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Episode Title: "This was a CIA hit!" Charlie Kirk's Assassination Story COLLAPSES Amid New Evidence
Hosts: Clayton Morris & Natali Morris
Guests: Col. Roxanne Watkins (Ret. USAF), David Crayden, Prof. Joshua Landis, Dr. Paul Marik
Date: September 30, 2025

Overview

In this episode of Redacted, Clayton and Natali Morris dissect the assassination of Charlie Kirk, arguing it shows clear hallmarks of a CIA/intelligence operation. They zoom out to discuss the larger role of intelligence agencies—in the U.S. and beyond—in manipulating global events. The episode also covers the Canadian government’s controversial ostrich cull, the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Syria amid government inaction, and a controversial new study on cancer overdiagnosis in young people.

Main Segment: The Charlie Kirk Assassination & CIA Ties

The “30,000-foot View” of the Assassination

• [02:27] Clayton insists the focus should be on the institutional patterns, not just the messy individual details:

  "Why did they do it? Why do they want us in the weeds? ... But it's becoming crystal clear that the CIA... connections to the Charlie Kirk assassination are growing too obvious to ignore." – Clayton (02:27)

Guest: Col. Roxanne Watkins (Ret. USAF) – The Strategy of Tension

• [06:31] Col. Watkins introduces the "strategy of tension"—keeping populations divided to enable control:

  "It is to keep populations divided, keep them in silos and to keep them from talking to each other... you cannot control people if they have commonalities." – Col. Watkins (06:31)

• [09:16] She draws historical parallels to Fred Hampton, RFK, JFK, and recent events, connecting coalition-building figures who were assassinated.

Intelligence Agencies: Global Collusion and Influence

• [10:34] Watkins describes how intelligence agencies (CIA, MI6, Mossad) serve an international syndicate, not nations:

  "They work across intelligence agencies, MI6 at the head... they have never worked for their government." – Col. Watkins (10:34)

The University Pipeline

• [13:43] She discusses covert CIA university programs and recruitment, especially at institutions linked to Kirk’s killer:

  "One of the main thrust that the CIA has focused on is our university system... The CAI, which I think is hilarious since it's kind of the CIA disguised..." – Col. Watkins (13:43)

• [16:30] Details on how police forces globally (e.g., LAPD, Office of Public Safety in Vietnam) have served as fronts for covert ops.

Patterns in High-profile “Hits”

• [20:19] Watkins draws parallels to the JFK and MLK assassinations, illustrating the strategy of drowning the public in conflicting, often trivial details to foster division and confusion.

Mossad and the CIA – Indistinguishable Operations

• [27:09] Explains how the lines blur between intelligence agencies (Mossad, CIA, MI6, etc.) in operations like narco-trafficking in Colombia and other destabilization campaigns.

• [29:56] "There was no distance between Mossad... the Brits in their MI6 and SAS and the CIA and our special forces in Colombia. Here's how they work it..."

Funding the Secret State – The Drug Trade

• [23:48] Watkins outlines how covert operations were self-funded through the Asian opium trade (Chiang Kai Shek in Taiwan, Golden Triangle, Golden Crescent):

  "So that funding stream of the drug operations is what seeded the COVID funding... laundered primarily only through the Vatican bank..." – Col. Watkins (23:48)

Intelligence Agency Power Structures

• The agencies operate outside normal democratic control, facilitated by old-boy international networks and shadow funding.

Memorable Quotes

• "If you have a very effective communicator that is pulling people together... refuting the CIA propaganda media piece. You got to go." – Col. Watkins (22:26)
• "Have we had compliant presidents that kind of basically gave them full reign? Yes. Occasionally you had like JFK... and bad things happen to those people." – Col. Watkins (13:43)
• "[The CIA] recruit at any university. And Utah is a great recruiting ground... Mormons... have all this basket of skill sets the CIA literally drools over." – Col. Watkins (14:35)

Segment 2: Canada’s Ostrich Farm Controversy

Canadian Government Overreach

• [36:10] Interview with David Crayden on the planned culling of 400 healthy ostriches:

  “They have been terrorizing the ostriches... not feeding them enough... They want one or two birds to appear sick so they can say, ah, I guess we were right.” – David Crayden (36:10)

• [39:20] The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is described as “a terrorist criminal organization” with unchecked authority.

Wider Themes: Authoritarianism & Control

• [42:52] Broader context: Canada’s gun grab, push for digital ID, and censorship legislation echo the episode's theme of creeping state and supra-state authoritarianism.

• [42:52] “This gun grab is about the guns farmers use... just like Stalin and Mao did. The strategy is to absolutely destroy free speech... Mark Carney—he’s got three censorship bills in front of Parliament.” – David Crayden

Segment 3: The Slaughter of Christians in Syria

Guest: Prof. Joshua Landis—U.S. & Allies Embrace Former Jihadists

• [52:06] New leader of Syria, a former al-Qaeda and ISIS associate, now embraced by the U.S. despite massacres of Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Kurds:

  “He joined Al Qaeda, graduated up, became a right-hand man to Caliph Baghdadi... became the most powerful militia [in Syria]...” – Prof. Landis (52:06)

• [54:37] Massacres: 17,000 Alawites, 2,000 Druze, many Christians in recent months. The U.S. and Western media remain largely silent.

• [58:48] "You would think President Trump... would be more outspoken about this, but for some reason he's not." – Prof. Landis

Segment 4: Cancer Overdiagnosis or Underreported Epidemic?

Guest: Dr. Paul Marik—Debunking the “Overdiagnosis” Narrative

• [64:47] A new JAMA study claims excess cancer diagnoses in youth are due to better testing/overdiagnosis. Dr. Marik rebuts:

  “The reality is 1 in 2 people will develop cancer... In the last 10 years, the incidence has increased by 17% and mortality by 5%. This is real.” – Dr. Paul Marik (64:47)

• [67:46] Asserts cancer rates have nearly doubled since COVID-19 mRNA vaccine introduction, citing several studies—claims understated in mainstream discourse.

• [68:11] "They don't want to scare people. Oncology is big business. Cancer is a multibillion dollar industry." – Dr. Marik

Prevention Over Treatment

• [71:34] Emphasizes lifestyle and preventive measures (metabolic health, Vitamin D, avoiding processed food/smoking, etc.) vs. focus on drugs and expensive interventions.

• [76:17] “Just the bottom line is you can’t trust what the major medical journals publish... controlled by big pharma.”

Notable Timestamps

• CIA and strategy of tension: 06:31
• Operation university infiltration: 13:43
• CIA’s funding via drug trade: 23:48
• Canadian ostrich cull: 36:10
• Canada’s censorship push: 42:52
• Syria’s massacres & U.S. policy: 52:06
• Cancer epidemic vs. overdiagnosis: 64:47

Tone and Flow

• The episode maintains an urgent, skeptical, and at times admonitory tone—which matches Redacted’s mission of challenging mainstream narratives and exposing institutional power.
• Guests are given space for deep historical context and connecting dots across decades of U.S./global politics.
• The hosts regularly emphasize the importance of critical thinking, independent media, and individual action.

Memorable Moments

• Col. Watkins’ analogy of the “strategy of tension” used by intelligence agencies to divide, distract, and thus control.
• Revelation of the CIA’s historic financial dependence on global narco-trade, and use of major universities as recruitment/training grounds.
• Vivid, emotional reporting on the Canadian ostrich cull, used as a lens for government overreach.
• Discussion of systemic Christian persecution in Syria, and Western complicity/silence.
• Dr. Marik’s blunt repudiation of big pharma’s influence on medical narratives and emphasis on simple, preventative health strategies.

Conclusion

This episode of Redacted connects contemporary events—Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Canadian government overreach, the Syrian crisis, and the rise in cancer rates—into a wide-ranging critique of global intelligence, state, and corporate power. Through expert guests, the show challenges the surface-level stories presented by mainstream media and emphasizes the necessity for holistic thinking, historical awareness, and personal agency.

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