In the NYT of August 5, 2013, Professor Peter Navarro of UC Irvine has a China bashing Op Ed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/opinion/the-price-of-made-in-china.html?emc=edit_tnt_20130804&tntemail0=y, Professor Peter Navarro is listed as having "directed the documentary film "Death by China.' In a scandal about a San Diego non-profit which worked on regulated utility issues, but who's then-director privately branched out, a news account described an FBI subpeona: > The FBI request appears to center on many of the allegations lodged by David > Peffer, the UCAN staff counsel who authored two highly critical memos > addressed to the board of directors. > > According to the subpoena, federal agents want records related to UCAN’s > dealings with UC Irvine economics professor Peter Navarro; a company Navarro > co-founded called Death By China Productions; Navarro’s wife, Leslie W. > Lebon; Nucor Inc., a North Carolina steelmaker, and two company executives; > and a firm called Red Rock Partners. > > Navarro is a former San Diego mayoral and congressional candidate who now > teaches economics. He co-wrote “Death By China,” which warns that the Chinese > Communist Party poses a looming threat to global peace. (Union-Tribune, San Diego. "Allegations by UCAN’s former lawyer appear to have sparked subpoena" By Jeff McDonald, Thursday, March 1, 2012) An earlier story in a different newspaper, the San Diego Reader, February 27, 2012 thows some light on the issue. > Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), a prominent watchdog operation, has > received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury. In a document > that I have seen, the U.S. Attorney's office wants all records relating to > UCAN and a related organization, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRCH); former > San Diego political candidate Peter Navarro and his wife Leslie W. Lebon; > Death by China Productions LLC, a group set up for making a movie of a book > by the same name Navarro co-authored; Dan DiMicco, chief executive of > steelmaker Nucor; Patrick McFadden, head of Nucor's public affairs, and Red > Rock Partners, which presumably is Red Rock Energy Partners, a fund set up to > make energy investments. Some UCAN insiders suspect that the non-profit group > lost money investing funds in Red Rock. > > My column of August 24, 2011, showed how North Carolina-based Nucor put $1 > million into production of the China-bashing movie, but the money went first > to UCAN. McFadden explained to me at the time that Navarro wanted the $1 > million sent to UCAN, so the company didn't argue." from: "Grand Jury Demands UCAN Financial Records", By Don Bauder | Posted February 27, 2012, 8:11 a.m. So, who funded this Op Ed in the NYTimes? Nucor will be happy with the appearance. Gene _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
