Saturday, August 10, 2013

Former CIA Ray McGovern Calls for a New Investigation of 9/11

Friday, August 9, 2013

The CIA, Wall Street, and 9/11 Insider Trading: All Linked by Buzzy Krongard

Meet Wall Street Lawyer, Banker, Blackwater Merchant of Death, and CIA Director Buzzy Krongard and 9/11 Insider Trading, Another Guilty Bastard?

Alvin Bernard "Buzzy" Krongard^[1] (more commonly "A.B.", born c. 1936) was the Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He was appointed by George Tenet on March 16, 2001.

The Executive Director is the third ranking position within the CIA and the incumbent functions essentially as the Chief Operating Officer of the Agency. For three years prior, Krongard had served as Counselor to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).

A longtime consultant to DCIs, Krongard joined the Agency full-time in February 1998, following a 29-year business career. During his private sector career, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Alex. Brown & Sons, the nation’s oldest investment banking firm, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Bankers Trust.

He served three years of active duty as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Krongard resigned from the CIA shortly after the arrival of DCI Porter Goss in September 2004. While at the CIA, he was the connection between Erik Prince of Blackwater Security Consulting and the CIA. Through his influence, Blackwater was able to receive its first black contract.^{[citation needed]}

On March 18, 2005, Krongard was appointed as an outside US director to the Global Board of Directors organized to oversee and coordinate the worldwide operations of DLA Piper, one of the world’s leading law firms.

Krongard's name was brought up in conjunction with investigations into suspected 9/11-related insider trading because of timely Wall Street trades made through the investment bank he used to head, Alex. Brown.^[6]

The 9/11 Commission Report stated:

"A single U.S.-based institutional investor with no conceivable ties to al Qaeda purchased 95 percent of the UAL puts on September 6 (2001) as part of a strategy that also included buying 115,000 shares of American on September 10. Similarly, much of the seemingly suspicious trading on September 10 was traced to a specific U.S.-based options trading newsletter…which recommended these trades."^[7]

SUPPRESSED DETAILS OF CRIMINAL INSIDER TRADING LEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE CIA's HIGHEST RANKS

CIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR "BUZZY" KRONGARD MANAGED FIRM THAT HANDLED "PUT" OPTIONS ON UAL

Michael C. Ruppert

FTW, October 9, 2001 - Although uniformly ignored by the mainstream U.S.media, there is abundant and clear evidence that a number of transactions in financial markets indicated specific (criminal) foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the case of at least one of these trades -- which has left a $2.5 million prize unclaimed -- the firm used to place the "put options" on United Airlines stock was, until 1998, managed by the man who is now in the number three Executive Director position at the Central Intelligence Agency. Until 1997 A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard had been Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown. A.B. Brown was acquired by Banker's Trust in 1997. Krongard then became, as part of the merger, Vice Chairman of Banker's Trust-AB Brown, one of 20 major U.S. banks named by Senator Carl Levin this year as being connected to money laundering. Krongard's last position at Banker's Trust (BT) was to oversee "private client relations." In this capacity he had direct hands-on relations with some of the wealthiest people in the world in a kind of specialized banking operation that has been identified by the U.S. Senate and other investigators as being closely connected to the laundering of drug money.

Krongard (re?) joined the CIA in 1998 as counsel to CIA Director George Tenet. He was promoted to CIA Executive Director by President Bush in March of this year. BT was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999. The combined firm is the single largest bank in Europe. And, as we shall see, Deutsche Bank played several key roles in events connected to the September 11 attacks.

THE SCOPE OF KNOWN INSIDER TRADING

Before looking further into these relationships it is necessary to look at the insider trading information that is being ignored by Reuters, The New York Times and other mass media. It is well documented that the CIA has long monitored such trades - in real time - as potential warnings of terrorist attacks and other economic moves contrary to U.S. interests. Previous stories in FTW have specifically highlighted the use of Promis software to monitor such trades.

It is necessary to understand only two key financial terms to understand the significance of these trades, "selling short" and "put options".

"Selling Short" is the borrowing of stock, selling it at current market prices, but not being required to actually produce the stock for some time. If the stock falls precipitously after the short contract is entered, the seller can then fulfill the contract by buying the stock after the price has fallen and complete the contract at the pre-crash price. These contracts often have a window of as long as four months.

"Put Options," are contracts giving the buyer the option to sell stocks at a later date. Purchased at nominal prices of, for example, $1.00 per share, they are sold in blocks of 100 shares. If exercised, they give the holder the option of selling selected stocks at a future date at a price set when the contract is issued. Thus, for an investment of $10,000 it might be possible to tie up 10,000 shares of United or American Airlines at $100 per share, and the seller of the option is then obligated to buy them if the option is executed. If the stock has fallen to $50 when the contract matures, the holder of the option can purchase the shares for $50 and immediately sell them for $100 - regardless of where the market then stands. A call option is the reverse of a put option, which is, in effect, a derivatives bet that the stock price will go up.

A September 21 story by the Israeli Herzliyya International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism, entitled "Black Tuesday: The World's Largest Insider Trading Scam?" documented the following trades connected to the September 11 attacks:

- Between September 6 and 7, the Chicago Board Options Exchange saw purchases of 4,744 put options on United Airlines, but only 396 call options. Assuming that 4,000 of the options were bought by people with advance knowledge of the imminent attacks, these "insiders" would have profited by almost $5 million.

- On September 10, 4,516 put options on American Airlines were bought on the Chicago exchange, compared to only 748 calls. Again, there was no news at that point to justify this imbalance; Again, assuming that 4,000 of these options trades represent "insiders," they would represent a gain of about $4 million.

- [The levels of put options purchased above were more than six times higher than normal.]

- No similar trading in other airlines occurred on the Chicago exchange in the days immediately preceding Black Tuesday.

- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., which occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Center, saw 2,157 of its October $45 put options bought in the three trading days before Black Tuesday; this compares to an average of 27 contracts per day before September 6. Morgan Stanley's share price fell from $48.90 to $42.50 in the aftermath of the attacks. Assuming that 2,000 of these options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the approaching attacks, their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million.

- Merrill Lynch & Co., with headquarters near the Twin Towers, saw 12,215 October $45 put options bought in the four trading days before the attacks; the previous average volume in those shares had been 252 contracts per day [a 1200% increase!]. When trading resumed, Merrill's shares fell from $46.88 to $41.50; assuming that 11,000 option contracts were bought by "insiders," their profit would have been about $5.5 million.

- European regulators are examining trades in Germany's Munich Re, Switzerland's Swiss Re, and AXA of France, all major reinsurers with exposure to the Black Tuesday disaster. [FTW Note: AXA also owns more than 25% of American Airlines stock making the attacks a "double whammy" for them.]

On September 29, 2001 - in a vital story that has gone unnoticed by the major media - the San Francisco Chronicle reported, "Investors have yet to collect more than $2.5 million in profits they made trading options in the stock of United Airlines before the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, according to a source familiar with the trades and market data.

"The uncollected money raises suspicions that the investors - whose identities and nationalities have not been made public - had advance knowledge of the strikes." They don't dare show up now. The suspension of trading for four days after the attacks made it impossible to cash-out quickly and claim the prize before investigators started looking.

"October series options for UAL Corp. were purchased in highly unusual volumes three trading days before the terrorist attacks for a total outlay of $2,070; investors bought the option contracts, each representing 100 shares, for 90 cents each. [This represents 230,000 shares]. Those options are now selling at more than $12 each. There are still 2,313 so-called "put" options outstanding [valued at $2.77 million and representing 231,300 shares] according to the Options Clearinghouse Corp."

"The source familiar with the United trades identified Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, the American investment banking arm of German giant Deutsche Bank, as the investment bank used to purchase at least some of these options." This was the operation managed by Krongard until as recently as 1998.

As reported in other news stories, Deutsche Bank was also the hub of insider trading activity connected to Munich Re. just before the attacks.

CIA, THE BANKS AND THE BROKERS

Understanding the interrelationships between CIA and the banking and brokerage world is critical to grasping the already frightening implications of the above revelations. Let's look at the history of CIA, Wall Street and the big banks by looking at some of the key players in CIA's history.

Clark Clifford - The National Security Act of 1947 was written by Clark Clifford, a Democratic Party powerhouse, former Secretary of Defense, and one-time advisor to President Harry Truman. In the 1980s, as Chairman of First American Bancshares, Clifford was instrumental in getting the corrupt CIA drug bank BCCI a license to operate on American shores. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and banker.

John Foster and Allen Dulles - These two brothers "designed" the CIA for Clifford. Both were active in intelligence operations during WW II. Allen Dulles was OSS station chief in Berne, Switzerland, where he met frequently with Nazi leaders and looked after U.S. investments in Germany. John Foster went on to become Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower and Allen went on to serve as CIA Director under Eisenhower and was later fired by JFK. Their professions: partners in the most powerful - to this day - Wall Street law firm of Sullivan, Cromwell.

Bill Casey - Ronald Reagan's CIA Director and OSS veteran who served as chief wrangler during the Iran-Contra years was, under President Richard Nixon, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker.

David Doherty - The current Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange for enforcement is the retired General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.

George Herbert Walker Bush - President from 1989 to January 1993, also served as CIA Director for 13 months from 1976-7. He is now a paid consultant to the Carlyle Group, the 11th largest defense contractor in the nation, which also shares joint investments with the bin Laden family.

A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard - The current Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is the former Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown and former Vice Chairman of Banker's Trust.

John Deutch - This retired CIA Director from the Clinton Administration currently sits on the board at Citigroup, the nation's second largest bank, which has been repeatedly and overtly involved in the documented laundering of drug money. This includes Citigroup's 2001 purchase of a Mexican bank known to launder drug money, Banamex.

Nora Slatkin - This retired CIA Executive Director also sits on Citibank's board.

Maurice "Hank" Greenburg - The CEO of AIG insurance, manager of the third largest capital investment pool in the world, was floated as a possible CIA Director in 1995. FTW exposed Greenberg's and AIG's long connection to CIA drug trafficking and covert operations in a two-part series that was interrupted just prior to the attacks of September 11. AIG's stock has bounced back remarkably well since the attacks. To read that story, please go tohttp://www.fromthewilderness.com/
free/ciadrugs/part_2.html.

One wonders how much damning evidence is necessary to respond to what is now irrefutable proof that CIA knew about the attacks and did not stop them. Whatever our government is doing, whatever the CIA is doing, it is clearly NOT in the interests of the American people, especially those who died on September 11.

Now down the rabbit hole to learn more about these nefarious events and evil people.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

California introduced a resolution calling on Congress to pass #GlassSteagall legislation

California became the twenty-fourth state in the nation in which a resolution has been introduced calling on Congress to pass Glass-Steagall legislation, which is before both Houses of Congress. The measure, ACR 73, was introduced August 5 by Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, a Democrat from Los Angeles, and, so far, has one cosponsor. As a "concurrent" resolution, it can be brought before the Senate, as well.

In its preface, the resolution states that the "measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to enact federal legislation to protect the public interest by reviving the separation between commercial banking and speculative activity embodied in the Glass-Steagall Act."
In the following "Whereas" clauses, the resolution describes what Glass-Steagall did; that it was repealed in 1999, which allowed commercial banks to engage in "speculative activity [which] worked against the public interest by placing the commercial banks themselves in financial jeopardy and contributing to the Great Recession"; states that Dodd-Frank "does not provide the same level of protection...as the provisions of the Glass- Steagall Act"; and that the "public interest will continue to be at risk until commercial banks are prohibited from engaging in speculative activity again."

After identifying the House (HR 129) and Senate (S 985) bills, the memorial has a whereas clause which identifies the support for restoring Glass-Steagall from "diverse" groups and individuals, citing, among others, the AFL-CIO, AFT and IAM; Thomas Hoenig, David Stockman; economists Luigi Zingales and Lyndon LaRouche; Robert Reich; and "various state legislatures...."

That this resolution was introduced demonstrates that the line, that "California is back," which is being spread due to the "achievement" of a "balanced budget" pushed through by a Democratic Party super-majority in the legislature, is recognized as a fiction, and that the state is suffering from an accelerating collapse in agriculture and manufacturing. This collapse was "overcome" in the budget by the combined effects of a short-term revenue increase related to capital gains from the stock market bubble, which is not sustainable; accounting gimmicks; and the cumulative effects of more than $100 billion in cuts, especially in life-saving social programs, over the last decade.

The part-time, temporary and low-wage jobs created by this "recovery", combined with "green" spending, represent no alternative to national action, which has been acknowledged by many in the legislature, who agree that federal action, beginning with passage of Glass-Steagall, is a necessary pre-condition for a real recovery of the state, and national, economy.

Rothschild Gold Fixers, Dubai, HSBC, & Illuminati

Ron Paul: "A Welcome US/Saudi ‘Reset’" http://t.co/PtLN1uHOgv
— Ron Paul Institute (@RonPaulInstitut) October 27, 2013

August 6, 2013 — Dean Henderson

(Excerpted from Big Oil & Their Bankers: Chapter 6: Bank of Crooks & Criminals Int’l)

It was during the 1980’s US/Saudi-financed mujahadeen offensive on the Afghan people that Dubai – one of the emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – became a duty-free port and drug money laundry, serving much the same role as Hong Kong had for the Illuminati banksters during the Vietnam War. In 2007 Halliburton moved it’s headquarters to Dubai.

Where Hong Kong had financed CIA opium for arms swaps in the Golden Triangle, Dubai served the CIA smack for weapons trade in the Golden Crescent – an area which comprises parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Read the rest of this entry »

The Economy Sucks and Here's Proof the Fed Did It, Again.

S&P 500 dips and it seems there are plenty of reasons to get out of the market until the dust settles on this whole new world order shakedown.

From Zerohedge:

There are three cornerstones to our current view that risk far outweighs opportunity.

As 4 ½ years of $1 Trillion of fiscal stimulus and $1 Trillion of monetary stimulus per year wind down, there are likely to be negative repercussions.

Since 2000, the rate of economic growth has been approximately half that of the previous 70 years. As such, we don’t believe that warrants paying above the historic multiple for the market.

Finally, while earnings have recovered and registered new highs, overall the growth is low quality and as such unlikely to be sustainable without the economy picking up.

One can go further and talk about risks like a different Fed next year, Debt Limit and Budget battles, and relatively slow global growth. But why?

You and I know that shit just costs more. A lot more in most cases. The KGB-like Federal Reserve says the inflation target is 2%. Here is what others says:

Indeed, look at this breakdown of inflation and deflation from 1872 to present. Notice anything? How can our government, businesses, and individuals plan appropriately, take the appropriate amount of risk on the market, save or spend, invest, or borrow, when the Federal Reserve is manipulating market data?

And if that isn't enough reason, then just try buying the same things you've always purchased with the same income you had 40 years ago. NOT! At least we know the US dollar will be good for something after all is said and done.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

HSBC, Empire Of The City: D.C., London, Vatican City

Now this is interesting. Maybe HSBC's recent forced account closures have something to do with this. from yesterday's news:

HSBC has asked foreign diplomats in London to close their accounts as part of efforts to reduce business risks.
Among those who have been asked to stop using the UK's biggest bank are the Vatican, Papua New Guinea and the west African nation of Benin.
More than 40 embassies, consulates and high commissions are said to be affected, with their position made worse by other banks' refusal to take their custom.
The decision is reported to have created “havoc” for the diplomatic missions, according to one official, told the Mail on Sunday that consulates need a bank “not just to take in money for visas and passports but to pay staff wages, rent bills and even the congestion charge.”
Following fines by US authorities for allowing alleged money laundering activities last year, the bank has announced that embassies were subject to certain 'safety' assessments, similar to other business customers.

Then there's this old video, back from the beginning of this revolution.

Sure looks familiar to me but I am spending hours every day reading and listening to alternative news. I could be wrong.

Introducing: The Occupy Money Cooperative - Responsible Banking

Keiser Report: Strawmen of Finance (E480) Reasons for Public Banking

Have you heard of a THUNDERCLAP? It's a way for us to use our social media voice together to spread the word: https://t.co/CajrSyFyer #coops
— Occupy Money Co-Op (@OccupyMoneyCoop) August 5, 2013

More on Glass-Steagall in the #DailyDuel

Starting at 20:24 is the #DailyDuel with Thom Hartmann and Bob English talking about Glass-Steagall.

Note that Thom Hartmann says the Federal Reserve should be NATIONALIZED! I would argue it should be shrunk in power and scope as well.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Anything Suspicious About the Amazon - Washington Post Deal?

Well, the stock has risen quite a bit. that's nice. it's been doing so for quite some time. So why did the Washington Post complain about not being able to make revenue and profits?

Nothing necessarily unusual there.

How about Amazon's stock over the same time?

Well, nothing unusual there. I am probably unqualified to give a detailed and comprehensive stock analysis of the acquisition. Maybe Max Keiser will have something to say about it.

"Amazon has an advantage over small stores: it has the Fed." http://t.co/GZZMFLNuvu via @MaxKeiser HT @FearDept
— Geoff Graham (@geoffreydgraham) August 2, 2013

Warren Buffett Has A Whopping 9,000% Gain On His Washington Post Investment (WPO) Amazon.co via @josephjett #money http://t.co/j9STs14KPM
— Andrea Andreavitch (@aandreavitch) August 5, 2013

Well, that's interesting. Warren Buffet owns a sizeable share of WPO stock. So two tycoons are working together.

Maybe it just makes sense from a business perspective and that's all there is to it. There is some very good business reasons for the acquisition.

Here's Why I Think Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post http://t.co/f9RcWP9HNL
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) August 6, 2013

It's a shame the Washington Post didn't want the Snowden exclusive. Glenn Greenwald at the Guardian and his bosses certainly appreciate the opportunity.

How the Washington Post Lost the PRISM Exclusive http://t.co/dRNKys1A03 $WPO #Bilderberg #JeffBezos #Amazon
— #GlassSteagall? (@TwistedPolitix) August 6, 2013

I would imagine Mr. David Rockefeller is disappointed, since he likes what the Washington Post prints. Unless, he didn't want that story to come out.

Anyway, nothing suspicious here. The conspiracy theorists and Amazon haters can just go back to sleep.

Hold up. This is interesting. There is a pension fund in the deal.

Aha! Devil in details… Bezos will assume Wapo pension liabilities, but Post will fully fund AND pay additional $50 million into plan!
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) August 6, 2013

Well, that's almost philanthropic. Jeff Bezos is saving the pensions of the Washington Post employees. Nice.

Obviously there was an investment bank involved to help the seller find a buyer. Donald E Graham, the CEO of Washington Post Company, hired Allen & Company.

Bank Behind Sale of Washington Post to Amazon's Bezos http://t.co/TKZYZg7932
— #GlassSteagall? (@TwistedPolitix) August 6, 2013

And we know that Donald E Graham met at the Bilderberg conference in the UK in June. These are just networking events for the super wealthy and powerful.

"Activist Post: Bilderberg Controlled Media: Amazon founder buys Washington Post" ( http://t.co/HaMoUjyqif ) Jeff Bezos $WPO
— #GlassSteagall? (@TwistedPolitix) August 6, 2013

What's this Bilderberg thing you ask about? Well, first, read more about Jeff Bezos attending in 2013. Who else did he meet with? Did he get approval for the $WPO deal from David Rockefeller? Did he discuss the deal? We will likely never know because Bilderberg contents are super secret. And only the world's elite bankers, politicians, entrepreneurs, and industrialists attend.

Why Is Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Attending 2013 Bilderberg Conference? http://t.co/0y6el76Z04 $WPO
— #GlassSteagall? (@TwistedPolitix) August 6, 2013

#DASHIT! #HIPHOP Denali - Live Free or Die Ft. Ron Paul (Operation Paul Revere InfoWars)

The New World Financial Order - A Mixed Basket of Currencies and Gold and Silver

Could this be possible? Could we be closing in on the end of the US petrodollar setup during Bretton Woods and extended under Nixon when he took us off the gold standard? Could gold and silver be part of the solution to ending the irresponsible money printing and reckless spending undertaken by the Federal Reserve, the ECB, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, and the Bank of Japan?

Listen to this urgent message to Greece from Hugo Salinas Price, who has proposed a return to the silver standard for Mexico.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Will Zombie Capitalism Give Way to a New World Order of Public Banks? #QuestionMore #GlassSteagall #PublicBank #EndTheFed #GoldSilver

Well, so for most people of the world the economic situation is not very good. Zombie Capitalism, otherwise known as neoliberalism, or globalization, or financial capitalism is plundering nations around the world of all their natural resources and enslaving their people in debt. Look no further than the United States, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Greece, and many many more.

Fools would like you to believe that Obama is trapped by an inept Congress, now on recesss, an enormous national debt, a sluggish economy propped up by Federal Reserve quantitative easing.

Endless wars, public works, & deficit spending are common ingredients to currency debasement, devaluation, & defaults pic.twitter.com/355d3LU8Y1
— Michael Maloney (@mike_maloney) July 15, 2013

Clearly on the foreign policy stage, Obama is showing his strengths to please his financial masters, the money changers that funded his record breaking rise to stardom. Meanwhile leak after leak, foreign policy blunder after blunder, crisis after crisis, all exacerbate the tension in the international markets. It's good cover for the warmongering in Syria, while the hungry military industrial complex waits for more "stimulus"

But you remember, you SUPPORT OUR TROOPS all the way to the Rubicon, just like the Romans, the Germans, the Russians, the French, the Israelis, and the English.

But there is hope. There are options. One of them is reinecting Glass-Steagall, the 1933 act the Franklin Delano Roosevelt. That will split the commercial banks for the investment banks and save you from suffering the Cyrpus Bail-In scenario created by the same banks that blew up the Argentine economy in 2001, not too long after 9/11 and the Enron bankruptcy. Hmm.

@morningmoneyben This was done successfully in 1934 and worked fine for 65 years until bank lobbyists took over Washington. #GlassSteagall
— Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) July 11, 2013

But crashing the 5 largest banks in the United States would cause some major turmoil. Bank employees would get fired. Their homes would get foreclosed. it's a nice thought but my concern is how the credit markets would suddenly come to a screeching halt. Someone like Hank Paulson would once again threaten martial law if Congress did something like this. It even seems unlikely the banks would allow for such a regulation to pass, unless they thought they could make money doing it.

So, this is where alternative currencies and the public bank solution comes into play. Watch this video of Ellen Brown of the Public Banking Institute and start to question more.

When you need to understand the real world of twisted economics, turn to Bob English on PRIME INTEREST on YouTube, because, of course, the mainstream would NEVER carry something this informative.

Hidden Secrets Of Money - Ep1 'Currency Vs Money' - Mike Maloney

From Einstein's E=MC2 to Mind Control and Revolution

Published on Jul 2, 2013

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Building a North American Community

Report of the Independent Task Force on the Future of North America

What follows is a brief summary of the report. Note the involvement of the Council on Foreign Relations in the development of this report and its policy "recommendations". For further background information about the CFR and its role in establishing the one world system, see our Shadow Government section. Scroll down to the bottom of this page for the complete report, which follows the summary. The report is in portable document format (pdf) and must be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Report originally located at
http://www.usembassycanada.gov/content/can_usa/northamericancommunity_TF_final.pdf

Special thanks to Connie Fogal of the Canadian Action Party, who wrote the summary below and to Wanda Benton of the PRC-Digest for calling it to our attention.

Summary:

The North American continent is being transformed from three sovereign nations (Canada, USA, Mexico) into one regional corporate power base, the North American Union.

Unlike the creation of the European Union, there is no public political/ academic discourse on the merits, or pros and cons of a North American Union building up to a vote within each nation as to the wish of the people to join such a union. Instead the union is being created by stealth, is already well on its way to fruition, and is being imposed on us by our own "elected" representatives and government with no opposition.

The ultimate enforcement mechanism for the North American Union is a police state. The tools for the police state are "anti-terrorist" laws. Anti Terrorist laws are a ruse to strip the people of their liberties in order to prevent dissent. The Orwellian justification is "security", "safety".

The plan of this Canada-U.S.-Mexico task force is to establish a continent-wide customs union with a common approach to trade, energy, immigration, law enforcement and security that would virtually eliminate existing national borders. The task force released its recommendations for a common North American in May 17/18, 2005.There was minor reference to it in mainstream media - no headline presentation.

The recommendations include:

a common security perimeter by 2010
a North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers.
a unified border and expanded customs facilities
a single economic space
a common external tariff.
seamless movement of goods within North America.
A North American energy strategy -as a regional alternative to Kyoto.
Review those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded.
A North American regulatory plan that would include "open skies and open roads" and a unified approach on food, health, and the environment.
Expand temporary worker programs and create a "North American preference" for immigration for citizens of North America.
A North American Investment Fund to build infrastructure to connect Mexico's poorer regions in the south to the market to the north.
Restructure and reform Mexico's public finances.
Fully develop Mexican energy resources (Mexico wisely kept their energy out of NAFTA)
A permanent tribunal for trade and investment disputes.( Here is where any vestige of democratic government disappears)
An annual North American summit meeting.
A Tri-national Competition Commission with a common approach to trade remedies.
Scholarships for a network of Centers for North American Studies. (To serve the corporations)
Below is the list of the Members of the Independent Task Force on North America- Many are members of the Trilateral Commission - a similar corporate interest group from the USA, Japan and Western Europe )

FULL REPORT:

BUILDING A NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT TASK FORCE
ON THE FUTURE OF NORTH AMERICA

Did Senator Diane Feinstein reveal her plans for the North American Union?

Did Senator Diane Feinstein reveal her plans for the North American Union? Read this article below and then come back to this section to look up more about the North American Union that Clinton, Bush Sr and Jr, and Obama have accelerated.

Canada, Mexico become part of U.S. ‘homeland’ during NSA Senate briefing

By Andy Radia | Canada Politics – Thu, 1 Aug, 2013

Picture of the homeland map via the Associated Press

American reporters appropriately had a 'wait, what? moment' on Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary committee meeting.

Senator Diane Feinstein, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was defending the National Security Agency's top secret spying when she brought out a prop identifying North America — the United States, Canada and Mexico — as the "Homeland".

"You may also be surprised to learn that our homeland now includes both Mexico and Canada, two areas that we understood to be autonomous nations that are not part of the United States," noted theAtlantic Wire, the publication which first reported the unorthodox map.

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"Normally, this would be written off as a design goof, as one of the NSA's (newly adept) graphics guys using a little more light blue than he ought.

"This being the NSA, we're not inclined to offer that benefit of the doubt. Is this a way of blending in Canadian and Mexican terror activity disruptions (which, we'll remind you, is different from actual plots interrupted) to give a larger sense of the NSA's success at halting terrorism within our borders?"

Or, perhaps the term was used in the spirit of greater cooperation as Canada and the U.S. work towards the Canada-U.S. perimeter security pact.

On Wednesday, for example, the Canadian Press reported that the United States wants its police officers to be exempt from Canadian law when taking part in cross-border policing initiatives.

Maybe the term isn't so far fetched?

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Or maybe it was just a case of an ignorant staffer not knowing his or her geography? Apparently, 2 out 10 Americans can't find Canada on a map of North America.

Whatever the reason, the Twitterverse had some more amusing analysis:

.@pbump welcomes Canada and Mexico to the 'Homeland' (The Continent Formerly Known As North America) http://t.co/hZdGWkamE5
— Scott Young (@scottalyoung) August 1, 2013

Earths newest continent. Welcome to the Homeland, Mexico and Canada! ... http://t.co/UwJLzkGRhI — Kat Capps (@KatCapps) August 1, 2013

Good news for Canada and Mexico: They're now part of the U.S. Homeland. http://t.co/0v25sgC33B
— pbumpnet (@pbumpnet) August 1, 2013

Building A North American Union: Fact or Fiction?: http://t.co/H2ntyNV5uX #Agenda21 #WorldBank #UnitedNations #Homeland
— #GlassSteagall? (@TwistedPolitix) August 4, 2013

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Building A North American Union: Fact or Fiction? USA, Mexico, Canada, all part of New World Order "Homeland"

Note the dispute settlement mechanism of the North American Union is the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Now read a more current article on Senator Diane Feinstein's "Homeland" discussion as part of the NSA Senate hearing.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Larry Silverstein admits to having demolished wtc building 7

Visualizing Collusion, Corruption and Illegal Fraternizing Among Banksters, Big Brother, and Big Oil

What do you call several hundred members of organized crime buried up to their ears in burning hot sand?

A good start.

From Removing the Shackles:

A Chart is Worth a Million Words
With huge thanx to the research team.... who are having an absolute blast asking "What do I know?" and then clicking on a link and discovering all sorts of fun stuff!!! I dont' even know if it's possible to formulate an article around all that they have dug up and discovered and dragged out from under the carpet. I might just have to post an article that is entirely made up of links and say "Have fun with this!!".

A picture may be worth a thousand words.... but a chart is worth a million!!!
This first set of charts is from here: http://fairwhistleblower.ca/content/revolving-door-between-us-government-big-business

Now, this next one is a doozy!!! just for the fun of it I'll put the picture of the chart here, but you'll have to click on the link, which will take you to the original so that you can zooooooom in!!
http://stopsyjonizmowi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bilderberg.jpg

http://blog.exposebadbanks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Bilderberg-Group-Image.png

http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/images/corporate_community/Citigroup_corp_L1.gif

Yea.... this is another one where you really might need to go to the original link to truly see the astoundingness of this chart:http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoharma/97214235/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Here is the link to the pdf that this HSBC chart was taken from :http://www.federalreserve.gov/SECRS/2013/May/20130521/R-1438/R-1438_043013_111118_572960408658_1.pdf

Now... the interesting thing with HSBC is that this chart only shows the "HSBC" named companies for the most part. BUT.... if you take it another level down and take a look at the banks listen here then you can see all the banks that these banks control.
For example:
If you go and investigate HSBC Trinkaus- which is in Germany, then you can start to see the spiders web very easily found on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Trinkaus Right at the bottom of the page:
Brands:

First Direct

Hang Seng Bank

HSBC

HSBC Bank International

HSBC Premier

HSBC Private Bank

HSBC Trinkaus

M&S Money

Proa

SABB

Minority stakes and joint ventures:	Bank of Communications (19%) HSBC Saudi Arabia (60%) SABB (40%) Ping An Insurance (19.9%) Techcombank (15%) Bank of Shanghai (8%)

Predecessor companies	Grupo Banistmo Bank of British Columbia Beneficial Crédit Commercial de France Household Imperial Bank of Persia Marine Midland Bank Midland Bank Republic New York

Well isn't that interesting? Did you know that Midland Bank in the USA was/is HSBC? Follow the yellow brick road and you'll find some interesting things. Just click on the SABB links and follow that around for a bit..... some interesting banking history in there.
I have a bit more to share later... for now I'm chilling out with my kids and trying to stay cool. Have an awesome day my friends!