53 And, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should ... obtain a knowledge of history, and of countries, and of kingdoms, of laws of God and man, and all this for the salvation of Zion. (Doctrine and Covenants 93:53).But how do we get a grip on history "for the salvation of Zion" when we have statements like these?
William "Bill" Casey (CIA Director 1981-1987)The Doctrine and Covenants counsels three times to "seek learning even by study and also by faith" from the best books,3 but where can we find the best books on history when deception has become so normalized? And why study history anyway? Because history is a repeating deja vu? Because history teaches pattern recognition? Because history exposes the ubiquity of deception and secrecy? Because lamentation4 in our day is as needed and justified as in the days of Noah, Moses, Ether, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Nephi, AlmaX2, Mormon, Moroni, et al. al. al.?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."1
Mike Pompeo (CIA Director 2017-2018, Secretary of State 2018-2021)
"We lied, we cheated, we stole ..."2
In my experience, one of the best resources for the exposure of deception and secrecy is The Duke Report.com and his substack. Duke's recent inaugural series called "The Explainer"5 presents dozens of book summaries that seek to expose "what really happened" and to encourage further study with critical thinking. His introductory vlog explaining the series and his use of AI can be found here.6 The topics are eclectic, but here is a representative sample of five:
We probably won't ever get a grip on history until we admit our susceptibility to believing "colossal untruths" cooked up by those "who conspire together in the art of lying,"7 but there is hope. Many people are awakening to how colossal and "grossly impudent" lies can be.
Wall Street and FDR Explainer
(The Duke Report | Nov 10, 2025 | Time min. 6:49 min.) at
https://thedukereport.substack.com/p/wall-street-and-fdr-explainer
https://youtu.be/eKykRDTHkWM?si=v-ri3Gg9SyaS-u8C
The Mythology of American Democracy Explainer
(The Duke Report | Nov 21, 2025 | Time 6:25 min.) at
https://thedukereport.substack.com/p/the-mythology-of-american-democracy-c2b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfN2I6zZeF0
Bitten Explainer
(The Duke Report | Oct 20, 2025 | Time 7:14 min,) at
https://thedukereport.substack.com/p/bitten-explainer
https://youtu.be/5krRUA6BVDg?si=jHqH0-zBlR7ehLKG
The Empire of 'The City' Explainer
The Duke Report | Nov 21, 2025 | Time 6:24 min.) at
https://thedukereport.substack.com/p/the-empire-of-the-city-explainer
https://youtu.be/SWcKOZUrVz4?si=S8YrazQQiZrwxiVx
Banking and Currency and the Money Trust Explainer
(The Duke Report | Nov 23, 2025 | Time 6:50 min.) at
https://thedukereport.substack.com/p/banking-and-currency-and-the-money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4IFGB-5t1w&t=5s
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1. *SOURCE: Greg Smith, ... Answered September 22, 2014
Originally Answered: Did William Casey (CIA Director) really say, "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."?
Ex-DCI Bill Casey's quote was attributed online as reported only by Mae Brussell, and so, I bounced it off Barbara Honegger because I knew she worked for Mae B back in the day, and here's what I got on the ACTUAL SOURCE (talk about luck! - I extracted actual email addresses):
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Barbara Honegger
Date: Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: Conference on THE WARREN REPORT AND THE
JFK ASSASSINATION : FIVE DECADES OF
SIGNIFICANT DISCLOSURES
To: Greg Smith
I told Mae about it when we worked together ...
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Greg Smith wrote:
Thanks Barbara! That's priceless. The web attributes it to Mae B only, and therefore, it's discounted in chat and group conversations on social media. You might want to give it better street cred? Your call! On Sep 21, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Barbara Honegger wrote:
» Seriously -- I personally was the Source
» for that William Casey quote. He said it
» at an early Feb. 1981 meeting in the
» Roosevelt Room in the West Wing of
» the White House which I attended, and
» I immediately told my close friend and
» political godmother Senior White House
» Correspondent Sarah McClendon, who
» then went public with it without naming
» the source ...
from https://www.quora.com/Did-CIA-Director-William-Casey-really-say-Well-know-our-disinformation-program-is-complete-when-everything-the-American-public-believes-is-false
2.
Ex-CIA director Pompeo: 'We lied, we cheated, we stole' (GrayZone: April 24, 2019; 0:26 from Q&A at Texas A&M University) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPt-zXn05ac
(also Secretary Pompeo:"Lying, Cheating, & Stealing reminds you of the glory of the American experiment" (10Beads: Time: 0:1:50) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9zczFARuM
To hear the whole answer to the last question, go to minute 28:22 of the full Q&A:
“Secretary Pompeo Participates in Q&A Discussion at Texas A&M University” (U.S. Department of State, Time: 32:31) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6wbfjspVww
3. Doctrine and Covenants 88:118
118 And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
Doctrine and Covenants 109:7, 14
7 And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith; ...
14 And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all those who shall worship in this house may be taught words of wisdom out of the best books, and that they may seek learning even by study, and also by faith, as thou hast said;
4. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2014/01/gods-lament.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/03/isaiahs-lamentations.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/03/where-are-lamentations.html
5. https://www.youtube.com/@TheDukeReport/videos
https://thedukereport.substack.com/archive
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv9O_fAy2qU
https://thedukereport.substack.com/p/let-me-splain-you?utm_source=publication-search
7. Hitler: "[T]he broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying."
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X[1] at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie (bold emphasis added)
