[CTRL] Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
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[CTRL] THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING DISK-DRIVES
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING DISK-DRIVES Washington Weekly 6/19/00 Edward Zehr It all began on May 7 when, according to a Fox News report, "lab workers responsible for the disks discovered they had vanished from a suitcase in the vault but did not report the loss to higher-ups at the lab or to security, according to a lab spokesman." Michael Y. Park, a Fox news reporter, indicated that the hard drives, which "disappeared" from a vault at the Los Alamos National Laboratory contained "detailed information on U.S. and Russian nukes." Although the exact nature of the information has not been revealed, Republican senators investigating the incident have described it as possibly the most serious security breach in the nation's history. The latest word as I finish this article is that the disks have been found behind a photo-copying machine in a "secure" area of the lab. An administration official told UPI Friday night that the drives had been found "in very questionable circumstances" and that the federal investigation of the matter is "far from over." The area where the hard-drives were found had been searched at least twice before and investigators are certain that they were not there at the time. The area is being treated as a crime scene by the FBI. The disks themselves are of no importance -- the official told UPI that investigators would like to know where the drives had been "from when they disappeared until they were discovered." He indicated that they are "particularly interested in whether the hard drives 'have been compromised' -- whether the classified information on them has been accessed or downloaded." At least 20 FBI agents are investigating the security breach, together with security personnel from the Department of Energy. Having worked with classified information during most of an engineering career that spanned three-and-a-half decades, a couple of things immediately caught my eye in the brief news accounts. First I would point out that when one is handling information as sensitive as this is said to be, things don't simply "vanish." There is (supposed to be) a chain of accountability that anchors the information to a person, or persons, responsible for it's safekeeping. Because access to such highly classified data is tightly restricted, it should be abundantly obvious which (small group of) people are likely to have seen it last. Given the urgency of the situation, it should not take weeks or months to determine what happened. Although 85 people are said to have had access, it seems that only 28 people were authorized to enter, unescorted, the vault where the disk- drives were kept. Presumably at least one of these people knows what happened to the missing data. The FBI is presently giving lie-detector tests to those involved, in an effort to identify the knowledgeable one(s), much to the annoyance of everyone involved. The other point that comes readily to mind is that, unless a person has been suddenly afflicted with a rare brain disorder that causes him to regress back to the psychological level of a mindlessly irresponsible, infantile brat, that person does not wait three weeks before informing someone in authority that the nation's nuclear secrets are missing. As annoying as it must be to be given a polygraph test under these circumstances, nobody forced any of these people to involve themselves in work that requires the safeguarding of highly sensitive classified information. Perhaps had they taken that part of the job a bit more seriously they would not have been confronted with such an irritating imposition. LETHARGY AT LOS ALAMOS Last Tuesday a Department of Energy security official told the House Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee that none of the 85 employees who had access to the classified vault were questioned for two weeks after the hard-drives were reported missing because lab officials were preoccupied with the wildfire that was threatening the facility at the time. On the surface this may sound plausible enough, but the disk-drives were found to be missing soon after the fire had been reported. Since when do brush fires take precedence over national security investigations? Do these people really find it so difficult to walk and chew gum at the same time? Are the local security people all members of the volunteer fire department? Wouldn't it have made sense to inform somebody in Washington so that they could look into the security problem while the local employees were preoccupied with the fire? Connoisseurs of mush-headed bureaucratic double-talk will find none of this particularly surprising -- or convincing. What I am attempting to say, in brief, is that there is something terribly wrong with this story. Highly sensitive information is just not handled in this slapdash manner -- at least not in my experience. And if it were, why isn't somebody hanging from the yardarm by now? In an obvious attempt at damage control, the Clinton
[CTRL] Drugs, terror and dud bills ... oh dear, leader Kim
AFR World Drugs, terror and dud bills ... oh dear, leader Kim afr.com.au Sunday, June 18, 2000 By Peter Hartcher When police in Moscow detained a North Korean found exchanging illegally large amounts of US currency, they opened his overcoat to find it stuffed with thousands of crisp, new $US100 bills. The money turned out to be high-quality counterfeit. And when he claimed diplomatic immunity, they checked out his story. They discovered that he was not just a diplomat but a senior aide to the North Korean leader himself, Kim Jong Il, the man known to his people as Dear Leader. The greenbacks are so good because North Korea's Government spent $US10 million ($16.5 million) to buy an intaglio printing press of the same type used by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. They've been called "supernotes". The Congressional Research Service estimated last year that Pyongyang was turning out at least $US15 million a year worth of counterfeit US bills. They have been seized in at least nine countries, according to an American crime expert, David Kaplan. This illustrates several things about North Korea. First, its increasing desperation. It once drew crucial economic and strategic support from Moscow. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, Moscow lost interest in sponsoring global communism and in 1995 failed to renew its security agreement with Pyongyang. North Korea was reduced from a client State of Moscow's to a criminal State trying to pass dud currency in the laneways of its one-time ally. And it's not just counterfeiting. North Korea's Government exports an entire supermarket of illegal drugs to raise hard currency. Japanese Customs found a methamphetamine shipment in 1988 that had a street value of $US170 million - equal to a third of all legal North Korean exports for the year. It is sometimes said that the Russian State has been taken over by mafia interests. But in North Korea, "the State is the mafia", according to the former American ambassador to Seoul, James Lilley. But even State-organised crime was not enough to compensate for the absence of a functional economy. North Korea's people have been suffering from famine for four years. China stepped in to keep North Korea from collapsing entirely, supplying cheap oil, coal and grain. But China, itself well advanced in the transformation from a command economy to a market one, has been increasingly impatient with Pyongyang's obduracy. China pressed Dear Leader hard to start opening the country to trade. Left without any choice, he finally agreed to meet his counterpart from the south, Kim Dae Jung. Second, it tells us how closely the Dear Leader supervises his regime's illegal activities. The office responsible for illicit exports, Workers Party Bureau 39, was established under the direct control of Kim Jong Il. Likewise, he is thought by intelligence agencies in Seoul and Washington to have been personally involved in organising his regime's most horrendous acts of terrorism. These include the 1987 mid-air bombing of Korean Air Lines flight 858 that killed 115 people and the 1983 bombing in Burma of a helicopter carrying four South Korean cabinet ministers. So it is truly stunning to see him turn so abruptly from bombs to bouquets in dealing with South Korea. The rapprochement between the two Kims that occurred in Pyongyang this week began with a handshake, moved on to hand-holding in the back of the official limousine, and ended with a bear hug. For two countries that remain technically at war, this is quite extraordinary. The summit promises much change. First, it reduces the risk of war in one of the world's tinderboxes. Second, it improves the chances that the criminal terrorist regime can be brought into the community of civilised States. Third, it promises to create a new wave of economic vigour on the Korean peninsula if North and South can manage economic integration. South Korea has big, rich companies that want to build factories in North Korea, where labour is very cheap and very well trained. But it also promises to usher in a whole new era of competition between the great powers. How? South Korea's former foreign minister, Han Sung-joo, now a professor at Korea University, published an essay in Friday's Korea Herald in which he made three key points. In summary: One, the rapprochement will probably weaken the position of the US on the Korean peninsula. This is because Seoul will have increasing difficulty explaining the need for the US military bases in South Korea, where Uncle Sam has 37,000 troops. Their future must now be in doubt. Two, it improves China's position. China orchestrated the summit: Han says it is "on the centre stage in Korean affairs". Further, China does not want North Korea, a neighbour, to collapse. It wants to keep it as a friendly buffer State. But it does not want to keep propping it up either. If North Korea can now open itself to trade, it will grow stronger - a
[CTRL] Intel aims at Transmeta with new notebook chips
[I guess we will soon be seeing notebooks that are 2 pounds lighter getting 10 hours on one charge of the batteries. --MS] Intel aims at Transmeta with new notebook chips By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer CNET News.com June 16, 2000, 12:05 p.m. PT URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2091498.html A cavalcade of notebooks will hit shelves and e-commerce sites soon, as Intel on Monday will come out with five new notebook processors, including two low-power chips designed to compete against Transmeta's Crusoe. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will release a 750-MHz Pentium III and two Celerons running at 650-MHz and 600-MHz for the mainstream notebook market, said sources close to the company. In addition, two lower-power processors for the ultraportable market will emerge: a 600-MHz Pentium III that consumes an average of less than a watt of power, as well as a 500-MHz Celeron that consumes less than two watts. Nearly all major manufacturers say they will incorporate some, or all, of these chips into notebooks in the coming weeks. Desktops also will be in the news next week, as Intel on the same day will come out with its 815 chipset, which will allow PC makers to marry the latest Pentium III technology without adopting expensive Rambus memory. All this silicon comes at a critical time for Intel. Pentium IIIs and many Celerons have been in short supply since October because of a factory capacity shortage, higher-than-expected demand and, according to some, sporadic manufacturing difficulties. The shortage has stunted sales. Rival Advanced Micro Devices, meanwhile, has been grabbing more market share in the performance desktop sector. "Intel's supply capabilities scared a lot of customers," Simon Lin, CEO of Acer Information Products Group, said in an interview earlier this week. "Perhaps these alternatives will have a better chance." Notebook chips have remained one of Intel's more profitable segments, but the company will soon see the emergence of a new competitor in Transmeta. Chip competition Transmeta, which has developed a low-powered chip for notebooks, plans to show off at PC Expo later this month a number of notebooks for the business market from major manufacturers using its 5400 Crusoe processor. "We're going to show a lot of great notebooks at PC Expo," said Jim Chapman, Transmeta senior vice president of sales and marketing. The company's coming out party is significant in that no company to date has seriously competed against Intel in the business market. IBM has already said it will show off a Transmeta-based notebook. Compaq Computer and Gateway also are likely to be there, as both invested in Transmeta earlier this year. "Intel is getting within striking distance, and that may be all they need," said Kevin Krewell, an analyst with MicroDesign Resources. "If I am an MIS guy, and I have a choice between Transmeta...and Intel, the corporate guy will probably go for Intel." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Los Alamos Nuke Hard Drives: Foster Case Deja Vu
With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Sunday June 18, 2000; 11:19 AM EDT Los Alamos Nuke Hard Drives: Foster Case Deja Vu Pundits are already comparing the recovery of two Los Alamos Labs computer hard drives full of U.S. nuclear secrets to the mysterious 1996 reappearance of Hillary Clinton's missing Rose Law billing records, which turned up in the White House Book Room two years after they were subpoenaed. But in fact, the bizarre reappearance of the missing nuke files -- found Friday behind a copy machine inside the lab's appropriately named X Division -- more closely resembles the mysterious recovery of Vince Foster's so-called suicide note. "Officials were highly skeptical of the circumstances surrounding the recovery because the area where the hard drives were found had already been closely searched twice," reported The New York Times on Saturday. "They were recovered under very questionable circumstances," a senior law enforcement official told the paper. Like the area at Los Alamos' X division where the hard drives were found, Foster's briefcase had been searched twice by White House officials -- once in the presence of FBI agents -- without the discovery of anything resembling a suicide note. The night of July 20, 1993, just hours after the deputy White House counsel was discovered shot to death in a Virginia Park, three senior Clinton aides entered his office to search for clues that might explain their co-worker's sudden violent death. Mrs. Clinton's chief of staff Maggie Williams later explained her presence as the product of emotional distress. But Foster's boss Bernard Nussbaum and White House personnel director Patsy Thomasson testified that they were looking for a suicide note. Thomasson told investigators that she came upon Foster's briefcase under his desk, shuffled through its contents but found nothing. Two days later, in front Park Police officers, Justice Department officials and FBI agents, Nussbaum emptied the contents of Foster's briefcase, held it aloft, peered inside and declared, "It's empty." But on July 26 that declaration suddenly became inoperative. While packing up the contents Foster's office several bright yellow scraps of paper tumbled out of the "empty" briefcase, Nussbaum aide Stephen Neuwirth told investigators. Nussbaum and Neuwirth hastily pieced together the scraps, which revealed a list of work related complaints, but bid no one goodbye and offered no hint its author was preparing to kill himself. What's more, the handwritten note had not a single traceable fingerprint on it, despite being shredded by hand, allegedly by Foster, and later pieced together by the White House aides. Park Police, who generally bought the suicide theory, remained skeptical about the way Foster's note magically materialized in a briefcase that had already been searched twice. "Our oldest, blindest detective could have found that note if it was in there," Park Police Major Robert Hines later testified. Still, investigators decided not to explore too deeply the frightening possibility that the note had been planted -- even after three independent handwriting experts deemed it a forgery. Now that the two missing nuke hard drives have re-emerged under startlingly similar circumstances, which investigators admit are "highly questionable," will those charged with maintaining U.S. national security follow the evidence wherever it leads? Or will investigators, like their Foster case counterparts, turn a blind eye to highly disturbing evidence merely because it points to a conclusion no one wants to contemplate? = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A
[CTRL] [endsecrecy] Brigitte Bardot Convicted for Muslim Comment
.. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: From: Remy C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: endsecrecy list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [endsecrecy] Brigitte Bardot Convicted for Muslim Comment Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 12:18 AM ( What better way to introduce this new online service! Will Pamela Anderson follow suit? www.care2.com is yet another website I just discovered by reading the July/August issue of New Age magazine that specializes in environmental news and lifestyle information. They claim their environmental stories are pulled from 400+ global news sources. Care2 partners include Inktomi, Looksmart / Altavista, NewsReal and Commtouch, Inc. The advertising contact is Mary Donahue Quinlan. Phone: 212.883.4700. [EMAIL PROTECTED] @phase2media.com. They have a section called Green Lynx: directory of environmental websites which looks exactly like a Yahoo search engine. Transportation is under Political and Human Issues. They say that "they need help to keep it the biggest and best environmental directory on the Web. They carefully review each site for quality and relevance, and will add your link within two weeks if it is selected. Feel free to submit multiple websites you think deserve to be included." We'll see. Right now there isn't that much there yet, but it looks promising. Plus the only email contact or phone listed is for sales, NOT networking! Submit forms are NOT professional because you can't keep record of correspondence!!! Unless they create more email addresses it will probably be another green e-commerce attempt that will fail. There is another one to send art at [EMAIL PROTECTED] @earth.Care2.com, but that's it. Remy C.) From: http://care2.yellowbrix.com/pages/care2/Story.nsp?story_id=11284969ID=care2 Bardot Convicted for Muslim Comment Source: Associated Press Publication date: 2000-06-15 PARIS (AP) -- A French court on Thursday convicted French actress and animal activist Brigitte Bardot of inciting "discrimination, hatred or racial violence" after she criticized a Muslim festival in which sheep are slaughtered. Bardot also was fined $3,000 for a chapter in a book published in 1999 in which she lamented that "my country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims." In the book, "Pluto's Square," she criticized the Muslim practice of killing sheep for Aid-el-Kebir, a Muslim celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Among People had filed the suit against Bardot. Bardot was previously convicted for similar remarks made in 1996. The Associated Press News Service Copyright 2000 by The Associated Press All Rights Reserved Find out your risk for Diabetes and win one of 40 cash prizes. For every test taken, we'll donate a $1 for research. http://click.egroups.com/1/5600/9/_/1335/_/961129136/ Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] IGI Comes Under Scrutiny
June 19, 2000 Politics Policy IGI Comes Under Scrutiny in Attempt To Purchase Lobbying Group's Trash By GLENN R. SIMPSON Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- Last spring, prominent Washington private investigator Terry Lenzner traveled to Silicon Valley to drum up business. He was convinced that the technology industry was ripe for his services, one lawyer who met with him said. His timing was good: The federal government's landmark antitrust trial against Microsoft Corp. was just getting under way, and many technology executives for the first time were starting to pay attention to Washington. Who better than Mr. Lenzner, a veteran of often-dirty political fights who had helped President Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky case, to cater to their concerns? Thanks partly to the Lewinsky case, Mr. Lenzner said last year to a Dow Jones News Service reporter that he had succeeded in finding work in the Valley. Some of that work, it is now apparent, was for a client with an interest in the Microsoft case. At least four employees of his firm, Investigative Group International, have been linked to an elaborate, surreptitious attempt to get internal information about the Association for Competitive Technology, a Microsoft-backed lobbying group, by buying their office trash. IGI hasn't said who its client is, and Mr. Lenzner declined to comment. IGI has offices in eight U.S. cities and three foreign nations, and is recognized as one of the country's top security and investigative groups. Its offices in Los Angeles and Berkeley, Calif., are increasingly involved with the tech industry, and according to its Web page, IGI has developed a specialty in intellectual-property cases. Fueling Suspicion? A look at Investigative Group International Chairman Terry F. Lenzner Founded 1984 U.S. Offices Washington, D.C.; Boston; Chicago; New York; Atlanta; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Seattle Former clients U.S. State Department, United Way of America, GTE, Gardner Museum (Boston), the state of Alaska Some services Asset searches, corporate risk and security consulting, due diligence, internal corporate investigations and litigation support Source: The company Mr. Lenzner's first big break came when he was hired by Sen. Sam Ervin in 1973 as an investigator on the Senate Watergate Committee. It almost ended badly. According to the 1978 book "Chief Counsel," by former top Ervin aide Sam Dash, he came close to being fired for allegedly exceeding his authority and leaking information to the media. A Harvard Law School graduate who had been dismissed by the Nixon administration in a dispute over providing legal services to the poor, Mr. Lenzner quickly gravitated to the "dirty tricks" aspect of the Watergate investigation. He eventually unearthed crucial information about the involvement of Nixon confidant Bebe Rebozo in Nixon fund-raising activities. Mr. Dash writes that initially he had to save Mr. Lenzner's job after advisers to Mr. Ervin complained he was a leftist because of his legal-services work and his subsequent role defending antiwar activists. 'He Needs Watching' But it was Mr. Dash himself who later wanted to fire Mr. Lenzner for failing to keep him informed about his work. By that time, the investigator had won over Mr. Ervin, who said, "Oh no, Sam. Don't fire Terry. ... Maybe his zeal has led Terry to do some unorthodox things, but that only means he needs watching." Zealousness -- and a knack for profiting from political controversy -- have since become his hallmarks. In 1991, Mr. Lenzner was called in by Bill Clinton's struggling presidential campaign for opposition research. Later, he helped defend the candidate from women claiming to be his former paramours. He performed a similar role when the president was sued by Paula Jones in 1994 for sexual misconduct, and also worked for Mr. Clinton's criminal defense in the Whitewater investigation. Among several controversies generated by his work were allegations by congressional Republicans -- never fully substantiated -- that he investigated the backgrounds of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and members of his staff. Pushing the Edge of the Envelope Other groups allied with Microsoft besides the ACT have charged that their offices have been broken into, but IGI hasn't been linked to those incidents. Friends said they don't believe Mr. Lenzner would take such a risk. In the trash-buying incident, to get access to the building, IGI leased office space through a front company, thereby sparing itself a possible trespassing charge. While sneaky, the trash-buying attempt probably wasn't criminal. In a 1998 Vanity Fair magazine profile, Mr. Lenzner himself approvingly labeled such tactics "very creative." ACT's Jonathan Zuck said he may hire a lawyer to file a civil lawsuit, perhaps over invasion of privacy, to find out who IGI was
[CTRL] Sai Baba Exposed
From: d.linen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sai Baba Exposed Sathya Sai Baba Exposed: Cult, Magic, And Brainwashing UPDATE:http://www.myfreeoffice.com/saibabaexposed The following site has two movies that show Sai Baba cheating. The first movie is specially unique in that it catches sai baba from a very good angle. Please download the large screen version. Click here to see the movies "The Findings" written by David and Faye Bailey are online now for your reading. David and Faye were VIP devotees for a few years before they found out about Sai Baba's dark side. Click here to read The Findings A new sexual molestation story by Jens from Germany. Click here to read A new sexual molestation story by Hans from Australia. Click here to read Two young boys in Sweden have accused Sai Baba of sexual molestation and as a result many of the devotees have left Sai Baba. Recently Connie Larsson, a Swedish actor and a VIP devotee of Sai Baba exposed his sexual relationship with Sai Baba also. Here is an article that was written about Connie Larsson in a Swedish spiritual magazine. This article also touches upon one of the stories of the young Swedish boy that was molested: Click here There are many interesting discussions in the following club between devotees and ex-devotees. Click here to go there. "Baba is not learned or highly educated. He is a non-matriculate playing with undergraduates in the Sathya Sai Colleges." V K Gokak, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, The Man and The Avatar, Abhinav Publications, New Delhi, 1975, p. 97 V K Gokak is a long time VIP devotee of Sai Baba. He was the head of Sai Baba's university. Sathya Sai Baba His Cult This site has info on Sathya Sai Baba's cult, it does not have any information on Sathya Sai Baba's bhajans, movies, pictures, "miracles", books, dreams, etc. If you are a Sathya Sai Baba devotee, you might get very offended, so if you prefer, do not read any further and go to another site. However, if you want to be a serious, true seeker of the truth, then please bookmark this site and read the contents. Thank you. Sathya Sai Baba claims to be an Avatar -- a Hindu word for God's descent into a human body. He supposedly has millions of followers althogh no one really knows how many followers there is. Sathya Sai Baba also claims that he has the power to do anything he wills. There are numerous stories by Sai Baba's devotees on how Sai Baba has produced a ring -- out of nowhere -- for them, how they were cured, etc. Sathya Sai Baba supposedly can produce things out of nowhere by circling his right hand and then with a quick downward move, he grabs something and gives it to one of his followers. As an ex-devotee of Sathya Sai Baba, I know of four movies that clearly show him cheating on this "miracle" that has made him very famous, rich, and has brought to him millions of followers -- some are very well known -- from all over the world. This web site attempts to introduce to the readers the dark side of Sathya Sai Baba. Links to interesting sites on Sathya Sai Baba: Watch Sai Baba cheat on video (4-5 clear, close-up shots) learn how Sai Baba really cheats An entire book that analyses Sai Baba's powers is online (A MUST READ!). An account of sexual molestation and magic by one of Sai Baba's much respected students (A MUST READ!). Sai Baba's cancer causing habit and his recommendation of it! Sai Baba lies about one of his "miracles" Sai Baba lies again about one of his "miracles" Sai Baba makes two different remarks on the Star Of Bethlehem Sai Baba Makes A Mistake, Not Once, But Twice How come Sai Baba doesn't "create" Seiko watches anymore? NHNE report on Sai Baba, murders in Sai Baba's bedroom, kidney theft, and more Interesting: Investigate the Murder at Satya Sai Baba's Collage Beware: very graphic picture of the burnt body of Lokayya Poojary of the Satya Sai Junior College What if Sai Baba can do miracles? Links to other anti-Sai Baba web sites Sai Baba's speech about the "rumors" on the internet Links to cult resources Message Discussion Board A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A
[CTRL] Drugs, Terror and Dud Bills
From: d.linen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Drugs, Terror and Dud Bills AFR World Drugs, terror and dud bills ... oh dear, leader Kim afr.com.au Sunday, June 18, 2000 By Peter Hartcher When police in Moscow detained a North Korean found exchanging illegally large amounts of US currency, they opened his overcoat to find it stuffed with thousands of crisp, new $US100 bills. The money turned out to be high-quality counterfeit. And when he claimed diplomatic immunity, they checked out his story. They discovered that he was not just a diplomat but a senior aide to the North Korean leader himself, Kim Jong Il, the man known to his people as Dear Leader. The greenbacks are so good because North Korea's Government spent $US10 million ($16.5 million) to buy an intaglio printing press of the same type used by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. They've been called "supernotes". The Congressional Research Service estimated last year that Pyongyang was turning out at least $US15 million a year worth of counterfeit US bills. They have been seized in at least nine countries, according to an American crime expert, David Kaplan. This illustrates several things about North Korea. First, its increasing desperation. It once drew crucial economic and strategic support from Moscow. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, Moscow lost interest in sponsoring global communism and in 1995 failed to renew its security agreement with Pyongyang. North Korea was reduced from a client State of Moscow's to a criminal State trying to pass dud currency in the laneways of its one-time ally. And it's not just counterfeiting. North Korea's Government exports an entire supermarket of illegal drugs to raise hard currency. Japanese Customs found a methamphetamine shipment in 1988 that had a street value of $US170 million - equal to a third of all legal North Korean exports for the year. It is sometimes said that the Russian State has been taken over by mafia interests. But in North Korea, "the State is the mafia", according to the former American ambassador to Seoul, James Lilley. But even State-organised crime was not enough to compensate for the absence of a functional economy. North Korea's people have been suffering from famine for four years. China stepped in to keep North Korea from collapsing entirely, supplying cheap oil, coal and grain. But China, itself well advanced in the transformation from a command economy to a market one, has been increasingly impatient with Pyongyang's obduracy. China pressed Dear Leader hard to start opening the country to trade. Left without any choice, he finally agreed to meet his counterpart from the south, Kim Dae Jung. Second, it tells us how closely the Dear Leader supervises his regime's illegal activities. The office responsible for illicit exports, Workers Party Bureau 39, was established under the direct control of Kim Jong Il. Likewise, he is thought by intelligence agencies in Seoul and Washington to have been personally involved in organising his regime's most horrendous acts of terrorism. These include the 1987 mid-air bombing of Korean Air Lines flight 858 that killed 115 people and the 1983 bombing in Burma of a helicopter carrying four South Korean cabinet ministers. So it is truly stunning to see him turn so abruptly from bombs to bouquets in dealing with South Korea. The rapprochement between the two Kims that occurred in Pyongyang this week began with a handshake, moved on to hand-holding in the back of the official limousine, and ended with a bear hug. For two countries that remain technically at war, this is quite extraordinary. The summit promises much change. First, it reduces the risk of war in one of the world's tinderboxes. Second, it improves the chances that the criminal terrorist regime can be brought into the community of civilised States. Third, it promises to create a new wave of economic vigour on the Korean peninsula if North and South can manage economic integration. South Korea has big, rich companies that want to build factories in North Korea, where labour is very cheap and very well trained. But it also promises to usher in a whole new era of competition between the great powers. How? South Korea's former foreign minister, Han Sung-joo, now a professor at Korea University, published an essay in Friday's Korea Herald in which he made three key points. In summary: One, the rapprochement will probably weaken the position of the US on the Korean peninsula. This is because Seoul will have increasing difficulty explaining the need for the US military bases in South Korea, where Uncle Sam has 37,000 troops. Their future must now be in doubt. Two, it improves China's position. China orchestrated the summit: Han says it is "on the centre stage in Korean affairs". Further, China does not want North Korea, a neighbour, to collapse. It wants to keep it as a friendly buffer State. But it does not want to keep propping it up either. If North
[CTRL] Americans Narrowing Support for Abortion
Americans Narrowing Support for Abortion Times Poll: Results reveal a conflicted stance--they think its murder yet lean toward leaving the choice to women. Still, support increases for limiting the procedures availability. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/updates/lat_poll000618.htm By ALISSA J. RUBIN, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON--More than a quarter-century after the Supreme Court established a constitutional right to abortion, overall support for the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision seems to be softening as Americans adopt a more nuanced view of the circumstances under which abortions should be allowed, according to a new Los Angeles Times Poll. Despite the increasing level of discomfort with the high courts ruling--43% of current survey respondents express support for Roe, compared with 56% in 1991--the poll shows continued opposition to a constitutional ban on abortion. Individual opinions about abortion are rife with ambivalence, the poll suggests. Many respondents express positions that on their surface appear to contradict each other but, upon exploration, reveal two strong but competing sets of feelings. Americans, in terms of their own code of morality, may view abortion as murder and may be comfortable with it being illegal, but most Americans dont want to impose that on other people, said Susan Carroll, a senior research associate who studies abortion at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Its kind of a live-and-let-live approach. . . . Most Americans are in favor of letting people make their own individual choices. More than half of those surveyed say abortion should either be illegal in all circumstances or legal only in cases of rape, incest or when a woman s life is in danger. At the same time, more than two-thirds say that, regardless of their own feelings on the subject, the highly personal decision to obtain an abortion should be left to a woman and her doctor. Even more striking, while 57% of respondents say they consider abortion to be murder, more than half of that group agree that a woman should have the right to choose an abortion. These conflicting perspectives make abortion a particularly tricky issue for politicians. President Clinton attempted to straddle the ambivalence in his first presidential campaign by saying he wanted abortions to be safe, legal and rare. So far, neither Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush nor Democratic rival Al Gore have found a similarly deft formulation. The issue could help--or hurt--both men. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have no clear sense of either candidates position on the issue at this point in the presidential race. But 34% of poll respondents say that if they learn that a candidates position on abortion disagrees with their own, it would be enough to change their vote. The Times Poll, supervised by polling director Susan Pinkus, surveyed 2,071 Americans from June 8 through Tuesday. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2 percentage points. Sentiment Varies on When and Why Bushs opposition to abortion appeared more likely to help his candidacy than Gores support of abortion rights will help his. When told that Bush opposes abortion, 27% of respondents say that makes them more likely to vote for him. But only 18% of respondents say Gores support for legal abortion would make them more likely to vote for him. Still, there may be risks in emphasizing a stand against abortion, some experts say. If a candidate strongly opposes legal abortion, that could mobilize opposition among sizable groups of voters, such as suburban women and college students. The country leans [toward] limited pro-choice, said Bob Blendon, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health who tracks views on health care issues. Public sentiment varies considerably based on when and why a woman chooses to obtain an abortion, the poll shows. Nearly two-thirds of respondents say abortions should be illegal after the first three months of pregnancy. While 85% support abortion when a woman s physical health is at risk, the level of support drops to 54% when only her emotional health is at stake. And 66% say they support abortion when the fetus is at risk of an abnormality. The poll shows growing support for RU-486, the abortion pill that was developed in France and can be used during the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Americans are almost evenly divided between those who favor making it widely available (43%) and those who oppose doing so (46%). When the question was first asked 11 years ago, 32% approved of making the drug available. Overall public support for a womans right to choose has remained relatively steady over time. But with abortion rights constitutionally protected by Roe vs. Wade, Americans appear to feel increasingly comfortable considering limitations on its availability. Indeed, in some
[CTRL] Pawns In The Game - exerpt 1/2
I have this book, it is very good. Pawns In The Game by William Guy Carr CHAPTER 16 http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/pawns.htm#The Events Leading up to World War Two The Events Leading up to World War Two It has been told how the international bankers enabled Germany to secretly re-arm, with the aid of Stalin, in spite of the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. In order to understand what happened in Germany to bring Hitler into power, it is necessary to be familiar with the political intrigue which went on between 1924 and 1934. 'The Secret Powers' always have had their agents divide the population of countries. They plan to subjugate into many religious, economic, political, social, and labour groups. Their agents then divide the various groups into as many factions as possible. Their motto is 'United we stand. Divided they fall.' Most German citizens, excepting only Communists, were agreed upon the following issues: That Germany had been winning the war when had she had first been betrayed and afterwards victimized. That the national money-lenders had used the so-called democracies of Britain, France, and the United States, to defeat Germany's armed forces. That the Jewish-led Communist Party assisted the international bankers by bringing about the chaotic conditions that preceded the signing of the Armistice and the revolution that followed. They agree that every patriotic German male and female, should do his or her uttermost to build up post-war Germany, and break the economic and military stranglehold placed on their nation by the Treaty of Versailles. Most political leaders, except Communists, were also agreed that in order to free themselves of the economic sanctions imposed upon the nation, it was necessary to break away from their dependence on the international bankers for financial assistance in the form of interest bearing loans. In other words, most German politicians, except Communists, were agreed that Germany should depart from the practice of financing the nation's business by incurring debts, a practice which had been imposed upon England In 1694, France in 1790, and the United States in 1791, by the International bankers. They realized that this system had resulted in astronomical National Debts, the principal and interest payments on which were guaranteed and secured by Direct Taxation of the people. The Fascist leaders in Germany decided they were going to create their own money and use their national assets, such as the value of their real estate, their industrial potentials, their agricultural production, natural resources, and the nation's capacity to produce, as collateral. The people of Germany found that, generally speaking, their views regarding future political and economic policy were shared by the people of Italy, Spain, and Japan, and thus came into being THE AXIS POWERS, and the Fascist Movement. Because of their dynamic personalities, Hitler, Mussolini and Franco became the chosen leaders. History proves that these three men did a great deal to help their countries recover from the effects of the preceding revolutions and wars. The industrial and agricultural developments were little short of miraculous. Their military rearmament was made possible by the secret assistance given by the agentur of the Illuminati who planned to bring the Fascist and Capitalistic countries into another World War. When Hitler and Mussolini first rose to power they advocated the moderate Fascist policy which demanded that the wrongs done their countries be rectified; that they contain communism; and curb the powers of the Illuminati who controlled finance and industry. But as time went on, both Hitler and Mussolini came under the influence of the leaders of the hard core of Nazi War Lords who claimed the only way to establish a permanent peace in the world was by military conquest. The Nazi leaders sold the top-military leaders in Italy and Japan solidly on the theories and plans advocated by Karl Ritter in 1849. Franco in Spain refused to go along with their totalitarian plans. His religious beliefs convinced him that an ideology which denied the existence of an Almighty God was doing the work of the Devil. The Totalitarian minded leaders in Germany, Italy, and Japan were determined to use Fascism to further their secret Long Range Plans in exactly the same way as their opponents, the international bankers, used Communism. The immediate plans of the War Lords were to first, defeat the Stalin-controlled Empire; second, wipe out Communism in Europe; third, consolidate the control of the Axis Powers on Continental Europe; fourth, invade Britain and France and subjugate the people, and fifth, to invade and conquer the United States by using two vast pincer movements. Japan was to land invading forces on the west coast of Mexico in the south and in the Northwest Territories in the north.
[CTRL] Pawns In The Game - exerpt 2/2
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/pawns.htm#The Events Leading up to World
War Two
Hitler had not only failed to bring about the British alliance, but he had
earned the enmity of the Nazi War Lords who advocated totalitarian methods
for solving the very complicated and dangerous problem. They did not want an
alliance with England. They did not want to see Christianity flourish. They
did not agree with Hitler's "preventive" measures. They didn't agree with
anything Hitler did to hinder their plans to wage 'Total War,' first against
Russia, then against Britain and France. The 'hard core' of the pagan Nazi
War Lords demanded that Hitler take offensive action, as the best defence
against gradual encroachment by Communist underground and Stalin's armed
forces. When Hitler refused to go all the way with them, they decided to get
rid of him. The first attempt was made on his life. The Nazi War Lords next
tried to weaken the control he had gained over the German people.
They launched a campaign to sell their Aryan Pagan ideology to the German
people. They taught the superiority of the Aryan Race. They advocated war to
establish the undisputed supremacy of the Aryan State. They made it a
fundamental principle that all men and women of Aryan blood should give
unlimited obedience to the Head of the Aryan State and acknowledge no mortal
as above him. This campaign was attributed to Hitler, and the anti-Fascist
press throughout the world cried to high heaven that Hitler was a pagan, and
a Black-shirted totalitarian-minded Nazi War Lord. Thus started the clashes
between both Catholic and Protestant clergy and the state. The clergy
condemned the Nazi ideology on the grounds that those who preached it were
preaching the deification of men.
The Nazi leaders charged that both Catholic and Protestant clergy were
breaking the laws and defying the authority of the state. The Roman Catholic
and Protestant bishops replied by stating the extreme Nazi doctrines were
antagonistic and contrary to the Divine Plan of Creation. The Nazi leaders
countered with the argument that the Church had no right to interfere in
matters of state.
Hitler tried to pacify the clergy by banning the Grand, Orient Lodges which
were known to be the headquarters of the Aryan extremists throughout
Germany. The Nazi leaders rendered this step abortive changing them over to
"Orders of German Chivalry."
Hitler, in order to maintain a united front against Communism, tried to
pacify the Nazis by issuing an edict that any clergyman preaching against
the laws of the state, or questioning its supremacy, would be subjected to
the full process of the law and, if found guilty, would suffer the penalties
provided for such 'crimes.' This situation provides another example of how
the forces of evil divided two powerful forces which were both combating a
common enemy.
The anti-Fascist propaganda made the most of the disagreement between Hitler
and the Pope. It is true Pope Pius 'XI denounced Naziism in no uncertain
terms in the Encyclical of March 14th, 1937 "on the condition of the Church
in Germany." He told Roman Catholics that he had weighed every word of the
encyclical in the scales of truth and clarity. In reference to the Nazi
conception of the superiority of the Aryan race and the supremacy of the
state he said: "While it is true that the race or the people; the state or a
form of government; the representatives of a civil power, or other
fundamental elements of human society have an essential and honourable place
in the natural order, nevertheless, if anyone detaches them from this scale
of earthly values and exalts them as the supreme form and standard of all
things, even of religious values, deifying them with idolatrous worship, he
perverts and falsifies the order of things created and constituted by God,
and is far from true faith in God, and from a conception of life in
conformity therewith... Our God is a personal God, transcendent., Almighty,
Infinite Perfect. One in the Trinity of Persons and three in the unity of
the Divine Essence; creator of the universe; Lord; King; and ultimate
purpose of the history of the world; who does not suffer and can never
suffer any other divinity besides Him... Only superficial minds can fall
into the error of speaking of a National God, of a National Religion, of
foolishly attempting to restrict within the narrow confines of a single race
that God, who is the Creator of the world, the King and Law-Giver of all
peoples, before Whose greatness the nations are as small as drops of water
in a bucket" (Isaias XL-15).
In a pastoral letter dated August 19th, 1938, the bishops of Germany struck
out boldly against Nazi ideology. The letter says that the attitude of the
Nazi towards the Christian religion in Germany is in open contradiction with
the Fuehrer's assertions... (For the full text of these letters read, ("The
Rulers of Russia" by Rev. Fr. Fahey pp. 64-70). "What is aimed at is not
merely the checking of the
[CTRL] Abe Lincoln was a Rothschild
Pandora's Box http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/pandora.htm#Pandora's Box http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/natural.htm by Alex Christopher Little has been published about the early life of Abraham Lincoln. However, during a search of some old property records and will in a small courthouse in central North Carolina, Alex Christopher the author of "Pandora's Box", found the will of one A.A. Springsin an old will book dated around 1840. Upon reading the will he was shocked and amazed at the secret it disclosed. But the fact is that wills, even though classified as public records the same as property and corporation records, are rarely combed through as he was doing. These documents can hold dark secrets hidden from public view and never uncovered because few research these old records. Thus secrets are hidden in public view so that when accused of concealing the records, bureaucracy can reply "It was on public record in plan view for any and all to find." The will of the late A.A. Springs lists his property and to whom the beneficiaries who included his children. Mr. Christopher and others were looking to find what railroads and banks this man might have owned and left to his son Leroy Springs. He didn't find anything like that, but he did find the prize of the century. On the bottom of page three of four pages was a paragraph where the father, A.A. Springs, left to his son an enormous amount of land in the state of Alabama which is now known as Huntsville, Alabama. At first Mr. Christopher and his colleagues could not believe what their eyes, because the name of his son was "ABRAHAM LINCOLN"! This new information added to what they had already learned about the Springs, whose real name was Springstein, was one more twist to this already enigmatic family. This unexpected knowledge about Lincoln set their hearts on fire to see what further secrets this new lead might disclose. Because everything they had so far found in the railroad and banking saga had been really mind-opening, they figured this one would be the same. So they investigated the local archives and historical records on families and found a reference to one Abraham Lincoln in a published genealogy of a Carolina family by the name of McAdden. This genealogy was a limited edition of the type once found in the public libraries. The section on Lincoln resembled the following form of words: "In the late spring of the year of 1808 Nancy Hanks, who was of the family lineage of McAdden was visiting some of her family in the community of Lincolnton, North Carolina. During her stay in the Carolina's, she visited many neighboring families she had known for many years; one such was the Springs family. The sordid details had been omitted but obviously the young Nancy Hanks had found herself in a compromised position and was forced to succumb to the lust of A.A. Springs. She became pregnant as a result. There were no details of a love affair or an act of violence on a helpless female. Abraham Lincoln was the result of that act, which leads one to wonder if the name Lincoln was real or fabricated from the area of conception which was Lincolnton. Was there really a Thomas Lincoln? Since the Springs were of the race that called themselves "Jewish", Lincoln was part Jewish and as part of the Springs family, he also became a relative of the Rothschild family by blood." The following data was derived from information that exists in the Smithsonian Institute, National Archives, the Congressional Library, Courtroom Police files, public and private libraries and storage vaults across the United States and Europe: "Abraham Lincoln was slapped three times with a white glove by a member of the Hapsburg royal family of Germany (Payseur family relatives) during a White House reception in 1862. The German royal family member demanded a pistol duel with the then President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The blows to the face stunned Lincoln but he non-verbally refused to participate in the duel by bowing his head before walking out of the reception room. What had ol' honest Abe done to so enrage and upset the royal European personage? It seems that promiscuity was running rampant in many families in those days and the German King Leopold had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth who was sent to America, where she lived in a very comfortable manner. Although Leopold could not recognize her position, he was very interested in her life. In the early or mid 1850s, Abraham Lincoln and Elizabeth began having sexual liaisons that produced twin daughters named Ella and Emily in 1856. The regal German father who was so royally upset with ol' honest Abe probably had full knowledge of the true blood line of Lincoln. Abraham's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, did not find out about Elizabeth, Ella and Emily until 1865. Lincoln's wife Mary Todd was into the occult. Abraham Lincoln was a Rosicrucian and a member of the Order of the Lily's Council of Three along with Paschal
[CTRL] Talmud Exposed
Talmud Exposed http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/talmud.htm#Talmud Exposed http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/natural.htm Contents: The Talmud is Judasim's Holiest Book Some Teachings of The Jewish Talmud Insults Against The Blessed Virgin Mary Talmud Attacks Christians Christian Book Burning Sick and Insane Teachings of the Jewish Talmud Tales of a Roman Holocaust A Revealing Admission Pharisiac Rituals A Great Rabbi Deceives A Woman Genocide Advocated by The Talmud Jewish Talmudic Doctrine: Non-Jews are Not Humans The Teachings of Maimonides Deception and Dissimulation Judean-Christian Response to The Talmud The Talmud is Judaism's Holiest Book The Talmud is Judaism's holiest book (actually a collection of books). Its authority takes precedence over the Old Testament in Judaism. Evidence of this may be found in the Talmud itself, Erubin 21b (Soncino edition): "My son, be more careful in the observance of the words of the Scribes than in the words of the Torah (Old Testament)." The supremacy of the Talmud over the Bible in the Israeli state may also be seen in the case of the Black Ethiopian Jews. Ethiopians have more knowledge of the Old Testament than the Israelis. However, their religion is so ancient it pre-dates the Scribes' Talmud, of which the Ethiopians have no knowledge. According to the N.Y. Times of Sept. 29, 1992, p.4: "The problem is that Ethiopian Jewish tradition goes no further than the Bible or Torah; the later Talmud and other commentaries that form the basis of modern traditions never came their way." Because they don't traffic in Talmudic traditions, the Black Ethiopian Jews are discriminated against and have been forbidden by the Zionists to perform marriages, funerals and other services in the Israeli state. Rabbi Joseph D. Soloveitchik is regarded as one of the most influential rabbis of the 20th century, the "unchallenged leader" of Orthodox Judaism and the top international authority on halakha (Jewish religious law). Soloveitchik was responsible for instructing and ordaining more than 2,000 rabbis, "an entire generation" of Jewish leadership. N.Y. Times religion reporter Ari Goldman described the basis of the rabbi's authority: "Soloveitchik came from a long line of distinguished Talmudic scholars...Until his early 20s, he devoted himself almost exclusively to the study of the Talmud...He came to Yeshiva University's Elchanan Theological Seminary where he remained the pre-eminent teacher in the Talmud...He held the title of Leib Merkin professor of Talmud...sitting with his feet crossed in front of a table bearing an open volume of the Talmud." (N.Y. Times, April 10, 1993, p. 38). Nowhere does Goldman refer to Soloveitchik's knowledge of the Bible as the basis for being one of the top world authorities on Jewish law. The rabbi's credentials are all predicated upon his mastery of the Talmud. All other studies are clearly secondary. Britain's Jewish Chronicle of March 26, 1993 states that in religious school (yeshiva), Jews are "devoted to the Talmud to the exclusion of everything else." The Jewish Scribes claim the Talmud is partly a collection of traditions Moses gave them in oral form. These had not yet been written down in Jesus' time. Christ condemned the traditions of the Mishnah (early Talmud) and those who taught it (Scribes and Pharisees), because the Talmud nullifies the teachings of the Holy Bible. Shmuel Safrai in The Literature of the Sages Part One (p.164), points out that in chapters 4 and 5 of the Talmud's Gittin Tractate, the Talmud nullifes the Biblical teaching concerning money-lending: "Hillel decreed the prozbul for the betterment of the world.' The 'prozbul' is a legal fiction which allows debts to be collected after the Sabbatical year and it was Hillel's intention thereby to overcome the fear that money-lenders had of losing their money." The famous warning of Jesus Christ about the tradition of men that voids Scripture (Mark 7:1-13), which is used against Catholics by Protestants, is in fact, a direct reference to the Talmud, or more specifically, the forerunner of the first part of it, the Mishnah, which existed in oral form during Christ's lifetime, before being committed to writing. Mark. chapter 7, from verse one through thirteen, represents Our Lord's pointed condemnation of the Mishnah. Unfortunately, due to the abysmal ignorance of our day, the widespread Judeo-Christian notion is that the Old Testament is the supreme book of Judaism. But this is not so. The Pharisees teach for doctrine the commandments of rabbis, not God. The Talmudic commentary on the Bible is their supreme law, and not the Bible itself. That commentary does indeed, as Jesus said, void the laws of God, not uphold them. As readers of Talmud, we know this to be true. Jewish scholar Hyam Maccoby, in "Judaism on Trial," quotes Rabbi Yehiel ben Joseph: "Further, without the Talmud, we would
[CTRL] CANADIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SEXUAL ABUSE
/xta-asp/home.asp ... /xta-asp/home.asp June 26, 2000 Cover Abuse of Trust What happened behind the walls of residential church schools is a tragedy that has left native victims traumatized BY JANE O'HARA with PATRICIA TREBLE in Toronto The school is gone now. But the hill where it stood is visible, down a dusty gravel road, from Lorne Pratt's grandmother's house on the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan. Sitting at the kitchen table, Pratt looks out the window and remembers the evening when, as a 12-year-old student, he tried to commit suicide on the second floor of the old brick residence -- the only way he could think of to escape the constant sexual abuse he had suffered over a five-year period. Now 32, an elegant man with high cheekbones and deep, sad eyes, Pratt recalls how he wrapped an elastic belt around his neck and hanged himself from the metal frame of his bunk bed, feeling the elastic pull, struggling for breath, finally blacking out. He was saved when school employees cut him down and rushed him to a hospital in Regina, where he remained in a coma for five days. When he was finally discharged, he was sent home to his mother, Leona, in Saskatoon -- never to return to the school. "It was," Pratt says, "the happiest day of my life." full story /pub-doc/2000/06/26/Cover/36179.shtml No Forgiving Canada's largest churches are reeling under litigation costs arising from their days running native residential schools BY JANE O'HARA It was not your standard sermon. When Rev. Chris Rushton spoke from the pulpit at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in downtown Ottawa three months ago, his topic was native residential schools and the role of Canada's Oblate orders in running them. Most congregants were aware that such schools had existed -- in a long-ago time, in some faraway place. But suddenly Rushton's message hit close to home. After outlining residential-school litigation against his own order, the Oblates of St. Peter's Province, Rushton said that St. Joseph's -- a city landmark that also runs a soup kitchen and a women's centre -- was among the Oblate-owned assets that were vulnerable should settlements force the order to start liquidating assets. "I can understand them sitting in the pews there and saying 'Oh my gosh,' " said Rushton, his order's provincial superior. "St. Joe's would be the last asset to go. But does anybody really want to it be sold? Lives for 150 years have been connected to this place." [The full text of this article can be found in the June 26, 2000 edition of Maclean's.] www.macleans.ca A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Talmud Exposed
When I first read the Talmud, I was horrified and thought this cannot be. But thisi Mark 7 also makes me wonder, for at one time a printer who published one of the first bibles (after the actual first published bible, the "catholic" Guttengerg Bible) - after reading where Mark 7 contained an error resulting in this King James Bible being called The Murderers Bible - and passage also in I Kings which was in error. The publisher of same paid dearly for the error, believe with nearly his life. But the first actual bible put to print, was the famous Guttenberg Bible and I had opportunity to read this - an original - at one time, and it was in German, but what did I expect. Acts 19 in the bible is a very cryptic piece of literaturespace of time, space of time - Apollo, and book burning. It is said Hitler had a huge warehouse full of King James Bibles which had been confiscated and were to be burned. I do not believe this - but still wonder after all Hitler when he took the standard wanted to restore the Hohenzollern's to the throne. I think the most important statement attributed to Jesus the Christ, was "beware of those who say they are Jews and are not". Zionists - are these those who say they are Jews and are not? Read the Koran a peaceful book; yet, in Saudi Arabia they just had executions of pepole by bheading - like a Putin, is this how they intend to keep control for it was Putin who permitted the legs of little kids to be amputated for Russins refused medical treatment in Chechnyaafter theft of all of Chechnya's natural resources like the work of a Henry Kissinger - this was friendly remeinder that "the iniquities of othe fathers will be visited upon the children"..and a heart broken mother was forced to have her child in a wheelchair pose for a picture as example of Putin the KGB Butcher? How this country has worshped the oil companies and crucified the arab nations, is a paradox uno itself - for for this small Zionist State, the State of Israel, taking billions of dollars from his country, seems to have a strangle hold on America for some reason, and this thing called religion has nothing to do with it...it is gold, oil, and skip the wine - they are stealing the natural resources. Albright - returns mercy with murder in the Balkans where she was once saved by the very people she returned to kill. Who is this horrible butcher really? She was "naturalized" twice, or was she ever naturalized in first place; then we had Henry Kissinger, who was naturalized and still is a KGB agent. Builderburgers - most peple thought they were a Hamberger Joint thanks to this news media the real enemy within in, bought and sold rather cheap. Well in this country we still have the vote and it would seem to me that only a Buchanan can save this country from ultimate destruction. Slowly now that they have destroyed small dairy farmers, the big guys have bought up the land and go into business. Slowly the drug companies dominate in a manner whereby one would be better off smoking a bag of pot than taking Ritilin or Prozac - drugs patented for a purpose and now forced upon elementary school children - and I saw this done years ago and did not realize what I was witnessingCFR entrance into our schools, mental health - ever know how they grab there first - and using mentally retarded as experiments in drug controland now they use this in schools like Littleton - good example there, maybe those kids this little Jewish Mafia - maybe they studied the Talmud and we did not know of thisbut legend has Klebold's grandfather part of a Jewish Mafia which embraced murderers and drug dealers. So interesting item. Beware of those who say they are Jews and are not? Things change, as a Godfather once said - and to think we have let the Pope and Catholics take the rap for Murder Inc. when all he time, they have taken control of our govrnment. J. Edgar Hoover called this criminal element Communists.the Communist Time Table and this time table is based on this astrological expose of the astrologer's mark of doom - and we are enterieng the time frame again - where the Book of Daniel, and Job and Revelations are being used to commit mass murder and planned murder of a President - that is unless the "scientists" still hold a tight rein on this source of premediated murder by prophecy and hired gun. The King Must Die - Long LIve the King - or will there be a Queen in waiting- Long live the Queen. This time I am ready for them; when they got JFK they traumatized a good part of this nation, and demoralized a good portion - but me, they just made mad when I got onto the fact, that there is a man made master plan for murder, using the stars and testaments as a guide. The Archer took aim on November 22, 1963and in June 1968 Jobs Coffiin appear in the sky also known as Delphinius..and then we had the White Rose - while RFK had quoted from Shakespeare when referring to JFKand when he
[CTRL] CIA-Drugs Symposium: A Glimpse Behind The Veil
from: http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=foldertitle=CIA%2DDrugs+Symposium%3A+A+Glimp se+Behind+The+Veil Click Here: A HREF="http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=foldertitle=CIA%2DDrugs+Symposium%3A+A +Glimpse+Behind+The+Veil"d|i|s|i|n|f|o|r|m|a|t|i|o|n - CIA-Drugs Symposi /A - CIA-Drugs Symposium: A Glimpse Behind The Veil "Whatever system we are living under, it is not a democracy, and we are not protected by the Rule of Law," said the former US Assistant Secretary of State for Housing Urban Development. The US Government has known about drug trafficking among its assets, protected those assets helpful to whichever cause the US Government was backing at the time, and will never legalize any of the currently illicit substances as there is too much money being made from the War Against Some Drugs. These were the overall messages at the CIA-Drugs Symposium in Eugene Oregon (June 10th, 2000). "I'm just really tired of the situation weve got here, and I really don't want my children to have to deal with it," said organizer Kris Millegan in his opening remarks. With a showing of the film Secret Heartbeat Of America, by Daniel Hopsicker, detailing Americas secret history during the later half of the 20th Century setting the tone right away. This was not an event for those who didnt want to know the truth, or who believe what they dont know wont hurt them! Speakers included Millegan, Hopsicker, Mike Ruppert (former LAPD narc and publisher of the newsletter From The Wilderness), Dedon Kamathi (former Black Panther, and still-outspoken activist), Catherine Austin Fitts (former Assistant Secretary of State for Housing Urban Development under President Bush from 1989 to 1990), Cele Castillio, 12 veteran of the DEA, Rodney Stich (author and former FAA flight accident investigator), and Peter Dale Scott (former Canadian diplomat, Professor at University of California, Berkeley, and prolific author). "This report is full of lies, flat out lies, in terms of what they've already admitted," remarked Scott, about the report released by CIA-man Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL). The US Select Committee On Intelligence (May 11th, 2000) found "no evidence" of any involvement of any CIA employee or assets in the narcotics trade, at any time. In a report completed the week before the symposium, Scott writes that the committee has for some time, instead of exerting some form of oversight of the Intelligence Committee, "had been operated as a rubber stamp, deflecting public concern rather than representing it. It is however possible that never before has such a dishonest and deceptive document, on such an important subject, been approved without dissent by the full membership of the committee . . .The CIA practice of recruiting drug-financed armies is an ongoing matter." Cele Castillio, who was the DEA's sole American field agent in Guatemala and El Salvador from 1985 to 1990, told the room about his misadventures trying to investigate the trafficking in and out of those Central American countries during Oliver Norths Contra supply operations. "I was there, I saw it. I kept journals. I took pictures of the good, the bad and the ugly," claimed Castillio. "I met then Vice-President Bush at a party in the US Embassy in El Salvador once, and told him there was something funny about the Contras, after Bush asked me what I did. He just smiled and walked away." Castillio says he saw Bush meet later that day with Ollie North and others in the same US Embassy building. "It is going to get worse before it gets better," revealed Castillio about prohibition and the false War Against Some Drugs, "but we know who did this to us." As Kamathi, co-founder of Crack the CIA Coalition, and a record producer with Motown Records who focuses on Conscious Rap, as opposed to the Gangsterism-promoting Rap, said in his impassioned presentation, "When you think Crack, dont think Black, think CIA!" Research by Preston Peet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Ruppert/Cele Castillio At Web this site you can purchase tons of material about drugs and the CIA. Read important exposes of US government involvement in a myriad number of ways in the international drug trade and the implications for the US populace. Subscribe to Ruppert's newsletter From The Wilderness for all the latest news. Order Cele Castillio's book Powderburns (one hell of a graphic description about his experiences in the service of the Dark Side, until he became awake). Look out for Rupert's new section on suppressed writers. This is one of the best Web sites available: well worth repeated visits! Go Daniel Hopsicker Order the explosive film In Search Of The American Drug Lords, as well as the two-hour documentary Secret Heartbeat Of America. Both films should be shown in every American Junior High and High School by DARE officers (who should then have
Re: [CTRL] Talmud Exposed
Nicky Molloy wrote: Talmud Exposed http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/talmud.htm#Talmud Exposed http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/natural.htm Contents: The Talmud is Judasim's Holiest Book Some Teachings of The Jewish Talmud Insults Against The Blessed Virgin Mary Talmud Attacks Christians Christian Book Burning Sick and Insane Teachings of the Jewish Talmud Tales of a Roman Holocaust A Revealing Admission Pharisiac Rituals A Great Rabbi Deceives A Woman Genocide Advocated by The Talmud Jewish Talmudic Doctrine: Non-Jews are Not Humans The Teachings of Maimonides Deception and Dissimulation Judean-Christian Response to The Talmud The Talmud is Judaism's Holiest Book Wrong! No Jew who ever lived thought that. EVER! The Talmud is Judaism's holiest book (actually a collection of books). Its authority takes precedence over the Old Testament in Judaism. Wrong! No Jew in all of history ever thought that. Evidence of this may be found in the Talmud itself, Erubin 21b (Soncino edition): "My son, be more careful in the observance of the words of the Scribes than in the words of the Torah (Old Testament)." Total bullshit. The supremacy of the Talmud over the Bible in the Israeli state may also be seen in the case of the Black Ethiopian Jews. Ethiopians have more knowledge of the Old Testament than the Israelis. Wrong! The Talmud is only studied by the ultra ortodox. Just about everyone in Israel has studied the actual Bible because the Bible is Jewish national history and part of school studies in the same way we learn about American history in schools here. Ethiopian Jews, with very few exceptions, know very little about their Jewish roots because they were isolated and forced into conversion to Christianity. Many knew they were Jews but had little reason to practice their herritage in the face of their neighbor's oppression. When they got to Israel they caught up. Today they are full integrated into the general society. However, their religion is so ancient it pre-dates the Scribes' Talmud, of which the Ethiopians have no knowledge. According to the N.Y. Times of Sept. 29, 1992, p.4: "The problem is that Ethiopian Jewish tradition goes no further than the Bible or Torah; the later Talmud and other commentaries that form the basis of modern traditions never came their way." This is true. Because they don't traffic in Talmudic traditions, the Black Ethiopian Jews are discriminated against and have been forbidden by the Zionists to perform marriages, funerals and other services in the Israeli state. Rabbi Joseph D. Soloveitchik is regarded as one of the most influential rabbis of the 20th century, the "unchallenged leader" of Orthodox Judaism and the top international authority on halakha (Jewish religious law). Soloveitchik was responsible for instructing and ordaining more than 2,000 rabbis, "an entire generation" of Jewish leadership. N.Y. Times religion reporter Ari Goldman described the basis of the rabbi's authority: "Soloveitchik came from a long line of distinguished Talmudic scholars...Until his early 20s, he devoted himself almost exclusively to the study of the Talmud...He came to Yeshiva University's Elchanan Theological Seminary where he remained the pre-eminent teacher in the Talmud...He held the title of Leib Merkin professor of Talmud...sitting with his feet crossed in front of a table bearing an open volume of the Talmud." (N.Y. Times, April 10, 1993, p. 38). Nowhere does Goldman refer to Soloveitchik's knowledge of the Bible as the basis for being one of the top world authorities on Jewish law. The rabbi's credentials are all predicated upon his mastery of the Talmud. All other studies are clearly secondary. Britain's Jewish Chronicle of March 26, 1993 states that in religious school (yeshiva), Jews are "devoted to the Talmud to the exclusion of everything else." Everything you've read up to this point is wrong. I know this for a FACT because I am especially familiar the subject. If you think that you are going to get any sensible information about the Talmud from an outfit called - biblebelievers.org.au -, then you would be as deluded as poor Nicky. If you want good info about the subject, there are many books put out by Catholic and Protestant scholars who actually know something about the subject at hand. The Jewish Scribes claim the Talmud is partly a collection of traditions Moses gave them in oral form. These had not yet been written down in Jesus' time. Christ condemned the traditions of the Mishnah (early Talmud) and those who taught it (Scribes and Pharisees), because the Talmud nullifies the teachings of the Holy Bible. This is such a ridiculous statement, only a really ignorant bigot could make it and only really really ignorant bigots believe it. This is like saying that christians don't really worship Jesus, but do
[CTRL] Fwd: CIA In Charge of Arafat and Palestine
___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ CIA IN CHARGE IN PALESTINE http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! - - - - - - - - - - IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CIA TAKING OVER OCCUPIED PALESTINE AND ARAFAT MID-EAST REALITIES - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 19 June: The CIA role in occupied Palestine has been increasing yearly since the Oslo agreement and the decision to install an Arafat regime to end the Intifada, control the Palestinian population, and bring about a "final agreement" to legitimize Israeli domination. Now, with Ehud Barak pushing hard on the Americans to bring Arafat to Camp David to consolidate all they have achieved as well as to save his own government, the role of the CIA in safeguarding the Arafat regime is being still further escalated. Arafat and key members of his regime are being squeezed on all fronts now, with both Clinton and Barak desperate to bring about what they will instruct history to record as an "end" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- even if many of the academic experts see this whole phase as more the beginning of a new and expanded regional conflict. The following published over the weekend about the still expanding role of the CIA in the "peace process": CIA SETS UP PALESTINIAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS, TRAINS ARAFAT'S SECURITY FORCES RAMALLAH, West Bank - Middle East Newsline, Saturday 17 June: U.S. intelligence is raising its profile in an effort to oversee and train Palestinian security officers amid heightened tension in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinian Authority officials said the CIA will supervise the construction and operation of the Palestinian intelligence headquarters north of Jericho. The building as well as the training of PA security officers will be financed by the United States. The PA has also decided to build a new headquarters for the General Intelligence service in Ramallah. About 12 acres of land have already been allocated. Again, CIA officers will supervise and finance the construction as well as the installation of advanced surveillance and electronic equipment. PA officials said CIA officers are also training Force 17, the praetorian guard of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. They said five CIA representatives are responsible for the supervision and training of the PA security officers. Opposition sources said the CIA and State Department funds several Palestinian institutions in the West Bank. They said CIA representatives have attend the interrogation of detained Palestinian opposition members. PA officials said the CIA officers are also involved in monitoring the security situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as counterterrorism cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians. Israeli security sources report rising tension in the PA territories and have warned of new violence by the end of the month amid the stalemate in negotiations between Israel and the PA. MID-EAST REALITIES http://www.MiddleEast.Org Phone: 202 362-5266 Fax: 815 366-0800 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CTRL] Abe Lincoln was a Rothschild
Great stuff Nicky. I always suspected he was a Jew because his name was Abe. Get it? Abe? As in Abraham? You know what I mean? Although I have doubts about Abraham being a Jew because it has the word ' ham ' in it and Jews don't eat ham. Keep up the good work. You are a light unto the nations. Joshua2 == Nicky Molloy wrote: Pandora's Box http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/pandora.htm#Pandora's Box http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/natural.htm by Alex Christopher Little has been published about the early life of Abraham Lincoln. However, during a search of some old property records and will in a small courthouse in central North Carolina, Alex Christopher the author of "Pandora's Box", found the will of one A.A. Springsin an old will book dated around 1840. Upon reading the will he was shocked and amazed at the secret it disclosed. But the fact is that wills, even though classified as public records the same as property and corporation records, are rarely combed through as he was doing. These documents can hold dark secrets hidden from public view and never uncovered because few research these old records. Thus secrets are hidden in public view so that when accused of concealing the records, bureaucracy can reply "It was on public record in plan view for any and all to find." The will of the late A.A. Springs lists his property and to whom the beneficiaries who included his children. Mr. Christopher and others were looking to find what railroads and banks this man might have owned and left to his son Leroy Springs. He didn't find anything like that, but he did find the prize of the century. On the bottom of page three of four pages was a paragraph where the father, A.A. Springs, left to his son an enormous amount of land in the state of Alabama which is now known as Huntsville, Alabama. At first Mr. Christopher and his colleagues could not believe what their eyes, because the name of his son was "ABRAHAM LINCOLN"! This new information added to what they had already learned about the Springs, whose real name was Springstein, was one more twist to this already enigmatic family. This unexpected knowledge about Lincoln set their hearts on fire to see what further secrets this new lead might disclose. Because everything they had so far found in the railroad and banking saga had been really mind-opening, they figured this one would be the same. So they investigated the local archives and historical records on families and found a reference to one Abraham Lincoln in a published genealogy of a Carolina family by the name of McAdden. This genealogy was a limited edition of the type once found in the public libraries. The section on Lincoln resembled the following form of words: "In the late spring of the year of 1808 Nancy Hanks, who was of the family lineage of McAdden was visiting some of her family in the community of Lincolnton, North Carolina. During her stay in the Carolina's, she visited many neighboring families she had known for many years; one such was the Springs family. The sordid details had been omitted but obviously the young Nancy Hanks had found herself in a compromised position and was forced to succumb to the lust of A.A. Springs. She became pregnant as a result. There were no details of a love affair or an act of violence on a helpless female. Abraham Lincoln was the result of that act, which leads one to wonder if the name Lincoln was real or fabricated from the area of conception which was Lincolnton. Was there really a Thomas Lincoln? Since the Springs were of the race that called themselves "Jewish", Lincoln was part Jewish and as part of the Springs family, he also became a relative of the Rothschild family by blood." The following data was derived from information that exists in the Smithsonian Institute, National Archives, the Congressional Library, Courtroom Police files, public and private libraries and storage vaults across the United States and Europe: "Abraham Lincoln was slapped three times with a white glove by a member of the Hapsburg royal family of Germany (Payseur family relatives) during a White House reception in 1862. The German royal family member demanded a pistol duel with the then President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The blows to the face stunned Lincoln but he non-verbally refused to participate in the duel by bowing his head before walking out of the reception room. What had ol' honest Abe done to so enrage and upset the royal European personage? It seems that promiscuity was running rampant in many families in those days and the German King Leopold had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth who was sent to America, where she lived in a very comfortable manner. Although Leopold could not recognize her position, he was very interested in her life. In the early or mid 1850s, Abraham Lincoln and Elizabeth began having sexual liaisons that produced twin daughters
[CTRL] JAIL 4 Judges
Don't Give Up Hope! There is still a sure-fire, legal, non-violent way to regain a government of the People, and it's under way now! It's The Judicial Accountability Initiative Law J.A.I.L. Our goal is to first take California by storm, then the other states by fall-out. What begins in California sweeps the nation. By pressure of the other states, we shall create and call for federal judicial accountability. J.A.I.L. will be the next shot heard 'round the world. All governments shall stand up and take notice. Every state will then review its judicial accountability process. J.A.I.L. is Powerful! J.A.I.L. is Dynamic! J.A.I.L. is totally in the hands of the People! It is accountable to no governmental body. Its edicts are enforceable by the People, and no government can stand in its way. Yes, and it is 100% legal! Let's start the fire in California that will burn through every state and take the nation. Let us all focus our aim, hang together, and accomplish one great thing for ourselves, our country, and our posterity: Freedom!!! Executive Summary J.A.I.L. is a proposed amendment to the California Constitution as a check against judicial misconduct and abuse of power. The initiative creates three statewide Special Grand Juries in California for the sole purpose of investigating complaints against judges. The Special Grand Juries will have the power to sanction judges by levying fines and forfeitures against them; and for third-time offenses, removal from the bench. The Special Grand Juries will also have the power to indict judges and subject them to criminal proceedings before special trial juries who may sentence as well as convict the offending judge. When J.A.I.L. Becomes Law, Corrupt Judges Will: Be subjected to civil suit Be removed from the bench! Be prosecuted criminally! Serve time in prison! Your Donations Needed! Send To: J.A.I.L. For Judges 11304 Chandler Blvd. Unit 207 No. Hollywood, California 91603 Make checks payable to "Jail4Judges" Voice Mail (818) 386-5804 Attorney Gary Zerman (661) 250-0974 For info by email and to get on the email list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please help with your financial support. new - Black Collar Crime WHY NOT USE EXISTING LAWS? THE JUDICIAL INDUSTRY What Can I Do? New California J.A.I.L. Petitions Now Available For Downloading Federal Jail Legislation Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Updated Feb 27, 2000 Orange County Attorney Files RICO Suit Against Ten Judges Legal Comments Forum Updated Jan 17, 2000 JUSTICE - AMERICAN STYLE Timely Updates and Event Schedule Updated Feb 20, 2000 Letters to JAIL Updated Feb 27, 2000 Judicial Corruption Updated Feb 27, 2000 Related Links Updated May 14, 2000 On Judicial Despotism by Sen. John Ashcroft World Net Daily Article Aug 30, 1999 'Jail 4 Judges' targets judicial corruption Only 7 removed from bench in 9,529 abuse cases LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL Article August 13, 1999 "Three Strikes For Law-Breaking Judges Proposed" METROPOLITAN NEWS - ENTERPRISE Article August 11, 2000 "The "JAIL 4 Judges" campaign has been given the go-ahead to collect signatures" INSIGHT MAGAZINE Article April 4, 1999 "LA Superior Court Judges 'Slush' Fund" Articles Updated Feb 27, 2000 Humor A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used
[CTRL] Very Important! RE: Corporate control of water.
Subject: water as a kind of petroleum for free trade purposes Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:26:15 -0500 (CDT) From: MichaelP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; Describing the Washington-based bank's water privatisation reforms as an "organised theft of water from the poor", Shiva added: "the moment you let the market determine the situation, all that will happen is that the swimming pool of the rich will get a higher priority over the drinking water of the poor". == DEVELOPMENT: Poorest Countries Call For Right to Water http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/june00/16_56_031.html DEVELOPMENT: Poorest Countries Call For Right to Water By Gareth Harding BRUSSELS, Jun 12 (IPS) - Activists from seven of the world's poorest countries have called for access to water to be made a fundamental human right and brought under the democratic control of those dependent on its use. Meeting in Brussels last week, the so-called P7 Summit - which groups together politicians, academics, aid workers and environmental campaigners - issued a declaration roundly condemning the use of water as a commodity. Treating water as a kind of petroleum to be traded according to market principles would lead to further environmental degradation, wasteful and inefficient farming methods, greater water poverty and an increased risk of conflict, the conference concluded. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 1.7 billion people do not have access to drinking water and half the world's population lacks access to sanitary services. Malin Falkenmark, of the Swedish International Water Institute, said this problem was compounded by the fact that rampant population growth requires more water to be diverted to food production, which uses 50-100 times more water than households. Falkenmark said that there was an urgent need for politicians to address the "unavoidable trade-offs between feeding the population and protecting aquatic ecosystems". Honorary President of P7, Vandana Shiva, an Indian activist, said that droughts and famines were less the result of natural disasters and population growth and more often due to World Bank funding for cash crops requiring huge amounts of water. Twenty years ago the water table in drought-stricken areas of northern India was 20 feet (about 6.5 metres) below the surface, but now wells were being dug to 2000 feet to irrigate thirsty crops such as cotton, said Shiva, director of the Indian Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology. Describing the Washington-based bank's water privatisation reforms as an "organised theft of water from the poor", Shiva added: "the moment you let the market determine the situation, all that will happen is that the swimming pool of the rich will get a higher priority over the drinking water of the poor". Mamadou Diouf, P7 coordinator from Senegal, also noted the "desperate scramble for profit" water companies were engaged in. Diouf said that in West African countries privatisation had turned public into private monopolies and national resources into those of French multinationals. The three-day conference, which was hosted by Green members of the European Parliament (MEPs), rejected the conclusions of the second ministerial World Water Forum in the Hague in March this year, which treated water primarily as an economic commodity and refused to consider access to water as a human right. This ran counter to the conclusions of the UN "Earth Summit" in 1992, which declared that "all peoples.have the right to access to drinking water in quantities and of quality equal to their basic needs". The P7 meet concluded that "all living beings have a right to water as water is part of humanity's common heritage". Instead of private companies monopolising the distribution of water, the conference called for the management of water services to remain in the public domain. "The best managers of water are citizens and local communities," it stated. Undemocratic control over water leads to conflicts, several speakers pointed out. Fadia Daibes Murad, of the Palestinian Water Authority, said water was one of the main reasons for the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Most of the water in the mountainous area of the Palestinian water basin was being expropriated by the Israelis for cash crop production, said Murad. "If the water problem is not solved there will be no peace in the area," he said. Imeru Tamerat, of Action Aid Ethiopia, took a more optimistic view, arguing that "water basins have more often been the source of cooperation than conflict". The 10 countries in the Nile basin were increasingly working together to agree common rules, he said. However, the water expert did say that huge demands were being put on the river because of population growth and the over-use of resources by
[CTRL] How insane are we? Anything ??? for money.
http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/news2000/nn10676.htm HOT WATER GETS COLD SHOULDER By Adrienne Anderson Denver, June 16, 2000 A recent ruling by a Denver judge sets the stage for EPA to begin to flush plutonium-contaminated Superfund site wastes into the public sewer systems, irrigate area parks with it, mix it with industrial and domestic sewage sludge, bag and sell it to unsuspecting home gardeners as "fertilizer", and spread the rest on a 50,000 acre piece of farmland the sewage district bought with public funds in Deer Trail, Colorado (east of Denver) as "beneficial biosolids", where wheat and other crops are grown and sold through the nation's commercial food supply for human consumption. A four year citizens' investigation reveals that the site is loaded with staggering levels of nuclear wastes, which EPA has simply axed off the books as "contaminants of concern" at the massively-contaminated Lowry Landfill, which such notorious polluters as Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant (which made plutonium bomb triggers), Martin Marietta (which builds Titan missiles), Coors (which also made nuclear fuel rods for the Atomic Energy Commission in the 60's) and a host of 200 other area polluters and defense contractors used for years as their liquid radioactive and hazardous waste dump. I filed a federal whistleblower case on this outrageous plan in 1997 when I served on the board of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, which had secretly entered into a deal with the Lowry Landfill's owner (City and County of Denver) and Waste Management, Inc. (operator of the site) to flush this problem down the drain, unbeknownst then to the sewer plant's workers which I'd been appointed to represent, or the public at large. My whistleblower case (Anderson v. MWRD Case No. 97-SDW-7) was won at the initial stage, with a ruling that I was being harassed, threatened and discriminated against by MWRD for speaking out against this plan on behalf of the workers, appealed, and then appealed to the Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor, who ruled in my favor that the case be reinstated and heard on the merits. With this recent ruling, Metro Wastewater has stepped up its union-busting efforts at the sewage plant, with a history of using extortion-type tactics in efforts to force their own workers to back their plan to receive plutonium-contaminated Lowry Landfill Superfund site wastewater for several years, even though the facility is not licensed to handle nuclear waste, and its workers are not even protected by OSHA. Metro Wastewater and its partners to the plan, including the EPA, then waged a campaign of defamation against those of us who have spoken against this outrageous plan, which has drawn 100% written opposition from citizens in comments to both EPA and the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. All public opposition was ignored to carry out this absurd, precedent setting plan, using the EPA's controversial Section 503 Clean Water Act loophole as a means to dispose of the most dangerous wastes on the planet, including radioactive wastes that remain deadly with half-lives of tens of thousands of years. The Denver Judge, Steven Phillips, in response to an appeal for an injunction sought by farmers, union workers, students and other citizens here and nationally opposed to EPA's outrageous plan, has, in effect, tossed the matter to federal court for action, should the plaintiffs continue to seek court aid to block the plan. The federal court here, however, are complicit in the cover-up of major components of this, having already sealed from public view several major court decisions on matters citizens have the right to know, like which polluters have paid how much into the clean-up fund. The two federal judges to seal key rulings about Lowry Landfill -- Sherman Finesilver and Zita Weinsheink -- are also at the heart of other controversial pollution cases in Denver, where polluters got off the hook. Finesilver handled the Rocky Flats case, where a federal grand jury reportedly attempted to indict DOE and Rockwell officials as individuals and sought immunity to tell of their findings for the public good, with no success, to date. Weinsheink was the judge in a case over contaminated drinking water and associated deaths of children in the Friendly Hills neighborhood, where Weinsheink refused the bereaved families a jury trial, despite preliminary ruling confirming that the huge defense contractor had indeed contaminated their public water supply, and had even acted in a conspiracy to cover up evidence. Both Rocky Flats and the U.S. Air Force/ Martin missile factory are Superfund sites themselves, as well as contributors of highly toxic wastes to the Lowry Landfill Superfund site, southeast of Denver. Today, developers and their political pawns in municipal and county government plan to turn the radioactive wasteland around Lowry Landfill into subdivisions and shopping centers. The Mayor
Re: [CTRL] Very Important! RE: Corporate control of water.
The next war will be fought over water rights. It may be between Israel and Syria (the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee); India and Pakistan (the Indus); Turkey, Syria, and Iraq (the Euphrates); or the U.S. and Mexico (the Rio Grande)--among many, many possibilities. Oil is relatively passe; there are, after all, alternative sources of energy that can be developed when the petroleum runs out. But there is *nothing* left when the water runs out... And we dare not deprive the rich of their swimming pools, do we? - Original Message - From: "Nurev Ind Research" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: [CTRL] Very Important! RE: Corporate control of water. Subject: water as a kind of petroleum for free trade purposes Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:26:15 -0500 (CDT) From: MichaelP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; Describing the Washington-based bank's water privatisation reforms as an "organised theft of water from the poor", Shiva added: "the moment you let the market determine the situation, all that will happen is that the swimming pool of the rich will get a higher priority over the drinking water of the poor". == DEVELOPMENT: Poorest Countries Call For Right to Water http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/june00/16_56_031.html DEVELOPMENT: Poorest Countries Call For Right to Water By Gareth Harding BRUSSELS, Jun 12 (IPS) - Activists from seven of the world's poorest countries have called for access to water to be made a fundamental human right and brought under the democratic control of those dependent on its use. snip A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF THE MOVEMENT: A STRUCTURAL CRITIQUE
- Original Message - From: "Ben B. Day" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: [a16-international-planning] (unknown) Subject: TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF THE MOVEMENT: A STRUCTURAL CRITIQUE. The text of the following can also be found at: http://www.cs.umb.edu/~bday/unification.html --- TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF THE MOVEMENT: A STRUCTURAL CRITIQUE. by Ben Day June 2000 One of the landmarks to emerge from the A16 D.C. protests was the recognition - even in the mass media - of the largely decentralized nature of the protest movement gathering momentum across the world to oppose the practices of international financial institutes. This was a sharp break from Seattle, after which the media seized upon Mike Dolan, who happily played the role of obligatory white male "responsible" for organization of the protest. No, this time the "leaderless" quality of the movement was embraced, but it came hand-in-hand with what has become both an accusation against and a defense of protestors: the non- or even anti-hierarchical structure of this patchwork of individuals, affinity groups, and independent organizations springs, it is said, from the vast diversity of issues and complaints that lead them into the streets. This diversity, although it has been proclaimed by its members as a vital and empowering expression of a democratic opposition, has led critics and commentators to view the thrust of global discontent as so completely diluted and amorphous as to preclude any resolution that would largely satisfy all participants. "They could not even agree on a slogan," wrote David Montgomery for his 16 April Washington Post article, "just a vague, all-encompassing phrase: `global justice.'" The question that now confronts us all is this: does or will our diversity undermine our solidarity? Although we may currently gain strength from the broad range of criticisms entertained against international financial institutes - ranging from nationalist protectionist proponents to advocates of global government to anarchist calls for the withering away of oppressive government altogether - at the point at which we become effective, that is at which we begin to affect change, this diffuseness could cripple our unity. Would a tokenist response from various international organizations - agreeing to stricter environmental regulations, or protection against the use of sweatshop labor - be enough to placate large numbers of protestors? Would a move towards change in any direction at all necessarily split the movement down the middle along one of its many f(r)actional lines? In short, it is clear that some level of broad agreement has been achieved through a negative critique of such organizations as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (Bank), and the Development Banks. But it remains to be seen whether all or most protestors could rally behind any positive programme of reform, reconstruction, or destruction. This essay begins with the premise that it is not enough to know what we all don't want, and attempts to locate an Archimedes Point that all parties could seize upon - without watering down their strength, focus, or diversity - with which to move the world. The diversity of criticisms leveled at such institutions as the IMF and the Bank, as well as the powerful national governments standing just behind them and multilateral trade organizations facilitating their reforms, have arisen due to their practices - both the harm they've directly perpetrated and the improvements they've stood in the way of. The substance of these criticisms, then, have ranged the broad spectrum of sectors who feel that they've suffered at the hands of such policies: environmental groups lobbying against careless release of pollutants and destruction of natural beauty and resources, indigenous peoples whose cultures have been uprooted, organized labor forced into a wage race to the bottom competing with labor overseas, anti-capitalist and disenfranchised political ideologies of all stripes - from anarchists to the Greens, small business owners overrun by massive corporate franchises, as well as a concerned student movement that attaches itself to these and hundreds of other bodies spanning the left and the right, the top and the bottom. Although it is precisely what these institutions have done and continue to do that mobilizes us, our goal should be not to change what decisions they make, but who makes their decisions, to change who "they" are. The practices of global capital are symptomatic of global power structures. These structures are not abstract: go to the IMF web page and look at the table of "Quotas, Governors, and Voting Power." You will there find the weighted votes of the IMF's "shareholders" - United States 17.35 percent, Japan 6.23 percent, Germany 6.08 percent, France 5.02 percent,
[CTRL] AP: Nader Is Worth Nearly $4M
Is it really possible to campaign against the system while personally profiting from it? = http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/06/19/national/NADER19.htm Monday, June 19, 2000 --- - Ralph Nader's worth is nearly $4 million ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Green Party presidential contender Ralph Nader, a longtime consumer advocate and critic of corporate America, is worth millions of dollars, thanks to investments in high-tech companies, according to published reports. For years, he refused to reveal even the slightest personal financial information. But Nader, who expects to become the Green Party's nominee for president this weekend, discussed the topic in interviews with the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post, detailing personal assets approaching $4 million. He also disclosed financial information in a report filed with the Federal Election Commission. Nader was unavailable for further comment yesterday. The Sun reported Saturday that Nader earned more than $512,000 over the last 16 months, mostly in speaking fees. The newspaper also said Nader's personal holdings were conservatively valued at more than $3.9 million, including a stock portfolio heavy on high-tech holdings. He has nearly $1.2 million in stock in Cisco Systems, an Internet networking company. He also owns smaller amounts of five other technology-related stocks and has more than $2 million in two money market funds, the Washington Post reported yesterday. He listed no debts. Nader, 66 and unmarried, rents an apartment in Washington, and does not own a car or real estate. Nader said he did not take a salary from any of the public-advocacy groups he founded during his career as a champion of consumer rights, and lives on just $25,000 a year. In campaign speeches, Nader rails against the concentration of wealth and power by corporate America. But he makes no apologies for his own wealth, saying he could have been even richer had he not been funneling 80 percent of his earnings back into civic projects. "I'd like to set an example that people who have means should use those means to better society," he told the Post. Among the self-financed projects he cited are efforts to organize Public Interest Research Groups on college campuses. He also has started research centers devoted to health and safety, has worked on behalf of American Indian rights, child protection and solar energy education. His running mate, Winona LaDuke, is an American Indian activist. Other organizations he founded include Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety. Despite what appears to be a new openness forced by his long-shot presidential bid, Nader told the Post he would not release his personal income tax forms. "Assuring privacy rights for all Americans has been one of my active engagements for many years," he said. © 2000 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenkintown, PA, USA "Y Gwir Yn Erbyn y Byd"--Y Bardd Cymraeg "The Truth Against the World"--motto of the Welsh bards A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Lest We Become Oppressed ?
Bob Stokes wrote: In a message dated 00-06-18 17:24:33 EDT, Joshua2 writes: They are our very own occupying troops, and would shoot you and me down like rabid dogs in the street if ordered to even though we pay their wages and are the citizens of the country they suposedly work for. This is not true. You don't know, you haven't been there, I was for twenty years. You are misinformed, it is the controllers of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who misuse our military. We need a strong military to preserve our freedom (such as it is) but we shouldn't be policeman for Corporate thieves. We have no need to be in a foreign country without a declared war. Control of the "Elites" is what we need, not control of the man behind the gun. Perhaps control of the high ranking officers in charge would be the way to do this, but as Congress is corrupt, so are the Generals and Admirals ... most of the high-ranking officers aren't in it for the money, just the power. The elites won't order the military to fight civilians on a large scale because they know they would lose. Members of the military are no longer in the dark. They have access to the internet as provided by the military itself. They can see the different threads. I hope you're right Bob but I am forced to believe otherwise. The government and the Military have been eroding the Posse Comitadas (?) protections over a period of years now, and all it takes is for the Presidents signature to use the military against its own citizens. And then there's shit like this... ***KILL U.S. CITIZENS, BLAME CUBA Now comes documentation on other plans the Pentagon was pursuing in those days. Articles by Tim Weiner in the New York Times Nov. 19 and Nov. 23 tell of some of them. The military plans approved for development by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on March 13, 1962, as part of the CIA's Operation Mongoose included: u Operation Bingo, a plan to fake an attack on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, providing cover for a devastating U.S. military assault on Havana. u Operation Dirty Trick, a plot to blame Fidel Castro if the 1962 Mercury space flight carrying John Glenn crashed. u A "Remember the Maine" incident, in which "we could blow up a U.S. warship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," said a Pentagon memorandum. "We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area," it went on, "in other Florida cities and even in Washington. The terror campaign could be pointed at Cuban refugees seeking haven in the United States. We could sink a boatload of Cubans en route to Florida (real or simulated), or create an incident which will demonstrate convincingly that a Cuban aircraft has attacked and shot down a chartered civil airliner." The Times reports said no there is no evidence that these plans were ever carried out. Perhaps. Perhaps others that did become operational are still classified "top secret." Cuba has provided very convincing evidence, for example, of bacteriological and biological warfare aimed at its crops and livestock. Nevertheless, these few scenarios reveal enough about the mentality of the military to demolish the benign image of U.S. foreign policy so carefully cultivated by the rulers of this country. In truth, Washington hasn't changed since the days when U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Smedley Butler said he had been nothing but a gangster working for U.S. banks and corporations in Latin America in the 1920s. === Department Of Defense: Les Aspin, Secretary of Defense -- CFR Frank G. Wisnerll, Under Secretary for Policy -- CFR Henry S. Rowen, Asst. Sec., International Security Affairs -- CFR Judy Ann Miller, Dep. Asst. Sec. Nuclear Forces Arms Control -- CFR W. Bruce Weinrod, Dep. Asst. Sec., Europe NATO -- CFR Adm. Seymour Weiss, Chairman, Defense Policy Board -- CFR Charles M. Herzfeld, Dir. Defense Research Engineering -- CFR Andrew W. Marshall, Dir., Net Assessment -- CFR Michael P. W. Stone, Secretary of the Army -- CFR Donald B. Rice, Secretary of the Air Force -- CFR Franklin C. Miller, Dep. Asst. Sec. Nuclear Forces Arms Control -- CFR Allied Supreme Commanders: 1949-52 Eisenhower -- CFR 1952-53 Ridgeway -- CFR 1953-56 Gruenther -- CFR 1956-63 Norstad -- CFR 1963-69 Lemnitzer -- CFR 1969-74 Goodpaster -- CFR 1974-79 Haig -- CFR 1979-87 Rogers -- CFR, TC Superintendents of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point: 1960-63 Westmoreland -- CFR 1963-66 Lampert -- CFR 1966-68 Bennett -- CFR 1970-74 Knowlton -- CFR 1974-77 Berry -- CFR 1977-81 Goodpaster -- CFR CFR Military Fellows, 1991: Col. William M. Drennan, Jr., USAF -- CFR Col. Wallace C. Gregson, USMC -- CFR Col. Jack B. Wood, USA -- CFR CFR Military Fellows, 1992: Col. David M. Mize, USMC -- CFR Col. John P. Rose, USA -- CFR Joint Chiefs of Staff: Adm Wm. Crowe, Chairman -- CFR Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman -- CFR Gen. Carl E. Vuono, Army -- CFR
[CTRL] Verbose Idiocy Exposed, was Re: [CTRL] Talmud Exposed
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Aleisha Saba wrote: I think the most important statement attributed to Jesus the Christ, was "beware of those who say they are Jews and are not". Zionists - are these those who say they are Jews and are not? There are Mormon Zionists, Lutheran Zionists and Evangelical-Protestant Zionists. Some have their own churches designated as Zionist churches. When is this bunch of narrow-minded, bigoted know-nothings on the right who post the same tired old lines as we see, going to learn? In the same Chapter of Rev. you are told to beware those who say they are Apostles (Christians) and are not. Like who? How about Pope Willie The Idiot? FWP (Learned Elder of Zion) A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Talmud Exposed
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Nurev Ind Research wrote: Wrong! The Talmud is only studied by the ultra ortodox. Just about everyone in Israel has studied the actual Bible because the Bible is Jewish national history and part of school studies in the same way we learn about American history in schools here. Especially the New Testament part of the Bible! FWP A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] This condition of unintelligent respect...the financier needs.
"This condition of unintelligent respect on the part of the general public is exactly what the financier needs in order to remain unfettered by the democracy. He has, of course, many other advantages in dealing with opinion. Being immensely rich, he can endow universities, and secure that the most in- fluential part of academic opinion shall be subservient to him. Being at the head of the plutocracy, he is the natural leader of all those whose political thought is dominated by fear of Communism. Being the possessor of economic power, he can dis- tribute prosperity or ruin to whole nations as he chooses. But I doubt whether any of these weapons would suffice without the aid of superstition. It is a remarkable fact that, in spite of the importance of economics to every man, woman, and child, the subject is almost never taught in schools and even in uni- versities is learnt by a minority. Moreover, that minority do not learn the subject as it would be learnt if no political interests were at stake. There are a few institutions which teach it without plutocratic bias, but they are very few; as a rule, the subject is so taught as to glorify the economic status quo. All this, I fancy, is connected with the fact that super- stition and mystery are useful to the holders of financial power. "Finance, like war, suffers from the fact that almost all those who have technical competence also have a bias which is contrary to the interest of the community. When Disarmament Conferences take place, the naval and military experts are the chief obstacle to their success. It is not that these men are dishonest, but that their habitual preoccupations prevent them from seeing questions concerning armaments in their proper per- spective. Exactly the same thing applies to finance. Hardly anybody knows about it in detail except those who are engaged in making money out of the present system, who naturally cannot take wholly impartial views. It will be necessary, if this state of affairs is to be remedied, to make the democracies of the world aware of the importance of finance, and to find ways of simplifying the principles of finance so that they can be widely understood. It must be admitted that this is not easy, but I do not believe that it is impossible. One of the impedi- ments to successful democracy in our age is the complexity of the modern world, which makes it increasingly difficult for ordinary men and women to form an intelligent opinion on po- litical questions, or even to decide whose expert judgment de- serves the most respect. The cure for this trouble is to im- prove education, and to find ways of explaining the structure of society which are easier to understand than those presently in vogue. Every believer in effective democracy must be in favour of this reform. But perhaps there are no believers in democracy left except in Siam and the remoter parts of Mongolia." --Bertrand Russell, "In Praise of Idleness" (1932), pp. 79-81. -- **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only. [Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [LIFE-GAZETTE] A Light Unto The Nations...Contested. (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:08:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] "A Light Unto The Nations"...Contested. Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:08:38 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Some Jews Who Converted To Christianity You may forward this to any lists if you want to. I suggest/perceive that immigration citizenship rights, laws rules are arbitrarily subjectively applied. Israel's laws are seemingly as capricious confused as any, perhaps more so than the norms of other nations-States-Countries. "Officially", from the Constitutional documents I have read, Israel is first and foremost to be a haven for those defined as "Jews". However, I like the slogan better, ie "A Light Unto The Nations". I think it should be put to a contest, sort of a "God's Chosen People" contest or "Who is Numero Uno?" Israeli poster Hannah Weiss indeed has the best take on this phenomena as I've encountered. It would be neat if she would respond to your solicitation for participation. She is passionate and articulate. Her material is scholarly. One ought not be too shocked super-critical by Israel's inconsistencies contradictions. I'm not. I just think it was premature. The Soviets offered the Jews/Semites an autonomous region in the far east. They should have taken it for a dry run before instigating 50 years of war in the Middle East. If that had succeeded they could have "cashed out" and moved on. After all, a shekel is a shekel even if it is called a ruble. If it were up to me: IMHO: The aspect of "persecution" "discrimination against" for being considered a "jew" (whether religious or not), genetic (whether "semitic" or not) has to be the raison d'etre for full welcome admission to modern Israel. The persecution here is not primarily against Jews/Semites. They are the subculture most protected from even criticism. The most hated subculture in Canada-USA are those who believe the teachings of Christ, ie TRUTH, or as the Romans said "Veritas odium parit". And the gaggle of churchocratic parasites paraded on CBC's "Moral Divide" are not the real McCoys. They don't have what it takes, from RC's to Salvation Army. As Jesus Christ said, "You will be hated of all people". When the Grahams or Wojtylas stand before huge adoring crowds are they "hated of all people"? I rest my case. It is easy to prove by social-psych study that followers of Christ are most hated in Canada. It is easy to prove that Jews/Semites are almost immune even from scholarly critism. The over-riding religious folk culture cannot be dismissed. Jews are not born as sterile intellectuals agnostics cynics skeptics agnostics. You forgot "atheists". Somewhere here I have a quote from Golda Meier lamenting the difficulty of national cohesiveness when some 30% of Israelis were atheists. Is that the spiritual legacy which Jacob/Israel wanted passed on? Would Jacob/Israel grant aliyeh rights to White Atheists (as some of these people are)? "Jews," whether mostly secularized or not, exist in a World full of competiting theologies philosophies ethno cultures. Well, you know what Mao said on this. For instance: IMHO: Most "real Jews" are proud of HATIKVAH, the Israeli national anthem. It sounds a lot like the Czech Smetna's symphonic MOLDAU (sp?) (i think). When I heard it in MUSIC APPRECIATION 231, I was kinda shocked. When I heard the ancient Roman Catholic GREGORIAN CHANTS, I may have initially identified it as Hebrew prayer chanting. Furthermore: I observe a whoie lot of Islamic affectations in Hebrew prayer service, or is that Hebrew affectations in Islamic prayer services (?). There is a universal human element in incantations to deity(ies). They started to teach us Gregorian Chants during my short career as an Anglican choir boy: "O' come ye Immanuel, O' come ye to Israel" But don't ask me to sing/chant it! Last sentence but not least: You cannot get it out of your mind that the original dichotomy of Jewish theology versus the Christian theology is the KEY differentiation. OK, I'll accept that this is so. Now, all you, Hannah, Yair Davidy et al have to do is provided a REASONED explanation as to why "Antichristism" which began with the arrival of Jesus Christ is justified. Or, as the De Sola Poole Traditional Jewish Prayer Book says, "Judaism has never called for an unreasoned faith". CONVINCE ME that the Antichrist position is more reasonable and you win. I think I've heard about all the Semite/Jewish arguments there are. Surprise me! The "Jews For Jesus" people are a major turnoff for Israelis, including those in charge of establishing enforcing immigration rules. See above re REASONED defence of that. Paul/Saul called himself "The Jew of Tarsus". The reasons for
[CTRL] [BCPolitics] re Light Unto The Nations Contested... (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:16:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BCPolitics] re "Light Unto The Nations" Contested... or "Who has the mandate of heaven?" FWP -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:42:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] Wang's Words of Wisdom -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:27:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Chineseproverbs] "Mandate of Heaven" Does anyone know the origin of the above Chinese saying? FWP [Moderator's note: Hello - it is an interesting question in Confucianism, so though it is not a proverb, per se, I'd like to offer a quick note. 'Tianming' is the Chinese, and it plays an important role in government in ancient China. Essentially 'Heaven' bestows its authority on a human being (a 'tianzi' or 'wang' or 'jun') to rule the empire, and instigates changes in rulers when the former ceases to upholding his reverence for, and virtues of, his forefathers; the mandate implies acting humanely towards the ruled peoples, and reducing their overall hardships. If you would like to discuss this further, I would suggest subscribing to my Confucius list. Just send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message write subscribe confucius --Todd] BeMANY, where eGroups members SAVE on long distance. http://click.egroups.com/1/4121/10/_/_/_/961401961/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: http://click.egroups.com/1/5533/2/_/564407/_/961433149/ What would a complete society be like if it were to "do all for the glory of God"? (I Corinthians 10:31). What would Canada be like if it were a "Godly Society" functioning in this manner? Lonely? Get Firetalk! Free, unlimited calls anywhere in the world. Free voice chat on hundreds of topics. http://click.egroups.com/1/5477/3/_/103697/_/961438658/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [whitespeak] This Patriot will NEVER support the Demo/Repub Duopoly!
Ingrid, In my view, that is exactly what happened to JFK. Am a firm believer in one should vote their principles; never voting for a person one doesn't KNOW. It's so unfortunate that so many ignorant Citizens vote based on 'info?' obtained from the thugs of controlled media, and don't take the time to do their own research on candidates. Does my Heart good to think I furnished you with a reason to Vote. Did you ever visit the Web Site re. JFK's issuance of Treasury currency and LBJ's withdrawal of it from circulation; he had it destroyed. If not, will send you the url. If a Citizen does not Vote, he/she is sanctioning the status quo and continues to exist in a state of denial of the wrongs inflicted. The Post you cite (7277) you'll note the document is dated 9/61. This is the period when Kruschev turned down JFK's plea to disarm. Bard Pro Libertate - For Freedom BUCHANAN-Reform http://gopatgo2000.com/default.htm -Original Message- From: Ingrid Svensson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 10:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whitespeak] This Patriot will NEVER support the Demo/Repub Duopoly! Bard, One of your messages showed what we already knew, that the U.N. with the support of western nations, plans to disarm the world while strengthening the firepower of a global police force who is governed by unelected, unaccountable leaders. The next message says to vote. Isn't it pretty obvious that if we vote for someone who will make a difference on the real issues, our votes will be nullified? If they not nullified here, there will be international pressure. I don't know how we can stop this monster. Getting out of the U.N. is a great idea. Maybe that IS a good reason to vote and an issue that should be priority #1 with all Presidential, Congressional and Senatorial candidates. Unfortunately, if the internationalists are threatened, those we elect will go down. But thanks for giving me a reason to vote, Bard. Ingrid A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Reason JFK was Assassinated!
Title: Freedom's End - President Kennedy versus Federal Reserve. MIND FOOD Read This It's food for your mind No United States president since Abraham Lincolndared to go against the system and create his ownmoney, [until President John F. Kennedy]. President Kennedy was not afraid to buck the system... ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND JOHN F. KENNEDY No United States president since Abraham Lincoln dared to go against the system and create his own money, as many of these so called elected presidents were actually only instruments or puppets of the Bankers. That is until President John F Kennedy came into Office. President Kennedy was not afraid to buck the system for he understood how the Federal Reserve System was being used to destroy the United States. As a just and honorable man, he could not tolerate such a system, for it smelled of corruption from A to Z. Certainly he must have known about the Greenbacks which Abraham Lincoln created when he was in office. President Kennedy signed a presidential document, called Executive Order 11210, which further amended Executive Order 10289 of September 19th, 1951. This gave Kennedy, as President of the United States, legal clearance to create his own money to run the country, money that would belong to the people, an interest and debt free money. He had printed United States Notes, completely ignoring the Federal Reserve Notes from the private banks of the Federal Reserve. It was perfectly obvious that Kennedy was out to undermine the Federal Reserve System of the United States. But it was only a few months later, in November of 1963, that the world received the shocking news of President Kennedy's assassination. No reason was given, of course, for anyone wanting to commit such an atrocious crime. But for those who knew anything about money and banking, it did not take long to put the pieces of the puzzle together. For surely President Kennedy must have had it in mind to repeal the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and return back to the United States Congress the power to create its own money. It is interesting to note that, only one day after Kennedy's assassination, all the United States notes which Kennedy had issued were called out of circulation. Was this through an executive order of the newly installed president, Lyndon B. Johnson? Was President Johnson afraid of the Bankers? Or was he one of their instruments? At any rate all of the money President Kennedy had created was destroyed. And not a word was said to the American people. A Lesson To Learn There is much that can be learned from our past history. Here we are in 1997, and the United States is still operating under the Federal Reserve System. It has already plunged our country over five trillion dollars into debt, a debt it will never be able to pay and has been responsible for every kind of corruption imaginable. Yet, barely a peep of protest can be heard from the American people. All the Bankers have to do to keep their power is to get rid of the few politicians who are honestly working for a reform in our economic system, and the people at large remain ignorant and controlled. It is obvious the American people need to be awakened to the truth. The population at large must be educated on the Federal Reserve, and then unite together to put pressure on the Government to get the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 repealed. Otherwise it will
[CTRL] Sparbuch Exposed
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Austria Defuses Flap Over Secret Bank Accounts By John Burgess
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday , June 16, 2000 ; E04 Austria yesterday sidestepped a new diplomatic
confrontation, this time over secret bank accounts. An international body
combating money laundering withdrew threats to kick Austria out of the group,
saying the country was moving to attach names to close to 24 million anonymous
accounts.
Austria is under pressure from the European Union for allowing in its
government politicians whom the union views as neo-Nazis. But long before that
became an issue, Austria was sparring with other industrialized countries over
its sparbuch accounts, a banking tradition dating to the Austro-Hungarian
empire of World War I days.
Switzerland has done away with much of its famous banking secrecy. In Austria,
however, such secrecy continues to thrive, with close to $100 billion on
deposit anonymously, U.S. officials say. Anyone can open accounts there without
giving a name. Money is deposited or withdrawn on presentation of a passbook
and a secret number, or through automated teller machines.
U.S. officials contend that this can provide impenetrable cover for the
laundering of foreign crime money. The fact that 24 million accounts exist in a
country of 8 million people is taken as evidence: "Unless every man woman and
child has three of them . . . a lot of people outside Austria are finding these
attractive," said Stuart Eizenstat, deputy U.S. Treasury secretary.
The Financial Action Task Force, a grouping of 26 countries that is trying to
establish world standards for financial openness, threatened to expel Austria
by June 30 unless there was action to change the sparbuch system.
A bill moving through the Austrian parliament to dismantle the system and
require disclosure of names addresses the concerns, the group announced
yesterday. "Austrian banks will have to make fundamental changes in how they do
business," said Eizenstat.
The accounts are touted on numerous Internet financial sites. "The world's only
true secret bank account," says one site that offers to set them up for
clients, although similar accounts are available in Hungary, the Czech Republic
and Slovakia. "Not even your bank knows who you are. . . . A great way to
bypass the taxman."
Still, no one knows just how often the accounts aid crime. Based on passbooks
and cash, the accounts are simply too cumbersome for hiding significant amounts
of money, said Austrian Embassy spokesman Martin Weiss. "Money laundering is
done in more modern ways."
Weiss said the vast majority of the accounts contain only small amounts of
money--probably only 6,000 to 7,000 contain more than $300,000 each.
Austrians are accustomed to having anonymous accounts, so there was some
political resistance to changing the law. People are "afraid of the Big Brother
scenario . . . that's a natural reluctance that you don't want the government
sitting on your shoulder all the time," he said.
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[CTRL] (Fwd) Fw: Alert/U.S. sovereignty or World Trade Organization
--- Forwarded message follows --- Subject:Fw: Alert/U.S. sovereignty or World Trade Organization Date sent: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:22:02 -0500 - Original Message - From: Liberty Study Committee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LibertyStudyCommittee List Member [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 11:47 PM Subject: Alert/U.S. sovereignty or World Trade Organization June 17, 2000 Dear friend of liberty, On Tuesday, June 20, an opportunity that comes only once every five years will occur. The U.S. House will answer the question: Should the United States of America remain a sovereign nation or be subjugated to the whim of unelected foreign bureaucrats? The question will come in the form of H.J. Res. 90 which directs the U.S. to withdraw from the World Trade Organization (W.T.O.) H.J. Res. 90 directs the United States to maintain its sovereignty by withdrawing its membership and funding from the W.T.O. It was introduced on March 6, 2000 and is cosponsored by 10 courageous members of the U.S. House - Democrat and Republican alike. On Tuesday, June 20, two hours of debate will take place followed by the vote. During the debate, opponents of H.J. Res. 90 will tell you that the W.T.O. does not diminish U.S. sovereignty. However, the Congressional Research Service wrote, "As a member of the WTO, the United States does commit to act in accordance with the rules of the multilateral body. It [the U.S.] is legally obligated to ensure national laws do not conflict with WTO rules." (8/25/99) During the debate, opponents of H.J. Res. 90 will tell you that the W.T.O. does not usurp Congress' constitutional authority to set tax policy. However, the Wall Street Journal wrote, "A recent decision by the 'WTO Appellate Body' ruled that $2.2 billion in United States tax breaks violate WTO rules and must be eliminated by October 1, 2000." During the debate, opponents of H.J. Res. 90 will tell you that the W.T.O. does not violate principles of taxation without representation. However, Article I, Section of the Constitution gives the U.S. Congress - not unelected officials overseas - the sole authority to lay and collect taxes. Furthermore, the Associated Press wrote, "...the agency [WTO] deliberates in secret" (6/08/00) The design and operation of the W.T.O's dispute resolution system is established in the Uruguay Round Dispute Resolution Understanding (D.S.U.). The D.S.U. provides only one specific operating rule - that all of the panel's activities and documents are confidential. Under this W.T.O. rule, dispute panels operate in secret. According to the Financial Times, "...the WTO is the place where governments collude in private against their domestic pressure groups." (April 30, 1998) Those of us who are fighting for liberty and national sovereignty are such a "pressure group." During the debate, opponents of H.J. Res. 90 will tell you that the W.T.O. advances "free trade." However, Lew Rockwell wrote in The Free Market, "As early as 1994, it was clear that the WTO charter... was a Trojan horse for economic planning...no surprise that some multinational corporations favored the treaty because it would impose huge costs on potential competitors. The architects of the WTO had openly stated that the treaty wasn't about free trade." During the debate, opponents of H.J. Res. 90 will tell you that withdrawing from the W.T.O. is "unthinkable." However, we believe that it is unthinkable not to withdraw from the World Trade Organization. "It [the W.T.O.] is an egregious attack upon our national sovereignty, and this is the reason why we must vigorously oppose it. No nation can maintain its sovereignty if it surrenders its authority to an international collective. Since sovereignty is linked so closely to freedom, our very notion of American liberty is at stake in this issue," wrote Congressman Ron Paul. The vote on H.J. Res. 90 was scheduled with little notice. Please take the little time that was given to us and think about this very important issue. We have posted additional information for you to consider on our special Web site. If you agree we should maintain our national sovereignty, then the U.S. should withdraw from the W.T.O., and you must urge your U.S. representative to vote "yes" on H.J. Res. 90. Please go to http://www.stopwto.org. We believe that the W.T.O. is the trade ministry for future global government. We believe that the U.S. should always be a part of the global economy, but never a part of a global government. Please go to http://www.stopwto.org to read more about this very important issue and to let your representative know what you think. Kent Snyder Liberty Study Committee http://www.libertystudy.org To contribute to the Liberty Study Committee, please go to http://www.libertystudy.org and click on Contribute at the top of the page. To send a
[CTRL] Gas Embargo
Fwd. Americans, Take a stand a join millions of others who are tired of paying these outrageous gas prices. You've heard of the Gas out scheduled for the 28th. Well, Here's PHASE 2 -GAS EMBARGO AGAINST STATIONS. BEGINNING MONDAY JUNE 26 THRU FRIDAY JUNE 30TH DO NOT PURCHASE GAS AT ALL SHELL GAS STATIONS MONDAY JULY 3 THRU JULY 7 DO NOT PURCHASE GAS AT ALL AMOCO AND BP STATIONS MONDAY JULY 10 THRU JULY 14 DO NOT PURCHASE GAS AT ALL MOBIL AND EXXON STATIONS MONDAY JULY 17 THRU JULY 21 DO NOT PURCHASE GAS AT ALL SPEEDWAY STATIONS MONDAY JULY 24 THRU JULY 28 DO NOT PURCHASE GAS AT ALL CLARK AND CITGO STATIONS MONDAY JULY 31 THRU AUG 01 DO NOT PURCHASE GAS AT ALL THORTONS. THE HEAT FELT BY LACK OF CONSUMER BOYCOTTING WILL SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE AS AMERICANS WILL NOT STAND FOR OUTRAGEOUS GAS PRICE GAUGING. PASS THIS ON TO AS MANY AMERICANS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. ORGANIZATION TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Read this article that points out price gauging by the oil industry. How much abuse are Americans going to take before we stand up for our constitutional and consumer rights? Americans educate yourselves about the oil industry's back-office misconduct depleting millions of your hard earned money. http://www.msnbc.com/msn/419464.asp Illinois State Legislatures just passed another gas tax that will become effective on Wednesday, June 28th. Illinois has the SECOND HIGHEST gas prices in the entire country (Hawaii comes in first). Hawaii is understandable due to the geographic location, but Illinois is located in the Midwest and there is not any valid justification for the sky rocketing gas prices for the state of Illinois. There is also no valid reason in which Illinois residents have to spend 1/3 of their paychecks each week for fuel. By 6/28/00 the cheapest Unleaded gas will be $2.49. Congress is even outraged with Illinois gas prices and the taxes are often compared to gas prices in Europe (Europe gas prices are the highest in the world $5.63 for the cheapest unleaded). There will be a state wide gas strike on 6/28/00. Please do not buy any gas on that date. Try to buy gas the day before and the day after. The residents of Illinois must make their voices heard, or gas prices will continue to increase. It is up to "YOU" to take this initiative into your own hands in order to make a difference. FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY ILLINOIS RESIDENTS AS YOU CAN! The Gas out method will definitely send a consumer message that we will not go silent into the night. Better yet, you should write letters to your elected state officials to demand investigation into these price gauging misconducts by the oil industry. If you don't no one will and silence is acceptance. As an American Taxpayer, we the people have a right to tax representation and government empowerment to preserve our rights. Taxation without representation is the message. "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." -Abraham Lincoln You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." -Abraham Lincoln Richard J. Durbin (D) - 1/03 267 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2152 (Ed Greelegs) FAX Number 202-228-0400 Peter G. Fitzgerald (R) - 1/05 SD-555 Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2854 (Mike Cys) FAX Number 202-228-1372 George H. Ryan (R) - 1/03 Office of the Governor 207 Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 (217) 782-6830 FAX Number 217-782-3560 __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL
[CTRL] Mind Reading Machine, TIME- JULY 1, 1974
"TIME MAGAZINE" (JULY 1, 1974- page 37)
"MIND-READING COMPUTER"
The experiment looks like some ingenious test of
mental telepathy. Seated inside a small isolation
booth with wires trailing from the helmet on her head,
the subject seems deep in concentration. She does not
speak or move. Near by, a white-coated scientist
intently watches a TV screen. Suddenly, a little white
dot hovering in the center of the screen comes to
life. It sweeps to the top of the svreen, then
reverses itself and comes back down. After a pause, it
veers to the right, stops, moves to the left,
momentarily speeds up and finally halts - almost as if
it were under the control of some external
intelligence.
In fact, it is. The unusual experiment, conducted at
the Standford Research nstitute in Menlo, Park,
California, is a graphic display of one of the newest
and most dazzling breakthroughs in cybernetics.* It
shows that a computer can, in a very real sense, read
human minds. Although the dot's gyrations were
directed by a computer, the machine was only carriying
the orders of the test subject. She, in turn, did
nothing more than think about what the dot's movements
should be.
Brainchild of S.R.I. Researcher Lawrence Pinneo, a 46
year-old neurophysiologist and electronics engineer,
the computer mind-reading technique is far more than a
laboratory stunt. Though computers can solve
extraordinarily complex problems with incredible
speed, the information they digest is fed to them by
such slow, cumbersome tools as typewriter keyboards or
punched tapes. It is for this reasons that scientists
have long been tantalized by the possibility of
opening up a more direct link between human and
electronic brains.
[Brain Waves]
Although Pinneo and others have experimented with
computer systems that respond to voice commands, he
decided that there might be a more direct method than
speech. The key to his scheme: the
electroencephalograph, a device used by medical
researchers to pick up electrical currents from
various parts of the brain. If he could learn to
identify brain waves generated by specific thoughts or
commands, Pinneo figured, he might be able to teach
the same skill to a computer. The machine might even
be able to react to those commands by, say, moving a
dot across a TV screen.
Pinneo could readily pick out specific commands. But,
like fingerprints, the patterns varied sufficiently
from one human test subject to another to fool the
computer. Pinneo found a way to deal with this problem
by storing a large variety of patterns in the
computer's memory. When the computer had to deal with
fresh pattern, it could search its memory for the
brain waves most like it. So far the S.R.I. computer
has been taught to recognize seven different
commands-up, down, left, right, slow, fast and stop.
Working with a total of 25 different people, it makes
the right move 60% of the time.
Pinneo is convinced that his barely passing grade can
be vastly improved. He foresees the day when computers
will be able to recognize the smallest units in the
English language-the 40-odd basic sounds (or phonemes)
out of which all words or verbalized thoughts can be
constructed. Such skills could e put to many practical
uses. The pilot of a high-speed plane or spacecraft,
for instance, could simply order by thought alone some
vital flight information for an all-purpose cockpit
display. There would be no need to search for the
right dials or switches on a crowded instrument
pannel.
Pinneo does not worry that mind-reading computers
might be abused by Big Brotherly governments or overly
zealous police trying to ferret out the innermost
thoughts of the citizens. Rather than a menace, he
says, they could be a high-civilizing influence. In
the future, Pinneo speculates, technology may well be
sufficently advanced to feed a computer directly back
into the brain. People with problems, for example,
might not don mind reading helmets ("thinking caps")
that let the computer help them untangle everything
from complex tax returns to matrimonial messes. Adds
Pinneo: "When the person takes this thing off, he
might feel pretty damn dumb."
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Now, please visit:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5862/pan19remote.html
(click on: "Mind Reading Machine"- Alan Yu; it was
posted again last week)
If you are in a hurry, read this excerpt:
In 1975 a primitive mind reading machine was
tested at
the Stanford Research Institute. The machine used
a computer
which recognizes a limited amount of words by
monitoring a per-
son's silent thoughts. This technique relies upon
the discovery
that brain wave tracings (EEG) show distinctive
patterns that
correlate with individual words - whether the words
are spoken
aloud or merely subvocalized (thought of).
( Walter Bowart: Operation Mind Control. 1978 p.
268.)
This kind research indeed prove that they should
have had the
[CTRL] Bin Laden Using Canada As Base Of Anti-U.S Ops?
Bin Laden using Canada to plot US attacks Monday, June 19, 2000 NORTH AMERICA | Canadian intelligence officials say Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden may be using Canadian soil to plot terror attacks against the United States. Bin Laden, who is allegedly responsible for a pair of attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, may be using Canada's open society and proximity to the U.S. as a means to establish bases there to conduct operations against Washington, according to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. In its annual report, CSIS said, "One of the prime motivators of terrorism today is Islamic religious extremism. In the past few years, Sunni Islamic extremism, exemplified by terrorist financier Osama Bin Laden, has emerged as the preeminent international terrorist threat." In December, Canadian authorities captured Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian born man, as he tried to cross into the United States from western Canada with what US authorities said were bomb-making components. Other arrests of a number of his associates was an indication that extremists had intensified their activities in North America, according to the CSIS report. "While previously limited to support activity, efforts by Sunni extremists in Canada and the United States appear to have escalated to coordinating attacks on North American soil," the report said. In May, President Clinton accused Ressam of being financed by bin Laden, a charge Ressam's lawyers have denied. Canadian intelligence also believes that extremists were trying to manipulate immigrant communities in Canada. "Despite warnings by the Canadian government that it is deemed unacceptable, certain governments consider it in their best interests to monitor the activities of political opponents living in Canada and coerce expatriate nationals," said the report. Edward Luttwak, a terrorism expert for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told CNSNews.com that he believes Canada should better scrutinize their immigrants and other foreign visitors. "The question is, why not Mexico? The reason is that it's much easier to operate in Canada because there's very little effort made to keep track of what people are doing," he said. "There's much less scrutiny of the immigrant entries than there normally is in the United States," he said. "What Canada should do for itself is to be somewhat more vigilant at the immigration entrance. The US-Mexican border is fenced in parts and the border patrol makes an effort at least to cover that border seriously." A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Bible Code=Bollocks
The Wall Street Journal
The Code Cracks
by David Murray
June 9, 2000
"God does not play dice with the universe," Einstein famously remarked. But
he didn't rule out numerical puzzles.
The Bible Code, a 1997 bestseller by Michael Drosnin, argued that hidden
messages are embedded in the biblical text. Similar books soon followed; a
movie was even made on this theme ("The Omega Code"). The popular press, no
doubt intimidated by the code's statistical complexity, wrote about it with
cautious respect. To this day, there is the lingering impression that, no
matter how far-fetched it seems, a code may be buried in the Bible for a
computer to discover.
This impression is badly misguided. Recent analysis has done a great deal to
refute the whole idea.
Mr. Drosnin's inspiration was a 1994 article in the prestigious journal
Statistical Science. Eliyahu Rips of Hebrew University, with some of his
colleagues, reported meaningful sequences of widely spaced letters in the
Hebrew text of Genesis, revealing the names of famous, post-biblical-era
rabbis near references to the seasons of their birth or death. The odds of
chance alone providing the results were said to be only one in 50,000. Robert
Kass, the editor of Statistical Science, wrote at the time that the
"baffling" paper was published in the hope that "someone would be motivated
to . . . figure out what was going on."
But for many, the article was treated as the last word. The theological
premise behind such credulity is that the Torah -- the five books of Moses --
contains all truth. All information is "in there," past, present and future,
waiting to be unlocked.
Enter Mr. Drosnin, finding predictions of current events. Using a computer,
he found, for instance, "Yitzhak Rabin" in Genesis close to "assassination."
The names of other prime ministers and leaders were discovered, conceptually
linked to words suggesting real-world events.
How did he do this? The Bible code is based on searching for equidistant
letter sequences (ELS). For example, starting with the initial letter, one
skips to the sixth, 12th and 18th and then determines whether the four-letter
sequence constitutes a word -- say, "Newt."
For the search, the 304,805 Hebrew letter-appearances in the Torah were
arrayed without spaces or punctuation marks. A computer looked for matches by
"stepping" to every nth letter in the array, going either forward or backward
or even diagonally. Mr. Drosnin's match for "Yitzhak Rabin" had a "step
value" of 4,772. That is, 4,771 letters separated the spelling sequence of
Rabin's name.
In a sense, the code "works," but how? In the November 1999 issue of
Statistical Science, Brendan McKay of Australian National University and
colleagues from Hebrew University argue that the original paper was "fatally
defective," the results an artifact of the experiment's design.
One problem is the wiggle room for "reading" the text. In biblical Hebrew,
vowels have to be imputed from context, and syntax is potentially ambiguous.
And there are several variants of the Hebrew Bible: Different texts produce
different orderings of the letters, with devastating effect on the code. In
short, a researcher can format and sift until he hits upon an amenable
sequence. What's more, Hebrew spellings weren't standardized until the 16th
century. Is it Moses Ben Maimon or Maimonides? Yitchak? Or Yitzhak? Or Itzak?
Wiggle, wiggle.
It is true that finding linked pairs is wildly improbable if you have only
one opportunity to make the match. But the computer's sleepless sifting
provides millions of opportunities and settles for "close" results. As
physicist David Thomas suggests in the magazine Skeptical Inquirer, it's like
buying a million lottery tickets to improve your odds of winning $5.
At the time of the Bible-code craze, it was said that finding clusters of
"meaningful" words in the Torah was wildly improbable. Hence the Great
Cryptographer. But the probabilities were not calculated properly, since the
textual sequences are not really independent events, like flipping a coin.
Rather, the pattern-finding was "tuned" to the text, which has regularities
that skew the probabilities. When Mr. Thomas looked for the sequence "Nazi"
in a text by Isaac Asimov, he found an improbable number of hits. That's
because Asimov was writing about science and the noun "geNerAliZatIon"
appeared often. Critical researchers also found "meaningful" sequences in
"War and Peace" and "Moby Dick."
Given the capacities of computers to automate the search, and given
sufficient license to construe a "goal," the wonder is not that we find
hidden messages in the Bible or any other book but that we should ever fail.
Those who wish to find meaning in the Bible may prefer to rely on their heads
and hearts, not a computer.
Mr. Murray heads the Statistical Assessment Service in Washington.
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[CTRL] Fulani Jumps Buchanan Ship
Buchanan Loses Campaign Ally By Douglas Kiker Associated Press Writer Monday, June 19, 2000; 12:59 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON ââ Liberal activist Lenora Fulani resigned from Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign and withdrew her support, saying the socially conservative candidate has divided the Reform Party by excluding other viewpoints. In a letter announcing her resignation as campaign co-chair, Fulani said Buchanan put his conservative issues above their common interests in political reform, trade and foreign policy. "I must and do object to your efforts to transform the party into a party of, and for, only social conservatives," Fulani wrote Buchanan on Sunday. She said Buchanan's political maneuverings to consolidate power were "contributing to polarizing, rather than unifying the disparate forces in the party." Bay Buchanan, her brother's campaign manager, said she enjoyed working with Fulani and regrets her departure. She rejected Fulani's criticisms. "We have not indicated that we do not welcome people with different views," Bay Buchanan said Monday. "But clearly Pat is not going to walk away from those issues." Fulani, who will remain in the Reform Party, also complained that Buchanan and his sister refused to support her bid to become the national chairwoman of the party founded by Ross Perot. "Supporting me for chair was the test of whether you still intended to broaden your coalition and maintain the party's commitment to left/center/right alliances," Fulani wrote. Rejecting her, Fulani said, shows Buchanan is trying to move the Reform Party "in a direction that most American independents do not support." Bay Buchanan said, "It simply could not and would not be with the best interest of the party to support her for chair." Fulani also pointed to the contentious party meeting in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this year in which former party chairman Jack Gargan was ousted. Buchanan's refusal to support her in trying to get Gargan re-elected as chairman "demonstrated that you were more than willing to 'stick it' to your friends as well as your enemies to achieve ... your own ends," Fulani wrote. In an interview Monday, Fulani said she met with Buchanan on Thursday and discussed her feelings about the campaign, specifically whom he might choose as a running mate. Fulani had hoped he would consider choosing someone more liberal to show his commitment to a "left-right coalition." Buchanan did not show any interest in that, she said. "Obviously, Pat has chosen to run his campaign in a much more narrow way to appeal to the right and he has not taken the effort to reach out beyond his initial base despite his initial interest in doing so," Fulani said. Fulani's endorsement of Buchanan surprised many. A longtime liberal activist and sometime presidential candidate, Fulani and Buchanan are on the opposite end of the political spectrum on almost every issue. But Buchanan, after leaving the Republican Party to run for the Reform Party's nomination, wooed Fulani with his support of same-day voter registration, political reform, campaign finance reform, opposition to some international trade agreements, and foreign policy. © Copyright 2000 The Associated Press A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] CANF Losing Clout,Out Of Touch
Cubans watch power slip away By Tamara Lytle and Rafael Lorente Washington Bureau Published in The Orlando Sentinel on June 18, 2000 WASHINGTON - For years, the Cuban American National Foundation had the field mostly to itself when it came to U.S. policy toward Cuba. Backed by the Cuban-American community`s campaign donations and reputation as a solid voting bloc, the foundation was often the only powerful voice in the nation`s capital talking about Cuba. But the saga of a 6-year-old shipwreck survivor plucked from the waters between Havana and Miami has exposed a loss of clout for the foundation that even generous campaign donations may not be able to restore. Elian Gonzalez is not the reason for the foundation`s slip from power, but his "miracle" rescue and high-profile legal struggle have turned a national spotlight on the group`s decline. The biggest challenge facing the foundation is a growing effort by U.S. businesses and farmers to restore trade between the United States and Cuba. Lobbying by groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Farm Bureau has added powerful, contrasting voices to policy debates involving Cuba. Those familiar with the situation also point to Pope John Paul II`s 1998 visit to Cuba and his stand against the U.S. trade embargo; the 1997 death of Jorge Mas Canosa, the foundation`s powerful and charismatic leader; the end of the Cold War in Europe and elsewhere; and the loss of White House influence that peaked during the Reagan and Bush administrations. The Cuban-American community`s apparent losing battle to keep Elian Gonzalez in the United States, and the negative publicity the battle has generated throughout the country, has just added to the foundation`s woes. "The foundation`s finest hours are behind it," said William Goodfellow of Center for International Policy, a think tank that promotes peace in Central America. Jose Cardenas, the foundation`s Washington representative, disagrees. He says the group will soon redouble its efforts in Washington, even adding staff, to counter the business and farm lobbies. "For the first time, we have real opposition," Cardenas acknowledged. "But that doesn`t necessarily mean that, because we have opposition, we`ve lost clout." The foundation`s finest hour may have been during the Reagan and Bush years. Backed by two powerful presidents for more than a decade, the foundation generated thousands of dollars a year in campaign contributions to gain access and influence. But the contributions have continued to flow in the years since. Since 1980, the foundation`s political action committee, Free Cuba PAC, has donated more than $1 million to federal political candidates. Despite strong anti-Castro support from Republicans, the PAC has split its contributions almost evenly between the GOP and the Democratic Party. But the PAC`s contributions tell only part of the story. The foundation`s leaders and board members have also given substantial amounts to federal candidates and elected officials. A computer analysis of donations from foundation directors shows that, as a group, they have given at least $220,000 to federal political candidates just since the 1996 elections. They also have donated more than $100,000 to the Free Cuba PAC during that time. Though it lacks the millions of dollars wielded by other politically active groups, the Cuban-American community has succeeded by concentrating on an issue - Cuban independence - that few others care about, Goodfellow said. "They`re sort of the foreign-policy equivalent of the National Rifle Association," he said. But largesse alone does not buy the sort of power it used to. Mas Canosa`s death left the Cuban foundation without the kind of charismatic, untiring leadership it was used to in Washington - and in South Florida, where the foundation now competes for power and attention with the likes of Miami Mayor Joe Carollo and Democracy Movement leader Ramon Saul Sanchez. And the Elian Gonzalez case is a high-profile reminder that most of the rest of the country does not share the foundation`s passionate hatred of Castro, especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Pope John Paul II`s visit to Cuba - just the fact Castro allowed it to occur - also hurt the foundation`s cause because the Roman Catholic leader`s message was that the world should reach out to Cuba for the sake of its people. American businesses and farmers have begun to feel much the same way, hoping to open a new market for their goods. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is leading the charge to end the decades-old U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba, starting with food and medicine. Farmers, Goodfellow said, have now "gotten up a head of steam." "I think it`s only a matter of time before the restrictions on food and medicine are lifted. I think the embargo will unravel," he said. Goodfellow noted that Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., a powerful lawmaker who has worked to
[CTRL] Fw: The People of Nigeria resist the IMF.
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From: "Soren" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:19 PM
Subject: (50 Years) The People of Nigeria resist the IMF.
From: Kwesi Owusu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Welcome to Nigeria, Mr. Larry Summers
Lagos was literally a ghost town last weekend. The streets were empty,
except burning tyres and smoking debris and the rhythmic hooting of a few
okada (bike) riders. The atmosphere was tense if not highly charged and
palpable. As I moved around observing the mass protests against the IMF
induced fuel price hike, one sight was constant. Youths had turned many of
the city's high ways into football pitches. I sat down to watch a match.
Suddenly armed police in a station wagon pulled up. Rather than make way,
the youths continued to play. The policemen hooted their horns frantically
but they were ignored.
Then the ball went out of play. One of the youth strolled up to the police
team. 'Wetin you dey do for road?' ('what are you doing on the road?'), he
asked. One of the policemen grinned. Then another youth walked up to his
mate and told him to let them pass. 'They are policemen' he said. The
first
youth replied, 'Yes, I can see that. Is that why they are on the road when
NLC says everyone should be off the road?' The youths removed the
temporary
goal posts and allowed the policemen to pass.
The policemen's response was quite unprecedented in a city like Lagos
where,
not too long ago random violence was as predictable as missing a bus. But
then some things can change and these are not the times of the brutal
military dictatorships. The last few days have also been quite
extraordinary
as the people test the democratic mantle of President Obasanjo's
government,
particularly its capacity to accommodate mass political dissent.
The inept introduction of the price hike by the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) was a guaranteed trigger to popular outrage. A 50 per
cent increase in petroleum products by any stretch of the imagination was
bound to impact disproportionately on low income families, at the time
when
even the modest minimum wage increase announced by President Obasanjo on
May
Day had yet to be implemented by most employers. This increase
incidentally
affects only 18 per cent of the workforce. In a poor country like Nigeria,
where the total per capita income averages $280, the government was
frankly
asking for trouble.
Oil arouses considerable passion here. For many Nigerians, it symbolises
both the promise and perceived failure of their nation. Otherwise how does
one explain why Africa's leading oil producer should import petroleum
products whilst its refineries stand idle for want of basic repairs. Or
the
massive pollution of the Niger delta by petroleum companies and the
displacement of local communities in order that the affluent west can
continue to enjoy cheap fuel.
Popular outrage alone does not however change the minds of governments,
especially this one, under such tremendous pressure from the IMF to
implement stringent measures that are at odds with what this country and
its
people desperately need. And is it not ironic that whilst western
creditors
allowed Abacha and his corrupt gangster regime to default on debt
repayments, they are now hell bent on squeezing the last drop of blood out
of a new democratic government that is struggling to restore social and
economic stability.
The Federal government has made known its intention to use the gains from
oil revenues for poverty alleviation. The IMF has vetoed this strategy,
demanding that the revenue be diverted instead to them. The last time the
IMF pressed home this kind of dogmatic and politically illogical agenda by
eliminating fuel subsidies in order to free resources for foreign debt
servicing, the army stepped in when riots ensued. That was in 1993. This
time, history has been kinder to Nigeria.
The national strike against the petroleum price increases has led to the
rise of a new political power outside of the government and the
opposition.
The current impasse between Obasanjo and the National Assembly and an
ineffective opposition partly explain this. Perhaps ore significantly, as
the government edged nearer towards a standby deal with the IMF, a
leadership vacuum was created at the centre of the state. The National
Labour Congress stepped into the brief, having successful negotiated an
increase in the minimum wage and campaigned for a broad range of urgent
social and economic reforms.
What distinguished the national strike from even the celebrated 13 day
strike that rocked the Tafawa Balewa administration in 1964 was the
quality
of its leadership - consistent, disciplined, non sectarian and critically,
committed to the democratic ideals of the fifth Republic. Led by the
charismatic Adams Oshiomhole, the NLC's masterstroke in the crisis was to
transform what could have been an ineffective
[CTRL] OT: Story of Clinton library still lacks happy ending
Subject: CAS: WT: Story of Clinton library still lacks happy ending June 19, 2000 Story of Clinton library still lacks happy ending By Jennifer Harper THE WASHINGTON TIMES This is the tale of a library, and it's a gothic tale indeed. There is discord and intrigue, drama and angst. In the past three years, the 27.7-acre site for the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in downtown Little Rock has given both both the city and the president bouts of heartburn. All is still not well in the land of presidential papers and papers about presidential policies (and capers). "We've got a local government which is secret, and a series of catastrophes that go back to the library," says Eugene Pfeifer III, the son of an early and prominent Arkansas family who has stubbornly refused to part with a vacant warehouse and a bit of land the library wants. "The city is practically broke." Both warehouse and adjoining land are in the middle of the library site locally referred to as "Murky Bottoms" and the last of the land the city needs to complete its acquisition and start building what city fathers insist will be a major tourist and academic destination. The 62-year-old developer is irked and offended by city directors who labeled the library a "presidential park," and used revenues from a park bond fund intended for the zoo to cover the $16 million price of the land itself. Mr. Pfeifer has sued the city of Little Rock, and Little Rock in turn has filed a condemnation lawsuit to get his property. The riverfront site run-down, but rife with potential may yet become a glorious thing, though it's already been parodied by Clinton critics who propose such things as a "Lewinsky Wing." One Little Rock newspaper columnist, perhaps not entirely serious, has already collected for inclusion a thong bikini "said to be identical to the one that attracted the president's eye." There will be archives and a museum, a partnership with the University of Arkansas and a policy center. The president may have an apartment there. If a library in Little Rock were not enough, lately there has been talk of the library acquiring Knollwood Lodge, a peaceful retreat on bucolic Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs, 56 miles west of Little Rock, now owned by the estate of Raymond Clinton, a relative of the president's. It would serve, dryly noted the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, as the "ex-president's Camp David." Some speculate that this expansion could ease annoyance among the 30 towns that also hoped to win the library Fayetteville, Hope and Hot Springs among them. In the meantime, Mr. Pfeifer and the also-rans are not the only angry parties. Little Rock housewife Nora Harris sued the city, too, claiming the fund raising was illegal. She lost in court, and vows to appeal until her money runs out. In what Mr. Pfeifer describes as "the first skirmish," his case had an initial hearing in April. The battle with his city has given him some heartache. "My great-grandfather Philip Pfeifer owned a general store right there on Markham Street before the Civil War," he sighs. "I love this beautiful town." But he believes city fathers have erred. They are "arrogant," he says, and he thinks the residents would have voted to finance the library under more forthright terms. "I think these officials served their friend, the president, poorly," Mr. Pfeifer says. "They didn't have the confidence to assume that they could sell the idea to the people in the proper way." There are other complications. "The president is miffed at Arkansas and the Supreme Court's recommendation he be disbarred, and with our lawsuits," notes Mr. Pfeifer. "Some say he's looking elsewhere, which would be such a waste." Skip Rutherford, a friend of the president's who has been leading the campaign to get the library for Little Rock, warned several weeks ago that Georgetown University might be back in the running for the library. That came in the wake of the suggestion that the president be disbarred for lying to the courts. Mr. Rutherford has since said maybe he had overstated the risk of the library going elsewhere, but Little Rock friends of the president said he was "pretty steamed" about the prospect of disbarment, and felt embarrassed that the home folks were being mean to him. However, the National Archives, which would operate the library, has signed a $3.5 million lease on an old Oldsmobile agency warehouse for storage of Mr. Clinton's papers until the library is completed. "I am not a Clinton hater," Mr. Pfeifer says, and asks with no trace of irony: "How could he move his library and go against his word? It would be a mark against his integrity." Such rumors aside, everything is grand with the library on the other side of the fence. "Better than expected," says Mr. Rutherford, who first met the president when their young
[CTRL] Clinton's 'jackboot' liberalism
Washington Times-June 19, 2000 Clinton's 'jackboot' liberalism Doug Bandow By all accounts, President Clinton worries constantly about his legacy. He need not: His assault on constitutional values, as well as conventional morals, is unmatched. Indeed, he has gutted the Democratic Party's commitment to civil liberties. Democrats like Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis all represented a humane liberalism with a commitment to civil liberties. No one would make that claim about Bill Clinton, who represents a new political philosophy: jackboot liberalism. Record numbers of wiretaps, repressive "anti-terrorism" legislation, support for mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, suspicious Internal Revenue Service audits of political opponents, White House interference with banking investigations, attacks on anti-abortion protesters, threats against critics of federal housing projects, media intimidation, bureaucratic witch hunts, brutal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and FBI raids, interference with state laws relaxing use of marijuana for medical purposes, purloined FBI files. It is a record that puts Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon to shame. And it continues today. With administration support, Congress is pursuing legislation to enhance penalties for methamphetamine production. The Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act would also impose a dangerously sweeping ban on information pertaining to drugs and drug paraphernalia. No good is likely to come from the measure, since it will be no more effective than past laws in stopping drug use. Even worse, though, buried within the legislation are provisions gutting Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. The federal government would be allowed to carry out secret searches now allowed only in special circumstances with notice given three or more months later, if ever (the 90-day requirement could be extended indefinitely). Moreover, the government would not need to provide an inventory of any intangible property, most importantly computer files or document copies, that were seized. Basic to the operation of the Fourth Amendment is knowing what the government has done. Asks David Kopel, research director of the Independence Institute, "how can a person challenge a warrant if they never find out about it until after the harm has been done?" An invisible search is inherently unreasonable. Those who dislike being constrained by the Fourth Amendment hid their handiwork in the meth bill for a reason: it wouldn't pass otherwise. So, according to a Senate Judiciary Staffer quoted by the Asheville Tribune, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, and the Justice Department buried the change "deep in the bill, and nobody noticed until the thing had already passed." No notice, no hearings. Committee spokeswoman Jeanne Lapatto even disclaimed any knowledge of the provision. The Senate approved the legislation, S. 486, last fall with little debate. The companion measure, H.R. 2987, now is coming before the House Judiciary Committee, where Rep. Bob Barr, Georgia Republican, a former federal prosecutor, is leading the opposition. Mr. Barr opines that "It's unconscionable that someone would try to sneak these provisions into an unrelated bill." He has gained the support of bill sponsor Rep. Christopher Cannon, Utah Republican, as well as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, Illinois Republican. But proponents were not content to stick the measure in the meth bill. The same provisions are also buried in Senate bankruptcy legislation, now in conference with the House. Conference committee reports are ill-read and notoriously difficult to defeat. Which is why the administration used this tactic to gain authorization for warrantless "roving" wiretaps (of phones used by or near particular individuals): a measure previously defeated on its merits was snuck into a conference committee bill after both houses had voted on the original measures. The potential deception does not stop there. An aide to Mr. Barr worries that even if the provisions are stripped from both the meth and bankruptcy bills, "I think we'll see it again, later in the appropriations process. Justice has decided to do whatever it can" to pass the measure. That is, if the amendment fails in its current form, proponents are likely to try to stuff it into one or more omnibus spending bills, which are often approved in a rush at the end of the budget year. Especially after the disastrous 1995 government shutdown, legislators hesitate rejecting any appropriations measure, irrespective of the poison pills attached. At least in the republic's early days, legislators occasionally read the measures on which they were voting. Today it is a rare lawmaker who knows the substance of the bills before him, let alone the details. Congressional inattentiveness is bad enough at
[CTRL] Webster Hubbell, felon
Washington Times-EDITORIAL June 19, 2000 Webster Hubbell, felon For the record, in an 8-to-1 decision the Supreme Court voided Hubbell's misdemeanor guilty plea to tax-evasion charges, determining that Whitewater prosecutors improperly based their tax allegations on information gleaned from 13,120 pages of financial documents Hubbell submitted to them under a grant of limited immunity. But that ruling had no effect on the felony plea Hubbell also made last June. In that case, he admitted that over a five-year period he lied to federal bank regulators about legal work he and Hillary Rodham Clinton had done for a fraudulent real estate project which contributed to the collapse of Madison Guaranty, which cost taxpayers more than $60 million. Appointed chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and associate attorney general of the U.S. Justice Department, Hubbell resigned in disgrace in March 1994 from the No. 3 position at Justice with Whitewater prosecutors hot on his trail. In December 1994, Hubbell pleaded guilty to a felony, admitting that he had effectively embezzled $400,000 from the Rose firm and more than a dozen clients, including Madison, by submitting false billings used to finance personal expenditures. Like Al Capone, Hubbell neglected to pay taxes on his ill-gotten loot, and he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of tax evasion as well. Hubbell spent 17 months in prison and promised to pay his back taxes and penalties as well as make restitution to the Rose firm. It didn't quite work out that way, however. Based on the financial documents Hubbell had submitted under a grant of limited immunity, prosecutors discovered that Hubbell and his wife earned more than $1 million from 1994 through 1997. But they managed to pay less than $30,000 against their tax obligations of $894,000, including taxes and penalties due on the embezzled funds and hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax payments due from his "consulting" work. During the same four-year period, however, according to an April 1998 indictment for tax evasion, the Hubbells did manage to spend $750,000 on clothes, personal accessories, domestic help, private school tuition for their children, etc. And there was the amended tax return for 1994 that added $77,000 in income after their tax records were subpoenaed. It was Hubbell's June 1999 guilty plea to tax evasion that the Supreme Court overturned, leaving three felony convictions on his rap sheet and, so far, the taxpayer holding the bag. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Bill Richardson's express checkout
Washington Times-EDITORIAL June 19, 2000 Bill Richardson's express checkout "Americans can be reassured," Bill Richardson said a year ago. "Our nation's nuclear secrets are today safe and secure." Well, the secretary of energy's secret is out: He and his employees apparently can't keep one, not even if Americans' lives depend on it. On Friday Mr. Richardson announced that investigators had found two computer hard drives said to contain information on nuclear weapons that experts describe as highly sensitive. Department of Energy (DOE) officials said further testing was necessary to confirm that they were the two devices missing since early May. Interestingly, searchers found them behind a copying machine in an area that the FBI had already searched twice. Their miraculous reappearance, not unlike that of Hillary Clinton's old billing records, suggests that whoever may have had the devices nervously returned them in the uproar of their disappearance. Whether their absence was a matter of espionage or of incompetence is not yet certain. What troubles lawmakers of both parties in the meantime is that there seems to have been no procedure in place to require immediate notification of top DOE officials of the problem. Nor was any system in place to track who went in and out of the secure area where the hard drives were stored. Complained Rep. Bart Stupak, Democrat of Michigan, "Most Americans would find it hard to believe that the public library has a more sophisticated tracking system for Winnie the Pooh than Los Alamos has for highly classified nuclear weapons data." Why have an express checkout line at a nuclear lab of all places? Mr. Richardson says he's changed all that. Officials at Los Alamos will now have to keep track of who comes and goes in the secure area and with what. Why hadn't he foreseen the need for even library-level security? Mr. Richardson says that he failed to take into account something he refers to vaguely as the "human element," as in, "[A]ll I am saying is that what we haven't taken into account here, and this is a regret I have, is the human element, the human error." Unless Mr. Richardson is suggesting that DOE is somehow at risk of alien espionage, the statement is almost meaningless. Most security measures are designed with "human" incompetence or espionage in mind. Try and imagine the outrage of people such as Mr. Richardson if a utility executive explained that information on the operation of a nuclear power plant had fallen into the hands of terrorists because he had failed to consider the "human element." Mr. Richardson says he will explain himself in person to lawmakers as early as this week. He ducked an appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, no doubt to get his "spin" straight and to avoid TV cameras. Given that America's nuclear secrets still aren't safe and secure a year after he promised they would be, one important question he should expect to answer is why he should keep his job. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] 'Suicide' of House Intelligence Staff Director Raises Suspicion
Newsmax-Inside Cover Sunday June 18, 2000 5:43 PM EST 'Suicide' of House Intelligence Staff Director Raises Suspicion Widely quoted in the press these days is Congressman Porter Goss, Republican of Florida and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Mr. Goss has had a thing or two to say about the lax security at Los Alamos and the possible theft of U.S. nuclear secrets. But recent disclosures about the woeful condition of U.S. national security and the purview of Goss' House Intelligence Committee should raise some questions about the death of John Millis. John Millis served as staff director of the House Intelligence Committee, in charge of the committee's day-to-day work. He was found dead just two weeks ago on Sunday, June 3, in a suburban Virginia motel. Police say they were called to the Breezeway Motel in Vienna, Va., at 8:12 p.m. and informed there was a man threatening to kill himself. The police say they found Millis' body in the bathroom, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A former CIA official brought this strange death to the attention of NewsMax.com. The official said Millis was a "man of responsibility," and he expressed surprise he would end up dead in "a fleabag motel." The buzz in the Washington intelligence community is that Millis was being blackmailed. Some are surprised that his death hasn't set off alarm bells. Even if the death was as claimed, a suicide, any unusual death of someone so knowledgeable about U.S. national security is typically treated with great concern. For example, Millis could have been a target of a foreign intelligence agency. The fact that Millis' death, considering his high position, has drawn so little attention has some spooks scratching their heads. The 47-year-old Millis was a veteran CIA operations officer. He left the CIA in 1993 to join the House Intelligence Committee. In 1996, Millis had investigated and uncovered the Clinton administration's role in helping Iran transfer arms to Bosnian Muslims. At the time Iran was on the State Dept.'s list of terrorist states. Millis left a wife and five children. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Los Alamos scientists statements probed
June 18, 2000 Los Alamos scientists statements probed By Todd R. Eastham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists at a key U.S. nuclear weapons facility have made "contradictory statements" about security breaches which suggest someone is hiding something -- either espionage or negligence that could cost them their jobs, a senior official said Sunday. Edward Curran, director of the Energy Department's Office of Counterintelligence, said "several contradictory statements made by these people (with access to two highly sensitive computer hard drives) ... tend to indicate they had some knowledge" of how and why the hard drives disappeared and then reappeared Friday under suspicious circumstances. Asked by a television interviewer if he could rule out espionage at this time, Curran said "absolutely not." He added that the FBI is treating the room where the hard drives were found "as a crime scene." Still, Curran's boss, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, who faces pressure from some lawmakers to resign, all but ruled out espionage in a separate interview with NBC's "Meet the Press." Noting that all 26 people who had access to the vault in which the hard drives were kept had been given lie detector tests, Richardson said, "I believe there has been no espionage. It doesn't appear the disks left the division." He blamed the incident on "human error, a mistake..." Curran said the FBI is putting all of its resources into determining whether the hard drives were copied, or tampered with, and "hopefully, we'll have some answers here today." The "best-case" scenario is the hard drives were misplaced out of negligence or inattention to security procedures and never left the secure area at Los Alamos where they were found, said Curran, speaking on CBS' "Face the Nation." 'TERRIFIED' OF CONSEQUENCES Under that scenario, the scientist or scientists who misplaced them may have not come forward because they are "terrified" of the consequences, he said. A breach of security could lead to lost jobs or possible criminal prosecution, even if there was no criminal intent. "There are contradictory statements being made and there are several people involved" with access to the hard drives, Curran said. "We were not even notified of this for three weeks. That in itself is a major violation of the rules." Richardson said the three-week lapse "is inexcusable. I am outraged." He vowed to "get to the bottom of this" lapse. "I have brought massive, massive security upgrades to the lab," he added, upgrading physical security with armed guards, and computer security with procedures that stop classified information from being transferred to unclassified computers, as well as introducing polygraph tests. While refusing to rule out espionage, Curran also said "there is no question in my mind this is a cultural question," where scientists at the facility resist or resent security procedures and seek to circumvent them. He cited efforts by researchers to avoid taking polygraph tests to protect lab security, and to ensure they pass the tests if they are forced to take them. "We know scientists scheduled to take the polygraph are preparing to defeat the polygraph," Curran said. Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Deputy Energy Secretary T.J. Glauthier defended improvements in security at Energy Department labs over the past year, but conceded "we had not properly accounted for the human element" and needed to make greater efforts to "change the culture at these laboratories." A FEW BAD APPLES While no evidence of espionage had been uncovered and "the vast majority are doing their jobs well" at the department, Glauthier admitted the agency probably harbored "a few bad apples" who had compromised security out of negligence or, possibly, criminal intent. Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican and chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told "Face the Nation" he found the reappearance of the hard drives tucked behind a copier highly suspicious. "The FBI had done a rigorous examination of the room and didn't find anything" in two previous searches, he said. The hard drives, which contain what officials describe as highly sensitive information on nuclear weapons, were found to be missing when parts of the lab were evacuated after wildfires threatened the facility last month. Shelby called on Richardson to resign and said the security breach at Los Alamos, the second major lapse at the lab discovered in just over a year, "is just another example of the lax attitude" toward security in the Clinton administration. He cited the loss of sensitive laptop computers at the State Department and the failure to prevent the transfer of secret documents to an insecure personal computer at the home of a former director of the CIA. Shelby, also appearing on "Fox News Sunday, said security breaches under the Clinton administration are endemic and pose a continuing threat to the United States and its allies.
[CTRL] White House Staffers Avoided Investigation by Taking Pay Cut
Washington Weekly-June 19, 2000 White House Staffers Avoided Investigation by Taking Pay Cut New Allegation Made in Freeh Memorandum By MARVIN LEE Another level of criminal sophistication in the White House was revealed by the Freeh memorandum, penned years ago but kept from the public until recently. The White House appears to have planned ahead for the criminal activity of some of its key top-level staffers. "Most of the current officials have avoided coverage [of the Independent Counsel statute] simply by accepting a salary below level II," wrote FBI Director Freeh in the memorandum. "Although he is authorized by statute to appoint and pay twenty-five persons at level II, the President currently pays only six persons at that level." Those six persons exclude people like Harold Ickes, Bruce Lindsey, George Stephanopoulos, and Thomas McLarty, all credibly accused of engaging in specific criminal activity while working in the White House. Escaping coverage by the independent counsel statute means that corrupt White House staffers can only be prosecuted by the Justice Department, where Clinton has put the fix in as well. By appointing people like Lee Radek, Eric Holder, Webster Hubbell, and Janet Reno as goal-keepers, he has made certain that all investigations of corrupt staffers will lead nowhere and that no prosecution will take place. None of these DOJ officials have shown any regard for the law they have been appointed to uphold. FBI director Freeh directly suggested possible White House intent to circumvent the law: "As these numbers show, the White House has avoided mandatory coverage [of the Independent Counsel statute] for virtually all of its top level officials by simply paying them below level II. Whether or not this is an intentional effort by the White House to limit the number of "covered" senior officials, it certainly exposes a loophole in the independent counsel statute." John Huang should have had IC. Freeh did point out in the memo, however, that John Huang was covered by the Independent Counsel statute and should have had one appointed: "...it is almost nonsensical that the Independent Counsel Statute could be invoked for Peter Knight and Joan Pollit [chairman and treasurer of the Clinton-Gore Committee] but not for Don Fowler and John Huang. Had John Huang been prosecuted by an independent counsel instead of by the Justice Department, then maybe he would have been tried for espionage or treason. Freeh referred to Huang's close ties to Chinese intelligence as justification for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate Chinagate. Published in the Jun. 19, 2000 issue of The Washington Weekly. Copyright © 2000 The Washington Weekly. Now Free Access to All Stories at http://www.federal.com = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Vince Foster was murdered - on the big screen!
From: http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a394cb8494290.htm Jim Carrey's new movie claims Vince Foster was murdered! Culture/Society Announcement Keywords: VINCE FOSTER, HOLLYWOOD, Source: saw with my own eyes Published: not published Author: pjd Posted on 06/18/2000 04:53:45 PDT by pjd I saw a sneak preview of Jim Carrey's new movie 'Me Myself and Irene' last night. I have to warn you that there is a LOT of very tastless humor throughout the movie, but if you can get past that, there were a number of very interesting features. For instance, there is a scene where one of Carrey's son hacks into the FBI main frame and shouts 'I knew it! Vince Foster WAS murdered!' Then a shot of the FBI file showing that Foster was murdered is shown on the screen.' Another interesting scene was when a small army of heavily armed EPA agents (EPA agents!) were set to make an arrest. They assured everyone that there would be no bloodshed but, for safety purposes, moved all the civilians (witnesses) miles away. Then they discussed their plan, among themselves, to simply break in and start shooting. When one agent asked, 'What if they're unarmed?', the agent in charge replied, 'We'll just plant a gun on them after they're dead.' The whole thing was 'shades of Waco.' There were a number of other very politically incorrect pieces in the movie, like how some people will take perfectly innocent statements or actions completely out of context in order to play the role of oppressed victim. Anyway, there were a lot of very surprising 'political' statements in this movie. I don't know what it means with regard to Jim Carrey. The movie was very funny, but again, I warn you there is a lot of tastelessness in it that would even make Eddie Murphy blush. What's up with Jim Carrey? Hollywood has recently dumped lots of praise on him for his portrayal of Andy Kaufman in the very PC 'Man in the Moon'. But they are going to come down hard on his latest politically incorrect. The 'Vince Foster was murdered!' scene is worth the price of admission right there. Check it out. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Gore campaign hires Democratic Master of Disaster, Mark Fabini
June 19, 2000 Vol 5, Number 38 Absolutely Fabiani The Gore campaign hires the Democratic Master of Disaster, Mark Fabiani. By Matthew Rees Al Gore and the reporters who tail him have a strained relationship. He feels the coverage of his campaign has been excessively negative; they resent his seldom making himself available for their questions. The solution may be Gore's new deputy campaign manager for communications, Mark Fabiani, who is unique in the fraternity of political flacks: He's liked and respected by the people he works forand by the reporters he spins. Fabiani's reputation stems primarily from his work in 1995-96 as the White House's spokesman on ethics. Spending the vast majority of his time on Whitewater and Vince Foster, he quickly established himself as honest, cooperative, and forthright in responding to reporters' questions (a striking contrast with his predecessor, John Podesta, and his successor, Lanny Davis). From his first day on the job, he called for a break with the White House's practice of withholding documents from Congress and the public, pushing instead for full disclosure. At the time, his strategy was counterintuitive. Why, wondered many White House officialsincluding Hillary Clintonwould we voluntarily air our dirty linen? Because, reasoned Fabiani, the appearance of a coverup was more damaging than the facts of each individual case. But there was more to Fabiani's disclosure strategy than just dumping thousands of pages of documents on reporters' desks. Having handled the press for Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, he knew a few tricks of the trade. One is to release embarrassing documents on Friday evenings going into holiday weekends so the material gets out when fewer people are attending to the news. Another is to selectively provide reporters with information unflattering to the White House. Since congressional Republicans would eventually publicize such information anyway, why not put it out on the White House's terms, then downplay it as old news when the GOP got it? Thus, it was Fabiani, according to the Los Angeles Times, who first gave the Associated Press a memo written by a onetime White House aide, David Watkins, that claimed Hillary Clinton had been deeply involved in the sacking of White House travel office employees. And it was Fabiani who first shared with reporters Mrs. Clinton's long-sought billing records from the Rose Law Firm. For disclosures like these, and for his candor generally, Fabiani is still winning plaudits from the press. "He would answer my questions without misleading me, make documents available, and didn't seem to hold my newspaper against me," says Jerry Seper, a reporter with the conservative Washington Times. Another Whitewater reporter, not known for being a Clinton shill, recalls Fabiani as a "straight shooter" who was "willing to concede the obvious" and wouldn't give "robotic answers straight from the talking points." Chris Vlasto, an investigative producer with ABC News who is loathed by Clintonites, pays Fabiani this compliment: "He is one of the only White House officials I'd like to go out and have a drink with." Those who know Fabiani are not surprised by his success. The son of a policeman, he grew up in Beaver Falls, PennsylvaniaJoe Namath's hometownthen moved to Ontario, California, as a teenager. In high school, he was a champion debater and twice came to Georgetown for debate camps. He had the good sense to befriend a guest lecturer at these camps, a rising star in Democratic politics named Robert Shrum. He and Shrum have remained close, and today Shrum, Gore's chief media strategist, is Fabiani's invaluable ally in the campaign's inner circle. After college at the University of Redlands, Fabiani went to Harvard Law School, where he made law review and won the good opinion of professor Alan Dershowitz, who places him "among the handful of smartest students [he's] ever had." When Dershowitz was retained to assist in the defense of Claus von Bülow, a Danish socialite accused of attempted murder, Fabiani (then on leave from a clerkship with judge Stephen Reinhardt of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) was the first person he asked to join him. Fabiani's eight-year stint with Tom Bradley came next; in 1989, at the age of 32, he was promoted to chief of staff and became one of two deputy mayors. During his tenure, he tackled everything from the Los Angeles riots to the move of the Los Angeles Raiders, and skillfully navigated the city's political minefields. (The Los Angeles Times once wrote that he was "widely regarded as a brash, sharp-witted boy wonder.'") As Bradley was the subject of numerous ethics investigations, the work was invaluable training for his White House post. When Bradley left office in mid-1993, choosing not to run for reelection, Fabiani could have cashed in by staying in Los Angeles. Instead, he moved to Washington to take an anonymous position in the Justice Department, handling
[CTRL] Appeals Court Won't Be Bypassed in Microsoft Case
Appeals Court Won't Be Bypassed in Microsoft Case Monday, June 19, 2000 By Eun Kyung-Kim Fox news WASHINGTON The U.S. Court of Appeals, in a victory for Microsoft, rejected on Monday a request by the government that it stay out of the huge antitrust case. In doing so, the court turned down a Justice Department motion to summarily dismiss Microsoft's requested stay of a federal judge's June 7 order to break the software-maker into two companies and restrict its business practices. The department had sought to have the appellate court bypassed in the appeals process following U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's order earlier this month. The department wants the case sent directly to the Supreme Court for review. The decision on Monday thwarting that attempt was the latest in a series of legal volleys between Microsoft and the government in the wake of Jackson's order that Microsoft be split in half as a remedy for violating antitrust laws. However, the appellate court did say that in the event that Jackson sent the case directly to the nation's highest court, it would stand aside. The Justice Department issued a statement applauding that part of the ruling. "We're very pleased with the court's ruling that it would stay further proceedings if the district court certifies the case for direct appeal to the Supreme Court," said department spokeswoman Gina Talamona. She added that the court had issued the same order in the case brought against the software-maker by 19 states indicating that it would follow the government's view that the cases have been consolidated. Microsoft had argued that the state case could not be certified to the Supreme Court. Jackson postponed his split of Microsoft from taking effect until the case makes its way through the appeals process. However, the restrictions he ordered on company business practices would start taking effect on Sept. 5. On Friday, the department told the federal appeals court that Microsoft violated federal rules of procedure by asking it to stay antitrust penalties before the trial judge ruled on the same request. Last week, Microsoft asked the appellate court for a stay after Jackson deferred a decision on a stay. On Thursday, Microsoft filed a brief in the appellate court arguing that it was not required to wait for Jackson's ruling. The Justice Department has requested that Jackson send the case directly to the Supreme Court, bypassing the appellate court, which has reversed Jackson's decisions regarding Microsoft in the past. The past record of the appellate court toward Microsoft is the reason the software-maker maneuvered to get the case heard by that court. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] APB News: CIA Analyst Slain
CIA Analyst Slain in Apparent Robbery Cops: Victim, Friends Ambushed by Man Demanding Money June 19, 2000 By James Gordon Meek WASHINGTON (APBnews.com) -- A CIA analyst's slaying over the weekend was the result of a robbery attempt and not tied to his work at the spy agency, authorities said today. Metropolitan Police said John D. Muskopf, 28, was walking with a group of friends in Washington's Shaw neighborhood at 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a mid-sized red or burgundy car pulled up. Witnesses said a man jumped out of the car brandishing a handgun and demanding money. "It appears Mr. Muskopf refused," according to a police statement about the incident. The robber then allegedly opened fire on the group, striking Muskopf in the head and neck before he fled. No arrests have been made in the case but police said the suspect is a black male in his late teens or early 20s, 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds, with braided hair. Occupation dismissed as motive Muskopf was taken to D.C. General Hospital and pronounced dead at 5:45 a.m. The area where Muskopf was shot is just two blocks south of the U Street corridor in Northwest, known for dozens of trendy cafes and bars. Howard University Hospital is closer to the crime scene, but it is likely Muskopf was dead at the scene and later driven to D.C. General because the medical examiner's office is located there, said Officer Kenny Bryson. Bryson said investigators do not think Muskopf was targeted because he works at the CIA. "Based on preliminary information we have, we don't think his association or occupation had anything to do with the incident," he said. Bryson said D.C. police are investigating the homicide and have not sought the assistance of the FBI or CIA but would welcome their help. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield said the agency would cooperate with authorities if asked. 'A senseless tragedy' Mansfield said Muskopf was assigned to the Office of Transnational Issues, where he worked as an analyst on nuclear proliferation and security matters. Muskopf, who was single, was "very sharp as an analyst and very well liked by his colleagues," Mansfield said. "This is a senseless tragedy," he added. "John and his family are in our thoughts and prayers." Conspiracy theories linger In March 1996, former CIA Director William E. Colby disappeared from his cottage on the Wicomico River in Maryland, fueling speculation about possible foul play. Ten days later Colby's body surfaced in the river, but his death was determined to be the result of a boating accident. Still, conspiracy theorists suspected he might have been murdered for his unpopular decisions as director in the mid-1970s, or over undisclosed secrets. Anyone with information on Muskopf's death is asked to call the Crime Solvers Unit at 1-800-673-2777. A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. James Gordon Meek is an APBnews.com editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] ELIAN VISITED BY ONE OF HIS RESCUERS
[Does anyone find it peculiar that the DOJ would alert Donato's cousin about the raid on the Gonzales home?] ELIAN VISITED BY ONE OF HIS RESCUERS Published: Saturday, June 17, 2000 Section: LOCAL Page: 2B By LUISA YANEZ Staff Writer Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Attempts by Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives to see the boy one last time have been rebuffed by his father, but other South Floridians are getting audiences with the 6-year-old. In a new twist in the case, Sam Ciancio, 41, a Broward County roofing company owner who plucked Elian from the waters off Fort Lauderdale, flew to Washington this week and visited for hours with the boy and his father Tuesday. Ciancio, who with the help of his cousin Donato Dalrymple saved the boy's life on Thanksgiving Day, offered few details about the meeting. "He's very happy, I can tell you that much," said Ciancio, whom Juan Miguel invited to come to the Rosedale estate in Washington, expenses paid. Ciancio appears to have become a South Florida insider with Juan Miguel's entourage, much like Dalrymple, of Lauderhill, did with the Miami relatives while they had custody of Elian. Nowadays, Ciancio appears to have a direct pipeline to Juan Miguel. Days after the raid, Ciancio said he was among a few people informed the federal agents would take the boy April 22 -- by way of a 4:15 a.m. telephone call. The raid went down at 5:15 a.m. Ciancio would not elaborate about his conversations with the father. The two spoke through a translator, he said. "What I can tell you is that the Miami relatives should just give up their legal case and let them go home to Cuba already. This thing is getting ridiculous." The visit marked the second time Ciancio has met with Juan Miguel. At the first encounter in early April while Elian was still in Miami, Ciancio, the father of two, changed his mind about keeping Elian in the United States and publicly broke with Dalrymple and the Miami relatives. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Hillary Hit on Guns and Tobacco at Merchant Marine Commencement
With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff Monday June 19, 2000; 7:25 PM EDT Hillary Hit on Guns and Tobacco at Merchant Marine Commencement It was a scene right out of First Lady Hillary Clinton's past, when -- as a Wellesley validictorian -- she taunted her college's commencement speaker, Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, as an out-of-touch limousine liberal. Hillary's speech was such an instant hit with the liberal intelligentsia she was profiled in Life Magazine. On Monday, as Senate candidate Hillary Clinton was waiting to give her own commencement address to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, midshipman validictorian Adam Jay Vokac gave her some of her own medicine. As the staunchly pro-gun control, anti-tobacco first lady sat listening just feet away, Vokac went on a tear about the evils of big government and spreading federal regulation. "Guns and cigarettes have been hot topics lately," began the defiant graduate. "It seems that every day one reads about more laws and legal actions against these industries. Soon they will be so restricted as to be essentially illegal." Hidden behind dark sunglasses, Mrs. Clinton didn't seem to flinch as Vokac continued. "I am not a smoker, nor do I own a gun. But shouldn't a responsible individual be allowed to smoke or own a gun in a free country?" The crowd applauded as Mrs. Clinton sat unmoved. Vokac called it "a basic human right" not to have to live in fear of the legal system. He challenged his fellow graduates to "strive to keep and regain our individual liberties promised to us in the Bill of Rights. "We must not stand by complacently. The longer we wait to assert our freedom, the longer it will be to truly obtain." If Vokac's speech made the first lady nostalgic for the days when she played the defiant rebel, her own prepared remarks betrayed no hint of it. Sounding more like a president than a first lady, Clinton tried to touch on all the issues Navy Secretary Richard Danzig might have, had she not bumped him as commencement speaker last month. ( See: Hillary Bumps Navy Secretary at Merchant Marine Commencement) Clinton pushed all the right buttons, invoking military pride, national sacrifice, American security interests and even burgeoning globalism. Still, the applause she received was less than frequent and polite at best. As always, she never missed a chance to tout the "accomplishments" of the Clinton presidency. Despite moderately good weather and the star power of a sitting first lady, there were plenty of seats left empty at the edges of the crowd. Only a handful spectators stood when she was introduced. Fewer still rose to their feet after her speech was over. Even before Vokac's remarks, the estrangement between the Senate candidate and the service academy was apparent. She was introduced twice as Hillary "Rodman" Clinton. When her turn came, Mrs. Clinton invoked the memory of another first lady's visit to the academy, telling the graduates and their guests: "You stand in the tradition of the midshipmen that Mrs. Roosevelt came to pay tribute to. She spoke about the heroics of the cadet midshipmen, who were at that time, waging freedom's fight in World War II. During the war years Mrs. Roosevelt kept a prayer by her bedside. 'Help me to remember,' it said, 'somewhere out there a man died for me today.'" Apparently unaware of declining combat readiness and plummeting recruitment, Mrs. Clinton praised the military of the Clinton years as, "the best trained, best equipped, best led armed forces anywhere, at any time in history." And without a hint of irony she announced, "It is time for the international community to join us in cracking down on terrorists from arms dealers to bombmakers to cyber-criminals to rougue states." She did not mention the Chinese arms dealer her husband feted at the White House in 1996, or the Puerto Rican bombmakers he pardoned last year to help her with New York's Hispanic vote. Two midshipman gave NewsMax.com their reaction to Mrs. Clinton's speech as the graduates waited to accept their diplomas. "If Secretary Danzig had been the speaker, those empty seats would be filled," one said, complaining that he thought a Senate candidate's presence had politicized the event. "As a New Yorker and a Republican, I probably had a bad attitude about her coming here to begin with," said the other. "But you saw how few people stood up when she got here -- that gives you an idea of her support." The Secret Service was unobtrusive and one agent even agreed to answer questions off-the record. But when asked if he'd seen any evidence of Mrs. Clinton's notoriously abusive temper, the agent told NewsMax.com, "I can't talk about things like that." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer*
[CTRL] JUDICIAL WATCH FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF GONZALEZ FAMILY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2000
Contact: Richard Tomkins
(202) 646-5172
JUDICIAL WATCH FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT
OF GONZALEZ FAMILY
Raises Issues Not Previously Briefed Before The Eleventh Circuit;
Apparent Clinton-Gore Administration/Castro Collaboration In
Returning Elian To Cuba
Press Conference At 12:00 Noon at National Press Club
in Lisagor Room
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Time: 12 O'clock Noon (EDT)
Place: National Press Club
Lisagor Room
529 - 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public-interest law firm
that battles corruption in government, has been active during the
Elian saga. Recently, in its Freedom of Information Act lawsuits,
it uncovered documents, pursuant to Court order, showing that
there is no valid policy with regard to deciding Elian's request
for an asylum hearing, but that instead the Clinton-Gore
Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") had, pursuant to
an apparent deal, decided to become the de facto agent of the
Cuban government. Accordingly, the INS' decision to return Elian
to Cuba is void and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals must
reconsider its prior order. The documents underpinning this
argument were not discovered until recently, and that is why
Judicial Watch is filing an amicus curiae brief with the Eleventh
Circuit. The lawyers of the Miami relatives did not raise these
arguments in the brief they filed last Thursday.
At the press conference today, Donato Dalrymple will appear via
telephone hookup from South Florida.
For more information, contact Richard Tomkins, Director of
Communications, at Judicial Watch, for further information -
(202) 646-5172.
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[CTRL] FL's Delta Squad: Crime in the name of the Law
Crime in the name of the Law By ALICIA CALDWELL © St. Petersburg Times, published June 18, 2000 BRADENTON -- They prowled the streets of Manatee County, looking for the perfect victims -- poor, troubled people no one would believe. Then, they robbed them. Beat them. And even bragged about it. When it began to come apart, they hung together and conspired to keep quiet. They saw themselves as above the law. After all, they were the law. The crimes committed by the Delta squad, an elite drug interdiction team at the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, have trickled out in shocking detail in federal court during the past eight months. It's a tale of rogue cops who routinely lied on police reports and carried their own stash of crack cocaine to plant if they couldn't find any on the people they wanted to bust. "They developed their own set of rules and mind-sets about how things should be," said Mark Lipinski, a Bradenton lawyer who represents several Delta squad victims. "They preyed upon people who were basically defenseless." So far, the toll is jarring: Four Delta squad agents have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges and await sentencing. More than 100 charges have been dropped against 67 defendants in cases made by Delta officers. And the federal investigation, according to the lead prosecutor on the case, is continuing. Among the transgressions detailed in federal plea agreements: Delta agents got a bogus search warrant for a Manatee County duplex and planted crack cocaine there. A woman visiting the home was arrested. As a result of her felony conviction, she lost custody of her child. Before her encounter with the Delta squad, she had no criminal record. Eventually, her conviction was overturned and her child was returned. Delta officers conducted an illegal search of a Bradenton motel room and stole $9,000 from a man, who filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office. Later, deputies planted crack cocaine in the man's car as retaliation for the complaint. Delta agents routinely obtained search warrants based on lies: If drugs had been bought outside a house, Delta officers would say the buy had taken place inside the home and get a search warrant for the house. The officers brought crack with them on busts. If they didn't find any in the homes or pockets of the people they were trying to arrest, they would plant it. Fabricating cases wasn't the only aim. The agents wanted to use seizure laws to take cars and other property from their victims. Sometimes the agents would give crack cocaine to people who were helpful to their investigations. One agent bragged that Delta operated under the "good old boy" system and didn't have to abide by rules to which other deputies were subjected. How did the officers of the Delta squad get so out of control? Sheriff's Office officials called them renegade cops who operated under something approaching a code of silence. Long-time Manatee Sheriff Charlie Wells, who is running for a fifth term this fall, said that as soon as his office started to see indications of bad cops among them, they began an internal investigation. Based on evidence, Wells said he thinks the Delta crimes were isolated incidents committed in a short time frame, perhaps three to six months. "Unfortunately, we still hire police officers from the human race," Wells said. "Fortunately for us, this didn't go on for a long time." Others, however, aren't so sure. "This way of doing things seemed to be a fairly entrenched, okay way of doing things," said Jeffrey Del Fuoco, lead prosecutor on the case from the U.S. Attorney's Office. "It just seems to me that this kind of a network doesn't spring up overnight." Wells is known for his old-school law enforcement approach: County jail inmates wear black and white striped uniforms and work on a jail farm. The Delta task force, started in 1986, was designed to combat the drug trade from street level to suppliers. Despite the Delta scandal, Wells seems to have retained his popularity in conservative Manatee County. As the November election approaches, his only opposition comes from a retired sheet-metal worker who has no law enforcement experience, no political party affiliation and paltry campaign funds. Wells' contribution list includes many of the county power brokers. Why isn't anyone taking on Wells? "Nobody thinks they have a chance, I guess," said Thomas Williams, Wells' only challenger. "He's got too much money behind him. He's got powerful people behind him." Nevertheless, reverberations from the Delta scandal are unlikely to end soon. Along with the continuing criminal investigation, several lawyers have filed or are preparing civil lawsuits seeking damages for those wronged by the Delta squad. Blake Melhuish, a Bradenton lawyer who has represented a Delta victim in criminal matters, said the federal plea agreements are so detailed that they are virtual blueprints for civil lawsuits. "There's no reason to wait
Re: [CTRL] CIA-Drugs Symposium: A Glimpse Behind The Veil
Kris, you deserve a great deal of accolades for organizing this event. It couldn't have come at a better time and in a more productive climate for change. I believe, as you and many of the other speakers at the event do as well, that the war on drugs and the financing of illicit covert operations by the CIA (and other intelligence agencies) with drug money is a NEXUS point for "the Conspiracy" of elite societal control and manipulation, and the means by which fascist, totalitarian, police state tactics are implemented to undermine the constitution and our freedom and rights. It also explains why (some) drugs will NEVER be legalized, because there is TOO MUCH money being made that is financing TOO MANY illegal black programs, that is totaly secret and out of the public perception. Thanks again for doing this and keeping us all informed. On Mon, 19 June 2000, Kris Millegan wrote: from: http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=foldertitle=CIA%2DDrugs+Symposium%3A+A+Glimp se+Behind+The+Veil Click Here: A HREF="http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=foldertitle=CIA%2DDrugs+Symposium%3A+A +Glimpse+Behind+The+Veil"d|i|s|i|n|f|o|r|m|a|t|i|o|n - CIA-Drugs Symposi /A - CIA-Drugs Symposium: A Glimpse Behind The Veil "Whatever system we are living under, it is not a democracy, and we are not protected by the Rule of Law," said the former US Assistant Secretary of State for Housing Urban Development. The US Government has known about drug trafficking among its assets, protected those assets helpful to whichever cause the US Government was backing at the time, and will never legalize any of the currently illicit substances as there is too much money being made from the War Against Some Drugs. These were the overall messages at the CIA-Drugs Symposium in Eugene Oregon (June 10th, 2000). "I'm just really tired of the situation weve got here, and I really don't want my children to have to deal with it," said organizer Kris Millegan in his opening remarks. With a showing of the film Secret Heartbeat Of America, by Daniel Hopsicker, detailing Americas secret history during the later half of the 20th Century setting the tone right away. This was not an event for those who didnt want to know the truth, or who believe what they dont know wont hurt them! Speakers included Millegan, Hopsicker, Mike Ruppert (former LAPD narc and publisher of the newsletter From The Wilderness), Dedon Kamathi (former Black Panther, and still-outspoken activist), Catherine Austin Fitts (former Assistant Secretary of State for Housing Urban Development under President Bush from 1989 to 1990), Cele Castillio, 12 veteran of the DEA, Rodney Stich (author and former FAA flight accident investigator), and Peter Dale Scott (former Canadian diplomat, Professor at University of California, Berkeley, and prolific author). "This report is full of lies, flat out lies, in terms of what they've already admitted," remarked Scott, about the report released by CIA-man Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL). The US Select Committee On Intelligence (May 11th, 2000) found "no evidence" of any involvement of any CIA employee or assets in the narcotics trade, at any time. In a report completed the week before the symposium, Scott writes that the committee has for some time, instead of exerting some form of oversight of the Intelligence Committee, "had been operated as a rubber stamp, deflecting public concern rather than representing it. It is however possible that never before has such a dishonest and deceptive document, on such an important subject, been approved without dissent by the full membership of the committee . . .The CIA practice of recruiting drug-financed armies is an ongoing matter." Cele Castillio, who was the DEA's sole American field agent in Guatemala and El Salvador from 1985 to 1990, told the room about his misadventures trying to investigate the trafficking in and out of those Central American countries during Oliver Norths Contra supply operations. "I was there, I saw it. I kept journals. I took pictures of the good, the bad and the ugly," claimed Castillio. "I met then Vice-President Bush at a party in the US Embassy in El Salvador once, and told him there was something funny about the Contras, after Bush asked me what I did. He just smiled and walked away." Castillio says he saw Bush meet later that day with Ollie North and others in the same US Embassy building. "It is going to get worse before it gets better," revealed Castillio about prohibition and the false War Against Some Drugs, "but we know who did this to us." As Kamathi, co-founder of Crack the CIA Coalition, and a record producer with Motown Records who focuses on Conscious Rap, as opposed to the Gangsterism-promoting Rap, said in his impassioned presentation, "When you think Crack, dont think Black, think CIA!" Research by Preston Peet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[CTRL] Fwd: Philippines - Regional Isolation
Stratfor.com's Global Intelligence Update - 20 June 2000 __ Tomorrow's news is today's intelligence. http://www.stratfor.com _ On Stratfor.com: Ukraine after Chernobyl http://www.stratfor.com/CIS/commentary/0006192300.htm Zimbabwe Risks South Africa's Ire http://www.stratfor.com/MEAF/commentary/0006192034.htm _ Manila's Mismanagement: A Reopening for Washington Summary The Philippine government has warned foreign governments not to give in to ransom demands of the Abu Sayyaf, which has held 21 international hostages in the southern Philippines since April. The comment came in response to reports that Malaysia, dissatisfied with Manila's handling of the situation, has suggested paying for the release of the hostages. Tensions between Manila and Kuala Lumpur are heightening as the Philippine government attempts to shift domestic and international attention from its inability to quickly resolve the hostage situation. In the long term, this diversionary tactic will do serious damage to the Philippines' relations with its neighbors. Analysis The Philippine government June 19 reiterated a warning to foreign governments not to give in to ransom demands of the Abu Sayyaf, a group that has been holding 21 hostages taken from a Malaysian island in April. The statement followed the Malaysian foreign minister's suggestion that paying a ransom may be a viable option. In addition, Manila threatens to further strain relations with Kuala Lumpur by again raising the Philippines' claim of sovereignty over the Malaysian state of Sabah. The government in Manila is increasingly isolating the Philippines from its Asian neighbors. It is cultivating a tough image to shift the blame and attention away from its inability to resolve domestic problems. In the short term, such tensions will further complicate negotiations for the release of the hostages. In the longer term, the isolation may allow the United States to be drawn back into the Philippines. Would you like to see full text? http://www.stratfor.com/SERVICES/giu2000/062000.ASP ___ Since it began almost two months ago, Manila and Kuala Lumpur have been split as to how to resolve the hostage situation in the southern Philippines. Malaysia has expressed concern at the apparent lack of progress in bringing the crisis to an end. The Philippine government refuses even to consider ransom as an option. In contrast, while on a visit to the Philippines June 15 Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said, "in exceptional circumstances like this there would have to be exceptional ways of dealing with such matters." The Philippine government faces mounting international criticism and reports that both Malaysia and Germany are considering payment for the hostages' release. In order to mitigate negative domestic press as well, Manila has begun shifting blame for its inability thus far to solve the difficult Abu Sayyaf problem. For example, Philippine Senator Rodolfo Biazon, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, suggested that a Malaysian-based crime group was responsible for the kidnapping in Sipadan, rather than the Abu Sayyaf, according to ABS-CBN News. Biazon implied that this might be a reason behind Kuala Lumpur's efforts to "meddle" in the hostage situation. In addition, Philippine Immigration Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez on June 13 called for the expulsion of the Malaysian ambassador to the Philippines for his interfering in the hostage negotiations by meeting with the Abu Sayyaf in May, according to the Straits Times. Rodriguez's recommendation echoed similar calls by Philippine senators in May. The heightened tensions between Manila and Kuala Lumpur are symptomatic of the Philippine government's reactionary tactics to rebuild popular support and cover for its inability to solve their problems. President Joseph Estrada's administration has suffered a loss of popular support amid continuing economic malaise, an escalation of fighting against separatists in the south and accusations of graft and corruption. ___ For more on the Philippines, see: http://www.stratfor.com/asia/countries/philippines/default.htm?sect ion=2.3 __ The tensions have also spilled over to an older, more deep-seated issue. Calls for a review of the Philippine's position on the issue of the state of Sabah, claimed by both nations, have again arisen in the Philippine Senate. Raising the issue of Sabah further distracts from the domestic issues and potentially plays to nationalism. In addition, the Muslim separatist struggle in the Philippines traces its roots back to the dispute over Sabah,
[CTRL] [6] The Thousand Conspiracy
The Thousand Conspiracy - Secret Germany Behind the Mask Paul Winkler Charles Scribners Sons©1943 New York 381 pps. First Edition Out-of-print --[6]-- CHAPTER VI THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGICOMEDY ON MAY 30, 1932, Bruening resigned. Von Papen followed as Chancellor and was succeeded on December 2, 1932, by General von Schleicher. Von Papen's and Schleicher's governments were the last two before Hitler's advent to power on January 30, 1933. The main trends underlying these events were the following: (a) When von Papen succeeded to power he expected to have Hitler's support. It was with this in mind that he had procured subsidies from the industrialists for Hitler. The latter's support would be very useful to him, for although he governed with the aid of Presidential "decrees of dissolution," no Chancellor could afford to dismiss the Reichstag too often. The Nazis were the most important party in the Reichstag. Although they did not have a majority at their disposal, their support was nevertheless of great value to a government head. Besides, Hitler was an excellent "bogeyman" who could serve to hold in check the parties of Germany's left, and intimidate countries abroad. The latter, under the effects of this intimidation, would be much more apt to make concessions to Germany in the direction desired by the Prusso-Teutonics. Von Papen figured that the bargain he had concluded with the Fuehrer was fair and satisfactory to both. He therefore expected it to last, the more so because Hitler could not hope to accede to power himself. Indeed the Marshal had pronounced an absolute veto of this possibility and the Reichswehr did not look upon it favorably either. (b) Von Papen knew that he could count on the support of the real masters of Germany, the ruling Junker clique and heavy industry. He served them well and had no doubts about his reward. Also, he had been on an equal footing with Schleicher in the overthrow of Bruening, and the general accepted a place in his cabinet as Minister of the Reichswehr. The Reichswehr would therefore be behind him too. Possessing, in addition, Hindenburg's friendship and counting on Hitler's integrity, von Papen imagined that he would remain at the head of the government for many years. (c) Von Papen, believing his regime to be a lasting one, let it be understood that he had plans reaching far into the future. To consolidate his position positively he projected a reform of the Weimar Constitution, a reform which would have procured him quasi-dictatorial powers and would have put an end to the parliamentary system, condemned to death by the Prusso-Teutonics. Then, in the field of foreign policy, von Papen recommended ideas in the direction of a "European Federation" under German control, and spoke of a rebirth of the Holy Roman Empire. He had not, of course, taken any of his ideas from Hitler but rather from purely Prusso-Teutonic sources. Nevertheless one may say that if he had been able to maintain himself in power he would have tried to carry out, internally as well as abroad, schemes almost identical to those which Hitler was to produce later. The result would have been practically the same and probably Prussian Gennany under von Papen's control would have taken a direction about identical with the one she took under Hitler. True, von Papen would have carried out some of his plans at a different tempo, not possessing Hitler's brutally determined spirit. But what he lacked in brutality he compensated for in subtlety and his regime would doubtless have deceived foreign countries much longer. Hitler's one merit is that of having brought the danger into the foreground, into the public eye. The characteristic brutality of his expression and action has resulted in making the world aware of the threat for which actually the Prusso-Teutonic forces are responsible-more aware than if a more commonplace individual, von Papen, for example, had pursued the same course. The reason why von Papen was not the one finally to put these plans into practice for the Prusso-Teutonics was that Hitler did not intend him to be. Hitler was incontestably the stronger of the two. He was not going to allow von Papen to get the credit for the performance, nor to content himself with the role of "bogeyman." He might consider this role but only if he could play it as a star. He had realized that von Papen expected to maintain himself in power as compensation for his faithful service to the Prusso-Teutonics. He therefore decided that he would not let him have that privilege: that he himself would occupy that post and serve the same interests with even greater devotion, allowing von Papen at most a position in the background. Blackmail and Intrigue The following sequence of events developed from the interplay of the motives discussed above: 1.Von Papen organized his cabinet with Schleicher as Minister of War and representatives of the Junkers as holders of the greater number of portfolios. Von
