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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Life Imitates Art, Which Imitates Life?

May 21, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditA few weeks ago, I was contacted by a new novelist who also is a successful investment banker. This novelist, HT Narea, shared that his publisher had forwarded him a copy of the Pentagon report, Economic Warfare; Risks and Responses. The amazing thing, he said, were all the parallels with his soon-to-be released novel, The Fund. […]

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Progress in Washington

May 13, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOver the past two years, we have been warning about the threat posed by economic warfare and financial terrorism. We are pleased to acknowledge some good work on the issue by the House Armed Services Committee  that was mentioned in a CNBC interview with Congressman Mac Thornberry of Texas that aired on May 6, 2011. […]

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Was Osama bin Laden an Economic Terrorist?

May 4, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit  Al Qaeda’s supporters are “aware of the cracks in the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their own hands.”   – Osama bin Laden, in a 2001 interview with a Pakistani Journalist http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/ideologies.pdf We have provided a good deal of coverage on the Chinese doctrine of Unrestricted Warfare. With the […]

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