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9/11 Was a Revenue Enhancement Project

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | September 20, 2020

After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, US Military spending declined rapidly – see chart below.  The Neocons and the US Military Industrial Complex needed a new bad guy to scare US taxpayers. A group of Neocons (William Kristol and Robert Kagan) formed the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) in 1997 to come up with a solution.  PNAC proclaimed “the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.”   At the time, few realized that the new Pearl Harbor would go-live September 11, 2001.

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BTW, Robert Kagan is married to the lady (Victoria Nuland) who ran the violent regime change in Ukraine for the Obama State Department.

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Was 9/11 PNAC’s “New Pearl Harbor”?

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | Jan 03, 2016

Pearl Harbor and 9/11 Memorials

Pearl Harbor and 9/11 Memorials

What is PNAC?  PNAC stands for Project for the New American Century.  It was founded by William Kristol and Robert Kagan in 1997 and dissolved in 2006.   Interesting to note the amazing list of signatories below and that Robert Kagan’s wife Victoria Nuland is Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State.  Victoria was recorded talking to U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, on January 28, 2014 where she said “F*CK the EU“.  The Mass Media generally focused on her scandalizing use of a curse word, but neglected to report on the important part of the recording where it was revealed that she and Pyatt were running the regime change in Ukraine while the Media dutifully blamed Putin’s so called aggression.   If you want to listen to the entire conversation, just search on YouTube for Nuland and Pyatt or listen to the link below.

So what was PNAC?  It was a Washington think tank who said that we need a ‘New Pearl Harbor’ to transform America, Rebuilding America’s Defenses; Creating Tomorrow’s Dominant Force using new technologies and operational concepts.  They lamented though … that this transformation of American armed forces through “new technologies and operational concepts” was likely to be a long one, “absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.”

from Wikipedia:

Of the twenty-five people who signed the PNAC’s founding statement of principles, ten went on to serve in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz. Observers such as Irwin Stelzer and Dave Grondin have suggested that the PNAC played a key role in shaping the foreign policy of the Bush Administration, particularly in building support for the Iraq War

The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was a neoconservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that focused on United States foreign policy. It was established as a non-profit educational organization in 1997, and founded by William Kristol and Robert Kagan. The PNAC’s stated goal was “to promote American global leadership”. The organization stated that “American leadership is good both for America and for the world,” and sought to build support for “a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity”

Rebuilding America’s Defenses

Written before the September 11 attacks, and during political debates of the War in Iraq, a section of Rebuilding America’s Defenses entitled “Creating Tomorrow’s Dominant Force” became the subject of considerable controversy. The passage suggested that the transformation of American armed forces through “new technologies and operational concepts” was likely to be a long one, “absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.” Journalist John Pilger pointed to this passage when he argued that Bush administration had used the events of September 11 as an opportunity to capitalize on long-desired plans.

from Joe Plummer: “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” report from the PNAC site circa 2004 and later posted at the link below. Anyone interested can search the PDF for “Pearl Harbor” (no quotes) to find the oft-cited admission that such an event would speed their plans along. You can also search “transcends” if you want to find out why they demonized Saddam Hussein after 9/11. (Hint: It had nothing to do with him. They wanted to project “American force” into the Gulf region regardless of whether or not he was in power.) http://tree3.com/rebuilding.pdf

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The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline | James Perloff

Listen: Victoria Nuland Says F*CK The E.U. in Leaked Phone Call

 

A Small World After All: from Fannie Mae to 9/11

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | April 7, 2015

Robert Kagan (CFR)

Robert Kagan (CFR)

The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was founded in 1997 by William Kristol and CFR member  Robert Kagan. It was disbanded in 2006. Robert Kagan is married to Victoria Nuland the current Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State. She is the one –you might recall– who was caught on the phone planning the replacement government in Kiev after the US-backed coup in Ukraine in February, 2014. The media dutifully focused all attention on Victoria’s “F**k the EU” comment and ignored the important fact that it was the USA who was behind the Ukrainian coup  as this tape clearly shows.

BTW, prior to the February 2014 over-throw of the democratically elected government in Ukraine, the CIA had spent $5 billion to foment unrest in Ukraine to facilitate this putsch in Kiev. This tinkering by the Nuland gang, has cost the lives of thousands of innocent, Russian-speaking men, women and children in the Donbass area of Ukraine.

Now back to Victoria’s husband’s project called PNAC: Notice this interesting quote from PNAC prior to 9/11:… the transformation of American armed forces through “new technologies and operational concepts” was likely to be a long one, “absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.[emphasis mine]   Of the twenty-five people who signed the PNAC’s founding statement of principles, ten went on to serve in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz. Notice that PNAC expresses a need for a new Pearl Harbor. The obvious question is: Was 9/11 their ‘New Pearl Harbor’?

In the November/December 1998 edition of the CFR’s magazine called Foreign Affairs, you will notice numerous references to CIA-backed Usama bin Ladin, Catastrophic Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center all prior to 9/11.  Prior to 9/11 all the necessary ingredients were clearly on the CFR’s radar being telegraphed or put into the pot for cooking.

In this same November/December 1998 edition there is an article entitled Catastrophic Terrorism: Tackling the New Danger by Ashton B. Carter, John Deutch, and Philip Zelikow (CFR) which is of particular interest considering this was prior to 9/11.

Philip Zelikow (CFR)

Philip Zelikow (CFR)

And let us not forget that Philip Zilakow (CFR) –author of the above article– was the executive director of the 9/11 Commission report who had many conflicts of interests and was caught calling the WH –which was not permitted– many times during the ‘Investigation’ and he was also caught trying to cover up these calls…and is credited with limiting the scope of the investigation.

 

From Rense.com: In 1998, Zelikow actually wrote Catastrophic Terrorism about imagining “the transformative event” three years before 9/11. Here are Zelikow’s 1998 words; Readers should imagine the possibilities for themselves, because the most serious constraint on current policy [nonaggression] is lack of imagination. An act of catastrophic terrorism that killed thousands or tens of thousands of people and/or disrupted the necessities of life for hundreds of thousands, or even millions, would be a watershed event in America’s history. It could involve loss of life and property unprecedented for peacetime and undermine Americans’ fundamental sense of security within their own borders in a manner akin to the 1949 Soviet atomic bomb test, or perhaps even worse. Constitutional liberties would be challenged as the United States sought to protect itself from further attacks by pressing against allowable limits in surveillance of citizens, detention of suspects, and the use of deadly force. More violence would follow, either as other terrorists seek to imitate this great “success” or as the United States strikes out at those considered responsible. Like Pearl Harbor, such an event would divide our past and future into a “before” and “after.” The effort and resources we devote to averting or containing this threat now, in the “before” period, will seem woeful, even pathetic, when compared to what will happen “after.” Our leaders will be judged negligent for not addressing catastrophic terrorism more urgently.

And let us not forget that the World Trade Center was attacked by an FBI operative in 1993 –with FBI foreknowledge and help.  There is no question that the FBI was complicit in this first World Trade Center attack.  The obvious question is: “Was the FBI orchestrated attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, just a trial run?”

Being well-connected … that would be Jamie … though she had no experience… she was a key player in the Fannie Mae debacle and the 9/11 report… what did she do worth $26 million?

9/11 Commission | Jamie Gorelick lower right

Jamie Gorelick, while serving in the Department of Justice under the Clinton administration, developed the policy (the “wall memo”) that prevented communication between various government law enforcement and intelligence agencies, specifically the FBI and CIA. She also is on the board of United Technologies. Gorelick’s firm has agreed to represent Prince Mohammed al Faisal in the suit by the 9/11 families. The families contend that al Faisal has legal responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.

Even though she had no previous training nor experience in finance, Gorelick was appointed Vice Chairman of Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) from 1997 to 2003. She served alongside former Clinton Administration official Franklin Raines. During that period, Fannie Mae developed a $10 billion accounting scandal.

On March 25, 2002, Business Week interviewed Gorelick about the health of Fannie Mae. Gorelick is quoted as saying, “We believe we are managed safely. We are very pleased that Moody’s gave us an A-minus in the area of bank financial strength – without a reference to the government in any way. Fannie Mae is among the handful of top-quality institutions.” One year later, Government Regulators “accused Fannie Mae of improper accounting to the tune of $9 billion in unrecorded losses”.

In an additional scandal concerning falsified financial transactions that helped the company meet earnings targets for 1998, a “manipulation” that triggered multimillion-dollar bonuses for top executives, Gorelick received $779,625.

Investigation by the OFHEO detailed in their official report on the accounting scandal in 2006 on page 66 that from 1998 to 2002 Gorelick received a total of $26,466,834.00 in income.

Macedonia: Kiev Version 2.0

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | February 17, 2015

Top U.S. diplomat Victoria Nuland meets with Tyahnybok and Yatsenyuk weeks before they were handed power under Ukraine’s new US-backed interim government in Kiev Version 1.0:

nuland-ukraine-ldrsThe brilliant and very plugged-in Wayne Madsen provides us additional details on the US State Department’s next regime change in the article linked below.   Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, was working on Kiev Version 2.0 in Skopje, Macedonia when she got caught. Her target this time must have learned from Kiev Version 1.0.   The US assembled the same cast of characters as they did in the Ukraine coup including the infamous George Soros. It is interesting to note that Victoria’s husband Robert Kagan co-founded PNAC. Small world, eh? This tells me that Victoria has a lot more invested in these regime changes than her government paycheck.

“Nuland has been charged by Macedonian intelligence with conspiring with Zaev of the Macedonian Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), the former Communist Party that has been thoroughly co-opted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Soros operative. Also charged in the attempted putsch against Gruevski is Radmila Sekerinska. Zaev and Sekerinska are said by Macedonian insiders to be nothing more than fronts for former Prime Minister and President Branko Crvenkovski who continues to head up the SDSM and accept large amounts of largesse from such CIA NGO laundry operations as the National Democratic Institute (NDI), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Freedom House, and Soros’s Open Society Institute (OSI) to foment a themed revolution against Gruevksi’s right-of-center VMRO-DPMNE government.”  Wayne Madsen

Macedonia
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia

Nuland attempts Kiev Version 2.0 in Skopje by Wayne MADSEN

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