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{{Short description|American writer, political activist, and conspiracy theorist}}
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⚫ '''Webster Griffin Tarpley''' (born September 1946) is an American author, political activist, and ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoyle|first=Ben|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/first-lady-can-sue-over-bloggers-escort-claims-xlpwfn9dv|title=First lady can sue over blogger’s escort claims|work=The Times|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=March 28, 2021|quote= avid conspiracy theorist who writes for his own website}} {{subscription required}}</ref> A one-time follower of ],<ref name="WaPo19870118">{{cite news|last=Carlson|first=Peter|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1987/01/18/press-encounters-of-the-third-kind/6dffaea8-4cec-4eef-87a2-ac71fbcd443e/|title=Press Encounters of the Third Kind|work=The Washington Post|date=January 18, 1987|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> Tarpley is known for his role in the ].<ref name="Aaronovitch11>{{Cite book | last1=Aaronovitch | first1=David | title=Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History|date=2011 | publisher=Random House | isbn=978-1-4464-2429-2 | page=12 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EflJpmpR-6kC&pg=PA12}}</ref> He is a founder of the Tax Wall Street Party.
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⚫ '''Webster Griffin Tarpley''' (born September 1946) is an American writer, political activist, and conspiracy theorist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoyle|first=Ben| author-link=Ben Hoyle | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/first-lady-can-sue-over-bloggers-escort-claims-xlpwfn9dv|title=First Lady can sue over blogger's escort claims|work=]|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=March 28, 2021|quote= avid conspiracy theorist who writes for his own website}} {{subscription required}}</ref> A one-time follower of ],<ref name="WaPo19870118">{{cite news|last=Carlson|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Carlson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1987/01/18/press-encounters-of-the-third-kind/6dffaea8-4cec-4eef-87a2-ac71fbcd443e/|title=Press Encounters of the Third Kind|newspaper=]|date=January 18, 1987|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> Tarpley is known for his role in the ], believing ] was a ] operation.<ref name="Gdn20110912">{{cite news|last=Skelton|first=Charlie|author-link=Charlie Skelton | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/sep/12/9-11-symposium-charlie-skelton|title=How the World Changed After 9/11|work=]|location=London|date=September 12, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Aaronovitch | first1=David | author-link=David Aaronovitch | title=Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History|date=2011 | publisher=] | isbn=978-1-4464-2429-2 | page=12 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EflJpmpR-6kC&pg=PA12}}</ref>


==Education== ==Education==
Tarpley was born in ], ], in 1946. After receiving a ] in Languages from ] in 1966, '']'' and ], he became a ] Scholar at the ], Italy. Later, he earned a ] in ] from ] and a ] in ] from the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarpley.net/biography/ |title=tarpley.net |publisher=tarpley.net |date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> Tarpley was born in ], ], in 1946. After receiving a ] in Languages from ] in 1966, '']'' and ], he became a ] Scholar at the ], Italy. Later, he earned a ] in ] from the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarpley.net/biography/ |title=tarpley.net |publisher=tarpley.net |date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
In 1971, Tarpley was on the editorial board of ''The Campaigner'', a ]' journal, according to its masthead.<ref>{{cite news|title=Masthead|work=The Campaigner|publisher=]| date=Winter 1971|volume=4|number=1}}</ref> In 1986, Tarpley attempted to run on ]'s ] platform in the New York State Democratic Party primary for the U.S. Senate, but was ruled off the ballot in August that year because of a defect in his nominating petitions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/09/nyregion/another-assemblyman-ruled-off-primary-ballot.html|first=Jesus |last=Rangel |title=Another Assemblyman Ruled Off Primary Ballot |work=The New York Times |date=August 9, 1986|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/116ffc2e15b0d85373d7cca6745a3c0f|title=LaRouche Candidates Barred from New York Democratic Primary|work=Associated Press|date=August 8, 1986|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> In 1971, Tarpley was on the editorial board of ''The Campaigner'', a ]' journal, according to its masthead.<ref> ''The Campaigner'', vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter 1971), ].</ref> In 1986, Tarpley attempted to run on ]'s ] platform in the New York State Democratic Party primary for the U.S. Senate, but was ruled off the ballot in August that year because of a defect in his nominating petitions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/09/nyregion/another-assemblyman-ruled-off-primary-ballot.html|first=Jesus |last=Rangel |title=Another Assemblyman Ruled Off Primary Ballot |work=] |date=August 9, 1986|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/116ffc2e15b0d85373d7cca6745a3c0f|title=LaRouche Candidates Barred from New York Democratic Primary|work=]|date=August 8, 1986|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref>


At one time, Tarpley was a contributing editor to the '']'' (EIR), a LaRouche movement publication. In a January 1987 press conference attended only by a reporter from '']'', he claimed the ] were part of a plot against LaRouche who he described as "the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination" in the ]. Soviet leader ], Tarpley claimed, had used a surreptitious message in a speech to demand LaRouche be silenced because of supposed information in his possession on Soviet involvement in the assassination of ], the former Swedish prime minister.<ref name="WaPo19870118" /> In 1992, Tarpley co-authored with ] '']: The Unauthorized Biography'', published by LaRouche's EIR magazine. At one time, Tarpley was a contributing editor to the '']'' (EIR), a LaRouche movement publication. In a January 1987 press conference attended only by a reporter from '']'', he claimed the ] were part of a plot against LaRouche who he described as "the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination" in the ]. Soviet leader ], Tarpley claimed, had used a surreptitious message in a speech to demand the silencing of LaRouche because of supposed information in LaRouche's possession on Soviet involvement in the assassination of ], the former Swedish prime minister.<ref name="WaPo19870118" /> In 1992, Tarpley co-authored with ] '']: The Unauthorized Biography'', published by LaRouche's EIR magazine.


Since March 2006, Tarpley has hosted a weekly online talk show called ''World Crisis Radio'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/worldCrisisRadio/ |title=''World Crisis Radio on GCNLive'' |publisher=Gcnlive.com |access-date=July 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626023736/http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/worldCrisisRadio/ |archive-date=June 26, 2012 }}</ref> broadcast by GCNLive.com. Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of ] and of a research ''Netzwerk'' of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. Tarpley has expounded the "Versailles Thesis" laying the blame for the great wars of the 20th century on intrigues by Britain to retain her dominance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~american_almanac/versaill.htm |title=The Versailles Thesis – Roots of WWI |publisher=Members.tripod.com |access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> Since March 2006, Tarpley has hosted a weekly online talk show called ''World Crisis Radio'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/worldCrisisRadio/ |title=''World Crisis Radio on GCNLive'' |publisher=GCNlive.com |access-date=July 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626023736/http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/worldCrisisRadio/ |archive-date=June 26, 2012 }}</ref> broadcast by GCNLive.com.

In addition to World Crisis Radio, Tarpley also hosts the podcast, the AmericanSystem.tv. This subscription-based program airs Monday-Thursday at 9 p.m. EST. The podcast is co-hosted with Daniela Walls, the chairperson of the Tax Wall Street Party.<ref>http://americansystem.tv/</ref>


==Conspiracy theories== ==Conspiracy theories==
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Tarpley maintains that the ] were engineered by a rogue network of the ] and intelligence agencies as a ] operation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Skelton|first=Charlie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/sep/12/9-11-symposium-charlie-skelton|title=How the world changed after 9/11|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=September 12, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>''9/11 Synthetic Terror'', Progressive Press, 5th edition, 2011, Military–industrial complex, passim.</ref> The common account about the events of 9/11 are in Tarpley's opinion in 2006 an "outrageous myth" and an "absurd fairy tale." The organisations involved in 9/11 apparently included Britain's ] as well as "government officials loyal to the invisible government."<ref name="Jacobson">{{cite news|last=Jacobson|first=Marc|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/16464/|title=The Ground Zero Grassy Knoll|work=New York|location=New York City|date=March 27, 2006|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> Tarpley maintains that the ] were engineered by a rogue network of the ] and intelligence agencies as a ] operation.<ref name="Gdn20110912" /><ref>''9/11 Synthetic Terror'', Progressive Press, 5th edition, 2011, Military–industrial complex, passim.</ref> The common account about the events of 9/11 are in Tarpley's opinion in 2006 an "outrageous myth" and an "absurd fairy tale." The organisations involved in 9/11 apparently included Britain's ] as well as "government officials loyal to the invisible government."<ref name="Jacobson">{{cite news|last=Jacobson|first=Marc|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/16464/|title=The Ground Zero Grassy Knoll|work=New York|location=New York City|date=March 27, 2006|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>


On November 21, 2011, while traveling to Syria, Tarpley told Syria's ] that the ] was a ]–] ploy to destabilize Syria using mercenaries and death squads against the population and the Syrian government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarpley.net/tarpley-on-syrian-addounia-tv/|title=Tarpley on Syrian Addounia TV|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=TARPLEY.net / ]|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> On November 21, 2011, while traveling to Syria, Tarpley told Syria's ] that the ] was a ]–] ploy to destabilize Syria using mercenaries and death squads against the population and the Syrian government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarpley.net/tarpley-on-syrian-addounia-tv/|title=Tarpley on Syrian Addounia TV|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=TARPLEY.net / ]|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref>


On April 2, 2012, ] aired ''9/11, False Flags, and Black Ops: An Evening of Debate'', in which Tarpley debated his critic ] on conspiracy theories, specifically the truth behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.<ref name="C-SPAN">{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?305586-1/911-false-flags-black-ops-evening-debate-|title=9/11, False Flags, Black Ops Evening Debate _ Video|date=April 2, 2012|work=C-SPAN|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> ], who served as moderator between the two men, described Tarpley's "presentation as involuted as it was long-winded." During the event, Tarpley said that the ] was also a government conspiracy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Frum|first=David|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/among-the-truthers-and-other-conspiracy-theoristsdavid-frum?ref=scroll|title=The Mad Mind: Among the Truthers (And Other Conspiracy Theorists)|work=The Daily Beast|date=April 3, 2012|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> On April 2, 2012, ] aired ''9/11, False Flags, and Black Ops: An Evening of Debate'', in which Tarpley debated his critic ] on conspiracy theories, specifically the truth behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.<ref name="C-SPAN">{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?305586-1/911-false-flags-black-ops-evening-debate-|title=9/11, False Flags, Black Ops Evening Debate _ Video|date=April 2, 2012|work=]|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> ], who served as moderator between the two men, described Tarpley's "presentation as involuted as it was long-winded." During the event, Tarpley said that the ] was ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Frum|first=David|author-link=David Frum|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/among-the-truthers-and-other-conspiracy-theoristsdavid-frum?ref=scroll|title=The Mad Mind: Among the Truthers (And Other Conspiracy Theorists)|work=]|date=April 3, 2012|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>


On June 7, 2012, interviewed for the ] (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) regarding the ], Tarpley said, "I believe that the evidence points to a private network, or even a NATO network, within the police that contributed the long time delay until they stormed the Island."<ref name="NRK">{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/227/artikler/konspirasjonsflom-etter-22.-juli-1.8183914|title=Konspirasjonsflom etter 22. juli – 22. juli 2011 – Terroren som rammet Norge|date=June 6, 2012|publisher=]|language=No|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> On June 7, 2012, interviewed for the ] (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) regarding the ], Tarpley said, "I believe that the evidence points to a private network, or even a NATO network, within the police that contributed the long time delay until they stormed the Island."<ref name="NRK">{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/227/artikler/konspirasjonsflom-etter-22.-juli-1.8183914|title=Konspirasjonsflom etter 22. juli – 22. juli 2011 – Terroren som rammet Norge|date=June 6, 2012|publisher=]|language=No|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref>


Tarpley told ] on June 18, 2013 that revelations about the ] by their former computer system administrator ] outlining global and domestic spying by US intelligence agencies might be seen as a "CIA ] operation," that is, to publicize minor public manipulation operations to conceal greater covert misdeeds such as promoting war in the Middle East. He claimed such "gullibility" operations could be traced from ] to ]'s ], with a legacy in perfidious politics and governance since the 17th century.<ref name="PressTV">{{cite news|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/18/309609/how-to-identify-cia-limited-hangout-op/ |title=How to identify CIA limited hangout op? |last=Tarpley |first=Webster G. |date=June 18, 2013 |agency=] |access-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095035/http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/18/309609/how-to-identify-cia-limited-hangout-op/ |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}</ref> He has said Snowden is probably a triple agent ultimately being an agent for the ] with the aim of weakening President ] and pushing him into intervening in Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last=Seitz-Wald|first=Alex|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/06/19/here_come_the_edward_snowden_truthers/|title=Here come the Edward Snowden truthers|work=Salon|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> Tarpley has said ] is probably a triple agent ultimately being an agent for the ] with the aim of weakening President ] and pushing him into intervening in Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last=Seitz-Wald|first=Alex|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/06/19/here_come_the_edward_snowden_truthers/|title=Here come the Edward Snowden truthers|work=Salon|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>


On January 21, 2015 Tarpley was interviewed by Guns and Butter's Bonnie Faulkner about "geopolitical terrorism and the destabilization of governments and how others like Russia and Belarus are responding".<ref>, soundcloud.com. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216032031/http://gunsandbutter.org/ten-topicsten-shows.htm |date=December 16, 2018}}, gunsandbutter.org. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.</ref> On January 21, 2015, Tarpley was interviewed by Guns and Butter's Bonnie Faulkner about "geopolitical terrorism and the destabilization of governments and how others like Russia and Belarus are responding".<ref>, soundcloud.com. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216032031/http://gunsandbutter.org/ten-topicsten-shows.htm |date=December 16, 2018}}, gunsandbutter.org. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.</ref>


Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of ] and of a research ''Netzwerk'' of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. Tarpley has also given lectures what he terms the "Versailles thesis", which claims that the ] attempted to create a new "]" at the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~american_almanac/versaill.htm |title=The Versailles Thesis – Roots of WWI |publisher=Members.tripod.com |access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref>
==Criticism==
Critics of Tarpley have said that he still sells copies of the book on the Bush family he co-authored while working for ]. The book was criticized by David Neiwert, who wrote:
<blockquote>Like most Larouche texts, the Bush "biography" is a mélange of fact and distortion, written in a highly suppositional style that makes numerous leaps of logic and asserts connections where there is no real evidence to support it, at other times omitting exculpatory or contrary information that reveals a more complete picture. Sifting through it requires a great deal of work, but there are nuggets of fact woven into their text that are substantiated and which deserve proper consideration.<ref>David Neiwert, "Bush, the Nazis and America," Orcinus, Sunday, September 07, 2003</ref></blockquote>


==Melania Trump libel suit== ==Melania Trump libel suit==
In February 2017, he agreed to settle a libel suit brought by U.S. First Lady ] for publishing a "false and defamatory" report In August 2016 alleging that the First Lady had been a "high-end escort" prior to meeting President ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/melania-trump-libel-suit-blogger-234263 |title=Melania Trump wins round in libel suit over blogger's 'escort' claims |publisher=politico.com |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/07/blogger-forced-to-pay-substantial-sum-to-melania-trump-in-defamation-lawsuit.html|publisher=Fox News|title=Blogger forced to pay 'substantial sum' to Melania Trump in defamation lawsuit|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref> Terms of the settlement included providing a public apology in writing and paying a "substantial sum".<ref>{{cite news|last=Morse|first=Dan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/melania-trump-reaches-settlement-in-libel-lawsuit-against-maryland-blogger/2017/02/07/3b8ecd86-ed3e-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html |title=Melania Trump reaches settlement in libel lawsuit against Maryland blogger |newspaper=]|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> In February 2017, he agreed to settle a libel suit brought by U.S. First Lady ] for publishing a "false and defamatory" report In August 2016 alleging that the First Lady had been a "high-end escort" prior to meeting President ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/melania-trump-libel-suit-blogger-234263 |title=Melania Trump wins round in libel suit over blogger's 'escort' claims |newspaper=Politico |publisher=politico.com |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blogger-forced-to-pay-substantial-sum-to-melania-trump-in-defamation-lawsuit|publisher=Fox News|title=Blogger forced to pay 'substantial sum' to Melania Trump in defamation lawsuit|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref> Terms of the settlement included providing a public apology in writing and paying a "substantial sum".<ref>{{cite news|last=Morse|first=Dan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/melania-trump-reaches-settlement-in-libel-lawsuit-against-maryland-blogger/2017/02/07/3b8ecd86-ed3e-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html |title=Melania Trump reaches settlement in libel lawsuit against Maryland blogger |newspaper=]|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Bibliography==
'''Articles''' '''Articles'''
*. '']'', Vol. 21, No. 16, April 15, 1994. . * '']'', vol. 21, no. 16 (Apr. 15, 1994).



'''Books''' '''Books'''
*''Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro?'' (Who Killed Aldo Moro?) Study commissioned by the Italian Parliamentary ] (DC) and published in Rome, 1978. It sheds light on the affiliation between the ] and the ] ] and the role of the Italian intelligence services in the ]/Anglo-American secret services. *''Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro?'' Study commissioned by the Italian Parliamentary ] (DC) and published in Rome, 1978. It sheds light on the affiliation between the ] and the ] ] and the role of the Italian intelligence services in the ]/Anglo-American secret services.
*. Co-authored with ]). 1992. Reprinted 2004. {{ISBN|0-930852-92-3}} *, with ] (1992); Reprinted (2004). {{ISBN|0930852923}}.
*. 1996. * (1996).
*''Surviving the Cataclysm: Your Guide through the Worst Financial Crisis in Human History'' (1999); updated edition, 2009, 1-61577-600-1. *] (1999); updated (2009). {{ISBN|1615776001|978-0930852955}}.
*. Foreword by ], 2005. {{ISBN|0-930852-31-1}} *]. Foreword by ] (2005). {{ISBN|0930852311}}; 5th ed.: (Nov. 2011). {{ISBN|1615771115}}.
⚫ **Française: ''La Terreur Fabriquée, Made in USA: 11 Septembre, le mythe du XXIe siècle'' (Sep. 2006). {{ISBN|2952557144}}.
**Fifth edition, November 2011. {{ISBN|1-61577-111-5}}
**Italiano: ''La Fabbrica del Terrore'' (Sep. 2007). {{ISBN|978-8887307566}}.
⚫ **Version française: ''La Terreur Fabriquée, Made in USA : 11 Septembre, le mythe du XXIe siècle''. September 2006. {{ISBN|2-9525571-4-4}}
**In Italiano: ''La Fabbrica del Terrore''. September 2007. {{ISBN|978-88-87307-56-6}} **Español: ''11-S, El Falso Terrorismo'' (Jan. 2008). {{ISBN|0930852982}}.
⚫ * (Apr. 2008). {{ISBN|0930852885}}.
**En Español: ''11-S, El Falso Terrorismo''. January 2008. {{ISBN|0-930852-98-2}}.
**German: ''Barack Obama: Wie ein US-Präsident gemacht wird'' (Aug. 2008). {{ISBN|978-3938516744}}.
⚫ *. April 2008. {{ISBN|0-930852-88-5}}
**German Edition: ''Barack Obama: Wie ein US-Präsident gemacht wird'' (August 2008) {{ISBN|978-3-938516-74-4}}. **Japanese: ''Obama: Dangerous Geometry'' (Nov. 2008). {{ISBN|4880862398}}.
**Japanese Edition: ''Obama: Dangerous Geometry'' (November 2008) {{ISBN|4-88086-239-8}}. *] (Aug. 2008). {{ISBN|0930852818}}.
⚫ **Japanese: (Mar. 2009).
*. August 2008. {{ISBN|0-930852-81-8}}
⚫ *''Just Too Weird: Bishop Romney and the Mormon Takeover of America: Polygamy, Theocracy, and Subversion'' (Oct. 2012). {{ISBN|1615777245}}.
⚫ **Japanese edition: March 2009.
⚫ *''Just Too Weird: Bishop Romney and the Mormon Takeover of America: Polygamy, Theocracy, and Subversion''. October 2012. {{ISBN|1-61577-724-5}}. 278 pages.


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American writer, political activist, and conspiracy theorist

Webster Tarpley
BornWebster Griffin Tarpley
1946 (age 78–79)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Alma mater
Political partyU.S. Labor Party
Other political
affiliations		National Caucus of Labor Committees
Movement
Websitetarpley.net

Webster Griffin Tarpley (born September 1946) is an American writer, political activist, and conspiracy theorist. A one-time follower of Lyndon LaRouche, Tarpley is known for his role in the 9/11 truth movement, believing 9/11 was a false flag operation.

Education

Tarpley was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1946. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Languages from Princeton University in 1966, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, he became a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Turin, Italy. Later, he earned a Ph.D. in early modern history from the Catholic University of America.

Career

In 1971, Tarpley was on the editorial board of The Campaigner, a National Caucus of Labor Committees' journal, according to its masthead. In 1986, Tarpley attempted to run on Lyndon LaRouche's U.S. Labor Party platform in the New York State Democratic Party primary for the U.S. Senate, but was ruled off the ballot in August that year because of a defect in his nominating petitions.

At one time, Tarpley was a contributing editor to the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), a LaRouche movement publication. In a January 1987 press conference attended only by a reporter from The Washington Post, he claimed the LaRouche movement's credit card indictments were part of a plot against LaRouche who he described as "the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination" in the following year's election. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Tarpley claimed, had used a surreptitious message in a speech to demand the silencing of LaRouche because of supposed information in LaRouche's possession on Soviet involvement in the assassination of Olof Palme, the former Swedish prime minister. In 1992, Tarpley co-authored with Anton Chaitkin George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography, published by LaRouche's EIR magazine.

Since March 2006, Tarpley has hosted a weekly online talk show called World Crisis Radio, broadcast by GCNLive.com.

Conspiracy theories

The "rogue network" which Tarpley suspects of the September 11 attacks

Tarpley maintains that the September 11 attacks were engineered by a rogue network of the military-industrial complex and intelligence agencies as a false-flag operation. The common account about the events of 9/11 are in Tarpley's opinion in 2006 an "outrageous myth" and an "absurd fairy tale." The organisations involved in 9/11 apparently included Britain's MI6 as well as "government officials loyal to the invisible government."

On November 21, 2011, while traveling to Syria, Tarpley told Syria's Addounia TV that the Syrian Civil War was a NATO–CIA ploy to destabilize Syria using mercenaries and death squads against the population and the Syrian government.

On April 2, 2012, C-SPAN aired 9/11, False Flags, and Black Ops: An Evening of Debate, in which Tarpley debated his critic Jonathan Kay on conspiracy theories, specifically the truth behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. David Frum, who served as moderator between the two men, described Tarpley's "presentation as involuted as it was long-winded." During the event, Tarpley said that the Attack on Pearl Harbor was also a government conspiracy.

On June 7, 2012, interviewed for the NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) regarding the 2011 Norway attacks, Tarpley said, "I believe that the evidence points to a private network, or even a NATO network, within the police that contributed the long time delay until they stormed the Island."

Tarpley has said Edward Snowden is probably a triple agent ultimately being an agent for the CIA with the aim of weakening President Barack Obama and pushing him into intervening in Syria.

On January 21, 2015, Tarpley was interviewed by Guns and Butter's Bonnie Faulkner about "geopolitical terrorism and the destabilization of governments and how others like Russia and Belarus are responding".

Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and of a research Netzwerk of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. Tarpley has also given lectures what he terms the "Versailles thesis", which claims that the British government attempted to create a new "world order" at the Treaty of Versailles.

Melania Trump libel suit

In February 2017, he agreed to settle a libel suit brought by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump for publishing a "false and defamatory" report In August 2016 alleging that the First Lady had been a "high-end escort" prior to meeting President Donald Trump. Terms of the settlement included providing a public apology in writing and paying a "substantial sum".

Selected publications

Articles

Books

References

  1. Hoyle, Ben (January 28, 2017). "First Lady can sue over blogger's escort claims". The Times. Retrieved March 28, 2021. avid conspiracy theorist who writes for his own website (subscription required)
  2. ^ Carlson, Peter (January 18, 1987). "Press Encounters of the Third Kind". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Skelton, Charlie (September 12, 2011). "How the World Changed After 9/11". The Guardian. London. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  4. Aaronovitch, David (2011). Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History. Random House. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4464-2429-2.
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  6. Masthead. The Campaigner, vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter 1971), p. 1. National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC).
  7. Rangel, Jesus (August 9, 1986). "Another Assemblyman Ruled Off Primary Ballot". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  8. "LaRouche Candidates Barred from New York Democratic Primary". Associated Press. August 8, 1986. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. "World Crisis Radio on GCNLive". GCNlive.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  10. ^ Jacobson, Marc (March 27, 2006). "The Ground Zero Grassy Knoll". New York. New York City. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  11. 9/11 Synthetic Terror, Progressive Press, 5th edition, 2011, Military–industrial complex, passim.
  12. "Tarpley on Syrian Addounia TV". TARPLEY.net / Addounia TV. November 21, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  13. "9/11, False Flags, Black Ops Evening Debate _ Video". C-SPAN. April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  14. Frum, David (April 3, 2012). "The Mad Mind: Among the Truthers (And Other Conspiracy Theorists)". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  15. "Konspirasjonsflom etter 22. juli – 22. juli 2011 – Terroren som rammet Norge" (in Norwegian). NRK. June 6, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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  17. The World Rebels Against Wall Street Rule, soundcloud.com. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.
  18. Ten Topics/Ten Shows Archived December 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, gunsandbutter.org. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.
  19. "The Versailles Thesis – Roots of WWI". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  20. "Melania Trump wins round in libel suit over blogger's 'escort' claims". Politico. politico.com. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  21. "Blogger forced to pay 'substantial sum' to Melania Trump in defamation lawsuit". Fox News. February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  22. Morse, Dan (February 7, 2017). "Melania Trump reaches settlement in libel lawsuit against Maryland blogger". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

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