— by Mel Rockefeller with Jeff Gates First, let’s be clear about who produced the political career of John McCain and why. Only then can we assess his behavior as a pliable and reliable asset of those who induced us to wage a disastrous war in Iraq and now seek to take us to war in Iran. The origins of…
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Chapter 6. Money, Democracy and the Great Divide
Excerpt from Guilt By Association—How Democracy and Self-Deceit Took America to War (2008) The issue of economics is not something I have understood as well as I should. I’ve got Greenspan’s book. —John McCain[1] Like many others, John McCain fails to grasp the harm done in the name of “economics.” Nor does he comprehend what other nations have endured at…
Chapter 4. The China Connection
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…
Chapter 5. The Poland Connection
Draft of March 20, 2018 Word count: 8,882 Chapter 5. The Poland Connection In July 2003, Russian-Jewish oligarch and mega-thief Mikhail Khodorkovsky, CEO of Yukos Oil, attended the annual telecom conference sponsored by Allen & Co. in Sun Valley, Idaho. Allen & Co. is owned largely by two brothers.[1] One brother financed Connecticut-based Westbrook Technologies, a firm that hired me…
Chapter 6. The Iran Connection
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…
Chapter 2. John McCain and Organized Crime in Arizona
Ten thousand Jews are selling booze without the law’s permission To fill the needs of a million Swedes who voted Prohibition. —Elliott Wadsworth The trans-generational influence of organized crime on the U.S. presidency will be chronicled in the forthcoming Criminal State series. Guilt by Association focuses primarily on the organized crime lineage that positioned the current candidates for the White…