The Spotlight
Where each worldview places it
An American investigative newspaper in Washington and one of Icke's main sources in the 1995 book. He calls it "a bastion of Christian Patriotism", whose dogma he rejects, but says it "does some excellent research" with a proven record of accuracy[1]. It opposes the structure by exposing Bilderberg and the Kissinger network.
- Aliases
- Spotlight
- Controls / directs
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- Answers to / controlled by
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- Dates
- 1991 (obtains the Bilderberg guest list)
- 1992 (reviews confidential bank records in New York)
- 1992-11-09 (publishes Charles Barletta)
- 1994-09-12
- 1994-12-05
- 1994-12-19[2]
- Places
- Washingtonthe United States (AT-12-2)
- Key events
- 1991: obtains the Bilderberg guest list[3]
- 1992-11-09: publishes the former Justice Department investigator Charles Barletta on Kissinger Associates cases[4]
- 1994-09-12: cited as "the American investigative newspaper"[5]
- Author's claims · 7
- 01It "is constantly seeking to infiltrate Bilderberg meetings" and "had a good year in 1991 when it obtained the guest list"[3].
- 02It fought a libel hearing with E. Howard Hunt of the CIA over the Kennedy assassination[6].
- 03It reported Michael Riconosciuto's claims and the Bilderberg Group's 1989 decision that Thatcher must go[7]; "according to Spotlight sources" the 1995 Bilderberg meeting decided John Major must support a Federal Europe[8].
- 04"This populist newspaper, after reviewing confidential bank records in New York City", exposed the Kissinger network in the Yugoslav war; through Mitterrand and The Spotlight, Kissinger is named the "master manipulator" of that war[9].
- 05It published McMahan's "What is Murdoch Up To And Who Is Backing Him?"[10].
- 06Its readers have photographed UN troops inside the United States, and it revealed the ARRC[11].
- 07Icke uses it despite disagreeing with its belief system: "It is a bastion of Christian Patriotism, for a start. But it does some excellent research"[12].