect that this will continue to be the case because knowledge is an evolving process based on changing times.
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