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Banned Discovery Channel Documentary now on Google Video watch!

video.google.com — On Tuesday May 3, 1994 this program was scheduled to air on the Discovery Channel. Influential members of congress applied pressure to the cable industry to stop the airing of the program and destroy all copies. The Discovery Channel was reimbursed for the 1/4 to 1/2 million dollars production costs. This is the program they didn't want you to see!

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  • TiCL, on 10/12/2007, -105/+9OMG! PEDO!!
    • lordthor, on 10/12/2007, -163/+32This is retarded, and it was not banned from TV. This is a lie and another step on the propaganda path by the same people who brought you "it was a missile that hit the world trade center, not a plane!!"
    • vbrtrmn, on 10/12/2007, -9/+32Direct download here: http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/conspiracyofsilence2.wmv
    • mrlost117, on 10/12/2007, -26/+81@lordthor
      "This is retarded, and it was not banned from TV"

      have you actually looked into that or are you just rambling jargon at the top of the page?
    • missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -9/+119while I might be inclined to agree that he's just rambling, that's not what "jargon" means.
    • mrlost117, on 10/12/2007, -37/+14my apologies
      sounded good at the time :)
    • rickbauls, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conspiracy_of_Silence
    • ilyag, on 10/12/2007, -39/+62This is just a conspiracy theory, which already went through the courts and was debunked and thrown out.

      On January 30, 1990, Nebraska State Attorney General, Robert Spire, called for a grand jury to investigate these allegations. On February 6, 1990, former County District Judge Samuel Van Pelt was appointed a special prosecutor for the Douglas County Grand Jury, which convened on March 12, 1990.

      On July 23, 1990, after hearing many hours of testimony, the grand jury threw out all of the allegations concerning sexual child abuse and labeling the charges a "carefully crafted hoax".

      FURTHERMORE, this whole thing was initiated by a cover story in the Washington Times. The Washington Times is a newspaper owned by an Asian cult leader named Sun Myung Moon, who tricked several members of US Congress to attend his "coronation" ceremony as the new Messiah. In essence, the newspaper is an ultra-conservative tabloid by a creepy, rich psychopath who's trying to use his wealth to spread both his "religion" and his fringe political beliefs. It's like the Weekly World News, only they don't do it as a joke.

      Now, you may believe that it's true anyway, that the allegations are correct, and that the courts are in on this in some wide-reaching conspiracy, like 9/11 and UFOs, but don't go around saying these are facts, or that this really did happen. It seems incredibly likely that the Discovery Channel realized that improper research was conducted by the makers of the documentary and THAT was why it was pulled.

      I'm hoping that Snopes will have an article on this in the near future.
    • nrvous250gt, on 10/12/2007, -10/+82Soylent Green is made out of people! It's peeeeeeeeeeeeople!!
    • whiznat, on 10/12/2007, -6/+32@ilyag

      If you have citations of these court events, please update the Wiki article on the Conspiracy of Silence.
    • ilyag, on 10/12/2007, -27/+10whiznat:

      That information is public domain, and I don't have time to go seek it out and update lengthy Wikipedia articles. You're more than welcome to do it yourself.
    • Bantec, on 10/12/2007, -12/+46RE: 'This is just a conspiracy theory, which already went through the courts and was debunked and thrown out.'

      Then why would somebody go through the trouble to have a show taken off the schedule, buy the rights to that documentary and proceed to destroy it? I don't care what it's about (UFOs, Bigfoot, JFK etc.) when someone goes to that length there is something to hide.
    • ilyag, on 10/12/2007, -20/+17"when someone goes to that length there is something to hide."

      You're probably right. But there's also a lot to doubt as well.
    • kyledavis, on 10/12/2007, -12/+36@Bantec

      Did you ever consider the possibility that it's NOT that there's something to hide? It's that there is nothing to show.

      In other words, maybe the execs at Discovery Channel found out very late in production that the accusations made in this documentary were based on garbage evidence.

      But then some people just find it oddly comforting to believe that everything is a conspiracy.
    • iceperson, on 10/12/2007, -13/+62Digg reserved until I can find a way to blame it on Bush...
    • Bhima, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20being that at court ordered him to payout $800,000.00 to some kid in 1999, I'd say there's something to all of this...
    • scrubadub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6another direct link (sorry for the reply spam, figure people might want this)
      click "windows media" on the left
      http://www.archive.org/details/Censored_Discovery_Channel_on_Pedophilia_in_Boys_Town
    • achoo5000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Coverup_Scandal
    • diggywiggit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.rense.com/1.imagesG/conspiracyofsilence2.wmv

      Another working link.

    • beasty_dave_Mk2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Even tho it's done by a very biased Alex Jones, there's a AWESOME interview of John DeCamp about the franklin cover-up here;

      http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2004/210704johndecamp.htm







      "....And by the way just to answer your next question. Yes, I put names in the book, dates and everything that I could just as they were. Why? Because I figured blow it out all straight and I said when a number of threatening calls came after the first edition came out. They said, “This is the most libelous, slanderous thing we've ever heard.” And I said, “Fine, I think I've done enough to prove it and I'm satisfied. If somebody feels that way, if somebody said these things about me I'd sue them for liable and slander.”

      AJ: Here you are 10 years later and you're winning lawsuits.

      JD: Well, there was one libel/slander lawsuit as a result of the book. But, that was one I filed against some group called Great Atlantic Telecast Company. Some TV network on the East Coast when they had one of the characters of the book - who also happened to be running for president at the time - go around saying, "Oh, don't believe this and don't believe this, this is a lie." And they supported him and so I sued them. Well it ended up they ended up paying me off, backing down and reaching a settlement.

      AJ: Stay right there Senator. This is powerful info. It's all coming up. "


    • szembek, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6Why do so many people reply to the first post even when their comment is not a reply at all, but merely an independent comment on the article.
    • beasty_dave_Mk2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm a unapologetic attention whore.

      What's your reason szembek?
  • chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6it looks like it was cut from the original film... or some very good video editing software.
  • Desolite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40if someone watches can they post a synopsis? i can't watch this at work :(
    • roastedbagel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+60Was hoping for the same thing here. And negative kudos to the submitter for not doing so in the first place.
    • chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40it's about the child sex trade amougst famous people, priest and politicians.

      something called "boys town". i'm still watching so...
    • sk8asd123, on 10/12/2007, -42/+2Please.
    • UrlorJkron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39Yeah, submitter should at least have posted the subject of the video.

      Title at google is, "Conspiracy of Silence - US Politicians Pedophile Ring."
    • Brasky, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11"it's about the child sex trade amougst famous people, priest and politicians.

      something called "boys town". i'm still watching so..."

      Boys Town is a place outside of Omaha, NE for troubled youth...
    • d00fy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Synopsis:

      High level government cover-ups of child sex rings. Paid/drugged/forced child prostitution by prominent business men/politicians. Murders, threats, "accidents", "suicides". FBI acquiring evidence and intimidating even police enforcement. Courts "accidentally" destroying evidence.

      @ The Bohehiam Grove:

      [One of the male-children prostituted:]
      " (In other words have sex with him.) At first I said no and they held a gun to my genitals... We did this stuff to the boy for about 30 minutes or an hour when a man came in and kicked us and stuff in the genitals. And picked us up and threw us. He grabbed the boy and started blanking him and stuff. The man was about (I'm not sure how to say this) the man was about so many inches long and the boy screamed and stuff.

      The man was forcing his blank into the boy all the way. The boy was bleeding from his rectum and the men tossed me and him and stuff and put the boy right next to me and grabbed a gun and blew the boy's head off. The boy's blood was all over me..

      Everything including when the men put the boy in the trunk was filmed...

      [Later after they hosed them off, and then allowed them a shower the victim's gore off]: They had the film and they played it. As the men watched it they passed Nicholas and I around as if we were toys…"

      -------------
      [Former state senator John DeCamp]: (Speaking to Alex Jones) "Well, of course the Discovery Channel that sent a team in from Britain spent about half million dollars doing things and I think that was one of the centerpieces of their's. You've seen that one right? It was to air…….

      "[Alex Jones:] Oh yeah. We accidentally played it on TV."

      http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2004/210704johndecamp.htm
  • IHaveIssues, on 10/12/2007, -8/+8Did they use previously enjoyed Super 8 film?
  • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I'm sure everyone is in the midst of watching this - can one of you provide a synopsis when you're done, for those of us at [cough]work[cough], who can't watch immediately?
    • Lane5slacker, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8Don't forget us at school! We can't watch it either!
    • vbrtrmn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10There's a synopsis on demonoid
      http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/444798/
    • clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Basically tells about how Boys Town was the center of a child prositution ring that involved sex and drugs and special trips. Involved local police and politicians and also some national level people in high power jobs.

      Showed some interviews with victums and the recount what happened to them and others.
    • Kuipo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@vbrtrmn
      People at work would visit demonoid.com? Dang, gata be a lax company to allow you to visit torrent sites.
  • L2006, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25*****, man. The quality is better than hd!
  • allapb, on 10/12/2007, -11/+6its about a group of politicans that were pedophiles.
    i think its work safe
    dude these guys are assholes
    • Software2, on 10/12/2007, -9/+101"i think its work safe"

      If I were your boss, and I walked by and saw the title of your browser included the words "Pedophile Ring" I don't know if I'd fire you on the spot, or call the police.

      Then you'd explain to me that it's a documentary, etc.

      Then I'd see you were wasting an hour of company time, and fire you on the spot.
    • thewaz, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1its probably smartflitered at many offices
    • clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3@Software2

      Don't take it out of context... Conspiracy of Silence - US Politicians Pedophile Ring
    • mercuryswitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10clickwir: Then move on to step two of what Software2 outlined above.
    • dawgma, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3@ Software2

      You sound like an *****, man. Fired on the spot for watching a doc... what about second chances? past history? a slow work day?

      It must be easy to get you red.
  • generalleoff, on 10/12/2007, -21/+8I would prefer a different source. This looks like a 10th generation re compress and the audio is so low I can't even hear it at max.
  • cuddleparty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23politicians (local or otherwise) recruited young men and women to go to parties, get all doped up and perform sexual favors.

    http://www.thelawparty.org/FranklinCoverup/franklin.htm
    • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -13/+25This is why the Republicans don't get dinged on sex scandals as much as the Democrats. It's because they run their own internal prostitution ring and keep a tight lid on it. The Democrats end up hitting on interns with big mouths (pardon my, uh, pun?).
    • roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -15/+12Im betting her mouth didnt need to be -that- big.
    • xedd, on 10/12/2007, -13/+9"Im betting her mouth didnt need to be -that- big."

      It wouldn't need to be big if she were trying her antics on members of the present administration, (pun intended)
    • merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8It's worth pointing out again, that the Washington Times is owned by cult leader Sun Myung Moon.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Times

      I'd take anything they say with a pound of salt.
    • allatti2d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11It was also reported by the New York Times:
      ==========
      According to the December 15, 1989 New York Times, Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers came forward with reports of "boys and girls, some of them from foster homes, who had been transported around the country by airplane to provide sexual favors, for which they were rewarded."
      ========== (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Coverup_Scandal)

      It's hard to say, especially in light of some of the things in the news currently... you remember that mother whose son disappeared 24 years ago, and someone left pics of her boy and another boy bound and gagged? (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2386261 ) These pedophile rings do exist, and there are definitely pedophiles in high places with a lot of money and power to do these kinds of things.

      Whether the documentary is true or not, I'm sure it COULD be true. And I remember the McMartin Preschool Scandal here in California; kids were/weren't pressured to say they were molested, kids were/weren't pressured to recant, it was probably made out to be a lot bigger deal than it really was. One never knows, but the possibility is 100% valid.
  • UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -2/+91Will someone tell me whether the pedophiles were Republicans or Democrats so I can know if I should try to suppress this or not. Thanks.


    /s-s-sarcasm
    • generalleoff, on 10/12/2007, -27/+5the reps pedoed dem children and the dems pedod rep children. you know to even things out.
    • cuddleparty, on 10/12/2007, -22/+1the right vs. left thing is stupid, wwf fakery, but i'll let you take a guess as to which side it was.
    • frogpelt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Thanks for letting him guess. That's so nice of you.
  • EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+88SUMMARY, for those who can't watch now. I saw this a long time ago. It's a copy of a copy of a last surviving copy of a documentary that got nixed due to content and political connections.

    The allegations, credibly presented IMO, are that at least in Nebraska (Boys town, a place with lots of church-raised orphans), there was a child sex ring organized by a leading local GOP figure. Drugs were used to keep the kids in line. Kids were used as prostitutes for rich and well connected men.

    A few of the kids told their story, were pressured by police to recant, went to jail, and now re-affirm their original story. A former CIA director (Colby) was called in to validate the claims and he sided with the kids and the investigator who kept digging on their behalf.

    The wider conspiracy angle includes Colby dying shortly thereafter, allegations of connections to the national GOP (Elder Bush, etc..) and that this sort of thing being widespread in DC. The documentary does a pretty good job of presenting facts without too much spin, especially on the national angle. King pretty clearly got away with something -- the only charges that stuck were financial. And it's pretty clear the investigation was stonewalled and/or whitewashed by interested parties. Not a good day for justice.

    Personal take: As to whether this reaches to the national GOP and the oft-alleged deviancies of our leaders is far from proven. But given everything else going on, I think we need to find out.
  • Bantec, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14I am watching now. I remember a small stink being raised about this. It mostly got pinned on Boys Town. Afterward they nailed another priest that ran a big runaway shelter in NY, and it was linked to this. The politician involvement was buried, and forgotten by most. Myself included. The priests then became the brunt of all the jokes. Not that they didn't deserve it...
  • Nurseman, on 10/12/2007, -25/+7This is about a sex scandal from 1989. Can anyone tell me how/why this is front page news ? Summary - Politicians in Washington had sex with underage males and females, and then used their influence to cover it up. Is there one single person here who thinks this has not been going on in every administration since politics began ?
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -18/+6Because they are trying to insinuate that Republicans covered this up. And, that they were involved. Not, the "heavenly" Dems, tho.
    • xedd, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9"...they are trying to insinuate that Republicans covered this up."

      Excuse me.... "INSINUATE"????

      It appears, dear Sir, that your cranium is currently residing a bit north of your anal orifice.
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@xedd:

      In order for the government to smother this, I believe everyone would need to be involved. Otherwise, you set up a situation where your opponent can blow the lid off a scandal. That apparently didn't happen, therefore, the democrats were involved too. You sir, are the one suffering from cranial inter-rectitis.
  • davetheyuppie, on 10/12/2007, -27/+7The story is 20 years old and the "documentary" is 12 years old! Old news.
    I question the timing of posting.
  • serramagk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25A better quality version is available via Torrent : http://btjunkie.org/torrent?do=stat&id=29085ef0a8e679ebbdaf72691473bd270d76c7070c83

    The comment from BTJunkie
    A documentary listed for viewing in TV Guide Magazine was to be aired on the Discovery Channel, on May 3, 1994. This documentary exposed a network of religious leaders and Washington politicians who flew children to Washington D.C. for sex orgies. Many children suffered the indignity of wearing nothing but their underwear and a number displayed on a piece of cardboard hanging from their necks when being auctioned off to foreigners in Las Vegas, Nevada and Toronto, Canada. At the last minute before airing, unknown congressmen threatened the TV Cable industry with restrictive legislation if this documentary was aired. Almost immediately, the rights to the documentary were purchased by unknown persons who had ordered all copies destroyed. A copy of this videotape was furnished anonymously to former Nebraska state senator and attorney John De Camp who made it available to retired F.B.I. chief, Ted L. Gunderson. While the video quality is not top grade, this tape is a blockbuster in what is revealed by the participants involved.

    Video Codec: DivX 5.x
    Video: ~1000 kbit/s
    Runtime: 55 Min
    Audio Format: ~128 kbit/s MP3 CBR
    Frame Size: 640x464
    Framerate: 29,970 fps
    Language: English
  • BLAKEBUCK, on 10/12/2007, -21/+2I'm a little supsicious of it's legitimacy. First off, for a "1/2 Million Dollar" documentary, the production values are quite low, especially when you consider it was supposedly produced for the Discovery Channel in 1994.

    The transfer is from what appears to be grainy Super 8 film, rather than Beta or 16mm which would have been much more likely for this kind of documentary in 1994. There are also reel notes on the film zooming by every few shots and missing video segments, which says to me this documentary was in no way ready to be broadcast, especially on the Discovery Channel. Finally, the length is 55 minutes 12 seconds - much longer than your average Discovery Channel documentary even in 1994 (almost all hour long television documentaries are 48-50 minutes tops).

    I'm not arguing that the points the film brings up is invalid, just that the disclaimer at the beginning and supposed story behind it do not seem legitamate at all.
    • Bantec, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The film is probably a copy of a rough edit. Like it said, 'somebody bought the rights and ordered all copies destroyed'. With that I would assume somebody who had something to do with the... never mind too much speculation. I'll see if I can find anything on it.
    • ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Why are all you complete retards still complaining about the quality?!

      It has been explained OVER AND OVER AND OVER that it is a copy of a copy of a copy, and is lucky just to have survived the campaign intent on all remaining copies being destroyed.

      It's not a blockbuster star wars movie; the quality doesn't matter. it's the content!!!!
    • jasonok6, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Dude, are you kidding me? You are doubting its legitamacy based on the quality? Have you ever been exposed to a professional video or audio cd before it goes in for editing and mastering? Cause if you had, you would know that even a mega-blockbuster video or cd sounds and looks like poop before being edited and mastered. This would appear to be a salvaged video that was created from the un-edited, un-mastered non-final version.
  • ergerg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16The current wikipedia article on Lawerence King is deleted.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King

    Google Cache has the old article.
    http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:G1tAHhQsJnMJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King+lawrence+king&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
    • peterlisanti, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Looks like Wiki works - somebody just restored the entry, word-for-word, from the Google cache.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King
    • ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4FYI: If you click HISTORY at the top of the page, you can see every single iteration of the page since it was created, and link to them if you so desire.

  • jamesmarshall, on 10/12/2007, -13/+0Holy snot batman, they stole the music from Twin Peaks!
  • theWrkncacnter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Man I hate google video compression!
    • RegisteredUser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's not the compression, it's the (lack of) quality from the source video. If you wanna complain about bad compression, check out any YouTube video.
  • bignate23, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3This really points to Satanism and Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA).

    Satanic cults are involved in the destroying of young innocent souls, and some demons specifically call for individuals to bring forth at least one child per year. Molech is one such demon that is specifically mentioned in the Bible, and world leaders visit the Bohemian Grove once per year to honor Molech and sacrifice a child (supposedly a fake body) to the giant stone owl.

    There are just sick pedophiles out there, but this video points to something bigger.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove
  • clickr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7So why isnt anyone mad with the channel for succumbing to political pressure ?

    What happened to US being a country of free speech and liberty for all (except orphans and destitutes) ? My respect for Discovery has gone down the drain.

    While Islam goes nuts and riots stating they are not violent, the church encourages pedophilia.
    At the same time, we are governed by corrupt bureaucrats voted into office by primates, all who say they "fear God" but do a lot of ungodly acts in private.

    Wait till these kids abused at a young age grow up and make a nation. I hope they abuse the kids of those they were abused by. in fact, that should become a law :)
    • krellor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@clickr
      "So why isnt anyone mad with the channel for succumbing to political pressure ?"

      Erm... Do you know how to read? It clearly says (in many places around the web) that pressure was placed on the cable networks. Discovery is just one channel, and if cable network refuses to air them then they can't do much about it. They could have taken it to court but that would take a long time to get sorted out, and it would miss its scheduled air time regardless. Even if they went to court ultimately the court would just rule that the cable networks have a right to control what content that they show. The only good that could come out of it would be shedding more light into the ongoing case. Which, while a good thing, still probably wouldn't have done much for getting the story out.
    • Navicerts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"Wait till these kids abused at a young age grow up and make a nation. I hope they abuse the kids of those they were abused by. in fact, that should become a law :)"

      That's wrong.
    • mercuryswitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4When they threaten to shut down your company, I'd let the government get their way. It's like complaining about someone getting bossed around with a gun pointed to their head, and saying you completely lost respect for the poor fellow who caved in.
    • allatti2d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1clickr --

      Only proponents of the film said it never aired because of political pressure. The actual television companies never said why.
      ==========
      Proponents of the film claim that it was withdrawn due to political pressure; neither Yorkshire Television nor Discovery Channel commented officially on why it was not aired.
      ========== (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conspiracy_of_Silence )
  • nocountries, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8how can we take these politicians seriously when they tell us what to do in our private lives, when they are busy abusing children in theirs?
    • jbink303, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2However, we're also told, 'What someone does in their private lives is their business.' A la Lewinsky. It wasn't pedophilia, don't get me wrong, but I'm guessing it was probably bordering on sexual harassment.

      What's that? I can't understand you when you're talking out of both sides of your mouth.

      On another note, pedophiles should be locked up and forced to watch Teletubbies Clockwork Orange style.
    • jasonok6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@nocountries- If it took a video like this to make you question your politicians then you have obviously been living under a rock for most of your life. Anybody who trusts and believes in most politicians...let me rephrase that...anybody who trust and believes in most the politicians affiliated with their party is a complete and total sucker who is being played like nothing else.

      And for you blind dingbats who don't believe this could ever happen because it was dismissed in the courts as being a clever hoax...you are right. Politicians with all the power in the world do not become bored with the legal boundaries of life and play doctor on innocent boys and girls. Priests don't finger alter boys, 75%+ of protestant pastors do not have at least one affair with a member of their church. The earth is flat, and evolution is a mythos.
  • donlaverty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Website on the case: http://www.franklincase.org
  • TimmyTerbler, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Boys Town, also known as NAMBLA...
    • liquilife, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now if they could just find a poster boy then people would understand them better!

      Wait, I know a poster boy who might want to join their fine organization...
  • Bantec, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This guy had originally researched the story and wrote a book or article in Europe before the documentary was finished. He has insight into exactly what happened, though he cannot validate how exactly the documentary was sunk. I don't think anyone can.

    http://www.propagandamatrix.com/141003conspiracyofsilence.html

    This is a basic overview by an encyclopedia about the conspiracy and the cover-up. Apparently it is that well known.

    http://experts.about.com/e/c/co/Conspiracy_of_Silence.htm

    It is also covered extensively in a book called 'The Franklin Cover-Up'
  • djkrush, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3If this is true it doesnt surprise me, this has been going on for millenia. Julius Caeser was accused of this by many, and there are other historical figures who have also been accused of this. You'd be surprised how once you reach any sort of power no matter how little that is, the networks you are able to make and the power that brings.
    • xedd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@djkrush
      "Julius Caeser was accused of this by many,"

      Julius Caesar was NEVER accused of homosexual pedophilia. He was certainly a player, but he was the purported son of the goddess Venus, so he had to live up to her reputation.
      ;-)

      The irony to the present sordid story: thes same lying scumbags prove their hypocrisy by pretending to be so highly moralistic with the "conservative" social values, and their holier-than-thou attitude. Republican Party is full of LIARS, opportunistic deceivers, cheaters and thieves.
    • djkrush, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2He was accused of homosexuality. I have read the documents in Latin class in their latin form of this, do a google search of caesar homosexuality and see what comes up. You will see that he was accused of by many as homosexual (mostly his enemies and mostly after his death). One particular thing I read in its original latin text was the reason why he adopted augustus was so he could molest him. It was all rumors and hearsay, but I dont believe rumors dont have some legitimacy in the truth. But to summarise what I read (which was authentic political commentary of the time) was that he had these outtings on sea vessels where he would molest little boys, Augustus being one of them.
    • DiggidtyDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's interesting,I always thought the romans were ok with homosexuality.
    • djkrush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3that was the greeks
    • Jadael, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It wasn't homosexuality they were against, it was being a bottom. Being a top was seen as at least masculine, if still a little strange. And of course if there were no women around, well, hey he had no choice right?

      But Caesar was accused of preferring to be on the bottom.
  • lakawak, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5If nothing else. the video lies on way. I just looked up old microfilm of TV supplements and TV guide.

    It was NOT scheduled to air!

    Why would they make it so easy to verify their lies?
    • PAJK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Because they're not lies, and you suck at research, obviously...
  • solarpowered, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Just look at that Yahoo video playlist: It's got a bunch of David Icke, who says that lizards are ruling the world! Bah!

    "Banned Discovery Channel Documentary": Not credible by association.


  • maskMarauder, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3It is amazing how convenient this was stirred up during a heated election year. This is typical propaganda thrown around by liberals and the media. All they can do is to spread FUD because that is all they got. It is so obvious, it is still amazing libs don't get it. Why don't they spend time coming up with real solutions versus trying to spread this kind of stuff around?
    • ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7If you don't know the sky is blue, and I tell you during an election year, the point is still that hey, the sky is blue. You can do whatever you want with that information, but it's a fact, and it's something you didn't know before, and I think it's inane to perhaps wait until a different time to tell you that.

      What's sad is that here you are telling people not to say or discuss certain things based on what's happening this year. Poor you.
    • xedd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@maskMarauder
      "This is typical propaganda thrown around by liberals and the media. All they can do is to spread FUD because that is all they got."

      You wish it were FUD.

      But it ain't.

    • craptacuIar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Yep. Those dirty libs are Swiftboating the... well, they're... um...

      :rollseyes:

      Why is it that whenever somebody is accused of something and they happen to be connected to the GOP, it MUST be a conspiracy of freedom-hating hippies (or blamed on Bush in the opposing case)? Neither side lacks closets full of skeletons, but don't shout down those looking into tragic crimes due to political BS.

    • jeffreyDigg, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1And you understand this subject so well because the rethugs have done it so efficiently for the last 6 years - right? Both parties do it to influence voters. Nuff said.
    • maskMarauder, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0@ayeroxor

      "What's sad is that here you are telling people not to say or discuss certain things based on what's happening this year. Poor you."

      Ahhhh, a typical response that I would expect. I am not telling people not to say or discuss certain things anytime of the year. How you ever got that is amazing. I'm pointing out that this type of propaganda that is always cranked up in hopes some how it will influence the election. If you can't see that, "poor you". Unfortunately it does come from both sides, however at least the right is backed up with the idea that I am an individual and have the freedom not to be reliant on the government from my health, retirement and daily living. I have the freedom to excel at my pace in this country.

  • ollj, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3Conspiraacy ***** videos are such a waste of time, unless you watch them to fall asleep-.
    • FBMGriever, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6That's one of thoe most ignorant things I have ever read.

      If you would stay awake and actually watch this you would understand that this is actually a quality documentary. I for one hate all of those pathetic 9/11 conspiracy theory stories but this one backs up EVERYTHING with fact.

      Excellent work finding this. Brilliant story. Dugg.
  • imightbewrong, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2hey the music is from Twin Peaks!!
    • imightbewrong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1why mod down an interesting fact?
  • haggie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6News Flash!!! American politicians consider themselves above the law and love ***** their constituency in the ass! Film at 11!



  • tinygibbles, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6When will the documentary come out that shows all those Suni's that show up on Baghdad streets, bound, gagged, tortured, and shot in the head, died at the hands of a US led operation to cleanse Iraq? Oh poo, when does the next season of Idol begin???
  • clickr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@krellor
    So what you're saying (or supporting, or quoting, i dont know) is that the channel was ok to succumb and not take them to court ?
    I'm not trying to flame you, i'm just referring to what you had quoted.

    They are stupid for stating that nothing much/good would have come out of it - since when are 'independent' cable companies puppets of the American government ? Are we in Russia ?
    If in court I'm sure it would have made big news.

    Too bad the democrats are a bunch of dingbats who can't straighten the repubs out.
    Too bad the majority of the US dont believe in evolution :)

  • daemonr, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2So I blocked all the political conspiracy bull*** and it still goes on!!. Stop this stuff on digg. The only ones believing is you conspiracy idiots!!!
    • allatti2d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Why in the world do you think this is a conspiracy????

      And if you do think it's a conspiracy, and you blocked the conspiracy stuff, why do you even read it and post on it???
    • webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yes, that stupid large number of people. Tsk. Silly extreme fringe majority...
  • xDev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here's a link to a slightly better quality video:
    http://www.franklincase.org/silence.htm
  • xDev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here's some audio files of Senator John DeCamp being interviewed on various radio shows about the case:
    http://www.franklincase.org/media.htm

    About the video:
    "In 1993 Yorkshire Television sent a documentary crew to Omaha, Nebraska to investigate, document, and interview those close to the Franklin Case. Throughout the following few months the crew collected hours of interviews, spending nearly half a million dollars in the process."

    "The documentary had been contracted by the Discovery Channel, and was to air in the spring of 1994 on American Television. However, the title of the documentary spoke its fate. Conspiracy of Silence was scheduled to air May 3, 1994, with the date published in the TV Guide. But when audiences tuned in from around the country they found that the ground-breaking documentary had been pulled off the air."

    "Later informants told John DeCamp that the documentary had been pulled after Congress struck a deal with cable companies. While other Washington officials claimed the documentary contained pornographic material and should not be aired."

    "Though the Discovery Channel made a deal to destroy all copies of the documentary a cutting-room copy of the expose was anonymously mailed to John DeCamp in 1995. Click on the High Speed or Dial-Up to view the shocking documentary, Conspiracy of Silence."
  • jizzatch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Perhaps, this explains how Jeff Gannon got his white house press pass and his mysterious comings (pun intended) and goings to the WH.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Gosch

    Also, compare pictures of Jeff Gannon with pictures of Johnny Gosch
    http://images.google.com/images?q=jeff+gannon&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
    http://images.google.com/images?q=johnny+gosch&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

    More info
    http://www.rense.com/general63/hey.htm
  • Darkness123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12This is why I love the internet when something like this which is suppose to be destroyed all it took was 1 copy of it going on the internet and now it will stay there for a very long time.
    • webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Yeah, but you know you can't believe anything you read in the internet... it's mostly written by conspiracy nuts... and the bits that aren't are all clogged up... we must regulate the internet so the important [money-making] bits can get though and we get rid of all the [free-libre-gratis] rubbish!
  • BruticusMaximus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Just a dumb question. If it was scheduled to air in 1994, why does it talk about stuff that happened in 1998? How is it possible to air something 4 years before it happens?
    • allatti2d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1BruticusMaximus --
      Where do you get 1998 from? Maybe you saw 1989 (which was when the New York Times article was published) and transposed the numbers?
    • kolanos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What you're probably hearing is 1988, not 1998...
  • szembek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Maybe I'll copy this to VHS and throw it up on the public access channel. That should piss some people off.
  • BobTGoon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Johnny Gosch FTL
  • lazypeon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Besides the fact that there aren't enough FACTS to be found here, it also begs an obvious question -- if all copies were destroyed, then what are we watching?
    • d00fy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Clearly not the final production copy. Looks like a VHS copy from one of the editing processes.
  • diggthiscrap, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Do you child ***** always digg-down the first poster, regardless of what he says?
  • rowlodge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1since all these catholic preachers were found doing this ... would'nt surpise me if it was all true.
  • PSPon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those credits made me waiting for the scarey face to pop-up, I thought it was a trick where their like listen closely and then BAM!
  • littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Book:

    http://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Cover-Up-Satanism-Murder-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/sr=8-1/qid=1158630151/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5211978-2584954?ie=UTF8&s=books
  • kolanos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Reason for the poor quality: It was ordered to be destroyed after the Discovery Channel pulled it (and all known copies were destroyed). Fortunately someone smuggled a rough edit out and held onto it in secrecy for almost two years before mailing a copy to a Senator.

    A message from Senator John Decamp:

    "In mid-1993, after The Franklin Cover-Up had been circulating for almost a year, the British-based TV station, Yorkshire Television, sent a top-notch team to Nebraska to launch its own investigation of the Franklin case. Yorkshire had a contract with the Discovery Channel to produce a documentary on the case for American television.

    Finally, the big day came. Their documentary was to air nation-wide on the Discovery Channel on May 3, 1994. It was advertised in the TV Guide and in newspapers for that day. But no one ever saw that program. At the last minute, and without explanation, it was pulled from the air. It was not shown then, and has never been broadcast anywhere since.

    I have a copy of that program, which arrived anonymously in my mail in late 1995. When I watched this pirated copy, I could see clearly why the program had been suppressed. Conspiracy of Silence proved, beyond doubt, that the essential points I had stressed in the book (and more) were all true."
  • littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some of the alleged activities in this story were alleged to have taken place here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove

    Which another weird can off worms.
  • littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/stopchildrape.net/GlobalChildAbuse.html
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