Richard C. Cook is a retired US federal government analyst. He was a 1970 honors graduate at the College of William and Mary. He has Native American heritage through his French-Canadian grandfather. Richard worked for the US Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Jimmy Carter White House, NASA, and the US Treasury Department. At NASA he was a whistleblower at the time of the space shuttle Challenger disaster when he divulged documents to the press showing NASA’s prior knowledge of the flaws that blew up the shuttle. At Treasury, he worked on sensitive financial security issues and taught courses on US monetary history. He was also an advisor to Congressman Dennis Kucinich, now campaign manager for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Our Country, Then and Now: A presentation by Richard Cook [RTF lecture Invitation Sept 17] Rising Tide Foundation Sep 16 ∙ Preview   READ IN APP   Richard C. Cook is a retired US federal government analyst. He was a 1970 honors graduate at the College of William and Mary. He has Native American heritage through his French-Canadian grandfather. Richard worked for the US Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Jimmy Carter White House, NASA, and the US Treasury Department. At NASA he was a whistleblower at the time of the space shuttle Challenger disaster when he divulged documents to the press showing NASA’s prior knowledge of the flaws that blew up the shuttle. At Treasury, he worked on sensitive financial security issues and taught courses on US monetary history. He was also an advisor to Congressman Dennis Kucinich, now campaign manager for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Richard is the author of several books, including Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age and We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform. His newest book, Our Country, Then and Now will be published this fall by Clarity Press. Our Country, Then and Now is a compelling epic of our times by someone who has lived it through intimate and sometimes painful experience. On Sunday September 17 at 2pm Eastern Time, The Rising Tide Foundation will be hosting a lecture (and Q and A) with Richard on the topic of his newest book ‘Our Country: Then and Now’ Click the zoom link below to access the live event:... Subscribe to Rising Tide Foundation to read the rest. Become a paying subscriber of Rising Tide Foundation to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. Upgrade to paid A subscription gets you: Subscriber-only posts and full archive Post comments and join the community   Like Comment Restack   © 2023 Rising Tide Foundation PO Box 3, Ste Martine, Quebec, J0S 1V0 Unsubscribe