Bill Shannon: Here is some data on CFR and can all these people keep a secret? In 1970 I was asked to join the International Platform Association founded by Daniel Webster - Jean Dixon was a member and was to be first speaker at this one affair - for that was when I nailed her on a soothsaying without license charge.....former heads of CIA were in this group, Rather, Cronkite, one guy I met and used to know when young, General Edwin Booth who was friend to my brother in law, head of Task Force in Europe - and many writers, for they sent you a monthly copy of Writers Digest, etc. I ran one ad, right beside an ad for Nixon, for he was a member. This group was founded by Daniel Webster and anyone whose name was submitted had to have been a person who had spoken out....at the time Glen Seborg head of Atomic Energy Commission headed it up, and Lowell Thomas, etc. Only person in this area according to my friend the Editor of the old Citizen Journal, Sam Perdue, was Novis Fawcett, President of OSU at the time, that he knew of who was member - they sent out a little press release that I had been asked to join.....guess my name had been put up by this Shakespearian actor for he was only one I knew in it.... So one day I was invited on a charter plane to fly to England and be present when the group on plane presented son of Winston Churchill with a plaque......only cost $300 but I decided joining these groups was like - well I was at bottom of this pyramid and why pay out the membership fee to just sit in a room with some people who are supposedly important to some, when some of them I knew to be a bunch of bums....my main interest was conspiracy that killed JFK and you get into these groups - like inviting labor union head to CFR - they are all so impressed with these people, they lose sight of what they began. When I subscribed to Foreign Affairs in the 70 period it was headed up by Bayless Manning, and the publication was so dull - banking stuff, etc....nothing secret for like masonic order, those at the bottom - well you reach the top in degrees. Colin Powell is member of CFR - he is now secretary of state. Do not think they would let a guy like Rush Limbaugh in, and his name does not appear to be on this list and I am not sure when he became popular, as I watched him once, long enough to change the station. Now when the admitted labor leaders such as Jerry Wurf, of AFSCME AFL CIO, I knew then what it was......remember Clinton telling Jimmy Hoffa in Seattle -he we want you in? They want everybody in do the not and it seems the only names you will NEVER find in this group, are the names of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan....neither were members. You find Kissinger of course and Albright and like this International Platform Association, when one goes out and attacks some of these people you receive an invitation to join them - I had a book that was to be published - then we were told to keep the advance, but no deal - too hot to handle. And the person with whom I worked - who was to rewrite, etc., an MI6 - had many best selling books - but this one almost destroyed her. Oh to sit in a room wth Princes as I have done, and be invited to be with such people - well, I had always met such people and therefore when I was young did not realize the stature of some....... So Bill, Rush Limbaugh - back in 1960 period was when I discovered with this right - left scenario, that these shows ike Point Counterpoint, te script was writiten by same man, taking opposing views - one for each extreme, and you were to pick a side. Managed news, managed candidates - no matter how iliterate or stupid a guy is, he can be made to look good if he keeps his mouth shut....... Managed Presidents....at least Clinton had some wit about him, and George Bush brought his dog with him to the visit - cute little puppy and what he will need is an attack dog. So this roster is composed of those who probably are still members if not dead. Can all these people really keep a secret or do certain ones attain great heights to the Eagles Nest? Now who would want to destroy al these pepole - Americans have had it pretty good for a long time for if Colin Powell can make it out of Harlem, why can't Jesse Jackson - but then Powell is Jamaican, isn't he. Saba Roster of CFR/Trilateral Comminnsion Members Members of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission dominate key positions in America's government, military, industries, media outlets and educational foundations and institutions. The following is a partial list of current CFR members and the positions of influence they hold in society. The CFR's membership is limited to 3,000, and there are only 325 Trilateral Commission members. CFR = Member of the Council on Foreign Relations TC = Member of the Trilateral Commission BB = Member of the Elite Bilderbergs TOP OF THE PYRAMID: David Rockefeller, Chairman Emeritus Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations 58 E. 68th St. New York, NY 10021 Phone (212) 734-0400 Fax (212) 861-1789 Paul Volker, North American Chairman of the Trilateral Commission 345 E. 46 St. New York, NY 10017 Phone (212) 661-1180 President of the United States of America William Clinton -- CFR, TC, BB Asst. Sec. for Administration, United Nations Dick Thornburgh -- CFR National Security Advisor Anthony Lake -- CFR Vice President of the United States of America Albert Gore, Jr. -- CFR Secretary Of State Warren Christopher -- CFR Secretary Of Defense Lee Aspin (Deceased)-- CFR Chairman Joint Chiefs Of Staff Colin L. Powell -- CFR Director Central Intelligence Agency James Woolsey -- CFR Chairman, Council of Economics Advisors Laura Tyson -- CFR Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen -- Former CFR, BB Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt -- CFR Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros -- CFR Secretary of Health & Human Services Donna Shalala -- CFR, TC JUDICIARY: Sandra Day O'Connor, Assoc. Justice, U.S. Supreme Court -- CFR Steve G. Breyer, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Boston -- CFR Ruth B. Ginsburg, U.S. Court Of Appeals, Wash., DC Circuit -- CFR Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Wash., DC Circuit -- CFR U.S. INSTITUTE FOR PEACE: John Norton Moore, Chairman -- CFR Elspeth Davies Rostow, Vice Chairman -- CFR Samuel W. Lewis, President -- CFR John Richardson, Counselor -- CFR David Little, Senior Scholar -- CFR William R. Kintner, Director -- CFR W. Scott Thompson, Director -- CFR OFFICE OF U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE: Gary R. Edson, Chief of Staff & Counselor -- CFR Joshua Bolten, General Counsel -- CFR Daniel M. Price, Dep. General Counsel -- CFR TREASURY DEPARTMENT: Roger Altman, Deputy Sec. -- CFR Robert R. Glauber, Under Sec., Finance -- CFR David C. Mulford, Under Sec., Intntl Affairs -- CFR Robert M. Bestani, Dep Asst Sec., Intntl. Monetary Affairs -- CFR J. French Hill, Dep. Asst. Sec., Corp Finance -- CFR John M. Niehuss, Dep. Asst. Sec., Intntl. Monetary Affairs -- CFR OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: (Ended in '95) Joshua Lederberg, V. Chmn Adv. Counc. -- CFR John H. Gibbons, Director -- CFR Lewis M. Branscomb, Adv. Council -- CFR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: James M. Strock, Asst. Adm., Enforcement And Compliance -- CFR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: Leonard H. Robinson, Jr., President -- CFR WHITE HOUSE STAFF: George Stephanopoulos, Director, Communications -- CFR Willian J. Crowe, Chief Foreign Intelligence Advisory Bd. -- CFR Nancy Soderberg, Staff Director, National Secuity Council -- CFR Samuel R. Berger, Deputy Advisor, National Security -- CFR W. Bowman Cutter, Deputy Assistant, National Economic Council -- CFR OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET: Alice Rivlin, Deputy Director -- CFR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK: John D. Macomber, President & Chairman -- CFR Eugene K. Lawson, 1st VP & Vice Chairman -- CFR Rita M. Rodriguez, Director -- CFR Hart Fessenden, General Council -- CFR OFFICE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: William R. Graham, Jr., Science Advisor to President & Director -- CFR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: James H. Billington, Librarian, Chmn. Trust Fund Board -- CFR Ruth Ann Stewart, Asst. Librarian National Programs -- CFR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: Frank H. T. Rhodes, Bd. Of Directors -- CFR James B. Holderman, Bd. Of Directors -- CFR D. Allen Bromley, Bd. Of Directors -- CFR U.S. ARMS CONTROL & DISARMAMENT AGENCY: Thomas Graham, Jr., General Council -- CFR William Schneier, Chmn., General Advisory Council -- CFR Richard Burt, Negotiator On Strategic Defense Arms -- CFR David Smith, Negotiator, Defense & Space -- CFR FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER: William W. Schwarzer, Director -- CFR DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Madeleine Albright, UN Amabassador -- CFR Clifton Wharton, Jr., Deputy Sec. -- CFR Lynn Davis, Under Sec. for International Security Affairs -- CFR, TC Brandon H. Grove, Dir. of Foreign Service Institute -- CFR H. Allen Holms, Asst. Sec., Bureau Of Politico-Military Affairs -- CFR John H. Kelly, Asst. Sec., Near East-South Asian Affairs -- CFR Alexander F. Watson, Deputy Rep., United Nations -- CFR Jonathan Moore, UN Mission -- CFR Joseph Verner Reed, Chief of Protocol -- CFR Dennis B. Ross, Director, Policy Planning Staff -- CFR Edward Perkins, Dir. of Personnel -- CFR Abraham David Sofaer, Legal Advisor -- CFR Peter Tanoff, Under Sec. for Political Affairs -- CFR, TC Brian Atwood, Under Sec. For Management -- CFR Joan E. Spero, Under Sec. Eco. & Ag. Affairs -- CFR George E. Moose, Asst. Sec. African Affairs -- CFR Winston Lord, Asst. Sec., East Asian & Pacific Affairs -- CFR, TC Stephen A. Oxman, Asst. Sec., European Affairs -- CFR Timothy E. Wirth, Counselor -- CFR DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- AMBASSADORS: Strobe Talbott (Special Advisor For CIS) -- CFR Thomas R. Pickering (Russia) -- CFR Morton I. Abramowitz (Turkey) -- CFR Michael H. Armacost (Japan) -- CFR Shirly Temple Black (Czechoslovakia) -- CFR Julia Chang Bloch (Nepal) -- CFR Henry E. Catto, Jr. (Great Britain) -- CFR Frances Cook (Camaroon) -- CFR Edward P. Djerejian (Syria) -- CFR Geoge E. Moose (Senegal) -- CFR John D. Negroponte (Mexico) -- CFR Edward N. Ney (Canada) -- CFR Robert B. Oakley (Pakistan) -- CFR Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr. (Tunisia) -- CFR Christopher H. Phillips (Brunei) -- CFR Nicholas Platt (Phillipines) -- CFR James W. Spain (Maldives & Sri Lanka) -- CFR Terence A. Todman (Argentina) -- CFR Frank G. Wisner II (Egypt) -- CFR Warren Zimmerman (Yugoslavia) -- CFR UNITED STATES CONGRESS -- SENATORS: David L. Boren (D-OK) -- CFR William Bradley (D-NJ) -- CFR John H. Chafee (R-RI) -- CFR, TC William S. Cohen (R-ME) -- CFR, TC Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) -- CFR Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) -- TC Bob Graham (D-FL) -- CFR Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) -- CFR George J. MiTChell (D-ME) -- CFR Claiborne Pell (D-RI) -- CFR Larry Pressler (R-SD) -- CFR Charles S. Robb (D-VA) -- CFR, TC John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WV) -- CFR, TC William Roth, Jr. (R-DE) -- CFR, TC UNITED STATES CONGRESS -- REPRESENTATIVES: Howard L. Berman (D-CA) -- CFR Thomas S. Foley (D-WA) -- CFR Sam Gejdenson (D-CT) -- CFR Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO) -- CFR Newton L. Gingrich (R-GA) -- CFR Lee H. Hamilton (D-IN) -- TC Amory Houghton, Jr. (R-NY) -- CFR Nancy Lee Johnson (R-CT) -- CFR Jim Leach (R-IA) -- TC John Lewis (D-GA) -- CFR Robert T. Matsui (D-CA) -- CFR Dave K. Mccurdy (D-OK) -- CFR Eleanor Homes Norton (D-DC) -- CFR Thomas El Petri (R-WI) -- CFR Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) -- TC Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo (D-PR) -- CFR Patricia Schroeder (D-CO) -- CFR Peter Smith (R-VT) -- CFR Olympia J. Snow (R-ME) -- CFR John M. Spratt (D-SC) -- CFR Louis Stokes (D-OH) -- CFR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (PAST & PRESENT - PARTIAL LIST): Alan Greenspan, ChairmaN -- CFR, TC E. Gerald Corrigan, V. Chmn./Pres. NY Fed. Res. Bank -- CFR Richard N. Cooper, Chmn. Boston Fed. Res. Bank -- CFR Sam Y. Cross, Manager, Foreign Open Market Acct. -- CFR Robert F. Erburu, Chmn. San Francisco Fed. Res. Bank -- CFR Robert P. Forrestal, Pres. Atlanta Fed. Res. Bank -- CFR Bobby R. Inman, Chmn., Dallas Fed. Res. Bank -- CFR, TC Robert H. Knight, Esq. -- CFR Steven Muller -- CFR John R. Opel -- CFR Anthony M. Solomon -- CFR, TC Edwin M. Truman, Staff Dir. International Finance -- CFR Cyrus R. Vance -- CFR Paul Volcker -- CFR, TC BANKING INSTITUTIONS: Chase Manhattan Corp.: Thomas G. Labrecque, Chairman & CEO -- CFR, TC Robert R. Douglass, Vice Chairman -- CFR Willard C. BuTCher, Dir. -- CFR Richard W. Lyman, Dir. -- CFR Joan Ganz Cooney, Dir. -- CFR David T. Mclaughlin, Dir. -- CFR Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., Dir. -- CFR Henry B. Schacht, Dir. -- CFR Chemical Bank: Walter V. Shipley, Chairman -- CFR Robert J. Callander, President -- CFR William C. Pierce, Executive Officer -- CFR Randolph W. Bromery, Dir. -- CFR Charles W. Duncan, Jr., Dir. -- CFR George V. Grune, Dir. -- CFR Helen L. Kaplan, Dir. -- CFR Lawrence G. Rawl, Dir. -- CFR Michael I. Sovern, Dir. -- CFR Richard D. Wood, Dir. -- CFR Citicorp: John S. Reed. Chairman -- CFR William R. Rhodes, Vice Chairman -- CFR Richard S. Braddock, President -- CFR John M. DeuTCh, Dir. -- CFR Clifton C. Garvin, Jr., Dir -- CFR C. Peter Mccolough, Dir. -- CFR Rozanne L. Ridgeway, Dir. -- CFR Franklin A. Thomas, Dir. -- CFR First City Bancorp, Texas: A. Robert Abboud, CEO -- CFR Morgan Guaranty: Lewis T. Preston, Chairman -- CFR Bankers Trust New York Corporation: Charles S. Stanford, Jr., Chairman -- CFR Alfred Brittain III, Dir. -- CFR Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Dir -- CFR Richard L. Gelb, Dir. -- CFR Patricia Carry Stewart, Dir. -- CFR First National Bank of Chicago: Barry F. Sullivan -- TC Manufacturers Hanover Directors: Cyrus Vance -- CFR G. Robert Durham -- CFR George B. Munroe -- CFR Marina V. N. Whitman -- CFR, TC Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. -- CFR Bank America: Andrew F. Brimmer, Dir. -- CFR Ignazio E. Lozano, Jr., Dir. -- CFR Ruben F. Mettler, Dir. -- CFR Securities & Exchange Commission: Michael D. Mann, Dir. International Affairs -- CFR LABOR UNION LEADERS: Jay Mazur, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union -- CFR, TC Jack Sheinkman, Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union -- CFR Albert Shanker, Pres., American Federation Of Teachers -- CFR, TC Glen E. Watts, Communication Of Workers Of America -- CFR, TC U.S. MILITARY: Department Of Defense: Les Aspin, Secretary of Defense -- CFR Frank G. Wisnerll, Under Secretary for Policy -- CFR Henry S. Rowen, Asst. Sec., International Security Affairs -- CFR Judy Ann Miller, Dep. Asst. Sec. Nuclear Forces & Arms Control -- CFR W. Bruce Weinrod, Dep. Asst. Sec., Europe & NATO -- CFR Adm. Seymour Weiss, Chairman, Defense Policy Board -- CFR Charles M. Herzfeld, Dir. Defense Research & Engineering -- CFR Andrew W. Marshall, Dir., Net Assessment -- CFR Michael P. W. Stone, Secretary of the Army -- CFR Donald B. Rice, Secretary of the Air Force -- CFR Franklin C. Miller, Dep. Asst. Sec. Nuclear Forces & Arms Control -- CFR Allied Supreme Commanders: 1949-52 Eisenhower -- CFR 1952-53 Ridgeway -- CFR 1953-56 Gruenther -- CFR 1956-63 Norstad -- CFR 1963-69 Lemnitzer -- CFR 1969-74 Goodpaster -- CFR 1974-79 Haig -- CFR 1979-87 Rogers -- CFR, TC Superintendents of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point: 1960-63 Westmoreland -- CFR 1963-66 Lampert -- CFR 1966-68 Bennett -- CFR 1970-74 Knowlton -- CFR 1974-77 Berry -- CFR 1977-81 Goodpaster -- CFR CFR Military Fellows, 1991: Col. William M. Drennan, Jr., USAF -- CFR Col. Wallace C. Gregson, USMC -- CFR Col. Jack B. Wood, USA -- CFR CFR Military Fellows, 1992: Col. David M. Mize, USMC -- CFR Col. John P. Rose, USA -- CFR Joint Chiefs of Staff: Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman -- CFR Gen. Carl E. Vuono, Army -- CFR Gen. John T. Chain, Co Sac -- CFR Gen. Merril A. Mcpeak, Co Pac AF -- CFR Lt. Gen. George L. Butler, Dir. Strategic Plans & Policy -- CFR Lt. Gen. Charles T. Boyd, Com. Air Univ. -- CFR Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, AF Inspector General -- CFR Secretaries of Defense: 1957-59 Mcelroy -- CFR 1959-61 Gates -- CFR 1961-68 McNamara -- CFR, TC 1969-73 Laird -- CFR 1973-75 Richardson -- CFR, TC 1975-77 Rumsfeld -- CFR 1977-80 Brown -- CFR, TC 1980-88 Weinberger -- CFR, TC 1988- Carlucci -- CFR 1988- Cheney -- CFR Additional Military: Mg R.C. Bowman -- CFR Bg F. Brown -- CFR Lt Col W. Clark -- CFR Adm Wm. Crowe -- CFR Col P. M. Dawkins -- CFR V. Adm. Thor Hanson -- CFR Col W. Hauser -- CFR Maj R. Kimmitt -- CFR Gen W. Knowlton -- CFR V. Adm J. Lee -- CFR Col D. Mead -- CFR Mg Jack Merritt -- CFR Gen E. Meyer -- CFR Col Wm. E. Odom -- CFR Col L. Olvey -- CFR Col Geo. K. Osborn -- CFR Mg J. Pustay -- CFR Lg E.L. Rowny -- CFR Capt Gary Sick -- CFR Mg De Witt Smith -- CFR Bg Perry Smith -- CFR Ltg Wm. Y. Smith -- CFR Col W. Taylor -- CFR Adm S. Turner -- CFR Mg J. Welch -- CFR Gen J. Wickham -- CFR MEDIA: CBS: Laurence A. Tisch, CEO -- CFR Roswell Gilpatric -- CFR James Houghton -- CFR, TC Henry Schacht -- CFR, TC Dan Rather -- CFR Richard Hottelet -- CFR Frank Stanton -- CFR NBC/RCA: John F. Welch, CEO -- CFR Jane Pfeiffer -- CFR Lester Crystal -- CFR, TC R.W. Sonnenfeidt -- CFR, TC John Petty -- CFR Tom Brokaw -- CFR David Brinkley -- CFR John Chancellor -- CFR Marvin Kalb -- CFR Irving R. Levine -- CFR Herbert Schlosser -- CFR Peter G. Peterson -- CFR John Sawhill -- CFR ABC: Thomas S. Murphy, CEO -- CFR Barbara Walters -- CFR John Connor -- CFR Diane Sawyer -- CFR John Scall -- CFR Public Broadcast Service: Robert Mcneil -- CFR Jim Lehrer -- CFR C. Hunter-Gault -- CFR Hodding Carter III -- CFR Daniel Schorr -- CFR Associated Press: Stanley Swinton -- CFR Harold Anderson -- CFR Katharine Graham -- CFR, TC Reuters: Michael Posner -- CFR Baltimore Sun: Henry Trewhitt -- CFR Washington Times: Arnaud De Borchgrave -- CFR Children's TV Workshop (Sesame Street): Joan Ganz Cooney, Pres. -- CFR Cable News Network: W. Thomas Johnson, Pres. -- TC Daniel Schorr -- CFR U.S. News & World Report: David Gergen -- TC New York Times Co.: Richard Gelb -- CFR William Scranton -- CFR, TC John F. Akers, Dir. -- CFR Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Dir. -- CFR George B. Munroe, Dir. -- CFR Donald M. Stewart, Dir. -- CFR Cyrus R. Vance, Dir. -- CFR A.M. Rosenthal -- CFR Seymour Topping -- CFR James Greenfield -- CFR Max Frankel -- CFR Jack Rosenthal -- CFR John Oakes -- CFR Harrison Salisbury -- CFR H.L. Smith -- CFR Steven Rattner -- CFR Richard Burt -- CFR Flora Lewis -- CFR Time, Inc.: Ralph Davidson -- CFR Donal M. Wilson -- CFR Henry Grunwald -- CFR Alexander Heard -- CFR Sol Linowitz -- CFR Thomas Watson, Jr. -- CFR Strobe Talbott -- CFR Newsweek/Washington Post: Katharine Graham -- CFR N. Deb. Katzenbach -- CFR Robert Christopher -- CFR Osborne Elliot -- CFR Phillip Geyelin -- CFR Murry Marder -- CFR Maynard Parker -- CFR George Will -- CFR, TC Robert Kaiser -- CFR Meg Greenfield -- CFR Walter Pincus -- CFR Murray Gart -- CFR Peter Osnos -- CFR Don Oberdorfer -- CFR Dow Jones & Co (Wall Street Journal): Richard Wood -- CFR Robert Bartley -- CFR, TC Karen House -- CFR National Review: Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. -- CFR Readers Digest: George V. Grune, CEO -- CFR William G. Bowen, Dir. -- CFR Syndicated Columnists Geogia Anne Geyer -- CFR Ben J. Wattenberg -- CFR ENERGY COMPANIES: Exxon Corporation Lawrence G. Rawl, Chairman -- CFR Lee R. Raymond, President -- CFR, TC Jack G. Clarke, Sr., Vice President -- CFR Randolph W. Bromery, Dir. -- CFR D. Wayne Calloway, Dir. -- CFR Texaco Alfred C. Decrane,Jr., Chairman -- CFR John Brademas, Dir. -- CFR, TC Willard C. BuTCher, Dir. -- CFR William J. Crowe, Jr., Dir. -- CFR, TC John K. Mckinley, Dir. -- CFR Thomas S. Murphy, Dir. -- CFR Atlantic Richfield-Arco: Hannah H. Gray, Dir. -- CFR Donal M. Kendall,Dir. -- CFR, TC Henry Wendt, Dir. -- TC Shell Oil Co.: Frank H. Richardson, CEO -- CFR Rand V. Araskog, Dir. -- CFR, TC Mobil Corp.: Allan E. Murray, Chairman & President -- CFR, TC Lewis M. Branscomb, Dir. -- CFR Samuel C. Johnson, Dir. -- TC Helene L. Kaplan, Dir. -- CFR Charles S. Sanford, Jr., Dir. -- CFR Tenneco, Inc.: James L. Ketelsen, Chairman -- CFR W. Michael Blumenthal, Dir. -- CFR Joseph J. Sisco, Dir. -- CFR INDUSTRY: General Motors Corp.: Marina V.N. Whitman, VP -- CFR, TC Anne L. Armstrong, Dir. -- CFR Marvin L. Goldberger, Dir. -- CFR Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., Dir. -- CFR Dennis Weatherstone, Dir. -- CFR Leon H. Sullivan, Dir. -- CFR Thomas H. Wyman, Dir. -- CFR Ford Motor Company: Clifton R. Wharton, Dir. -- CFR Roberto C. Goizueta, Dir. -- CFR GE/NBC Corp.: John F. Welch, Jr. Chairman -- CFR David C. Jones -- CFR Lewis T. Preston -- CFR Frank H.T. Rhodes -- CFR Walter B. Wriston -- CFR Deere & Co: Hans W. Becherer, Chairman/CEO -- CFR IBM: John F. Akers, Chairman -- CFR C. Michael Armstrong, Sr. VP -- CFR Amtrak: William S. Norman, Executive VP -- CFR AT&T: Robert E. Allen, Chairman & CEO -- CFR Randall L. Tobias, Vice Chairman -- CFR Louis V. Gerstner, Dir. -- CFR Juanita M. Kreps, Dir. -- CFR Donald F. Mchenry, Dir. -- CFR Henry B. Schacht, Dir. -- CFR Michael I. Sovern, Dir. -- CFR Franklin A. Thamas, Dir. -- CFR Rawleigh Warner, Jr., Dir. -- CFR Thomas H. Wyman, Dir. -- CFR Chrysler Corp.: Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Dir. -- CFR Peter A. Magowan, Dir. -- CFR American Express Co.: James D. Robinson,Ceo -- CFR Joan Edelman Spero -- TC Anne L. Armstrong -- CFR William G. Bowen -- CFR Charles W. Duncan, Jr. -- CFR Richard M. Furlaud -- CFR Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. -- CFR, TC Henry A. Kissinger -- CFR, TC Frank P. Popoff -- CFR Robert V. Roosa -- CFR Joseph H. Williams -- CFR BUSINESS & INDUSTRY LEADERS Richard D. Wood, CEO, Eli Lily & Co -- CFR Richard M. Furlaud, CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co -- CFR Frank Peter Popoff, CEO, Dow Chemical Co. -- CFR Charles Peter McColough, Chmn Ex. Comm, Xerox -- CFR Rozanne L. Ridgewar, Dir., 3M, RJR Nabisco, Union Carbide -- CFR Ruben F. Mettler, Former CEO, TRW, Inc. -- CFR Henry B. Schacht, CEO, Cummins Engines -- CFR Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., CEO, Pfizer, Inc. -- CFR Rand V. Araskog, CEO, ITT Corp. -- CFR, TC W. Michael Blumenthal, Chairman, Unisys Corp. -- CFR Joseph John Sisco, Dir., Geico, Raytheon, Gillette -- CFR J.Fred Bucy, Former Pres, CEO, Texas Instruments -- CFR Paul A. Allaire, Chairman, CEO, Xerox Corp. -- TC Dwayne O. Andreas, Chairman, CEO, Archer Midland Daniels -- TC James E. Burke, Chairman, CEO Em., Johnson & Johnson -- TC D. Wayne Calloway, Chairman, CEO, Pepsico -- TC Frank C. Carlucci, Vice Chmn., The Carlyle Group -- TC Lynn E. Davis, VP, Dir., Rand Corp -- TC Stephen Friedman, Sr., VP, Co-Chairman, Goldman, Sachs -- TC Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Chairman, CEO, RJR Nabisco -- TC Joseph T. Gorman, Chairman, Pres, CEO, TRW Inc. -- TC Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman, CEO, American International Group -- TC Robert D. Hass, Chairman, CEO, Levi Strauss -- TC David J. Hennigar, Chairman, Crownx, Vice Chairman, Crown Life -- TC Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Int. -- TC James R. Houghton, Chairman, CEO, Corning Inc. -- TC Donald R. Keough, President, CEO, The Coca Cola Co. -- TC Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Assoc. -- TC Whitney Macmillan, Chairman, CEO, Cargill, Inc. -- TC Robert S. McNamara, Former President, The World Bank -- TC William D. Ruckershaus, Chairman, CEO, Browning-Ferris Ind. -- TC David Stockman, Gen Partner, The Blackstone Group -- CFR Henry Wendt, Chmn, Smith Kline Beecham -- TC EDUCATION: University Professors: Graham Allison, Prof. Of Gov., Harvard Univ. -- TC Zbigniew Brzezinski, Prof., Johns Hopkins -- TC Gerald L. Curtis, Prof. Poli Sci, Columbia Univ. -- TC Martin S. Feldstein, Prof. Econ, Harvard Univ. -- TC Richard N. Gardner, Prof. Law, Columbia Univ. -- TC Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Prof. Int'l Affairs, Harvard Univ. -- TC Robert D. Putnam, Prof. Politics, Havard Univ. -- TC Henry Rosovsky, Prof. Harvard Univ. -- TC Geoge P. Shultz, Hon. Fellow, Stanford Univ. -- TC Lester C. Thorow, Dean, Sloan School if Mgmt., MIT -- TC Paul Volcker, Prof. Int'l Econ., Princeton Univ -- TC College & University Presidents: Robert H. Edwards, Bowdoin College -- CFR Vartan Gregorian, Brown University -- CFR Hanna Holbom Gray, University of Chicago -- CFR Joseph S. Murphy, City Univ. of NY -- CFR Michael I. Sovern, Columbia Univ. -- CFR Frank H.T. Rhodes, Cornell University -- CFR James T. Laney, Emory University -- CFR Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare, Fordham Univ. -- CFR Thomas Ehrlich, Indiana Univ. -- CFR Steven Muller, Johns Hopkins Univ. -- CFR Alice S. Iichman, Sarah Lawrence College -- CFR Edward T. Foote, II, University Of Miami -- CFR S. Frederick Starr, Oberlin College -- CFR, TC Joseph Duffey, Chans., Univ. Of Mass. -- CFR John M. DeuTCh, Institute Professor, MIT -- CFR, TC Lester C. Thurow, Dean, Sloan Sch., MIT -- CFR Bernard Harleston, City College of NY -- CFR John Brademus, New York University -- CFR, TC Wesley W. Posvar, University of Pittsburg -- CFR Harold T. Shapiro, Princeton University -- CFR Charles W. Duncan, Jr., Chmn, Rice University -- CFR Dennis O'Brien, Univ. Of Rochester -- CFR David Baltimore, Rockefeller University -- CFR Donald Dennedy, Stanford University -- CFR Richard Wall Lyman, Pres. Em., Stanford -- CFR Hans M. Mark, Chancellor, Univ. of Texas -- CFR Robert H. Donaldson, Univ. of Tulsa -- CFR Stephen J. Trachtenberg, George Washington Univ. -- CFR William H. Danforth, Washington University, St. Louis -- CFR John D. Wilson, Washington & Lee University -- CFR Nannerl O. Keohane, Wellesley University -- CFR This list was supplied by F.R.E.E. (Fund to Restore an Educated Electorate) and is non-copyrighted educational material. It may be reprinted and reproduced in newspapers, newsletters, books and magazines. Fund To Restore An Educated Electorate P.O. Box 33339 Kerrville, Tx. 78029 downloaded from Parascope's Web Site Sources: 1) The United States Government Manual 1991/92, Office of the Federal Register - National Archives and Records Administration. 2) Standard And Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives 1991 3) Annual Report 1991/92, The Council On Foreign Relations, Pratt House, New York City The Council on Foreign Relations and the New World Order By Charles Overbeck (PSCPirhana) Matrix Editor The Council on Foreign Relations, housed in the Harold Pratt House on East 68th Street in New York City, was founded in 1921. In 1922, it began publishing a journal called Foreign Affairs. According to Foreign Affairs' web page (http://www.foreignaffairs.org), the CFR was founded when "...several of the American participants in the Paris Peace Conference decided that it was time for more private American Citizens to become familiar with the increasing international responsibilities and obligations of the United States." The first question that comes to mind is, who gave these people the authority to decide the responsibilities and obligations of the United States, if that power was not granted to them by the Constitution. Furthermore, the CFR's web page doesn't publicize the fact that it was originally conceived as part of a much larger network of power. According to the CFR's Handbook of 1936, several leading members of the delegations to the Paris Peace Conference met at the Hotel Majestic in Paris on May 30, 1919, "to discuss setting up an international group which would advise their respective governments on international affairs." The Handbook goes on to say, "At a meeting on June 5, 1919, the planners decided it would be best to have separate organizations cooperating with each other. Consequently, they organized the Council on Foreign Relations, with headquarters in New York, and a sister organization, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, also known as the Chatham House Study Group, to advise the British Government. A subsidiary organization, the Institute of Pacific Relations, was set up to deal exclusively with Far Eastern Affairs. Other organizations were set up in Paris and Hamburg..." The 3,000 seats of the CFR quickly filled with members of America's elite. Today, CFR members occupy key positions in government, the mass media, financial institutions, multinational corporations, the military, and the national security apparatus. Since its inception, the CFR has served as an intermediary between high finance, big oil, corporate elitists and the U.S. government. The executive branch changes hands between Republican and Democratic administrations, but cabinet seats are always held by CFR members. It has been said by political commentators on the left and on the right that if you want to know what U.S. foreign policy will be next year, you should read Foreign Affairs this year. The CFR's claim that "The Council has no affiliation with the U.S. government" is laughable. The justification for that statement is that funding comes from member dues, subscriptions to its Corporate Program, foundation grants, and so forth. All this really means is that the U.S. government does not exert any control over the CFR via the purse strings. In reality, CFR members are very tightly affiliated with the U.S. government. Since 1940, every U.S. secretary of state (except for Gov. James Byrnes of South Carolina, the sole exception) has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and/or its younger brother, the Trilateral Commission. Also since 1940, every secretary of war and every secretary of defense has been a CFR member. During most of its existence, the Central Intelligence Agency has been headed by CFR members, beginning with CFR founding member Allen Dulles. Virtually every key U.S. national security and foreign policy adviser has been a CFR member for the past seventy years. Almost all White House cabinet positions are occupied by CFR members. President Clinton, himself a member of the CFR, the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg Group, employs almost one hundred CFR members in his administration. Presidents come and go, but the CFR's power--and agenda--always remains. The CFR's Shroud of Secretcy On its web page, the CFR boasts that its magazine, Foreign Affairs, "is acclaimed for its analysis of recent international developments and for its forecasts of emerging trends." It's not much of a challenge to do so, though, when you play a part in determining what those emerging trends will be. This point is underscored a paragraph later on their web page: "Perhaps best known for the history-making "X" article by George Kennan, that defined Cold War containment policy, a recent Foreign Affairs article by Harvard's Samuel Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations?" has already helped define the post-Cold War debate." So are they predicting trends or creating them? The answer is fairly obvious to anyone who has earnestly reflected on the matter. The CFR fancies itself to represent a diverse range cultural and political interests, but its members are predominantly wealthy males, and their policies reflect their elitist biases. The CFR attempts to maintain the charade of diversity via its Non-Attribution Rule, which allows members to engage in "a free, frank, and open exchange of ideas" without fear of having any of their statements attributed in public. The flip side of this, obviously, is a dark cloud of secrecy which envelopes the CFR's activities. CFR meetings are usually held in secret and are restricted to members and very select guests. All members are free to express themselves at meetings unrestrained, because the Non-Attribution Rule guarantees that "others will not attribute or characterize their statements in public media forums or knowingly transmit them to persons who will," according to the Council on Foreign Relations' 1992 Annual Report. The report goes on to forbid any meeting participant "to publish a speaker's statement in attributed form in any newspaper; to repeat it on television or radio, or on a speaker's platform, or in a classroom; or to go beyond a memo of limited circulation." The end result is that the only information the public has on the CFR is the information they release for public consumption, which should send up red flags for anyone who understands the immense effect that CFR directives have on America's foreign policy. The public knows what the CFR wants the public to know about the CFR, and nothing more. There is one hole in the fog of secrecy, however: a book entitled Tragedy and Hope, written by an "insider" named Dr. Carroll Quigley, mentor of Bill Clinton. Tragedy and Hope: The Global Elite Dr. Quigley knew a lot about the behind-the-scenes work of global power because he was a part of that power network for most of his life. In his book, Tragedy and Hope, Quigley states: "I know of the operations of this network because I have studied it for twenty years and was permitted for two years, in the early 1960's, to examine its papers and secret records. I have no aversions to it or to most of its aims and have, for much of my life, been close to it and to many of its instruments. I have objected, both in the past and recently, to a few of its policies ... but in general my chief difference of opinion is that it wishes to remain unknown, and I believe its role in history is significant enough to be known." The "Hope" in the title of Quigley's book represents the thousand-year reign of a collectivist one-world society which will be created when the "network" achieves its goal of world government. Quigley believed that the "network" is so powerful at this point that resistance by the common people is futile. Hence, those who resist the schemes of the globalist planners represent the "Tragedy." By Dr. Quigley's logic, there is no point in struggling against the noose around our necks, because resistance will merely guarantee strangulation. Dr. Quigley identified the "network" as the "international bankers," men who were "different from ordinary bankers in distinctive ways: they were cosmopolitan and international; they were close to governments and were particularly concerned with questions of government debts...; they were almost exclusively devoted to secrecy and the secret use of financial influence in political life. These bankers came to be called international bankers, and, more particularly, were known as merchant bankers in England, private bankers in France, and investment bankers in the United States." The core of control, according to Dr. Quigley, resides in the financial dynasties of Europe and America who exercise political control through international financial combines. The primary tactic of control is lending money at high interest to governments and monarchs during times of crisis. An example of this is the current national debt in the U.S., which is at five trillion dollars right now. Every penny of it is owed to the Federal Reserve, a corporation comprised of thirteen private banks. According to Dr. Quigley, the Council on Foreign Relations is one of several front organizations set up by the network's inner circle to advance its schemes. The ultimate goal: a New World Order. CFR and the New World Order According to State Department Publication 2349, submitted by secretary of State and CFR member Edward Stettinius, a committee on "post-war problems" was set up before the end of 1939 at the suggestion of the CFR. In other words, two years before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the CFR was planning how to order the world after the war ended. In 1946, the Rockefeller Foundation spent almost $140,000 to produce a history of how the United States entered World War II. This history was intended to counter "revisionist" historians who argued that the U.S. was "tricked" into the war by the Roosevelt Administration. The Rockefeller family has always taken a lead role in the CFR. In the 1960s, while American men and women were dying in the jungles of Vietnam and while the military/industrial complex was sucking trillions of dollars out of American taxpayers' wallets, the Rockefeller dynasty was financing Vietnamese oil refineries and aluminum plants. If there had ever been a formal declaration of war, the Rockefellers could be tried for treason. Instead, they reaped dividends. These are just a few of the abuses of power which demonstrate the results of the power elite's manipulations of our destiny as a society. If you've ever wondered why you don't hear about this network of power, just take a look at the CFR's membership roster (posted online in ParaScope). Many of the chief executives and newspeople at CBS, NBC/RCA, ABC, the Public Broadcast Service, the Associated Press, the New York Times, Time magazine, Newsweek, the Washington Post, and many other key media outlets are CFR members. Even if these members of the media's elite had the inclination to report on what they saw and heard at CFR meetings, they are prevented from doing so by the Non-Attribution Rule. To put this in perspective: many of the people who are trusted to provide information about national and world politics are deliberately withholding crucial information from the public because of membership in a secretive globalist organization. This organization has taken it upon itself to participate in the manufacturing of a new vision for humanity, and dissidence will not be tolerated. If you believe the words of Carroll Quigley, all resistance is futile and doomed to failure. If you believe the rhetoric of internationalists in our own government, the current "trend towards isolationism" will result in a loss of American hegemony in the New World Order, leaving the United States a wrecked Third World wasteland. World government can come in time, piece by piece, arrived at through the full participation and consensus of the human beings who will be affected by the negotiations. But the idea of the world's elite determining what path that the common herd should follow is repulsive to the human spirit. The story of the CFR goes far deeper than this brief report, and is interlocked with several other international power groups. International power orgs depend on the masses remaining ignorant for their plans to come to fruition. It's up to you to do your own research and draw your own conclusion. But remember: there's a hell of a lot more to the story than Dan Rather will ever tell you. Educate yourself, or remain a passive consumer. The choice is entirely yours. Sources Council on Foreign Relations/Foreign Affairs web pages: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/ http://www.psi.com/ChapterOne/foreignaffairs/ The Council on Foreign Relations. Annual Report, 1991/92. New York: Pratt House, 1992. Shoup, Laurence H. and Minter, William. "Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy." New York: Monthly Review Press, 1977. Quigley, Dr. Carroll. "Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time." Korten, David C. "When Corporations Rule the World." Kumarian Press, Inc. and Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. (co-publishers), 1995. Kah, Gary H. "En Route to Global Occupation." Lafayette, Louisiana: Huntington House Publishers, 1991. Ross, Robert Gaylon Sr. Who's Who of the Elite: Members of the Bilderbergs, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, and Skull & Bones Society. San Marcos, Texas: Ross International Enterprises, 1995. Bloom, Howard L. "The New World Order and the Insiders." Memorable CFR member Quotes Often times, the best way to expose something is to quote it. Nothing so succinctly expresses the goals and directives of the globalist conspiracy quite like a few good quotes from some of their more prominent CFR members. We'll start it off with a quote from the Chief Counsel to Congress' Reece Committee, which investigated the CFR during the 1950s: "The Council on Foreign Relations, another member of the international complex, financed by the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations, overwhelmingly propagandizes the globalist concept. This organization became virtually an agency of the government when World War II broke out. The Rockefeller Foundation had started and financed certain studies known as The War and Peace Studies, manned largely by associates of the Council; the State Department, in due course, took these Studies over, retaining the major personnel which the Council on Foreign Relations had supplied." --Rene A. Wormser, Chief Counsel to the Reece Committee "The Council on Foreign Relations is the American branch of a society which originated in England ... [and] ... believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one-world rule established." --Dr. Carroll Quigley, CFR member, college mentor of President Clinton, author of "Tragedy and Hope" "... the powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences." --Dr. Carroll Quigley, "Tragedy and Hope," 1966 "I know of this network because I have studied it for twenty years and was permitted for two years in the early 1960s to examine its papers and secret records. I have no aversion to it or to most of its aims and have, for much of my life, been close to it and to many of its instruments. I have objected, both in the past and recently, to a few of its policies ... but in general my chief difference of opinion is that it wishes to remain unknown, and I believe its role in history is significant enough to be known." --Dr. Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope "As a teenager, I heard John Kennedy's summons to citizenship. And then, as a student, I heard that call clarified by a professor I had named Carroll Quigley." --President Clinton, in his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, 16 July 1992 "In the economic-technological field, some international cooperation has already been achieved, but further progress will require greater American sacrifices. More intensive efforts to shape a new world monetary structure will have to be undertaken, with some consequent risk to the present relatively favorable American position." --Zbigniew Brzezinski, CFR member and founding member of the Trilateral Commission, and National Security Advisor to five presidents "The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities." --Zbigniew Brzezinski "[There must be] some dilution of sovereignty, to the immediate disadvantage of those nations which now possess the preponderance of power ... the establishment of a common money, might be vested in a body created by and responsible to the principal trading and investing people. This would deprive our government of exclusive control over a national money." --John Foster Dulles, CFR founder, former Secretary of State, 1939 "There must be a thoroughgoing reform of the world monetary system ... For its part, I can assure you, the United States will continue to rise to its world responsibilities, joining with other nations to create and participate in a modern world economic order." --President Richard Nixon, CFR member, 1972
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