The Corbett Report - American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders 2024 -
In West Virginia authorities are investigating the mysterious death of a journalist and possible connections to the BCCI bank scandal and the weapons for Iran case. The Corbett Report: Requiem for the Suicided: Danny Casolaro, James Corbett online 2017, news report
Danny Casolaro told friends he was on the conspiracy of the century. He was meeting a source in West Virginia. ibid.
Discovered in a hotel room with 12 slashes in his wrist but when the local authorities ruled it suicide the family said no way. ibid.
A conspiracy he called the Octopus which involved the Iranian hostage crisis, the Iran-Contra affair with believe it or not all funds channelled through BCCI. ibid.
Yes yet another case of a journalist working on a politically sensitive topic and ending up dead in a hotel room. ibid. James
I want to talk to you about your time as an investigator on the Octopus murders. American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders I: The End, investigator to journalist, Netflix 2024
You’re going to get yourself killed. ibid. journalist to investigator
Christian told me this story about this journalist [Danny Casolaro] who died under mysterious circumstances in the early ’90s. ibid.
Danny had stumbled upon a computer software scandal that led him to a series of high-profile crimes that he said would rewrite US history … Danny called this conspiracy The Octopus. ibid.
Inslaw case: The complex and confusing still-developing case that involves improper conduct by high level Justice Department officials. ibid. Dan Rather
Inslaw … makes software for law enforcement agencies. ibid. commentary
Firm’s Owners Tell Of Ordeal At Hands of Justice Dept. ibid. newspaper article
Thousands of pages of research materials … International crimes starting with the Inslaw case. ibid. investigators
A federal judge could lose his job because he made a ruling against the government. ibid. original footage
Why did the Department of Justice do this? ibid. investigator
That started a process of Bill [Hamilton of Inslaw] and Danny talking every day [investigator] … One of the things about Bill, he used to work at the NSA. ibid.
He starts looking into these powerful people connected to the Reagan administration. ibid.
They are clearly covering something up. What is it? ibid.
There was also two Contra generals from Nicaragua. They had automatic weapons, machine-guns, semi-automatic weapons and night goggles … Why there? ibid.
June 27 2017: Michael Riconosciuto has finally been released. 26 years earlier Michael gave an affidavit describing his role in hacking the PROMIS software. 8 days later he was arrested on drug charges. American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders III: The Game
They all met the same fate: there’s just too many people dead in this case. ibid. Michael
No matter which direction Danny went in, he hit drugs. ibid. investigator of government as drugs supplier
BCCI is accused of dirty dealing around the world. ibid. TV news