FTR-327 Were We Controlled? (Two 30-minute segments) (Sources are noted in parentheses.) (Recorded on 9/23/2001.)
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Continuing
the analysis of the 9/11/2001 terrorist blitzkrieg, this program analyzes the
suspicious stock market action in the days preceding the attacks. (For more on the attacks of 9/11, see FTR #'s 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331,
332. For more on the unusual stock
market activity in the days preceding the attack, see also: FTR #'s 330, 331.)
1.
The program begins with discussion of allegedly suspicious insider
trading in the stocks of the parent companies of United Air Lines and American
Air Lines in the days immediately preceding the attack. (“Airline Stock Deals
Under U.S. Probe” by Christian Berthelsen; San
Francisco Chronicle; 9/18/2001; pp. A1-A9.)
2.
Activity in the trading of United’s stock was 25 times its normal level
according to Options Clearinghouse Corporation. (Ibid.; p. A9.)
3.
Two online brokerage companies (TD Waterhouse and NFS, a subsidiary of
Fidelity of Boston) are assisting with the investigation. (“Brokers Help Probe” by Christian
Berthelsen; San Francisco Chronicle;
9/21/2001; pp. B1-B4.)
4.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is helping with the deal. (“New Scrutiny of Airlines Options Deals” by
Christian Berthelsen; San Francisco
Chronicle; 9/19/2001; pp. D1—D3.)
5.
Next, the program highlights a rumor of allegedly suspicious action in
the stock of a company controlled by Cantor Fitzgerald, a bond firm that was
devastated in the attack. (“Possibly
Suspicious Trading Alerts U.S., German Officials” by Floyd Norris and Edmund L.
Andrews [New York Times]; San Jose Mercury News; 9/17/2001; p.
4C.)
6.
Some German analysts believe that trading of stock in big insurance
companies was suspicious as well.
(Idem.)
7.
In addition to the transactions noted above, German market analysts
detected what they believed to be unusual and noteworthy action in oil and gold
options. (“Suspicious Trading Seen in
Attacks” by William Drozdiak [Washington
Post]; San Jose Mercury News;
9/23/2001; p. 4A.)
8.
An analysis by the San Francisco
Chronicle found that short selling in the stocks of United and American Air
Lines “outpaced the rise in short selling for all stocks on the New York Stock
Exchange—or other major airline stocks as a group on the Big Board.” (“Data
Shows Heavy Airline—Stock Short Selling” by Christian Berthelsen; San Francisco Chronicle; 9/22/2001; pp.
C1—C2.)
9.
The airline industry found itself facing a severe crisis as a result of
significant changes in insurance coverage in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (“Airline Chaos Looms as Insurers Cancel War
Cover” by the international staff; Financial
Times; 9/21/2001; p. 1.)
10. Most of the second half of the
broadcast consists of analysis of a book that highlights stock market
manipulation in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy. (For more on this subject, see also: RFA#5, FTR-109.)
11. A rare 1967 text discusses a
group of hardened international criminals of German/Argentine background, who
allegedly used sophisticated mind control techniques to assassinate President
Kennedy and collapse the commodities market on the same day. (Were We Controlled?; by Lincoln
Lawrence; Copyright 1967 [HC]; University Books, Inc.; ISBN 67-15098; pp.
21-23.)
12. The deliberately arranged
coincidence of these two events is believed to have earned the group a
half-billion dollars--in 1963, that was worth a lot more than it is today. (Idem.)
“The Group” described in the account bears a strong resemblance to the
Bormann organization that Mr. Emory frequently discusses. (For more on the
Bormann organization, see also: FTR-305 and
the other programs referenced in that broadcast.)
13. Utilizing the technique of
R.H.I.C./E.D.O.M., the perpetrators manipulated Anthony (Tino) De Angelis,
owner of the Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corporation, order to
scandalize the commodities market. (Ibid.; pp. 105-106.)
14. Allied was selected because
its collapse would affect more than fifty banks and because of its connection
to the Bunge corporation, an Argentine based commodities trading firm that was
among the most important in the world.
(Ibid.; pp. 107-108.)
15. Next, the program delineates
a “grain caper” in which between three and five million dollars was netted by
the conspirators. It is believed that
this sum constituted the “walking around” money by the conspirators. (Ibid.; p. 117.)
16. The broadcast then sets
forth details about the Bunge Corporation, the powerful commodities firm that
possessed an ultra-modern communications network that was essential for the
split-second financial manipulations necessary to effect the conspiracy. (Ibid.; pp. 118-121.)
17. Following discussion of Were We Controlled, the program
highlights the fate of the personalities who brought the story into print. The book was written by radio personality
Art Ford, who was used as a “cutout” by “”Lincoln Lawrence” (a nom de plume.) (The
Man Who Knew Too Much; by Dick Russell; Copyright 1992 [HC]; Carroll &
Graf; ISBN 0-88184-900-6; p. 676.)
18. Martin Scheiman, the lawyer
used by “Lawrence” to pay out royalties was found shot in the head after the
book was published (a supposed suicide.)
(Ibid.; p. 677.) Damon Runyon
Jr., who wrote the story up in an unpublished article for the National Enquirer also allegedly
committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.
(Idem.)
19. Researcher Mary Ferrell
believed a similarly grim fate ultimately befell “Lawrence” and that Art Ford
also felt his life to be in danger. (Ibid.;
pp. 677-678.)
20. Next, the program discusses
apparent links between the Bin Laden organization and an underworld milieu in
Ciudad del Este—an area where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet. (“Paraguay Outpost Seen as Hardliner Hideout”
by Thomas Catan; Financial Times;
9/21/2001; p. 8.)
21. Finally, the program
concludes with an article about the Republicans’ blocking of a bill introduced
by the Clinton administration that would have traced the Bin Laden financial
conduits. (“Roadblocks Cited In Efforts
to Trace Bin Laden’s Money” by Tim Weiner and David Cay Johnston; New York Times; 9/20/2001; pp.
A1-B2.) (See also: G#’s1-4, RFA #’s 5, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15, 37, Miscellaneous Archive Shows M3, M4, M29, M37, M20, M30, M38, M59, as well as FTR #’s 8,
19, 21, 46, 47, 54, 62, 63, 76, 104, 115, 116, 133, 142, 158, 168, 188, 190,
191, 228, 236, 244, 246, 253.)
(Recorded on 9/23/2001.)