Draft of March 20, 2018 Word count: 8,106 Chapter 4. The China Connection In January and again in March 2000, I traveled to China to launch an education-centric business model designed to provide an exclusive Internet portal into China for education. The initial reach was 235 million schoolchildren, their families and their communities. Nokia committed $150 million with another $100…
Draft of March 8, 2018 Word count: 5,436 Chapter 6. The Iran Connection In 1986, Barry Weingart shut me out of AlphaBase Systems, Inc the software firm that he and I co-founded along with South African Julien Bentel. Barry knew who I was. When I sued him for my equity interest in AlphaBase, Michigan attorney Robert Kuhr was retained as…
Draft of March 8, 2018 Word count: 11,144 Chapter 3. The Indonesia Connection Israeli Pre-staging of 9/11 & Tel Aviv’s Alliance with Beijing On March 18, 2001, I met in Jakarta with Lt. General Arie Kumaat, head of Indonesian intelligence. Arie knew that Israeli operatives were imbedded in our intelligence agencies, in the Pentagon, and within our diplomatic corps.…
TO: Steve Kerr CC: Mark Cuban FROM: James M. (“Mel”) Rockefeller RE: We Need to Meet DATE: December 26, 2016 The article in The New York Times made it clear we should meet. Dr. Glenn Olds knew and admired your father. Glenn was my mentor from 1994…
