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We were somewhere around Barstow – my Hunter S Thompson tribute from 2005

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020tomLeave a Comment

Tom Vater’s favorite opening line in literature is Hunter S Thompson’s awesome first words in ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’. We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. On a recent trip to California I drove from LA to Fresno. With Hunter in mind, […]

William Young is dead – Former CIA agent shoots himself in Chiang Mai

April 5, 2011June 24, 2013tom6 Comments

William Young, the CIA agent who is credited with allegedly discovering Long Cheng in northern Laos, a remote valley which became a top secret CIA air base in 1965 – and soon after the busiest airport in the world – shot himself in Chiang Mai, Thailand a few days ago. During the making of the […]