1998
35 verified events recorded in 1998.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |