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63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read

By: Jesse Ventura,Dick Russell
Narrated by: George K. Wilson
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There's the Freedom of Information Act, and then there's Ventura's way. The official spin on numerous government programs is flat-out bull, according to Jesse Ventura. In this incredible collection of actual government documents, Ventura, the ultimate nonpartisan truth-seeker, proves it beyond any doubt. He and Dick Russell walk listeners through 63 of the most incriminating programs to reveal what really happens behind the closed doors. In addition to providing original government data, Ventura discusses what it really means and how regular Americans can stop criminal behavior at the top levels of government and in the media. Among the cases discussed:

  • The CIA's top-secret program to control human behavior
  • Operation Northwoods: the military plan to hijack airplanes and blame it on Cuban terrorists
  • The discovery of a secret Afghan archive, information that never left the boardroom
  • Potentially deadly healthcare cover-ups, including a dengue fever outbreak

What the Department of Defense knows about our food supply but is keeping mum Although these documents are now in the public domain, the powers that be would just as soon they stay under wraps. Ventura's research and commentary sheds new light on what they're not telling you---and why it matters.

©2011 Jesse Ventura and Dick Russell (P)2011 Tantor
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What did you like best about 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read? What did you like least?

It's very well documented, but the narrator is as exciting as plywood, and I'm losing complete interest, I have to force myself to finish to listen to it. It would have been GREAT if it was read by Mr. Ventura himself, he is so interesting and passionate when he speaks.

Would you recommend 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read to your friends? Why or why not?

Not in the audible format, maybe the real book.

Would you be willing to try another one of George K. Wilson’s performances?

Depends on the type of book. Don't get me wrong, he has a great voice, but too monotone for this kind of book.

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it was okay, felt like it should be read not audio

Is there anything you would change about this book?

more ventura reading the thing!

If you’ve listened to books by Jesse Ventura and Dick Russell before, how does this one compare?

Dick russel is more compelling

How could the performance have been better?

more Jesse

Do you think 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

nah i had enough

Any additional comments?

if you have to say the word redacted more than 100 hundred times maybe its not a audiobook.

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Imperative Read

History records no more gallant struggle than that of humanity against the truth.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Probably better in print version for visuals of documents.

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Narrator is horrible," iPhone Siri " can do better

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After 1 chapter I had to stop. The Narrator is so dry that

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63 Documents I'm glad I did not read.

The book was informative but the narrator sounded mechanicle and when it got into the technicle information I was lost for lack of a better word. There were short snipits of Jesse Venturas dialogue and then some what I felt was another persons dialogue that had very little personality. I like Jesse and wish the book had a little more of his personality put into it. I'm glad this book was done on Audible because I do not believe I would have been able to read it. Audible did well with this book as I think it would have been an incredibly boring read.

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boring

Maybe, just maybe this is good as a regular book. There is interesting info but it is read in a monotone fashion and is just rediculously BORING!! Do NOT get this audiobook... buy the regular book if interested.

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Bring Out The Body!

I hear Jesse on cable TV, and on Howard Stern. He is able to get his points across quite understandably and intelligently, so why doesn't he narrate his own books? This could have been an excellent listen since when Gov. Ventura spoke, everyone listened. They might not have all liked what he said, because he never pulled his punches, but everyone tuned in. I really wanted to hear Jesse speak his own words, with his own emotions and in his own style.

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