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Re: Re: Aliens

From:ntanden@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-04-03 21:57 Subject: Re: Re: Aliens

Rand Paul is going to be jealous! On Friday, April 3, 2015, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','john.podesta@gmail.com');>> > Date: Apr 3, 2015 3:07 PM > Subject: Re: Aliens > To: "Nick Merrill" <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nmerrill@hrcoffice.com');>> > Cc: "Jennifer Palmieri" <jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com');>>, "H" < > hdr29@hrcoffice.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hdr29@hrcoffice.com');>> > > I pledge to address the UFO delegate caucus at the convention. > On Apr 3, 2015 2:18 PM, "Nick Merrill" <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nmerrill@hrcoffice.com');>> wrote: > >> While I had no idea John was such a believer, I’m glad we’re making >> strong inroads with the UFO crowd. >> >> >> >> http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/hillary-clinton-ufo-aliens-podesta >> >> ETs for Hillary: Why UFO Activists Are Excited About Another Clinton >> Presidency >> >> Stephen Bassett is ready for Hillary. Bassett, Capitol Hill's only registered >> UFO lobbyist <http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/stephenbassett.html>, >> anticipates that another Clinton presidency will offer another shot at >> what's long been the Holy Grail for extraterrestrial enthusiasts: full >> disclosure of what the US government really knows about aliens. "This is >> the most important issue in the world," he says. >> >> His enthusiasm is shared by Michael Salla, an academic turned UFO >> researcher <http://exopolitics.org/> who maintains that aliens have been >> secretly involved in American politics since the Cold War. He thinks a >> Clinton presidency would be a good thing for the UFO community. "I think >> Hillary would play a positive role in getting this information out," he >> says. "I think that Hillary definitely is much more the pro-disclosure >> candidate, where as someone like Jeb Bush is basically status quo." >> >> The UFO activists' hopes for Hillary are pinned on the assumption she >> believes in their cause—despite having never spoken publicly about it. In >> particular, they are encouraged that John Podesta, Bill Clinton's former >> chief of staff, will likely chair Clinton's campaign >> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-adviser-podesta-to-join-emerging-hillary-clinton-campaign-1421184262> >> and would likely serve in another Clinton White House. As a self-described >> "curious skeptic," Podesta has openly called for greater government >> transparency >> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-kean/john-podesta-pulling-back_b_6717872.html> >> on UFO-related matters. In his forward to * UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and >> Government Officials Go on the Record >> <https://books.google.com/books?id=g2bqkPkPwA8C&pg=PP11&lpg=PP11&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false>*, >> a 2011 book by journalist Leslie Kean, he wrote, "It's time to find out >> what the truth really is that's out there. The American people—and people >> around the world—want to know, and they *can* handle the truth." >> >> Podesta's interest in extraterrestrial phenomenon is nothing new. In >> 1998, the *Washington Post* described >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/podesta093098.htm> >> his "fanatical devotion to 'The X-Files'—especially FBI agent Fox Mulder, >> with whom he shares a penchant for obsessiveness and paranoia." Grant >> Cameron, a Canadian UFO researcher <http://www.presidentialufo.com/>, >> unsuccessfully tried to get the Clinton Library to release records >> detailing Podesta's *X-Files*-themed 50th birthday party >> <http://www.presidentialufo.com/bill-clinton/347-john-podesta-foia-appeal-rejected>, >> which was apparently thrown by the first couple—who may have dressed up as >> the show's main characters. >> >> In February, as he prepared to step down as a senior adviser to >> President Obama, Podesta tweeted about >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/02/13/obama-aide-john-podesta-says-biggest-failure-was-not-securing-the-disclosure-of-ufo-files/> >> the UFO issue: >> >> While the tweet may have been tongue in cheek, UFO activists went nuts >> over it. "It was a big frickin' deal," says Bassett. "Someone who has been >> an adviser to the president of the United States, and is leaving his job, >> and it's already been announced publicly that he is going to be a key >> adviser to the heir apparent to the White House, the de facto candidate, >> does not, on the day he leaves the White House, put out a tweet about UFOs. >> He's inviting hundreds of articles to be written about this tweet." Podesta >> did not respond to a request for comment. >> >> The other reason that UFO enthusiasts are excited about a potential >> Clinton victory goes back to the *X-Files *era. In early 1993, Laurance >> S. Rockefeller began to lobby the Clinton administration to release any >> government information related to UFOs and extraterrestrials, including the >> 1947 Roswell incident >> <http://www.roswellfiles.com/Articles/RoswellNews.htm>. The fourth child >> of John D. Rockefeller, Rockefeller was a successful venture capitalist >> <http://www.rockarch.org/bio/laurance.php#lsr14>, philanthropist, and >> conservationist. One of his lesser-known interests was UFOs. (He died in >> 2004.) >> >> Over the next three years, Rockefeller and his associates corresponded >> and met with officials in the White House's Office of Science and >> Technology Policy, according to documents released as part of a records >> request filed by Cameron. The effort, known as the Rockefeller Initiative, >> helped push the Air Force to produce what it characterized as the >> definitive report on Roswell >> <http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/homeland_defense/UFOs/roswell.pdf>. (UFO >> activists were not satisfied, to say the least.) The initiative also may >> have helped spur a 1995 executive order that declassified millions >> <http://fas.org/sgp/clinton/eo12958.html> of records, of which the vast >> majority were not UFO-related. >> >> In August 1995, Rockefeller met with Hillary Clinton >> <http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Rockefeller%20Documents/Clinton-Rockefeller_Photos.htm#5>, >> and perhaps Bill, at his Wyoming ranch. In a memo, the then-director of the >> White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Jack Gibbons, warned >> the Clintons about Rockefeller's agenda >> <http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Rockefeller%20Documents/RID-8-4-95.htm> >> before the visit. "[Rockefeller] will want to talk with you about his >> interest in extrasensory perception, paranormal phenomena, and UFO's," he >> wrote. Gibbons said he'd tried to persuade Rockefeller "not to bother you >> with this issue" and to focus instead on the administration's science and >> technology policies. Rockefeller, he continued, "knows that we are trying >> to be helpful in responding to his concerns about UFO's [sic] and human >> potential—and that we're keeping an open mind about such matters—but I've >> made no secret about my conviction that we must not be too diverted from >> more earthly imperatives." Gibbons could not be reached for comment. >> >> *Hillary Clinton with Laurance Rockefeller at his Wyoming ranch in 1995 *Grant >> Cameron/Stephen Bassett >> >> Documents from the Rockefeller Initiative posted on Bassett's website >> <http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Rockefeller%20Documents/Rockefeller_Initiative_Documents.htm> suggest >> that the first lady was kept in the loop. A November 1995 letter >> <http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Rockefeller%20Documents/RID-11-1-95.htm#1> >> to Gibbons from one of Rockefeller's lawyers included a draft letter to >> President Clinton "which Laurance has been discussing with Mrs. Clinton and >> her staff." Three months later, Rockefeller wrote Gibbons about the letter, >> which the White House was apparently in no hurry to receive: "It well may >> be that it will be timely to put this before the President late this year >> in order that it might receive attention in a second term. You indicated >> that you will keep the First Lady's Office informed, and we shall as well." >> >> Bassett says the Rockefeller Initiative proves that the Clintons were >> interested in pursuing meaningful UFO and extraterrestrial disclosure. "You >> don't go through all of this, and have this much work, just to amuse a >> billionaire," he says. "If you did, you'd have to answer to that." Bassett >> has been lobbying for congressional hearings on the question of UFO contact >> with the US government. He says that forcing the Clintons to discuss the >> Rockefeller Initiative is key to his strategy. "I call it the exopolitical >> blue dress," he says, referring to Monica Lewinsky's infamous blue dress >> and "exopolitics <http://exopolitics.org/about/welcome/>," a term for >> the intersection of terrestrial politics and extraterrestrial beings. >> >> Salla, who has claimed that humans are currently in touch with 17 >> extraterrestrial civilizations >> <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/10/conspiracy-watch-beam-me>, >> says that Hillary Clinton's return is another indicator that the truth is >> coming. He cites Jimmy Kimmel's recent interview with President Obama, in >> which the president quipped that he hasn't delved into the government's UFO >> files because "the aliens won't let it happen. You'd reveal all their >> secrets. They exercise strict control over us." >> >> Where most people heard a punch line, Salla discerned a direct link to >> Podesta and perhaps something deeper. "The fact that he said aliens exert >> strict control over us—no president has ever said that before, even as a >> joke," Salla says. "Obama said things that shouldn't just be assumed to be >> throwaway lines. A senior adviser a month before said he was frustrated by >> a lack of progress and now you have Obama on Jimmy Kimmel saying that. I >> think it's worth raising the question." >> >> Asked for clarification of Hillary Clinton's stance on UFO disclosure, a >> spokesman from her office responded via email. "Our non-campaign has a >> strict policy of not commenting on extraterrestrial activity," Nick Merrill >> wrote. "BUT, the Truth Is Out There." >> >> >> >> >>