Family of Secrets

Russ on Air America

Russ will be appearing on Ron Reagan’s show on Air America radio, Wednesday, July 8. The show airs live at 7pm Eastern time. Ron Reagan is the son of the late president.

Be sure to tune in!

Help wanted

The Family of Secrets team is seeking a volunteer for a long-term commitment of a short amount of time per day, to help with online marketing of a book (see www.familyofsecrets.com) and nonprofit investigative reporting site (www.whowhatwhy.com) that seek to get urgent information out to the public.

The ideal candidate would have experience using Twitter, Facebook, websites and other media to build a community and promote ideas. Person can be located anywhere.

Principal requirements are: passion for the mission, competency, and reliability.  Experience with Photoshop, HTML, Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook Groups and Facebook Pages is a must.  Familiarity with FriendFeed and other social media tools is a plus. The job will require perhaps one hour a day, five days a week, on a schedule that suits you.

To apply: whowhatwhy.com [at] gmail.com

Kwiatkowski Praises Family of Secrets

Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, former NSA and Pentagon official and arch-critic of the Iraq invasion, has strongly recommended Family of Secrets. She recently discussed the book and offered her own thoughts on the Bushes in a column for LewRockwell.com:

I recently read Russ Baker’s Family of Secrets, because Lew interviewed Russ Baker and it sounded great. The book delivers, although I suspect there are a lot of Bush family secrets that remain unexposed. I am personally curious about any Bush secret recipes on the back burner back in March 1981. As history, the Wikipedia version of the Reagan assassination attempt reads like a CIA moonlighter’s script for a movie of the week.

Baker’s research led him back to the days of the JFK assassination, where HW, or “Poppy” Bush was not where he said he was, after all these years. You’ll have to read the book for a real, and real interesting, lesson in modern American democracy.

Russ on the Marc Steiner Show

Last Thursday, Russ was interviewed by Marc Steiner on Baltimore’s WEAA public radio. The broadcast generated a heavy response from listeners. You don’t want to miss it.

Click here to listen to the show on the Web or here to download the mp3.

Russ’s Reporting on W.’s Intent to Invade Iraq in Spotlight

This past Tuesday, June 2, Political Affairs Magazine ran a column by Sherwood Ross on Russ’s 2004 blockbuster pre-election scoop about George W. Bush’s intent, expressed back in 1999, to invade Iraq. 

Yesterday, The Raw Story’s John Byrne picked up the story. His detailed piece discusses the 2004 article as well as coverage of Family of Secrets.  Byrne’s entry immediately became a hit on Digg.

Join TPMCafe Book Club’s Discussion of Family of Secrets

This week, TPMCafe Book Club is featuring Family of Secrets.  Russ has kicked off the conversation with an introduction to the book.  Respondents include fellow authors Greg Mitchell of Editor & Publisher, Greg Anrig of The Century Foundation, and Craig Unger.

You don’t want to miss this discussion.  And don’t be afraid to add your two cents in comments . . . or to click on the “recommend” bar.

Russ Returned to KPFA’s Guns and Butter

After an insightful first interview that received a lot of positive feedback from listeners, KPFA’s Guns and Butter with Bonnie Faulkner invited Russ back to cover the remaining important topics in Family of Secrets.

You can replay the interview directly on KPFA’s website or download the MP3 file here.

Russ on Radio Free Oklahoma

Russ was interviewed on Radio Free Oklahoma by hosts Chris Emery and Holland O. Van den Nieuwenhof .  The conversation covered topics from Family of Secrets, including the JFK assassination and Watergate.  Russ also answered several questions from listeners.

You can listen to the show by clicking here.

Russ Reading at Books on the Square, Providence, RI at 2PM, May 16th

This Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m., Russ will be reading from Family of Secrets, taking questions, and signing books at Books on the Square in downtown Providence, R.I.

If you live anywhere nearby,  come and join us.

Books on the Square
471 Angell St
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 331-9097

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Russ on C-SPAN2’s Book TV

(Image via Booktv.com)

Russ appeared on C-SPAN2’s Book TV program and read some passages from Family of Secrets to a live audience at BookPeople in Austin, Texas.

He also answered some interesting questions about why the book is relevant to current events and what its primary lessons are.  Don’t miss out on the discussion, which begins at the 36:45 mark.