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The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran-Contra Insider

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If you are looking to read a book that history will point to as a great piece of literary art this isn't it. If you want, "just the facts," and are looking for another book to validate the Bush crime family, then you will enjoy this account from an insider. What if find interesting are the well-written articles Al writes on his web site compared to the uneveness of this book. Whether lacking an editor or just the need to get this book to print quickly, it is written in a way teachers across America have nighmares about. I thoroughly enjoyed this book simply because it cut right to the "facts" in naming names, and exposing once again how corrupt and powerful the U.S. Government is. Money laundering, bank fraud, land fraud, stock fraud, drug trafficking, murder and more, it's all here. The Bush boys have all the bases covered. Sorry, no sex.

Who is Al Martin? If you are under thirty-five and never followed the Iran Contra debacle who the heck is anybody? Of course most of us know George Bush lost his memory during the trials and Ollie North became a hero. Read the book and find out why both should be tried for treason. Do you trust the messengers word and supposed "documentation" or do you dismiss it as another disgruntled whitleblower? This is the third book about the Bush crime family I've read and there are plenty more ... I need no more convincing. If the last chapter in this book is true and not a work of fiction, may I suggest if you are religious, start praying and never stop. Two stars for writing and five stars for the message...an excellent book by my account.

...heard about the book from the Bartcop.com website and was amazed at the allegations, so I decide to get the book with a little trepidation.
What follows is stunning, scary, and thouroughly po's the reader. As I read the book, the thing that keeps going through my mind is surely law suits will be flying or Al will be as he mentions about several others, be "eliminated." But he reminds the reader he simply knows too much to be elimnated.

Being from Arizona I get to see how accurate Martin is when he mentions bank fraud in Arizona and mentions our ex-Governor Fife Symington. Symington was in fact involved in "creative" accounting and convicted of that, and resigned as Governor that day. Martin mentions he was imprisoned, he never was, but came very close, even the local news media was showing the Federal country club where he would be residing for the next week.

This book also convinces the reader that the conservative hero worship of Ollie North is absolutely sickening.

Over the past 20 years, I have amassed hundreds of publications about government crime. (Enough to understand that "isolated incidents" are not.) Al Martin's book focuses on the last two decades of governmental abuses, and it is an unparalleled treasure trove of names, dates and deeds. Every other page was a "what, this guy too?" discovery.

I had to read this publication twice. First just to get a general grasp, the second time to enter all the names into my computer. Now, the next time some White House honcho spouts off again about law, order and patriotism, I can look up with a mouse click what murder/plunder/treason he did to get that post. (The DIY solution to "fair and balanced" news.)

The main revelation of the book is not that every recent Presidential administration is a criminal gang; that's pretty much common wisdom since the Taft administration. It is that Iran-Contra is not over. The activity never stopped to this very day, only the scandal faded away. The book contains other important discoveries too, and it would be worth buying even just to play criminal bingo - who finds more current administration names in the crime accounts. As of 2004, this is the who's who reference of government criminality.

Once you read it, there are some places on the net, like Hawaii Observer, or From The Wilderness which fit Martin's information into the greater picture. To fully master that level, though, you need read this book first.

"The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran-Contra Insider" is a shocking look at what secretly goes on in our government told by a first hand eye-witness who once took part in government fraud and corruption. Al Martin, a retired US Navy Lt. Commander and former Naval Intelligence Officer tells the tale of narcotics trafficking, illegal money laundering, weapons dealing, bank, real estate and insurance fraud and corruption by an elite circle of criminal politicians and government workers. Martin writes of a true government conspiracy and cover that involved about 5,000 men and made over $350 billion of illegal revenues, most of which came out tax payers pockets. He speaks of the hundreds of reporters, investigators and insiders willing to deflect who mysteriously died "accidental" death when they grew too knowledgeable or will to talk of what was really going on. Martin boldly exposes prominent politicians, many in high government position, and shockingly our leader. What Martin has written has never been revealed to the public eyes before and writes of accounts people have died for coming across. Martin also gives an incite into what his life is like now, how the government has his house on surveillence and how he fears of retaliation by the culprits he has exposed. Martin quotes George Bush saying: "if people ever knew what we had done, we'd be chased down in the streets and lynched". After reading this book you will never trust the government again.

Written by a retired US Navy Lt. commander and former officer in the Office of Naval Intelligence, The Conspirators: Secrets Of An Iran-Contra Insider is the gripping true narrative of a white-collar crime system's involvement in the U.S. Government. Exposing fraud, corruption, government-sanctioned narcotics trafficking, illegal weapons deals, and much more, The Conspirators does not hesitate to name its accused in its cry for justice. A shocking expose written by an insider to government misdeeds and wrongdoing.

This book is a must for anyone who wants a few pointers as to researching Iran Contra. However, beyond that, you might find the book somewhat...lacking in the way of an "expose". His allegations and connections are just that. They are backed by a supposed hoarde of documents Martin has collected, and the connections are not so much stone bound but coincidences. Although coincidences seem to occur much to frequently, and thus, this book is thought provoking. The presentation style itself is rather choppy. It is broken up into pieces and often references events or evidence the author doesnt introduce until later. He [Martin] uses acronyms for organizations and committees but doesnt bother to define them, and leaves you wondering whether you missed something. Still, despite the presentation flaws, the tangents, and the "evidence that I've collected" proofs, I gave this book four stars for its ability to keep you turning pages (or was that to find references...not really sure) and continually challenge your way of thinking about Iran Contra and today. I know I've already said this, but still, when thinking about buying this book, you cannot take Al Martin's words as holy writ. Just because he's "on the outside" attacking the mainstream doesnt make him right, similarly, you know the phrase, "Just because you're paranoid doesnt mean no one is following you," holds true as well. He may seem more then a bit paranoid, but that doesnt make him wrong.

This book should be mandatory reading for all high school students. The Bush/Clinton/CIA crime family activities need to be exposed. The only thing missing is the heavy involvement of the Rockefeller crime family, but compartmentalization exists everywhere. My sense from this is that there would be no drug problem in this country if the government got out of the drug pushing business. Currently this activity is coming to an end as there has recently(December 6, 2009) been a lien executed against the US treasury for $47 trillion dollars, and Obama has given Interpol free access in the US, so arrests in high places are being made. Al Martin's conspirators are finally being brought down.

This book is fantastic! There is so much going on inside this book, you almost need to chart it, and maybe you should if you have an interest in these subjects. Sure many things seem untenable as they don't fit into our little world concept of should be's, but the unimaginable is only a limit for those who cannot openly think.
Although we all have a right to our opinions, I wish more people would research and connect ideas, thoughts and facts rather than espouse what they have been told or not researched themselves.

Al Martin: "In this discussion, I had mentioned the recent assassination, only a few days before, of Barry Seal [Feb, 1986, outside his halfway house in New Orleans].
I said to Jeb, "Isn't is convenient that Barry Seal was assassinated when he was? And now suddenly all the information and documents he had are gone missing?"
Jeb had a rather broad smile on his face, and he concurred that it was convenient. He added a little snicker - as he often had a tendency of doing.
Also little beads of sweat formed on his forehead, as when he gets nervous. It's something you can notice when he's on television. He still has a tendency to have little beads of sweat around his forehead, when he is either lying about something, or he's nervous about what someone is saying." [ The Conspirators, p. 194]

Barry Seal was a CIA drug smuggler very closely associated with George Herbert Walker Bush and Jeb Bush. I think that Oliver North and the Bushes had him assassinated before he could testify about Bush family crimes.

Also google "Chip Tatum Pegasus" for more related information about Bush/Clinton family crimes.

How in the world can you be a Republican or Democratic political operative and NOT use this stuff against Jeb Bush when he runs for President in 2012 or 2016? Oliver North and Jeb Bush are detailed in this book as drug smugglers, money launderers and murderers!

This is an excellent and MUST READ book that details much of the crime of the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980's. That was when the Bush/Clinton/CIA was running a GARGANTUAN cocaine smuggling ring to fund black operations in support of the Nicaraguan contras, because Congress had outlawed "official" support.

Some chapters include: Operation Sledgehammer (about plans for a military dictatorship/martial law in case their plans were exposed .. Rex 84 stuff), Oliver North drug smuggling "patriot,"
Democrat Janet Reno who stopped none of this, Bush Family Fraud and Iran-Contra profiteering, US Government Narcotics Smuggling and Illicit Weapons Sales, the real story of Operation Watchtower, Bush Family Corporate, Real Estate and Bank Frauds.

I give this book a rating of 10 stars out of 10 stars. Read this book and get this information out to the people!

The Conspirators by Al Martin is truly a shocking book, a rosetta stone for conspiracy theory buffs. Is this book the most compelling evidence which Fawn Hall didn't shred, or is Al Martin the Bob Lazar of government corruption? The book is not well written, and parts appear to be a very long, transcribed interview with little revision. But his tale gives the reader a sense of the Anita Hill - Clarence Thomas hearings. Someone is lying here, and if it isn't Al Martin, we're all in deep trouble. Those who don't have any problem believing Gary Webb or the October Surprise may find much of the book old news. "When Iran Contra finally fell apart, they had ended up using 5,000 operatives and making $350 billion." To those who ask Gary who and October what, this book could cause you to lose some sleep. Al Martin claims to have thousands of documents to back up his claims, but he seems to worry about his personal safety. Any millionaires out there want to do us all a favor and buy copies of his documents?