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Cui Bono? Building a Map To Solve the Crime
by CATHERINE AUSTIN FITTS
(Catherine Austin Fitts is former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development and former managing director of Dillon Read. Today she is
CEO of the Solari Group. She can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED])
To understand events such as wars or any of the events on the nightly news,
always ask the question "Cui bono?" which translates as "Who benefits?"
1. Cui Bono? Who Benefits?
2. Who financed the perpetrators?
3. Whose bank and wire transfer systems does their money and precious
metals or gems flow through?
4. Who trained them and supported them over time and now?
5. Who provides them with critical intelligence?
6. Who sold them their equipment and arms and did they take payment in cash
or drugs?
7. Whose satellites, phone lines, and internet lines do they use?
8. Who failed to prevent wrongdoing and do their careers and budgets go up
or down?
9. Whose budget goes up?
10. Whose business prospers?
11.Who knew and said nothing?
12. Who else will make money?
13. Who will sell arms and supplies?
14. Who has insurance on what and does the declaration of war relieve the
insurance companies of their responsibilities?
15. Who will acquire databases, new technology, oil rights, mineral rights,
bank deposits, land, financial assets, telecommunications, media and
consumer markets?
16. What groups and investors are crosscutting to the people who benefit?
17. Who will benefit from a distraction?
18. How do the people who benefit compare with those funding the political
campaigns of those making decisions, or those who appoint those who do?
19. How do the people who benefit compare to those who are government are
dependent on to finance their deficits?
20. Whose power will increase?
21. Who will pay for this in terms of taxes and government debt and loss of
rights, property and life?
I find that if I watch what happens over a period of time and collect up
the many possible answers to that question ---whether it is who makes
money, who loses money, who gains in power and prestige, and who loses
power and prestige, over time, I can learn a great deal about who's
responsible and what their goals are.
Part of asking "cui bono" is to understand the power of distraction.
While the country invested a tremendous amount of interest in Monica
Lewinsky and then a Presidential election, as much as $3 trillion went
unaccounted for and/or missing from federal agencies without notice.
The IOUs for that missing money were expected to come due this fall along
with various crises in the gold, derivatives, and stock markets.
One symptom was the quiet logjam on the defense budget until last week.
Anytime you are tempted to say "But so-and-so would never do that," or "But
so-and-so would never exploit something like this in such a way," I would
encourage you to reconsider and reach out for the hard data.
A review of the statistics on who makes how much money in arms trafficking,
narcotics trafficking, warfare and other forms of organized crime indicate
that governments, banks and legal and illegal corporations and their
investors worldwide consider these to be excellent businesses.
History has shown that powerful but historically invisible wealth has a
pattern of financing and ultimately manipulating all sides in a conflict.
We all may say these things are wrong, but we in America have traditionally
benefited from the rich flow of the profits relative to other people. Our
inability in America over the last fifty years to move to local resources
accountability and to increase our productivity in balance with our
resource use is part of the drive for warfare, covert operations and
organized crime worldwide.
We have traditionally voted in the marketplace or voted at the polls for
the folks who generated the most money for us through these methods.
We should also ask why Americans or people who are not Americans might want
to kill innocent Americans.
Sam Smith published the following yesterday:
RECOVERED HISTORY (May 1996)--
LESLEY STAHL, 60 MINUTES: "We have heard that a half million children have
died [because of sanctions against Iraq]. I mean, that's more children than
died in Hiroshima and and you know, is the price worth it?"
U.N. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard
choice, but we think the price is worth it."
Sam's reference was to 500,000 children dead. I would add the impact of
money laundering on Russia.
In 1992, there were 14 million people living below poverty in the former
Soviet Republics.
Today that number is 147 million and rising.
That is the result of global banks and investors, with the support of the
US National Security Counsel, the US Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and
their contractor in Russia, Harvard University, vacuum cleaning the Russian
banking and financial system illegally. These are two examples. There are
more. It may be a good time to collect up a list of how many people have
died from genocide and warfare in the last decade and who is responsible.
To build a good map of current events, keep asking yourself as events
unfold, "Cui bono?"
Ultimately, if enough people do this, the manipulations of those who are
responsible will fail to achieve their intended purpose.
To exercise the responsibilities of citizens requires understanding how the
money and operations works on any issue or set of issues, and how it
relates to the general flow of resources.
Or, in the words of Bishop Owens, "If we can face it, God can fix it."
CUI BONO? FEDERAL CONTRACTORS
Part of the trick to asking and answering the question "cui bono?" is
getting hard numerical data about how the money and operations work around
any situations.
As an example, let's look at some of the data about one group who can be
expected to benefit from the US declaring war---federal contractors.
A historically large percentage of this war will be designed, run and
implemented by contractors.
This may be our first true corporate war.
Here are some websites and ranking lists for largest federal government
contractors to help you familiarize yourself re how the money works on US
contracting capacity.
Size is important.
So is control of databases and knowledge, hence the importance of
understanding the information technology (including accounting and
financial transaction budgets).
So is influence on events that impact profits in the marketplace through
regulation or change in control of land, assets, etc. such as in times of war.
That is why it is always interesting to look at the other companies owned
by investors in large government contractors to see the ways that the
investment network may profit from their role in helping to run the
government and the policies that impact a wide group of affiliated companies.
Intelligence agency rankings are not included as the more than $30 billion
intelligence agency budgets are generally not available to the public.
My best guess is that if the CIA, NSA and other intelligence agency
contracting data were available, they would show the same thing that the
defense data shows.
Our civilian agencies are essentially run by the military and intelligence
contractors.
USEFUL WEBSITES ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING BY FUNCTION
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/top-100-2001/top-100.html
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/top-100-2001/index.html
http://www.govexec.com/top200/01top/mag.htm
USEFUL WEBSITE ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS BY STATE:
http://www.eagleeyeinc.com
USEFUL WEBSITES FOR INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL DATA ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTORS:
Check individual company sites for Securities and Exchange Data as well as
Edgar-Online.
http:www.edgar-online.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/
SELECTED RANKINGS ON THE LARGEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS
Rankings from August 2001, Government Executive Magazine:
http://www.govexec.com/top200/01top/mag.htm
August 1, 2001
Top Five Defense Contractors
TOTAL DEFENSE PURCHASES $132,125,790,000 FOR FISCAL 2000 CONTRACT AWARDS
($000s)
Rank Parent Company Total DoD........AirForce........Army..............Navy
1 Lockheed Martin Corp.
.............15,801,357.......9,249,624........2,529,496......3,803,629
2 BoeingCo.
.................................12,036,113......5,839,013........1,345,762.......3,730,929
3 Raytheon Co.
.......................7,513,249.......2,582,415........1,809,834.......2,797,321
4 Northrop Grumman Corp.
...........5,962,349.......1,752,231........803,078..........3,088,173
5 General Dynamics Corp.
............4,062,323...........385,906.........1,454,896.......2,181,190
August 1, 2001
DoD Foreign Contractors and Foreign Military Sales
DoD Foreign Contractors
TOTAL PURCHASES $5,254,092,000
Rank Parent Company................Amount ($000s).........Market Share (%)
1 BAE Systems 1,019,232 19.40
2 Canadian Commercial Corp. 661,701 12.59
3 Government of Germany 410,555 7.81
4 Rolls Royce PLC 215,741 4.11
5 Motor Oil Hellas 148,432 2.83
6 Okinawa Electric Power Co. 96,653 1.84
7 Duchossois Industries Inc. 92,427 1.76
8 European Utilities Companies 83,840 1.60
9 Daimler-Chrysler 80,548 1.53
10 Kuwait National Petroleum Co. 80,134 1.53
11 Tokyo Denryoku KK 74,207 1.41
12 FN Fabrique Nationale De Herst 72,634 1.38
13 SKE Maintenance GMBH 59,864 1.14
14 Snecma 56,932 1.08
15 Texaco Inc. 54,186 1.03
16 Siemens AG 52,821 1.01
17 Hyundai Corp. 50,811 0.97
18 Government of the Netherlands 48,819 0.93
19 Bilfinger & Berger 42,353 0.81
20 Williams Holdings PLC 40,263 0.77
21 Warehouses Service Agency SARL 37,736 0.72
22 Greenland Contractors 36,422 0.69
23 Compania Espanola de Petroleos 33,370 0.64
24 Racal Electronics PLC 32,775 0.62
25 Ericsson 31,852 0.61
DoD Foreign Military Sales TOTAL PURCHASES $8,576,475,000
Rank Parent Company Amount ($000s) Market Share (%)
1 Lockheed Martin Corp. 3,431,950 40.02
2 Raytheon Co. 916,557 10.69
3 Boeing Co. 525,128 6.12
4 Canadian Commercial Corp. 455,658 5.31
5 Northrop Grumman Corp. 364,135 4.25
6 General Dynamics Corp. 330,531 3.85
7 TRW Inc. 297,288 3.47
8 Science Applications Intl. Corp. 256,031 2.99
9 United Technologies Corp. 159,830 1.86
10 General Electric Co. 96,106 1.12
11 Honeywell Inc. 91,697 1.07
12 Renco Group 71,842 0.84
13 Carlyle Group 59,540 0.69
14 Engineering Mgmt. Concepts 48,821 0.57
15 Government of the Netherlands 48,819 0.57
August 1, 2001
The Top 100 Civilian Agency Contractors
TOTAL PURCHASES $71,716,604,000
FISCAL 2000 CONTRACT AWARDS ($000s)
Rank Parent Company Total Energy Department NASA
1 Lockheed Martin Corp.
.................4,817,838...........2,002,190...........2,242,193
2 University of California System...3,406,804
..........3,343,074................27,399
3 Boeing Co. .......................................2,624,617
................16,172...........2,604,230
4 Bechtel Group Inc. .........................2,058,495
...........2,046,739..................7,436
5 BNFL Inc.
.........................................1,814,248............1,804,847........................85
August 1, 2001
Information Technology Contractors
TOTAL PURCHASES $32,985,893,000
Rank Parent Company Amount ($000s) Market Share (%)
1 Lockheed Martin Corp. 2,585,040 7.84
2 Northrop Grumman Corp. 1,894,975 5.74
3 Raytheon Co. 1,886,146 5.72
4 Computer Sciences Corp. 1,155,877 3.50
5 Science Applications Intl. Corp. 1,070,865 3.25
6 Electronic Data Systems Corp. 969,181 2.94
7 General Dynamics Corp. 880,985 2.67
8 AT&T 812,479 2.46
9 TRW Inc. 560,431 1.70
10 Hughes Electronics Corp. 528,117 1.60
August 1, 2001
Information Technology Contractors - Computer Services & Software
TOTAL PURCHASES $19,332,872,000
Rank Parent Company Amount ($000s) Market Share (%)
1 Lockheed Martin Corp. 1,421,269 7.35
2 Northrop Grumman Corp. 1,114,384 5.76
3 Computer Sciences Corp. 1,105,094 5.72
4 Science Applications Intl. Corp. 1,035,132 5.35
5 Electronic Data Systems Corp. 639,833 3.31
6 Raytheon Co. 467,892 2.42
7 Unisys Corp. 408,409 2.11
8 ACS 378,319 1.96
9 IBM Corp. 345,050 1.78
10 Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. 323,085 1.67
11 General Dynamics Corp. 299,179 1.55
12 GTSI 281,131 1.45
13 TRW Inc. 271,098 1.40
14 Titan Corp. 224,737 1.16
15 DynCorp 201,625 1.04
16 CACI International Inc. 189,245 0.98
17 Oracle Corp. 180,544 0.93
18 SRA International Inc. 173,779 0.90
19 Azimuth Technologies Inc. 172,528 0.89
20 Getronics 150,974 0.78
Rankings from Washington Technology, 5/01
Top Federal Prime Contractors in Information Technology
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/top-100-2001/top-100.html
1. Lockheed Martin Corp.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com
$3,317,769,000
Bethesda, Md.
2 Northrop Grumman Corp.
http://www.northgrum.com
$1,608,871,000
Los Angeles
3 United Space Alliance
http://www.unitedspacealliance.com
$1,608,804,000
Houston
4 Computer Sciences Corp.
http://www.csc.com
$1,387,688,000
El Segundo, Calif
5 Raytheon Co.
http://www.raytheon.com
$1,381,670,000
Lexington, Mass.
6 Science Applications International Corp.
http://www.saic.com
$1,232,509,000
San Diego
7 Electronic Data Systems Corp.
http://www.eds.com
$970,397,000
Plano, Texas
8 TRW Inc.
http://www.trw.com
$922,927,000
Cleveland
9 General Dynamics Corp.
http://www.gd.com
$833,816,000
Falls Church, Va.
10 AT&T Corp.
http://www.att.com
$796,187,000
New York
11 Boeing Co.
http://www.boeing.com
$788,334,000
Seattle
12 Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.
http://www.bah.com
$514,293,000
McLean, Va.
13 Dell Computer Corp.
http://www.dell.com
$455,670,000
Round Rock, Texas
14 Unisys Corp.
http://www.unisys.com
$452,018,000
Blue Bell, Pa.
15 GTSI Corp.
http://www.gtsi.com
$414,228,000
Chantilly, Va.
16 Motorola Inc.
http://www.motorola.com
$373,975,000
Schaumburg, Ill.
17 Affiliated Computer Services Inc.
http://www.acs.com
$370,480,000
Dallas
18 IBM Corp.
http://www.ibm.com
$359,410,000
Armonk, N.Y.
19 BAE Systems Plc
http://www.baesystems.com
$331,044,000
Farnborough, U.K.
20 CACI International Inc.
http://www.caci.com
$318,502,000
Arlington, Va.
21 Titan Corp.
http://www.titan.com
$318,100,000
San Diego
22 DynCorp
http://www.dyncorp.com
$309,792,000
Reston, Va.
23 Anteon Corp.
http://www.anteon.com
$271,070,000
Fairfax, Va.
24 ARINC Inc.
http://www.arinc.com
$240,726,000
Annapolis, Md.
25 American Management Systems Inc.
http://www.amsinc.com
$230,116,000
Fairfax, Va.
26 Verizon Communications Inc.
http://www.verizon.com
$209,977,000
New York
27 ManTech International Corp.
http://www.mantech.com
$203,196,000
Fairfax, Va.
28 WorldCom Inc.
http://www.worldcom.com
$201,024,000
Clinton, Miss.
29 Compaq Computer Corp.
http://www.compaq.com
$195,661,000
Houston
30 Harris Corp.
http://www.harris.com
$180,116,000
Melbourne, Fla.
31 Oracle Corp.
http://www.oracle.com
$174,725,000
Redwood Shores, Calif.
32 SRA International Inc.
http://www.sra.com
$172,836,000
Fairfax, Va.
33 Getronics NV
http://www.getronics.com
$167,705,000
Amsterdam
34 ITT Industries
http://www.itt.com
$161,934,000
White Plains, N.Y.
35 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
http://www.jacobs.com
$161,069,000
Pasadena, Calif.
36 Signal Corp.
http://www.signal.com
$159,406,000
Fairfax, Va.
37 Lucent Technologies Inc.
http://www.lucent.com
$157,200,000
Murray Hill, N.J.
38 Honeywell International Inc.
http://www.honeywell.com
$156,883,000
Morristown, N.J.
39 Colsa Corp.
http://www.colsa.com
$156,469,000
Huntsville, Ala.
40 Resource Consultants Inc.
http://www.resourceconsultants.com
$155,568,000
Vienna, Va.
41 KPMG Consulting Inc.
http://www.kpmgconsulting.com
$150,466,000
McLean, Va.
42 OAO Corp.
http://www.oao.com
$150,097,000
Greenbelt, Md.
43 Micron Technology Inc.http://www.micron.com
$147,077,000
Boise, Idaho
44 Sprint Communications Corp.
http://www.sprint.com
$138,967,000
Westwood, Kan.
45 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
http://www.pwcglobal.com
$126,950,000
New York
46 Carlyle Group
http://www.carlylegroup.com
$112,384,000
Washington
47 Milcom Systems Corp.
http://www.milcomsystems.com
$111,415,000
Virginia Beach, Va.
48 Technology Management & Analysis Corp.
http://www.tmac.com
$110,518,000
McLean, Va.
49 PlanetGov Inc.
http://www.planetgov.com
$109,724,000
Chantilly, Va.
50 Eagan McAllister Associates
http://www.emainc.com
$107,472,000
Lexington Park, Md.
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