Dave Ratcliffe inaugurated ratcical.org on the September Equinox, 1995New 2nd edition of Understanding Special Operation will be released on 15 March 2026Based on interviews with Col. L. Fletcher Prouty“The world of Official Narratives runs on cover stories (lies). The business of managing perceptions is big business. While 24/7/365 control and influence of perceptions—by multi-layered double-binds, catch 22s, and contronymal cages—hides in plain sight, it is possible to see beyond the mirrors and screens. A purpose of this book is to provoke questions and encourage curiosity.”directory now includes complete HTML and PDF copy of the 1999 First Editionand complete May 1989 and 5 Aug 1993 RecordingsDave’s influences; Mae Brussell, Tom Davis, John Judge, Marty Schotz, Vincent Salandria, Jim Douglass, and Graeme MacQueen, among othersDiscusses time in Santa Cruz supporting John’s efforts to establish the Mae Brussel Library and Research CenterComplete Transcript of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Nov 15 to Dec 8, 1999and all references in Jim Douglass’ 2000 witness linked to same: “The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis”Graeme MacQueen, 2017: “Beyond Their Wildest Dreams: Sep 11 2001 and The United States Left”Jim Douglass:1980: “Hitler won WWII.… The purpose of the Trident Campaign…is to change ourselves … [by] reducing Trident to what it is in truth: An inert holocaust machine which conscientious people will no more choose to operate than they would an Auschwitz oven.”2008: “… And that’s why I have some hopes that if we are willing to go deeply enough into the darkness – and Kennedy was, and Khrushchev was – anything can happen for the good. But if we don’t go into the darkness it doesn’t happen.”2025 quoting Martin King: ”How did we get here? We got here because [it’s] our government, as Dr. King said in his April 7, 1967 speech”Helen Caldicott, 2015: Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear ExtinctionEd Curtin:review: “Martyrs to the Unspeakable: A Luminous Tapestry of Truth”latest analysis: “The Carefully Contrived Spontaneity of the ‘Shocking’ Epstein Files Release”