Robert Eringer

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Born in 1954, Robert Eringer is thought to be either American or British. He lives in Homer, Alaska.

In 1984 Jack Anderson and his short-lived magazine, The Investigator, was sued by Liberty Lobby over an article that did not carry Eringer's byline although Anderson maintained that a phantom Robert Eringer was largely responsible for its editorial content.[1]

Charles Bermant (the bylined reporter) never even met Eringer yet "he turned out to be the sole and exclusive source for five of the defamatory statements."[2]

Some believe that either the Central Intelligence Agency or Mossad conceived the name "Robert Eringer" as an alias for an agent in an undercover operation to discredit conspiracy theorists in general, and that "Eringer" infiltrated Liberty Lobby to expose it as a front for neo-Nazis.

Around the same period, Eringer turned up in Bydgoszcz, Poland, while that country was under martial law. He claimed to be a mushroom buyer, though one source claims Eringer was instrumental in distributing a manual titled How to Conspire among the Solidarity underground to defeat communist oppressors.

Various articles on the Internet connect Robert Eringer to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in addition to the CIA. In one piece, convicted murderer Ira Einhorn voices his belief that Eringer was involved in an operation to make him disappear[3] while he was still living in France contesting extradition. (Einhorn currently lives at Houtzdale State Prison in Pennsylvania.)

Another piece, by rogue MI6 spy Richard Tomlinson, whose blog actually did disappear[4] after mentioning Eringer by name, claimed that Eringer was part of an operation to make his writings disappear.

One blogger contends that Eringer himself disappeared in a boating accident off the coast of St. Tropez over a year ago.[5]

Eringer also turned up as co-owner of the London-based Bedlam Bar, which exhibited the artwork of Britain's most dangerous prisoner, Charlie Bronson.[6] (The Bedlam Bar has disappeared.)

Eringer is said to have been a secret agent for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, for whom he fooled a freelance writer into revealing to him the full details of her circus investigation- then diverted her to instead write about the company that makes the Mars Bar.[7]

A plein air nocturnal artist named Thomas Van Stein claims Eringer traveled with him to England, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Andorra, Switzerland and Liechtenstein-- in search of creativity and madness.

Eringer seems also to have some kind of esoteric connection to the Principality of Monaco. Someone who claims to have visited Eringer's office in Monte Carlo said its walls are adorned with insignia from the Freemasons, the Illuminati, and Skull & Bones. Additionally, it is said that Monaco's Sovereign, Prince Albert II, is a regular visitor to this office.

It is believed that Robert Eringer is a pseudonym for Robert Douglas, the name that was used in an infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. (The resulting KKK story, a front page and center spread in the UK Sunday People, was published beneath a Robert Eringer byline.)[8]

Five novels have been published under the name Robert Eringer, with varying descriptions of the author but always with a painting of Eringer instead of a photograph.

Eringer also authored The Global Manipulators (Pentacle Books), a 1980 book about the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commissions; The Conspiracy Peddlers (Loompanics, 1981), which now appears on syllabuses of courses on conspiracy theory[9]; and Strike for Freedom! The Story of Lech Walesa and Polish Solidarity (Dodd, Mead, 1982).

Word is now circulating about a nonfiction book by Robert Eringer coming out through Potomac Books in spring 2008. It connects Eringer to Edward Lee Howard and Ira Einhorn.

[edit] Books

  • Zubrick's Rock (National Press Books, 1995)
  • Crinkum Crankum (Enigma Books, Bartleby Press, 1998)[10]
  • Lo Mein (Corinthian Books, 2000)[11]
  • Parallel Truths (Corinthian Books, 2001)[12]
  • Spookaroonie (Corinthian Books, 2002)[13]
  • Bedlam Books[14]:
    • Granny's Lost Her Marbles[15]
    • The Battle for Dung Hill[16]
    • Gone Berserk[17]
    • An Ear in Provence[18]
    • My Summer Vacation[19]

[edit] References

  1. ^ U.S. Supreme Court ANDERSON v. LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
  2. ^ Oyez: Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986), U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument
  3. ^ Conspiracy Planet - CIA (Criminals In Action) - The Spooky Story of Robert Eringer
  4. ^ Drew B's take on tech PR: How MI6 brought down Richard Tomlinson's blog
  5. ^ http://dreamsend.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/redirecting-enthusiasm-a-cia-primer-on-information-control/#comments #26 2007
  6. ^ Diary Independent on Sunday, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
  7. ^ Worldandnation: The author who would tell circus family secrets
  8. ^ "KKK in Britain." UK Sunday People. Feb. 17, 1980.
  9. ^ Course information and syllabus for ‘Is This To Be Believed?’: Religion and Conspiracy Theories, Spring 2005
  10. ^ Bartleby Press-Crinkum, Crankum
  11. ^ LoMein by Robert Eringer
  12. ^ Parallel Truths by Robert Eringer
  13. ^ SPOOKAROONIE by Robert Eringer
  14. ^ Bartleby Press-Bedlam Books
  15. ^ Bartleby Press-Granny's Lost Her Marbles
  16. ^ Bartleby Press-The Battle for Dung Hill
  17. ^ Bartleby Press-Gone Berserk: Runturing in Reykjavik
  18. ^ Bartleby Press-An Ear in Provence: Listening to the French
  19. ^ Bartleby Press-My Summer Vacation: A Weekend In Jersey

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