Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Iran Moved Billions via U.S. Banks
January 12th, 2009Via: New York Times: Iranian banks illegally shifted billions of dollars through American financial institutions in recent years, and authorities suspect some of the money may have been used to finance Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Details of the illicit transfers came to light on Friday when New York State and federal authorities announced that […]
Holocaust Denied: The Lying Silence of Those Who Know
January 9th, 2009Full text. Via: John Pilger: Writing in the New Statesman, John Pilger calls on 40 years of reporting the Middle East to describe the ‘why’ of Israel’s bloody onslaught on the besieged people of Gaza – an attack that has little to do with Hamas or Israel’s right to exist. “When the truth is replaced […]
Austrian Banker, Who Placed Billions of Dollars with Madoff, Vanishes
January 9th, 2009Fuggetaboutit. Via: New York Times: With an aggressive style that stood out in the staid world of Austrian banking even more than her bouffant red wig, Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now, she has even fewer. Mrs. Kohn has dropped out […]
Oil Traders Seek Another 10 Tankers, Frontline Says
January 8th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I’m pre-emptively adding this to Covert Operations and False Flag Operations so I’ll be able to find it in the aftermath phase of whatever these maniacs have planned to turn a profit on this oil. As much of the of the […]
Madoff: If Wall Street Knew, The U.S. Government Knew
January 5th, 2009There is a revolving door between the U.S. Government and the Wall Street firms mentioned below. Maybe someone should ask Hank what he knows about Madoff. Via: Financial Times: Large Wall Street firms privately harboured suspicions about Bernard Madoff’s investment business, in some cases steering clients away from dealing with him, but were reluctant to […]
MADOFF’S ASSETS TO BE KEPT SECRET
January 4th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: THE US Securities and Exchange Commission, which sued Bernard Madoff last month for allegedly directing a $US50 billion ($71 billion) fraud, is to withhold public access to a list of his assets filed on Wednesday. A federal judge ordered Madoff to provide the commission with an account of all investments, loans, lines of […]
Mexican Federal Agents Arrested in Covina
January 2nd, 2009Via: Los Angeles Times: The residents of North Monte Verde Drive, a stretch of oak-shaded suburban calm in the Covina area, normally would feel safe knowing that two off-duty police officers were visiting the neighborhood. Not this time. These officers were far from home — agents of the Mexican federal police — and they ended […]
Which Texan Was Going to Buy a Young Girl for Three Hundred Thousand Dollars?
December 30th, 2008I used to think that I could mentally handle any subject matter, no matter how horrible. What could be worse than what happened to Native Americans? The Soviet Union under Stalin and then what the Russians went through during World War II (estimates of the number of dead vary by millions)? The extermination programs of […]
Madoff Probe Focuses on Tax Havens
December 28th, 2008Via: Guardian: The hunt for funds allegedly cheated out of investors by Bernard Madoff, who faces fraud charges in New York, has turned to offshore tax havens where investigators believe he may have salted away hundreds of millions of dollars. Stephen Harbeck, chief executive of America’s Securities Investor Protection Corporation (Sipc) and official receiver of […]
Israel Attacks Gaza, Hundreds Dead: Who Made a Killing?
December 27th, 2008What did the Benazir Bhutto assassination and the latest Israeli attacks in Gaza have in common? There was a strong move higher on gold immediately preceding both incidents, which were spaced one year apart, to the day. Remember how gold moved before Bhutto was killed? Check out this Bloomberg piece from yesterday (a day before […]
