Hey everyone, welcome to the Empire Files podcast.

This is Abby Martin.

This is a special patron-only podcast to thank you all for supporting our work,

and for making our videos and most of our podcasts available to all. You may have seen the interview I did recently with director Oliver Stone,

where I spoke to him about his new documentary film,

JFK Revisited Through the Looking Glass.

This documentary came out 30 years after his cinematic feature JFK

and is based on the contradictory facts that emerged from

the declassified files of the 1992 JFK Records Act. Oliver takes us on a riveting journey through

that era, and I highly recommend everyone watch the interview on the Empire Files, as well as Oliver's

JFK films.

That episode was a special joint production with my friend Aaron Good for his JFK podcast series called Destiny Petraight.

Aaron Good is one of the many compelling researchers featured in Oliver's four-hour version of the film.

He's an expert in deep politics, author of the new book called

American Exception, Empire and the Deep State, for which I did the artwork, and his podcast is a must

listen for anyone interested in JFK and the machinations of Empire. All of the links for Aaron's work will be available in the show notes below.

Recently, I got a chance to speak to Aaron at length for a follow-up piece to accompany Oliver's interview.

We go much more in-depth about the circumstances surrounding the assassination, the Vietnam War,

the unbelievably evil history of CIA operations,

and how this dark chapter in American history profoundly shaped the world we know today.

You know, the CIA or potentially FBI or other national security state components were also

involved in taking out leaders like MLK,

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