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Post by Arjan Hut on Mar 14, 2019 11:06:41 GMT -5
 The book does not deliver what the (sub)title promises. The writer focuses more on the CIA's mind-control experiments and throws in name after name after name, often running off track, which makes this book difficult and confusing to read. He refers to his previous book about the murder of Frank Olson so often, it becomes annoying. There are some interesting chapters, but information is scattered all about. There are many notes to each chapter, but they are not numbered. It is as if you're reading a rough draft for a book idea. Just when it gets interesting, Albarelli writes that he is saving the information for his next book, which will apparently tell all. The writer seems infatuated with the late CIA asset June Cobb, who spread disinformation about Oswald in Mexico and answered to CIA-disinformation artist and deathlist composer David Atlee Phillips, which leads to some cringeworthy chapters, noteably the two final chapters, "The strange and sad saga of Charles W. Thomas", which regurgitates Phillips' JFK-narrative, and Femme Fatale Enigma: June Viola Cobb, which is another example of Albarelli following the CIA's narrative. I have no doubt that the writer did a lot of research, talked to people, many of whom did not want their names mentioned, but then he throws all of the info on one huge pile and does little else with it besides noticing connections. What's wrong with a little editing? This book should have been called "People who knew people who worked with people who met people who may or may not have something to do with MK Ultra and/or the Kennedy assassination and isn't June Cobb hot and please read my book on Frank Olson." |
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Post by Arjan Hut on Jul 29, 2019 11:57:41 GMT -5
Obituary: Henry P. Albarelli, Jr.
H.P. “Hank” Albarelli Jr., author and Burlington native, died on June 18 from complications of a stroke. The
eldest son of Nancy O’Neill Albarelli and the late Henry P. Albarelli Sr., he was 72. In recent decades, Hank
and his wife, Kathleen McDonald, made their home in the Tampa Bay region of Florida, where he passed
away surrounded by family.
From a young age, Hank was a passionate and knowledgeable student of contemporary music, especially
blues and rock. In the 1970s, he produced Burlington’s first annual Blues Festivals, as well as the first
Vermont concerts of Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Judy Collins.
After leaving Burlington for Washington, D.C., in 1978, Hank worked in the Carter White House and, later,
as a field director for the Service Employees International Union.
During the '90s, he returned to an early interest in writing for the theater. His play The Whole Shebang was
winner of the 1994 Baltimore Playwrights’ Festival.
In recent decades, Hank wrote exclusively investigative journalism, pursuing such topics as the CIA’s role in
the suspicious death of a government scientist (A Terrible Mistake), and the assassination of JFK
(A Secret Order). He recently completed a forthcoming book titled Coup in Dallas.
Living just a stone’s throw from a Gulf of Mexico beach, Hank delighted in the fact that his two sons from a
previous marriage, Damien and David, and David’s wife, Vicki, had all settled within a few miles of him. He
was also a proud and doting grandfather and traveled frequently to the London home of his daughter, Nicole,
a filmmaker; her partner, Paul Centellas; and their two sons, Dylan and Ashton.
Hank is also survived by Ms. McDonald; his mother; four siblings, Nancy (Gardner), Michael, Dean and Beth
(Lane); and many fond nieces and nephews.
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Post by Arjan Hut on Jul 29, 2019 12:03:07 GMT -5
The title of the book Albarelli was working on and promoting in his A Secret Order-volume is called Coup in Dallas
and he finished it apparently before he passed on. I'd expect a book supporting James Angleton's pet theory
that communists plotted to kill JFK. I base this upon Albarelli's faith in CIA-assets that spread such disinformation
in the wake of the assassination. yet, the title, Coup in Dallas, may indicate he turned another direction?
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