Chinese Comments Echo Our Concerns

July 11, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit  In our immediately preceding post, we referenced how Italy was in the crosshairs and how the United States would follow. Seems as if the Chinese are on the same page. As our largest creditor nation, that’s a problem. This is from a July 1st post on Foreign Affairs: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/30/you_call_greece_a_crisis_try_the_us_says_china “A day after the […]

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Italy in the Crosshairs; It’s Only a Matter of Time…

July 11, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe focus of the European Sovereign Debt Crisis has shifted to Italy from Greece. This story continues primarily because of Credit Default Swaps and other economic weaponry. In fact, Jim Cramer this morning commented on CNBC that the same mechanisms used to attack Lehman Brothers in 2008 are at work today. This fits the 3-phase […]

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All That Glitters….Why Gold is not the (only) Answer

July 1, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOne of the questions that comes up most often in a discussion of Global Economic Warfare is:             How do I protect my investments?The answer most often provided is a “leap of faith” call to sell everything and exclusively buy GOLD. While owning gold can be good advice to a point, there are a number of important […]

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Terrorists are Not Ignorant Cave Dwellers

July 1, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOne of the arguments offered against the financial terrorism hypothesis has been that “they can’t even make a decent shoe bomb so there’s no way they could conduct a bear raid on the markets.” That was basically said by an otherwise intelligent Congressional staffer in a recent meeting. The thought behind the premise is […]

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Hacked! When will we start to defend America’s computers?

June 29, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditRichard Miniter is the author of the New York Times best-seller “Losing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton’s Failures Unleashed Global Terror” and of “Mastermind: The Many Faces of the 9-11 Architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.” Miniter’s website is www.richardminiter.com. Last week (June 23), Miniter published an article titled HACKED! When will we start to defend America’s computers? […]

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Is China at War with the USA?

June 28, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Several months ago, I was invited to write an article for The Counter Terrorist Magazine. It appears as the Cover Story in the August / September 2011 issue just released. This is a powerful publication aimed at law enforcement and national defense. They have a substantial readership both in and out of the […]

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The Risks Remain

June 28, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe highly respected publication, The Economist, published an article on June 2 that outlines continuing risks in the U.S. financial markets. The article is titled “America’s dodgy financial plumbing,” and outlines the risks of naked short selling in its various forms. The article is very clear that “unsettled trades” have the potential for systemic risks. […]

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Europe’s Lehman?

June 16, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe price of Credit Default Swaps on Greek Debt have reached all-time high levels according to a Bloomberg report today: Greece Credit-Default Swaps Surge to Record 2,189 Basis Points By Abigail Moses – Jun 16, 2011 The cost of insuring against default on Greek, Irish and Portuguese government debt surged to records, driving a gauge […]

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Our Economic Vulnerability

June 15, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditBarely a day goes by without further evidence in open sources regarding the huge economic vulnerability we have. Here are a few recent examples: 1)  From Real News Real Fast Financial Warfare: Why Our Enemies Would WANT To Buy Our Debt            Date: Jun 06 2011 8:13 AM   written by Blaise Ingoglia For the better part of the […]

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The Risk of a “Splash Crash”

June 2, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOne of the serious problems we face is the disconnect between financial market understanding and national security expertise. This has been a major educational challenge over the past few years. We have documented that America’s competitors dont see a gap between the economy and warfare. In fact, they see the two as intricately intertwined. […]

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