"
Too much information running through my brain. Too much information driving me insane!" ~
Too Much Information:
The Police I was fanatical about the band as a teenager. One common piece of trivia about the band and its members was -- the band's founder and drummer,
Stewart Copeland, is the son of a former CIA agent (now deceased). I never did give much thought to what his father,
Miles Copeland Jr., actually did for the CIA until tonight. This spook was spooky.
He quite the CIA in 1953 to work for
Booz-Allen Hamilton then rejoined the CIA in 1955. Now THAT'S interesting. He strongly supported George Bush Sr., who was CIA director in 1976, and disdained Carter. Copeland had knowledge of (and possibly involvement with)
the delay in the release of the U.S. hostages in iran. He even founded the political support group called, 'spooks for Bush.' Oh . . . another Bush connection: Copeland was also involved in the oil industry after leaving the CIA (again) in 1957. More Copeland/CIA knowledge or involvement:
manipulating Syrian Elections /
participated in coup in which Syrian colonel Husni Za'im seized power /
WATERGATE! /
MK-Ultra /
Church of Scientology /
The Baath Party in Iraq /
Thatcher's election. It's interesting what he had to say about
The Sabotage of the Presidential Campaign of Senator Edmund Muskie
1971-1972
Was there any spook(y) business behind the scenes during
the band's tour of third-world countries in the early 1980s.
Who else was embedded with the band's tour crew? What about Ian,
Miles III (the band's manager), or
Stewart?
At least
Sting pulled the plug on "Brand New Day" from the Bush campaign. How much did Sting's knowledge of Copeland influence the tongue-in-cheek song,
"Murder by Numbers?"
posted by augustweed
on Oct 15, 2005 -
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