340: All About Steve

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### Persons Mentioned

Steve Pieczenik, Leo Zagami, Robert C Toth, Aldo Moro, Adriana Ferouda, Valerio Morucci, Adolph Dubs, Tom Clancy

Today, Dan and Jordan take a moment to take a closer look at one of Alex Jones' main sources of incredibly bad information, Steve Pieczenik.

## Tidbits

* All about Steve Pieczenik
* Steve dressed down Alex during Hurricane Irma
* Globalists aren't doing anything
* Steve can say anything on air
* Parkland was a false flag
* Las Vegas didn't happen
* Steve created Bernie Sanders as a psy-op against Hillary
* Discussion: Leo Zagami did 9/11, Steve says 9/11 didn't happen
* Steve convinced Trump to run for President
* Discussion: Steve's narratives sound like Qanon
* Steve may do psy-ops, but he doesn't do psy-ops on InfoWars
* Discussion: Steve got Alex into lots of trouble, but Steve also boosted Alex
* Steve said 9/11 didn't happen on InfoWars back in 2002
* Alex broke with Steve on air over Las Vegas
* Discussion: Why Alex broke with Steve over Vegas
* Steve's biography
* How did Steve get an MD and Ph.D. at the same time?
* Steve claims he reached O6 in the military before he entered the state department
* Don't go to Steve's website
* LA Times article on Steve by Robert C Toth
* Steve's bio cites an article, but the article doesn't list the source, the source may be Steve
* Discussion: TWA-355 Hijacking
* Steve's stated strategies don't match how the hostage situation was resolved
* Discussion: March 9, 1977, DC Hostage Situation
* Hostage situation resolved by diplomats reading Quran
* Steve claims he read the Quran
* No one other than Steve says Steve was there
* Discussion: Steve left State Department over Iran Hostage Situation
* Discussion: Steve's handling of the Aldo Moro Hostage Situation
* Steve's actions got Moro killed
* Steve said Aldo had to be sacrificed
* Adriana Ferouda and Valerio Morucci talk about holding Moro
* Steve says he was instrumental in the Camp David accords
* Steve accuses State Department of sanctioning the attack that killed Adolph Dubs
* Discussion: Steve probably did not get a State Department job back
* Steve was flattering Alex from the jump
* Steve in American Intelligence Journal: False flags are good
* Steve on InfoWars: False flags are bad
* Steve recommends using data mining to manipulate people/pro-surveillance state
* Steve was CEO of a consulting firm that advocated private spying firms
* Steve claims he's the inspiration for Jack Ryan
* Steve didn't write any books for Clancy
* Ops Center and Net Force were just a business/marketing venture
* Discussion: Steve's breakup with Tom Clancy
* Steve's books seem to match Alex's narratives
* Discussion: Maximum Vigillance
	+ Desaix Clark is the protagonist
* Steve might be into kinky sex
* Discussion: Marfan Syndrome
* Discussion: Why does Steve fuck with Alex?
* Discussion: Steve's leaked emails from Stratfor
* Steve had a supplement company
* Jordan can't be hypnotized

## Notable Bits

* 4 stars, go home to your mother and tell her you're brilliant

## References

* The Last Days of Aldo Moro
* The Mind Palace
* Blood Heat
* Maximum Vigilance
* Pax Pacifica