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Burton Hersh on Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover

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Tags: J. Edgar Hoover, Bobby Kennedy, Burton Hersh, JFK, Bobby and Edgar, wmnf, radioactivity, Rob Lorei

Coming up today we’ll talk about the life of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover who spent about 40 years in that job.

He headed the nation’s foremost law enforcement agency during some of the nation’s most tumultuous times- the Great Depression, World War II, The McCarthy anti-communist era, The Civil Rights Movement, the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War. There’s a new film in the theaters about Hoover starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Clint Eastwood.

Our guest is St...

'Family of Secrets' - a look at the Bush dynasty

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Tags: JFK, George W. Bush, military industrial complex

Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Tonight President Obama will announce that he is sending an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan. That news is disappointing to peace activists, budget hawks and others who thought he would begin to wind down the wars started by the Bush Administration in the early part of this decade.

Our guest today is investigative reporter Russ Baker, who's new book is *Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces That Pu...

Book examines 'JFK and the Unspeakable'

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Tags: JFK, assassination, conspiracy, Oswald, military industrial complex, Thomas Vallee, Abraham Bolden

Today on WMNF Rob Lorei interviewed peace activist Jim Douglass who is coming to St. Petersburg this weekend to speak about his new book on the JFK assassination. His talk is sponsored by Pax Cristi. According to Pax Cristi:

"JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters is an examination of John F. Kennedy’s assassination from a spiritual perspective. Author James W. Douglass will speak at the February meeting of Pax Christi Tampa Bay beginning at 3:30 PM on Sunday, February ...

How lessons of Vietnam can be applied to Afghanistan

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Tags: Vietnam, Afghanistan, McGeorge Bundy, JFK, escalation, LBJ

Good afternoon,

Welcome to WMNF ‘S Radioactivity…I'm Robert Lorei. Coming up: a new book says President John Kennedy was committed to stopping an escalation of combat troops in Vietnam -- and the implications that this new information has for incoming President Barack Obama and the calls for a troop increase in Afghanistan.

But first some listener comments about last week’s program on reforming health care in the U.S.

President-elect Barack Obama has made a commitment to ending the w...