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  • 2017-11-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Were U.S. Marine Corps Helicopters Spotted Over CIA Headquarters? (en)
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  • A right-wing radio host is making the unsupported claim that the U.S. military sent a message to the Central Intelligence Agency by buzzing the intelligence agency's headquarters with helicopters. Hal Turner, who is also a convicted felon, says he was contacted by unnamed witnesses to a story that was being downplayed by reputable news outlets. Turner claimed on his web site that members of a Marine expeditionary unit was spotted at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia on 18 November 2017. He wrote: In an update on 20 November 2017, Turner said he was told: The story was picked up by other conservative web sites. But Turner also accused some of them of embellishing his witnesses' account, adding: We contacted both the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Marine Corps seeking comment. The CIA did not comment -- but a person did answer the phone there, suggesting that the agency was still operational despite some of the claims that Turner himself has disavowed. A Marine Corps spokesperson, Major Brian Block, told us: Turner also suggested that other media outlets were ignoring the story. However, we contacted two Washington D.C.-area news stations, WJLA-TV and WRC-TV, and neither station said that they had received similar reports from their own viewers, some of which would presumably work at or live near Langley, or neighboring communities. The radio host, who was convicted in August 2010 for threatening to kill three federal judges, also attempted to link the story with other conspiracy theories through another claim: A spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told us that their office does not keep statistics regarding the number of sealed indictments. Meanwhile, both the UraniumOne and Pizzagate conspiracies have been roundly debunked. Turner also operated Superstation 95, a web site that has pushed conspiracy theories concerning the mass shootings in San Bernardino and Orlando, among other topics. The Southern Poverty Law Center has described Turner as a white supremacist true believer who has used radio and Internet broadcasts to disseminate his hate since the 1990s. (en)
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