BUSH TEAM CONSIDERING TACTICAL NUCLEAR STRIKE TO ENSURE RUMSFELD'S
PROMISED 7-DAY VICTORY (and mass bulldoze of bio-dead GI's).
Received from the Legitimate Government BREAKING NEWS AND COMMENTARY:
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"U.S. Weighs Tactical Nuclear Strike on Iraq "As the Pentagon
continues
a highly visible buildup of troops and weapons in the Persian Gulf, it
is also quietly preparing for the possible use of nuclear weapons in a
war against Iraq, according to a re****t by a defense analyst."
"Pentagon eyes mass graves Option would fight contamination after
bioterror deaths "The bodies of U.S. soldiers killed by chemical or
biological weapons in Iraq or future wars may be bulldozed into mass
graves and burned to save the lives of surviving troops, under an
option being considered by the Pentagon."
January 25, 2003
http://www.legitgov.org/
-- BREAKING NEWS AND COMMENTARY--
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"This is the worst president [sic] ever ... He [GW Bush] is the worst
president [sic] in all of American history." --Helen Thomas.
Pittsburgh, PA -- Pittsburgh Regional Antiwar Convergence - Join
Thousands January 24-26th in Pittsburgh for a regional peace
convergence. Pittsburgh will take to the streets in the largest local
peace mobilization in almost 30 years! There is now a major "day of
action" planned for Jan 25th and 26th in Pittsburgh. This is being
organized as part of the regional convergence encompassing a diversity
of tactics. Groups are coming from throughout Western Pa and beyond to
take part in what many feel will be a im****tant event in course of our
opposition to war. Marches-street theatre-concerts-parties-educational
events-mass rallies-and more are planned. The culminating event of the
Regional Anti-War Convergence on the weekend of January 24-26, 2003
will be a die-in in the middle of Fifth Avenue, near the Software
Engineering Institute (corner of Fifth and Craig) in Oakland.
Participants in the die-in will wheel into the street a ten to twelve
foot puppet of George W. Bush holding a missile in one hand and an oil
can in the other. For info: http://www.organizepittsburgh.org/
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Weighs Tactical Nuclear Strike on Iraq "As the Pentagon continues
a highly visible buildup of troops and weapons in the Persian Gulf, it
is also quietly preparing for the possible use of nuclear weapons in a
war against Iraq, according to a re****t by a defense analyst."
The Nuclear Option in Iraq --by William M. Arkin "One year after
President [sic] Bush labeled Iraq, Iran and North Korea the 'axis of
evil,' the United States is thinking about the unthinkable: It is
preparing for the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iraq."
Iraq Faces Massive U.S. Missile Barrage "They're calling it "A-Day," A
as in airstrikes so devastating they would leave Saddam's soldiers
unable or unwilling to fight. If the Pentagon sticks to its current
war plan, one day in March the Air Force and Navy will launch between
300 and 400 cruise missiles at targets in Iraq."
Pentagon eyes mass graves Option would fight contamination after
bioterror deaths "The bodies of U.S. soldiers killed by chemical or
biological weapons in Iraq or future wars may be bulldozed into mass
graves and burned to save the lives of surviving troops, under an
option being considered by the Pentagon."
Michael Ruppert claims the illegal attack on Iraq will be when the
Dictator addresses the nation on Tuesday night. "Serious international
developments are indicating that the first stages of the U.S. invasion
of Iraq will begin unilaterally no later than next Wednesday and most
likely as the President [sic] delivers his State of the Union address
to Congress on Tuesday night."
A U.S. war plan calls for the launch in March of three or four hundred
cruise missiles a day at the start of a war on Iraq, more than were
fired during the entire first Gulf War, according to a televised
re****t on Friday...CBS said the battle plan, called "shock and awe"...
We call the plan, "shock, awe, disgust and demonstrate criminal
insanity." The time for regime change in the US is long, long overdue.
We are now faced with silently sponsoring a violation of numerous
international treaties and laws, a violation of the national and
international will of the vast majority, and the deaths of tens of
thousands of Iraqis and others. Human ****elds or not, the Bush regime
is set to murder everything in its path. The endgame is not even the
im****tant thing for them. Can Oil be enough to justify this killing,
even for such homicidal maniacs? Power has gone undergone an
unprecedented mutation, and merely wishes to extend itself without
reason, cause, or even ideological justification. All despite the lack
of evidence of WMDs, and now even after a good re****t card from the UN
inspectors.
A million refugees if hostilities begin "A confidential internal
United Nations re****t prepared last month estimated that a US-led war
would create nearly one million refugees needing outside resettlement
and 7.2 million people displaced internally, millions of whom could
later swell the ranks of refugees."
Saddam has done 'quite satisfactory' job in cooperating with nuclear
agency; Wa****ngton mulling more inspections "The head of the U.N.
nuclear agency will tell the Security Council on Monday that Saddam
Hussein has done a 'quite satisfactory' job of cooperating with
inspectors in some areas but that they need more time to complete
their search."
Saddam Showdown: Has Bush Been Backed into a Corner? --by Paul Strand
"The Bush administration insists Iraq is hiding weapons of mass
destruction. But does it really know for sure? And if it does, why
doesn't it show everyone the proof? And has the UN, along with nations
like France and Germany, backed the Bush administration into a corner
by demanding more inspections? "
Continued Arms Inspections Get U.S. Nod Troop Deployment --Timetables
and Drive to Build Sup****t Temper Bush's Desire to Act --"While making
clear it believes Iraq has already violated last November's U.N.
Security Council resolution, the Bush administration will acquiesce to
continued U.N. inspections there, at least for the next several weeks,
according to U.S. and diplomatic sources."
US govt tells expatriates to prepare to evacuate in any emergency
--The US government is advising its expatriate citizens around the
world to be prepared for emergency evacuations from their country of
residence, in the event of war, natural disasters or other unforeseen
cir***stances [?!?], a senior State Department official said.
U.S. Coalition for War Has Few Partners, Troop Pledges "The Bush
administration has asked 53 countries to join the United States in a
military campaign against Iraq, but so far the 'coalition of the
willing,' in President [sic] Bush's phrase, consists of a handful of
countries and even fewer commitments of troops, officials and
diplomats said yesterday."
White House Warns Iraq That 'Time Is Running Out' --The White House
warned Iraq today that "time is running out," while European leaders,
concerned about a growing rift with the United States over a possible
war in Iraq, spoke out in an effort to calm the war of words between
Wa****ngton and Paris and Berlin.
US issues fresh Iraq warning --The White House has issued a warning to
Baghdad that what it called its refusal to allow private interviews
with Iraqi weapons scientists was "unacceptable" and might bring war
closer.
Canadians training for post-Saddam Iraq --Hundreds of recruits arrive
at base in Hungary to be part of CIA-backed 'liberation' force
--Security is extremely tight at this NATO base in southwest Hungary
now that the first Iraqi opposition volunteers [?!?] have begun
arriving for military training. It is expected that, over the next six
months, nearly 3,000 expatriate Iraqis, including several Canadian
recruits, will be organized into the nucleus of a post-Saddam army.
Congress must control spending to pay for war: Bush "President [sic]
George W Bush on Saturday said that the US Congress must control
public spending to help pay for any war on Iraq as well as his new
$674 billion economic plan."
U.S. policies on terrorism, Iraq criticized at global conference
"Attorney General John Ashcroft clashed with Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir bin Mohamad on Friday at a global conference marked by sharp
and widespread criticism of U.S. policy on terrorism and Iraq."
Marketers face tough task of selling Bush to Britain --The "Brand USA"
marketing machine is targeting Britain... With polls showing that only
15 per cent of Britons would sup****t a campaign in Iraq without United
Nations approval, the White House thinks the situation is serious.
Saudi Oil Minister Says No Shortage of Oil "Saudi Oil Minister Ali
Naimi said on Saturday there was no shortage of oil in the market
despite fears of war in Iraq and there were no grounds for prices to
be as high as they now are."
AIDS, Famine Kill 2,500 Zimbabweans Every Week, UN Envoy Says "About
2,500 people die every week of AIDS in Zimbabwe as a food shortage
worsens the impact of the disease, said Stephen Lewis, the United
Nations' special envoy for HIV-AIDS in Africa."
White House adviser re****tedly will resign "Richard Clarke, a
blunt-spoken White House adviser who raised warnings about Islamic
terrorism and biological weapons years before they became nightmare
headlines, will resign from government soon, people familiar with his
plans said."
Sen. Clinton: Homeland security a 'myth' --Sen. Hillary Clinton,
calling the nation's homeland security a "myth," Friday proposed
remedies to beef up resources deemed necessary since the September 11
terrorist attacks on the United States.'
Bush, GOP failing to protect cities, Baltimore mayor says "Baltimore
Mayor Martin O'Malley took President [sic] Bush and the Republican
Party to task Saturday for failing to provide cities with funds to
protect against terrorist attacks."
FBI Taps Campus Police in Anti-Terror Operations --Student, Faculty
Groups Fear a Return of Spying Abuses Against Activists, Foreign
Nationals --"Federal authorities have begun enlisting campus police
officers in the domestic war on terror, renewing fears among some
faculty and student groups of overzealous FBI spying at colleges and
universities that led to scandals in decades past.
FBI enlisting campus police officers "As part of the war on terror,
the FBI has begun enlisting officers from campus police departments in
colleges and universities throughout the US, raising fears of spying
among faculty and student community."
CU Hospital decides against giving smallpox vaccinations "The
University of Colorado Hospital has joined a dozen others around the
state in deciding not to participate - for now - in the government's
plan to vaccinate teams of health care workers against smallpox."
No Rush For First Smallpox Vaccines "With three of the most
photographed vaccinations in medical history, Connecticut on Friday
became the first state to launch its smallpox inoculation program for
health care workers."
Judge kills ex-soldier's anthrax-vaccine lawsuit "A precedent-setting
lawsuit by a former Army private who refused an anthrax vaccination
was dismissed Friday by a judge who nevertheless warned that the
military shouldn't use its soldiers as guinea pigs for the unproven
vaccine."
Karl Rove: The president[sic]'s man behind the scenes "He [Rove] also
rejected a journalist's suggestion that Democrats are 'cowed, confused
and incoherent,' and predicted that the party's nominee next year will
give Bush a close run, more akin to the overtime [s-]election of 2000
than the Reagan landslide of 1984.
Wellstone memorial fund halved "Senate Republicans have reneged on
spending $10 million for a St. Paul community center to honor the late
U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn."
Bush's prescriptions proposal already has GOP, Democrats worrying
"Although he won't officially roll it out until Tuesday, President
[sic] Bush's ambitious proposal to offer senior citizens subsidized
prescription drugs already is drawing heavy fire from within his own
party and from Democrats."
Unborn Victims of Violence Act Introduced in Senate --Far-right
Republicans in the US Congress continued their attack on abortion
rights last week with the introduction of the Unborn Victims of
Violence Act in the Senate.
CLG's Political Education page has been updated! Abortion in American
History --by Katha Pollitt
Impeachment Resolution Against President George W. Bush --by Francis
A. Boyle Professor of Law January 17, 2003 "... in violation of his
constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,
has attempted to impose a police state and a military dictator****p
upon the people and Republic of the United States of America by means
of 'a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations' against the Constitution
since September 11, 2001."
Impeachment: The Only Path toward Peace? --by Marta Steele --A new
impeachment movement is stirring, in the wake of 9/11, as we recover
from our shock and grief to the realization that, as even veteran
White House journalist Helen Thomas admits, the "worst 'president' in
history" is in office. A new impeachment movement, led by Professor
Francis Boyle and former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, is stirring
even as we all brace ourselves for another violent response but
proceed nonetheless.
The Case to Impeach President Bush --by Eric Zuesse "A strong
prima-facie impeachment case exists, to the effect that President
[sic] George W. Bush introduced a certain special-interest provision
into the Republican House's Homeland Security bill that was recently
passed by Congress, and that the President did it specifically as a
favor to an im****tant contributor, as his payoff for a bribe."
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http://legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news
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did you see this?
GW Bush's brother, Marvin Bush, was on board and major sharholder in
Securacom, a Kuwaiti-backed firm handling security for wtc, Dulles
Air****t and United Airlines 1995-2001
The planes that hit wtc were United Airlines planes. They were remote
controlled.
Flight 77, which was part of the masterful deception in the attack on
the Pentagon,
took off from Dulles.
This impossible 6-part coincidence links another Bush to the 9-11
mass-murder frameup.
With security under the control of the Bush interests -- organized
crime could have
modified those planes and faked the loading and unloading of Flight
77.
Dick
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Vol. 9, No. 2021 - The American Re****ter - January 20,
2003
SECRECY SURROUNDS A BUSH BROTHER'S ROLE IN 9/11
SECURITY
by Margie Burns
Wa****ngton, D.C.
WA****NGTON, Jan 19, 2003 -- A company that provided
security at New York City's World Trade Center, Dulles
International Air****t in Wa****ngton, D.C., and to
United Airlines between 1995 and 2001, was backed by a
private Kuwaiti-American investment firm with ties to
a brother of President Bush and the Bush family,
according to records obtained by the American
Re****ter.
Two planes hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001 were United
Airlines planes, and another took off from Dulles
International Air****t; two, of ocurse, slammed into
the World Trade Center. But the Bush Administration
has never disclosed the ties of a presidential brother
and the Bush family with the firm that intersected the
weapons and targets on a day of national tragedy.
Marvin P. Bush, a younger brother of George W. Bush,
was a principal in the company from 1993 to 2000, when
most of the work on the big projects was done. But
White House responses to 9/11 have not publicly
disclosed the company's part in providing security to
any of the named facilities, and many of the public
records revealing the relation****ps are not public.
Nonetheless, public records reveal that the firm,
formerly named Securacom, listed Bush on its board of
directors and as a significant shareholder. The firm,
now named Stratesec, Inc., is located in Sterling,
Va., a suburb of Wa****ngton, D.C., and emphasizes
federal clients. Bush is no longer on the board.
Marvin Bush has not responded to repeated telephoned
and emailed requests for comment on this story.
The American Stock Exchange delisted Stratesec's stock
in October 2002. Securacom also had a contract to
provide security at Los Alamos National Laboratories,
notorious for its security breaches and physical and
intellectual property thefts.
According to its present CEO, Barry McDaniel, the
company had an ongoing contract to handle security at
the World Trade Center "up to the day the buildings
fell down." Yet instead of being investigated, the
company and companies involved with it have benefited
from legislation pushed by the Bush White House and
rubber-stamped by Congressional Republicans.
Stratesec, its backer KuwAm, and their cor****ate
officers stand to benefit from limitations on
liability and national-security protections from
investigation provided in bills since 9/11.
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., a reinsurance
cor****ation on whose board Marvin Bush sat as director
until November 2002, similarly benefits from terrorism
insurance protections. (Bush's first year on the board
at HCC coincided with his last year on the board at
Stratesec.) HCC, formerly Houston Casualty Company,
carried some of the insurance for the World Trade
Center. It posted a loss for the quarter after the
attacks of Sept. 11 and dropped participation in
worker's compensation as a result. Bush remains an
adviser to the chairman and the Board of Directors, as
well as a member of the company's investment
committee.
The former CEO of Stratesec is Wirt D. Walker III, who
is still chairman of the board. Although he has also
been the managing director of KuwAm for several years,
Walker states definitively in phone interviews that
there was no exchange of talent between Stratesec and
KuwAm during the World Trade Center and other
projects.
As Walker put it, "I'm an investment banker." He
continued, "We just owned some stock." The investment
company "was not involved in any way in the work or
day-to-day operations" of the security company. He
explained clearly and pleasantly that there was no
sharing of information or of personnel between the two
companies.
In December 2000 - when the outcome of the U.S.
presidential election was determined - Stratesec added
a government division, providing "the same full range
of security systems services as the Commercial
Division," the company says. Stratesec now has "an
open-ended contract with the General Services
Administration (GSA) and a Blanket Purchase Agreement
(BPA) with the agency that allows the government to
purchase materials and services from the Company
without having to go through a full competition."
The company lists as government clients "the U.S.
Army, U.S. Navy, U.S Air force, and the Department of
Justice," in projects that "often require
state-of-the-art security solutions for classified or
high-risk government sites." In 2000, the U.S. Army
accounted for 29 percent of the company's earned
revenues, or about $6.9 million.
The White House opposed an independent commission to
investigate 9/11 until after the terrorism insurance
protections and protections for security companies had
safely passed Congress. It has also quietly intervened
in lawsuits against United Airlines in New York,
brought by relatives of the victims.
Marvin Bush joined Securacom's Board of Directors in
1993, as part of new management hired when the company
separated from engineering firm Burns and Roe. The new
team was capitalized by KuwAm, the D.C.-based
Kuwaiti-American investment company. Bush also served
on the Board of Directors at KuwAm, along with Mishal
Yousef Saud al-Sabah, Chairman of KuwAm and also a
Director on Securacom's (Stratesec's) board.
The World Trade Center and the Metropolitan Wa****ngton
Air****t Authority - which operates Dulles - were two
of Securacom's three biggest clients in 1996 and 1997.
(The third was MCI, now WorldCom.)
Stratesec (Securacom) differs from other security
companies which separate the function of consultant
from that of service provider. The company defines
itself as a "single-source" provider of "end-to-end"
security services, including everything from diagnosis
of existing systems to hiring subcontractors to
installing video and electronic equipment. It also
provides armored vehicles and security guards.
When, following the 1993 bombing of the World Trade
Center, the ****t Authority of New York and New Jersey
began its multi-million-dollar, multiyear revamping of
security in and around the Twin Towers and Buildings 4
and 5, Securacom was among numerous contractors hired
in the upgrade.
The companies doing security jobs received due mention
in print, in security industry publications and
elsewhere. The board member****p of a son of former
President Bush went unnoticed, at least in print.
According to SEC filings, Securacom/Stratesec acquired
the $8.3 million World Trade Center contract in
October 1996. The project generated 28 percent of all
revenues for the company in 1996. SEC filings indicate
that revenues from the World Trade Center project
commenced in 1996 at $1.6 million, peaked in 1997 at
$6.6 million ($4.1 million in the first half), and
diminished in 1998 to less than $1 million.
A key concept in security is "access control." In
hindsight, as the security industry's re****tage on the
World Trade Center precautions makes clear, further
attacks would have to come from the air.
Unfortunately, such detailed re****ts did not convey
that message at home. Nobody thought outside the box
enough to deduce that a jumbo jet could overcome even
the extraordinary controls at the World Trade Center.
With 20-20 hindsight, it is obvious that the intricate
procedures in the building's lobbies and on its
perimeters were useless in trying to stop a 767 loaded
with jet fuel.
Barry McDaniel, CEO of the company since January 2002,
declines on security grounds to give specific details
about work the company did at the World Trade Center.
According to McDaniel, the contract was ongoing (a
"completion contract"), and "not quite completed when
the Center went down." The company designed a system,
but - as he points out - that obviously "didn't have
anything to do with planes flying into buildings."
The key words "access control" are less feeble and
irrelevant, however, in regard to air****ts and
airlines. Had the hijackers failed on the ground, they
would have lost their airborne weapon.
Two of the hijacked planes were United Airlines
planes, and another took off from Dulles
International. Two hit the Twin Towers, leading to a
collapse of both buildings that killed nearly 3,000
people.
McDaniel makes clear that Securacom's contract with
United Airlines was a single-site contract, in
Indianapolis (at least five years ago), and not local.
The work was finished several years before he joined
the board, and was not in or near Wa****ngton.
The Dulles Internation contract is another matter.
Dulles is regarded as "absolutely a sensitive
air****t," according to security consultant Wayne
Black, head of a Florida-based security firm, due to
its location, size, and the number of international
carriers it serves.
Black has not heard of Stratesec, but responds that
for one company to handle security for both air****ts
and airlines is somewhat unusual. It is also delicate
for a security firm serving international facilities
to be so interlinked with a foreign-owned company:
"Somebody knew somebody," he suggested, or the
contract would have been more closely scrutinized.
As Black points out, "when you [a company] have a
security contract, you know the inner workings of
everything." And if another company is linked with the
security company, then "What's on your computer is on
their computer."
In this context, retired FAA special agent Brian F.
Sullivan is angry, and eloquent. "You can have all the
security systems in the world, but the people behind
the systems make the difference." The Bush
administration, says Sullivan, "spit in the faces" of
the victims' families, in pu****ng for last-minute
protections for foreign-owned security companies (in
the Homeland Security bill). Sullivan points out that
"not one single person" in an upper-level position has
lost a job as a result of 9/11, "not in the FBI, CIA,
FAA, DOT." As he sums up, "No accountability, no
progress."
Stratesec got its first preventive maintenance
contract with Dulles Air****t in 1995, generating $0.3
million that year. The Dulles project generated
revenue of $1.2 million in 1996, $2.5 million in 1997,
and $2.3 million in 1998, accounting for 22% of the
company's revenues in 1996 and in 1998
Like other specialists, Professor Dale B. Oderman of
Purdue University's aviation technology department,
concurs that Dulles "was considered a very high
profile target" as the primary international air****t
near the nation's capital. It serves as ****t of entry
to about 15 international airlines as well as serving
eight of the 11 major us passenger carriers. In
comparison, Reagan Air****t hosts only Air Canada from
outside the U.S., and Baltimore-Wa****ngton Air****t
hosts about a half dozen."
Stratesec did not handle screening of passengers at
Dulles. According to a contracting official for the
Metropolitan Wa****ngton Air****t Authority, its
three-year contract was for maintenance of security
systems: It maintained the airfield access system, the
CCTV (closed circuit television) system, and the
electronic badging system.
In 1997, the World Trade Center and Dulles accounted
for 55 percent and 20 percent of the company's earned
revenues, respectively. The World Trade Center and
Dulles projects figured largely in both Securacom's
growing revenues from 1995 to 1997 and its decreases
from 1997 to 1998.
Stratesec continued to refer to "New York City's World
Trade Center" as a former client through April 2001.
It listed Dulles Air****t and United Airlines as former
clients through April 2002.
As with the World Trade Center - which also had
electronic badging, security gates, and CCTV - the
ultimate problem with Dulles' security controls was
not the controls themselves, but that they could be
sidestepped. All the hijackers had to do was buy a
ticket. As former FAA special agent Sullivan comments,
"If they [attackers] knew about the security system,
they knew how to bypass it."
One obvious question for investigators is how much
potential hijackers could have known about the
security system.
From 1993 to 1999, KuwAm - the Kuwait-American
Cor****ation -- held a large and often controlling
interest in Securacom. In 1996, KuwAm Cor****ation
owned 90 percent of the company, either directly or
through partner****ps like one called Special
Situations Investment Holdings and another called
"Fifth Floor Company for General Trading and
Contracting." KuwAm owned 31 percent of Securacom in
1998 and 47 percent of Stratesec in 1999. It currently
holds only about 205,000 shares of Stratesec; Walker,
KuwAm's managing director, holds 650,000.
Marvin Bush was reelected annually to Securacom's
board of directors from 1993 through 1999. His final
reelection was on May 25, 1999, for July 1999 to June
2000. Throughout, he also served on the company's
Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, and his
stock holdings grew during the period. Directors had
options to purchase 25,000 shares of stock annually.
In 1996, Bush acquired 53,000 shares at 52 cents per
share. Shares in the 1997 IPO sold at $8.50. Records
since 2000 no longer list Bush as a shareholder.
Stratesec and KuwAm were and still are intertwined at
the top. Walker, while a principal at Stratesec (a
director since 1987, chairman of the board since 1992,
and formerly CEO since 1999), was also on the board of
directors at KuwAm and is still managing director
(both since 1982). Mishal Yousef Saud Al Sabah, the
chairman at KuwAm, also served on Stratesec's board
from 1991 to 2001. Walker and Al Sabah had major stock
holdings in each other's companies. The sons of both
also held shares in the two companies.
Stratesec, which currently lists 45 employees, hired
KuwAm for cor****ate secretarial services in 2002, at
$2,500 per month.
For several years, Walker has also been chairman and
CEO of an aircraft company, Aviation General, about 70
percent owned by KuwAm.
The Saudi Arabian embassy, the Kuwait embassy, and
KuwAm have office suites in the Watergate complex,
where both Stratesec and Aviation General held their
annual shareholders' meetings in 1999, 2000, and 2001.
Bush was reelected to his annual board position there,
across the hall from a Saudi Arabian Airlines office.
(This year, the companies' shareholders meetings
switched to the fifth floor, in space also hleased by
Saudis and Kuwaitis.)
Incidentally, Saudi Princess Haifa Al-Faisal had her
checking account at Riggs Bank, which has a large
branch in the Watergate. Given that Jonathan Bush, the
president's uncle, is a Riggs executive, it is
difficult to understand any obstacle for American
authorities pursuing the recently re****ted "Saudi
money trail." The princess's charitable activities
were processed through Riggs, but attention focused on
the Saudis seems not to extend to the
politically-connected bank they used.
McDaniel was asked in a brief telephone interview
whether FBI or other agents have questioned him or
others at Stratesec about the company's security work
in connection with 9/11. The concise answer: "No."
Asked the same question regarding KuwAm, Walker
declined further comment, and referred a re****ter to
the public record.
According to a spokesman in an FBI regional office,
since October 2001, "the investigation [of 9/11] is
being coordinated at the national level, directly from
the White House." If so, you'd think that an
administration that could seriously consider
infiltrating American mosques would ask a few
questions closer to home.
But the suggestion is inescapable that any
investigation into security arrangements preceding
9/11, at some of the nation's most sensitive
facilities, has been impeded to this day by narrowly
political concerns in the White House.
Margie Burns is a Texas native who now writes from
Wa****ngton, D.C. Email her at
margie.burns@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2003 Joe Shea The American Re****ter. All
Rights Reserved.
http://www.american-re****ter.com/2021/3.html
peace,
Tom
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Flight 77 was not the jet that hit the Pentagon.
Here is evidence that will convince any grand jury:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/77_deastman1.htm
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/77_deastman2.htm
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/77_deastman3.htm
Dick Eastman
Yakima, Wa****ngton
Every man is responsible to every other man.
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