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“Australia’s top spy wrote to the CIA asking to keep secret details of an investigation into phone calls made to the US Embassy in Canberra about an assassination plot before President John F. Kennedy was killed, newly declassified files have revealed.
The once “Top Secret” cables between the head of ASIO Sir Charles Spry and CIA Director Richard Helms were among more than 80,000 pages of material released by President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
A YEAR before JFK’s assassination, the U.S. Embassy in Canberra got a call: "Iron Curtain countries" put a $100,000 bounty on Kennedy’s head. The DAY AFTER he was killed, another call came—this time, blaming the Soviets.
They shed more light on discussions between Australia’s top spy agency and the CIA about declassification of the investigation into the phone calls.
The CIA brushed off these calls as “crank” messages. But if they were meaningless, WHY did ASIO beg the @CIA to keep them classified? Five years later, ASIO’s chief Sir Charles Spry wrote to the CIA: DO NOT declassify this file
CIA Director Richard Helms agreed, saying there was "EVERY REASON" to keep it secret. The file—Warren Commission Document CD-971—was finally declassified in 1976, but portions were blacked out. What was ASIO and the CIA so desperate to hide?
John Garrett Underhill Jr.—a man who knew too much. The day after JFK was shot, he fled Washington in a panic. He told friends:
"A small clique within the CIA" killed Kennedy. "I may have to leave the country." Six months later? Dead
Underhill was no random guy. He was an intelligence insider with Pentagon ties. And here’s where it gets REALLY insane:
He was linked to Interarmco, a CIA-backed arms dealer. Interarmco was tied to the very store where Oswald bought the rifle.
Let that sink in.
The CIA’s favorite arms dealer had a direct link to the rifle that “lone gunman” Oswald allegedly used to kill JFK.
This wasn’t just an assassination. This was an inside job.
Customers at one of Australia’s big four banks will be the first to get access to a “kill switch” allowing them to instantly lockdown their accounts.
I will have more to say after the news.
ANZ Bank will roll out the Digital Padlock technology from mid-year to customers using their ANZ App, ANZ Plus and Internet Banking services.
Once activated, it will block debit and credit cards, as well as disable digital access and stop unauthorised activity on their accounts, but still allowing direct debits and loan repayments to go through. The tool will also notify the ANZ fraud monitoring system Falcon of any suspicious activity.
“Cyber criminals are constantly finding new ways to target Australians. The more tools customers have at their fingertips to protect their money, the better,” ANZ Group Executive Australia Retail, Maile Carnegie, said.
Free access to mental health counselling will be offered online and over the phone under Medicare from January next year in a groundbreaking new program to help Australians access support where and when they need it.
Amid a national shortage of psychologists and psychiatrists, one of the biggest issues both sides of politics are trying to address is ensuring that when people put their hand up for help, they know where to go and who to ask.
News.com.au can reveal that a new national early intervention service (NEIS) providing free digital mental health support will now go out to tender within weeks, with big providers and private health insurers in the running to operate it.
The counselling will be free and accessible without a diagnosis or referral from a GP and could help up to 150,000 people, offering free cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), delivered by skilled and trained professionals, via phone or video.
Prescription medicines will be capped at $25 per script under a major cost-of-living election promise set to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Thursday.
The announcement will apply to medications listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and bring down the maximum cost of scripts, currently $31.60, by 20 per cent.
It’s estimated four our of five scripts will benefit from the new cap, with patients estimated to save $786m over four years.
Common medications included will include scripts for Estrogel used by women undergoing menopause and perimenopause, diabetes medication like Jardiance, and Ritalin LA, which is used to treat ADHD.
Medications for concession cardholders and pensioners will remain at the current subsidised rate of $7.70 until 2030.
Meanwhile, in its headline story today, the same Australian newspaper reports of a measles outbreak in the US so bad at 300 cases, the White House had to be tested. It also reported in its alarmist article that a survival rate is 997 out of 1000. It also explained that a 6 year old died from measles, so therefore it must be bad.
However, Drs Pierre Kory and Ben Edwards have reviewed patient records and determined, Measles Patient in Texas Died of Improperly Treated Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Even after positive mycoplasma test result, macrolide antibiotic administration was delayed 10 hours.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Didier Raoult in Marseille successfully treated hundreds of patients with a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. All doctors—an especially all ER doctors—should be keenly aware of the danger of secondary bacterial infections on the heels of a viral infection such as COVID-19 or measles and be prepared to act quickly with the appropriate antibiotic.
Several programs supporting young people at risk of reoffending will be cut unless the Victorian government increases funding, as it can be revealed the state awarded only one new crime prevention grant in the past financial year.
It comes as Labor’s controversial “tough” bail laws edge closer to passing parliament on Thursday, amid ongoing debate over what some have labelled a “youth crime crisis” in the state.
Australians have lost hope in the fair go, with profound implications for the election in an article appearing The Guardian assessing the mood of the electorate ahead of the Federal election.
Taiwanese troops will simulate possible scenarios for a Chinese invasion in 2027 during the island’s annual war games, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, as Beijing maintains military pressure on Taipei.
Taiwan has never been ruled by Communist China. But Beijing insists the self-ruled island of 23 million is part of its territory and has threatened to seize the island by force.
Officials in the United States -- Taipei’s main backer and biggest arms supplier -- have previously cited 2027 as a possible timeline for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
Taiwan’s “Han Kuang” exercises, which the ministry said would be held from July 9-18, are conducted every year across Taiwan to simulate defending the island against Chinese attacks.
JUST IN: President Trump says he "completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy."
"We are very much on track…to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs" towards peace.
Activists from “Last Generation” vandalized the Tesla store in Montreal this morning.
On their Facebook page, the group stated: “We demand that Canada take a stand against Tesla billionaire CEO Elon Musk, who destroys democracies and spreads climate denial.”
Tesla has been removed from the Vancouver Auto Show just before the event’s opening, organizers announced Tuesday. The decision comes as CEO Elon Musk faces growing criticism from Canadians over his ties to President Donald Trump and the ongoing trade dispute between Canada and the United States.
“The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed Tesla as a participant in this week’s event, after the automaker was provided multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw,” said Eric Nicholl, the show’s executive director, in a statement, according to CTV News. Following Tesla’s removal, all references to the company were taken down from the event’s website.
JIMMY KIMMEL: People vandalizing Tesla vehicles, new Tesla vehicles? PLEASE... don't vandalize, don't EVER vandalize Tesla vehicles... [stares into camera]
CROWD: *Laughter*
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The Trump administration cuts $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania for allowing men to compete in women's sports.
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