Preview: "October Surprise": Craig Unger, author of "Den of Spies," reports that he is receiving new information regularly, such as a phone call from Portugal, since the publication of his 44 years of digging. More later.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, conversation with my colleague Craig Unger, the author of a new book, |
| 0:06.1 | Den of Spies, Reagan, Carter, and the secret history of the treason that stole the White House. |
| 0:12.9 | This is the October surprise, and Craig publishing all the details over 30 years, is still getting information. |
| 0:21.4 | And he tells us here that it's just coming in, and no one has moved to refute the information |
| 0:27.4 | he's already published. |
| 0:29.7 | The October surprise, the election of 1980, the understanding between the Reagan campaign, |
| 0:38.1 | led by the very famous Bill Casey, super spy, |
| 0:43.6 | with the Iranian regime, |
| 0:46.3 | that the hostages would not be released |
| 0:48.4 | before Ronald Reagan was president. |
| 0:52.9 | That is the October surprise that the Reagan campaign believed would decide the election for |
| 1:01.3 | President Carter. |
| 1:03.6 | October surprise. |
| 1:04.7 | Here's Craig Unger explaining what's happening now. |
| 1:08.4 | Yes, it is. |
| 1:09.3 | I mean, I got a wonderful call from Portugal just yesterday with some new |
| 1:14.0 | information on this. And it's, you know, everything confirms what I, anything I've gotten |
| 1:21.4 | confirms what I've reported. And I think what's amazing is that since publication, no one has |
| 1:30.7 | challenged, to my knowledge, has challenged a single fact that I've reported. |
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