Capture lane

Intelligence Penetration

The Intelligence Penetration capture lane traces 916 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

916 events From Aug 22, 1850 To Apr 9, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2002-10-10Congressional Iraq Authorization Vote Based on WHIG Fabrications 4 src
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · +3
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2002-10-05WHIG Systematically Withholds Contradictory Intelligence from Congress 3 src
White House Iraq Group · Stephen Hadley · Scooter Libby · George Tenet · +6
confirmed
2002-10-01WHIG Coordinates CIA and Pentagon Misleading Presentations to Congress 3 src
White House Iraq Group · George Tenet · Douglas Feith · Office of Special Plans · +5
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2002-09-25WHIG Launches Targeted Deception Campaigns Against Congressional War Skeptics 3 src
White House Iraq Group · Robert Byrd · Ted Kennedy · Carl Levin · +7
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2002-09-22WHIG Develops Targeted Deception Campaigns for Congressional Skeptics 3 src
Karl Rove · Andrew Card · Condoleezza Rice · Dick Cheney · +2
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2002-09-20WHIG Provides Fabricated Intelligence Briefings to Congressional Committees 3 src
White House Iraq Group · George Tenet · Stephen Hadley · Scooter Libby · +3
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2002-09-18WHIG Intelligence Briefing Coordination with Congress: Systematic Misrepresentation 4 src
Karl Rove · Dick Cheney · Condoleezza Rice · Lewis 'Scooter' Libby · +2
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2002-09-15Powell Memorandum Institutional Network Establishes Systematic Crisis Coordination with WHIG Operations 3 src
American Enterprise Institute · Cato Institute · Hoover Institution · Federalist Society · +6
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2002-09-15WHIG Coordinates Systematic Deception in Classified Congressional Intelligence Briefings 3 src
Karl Rove · Nicholas E. Calio · Karen Hughes · Mary Matalin · +2
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2002-09-08WHIG Launches 'Smoking Gun/Mushroom Cloud' Propaganda Blitz 3 src
White House Iraq Group · Condoleezza Rice · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · +2
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2002-09-07WHIG Coordinates Sunday Show Booking Blitz 9 src
Dick Cheney · Condoleezza Rice · Donald Rumsfeld · Richard Myers · +6
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2002-09-06Andrew Card Reveals Marketing-Based Approach to Iraq War Campaign 3 src
Andrew Card · George W. Bush · White House Iraq Group · Elisabeth Bumiller
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2002-09-06WHIG Provides Networks Pre-Written Interview Questions and Expert Lists 3 src
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · +2
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2002-09-05Network Booking Coordinators Systematically Facilitate WHIG Synchronized Propaganda Appearances 3 src
Network Booking Coordinators · Karen Hughes · White House Communications Staff · CNN Booking Producers · +3
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2002-09-01CIA Creates Iraqi Operations Group Under Political Pressure 3 src
George Tenet · Dick Cheney · Scooter Libby · Iraqi Operations Group · +1
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2002-09-01Network Executives Implement WHIG Synchronized Booking Protocol 4 src
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · +2
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2002-09-01Pentagon Creates Office of Special Plans for Iraq Intelligence Manipulation 3 src
Douglas Feith · Abram Shulsky · Pentagon · Central Intelligence Agency · +1
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2002-09-01White House Iraq Group Launches Coordinated Media Messaging Campaign 3 src
Karl Rove · Andrew Card · Dick Cheney · Condoleezza Rice · +2
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2002-08-30Bartlett and Fleischer Establish Rapid Response Media Coordination Infrastructure 3 src
Dan Bartlett · Ari Fleischer · White House Iraq Group · television network reporters · +3
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2002-08-25CBS Executives Implement Corporate Policy Changes to Accommodate WHIG Propaganda Distribution 3 src
Leslie Moonves · CBS News Division · CBS Corporate Legal · George W. Bush · +3
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2002-08-15CNN Executives Coordinate with WHIG to Facilitate September Propaganda Rollout 3 src
Walter Isaacson · CNN Executives · White House Iraq Group · Karen Hughes · +2
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2002-08-15CNN Executives Meet with White House on Iraq Coverage 3 src
Walter Isaacson · Eason Jordan · Condoleezza Rice · Karen Hughes · +1
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2002-08-15WHIG Establishes Network Executive Coordination Protocols for Iraq Campaign 3 src
White House Iraq Group · Karen Hughes · Mary Matalin · network executives · +5
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2002-08-01Bybee OLC 'Torture Memo' Redefines Severe Pain and Asserts Commander-in-Chief Override of Anti-Torture Statute 5 src
Jay Bybee · John C. Yoo · Alberto Gonzales · David Addington · +4
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2002-08-01Cheney Establishes Legal Framework and Authorization for CIA Torture Program 6 src
Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · David Addington · John Yoo · +4
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2002-08-01White House Iraq Group Formed to Coordinate WMD Propaganda Campaign 3 src
Andrew Card · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · Stephen Hadley · +4
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2002-07-21Office of Global Communications Establishes Daily Media Talking Points Distribution System 3 src
Office of Global Communications · White House Iraq Group · George W. Bush · Television Network Executives · +3
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2002-02-14Bush Administration's Systematic Destruction of Oversight Infrastructure Enables WHIG Constitutional Crisis Operations 3 src
George W. Bush · Louise Jordan · Roberta Gross · Sean O'Keefe · +1
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2002-02-12Tigua Casino Closes After Abramoff Double-Dealing Scheme Success 3 src
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Tigua Tribe · Ralph Reed · +1
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2001-12-13Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Systematically Subordinated to Corporate Input 3 src
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · John Graham · Corporate Stakeholder Panels · Federal Agencies
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2001-11-01NSA Launches MAINWAY Database for Mass Metadata Collection 3 src
National Security Agency · AT&T · Verizon · T-Mobile · +3
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2001-10-26Bush Signs PATRIOT Act After 45-Day Rush with Minimal Debate 3 src
George W. Bush · Russ Feingold · Tom Daschle · Jim Sensenbrenner · +1
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2001-10-04Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court 4 src
George W. Bush · Michael Hayden · National Security Agency · Dick Cheney · +4
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2001-09-25Yoo OLC Memo Declares Presidential War Powers 'Plenary' and 'Unreviewable' — Post-9/11 Doctrinal Foundation 5 src
John C. Yoo · Timothy E. Flanigan · Jay Bybee · David Addington · +3
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2000-12-21Clinton Signs Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cementing Derivatives Deregulation 6 src
Bill Clinton · Lawrence Summers · Phil Gramm · Alan Greenspan · +1
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2000-12-12Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement 4 src
George W. Bush · Al Gore · William Rehnquist · Sandra Day O'Connor · +5
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2000-12-09Supreme Court Grants Bush Emergency Stay with Scalia's "Irreparable Harm" Logic 6 src
Antonin Scalia · Supreme Court Conservative Majority · William Rehnquist · Clarence Thomas · +2
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2000-11-26Katherine Harris Certifies Bush Victory While Serving as Campaign Co-Chair 5 src
Katherine Harris · George W. Bush · Jeb Bush · Mac Stipanovich · +1
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2000-11-08James Baker Coordinates Bush Supreme Court Election Strategy from Day One 4 src
James Baker III · Katherine Harris · George W. Bush · Mac Stipanovich · +2
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2000-04-05Duncan Campbell Delivers Interception Capabilities 2000 Report to European Parliament, Forces ECHELON Inquiry 3 src
Duncan Campbell · European Parliament · STOA (Scientific and Technological Options Assessment) · National Security Agency · +1
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2000-01-01Florida Disenfranchises 1.4 Million Citizens Through Felony Voting Bans, Highest Rate in Nation 4 src
Florida Legislature · The Sentencing Project
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2000-01-01Ron Burkle becomes Diddy's business partner and godfather to his children 4 src
Ron Burkle · Sean Combs · Bill Clinton · Jeffrey Epstein
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2000-01-01Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, and Melania at Mar-a-Lago Charity Event 3 src
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Melania Trump
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1999-11-12Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Retroactively Legalizes Citigroup Merger, Repeals Glass-Steagall 6 src
President Bill Clinton · Phil Gramm · Jim Leach · Thomas Bliley Jr · +3
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1999-09-01CIA Establishes In-Q-Tel as Revolutionary Venture Capital Arm 3 src
Central Intelligence Agency · George Tenet · Gilman Louie · Norman Augustine · +1
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1999-09-01Fannie 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
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1999-04-05NSA Launches NSANet Classified Network Consolidation, Fort Meade Reaches "Crypto City" Scale 3 src
Michael Hayden · National Security Agency · Barbara McNamara
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1999-03-25Long-term Geopolitical Consequences of IMF Structural Adjustment 3 src
International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Development Bank · Emerging Asian Economies · +4
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1999-01-01Cellebrite Founded in Israel to Develop Mobile Phone Data Transfer Technology 3 src
Cellebrite · Avi Yablonka · Yaron Baratz · Yuval Aflalo
reported
1999-01-01Trump Launches Model Management Agency with Systematic Visa Violations 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Model Management · Alexia Palmer · Rachel Blais
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1998-12-31Asian Financial Crisis: Comprehensive Economic Transformation 3 src
International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Multinational Corporations · +1
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1998-10-30NSA'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)
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1998-09-01Federal Reserve Grants Citigroup Temporary Waiver for Glass-Steagall Violation 10 src
Federal Reserve · Alan Greenspan · Citicorp · Travelers Group · +5
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1998-06-15Corporate Exploitation of Asian Financial Crisis Structural Adjustment 3 src
Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · +3
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1998-06-12McKinsey Advises Comprehensive Asian Market Restructuring During Financial Crisis 3 src
McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Southeast Asian Governments
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1998-06-12South Korea Completes IMF-Mandated Economic Restructuring 4 src
International Monetary Fund · World Bank · South Korean Government · Chaebol Corporations · +1
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1998-05-07Brooksley Born's Derivatives Regulation Warning Systematically Suppressed 4 src
Brooksley Born · Robert Rubin · Lawrence Summers · Alan Greenspan · +1
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1998-05-07Coordinated Regulatory Opposition Suppresses CFTC Derivatives Oversight Inquiry 4 src
Brooksley Born · Alan Greenspan · Robert Rubin · Arthur Levitt · +4
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1998-05-01Sandline "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
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1998-03-15McKinsey and International Organizations Outline Restructuring Strategy for Asian Markets 3 src
McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Multinational Corporations
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1998-01-15IMF Forces Massive Corporate Restructuring in South Korea 5 src
International Monetary Fund · South Korean Government · Chaebol Corporations · World Bank · +1
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1998-01-01Deutsche Bank Loans Trump $2.5 Billion Despite Russian Money Laundering and Red Flags 4 src
Deutsche Bank · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Russian Oligarchs · +1
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1997-10-24IMF Structural Adjustment Policies Implemented in Asian Economies 3 src
International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Goldman Sachs · +2
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1997-10-23IMF Imposes Harsh Structural Adjustment on Indonesia 3 src
International Monetary Fund · Indonesian Government · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +2
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1997-10-15IMF Imposes Radical Structural Adjustment on Indonesia 5 src
International Monetary Fund · Suharto Government · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +1
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1997-07-02Thai Baht Collapses, Triggering Asian Financial Crisis 3 src
Thai Central Bank · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +1
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1997-06-01NSA 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
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1997-03-09Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles, Diddy's control through chaos 5 src
Notorious B.I.G. · Sean Combs · Bad Boy Records · LAPD
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1997-01-01Koch Industries Launches Massive Climate Denial Funding Network 3 src
Koch Industries · Charles Koch · David Koch · Koch Family Foundations · +5
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1996-08-26Maria Farmer reports Epstein/Maxwell assault to FBI, ignored for decade 3 src
Maria Farmer · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1
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1996-08-22Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement 4 src
Bill Clinton · Newt Gingrich · Republican Congress
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1996-08-22Welfare Reform Imposes Five-Year Lifetime Limit on Cash Assistance 3 src
Bill Clinton · Republican Congress · Poor Families
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1996-08-22Welfare Reform Mandates Work Requirements After Two Years of Assistance 3 src
Bill Clinton · Republican Congress · Low-Income Workers
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1996-07-01Nicky 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
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1996-06-20Trump Acquires Miss Universe Organization from ITT Corp 4 src
Donald Trump · ITT Corporation · Madison Square Garden
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1996-04-24Clinton Signs AEDPA, Expands Federal Surveillance and Creates FTO Terrorism Framework 3 src
Bill Clinton · Orrin Hatch · Bob Dole · Joe Biden · +1
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1996-01-28Hillary Clinton Delivers "Super-Predators" Speech Supporting 1994 Crime Bill 4 src
Hillary Clinton · Bill Clinton
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1995-02-01Gingrich-DeLay Formalize K Street Project Coordination Structure 4 src
Newt Gingrich · Tom DeLay · Grover Norquist
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1995-01-10Robert Rubin Appointed Treasury Secretary After 26 Years at Goldman Sachs 4 src
Robert Rubin · Bill Clinton · Goldman Sachs
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1994-10-25Clinton Signs CALEA Requiring Telecom Networks to Be Wiretap-Ready By Design 4 src
Bill Clinton · Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Edward Markey · +2
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1994-09-27Dellinger OLC Haiti Memo Establishes 'Consultation-Not-Authorization' Framework for War Powers — the Clinton-Era Doctrinal Bridge 5 src
Walter Dellinger · Bill Clinton · U.S. Office of Legal Counsel · Bob Dole · +3
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1994-09-13Intelligence Community Deploys Intelink, Classified Web-Based Network Enabling Bulk Information Sharing 3 src
James Woolsey · R. James Woolsey · Central Intelligence Agency · Defense Intelligence Agency · +2
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1994-09-13Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Fuels Mass Incarceration 4 src
Bill Clinton · Joe Biden · Jack Brooks
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1994-06-01FISA Court Annual Report Reveals 99%+ Approval Rate Over 15 Years, Rubber-Stamp Critique Crystallizes 3 src
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court · Department of Justice · Office of Intelligence Policy and Review · Center for National Security Studies
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1993-12-20Epstein Attends Trump's Wedding to Marla Maples 5 src
Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · Marla Maples
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1993-01-01Trump appears in Epstein aircraft logbooks multiple times (DOJ exhibits) 3 src
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein
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1992-11-01Trump and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago Party with NFL Cheerleaders 3 src
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein
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1992-11-01Trump Plaza Hotel in Manhattan Files for Bankruptcy Protection 3 src
Donald Trump
reported
1992-03-09Trump Castle and Trump Plaza File Simultaneous Bankruptcies 3 src
Donald Trump
reported
1991-07-05BCCI Bank Shut Down After Exposing CIA Drug Money Laundering Network 3 src
William Casey · Manuel Noriega · Adnan Khashoggi · Manucher Ghorbanifar
confirmed
1991-07-01Trump Taj Mahal Files First Bankruptcy After Junk Bond Collapse 3 src
Donald Trump
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1991-06-15FBI Cellular Surveillance Pilot Programs Establish Mass-Collection Template Before CALEA 3 src
Federal Bureau of Investigation · William Sessions · Harris Corporation · National Security Agency
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1991-01-01Leslie Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney in 1991; later alleged 'at least $46M' misappropriated 3 src
Jeffrey Epstein · Leslie Wexner · The Limited · Victoria's Secret · +1
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1991-01-01Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchases Trump yacht during financial crisis 3 src
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Saudi Arabia
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1990-01-01Epstein Purchases Property Near Mar-a-Lago 3 src
Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump
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1990-01-01Trump Taj Mahal Casino Opens with $675 Million Junk Bond Debt Crisis 3 src
Donald Trump · Carl Icahn · Marvin Roffman · Trump Taj Mahal
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1989-12-20U.S. Invades Panama to Capture Former CIA Asset Manuel Noriega 3 src
George H.W. Bush · Manuel Noriega
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1989-01-01Executive Outcomes Founded in South Africa: First Modern Private Military Company Conducts Combat Operations 2 src
Eeben Barlow · Executive Outcomes · Tony Buckingham · Simon Mann · +1
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1988-08-12Duncan Campbell's New Statesman Article First Publicly Names ECHELON Surveillance Network 3 src
Duncan Campbell · Margaret Newsham · Government Communications Headquarters · National Security Agency · +1
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1987-11-18Iran-Contra Minority Report: Cheney, Addington Lay Groundwork for Unitary-Executive Doctrine That Shapes Bush II and Trump II 3 src
Dick Cheney · David Addington · Michael Malbin · Henry Hyde · +4
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