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Edited on Sat Nov-27-04 09:51 PM by oscar111
Previous thread | Next thread Lobby / Latest General Discussion: Politics Original message Jon8503 (679 posts) Sat Nov-27-04 08:50 PM Original messageSpecial Report:
More on the Buying Of Electoral Votes ONLINE JOURNAL™
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By Wayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing Writer November 26, 2004—
TITLE: Additional information on the buying of vote riggers with Saudi and former Enron funds has been obtained.
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DALLAS THE CENTER: The epicenter for the vote rigging operation is Dallas, Texas, and the operation may involve retired FBI agents who used a well-established "good ole boy" network to arrange for access to polling precincts by electronic voting machine technicians who took advantage of various November 2 security "lockdowns" to illegally alter the tabulation of votes in favor of Bush.
CREDENTIALS OF AGENTS: Some of the retired agents may have used courtesy credentials issued upon retirement to fool unsuspecting polling place workers. The cost of the operation was estimated at $29 million with the money sent via a circuitous network of offshore trust companies and shell activities.
COPY OF HUGE CHECK: This reporter has obtained a copy of a bank check for $29,600,000 that was allegedly sent to cover the cost of the Texas-based vote rigging operation. The check is dated October 22, 2004, and was made payable to "Five Star Investment Ltd.," a trust said to have long connections to Saudi-funded operations in Texas and around the world.
HOUSTON : The payer is identified as "Equity Financial Trust," a Houston-based "brass plate" and post office box entity tied to offshore Cook Islands "folding tent" accounts used to hide away profits amassed by the former Enron as well as Saudi financiers. On October 6, 2004, some two weeks before Equity Financial Trust transferred the money to Five Star Investment Ltd., the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions for Canada listed
Equity Financial Trust, along with Bankers Financial and Security Trust, Falcon Financial and Trust, and Unity Virtual Trust Group as "unauthorized financial institutions."
TORONTO BRANCH: In fact, the check for $29.6 million, which is marked "Not to exceed fifty million dollars," is drawn on the Laurentian Bank of Canada's Toronto branch.
SERIAL ON CHECK: Its serial number is 317675450 3 and the bank number is 23-97/1020. The bank instrument is issued by Integrated Payment Systems, Inc. of Englewood, Colorado, and Bank One, NA, Denver, Colorado.
FALCON: It is noteworthy that a number of companies operated by past Bush campaign contributor Pierre Falcone, under criminal investigation in France for weapons smuggling in Angola, are called "Falcon."
HALIBURTON, CHENEY: Several non-governmental organizations, including Global Witness, have tied Falcone to questionable Halliburton activities when Vice President Dick Cheney headed the firm.
SHORTED PAY: Some of the vote riggers who were guaranteed a minimum payment for their services have started talking about the operation because they did not receive the money they were promised.
AUTHOR: Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist, author and syndicated columnist
WAS IN NSA: who previously served in the National Security Agency during the Reagan administration. He concentrates on national security and intelligence issues.
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