[…] Brown and Root had underpaid taxes on stood at $1,099,944. They faced paying a penalty of 50%, with the additional danger that they could be charged with fraud. The dangers for Johnson were evident: publicity about the case could have ended his career. Johnson saw President Roosevelt in January 1944 to discuss the case. […]
[…] CIA now derided the whole project as a ‘scam’ and a ‘bunch of hocus-pocus’. Even Azzam, the DEA’s Task Force representative, thought it ‘stunk’.(34) But this obvious fraud did not deter North from playing the long odds in Lebanon with the Druze informant. In a June 7, 1985 memorandum to Robert MacFarlane, North advised […]
[…] the USA against Venezuela in March – terrorists and drugs and nukes – reported straight by most of the major media, has been deconstructed into the crude fraud it always looked like.(12) Reading the original stories you can almost hear the dialogue in some office in Washington: ‘Hey, our media bought it in Iraq, […]
[…] “the road-kill of history”‘. That from a descendent of slaves! Beyond parody A story in The Daily Telegraph, 15 August 2002, ‘Bush Anti-Corruption Chief Accused of Account Fraud’ began: ‘President Bush’s efforts to clean up corporate America were dealt an embarrassing blow last night when the man charged with leading his new anti-corruption task […]
[…] I distrust any and all stories and conclusions that have been conveyed. I hope you will entertain no further doubts about my views.’ Shapiro says Oeschler a fraud I had already contacted retired RADM Shapiro, former head of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) on 3 August 1991. Asked if he had ever met […]
[…] reasonable doubt, every lingering question as to what happened in Dallas and who was responsible….Every detail and nuance are accounted for, every conspiracy theory revealed as a fraud on the American public. Bugliosi’s irresistible logic, command of the evidence, and ability to draw startling inferences shed fresh light on this American nightmare. At last […]
[…] a rigged sample evidently intended to provide support for a larger campaign – the floundering ‘War on Drugs’). Labour figures moved to distance themselves from the attempted fraud. Campaign manager Peter Mandelson announced that ‘I have made clear……. that nothing of the kind should ever happen again.’ Blair himself was at pains to add: […]
[…] coterie. The values they espouse and their conduct reflect the world that New Labour inhabits and has, in part, created. Mills has been investigated by the Serious Fraud Office; and his sister-in-law Dame Barbara Mills was head of this office until just prior to his investigation. Mills was for many years an adviser to […]
[…] This target appeared just seconds before TWA 800 blows up. Several controllers actually reported that it was a missile.'(23) Initially the Russell tape was discounted as a fraud but when it was authenticated the FBI immediately confiscated it.(24) An APA investigator described an extraordinary scene to Russell when he arrived at the TWA 800 […]
[…] article in Sir James Goldsmith’s magazine NOW!. This dealt in depth with an allegation made in Der Spiegel (June 1963) that Strauss had been involved in a fraud when he was a Minister. Strauss was later exonerated but as a result of the notorious ‘Spiegel Affair’ Strauss’ hopes of becoming Chancellor were dashed. Crozier’s […]
