Amazon.com: The Shell Game (9781599550947): Steve Alten: Books

West Palm Beach, FL, — Only days after Obama appointee Van Jones resigned his post at the Council on Environmental Quality for signing a petition years ago to reinvestigate the events of 9/11, a new book makes its debut that provides hard evidence just why a new investigation may be needed.

The Shell Game, written by NY Times best-selling author Steve Alten, deals with conspiracy fa cts that are hard to argue and the book names names. At the center of the storm is former Vice President Dick Cheney. Alten says “Cheney was in-charge of wargame exercises that were being conducted the morning of September 11th that purposely diverted jet-fighters guarding the Northeastern Air Defense Sector (where all four hijackings occurred) sending them over Iceland, Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.

One of these exercises, named Vigilante Guardian, was a hijack drill that actually mimicked the real events while inserting twenty-two false blips on the FAA and NORAD radar screens, confusing the air traffic controllers.” 

Cheney had been placed in-charge of wargame exercises in May of 2001 by a special Presidential Directive.

According to the author, who references dozens of sources, the events of 9/11 were a false flag event that neoconservative members of the Bush Administration wanted to succeed, giving them the “Pearl Harbor” event needed to justify an invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Shell Game extrapolates these factual details to illustrate a new threat — one Vice President Cheney has been predicting since last May — a nuclear suitcase bomb detonating in a major U.S. city.

After reading an advanced copy of the book, Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan stated, “Steve Alten was more alert than the media. Realizing fantasy is one route by which Americans can be brought to face the facts, and hoping to preclude any such real wo rld event, Alten wrote a thriller predictive of our future between now and 2012.”

Cynthia McKinney, a six-term Congresswoman says the book is an absolute “must read.” 

The duress of writing the book took its toll on the author’s nerves. Three months after turning in the manuscript to his publisher, he was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease.

Since then, he has received threatening phone calls from “radical 9/11 truthers” and “unidentified sources” who have violated his family’s privacy.

The Shell Game on sale since September 11th, 2009.

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In response to a letter published on July 28, concerning the overall well-working universal health care system in Canada since 1965, Rick Doyon said that he “continues to be amused by the ongoing debate over health care in the U.S., and how Republican politicians have, for decades, used (fear) to protect their friends in the private health insurance industry.” I would add to what he said by saying that it looks as though Democratic politicians are protective of their friends in the insurance industry as well. How so? Our Democratic administration appear to be squirming in their chamber seats as to how to reform health care and appease their health care contributors at the same time. The real question is: Are they working for what is in the best interest of the American people, who are their constituents, or do they work for the corporations, who are their personal contributors?

It used to be said, “So goes the big three, so goes the country.” That was, concerning the United Auto Workers Union in the heydays before corporate America began sending American jobs and wealth to offshore locations.

Did you know that the UAW members asked Washington to implement a single-payer health care system in their efforts to keep Detroit in the game? We even had one 2008 presidential candidate who went to the New Hampshire kickoff — Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat from Ohio. He couldn’t get enough corporate-owned media coverage to cover a postage stamp. But he was one, and maybe the only one, who supported and campaigned for true universal health care. “One of the greatest hoaxes of this campaign, everyone’s for universal health care,” Kucinich said. “It’s like a mantra, but when you get into the details, you find out that other candidates are talking about maintaining the existing for-profit system.”

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Congress recently passed Obama’s war funding billH.R. 2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, which according to GOP.gov is a $105.8 billion spending bill.  RawStory.com quoted Ron Paul, who stated the bill includes a $108 billion asset exchange with the International Monetary Fund.

GOP.gov confirms the actual amount:

Last week, Democrats in the House and Senate came to a conference agreement on the final language for the Conference Report. The agreement provides billions in non-defense funding, including $108 billion to expand the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan programs, which was not included in the House bill. The $108 billion was agreed to by the President in April when he and other members of the G-20 created a plan to increase IMF supplemental funding by tenfold and broaden the role of the Fund.

We can only assume the $108 billion is separate from the $105.8 billion.  The $108 IMF funding is described as a buy back, or loan guarantee.

According to Thomas.gov the IMF funds are to help Pakistan, although the IMF has come under fire as being the actual cause of global poverty by both Progressive–like Senator Bernie Sanders who voted to strip the IMF funding–and Republicans such as Ron Paul.

Republican Jim DeMint tried to strip out the IMF funding in the Senate bill by introducing Amendment 1138:

The DeMint amendment failed although Robert Bennett voted for the amendment.  Orrin Hatch did not vote.  There were 30 nays and 64 yeas.

sources for more information:

Senate Vote On Passage: H.R. 2346: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009

House Vote on Conference Report: H.R. 2346: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009

Information on how to contact your elected officials

There are several reports stating the policies in NAFTA that devastated Mexico where championed by the World Bank and IMF:

Press release: World Bank and IMF share in blame for Mexico’s crisis: From the 50 Years Campaign on Mexico Crisis 6 January, 1995

How the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Undermine Democracy and Erode Human Rights:Five Case Studies

John Perkins author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, has done a number of interviews where he claims the money being loaned out by the IMF and World Bank is used for infrastructure projects that go to companies like Halliburton, Halliburton’s subsidiary KBR, and Bechtel.  The ruling elite in the country take a cut for accepting the offer, and then the citizens of the country are left holding the debt.

Progressive John Pilger has made 35 documentaries from 1970 to 2006.  His films have been distributed in the UK, Australia and Canada, but have not been released in the US.  Pilger’s 2006 documentary The New Rulers of the World takes a look at the effect the World Bank and IMF had on Indonesia.

John Pilger’s documentary War by other Means examines the World Bank.

GMO regulations
KBS Radio – March 29, 2009

French scientists who have been studying the effects of “Round up ” a chemical component used to keep weeds away from genetically modified foods, found that when the components were used in mixtures they became deadly. This is one of many reasons why The New Democrat’s are pressing the Harper Government to reassess regulations surrounding genetically modified foods says Local MP Alex Atamanenko. Atamanenko is against any increase in GMO crops, saying that there is no proven research stating that GMO’s are a healthy alternative adding that countries such as France and Hungry have banned GMO products that are still growing in Canada.

Between August 26 and September 11, 2001, a group of speculators, identified by the American Securities and Exchange Commission as Israeli citizens, sold “short” a list of 38 stocks that could reasonably be expected to fall in value as a result of the pending attacks. These speculators operated out of the Toronto, Canada and Frankfurt, Germany, stock exchanges and their profits were specifically stated to be “in the millions of dollars.”

Short selling of stocks involves the opportunity to gain large profits by passing shares to a friendly third party, then buying them back when the price falls. Historically, if this precedes a traumatic event, it is an indication of foreknowledge. It is widely known that the CIA uses the Promis software to routinely monitor stock trades as a possible warning sign of a terrorist attack or suspicious economic behavior. A week after the Sept.11 attacks, the London Times reported that the CIA had asked regulators for the Financial Services Authority in London to investigate the suspicious sales of millions of shares of stock just prior to the terrorist acts. It was hoped the business paper trail might lead to the terrorists.

Investigators from numerous government agencies are part of a clandestine but official effort to resolve the market manipulations There has been a great deal of talk about insider trading of American stocks by certain Israeli groups both in Canada and Germany between August 26 and the Sept.11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Lynne Howard, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), stated that information about who made the trades was available immediately. “We would have been aware of any unusual activity right away. It would have been triggered by any unusual volume. There is an automated system called ‘blue sheeting,’ or the CBOE Market Surveillance System, that everyone in the business knows about. It provides information on the trades – the name and even the Social Security number on an account – and these surveillance systems are set up specifically to look into insider trading. The system would look at the volume, and then a real person would take over and review it, going back in time and looking at other unusual activity.”

Howard continued, “The system is so smart that even if there is a news event that triggers a market event it can go back in time, and even the parameters can be changed depending on what is being looked at. It’s a very clever system and it is instantaneous. Even with the system, though, we have very experienced and savvy staff in our market-regulations area who are always looking for things that might be unusual. They’re trained to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Even if it’s offshore, it might take a little longer, but all offshore accounts have to go through U.S. member firms – members of the CBOE – and it is easily and quickly identifiable who made the trades. The member firm who made the trades has to have identifiable information about the client under the ‘Know Your Customer’ regulations (and we share all information with the Securities and Exchange Commission.)”

Given all of this, at a minimum the CBOE and government regulators who are conducting the secret investigations have known for some time who made the options puts on a total of 38 stocks that might reasonably be anticipated to have a sharp drop in value because of an attack similar to the 9/11 episode. The silence from the investigating camps could mean several things: Either terrorists are responsible for the puts on the listed stocks or others besides terrorists had foreknowledge of the attack and used this knowledge to reap a nice financial harvest from the tragedy.

Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC, a North Dakota based private consulting company that publishes research on markets worldwide, stated that “I heard that $22 million in profits was made on these put options…”

Federal investigators are continuing to be so closed mouthed about these stock trades, and it is clear that a much wider net has been cast, apparently looking for bigger international fish involved in dubious financial activity relating to the 9/11 attacks on the world stock markets.

Just a month after the attacks the SEC sent out a list of stocks to various securities firms around the world looking for information. The list includes stocks of American, United, Continental, Northwest, Southwest and US Airways airlines, as well as Martin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin Corp., AIG, American Express Corp, American International Group, AMR Corporation, Axa SA, Bank of America Corp, Bank of New York Corp, Bank One Corp, Cigna Group, CNA Financial, Carnival Corp, Chubb Group, John Hancock Financial Services, Hercules Inc, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc., LTV Corporation, Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., MetLife, Progressive Corp., General Motors, Raytheon, W.R. Grace, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Lone Star Technologies, American Express, the Citigroup Inc. ,Royal & Sun Alliance, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Vornado Reality Trust, Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter & Co., XL Capital Ltd., and Bear Stearns.

The Times said market regulators in Germany, Japan and the US all had received information concerning the short selling of insurance, airlines and arms companies stock, all of which fell sharply in the wake of the attacks.

City of London broker and analyst Richard Crossley noted that someone sold shares in unusually large quantities beginning three weeks before the assault on the WTC and Pentagon.

He said he took this as evidence that someone had insider foreknowledge of the attacks.

“What is more awful than he should aim a stiletto blow at the heart of Western financial markets?” he added. “But to profit from it? Words fail me.”

The US Government also admitted it was investigating short selling, which evinced a compellingly strong foreknowledge of the coming Arab attack.

There was unusually heavy trading in airline and insurance stocks several days before Sept.11, which essentially bet on a drop in the worth of the stocks.

It was reported by the Interdisciplinary Center, a counter-terrorism think tank involving former Israeli intelligence officers, that insiders made nearly $16 million profit by short selling shares in American and United Airlines, the two airlines that suffered hijacking, and the investment firm of Morgan Stanley, which occupied 22 floors of the WTC.

Apparently none of the suspicious transactions could be traced to bin Laden because this news item quietly dropped from sight, leaving many people wondering if it tracked back to American firms or intelligence agencies.

Most of these transactions were handled primarily by Deutsche Bank-A.B.Brown, a firm which until 1998 was chaired by A. B.”Buzzy” Krongard, who later became executive director of the CIA.

More serious was an article in the Sept. 28, 2001 edition of the Washington Post stating that officials with the instant messaging firm of Odigo in New York confirmed that two employees in Israel received text messages warning of an attack on the WTC two hours before the planes crashed into the buildings!

The firm’s vice president of sales and marketing, Alex Diamandis said it was possible that the warning was sent to other Odigo members, but they had not received any reports of such.

The day after, the Jerusalem Post claimed two Israelis died on the hijacked airplanes and that 4,000 were missing at the WTC.

A week later, a Beirut television station reported that 4,000 Israeli employees of the WTC were absent the day of the attack.

This information spread across the Internet but was quickly branded a hoax.

On Sept. 19, the Washington Post reported about 113 Israelis were missing at the WTC and the next day, President Bush noted more than 130 Israelis were victims.

Finally, on Sept. 22, the New York Times stated “There were, in fact, only three Israelis who had been confirmed as dead: two on the planes and another who had been visiting the towers on business and who was identified and buried.”

Investigators from numerous government agencies are part of a clandestine but official effort to resolve the market manipulations There has been a great deal of talk about the insider trading of American stocks by certain Israeli groups both in Canada and Germany between August 26 and the Sept.11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Government investigators have maintained a diplomatic silence about a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe of possible profiteering by interested parties with advance knowledge of the attack.

On Sept. 6, 2001, the Thursday before the tragedy, 2,075 put options were made on United Airlines and on Sept. 10, the day before the attacks, 2,282 put options were recorded for American Airlines. Given the prices at the time, this could have yielded speculators between $2 million and $4 million in profit.

The matter still is under investigation and none of the government investigating bodies – including the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and DOJ – are speaking to reporters about insider trading. Even so, suspicion of insider trading to profit from the Sept. 11 attacks is not limited to U.S. regulators. Investigations were initiated in a number of places including Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Spain. As in the United States, all are treating these inquiries as if they were state secrets.

http://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/guardian2/september-eleven/put-options.htm