This article argues that Hunter S. Thompson was not the counter-culture rebel he was portrayed to be, but rather a government agent working for the CIA. The author, Miles Mathis, supports this claim by examining Thompson’s family background, his early career, and his association with various organizations and individuals. Mathis suggests that Thompson’s privileged upbringing, connections to powerful families, and early recruitment into military intelligence (Air Force) provided the foundation for his alleged role as a government operative. The article critiques Thompson’s writing as propaganda, particularly his portrayal of the Hell’s Angels, and draws parallels between Thompson’s activities and those of other figures and organizations, including the CIA, FBI, and various “fake” events. The author also makes extensive genealogical connections to suggest a hidden network of influential families.
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This article argues that Hunter S. Thompson was not the counter-culture rebel he was portrayed to be, but rather a government agent working for the CIA. The author, Miles Mathis, supports this claim by examining Thompson’s family background, his early career, and his association with various organizations and individuals. Mathis suggests that Thompson’s privileged upbringing, connections to powerful families, and early recruitment into military intelligence (Air Force) provided the foundation for his alleged role as a government operative. The article critiques Thompson’s writing as propaganda, particularly his portrayal of the Hell’s Angels, and draws parallels between Thompson’s activities and those of other figures and organizations, including the CIA, FBI, and various “fake” events. The author also makes extensive genealogical connections to suggest a hidden network of influential families.
- Hunter S. Thompson
- CIA
- Miles Mathis
- Air Force
- Hell’s Angels
- FBI
- Juan Fitzgerald Thompson (Thompson’s son)
- Virginia Ray (Thompson’s mother)
- Presley Ray (Thompson’s maternal grandfather)
- James Ray (Thompson’s maternal great-grandfather)
- James Earl Ray (Thompson’s cousin)
- MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Hemingway
- Martin Luther Ray (James Earl Ray’s cousin)
- Bessie Queenie Ray (James Earl Ray’s second cousin)
- Senator John Kerry
- Aspen
- Hamptons
- Louisville, KY
- Athenaeum Literary Society
- Porter Bibb (First publisher of Rolling Stone)
- Rolling Stone
- The Nation
- Yale
- London
- Gimme Shelter (film)
- The Rolling Stones (band)
- Newsweek
- Florida State (university)
- New York
- TIME (magazine)
- Puerto Rico
- William Joseph Kennedy
- Big Sur
- esalen
- Henry Miller
- Dennis Murphy
- Rio de Janeiro
- Dow Jones (newspaper)
- National Observer (CIA-front)
- Berkeley Spider
- Harleys (motorcycles)
- “81” (nickname for Hell’s Angels)
- Chai
- US Justice Department
- Europol
- Phoenician Navy
- Fabian Society
- Freemasons
- Shriners
- St. Patrick’s Day
- POBOB
- Hollister (riot)
- LIFE (magazine)
- Otto Friedli (Founder of Hell’s Angels)
- Bobby Zimmerman / Bob Zimmerman / Bob Dylan
- Sonny Barger / Ralph Hubert Barger
- Jerry Garcia
- Modesto
- Ritch / Ricci (Barger’s mother’s maiden name)
- Siron, Gillette, Doty (Barger’s ancestry)
- Findagrave (website)
- Berkeley (anti-war protests)
- Oakland (police)
- Antifa
- Pfizer
- Hell’s Angels on Wheels (film)
- Hell’s Angel’s 1969 (film)
- Hollywood
- Altamont (concert)
- Meredith Hunter (victim at Altamont)
- Salman Rushdie
- Birney Jarvis (former Hell’s Angel, reporter)
- San Francisco Chronicle
- zodiac (story)
- Truman Capote
- California Highway Patrol
- Jim Thompson (Hunter’s brother)
- San Francisco
- Pinkerton Agency
- T. Floyd Smith
- Cow Palace
- Barry Goldwater
- Paris Review (publication)
- Timothy Denevi
- nixon
- watergate
- Pauline Kael
- 5001 Nights at the Movies (book)
- “The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies” (article)
- Haight Ashbury
- New York Times
- New Left
- Beats (literary movement)
- J. Edgar Hoover
- “Owl farm” (Thompson’s homestead)
- NRO (National Reconnaissance Office)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film and book)
- Nietzsche
- Cormac McCarthy
- Whitman
- Pattons
- Sheckles
- Stocktons
- Grant
- Boone of Kentucky
- Daniel Boone
- Carol Pepper (James Earl Ray’s sister)
- X Pepper / Sgt Pepper / Major John Pepper, BSC
- MI6
- Fullers
- Massachusetts
- Marietta, Ohio
- Illinois
- Mabel Ray
- Frank Andrew Fuller
- Rufus Walter Fuller