1990s
The 1990s contain 195 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-31 | Yeltsin Resigns, Oligarchs Elevate Putin to President: KGB Officer Chosen to Protect 'The Family' Transforms Russia into Kleptocracy
5 src Boris Yeltsin · Vladimir Putin · Boris Berezovsky · Vladimir Gusinsky · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1999-12-27 | Club New York shooting involving Diddy creates kompromat opportunity
4 src Sean Combs · Jennifer Lopez · Shyne · NYPD · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1999-11-20 | Wassenaar Arrangement Cryptography Provisions Liberalized, US Export Controls Follow
3 src Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat · Department of Commerce · William Daley · William Reinsch · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-11-12 | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Retroactively Legalizes Citigroup Merger, Repeals Glass-Steagall
6 src President Bill Clinton · Phil Gramm · Jim Leach · Thomas Bliley Jr · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1999-11-05 | President's Working Group Recommends Exempting $80 Trillion Derivatives Market from Regulation
4 src Lawrence Summers · Robert Rubin · Alan Greenspan · Arthur Levitt · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1999-10-26 | Robert Rubin Joins Citigroup for $126 Million After Engineering Glass-Steagall Repeal
4 src Robert Rubin · Citigroup · Sandy Weill · Goldman Sachs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-09-01 | CIA Establishes In-Q-Tel as Revolutionary Venture Capital Arm
3 src Central Intelligence Agency · George Tenet · Gilman Louie · Norman Augustine · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-09-01 | Fannie Mae Eases Credit Requirements Under HUD Affordable Housing Pressure
3 src Fannie Mae · Franklin Raines · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Andrew Cuomo · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1999-08-09 | Putin Appointed Prime Minister by Yeltsin
3 src Vladimir Putin · Boris Yeltsin | confirmed | |
| 1999-07-02 | Lawrence Summers Becomes Treasury Secretary, Accelerates Derivatives Deregulation Campaign
4 src Lawrence Summers · Bill Clinton · Robert Rubin · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-04-27 | DARPA's Brian Sharkey Coins "Total Information Awareness" at DARPATech Conference
3 src Brian Sharkey · John Poindexter · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Syntek Technologies | confirmed | |
| 1999-04-06 | Abramoff and Reed Formalize Tribal Money Laundering Subcontractor Scheme
3 src Jack Abramoff · Ralph Reed · Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians · Century Strategies · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1999-04-05 | NSA Launches NSANet Classified Network Consolidation, Fort Meade Reaches "Crypto City" Scale
3 src Michael Hayden · National Security Agency · Barbara McNamara | confirmed | |
| 1999-03-25 | Long-term Geopolitical Consequences of IMF Structural Adjustment
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Development Bank · Emerging Asian Economies · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1999-02-15 | Time Magazine Celebrates "Committee to Save the World" While They Block Derivatives Regulation
4 src Robert Rubin · Lawrence Summers · Alan Greenspan · Time Magazine · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-02-12 | Senate Acquits President Clinton on Both Impeachment Articles
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Senate · Senate Republicans · Senate Democrats | confirmed | |
| 1999-01-25 | IMF Concludes Comprehensive Structural Adjustment in Southeast Asia
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Governments · Multinational Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-01-01 | Cellebrite Founded in Israel to Develop Mobile Phone Data Transfer Technology
3 src Cellebrite · Avi Yablonka · Yaron Baratz · Yuval Aflalo | reported | |
| 1999-01-01 | Trump Launches Model Management Agency with Systematic Visa Violations
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Model Management · Alexia Palmer · Rachel Blais | confirmed | |
| 1998-12-31 | Asian Financial Crisis: Comprehensive Economic Transformation
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Multinational Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-12-19 | House of Representatives Impeaches President Clinton on Perjury and Obstruction Charges
4 src Bill Clinton · House Republicans · Kenneth Starr | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-30 | NSA's Menwith Hill Station UK Expansion Completed, Reaches 1,200+ Personnel and Peak ECHELON Capacity
4 src National Security Agency · Government Communications Headquarters · Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-28 | Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 512: Safe Harbor Provisions Create Dual System of Corporate Protection and Individual Vulnerability
4 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Copyright Office · Google · YouTube · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-27 | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: Disney Lobbying Creates 'Mickey Mouse Protection Act,' Extending Corporate Rent Extraction by 20 Years
4 src Walt Disney Company · Bill Clinton · Time Warner · Universal · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-07 | Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion
3 src President Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · University of Phoenix · Career Education Corporation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-01 | Electronic Industries Alliance Blacklisting - K Street Project Enforcement
3 src Tom DeLay · Newt Gingrich · Dave McCurdy · Bill Paxon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-30 | NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
4 src NationsBank · BankAmerica · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-23 | Federal Reserve Orchestrates $3.6 Billion Bailout of Long-Term Capital Management to Prevent Systemic Collapse
3 src William McDonough · Alan Greenspan · John Meriwether · Long-Term Capital Management · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-01 | Federal Reserve Grants Citigroup Temporary Waiver for Glass-Steagall Violation
10 src Federal Reserve · Alan Greenspan · Citicorp · Travelers Group · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-01 | Narus Founded, Israeli-Origin Deep-Packet-Inspection Firm Becomes NSA Infrastructure Supplier
3 src Narus Inc. · Ori Cohen · Stas Khirman · National Security Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-08-17 | Russia Defaults on Debt and Abandons Ruble Defense: Largest Sovereign Default in History Caps Decade of Economic Devastation
4 src Boris Yeltsin · Sergei Kiriyenko · International Monetary Fund · Central Bank of Russia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-30 | IMF Finalizes Systematic Economic Transformation of Southeast Asian Economies
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Indonesian Government · Thai Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-30 | McKinsey Leverages Asian Financial Crisis for Consulting Expansion
3 src McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Thailand Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-15 | Corporate Exploitation of Asian Financial Crisis Structural Adjustment
3 src Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-12 | McKinsey Advises Comprehensive Asian Market Restructuring During Financial Crisis
3 src McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Southeast Asian Governments | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-12 | South Korea Completes IMF-Mandated Economic Restructuring
4 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · South Korean Government · Chaebol Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-18 | DOJ Files Microsoft Antitrust Suit, Establishes Tech Monopoly Precedent
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Microsoft Corporation · Bill Gates · Joel Klein · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-07 | Brooksley Born's Derivatives Regulation Warning Systematically Suppressed
4 src Brooksley Born · Robert Rubin · Lawrence Summers · Alan Greenspan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-07 | Coordinated Regulatory Opposition Suppresses CFTC Derivatives Oversight Inquiry
4 src Brooksley Born · Alan Greenspan · Robert Rubin · Arthur Levitt · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-01 | ALEC Adopts Paycheck Protection Act to Defund Democratic Party by Restricting Union Political Activity
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corporate donors · state Republican legislators · Scott Walker | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-01 | Sandline "Arms-to-Africa" Scandal: UK Parliamentary Inquiry Tests PMC Accountability and Finds It Wanting
2 src Tim Spicer · Sandline International · Robin Cook · Tony Blair · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-04-06 | Citicorp-Travelers $70 Billion Merger Directly Violates Glass-Steagall Act
3 src Citicorp · Travelers Group · Federal Reserve Board · Sandy Weill · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-04-03 | American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Outlines Climate Disinformation Strategy
5 src American Petroleum Institute · Randy Randol · ExxonMobil · Chevron · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-04-01 | American Petroleum Institute Drafts Secret Climate Denial Strategy Document
3 src American Petroleum Institute · ExxonMobil · Chevron · Southern Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-03-15 | McKinsey and International Organizations Outline Restructuring Strategy for Asian Markets
3 src McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Multinational Corporations | confirmed | |
| 1998-02-15 | McKinsey Develops Corporate Restructuring Strategy for Asian Markets
3 src McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Corporate Leaders | confirmed | |
| 1998-02-07 | James Dobson Threatens to Lead Evangelical Exodus from GOP: Focus on the Family Demonstrates Political Leverage
2 src James Dobson · Focus on the Family · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 1998-02-05 | IMF and World Bank Coordinate Massive Corporate Restructuring in Asian Markets
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Corporate Leadership · Asian Governments | confirmed | |
| 1998-02-05 | McKinsey Strategizes Corporate Capture in Asian Markets During Financial Crisis
3 src McKinsey & Company · World Bank · International Monetary Fund · Multinational Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-17 | Monica Lewinsky Affair Becomes Public as Clinton Issues Denial
3 src Bill Clinton · Monica Lewinsky · Kenneth Starr | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-15 | IMF Forces Massive Corporate Restructuring in South Korea
5 src International Monetary Fund · South Korean Government · Chaebol Corporations · World Bank · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | ALEC's 'Economic Impact Statement Act' Uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to Kill Environmental Regulations
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Environmental Agencies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | CIA Begins Developing In-Q-Tel Concept -- Intelligence Community Plans Entry Into Venture Capital
4 src George Tenet · Central Intelligence Agency · Sue Gordon · Ruth David · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | Deutsche Bank Loans Trump $2.5 Billion Despite Russian Money Laundering and Red Flags
4 src Deutsche Bank · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Russian Oligarchs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-12-01 | Kroll Associates Merges with O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt, Expanding Into Full-Service Security and Intelligence Firm
4 src Jules Kroll · Kroll Associates · O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt · Kroll-O'Gara Company | confirmed | |
| 1997-11-21 | FDA Modernization Act Accelerates Drug Approvals and Expands Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Under Pharma Pressure
3 src Bill Clinton · PhRMA · Food and Drug Administration · James Jeffords | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-24 | IMF Structural Adjustment Policies Implemented in Asian Economies
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Goldman Sachs · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-23 | IMF Imposes Harsh Structural Adjustment on Indonesia
3 src International Monetary Fund · Indonesian Government · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-15 | IMF Imposes Radical Structural Adjustment on Indonesia
5 src International Monetary Fund · Suharto Government · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-04 | Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" Rally Fills National Mall: Masculine Christianity as Political Infrastructure
2 src Bill McCartney · Promise Keepers | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | 287(g) Program Created, Deputizing Local Police for Immigration Enforcement
3 src U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Local law enforcement agencies | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | FBI Begins Development of Carnivore/DCS1000 Internet Surveillance System
4 src Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Marcus Thomas · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-09-01 | USAID Cancels Harvard Russia Project After Discovering Shleifer and Hay Used Insider Positions to Profit from Russian Investments
4 src Andrei Shleifer · Jonathan Hay · Harvard Institute for International Development · United States Agency for International Development · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-19 | UPS Strike Ends in Rare Labor Victory, Teamsters Win Part-Time Worker Protections
3 src United Parcel Service · International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Ron Carey · AFL-CIO | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly
3 src Boeing · McDonnell Douglas · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Program Reaches $44 Billion Total Cost
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-07-02 | Thai Baht Collapses, Triggering Asian Financial Crisis
3 src Thai Central Bank · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-06-01 | NSA Creates Signals Intelligence Automation Research Center, Binney and Wiebe Lead Bulk-Collection Technical Design
4 src William Binney · J. Kirk Wiebe · Ed Loomis · National Security Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-03-09 | Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles, Diddy's control through chaos
5 src Notorious B.I.G. · Sean Combs · Bad Boy Records · LAPD | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes
16 src State Legislatures · American Legislative Exchange Council · The Sentencing Project · Republican Governors | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Financial Industry Spends $300 Million on Deregulation Lobbying and Campaign Contributions
4 src Banking industry · Insurance Industry · Securities Industry · Democratic Party · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | First Complaints Against Larry Nassar Dismissed by Michigan State Coach Kathie Klages
3 src Larry Nassar · Kathie Klages · Michigan State University · MSU Gymnastics Program | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Koch Industries Launches Massive Climate Denial Funding Network
3 src Koch Industries · Charles Koch · David Koch · Koch Family Foundations · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | SEC Fort Worth Examiners Identify Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme, Enforcement Division Ignores Warnings for 12 Years
3 src Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Spencer Barasch · Stanford Financial Group | confirmed | |
| 1996-12-31 | Telecommunications Act Triggers Mass Layoffs and Destruction of Local Journalism
4 src Media Conglomerates · Local News Stations · Radio Journalists · Newspaper Reporters · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-10-07 | Fox News Launches with Rupert Murdoch Funding and Roger Ailes Leadership
3 src Rupert Murdoch · Roger Ailes · News Corporation · Fox News | confirmed | |
| 1996-09-30 | Clinton Signs IIRIRA Expanding Deportation, Retroactive Aggravated Felonies
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-26 | Maria Farmer reports Epstein/Maxwell assault to FBI, ignored for decade
3 src Maria Farmer · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-22 | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement
4 src Bill Clinton · Newt Gingrich · Republican Congress | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-22 | Welfare Reform Imposes Five-Year Lifetime Limit on Cash Assistance
3 src Bill Clinton · Republican Congress · Poor Families | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-22 | Welfare Reform Mandates Work Requirements After Two Years of Assistance
3 src Bill Clinton · Republican Congress · Low-Income Workers | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-21 | HIPAA Passes with Limited Portability Protections While Granting Healthcare Industry Control Over Patient Data
3 src Bill Clinton · Nancy Kassebaum · Edward Kennedy · Health Insurance Association of America · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-18 | Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" Exposes CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Connection
3 src Gary Webb | confirmed | |
| 1996-07-03 | Oligarchs Bankroll Yeltsin Re-election Victory: 'Seven Bankers' Control 50-70% of Russia's Economy Through Loans-for-Shares Deal
4 src Boris Yeltsin · Boris Berezovsky · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · Vladimir Gusinsky · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1996-07-01 | Nicky Hager Publishes Secret Power, First Detailed Public Description of ECHELON System
3 src Nicky Hager · Government Communications Security Bureau · National Security Agency · Craig Potton Publishing · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-06-30 | Clear Channel Begins Unprecedented Radio Consolidation Under Telecommunications Act
4 src Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays · FCC Federal Communications Commission · Local Radio Stations | confirmed | |
| 1996-06-20 | Trump Acquires Miss Universe Organization from ITT Corp
4 src Donald Trump · ITT Corporation · Madison Square Garden | confirmed | |
| 1996-06-18 | Chinese Military Intelligence Funnels Campaign Donations Through Johnny Chung
4 src Johnny Chung · Ji Shengde · Bill Clinton · Democratic National Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-04-29 | Buddhist Temple Fundraising Event Generates Illegal Campaign Contributions
4 src Al Gore · Maria Hsia · John Huang · Democratic National Committee | confirmed | |
| 1996-04-26 | Prison Litigation Reform Act Strips Prisoners' Access to Courts: Constitutional Rights Made Practically Unenforceable
3 src Newt Gingrich · Republican Congress · National Association of Attorneys General | confirmed | |
| 1996-04-24 | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service | confirmed | |
| 1996-04-24 | Clinton Signs AEDPA, Expands Federal Surveillance and Creates FTO Terrorism Framework
3 src Bill Clinton · Orrin Hatch · Bob Dole · Joe Biden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-02-26 | Lincoln Bedroom Fundraising Scandal Reveals White House Donor Access Program
3 src Bill Clinton · Democratic National Committee · Major Donors | confirmed | |
| 1996-02-08 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 Eliminates Radio Ownership Caps and Raises TV Limits, Triggering Massive Media Consolidation
10 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Clear Channel Communications · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-28 | Hillary Clinton Delivers "Super-Predators" Speech Supporting 1994 Crime Bill
4 src Hillary Clinton · Bill Clinton | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-11 | DOJ Drops Zimmermann PGP Investigation, Marks Crypto Wars Policy Inflection
2 src Phil Zimmermann · Department of Justice · U.S. Customs Service · Michael Yamaguchi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | Abramoff-Norquist-DeLay Network Defeats Native American Casino Tax Bill
3 src Jack Abramoff · Grover Norquist · Tom DeLay · Ralph Reed · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Business Plan to "Function More Like a Business" - Formalizes Pay-to-Play Corporate Legislative Model
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | George Friedman Founds Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor), the "Shadow CIA" of Private Geopolitical Intelligence
4 src George Friedman · Stratfor · Matthew Baker | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Launches Aggressive OxyContin Marketing Campaign Based on False Claims
4 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler | confirmed |