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The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro

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This delves into Danny Casolaro's investigation of the U.S. Justice Department's apparent crooked dealings with Inslaw, the software company that developed the spy software, PROMIS, for Justice under an agreement in which Inslaw apparently retained all proprietary rights to PROMIS. Justice reneged on paying Inslaw, yet PROMIS turned up illegally at other government agencies and foreign governments. This opened a Pandoras Box involving what Sir Winston Churchill called the High Cabal and Casolaro dubbed the Octopus; a handful of arrogant self-appointed aristocrats who are determined to force upon mankind the New World Order that madmen like Adolf Hitler and George H.W. Bush have raved about for centuries; a world government controlled by these elitists; one without constitutional rights. These murderous zealots stop at nothing to achieve their objectives. Aside from very few inaccuracies (like the time of George deMohrenschildt's death) this is well researched and written.

Kenn and Jim's magnum opus. (RIP, beloved friend to humankind.) This book is as scary as they come, and stranger than fiction. As a conspiracy writer, I found myself shaking while reading it. THEY are real, and THEY can do and have done horrifying things. The Octopus is the Matrix vivified.

This book is especially important for anyone who still naively believes "there are no conspiracies." The word "conspiracy" means "to breathe together." Only two people are needed to make a conspiracy, and this book will leave you breathless.

Danny Casolaro is a heroic figure who bravely and, perhaps, foolhardily attempted to foil the Octopus, whose tendons reach into the most intimate parts of all our lives. He should never be forgotten. Thank goodness for the valiant likes of Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith for telling his story. Movie studios should be clamoring for this highly untold story - but they are no doubt part of the Octopus. Danny, Kenn and Jim should be lauded for their audacity and courage in bringing forth this treacherous tale of murder and mayhem. Such valor is akin to that of Gary Webb in his expose of CIA drug-dealing.

Carry on, fellow warriors for truth.

Acharya S; Archaeologist, Historian, Mythologist, Linguist; Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece; Associate Director, Institute for Historical Accuracy; Director, Center of the Research and Study of Theology; Author, "The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold"

If you learn nothing else after reading this book, at least take home the following: striking a nerve in the government is a surefire way to make an exit the way it's done in Shakespeare: all the characters are surrounded by pools of blood and no longer breathing. In fact, while reading "The Octopus," I felt the act of turning each page was putting me more and more in danger, especially given that the original author of "Octopus," Danny Casolaro, died suspiciously while compiling notes for the book -- the coroner ruled his death suicide but when the family sought their own investigation, they found his body had already been illegally embalmed. And an editor for this book based on Casolaro's notes, Jim Keith, died suspiciously as well -- on the operating table during routine knee surgery, with a rare bacteria working through his system.

Forget "The Da Vinci Code." "The Octopus" is more gripping, less contrived and, perhaps most importantly, actually well-written. And for the conspiracy curious who are merely dipping their toes in the kiddie pool, where else to dabble in such accusations as JFK was popped off by his driver, Oliver North started the drug trade in Colombia, cattle mutilations are blamed on UFOs but are part of biological warfare experiments, and the eight people who pull the strings in this world (the tentacles of The Octopus) began their conquest through a simple act of revenge? This is the kind of book, that were -- god-fearing Puritan-hicks forbid -- it to be discussed on CNN, people would burn CNN to the ground, which is why CNN will never seriously discuss the ideas in this book.

Casolaro, whose starting point is research into a computer programming husband-and-wife team who had software stolen by the government, builds a very strong case that our government indeed operates in the shadows and has a penchant for toying with people's lives. Octopus is a quick, jaw-dropping read that acts as a good starting point to paranoia. The only argument I have, like another reviewer below, is that the editors never convincingly approach the Octopus eight who are argued to control all the governments of the world. That accusation, unlike the rest of the book, comes off sounding like the far-flung conspiracies that give this kind of research a bad name.

This book offers the oppurtunity to expand on what Danny Casolaro discovered during his investigation of the BBCI banking scandal, unfortunately the book gets lost in all the characters and their starnge behavior. The book fails to zero in or focus on the true implications of what Danny discovered about who and what is running this country. The same people who assassinated President Kennedy are the same people running this country today. The book points out all the characters, but fails to connect all the dots. The book does offer good background and information about the unsavory side of our government and to what lengths it will go to cover up what it doesn't want us to know.

If you read a good newspaper, watch the network news, get a weekly news periodical (all of which I do) and think you pretty well understand American politics (as I did) then you REALLY REALLY need to read this book. I have come to believe that one cannot possibly understand how this country operates by getting one's information from the mainstream press.

If you find some of the information a little hard to believe and you are tenmpted to dismiss it, you might want to try to do a search on the relevant topic. You will almost always find supporting information.

It's easy to wave this stuff away, but when you sit down and read it carefully the blood starts to drain out of your face. Paranoid? Certainly. Plausible? Absolutely.

With what we've learned about the workings of government in the name of national security over the last ten or twenty years, it's difficult to dismiss "Octopus" ... much stranger stuff has proven true. Skeptics should read and think before making fun. It's pretty damn clear Danny Casolaro didn't kill himself.

I was interested in this topic and read the two reviews below. I decided to pick this book up, I was amazed by the depth and breadth of the research that went into this book. The only complaint I have is that I would be reading the book and forget what I had just read. The prose is occasionally awkward and caused me to have to go back and re-read the previous paragraph or page just to see what or who the authors were discussing.

All in all I'm glad I read it.

Excellent book that uncovers the truth about who killed young Danny Casolaro and more importantly, why! Mr. Norman and Mr. Skolnick were both on RFA several times and the reader sould also look for Skolnick's books here on amazon as well! Pick Up on any that talk about the Nugan-Hand Bank, BCCI or the Inslaw case!

I read this book about a week ago and I have to say that although it was quite informative, it left many holes. Unfortunately, we may never know exactly what happened to Danny Casolaro because powers that be will prevent it from becoming public knowledge. The book was mostly a gripping tale about his life as he tried to expose connections between the CIA, drug trafficking, hollywood, and weapons procurement in a tax free Indian reservation. The book lost me when they added a chapter about Lady Diana which had absolutely no connection to his death other than the CIA knowing about it. Still if you want some forbidden knowledge, I'd recommend the book anyway. It is a fairly quick and easy read.

The second best book on the Octopus that I've seen - while it doesn't compare to The Last Circle, it will give you a great overview of the Octopus and how it connects to different conspiracies.

It doesn't go into nearly as much detail as The Last Circle (which I highly recommend) this is a good choice for anyone looking for a very brief overview of the Octopus conspiracy.