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The
intelligence committees of the Senate and House of Representatives
plan to hold a series of hearings through the end of the year, with
the proceedings to be opened to the public from the end of this
month. The probe is touted to be a thorough investigation into the
events of September 11 and whether or not they could have been
prevented. As independent research has highlighted, the Bush
administration not only had prior knowledge of the terrorist
attacks, but actually ran the entire operation. This will strike the
naive reader as a bold statement indeed. The information I cite that
enables me to make it is as voluminous as it is disturbing.
The investigation is set to be a complete whitewash. The recent
media blitz concerning what the government knew before 9/11 was an
orchestrated campaign to put the real evidence of government
complicity in the shadows. This enabled the CIA and the FBI to
dismiss this watered down issue as one 'intelligence failure' after
another.
The House and Senate committees comprise of several well-meaning
representatives with good voting records and honorable reputations.
However, both groups are dominated by individuals who owe allegiance
to interests that directly conflict with the promise of a balanced
inquiry.
The Carlyle Group, a secretive Washington, D.C., investment firm
managing some $14 billion in assets, including stakes in a number of
defense-related companies, is making substantial profits from the
war on terrorism. Carlyle also donated a total of over $57,000 to
various members of the two panels who, if this were not a dummy
operation, would be required to investigate them. Carlyle number
just one of numerous companies feeding the war machine that have
bankrolled the make-up of the 9/11 probe. If the war on terrorism
took a blow from this investigation, so would these representative's
bank balances. Where is the incentive for a fair hearing? Where is
the balance?
Many of the committee members have already stated their position on
pre-9/11 warnings. They have rubbished the very issue they are about
to 'investigate.' Likewise, several had a direct hand in crafting
the USA Patriot Act. This legislation defines anyone who breaks the
law as a terrorist and allows the authorities to search your home
without you even knowing about it. These people are put in office to
uphold the US Constitution and yet have actively dissected it.
September 11th justified the Patriot Act in their eyes. They are not
about to humiliate themselves by questioning this justification.
Furthermore, a disturbing majority of the House and Senate
representatives hold membership to elite organisations publicly
sworn to destroying America in favor of a globalist one world order
system. This trend ranges from the now public US centered Council on
Foreign Relations through the Trilateral Commission to the
quasi-secret internationalist Bilderberg Group. At the end of the
spectrum we even see occult influences like Skull and Bones along
with the Freemasons. The justification for a zealously ordered One
World Government is chaos. Terrorism is the premier method for
fomenting this chaos. As a result, any proper investigation that
would reveal the source of terrorism is out of the question.
The souls of our 'representatives' have already been bought and
sold. This is why the House and Senate investigations will only
achieve their original agenda, to shut down the 9/11 case for good.
The whitewash conspiracy will dwarf the Warren Commission, enabling
the globalist's terrorism paradigm to rage on. This only emphasizes
the importance of the underground media in reaching out to the
people with the truth.
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The
Pledge
http://wwwa.house.gov/collinpeterson/press/107th/intelligence.pdf
House
Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence 107th Congress
http://intelligence.house.gov/committee_membership.htm
CHAIRMAN
Porter J. Goss, R - Florida
REPUBLICANS
Doug Bereuter, Nebraska
Michael N. Castle, Delaware
Sherwood L. Boehlert, New York
Jim Gibbons, Nevada
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, California
Peter Hoekstra, Michigan
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Terry Everett, Alabama
DEMOCRATS
Nancy Pelosi, California, Ranking Democrat
Sanford D. Bishop, Georgia
Jane Harman, California
Gary A. Condit, California
Tim Roemer, Indiana
Silvestre Reyes, Texas
Leonard L. Boswell, Iowa
Collin C. Peterson, Minnesota
Bud Cramer, Alabama
***
Here are the highlights (or lowlights).
---
REPUBLICANS ---
POTER J GOSS (http://www.house.gov/goss)
"A
former Central Intelligence Agency Clandestine Services
Officer"
"A 1960 honors graduate from Yale University, Goss served two
years in the United States Army as an intelligence officer. He
moved to Sanibel in 1971 after an illness cut short his 10-year
career as a Clandestine Services Officer with the Central
Intelligence Agency."
(source http://www.house.gov/goss/00bio.html)
also
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000336
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(source http://www.cfr.org/public/resource.cgi?meet!1219)
---
DOUG BEREUTER (aka DOUGLAS KENT BEREUTER) (http://www.house.gov/bereuter)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
& Phi Beta Kappa at University of Nebraska
(source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bentsen-bereuter.html#R9M0IPCIG
http://www.house.gov/bereuter/bio.htm)
Donations
by Enron 1990-2000: $10,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/enron/enron_house_top.asp)
---
MICHAEL N CASTLE (http://www.house.gov/castle)
"He has played
a major role in shaping the intelligence budget in response to the
September 11 attacks
and most recently has traveled to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on an
Intelligence fact finding trip. He will continue his push to reform
the U.S. satellite launch program, which he believes needs more
accountability and better acquisition practices in order to protect
U.S. intelligence and taxpayer dollars." (source: http://www.house.gov/castle/bio.htm)
Contributed to Patriot Act
(source: http://www.house.gov/castle/pr_visainpatriot.htm)
---
SHERWOOD L BOEHLERT (aka SHERRY BOEHLERT) (http://www.house.gov/boehlert)
"Boehlert has served on the Science Committee since 1983, and
was elected Chairman in January 2001. The Committee has jurisdiction
over all federal nonmilitary scientific and technology research and
development programs, on which the federal government spends
more than $30 billion a year. The Committee has jurisdiction over
NASA, the National Science Foundation, and research and development
initiatives within the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Department of Energy, and the Department of Commerce. In addition,
the Committee has jurisdiction over civil aviation research and
development and marine research."
"Boehlert is a delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly,
also at the appointment of the Speaker, where he serves as chairman
of the Assembly's Scientific and Technology Committee."
(source: http://www.house.gov/boehlert/aboutsb.htm)
---
JIM GIBBONS (http://www.house.gov/gibbons)
Ex-Vietnam vet (flew on reconnaisance mission) & likes his
gambling! (fought to keep ATM's in Casino's)
(source: http://www.house.gov/gibbons/bio.htm
& http://www.house.gov/gibbons/gaming.htm)
No, this man's not bought ...
Top donations in 1998
1 MGM Grand $14,000
2 Sierra Nevada Corp $12,000
3 Harrah's Entertainment $9,500
4 Sierra Health Services $8,250
5 Circus Circus Enterprises $7,500
5 Starwood Capital Group $7,500
7 Boyd Gaming $6,000
7 Hilton Hotels $6,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00006652&cycle=2002)
---
RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM
Strong military background. "Duke's experience in Vietnam and
his background as an educator prepared him well to train fighter
pilots at the Navy Fighter Weapons School -- the famed
"Top Gun" program at Miramar Naval Air Station. As
Commanding Officer of the elite Navy Adversary Squadron,
Cunnningham flew Russian tactics and
formations against America's best combat fighter pilots. Many of his
real-life experiences as a Navy aviator and fighter pilot
instructor were depicted in the popular movie "Top Gun."
Upon his retirement from the Navy in 1987, Cunningham translated the
Masters in Business Administration he earned at National
University into a successful business in San Diego."
(source: http://www.house.gov/cunningham/about_duke.htm)
Oh yes, he's a military man: top contributors 2001/2 (shut your eyes
& guess who's top!)
1
Carlyle Group $20,000
2 Orincon Corp $13,000
3 Cubic Corp $12,000
4
Northrop Grumman $11,000
5 ADCS Inc $10,000
5 General Dynamics $10,000
5 Science Applications International Corp $10,000
8
BAE Systems North America $9,000 (Why
is this highlighted? See here)
9 Titan Corp $7,300
10
Lockheed Martin $7,000
10 Qualcomm Inc $7,000
12 Associated Builders & Contractors $6,000
12 Copeland, Lowery & Jacquez $6,000
12 General Atomics $6,000
12 SBC Communications $6,000
16 Continental Maritime $5,250
17 American Trucking Assn $5,000
17
Boeing Co $5,000
17 FedEx Corp $5,000
17 National Assn for Uniformed Services $5,000
17 National Assn of Realtors $5,000
17 Seafarers International Union $5,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00007050&cycle=2002)
---
PETE HOEKSTRA (http://www.house.gov/hoekstra)
"As one of the few former Fortune 500 business executives in
Congress, Congressman Pete Hoekstra brings a unique blend of
experience and perspective as he represents Michigan’s Second
Congressional District in
Washington." (source: http://www.house.gov/hoekstra/aboutpete.htm)
---
SAXBY CHAMBLISS (http://www.house.gov/chambliss)
(http://www.saxby.org)
Well, initially he didn't look like too much of a bad guy, but then
I found his actual website & I wonder exactly how devoted
to this 9-11 probe he actually is:
"While some critics have tried to make political hay with the
outrageous suggestion that the president was given specific
information that could have prevented the tragedies of last Sept.
11, this is no time to revert to partisan politics." As
chairman of the House Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee,
I can say that the intelligence information was as vague and
nonspecific as most everything else coming out of the intelligence
community on terrorism at that time. That said, we should not
be distracted from the critical issues we need to address by
political mudslinging." For this reason, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
and I, along with several other colleagues, have introduced a bill
that will make great strides in eliminating the stovepipes that
exist in the intelligence and law
enforcement worlds with respect to the sharing of vital
information and helping various computer systems communicate
together."
(source: http://www.saxby.org/media/news/newsdetail.asp?n=98)
Top contributors 2001/2:
1 National Republican Senatorial Cmte $17,500
2 Gold Kist $10,500
3 AFLAC Inc $10,000
3 American Bankers Assn $10,000
3 Americans for a Republican Majority $10,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00002685&cycle=2002)
---
TERRY EVERETT (http://www.house.gov/everett)
Also serves on: ARMED SERVICES Subcommittees: Procurement; Military
Facilities and Installations
(source: http://www.house.gov/everett/top/aboutte.htm)
Professional Experience:
Airman 1st Class, United States Air Force,
1955-1959
President, Premium Home Builders, Everett Land
Development Company
Union Springs Newspapers, Inc.
Owner/Operator, Hickory Ridge Farms.
Organizational Memberships:
Alabama Press Association
Dothan Federal Savings Bank, Board of Directors,
Chairman.
(source: http://vote-smart.org)
"served in the United States Air Force as an intelligence
specialist"
(source: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000268)
from "Bad Ideas" (in the wake of 9-11)
"Rep Terry Everett’s (R-Ala) attempt to get peanut subsidies
as a matter of urgency after September 11 by saying that “farm
aid strengthens national security.” The Wall Street Journal
pointed out that the proposed peanut
subsidies would just happen to benefit Everett, a farmer as
well as a Congressman, to the tune of $30,000."
(source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/10/13/politics/main314648.shtml)
40th Richest American Politician
"A former newspaper publisher and real estate developer,
Everett disclosed a net worth of more than $4.9 million on his 2000
financial disclosure forms, up slightly from the $4.1 million he
reported the previous year.
His major assets include a 400-acre farm in Houston County, Ala.,
worth between $500,000 and $1 million, and Treasury notes
valued at between $500,000 and $1 million. He also has money market
accounts, CDs and holdings
through a variety of other investment vehicles. "
(source: http://www.rollcall.com/pages/features/00/wbc/02/01/wbc0121i.html)
---
THE DEMOCRATS ---
SANFORD D BISHOP (http://www.house.gov/bishop)
"(Member
of) Council on Foreign Relations,
a privately-funded research and educational organization."
"A 32nd
Degree Mason,
a Shriner, and a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church of Albany,
Georgia"
(source: http://www.house.gov/bishop/Biography.html)
[info on shiners: http://www.shrinershq.org]
Also member of the:
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
(source: http://www.vote-smart.org)
---
Jane Harman (http://www.house.gov/harman)
3rd Richest Member of Congress - "6. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
$105 million"
This former three-term House Member, who returned to the chamber in
2000, is married to Sidney Harman, founder of the Fortune 500
electronics company Harman International Industries, which
manufactures high-end stereo equipment. The company paid him $1.3
million in 1999, according to the financial disclosure statement
Harman filed during her 2000 House race. She declined to list his
salary in her 2000 filing The couple also have a variety of other
investments to supplement Harman's Congressional salary, and her
financial disclosure statement revealed a net worth of more than $53
million. Her husband's holdings in Harman International Industries
alone are worth between $50 million and $100 million, up
significantly from between the $10 million and $50 million she
estimated in 1999. The Harmans also have investment funds with
holdings in commercial real estate property throughout the
Washington, D.C., as well as Mexico, Argentina, Germany and
Italy."
(source: http://www.rollcall.com/pages/features/00/wbc/02/01/wbc0121i.html)
"The Intelligence Committee is a key one for the congresswoman,
who as the representative of the 36th District, has major
intelligence equipment contractors as her constituents. The new
generation of spy satellites, a top-secret project out of a
low-profile federal agency called the National Reconnaissance
Office, is believed to be bigger in scope than the Manhattan
Project, with a cost estimated at $25 billion over 20 years. Two
contractors
from El Segundo, Raytheon and Boeing, are involved in building
the new satellites. Harman's position on the Intelligence Committee
means she is one of the few people in the country who is regularly
briefed on this highly
classified project."
(source: http://easyreader.hermosawave.net/news2001/1213/coverstory.asp)
Some top contributors (2001/2)
1
AOL Time Warner $13,250
2 National Venture Capital Assn $12,000
3
Boeing Co $11,500
4 General Motors $11,000
5 Blue Dog PAC $10,000
5 Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000
5 United Auto Workers $10,000
8 Park Place Entertainment $9,000
9 Jones, Day et al $8,300
10 DreamWorks SKG $8,000
10 Loral Spacecom $8,000
12
Lockheed Martin $7,500
12 Raytheon Co $7,500
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00006750&cycle=2002)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harless-harmison.html)
---
GARY A CONDIT (http://www.house.gov/gcondit)
Two
words: Chandra Levy
---
COLLIN C PETERSON (http://wwwa.house.gov/collinpeterson)
How likely is he to stand up and point fingers?...
“I am pleased that we have agreed to focus on improving our
protection efforts and not waste time trying to assign blame.”
(source: http://wwwa.house.gov/collinpeterson/press/107th/inquiry2.htm)
---
US
Senate Committee on Intelligence 107th Congress
http://intelligence.senate.gov/members.htm
DEMOCRATS
Bob Graham, Florida - CHAIRMAN
Carl Levin, Michigan
John D. Rockefeller, West Virginia
Dianne Feinstein, California
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Evan Bayh, Indiana
John Edwards, North Carolina
Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
REPUBLICANS
Richard C. Shelby, Alabama - VICE CHAIRMAN
Jon Kyl, Arizona
James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma
Orrin Hatch, Utah
Pat Roberts, Kansas
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Fred Thompson, Tennessee
Richard Lugar, Indiana
***
Here are the highlights (or lowlights).
---
DEMOCRATS ---
BOB GRAHAM
"He
was a primary author of the USA PATRIOT ACT"
"Even before September 11th, Senator Graham was the primary
mover behind Counterintelligence 21, which President Clinton signed
in December 2000 and the Bush administration has pledged to
continue. This initiative is a
far-reaching, methodical approach to identifying the most sensitive
information in our government and then safeguarding that
information."
"He received a bachelor's degree in 1959 from the University of
Florida, where he was Phi Beta Kappa"
(Skull
& Bones,
albeit detatched from Yale, established 1935 - http://www.fsu.edu/~modlang/pbk/pbkintro.htm)
(source http://graham.senate.gov/biography.html)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(Source: http://www.cfr.org/public/resource.cgi?pers!5309)
Wealth:
Major assets: Interest in The Graham Companies, a family real estate
business in Miami-Dade County, $1 million-$5
million; note receivable, $500,001-$1 million; profit sharing and
pension plan with the Graham Companies,
$50,001-$100,000; stock in Bank United Financial Corp., $5,001-
$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest on note receivable,
$100,001-$1 million; income on profit sharing
plan, $5,001-$15,000.
(source: http://www.counterpunch.org/pipermail/counterpunch-list/2001-June/009941.html)
---
CARL LEVIN
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(source: http://cfr.org/public/resource.cgi?pers!5506)
---
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER (aka Jay Rockefeller) (aka John Davison
Rockefeller IV)
(http://rockefeller.senate.gov/rockefeller.cfm)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(source: http://cfr.org/public/resource.cgi?pers!4562)
Member:
Trilateral Commission
(confirmed 2002 by e-mailing the Trilateral Commission) (also http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#R9M0JB5RC)
5th Richest Member of Congress (on disclosed finance!!!)
5. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) $200 million
"Rockefeller is the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, one
of the world's first billionaires. Although Forbes estimates the
Rockefeller family fortune to be at least $8.5 billion in October
2000, Rockefeller listed assets of more than $100 million -
most of which is tied up in three qualified blind trusts and other
investments - on his 2000 financial disclosure forms.
Other investments listed on his forms include U.S. savings bonds and
numerous stocks in his wife's name. The stocks include shares
in companies such as DoubleClick Inc., Walt Disney Co., Cisco
Systems, Amgen, Applied Materials, AT&T Wireless, PepsiCo
Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Sotheby's
Holdings Inc., Triangle Pharmaceuticals, United Parcel Service and
Rolls-Royce."
(source: http://www.rollcall.com/pages/features/00/wbc/02/01/wbc0121i.html)
Top Contributors 2001/2
1 Delta Airlines $18,550
2 Baron & Budd $13,000
3 AFLAC Inc $11,000
3
United Airlines $11,000
5 Bank One Corp $10,150
6 Air Line Pilots Assn $10,000
6 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $10,000
6 Bayer Corp $10,000
6 DASHPAC $10,000
6 FedEx Corp $10,000
6 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $10,000
6 Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union $10,000
13 Ernst & Young $9,000
13 O'Melveny & Myers $9,000
15 Kirkland & Ellis $8,936
16 Park Corp $8,000
17 Bowles, Rice et al $7,700
18
Lockheed Martin $7,300
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00001685&cycle=2002)
"As sweeping security measures are put into place across the
United States, it is important that our law enforcement officers are
included. Police are our first line of defense, and with our
changing world, their jobs are no longer simply local to their
districts. Police departments need to be connected to the Internet
in order to be effective law enforcers on a local level as well as a
national level." - Jay Rockefeller
(source: http://rockefeller.senate.gov/Issues/homeland%20security.htm)
---
DIANNE FEINSTEIN (http://feinstein.senate.gov)
Member:
Executive Branch - Bilderberg Group
(source: http://www.bilderberg.org/1991.htm)
Member:
Trilateral Commission
(source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/trilateral-commission.html)
California's senior Senator has extensive, diversified holdings with
her husband, real estate mogul Richard Blum, most of which are
in his name. Blum is chairman of the merchant banking firm BLUM
Capital Partners. Feinstein's assets, which are held directly or
through the Bertram Feinstein Trust as separate property, consist of
her interest in Carlton Hotel Properties, a pension from the
city of San Francisco, a deposit account at Bank of America and the
Freedom Cash Management Fund. Together those assets are worth
between $5 million and $25 million. She also has a qualified
blind trust valued at between $1 million and $5 million that was
established in 1991 and qualified in 1993, and she is the
beneficiary of the Richard C. Blum Marital Trusts of 1994 and 1996.
The Feinsteins own a condo in Princeville, on the Hawaiian island of
Kauai, and have deposit accounts at the Bank of America and First
Republic Bank. The couple's investment in Carlton Hotel Properties
is valued at between $5 million and $25 million.
Blum owns more than $1 million worth of stock in Northwest Airlines
and a company called Kinetic Concepts. He has smaller stock
holdings in dozens of other major companies."
(source: http://www.rollcall.com/pages/features/00/wbc/02/01/wbc0121i.html)
Top Contributors (1997-2002)
1 California Victory 2000 $57,500
2
Global Crossing $24,000
3 Walt Disney Co $22,750
4 General Dynamics $21,800
5 William Morris Agency $21,000
6
AOL Time Warner $18,100
7 Ernst & Young $17,300
8 Gateway Inc $16,600
9 O'Melveny & Myers $16,500
9 Sempra Energy $16,500
9 Wells Fargo & Co $16,500
12 Cisco Systems $16,480
13 Qualcomm Inc $16,000
14 Bank of America $15,889
15 University of California $15,375
16 Edison International $15,250
17 Yucaipa Companies $15,000
18 Vivendi Universal $13,500
19 Manatt, Phelps et al $13,250
19 SBC Communications $13,250
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00007364&cycle=2002)
Strong proponent of USA Patriot Act, stating it would capitalize on
a "whole new world" brought about as a result of September
11th.
(source: http://feinstein.senate.gov/releases01/r-terr1001.htm)
---
RON WYDEN (http://wyden.senate.gov/)
WYDEN CALLS FOR TERRORIST TRACKING SYSTEM
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced legislation
creating a national Terrorist Identification Classification System,
or "TIC List," to track and share information about known
and suspected international terrorists and terrorist organizations
that might threaten United States citizens or interests. Wyden, a
member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, proposed the
creation of a centralized database comprised of terrorist-related
information from the entire U.S. intelligence community and
accessible to Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies. The
Chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Bob Graham
(Skull and Bones, CFR), is a cosponsor of the bill.
(source: http://wyden.senate.gov/Intelligence%20Database.htm)
Top contributers 1997-20021
1 National Jewish Democratic Council $45,800
2 Wilshire Financial Services Group $30,900
3 Deloitte & Touche $22,850
4 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $20,000
4 Teamsters Union $20,000
6 Andersen $17,700
7 Crown Pacific Partners $16,150
8 Pacific Crest Securities $15,250
9 Human Rights Campaign $15,000
10 PricewaterhouseCoopers $14,500
11 Andersen Construction $14,000
11 Pioneer Resources $14,000
13 Shaklee Corp $12,750
14
AOL Time Warner $12,250
15 Schnitzer Steel Industries $11,970
16 American Hospital Assn $11,500
17 KPMG LLP $11,295
18 American Health Care Assn $11,000
18 National Auto Dealers Assn $11,000
18 National Education Assn $11,000
18 Seafarers International Union $11,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00007724&cycle=2002)
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EVAN BAYH (aka BIRCH EVANS BAYH III) (http://bayh.senate.gov)
Member:
Bilderberg Group - Attended 1999 meeting in Portugal with Bill
Clinton
(source: http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1315.cfm)
Father
was a Freemason
(source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#R9M0IOYSM)
Top contributors (1997-2002)
1 Conseco Inc $63,250
2 Morgan Stanley $40,200
3 Goldman Sachs $37,000
4 Eli Lilly & Co $36,450
5
Carlyle Group $26,058
6 CIBC Wood Gundy Holdings $24,750
7 SBC Communications $24,555
8 Bank One Corp $23,544
9 Cinergy Corp $22,500
10 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $20,000
11 Blue Cross/Blue Shield $19,739
12 Bank of America $19,249
13 State of Indiana $18,148
14 Baker & Daniels $17,650
15 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $17,500
16 Bear Stearns $17,250
17 Andersen $15,750
17 Citigroup Inc $15,750
17 Swidler, Berlin et al $15,750
20 Independent Insurance Agents of America $15,664
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00003762&cycle=2002)
"In the presidential election of 2000 Bayh was on the list of
possible running mate for Al Gore, and he is often listed among
the likely presidential candidates in 2004"
(source: http://www.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/bayh_evan/bayh.html)
On bringing back national service: http://bayh.senate.gov/serviceoped.htm
---
BARBARA MIKULSKI (http://mikulski.senate.gov)
Received campaign contributions from Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz in
recent years, involved with Clinton Whitewater scandal.
(source: http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/ProRev/whtwtrh.htm)
Introduced Senate bill S.1697 in November 1993 - proposed draconian
and dictatorial powers under FEMA command.
(source: http://www.newnetizen.com/fema/blueprintfortyranny.htm)
---
REPUBLICANS ---
JON KYL (aka JON LLEWELLYN KYL) http://kyl.senate.gov/bio.htm
Before the investigative committee has even convened, Kyl has made
his mind up...
"The United States had no warning of the September 11 attack,
though it was planned well in advance."
(source: http://kyl.senate.gov/issues/def.htm)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(source: http://cfr.org/public/resource.cgi?pers!5505)
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JAMES M INHOFE (http://inhofe.senate.gov)
Inhofe has also already declared his bias...
Infohe Blasts Bush Critics on Intelligence Briefing
It is especially outrageous for them to insinuate that President
Bush could have prevented the September 11 attacks. Spreading such
an obvious lie is despicable."
(source: http://inhofe.senate.gov/pr051702b.html)
Top Contributors
1 National Republican Senatorial Cmte $17,500
2
Carlyle Group $11,000
2 El Paso Corp $11,000
4 Golden Rule Financial $10,500
5 Arvest Bank Group $10,000
5 Collazo Enterprises $10,000
5 Defend America PAC $10,000
5 FedEx Corp $10,000
5 Health Net Inc $10,000
5
Lockheed Martin $10,000
5 Murray Energy Corp $10,000
5 New Republican Majority Fund $10,000
13 Anadarko Petroleum $9,600
14 Outdoor Advertising Assn of America $9,234
15 American Bankers Assn $9,000
15 Exelon Corp $9,000
15 General Dynamics $9,000
18
Northrop Grumman $8,000
19 Kerr-McGee Corp $7,000
19 National Cattlemen's Beef Assn $7,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00005582&cycle=2002)
Inhofe was Oklahoma Senator during the last government terror
operation, the bombing of the Alred P. Murrah federal building in
April 1995.
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ORRIN HATCH (http://hatch.senate.gov)
Supports FBI reforms (key phrase "I applaud Director Muellor
...")
http://hatch.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=182427
http://hatch.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=182198
Also, Hatch is well up for Presidential Executive Powers
http://hatch.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=182360
Top Contributors (1997-2002)
1 GlaxoSmithKline $41,499
2 HealthSouth Corp $38,255
3 Pfizer Inc $34,000
4 Qwest Communications $29,000
5 AT&T $25,499
6 Torchmark Corp $25,000
7
AOL Time Warner $24,000
7 Metabolife International $24,000
9 Novell Inc $20,500
10 Oracle Corp $19,750
11
Global Crossing $19,500
11 Verizon Communications $19,500
13 Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America $18,775
14 Viacom Inc $18,250
15 Schering-Plough Corp $18,000
16 Bear Stearns $17,750
17 SBC Communications $17,500
18 Merck & Co $17,440
19 Rexall Sundown Inc $17,000
19 Walt Disney Co $17,000
(source: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00009869&cycle=2002)
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FRED THOMPSON (http://thompson.senate.gov)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
In 2002, he was elected to the prestigious Council on Foreign
Relations, an organization that promotes improved understanding of
international affairs through public and private discussion."
(source: http://thompson.senate.gov/about/about.htm)
Senate Watergate Committee, Minority Counsel.
(source: http://www.vote-smart.org)
Chief of Air Operations in Die Hard II movie (he'll be useful for
writing the whitewash script)
(source: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Thompson,+Fred+Dalton)
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RICHARD LUGAR (http://lugar.senate.gov)
Member:
Council on Foreign Relations
(source: http://cfr.org/public/resource.cgi?pers!3770)
"During the 99th Congress (1985-86), Lugar served as chairman
of the Foreign Relations Committee, restoring its power and
eminence and earning the moniker of "most influential
Republican voice in foreign policy on Capitol
Hill," from New York Times journalist R.W. Apple Jr."
"As a Navy ensign in the late 1950s, Lugar served in the highly
sensitive position of naval intelligence briefer. He arose at
2:30 a.m., memorized overnight intelligence reports from around the
globe and summarized them
verbally for Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke, the
CIA Director, cabinet secretaries, and members of Congress."
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There
can be no independent investigation while the people doing the
investigation are not independent.
Original research compiled by John Horne. Edited and supplemented by
Paul Joseph Watson.
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