Draft of Nov. 13, 2017 Word count: 7,370 by Mel Rockefeller with Jeff Gates The crisis in Saudi Arabia confirms how those who produced the Trump presidency are using the Office of the President to advance Israeli goals. I’m confident that Israelis know they are the real target of the investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Skilled as…
— by James M. (“Mel”) Rockefeller with Jeff Gates More than a half-century ago, my father Nelson Rockefeller, then serving his first of four terms as Governor of New York (1959-1973), saw that education would be democracy’s “last line of defense” against those he described as sharing a “tireless genius for crisis.” The August 12th crisis in Charlottesville offers a…
TO: The Honorable Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense The Honorable John Kelly, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. General H.R. McMaster, National Security Adviser CC: The Honorable Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State…
TO: The Honorable Jerry Brown CC: Lt. General H.R. McMaster, National Security Adviser James Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation President Vladimir Putin c/o Russian embassy Selvi Stanislaus, Executive Officer, Franchise Tax Board David Maharaj, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Los Angeles Times FROM: James M. (“Mel”) Rockefeller RE: Pending Liabilities for the State of California; Suggested Path Forward…
