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The John Batchelor Show

HEADLINE: Uncovering the October Surprise: From Rogue Sources to Documents in an Abandoned Restroom AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Investigative reporter Craig Unger pursued the October Surprise story, initially utilizing controversial sources like rogue Is

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Books, Society & Culture, Arts, News

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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HEADLINE: Uncovering the October Surprise: From Rogue Sources to Documents in an Abandoned RestroomAUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Investigative reporter Craig Unger pursued the October Surprise story, initially utilizing controversial sources like rogue Israeli operative Ari Ben-Menashe. Although establishment reports largely dismissed the claims, colleague Bob Parry discovered a massive archive of abandoned documents in a Congressional office building restroom, containing secrets supporting the October Surprise narrative.

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0:00.0

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0:29.6

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Batchew with my friend and colleague, Craig Unger,

0:34.0

Dan of Spies, Reagan, Carter, and the secret history of the treason that stole the White House.

0:37.7

Craig and I were at the same gym on the Upper West Side at this time,

0:44.2

and I was often listening to his tales about going from the success of Esquire to the resources available from Newsweek. With bureaus all over the world, as Craig says,

0:50.6

and they want you to go somewhere, you just buy the ticket and go there. This is owned by the Washington Post, makes a great deal of money.

0:57.2

Your editorial meetings, there's a team put together. It's extremely impressive.

1:01.1

Maynard Parker is the editor-in-chief. He hires Craig in a conversation.

1:07.8

John Barry is the head of the investigation in Englishmen.

1:12.3

And they come together and have meetings, and Craig then goes to meet Ben Menashi again, who flies in from Australia.

1:18.4

All is going extremely well. Did you have any sense that it was not going in the direction

1:23.1

you thought, Craig? Not initially. I thought we were all on the same page, and wow, this was the team

1:28.5

that was going to put it all together, and we would be the new sort of Woodward and Birdstein.

1:34.8

That's the way it appeared to be going. And suddenly, about a month or so into it, or five or six

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