The Case That Kerry Cracked (BCCI and the BFEE)

[Dems Will Win]

Kerry is just the right guy to take on the BFEE!

The Case That Kerry Cracked

By Lucy Komisar, AlterNet. Posted October 22, 2004.

As a senator, John Kerry was a tenacious investigator and exposed BCCI, an international criminal bank, and its murderous clients. The experience should serve him well in dealing with the international threats we face today.

One gets an eerie sense of déjà vu watching John Kerry battle the Bush clan. He’s done it once before, against the old man, President Bush’s father, though many voters have probably forgotten. That battle involved the first Bush administration’s attempt to put the lid on an investigation that connected a worldwide criminal bank to narco-traffickers, terrorists, and to Middle East money men who helped the Bush family make piles of cash. Those links connect to people now on the U.S. post-9/11 terrorist list.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Kerry fought to expose an international criminal bank, BCCI — the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. The bank was run by a Pakistani, working with Persian Gulf managers who operated through a network of secret offshore centers to hide their operations from the world’s bank examiners. They weren’t, however, hidden from the CIA, which not only knew what the bank was doing, but used the bank to funnel cash through its Islamabad and other Pakistani branches to CIA client Osama bin Laden, part of the $2 billion Washington sent to the Afghani mujahideen. The operation gave bin Laden an education in black finance. CIA director William Casey himself met with BCCI founder Agha Hasan Abedi. The CIA also paid its own agents through the bank and used BCCI to fund black ops all over the world.

Kerry took on not only the Bush clan and its friends, but the CIA, and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. This is not irrelevant history, but important to examine, because it reveals a lot about Kerry and how he might respond to terrorism or other global criminal enterprises. Kerry’s record shows that he took on powerful political and bureaucratic interests, was a tenacious investigator, and savvy about international crime and money flows, which is crucial in the fight against terrorism.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20268/

[stepnw1f]

1. Thank You for Posting This.... WOW!

I've heard the chatter, and I see the desperation by Bush. Now I know why. They know they are going to go down, but they still have an election to try to steal. This is not an election people. This is a coup!

[UpInArms]

2. I admire the prosecuting attorney

that resides within John Kerry.

He truly does stand for truth and justice.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Kick

[Old and In the Way]

4. Kerry - the Bush antidote........................ nt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. Kerry also responsible for the investigation into Iran/Contra!!!

[IronLionZion]

7. yup,

I imagine once he's president he'll uncover some nasty business that the current administration is involved with.

[IronLionZion]

6. Kerry, Dodd, and Lugar uncovered Iran Contra

Kerry was one of the early guys who wanted an investigation. Man, the fact that Kerry is a tough prosecutor should be discussed more. This is a good man we have here on our ticket, no a great man!

[blm]

8. Media blast this article. It's a good one.

This is the most UNDER-reported story in the mainstream press.

If Republicans had JOINED Kerry's efforts in BCCI instead of fighting them to cover up for their own crimes and those of their Saudi cronies, I doubt terrorism would have become as widespread as it did.

[Dems Will Win]

9. that's for sure

[burrowowl]

10. Kick

Great article. For BFEE, I recommend Kevin Philips: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fourtune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush. He also cites the BCCI stuff.

[Dems Will Win]

11. Crack!

[Karenina]

12. Kick!

:kick:

[Steelangel]

13. **kick**

[fedupwithbush]

14. Kick!

10 days and counting and finally maybe the nightmare will be over. But there will be a lot of cleaning up to do and Kerry and Edwards will do it!

I hope one of the first things on Kerry's lists of things to do is go through EVERY executive order * signed!

[catzies]

15. I wish real issues like this were actively discussed during the campaign

instead of the fluff we've had to put up with.