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[golden-bear]

Quelle: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/illegaltrades.html


SUPPRESSED DETAILS OF CRIMINAL INSIDER TRADING LEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE CIA’s HIGHEST RANKS
CIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR “BUZZY” KRONGARD MANAGED FIRM THAT HANDLED “PUT” OPTIONS ON UAL

by
Michael C. Ruppert

[© COPYRIGHT, 2001, Michael C. Ruppert and FTW Publications, www.copvcia.com . All Rights Reserved. – May be reprinted or distributed for non-profit purposes only.]

FTW, October 9, 2001 – Although uniformly ignored by the mainstream U.S. media, there is abundant and clear evidence that a number of transactions in financial markets indicated specific (criminal) foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the case of at least one of these trades -- which has left a $2.5 million prize unclaimed -- the firm used to place the “put options” on United Airlines stock was, until 1998, managed by the man who is now in the number three Executive Director position at the Central Intelligence Agency. Until 1997 A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard had been Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown. A.B. Brown was acquired by Banker’s Trust in 1997. Krongard then became, as part of the merger, Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust-AB Brown, one of 20 major U.S. banks named by Senator Carl Levin this year as being connected to money laundering. Krongard’s last position at Banker’s Trust (BT) was to oversee “private client relations.” In this capacity he had direct hands-on relations with some of the wealthiest people in the world in a kind of specialized banking operation that has been identified by the U.S. Senate and other investigators as being closely connected to the laundering of drug money.

Krongard (re?) joined the CIA in 1998 as counsel to CIA Director George Tenet. He was promoted to CIA Executive Director by President Bush in March of this year. BT was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999. The combined firm is the single largest bank in Europe. And, as we shall see, Deutsche Bank played several key roles in events connected to the September 11 attacks.

THE SCOPE OF KNOWN INSIDER TRADING

Before looking further into these relationships it is necessary to look at the insider trading information that is being ignored by Reuters, The New York Times and other mass media. It is well documented that the CIA has long monitored such trades – in real time – as potential warnings of terrorist attacks and other economic moves contrary to U.S. interests. Previous stories in FTW have specifically highlighted the use of Promis software to monitor such trades.

It is necessary to understand only two key financial terms to understand the significance of these trades, “selling short” and “put options”.

“Selling Short” is the borrowing of stock, selling it at current market prices, but not being required to actually produce the stock for some time. If the stock falls precipitously after the short contract is entered, the seller can then fulfill the contract by buying the stock after the price has fallen and complete the contract at the pre-crash price. These contracts often have a window of as long as four months.

“Put Options,” are contracts giving the buyer the option to sell stocks at a later date. Purchased at nominal prices of, for example, $1.00 per share, they are sold in blocks of 100 shares. If exercised, they give the holder the option of selling selected stocks at a future date at a price set when the contract is issued. Thus, for an investment of $10,000 it might be possible to tie up 10,000 shares of United or American Airlines at $100 per share, and the seller of the option is then obligated to buy them if the option is executed. If the stock has fallen to $50 when the contract matures, the holder of the option can purchase the shares for $50 and immediately sell them for $100 – regardless of where the market then stands. A call option is the reverse of a put option, which is, in effect, a derivatives bet that the stock price will go up.

A September 21 story by the Israeli Herzliyya International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism, entitled “Black Tuesday: The World’s Largest Insider Trading Scam?” documented the following trades connected to the September 11 attacks:

- Between September 6 and 7, the Chicago Board Options Exchange saw purchases of 4,744 put options on United Airlines, but only 396 call options… Assuming that 4,000 of the options were bought by people with advance knowledge of the imminent attacks, these “insiders” would have profited by almost $5 million.

- On September 10, 4,516 put options on American Airlines were bought on the Chicago exchange, compared to only 748 calls. Again, there was no news at that point to justify this imbalance;… Again, assuming that 4,000 of these options trades represent “insiders,” they would represent a gain of about $4 million.

- [The levels of put options purchased above were more than six times higher than normal.]

- No similar trading in other airlines occurred on the Chicago exchange in the days immediately preceding Black Tuesday.

- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., which occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Center, saw 2,157 of its October $45 put options bought in the three trading days before Black Tuesday; this compares to an average of 27 contracts per day before September 6. Morgan Stanley’s share price fell from $48.90 to $42.50 in the aftermath of the attacks. Assuming that 2,000 of these options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the approaching attacks, their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million.

- Merrill Lynch & Co., which occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Center, saw 12,215 October $45 put options bought in the four trading days before the attacks; the previous average volume in those shares had been 252 contracts per day [a 1200% increase!]. When trading resumed, Merrill’s shares fell from $46.88 to $41.50; assuming that 11,000 option contracts were bought by “insiders,” their profit would have been about $5.5 million.

- European regulators are examining trades in Germany’s Munich Re, Switzerland’s Swiss Re, and AXA of France, all major reinsurers with exposure to the Black Tuesday disaster. [FTW Note: AXA also owns more than 25% of American Airlines stock making the attacks a “double whammy” for them.]

On September 29, 2001 – in a vital story that has gone unnoticed by the major media – the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “Investors have yet to collect more than $2.5 million in profits they made trading options in the stock of United Airlines before the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, according to a source familiar with the trades and market data.

“The uncollected money raises suspicions that the investors – whose identities and nationalities have not been made public – had advance knowledge of the strikes.” They don’t dare show up now. The suspension of trading for four days after the attacks made it impossible to cash-out quickly and claim the prize before investigators started looking.

“… October series options for UAL Corp. were purchased in highly unusual volumes three trading days before the terrorist attacks for a total outlay of $2,070; investors bought the option contracts, each representing 100 shares, for 90 cents each. [This represents 230,000 shares]. Those options are now selling at more than $12 each. There are still 2,313 so-called “put” options outstanding [valued at $2.77 million and representing 231,300 shares] according to the Options Clearinghouse Corp.”

“…The source familiar with the United trades identified Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, the American investment banking arm of German giant Deutsche Bank, as the investment bank used to purchase at least some of these options…” This was the operation managed by Krongard until as recently as 1998.

As reported in other news stories, Deutsche Bank was also the hub of insider trading activity connected to Munich Re. just before the attacks.

CIA, THE BANKS AND THE BROKERS

Understanding the interrelationships between CIA and the banking and brokerage world is critical to grasping the already frightening implications of the above revelations. Let’s look at the history of CIA, Wall Street and the big banks by looking at some of the key players in CIA’s history.

Clark Clifford – The National Security Act of 1947 was written by Clark Clifford, a Democratic Party powerhouse, former Secretary of Defense, and one-time advisor to President Harry Truman. In the 1980s, as Chairman of First American Bancshares, Clifford was instrumental in getting the corrupt CIA drug bank BCCI a license to operate on American shores. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and banker.

John Foster and Allen Dulles – These two brothers “designed” the CIA for Clifford. Both were active in intelligence operations during WW II. Allen Dulles was the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland where he met frequently with Nazi leaders and looked after U.S. investments in Germany. John Foster went on to become Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower and Allen went on to serve as CIA Director under Eisenhower and was later fired by JFK. Their professions: partners in the most powerful - to this day - Wall Street law firm of Sullivan, Cromwell.

Bill Casey – Ronald Reagan’s CIA Director and OSS veteran who served as chief wrangler during the Iran-Contra years was, under President Richard Nixon, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker.

David Doherty - The current Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange for enforcement is the retired General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.

George Herbert Walker Bush – President from 1989 to January 1993, also served as CIA Director for 13 months from 1976-7. He is now a paid consultant to the Carlyle Group, the 11th largest defense contractor in the nation, which also shares joint investments with the bin Laden family.

A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard – The current Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is the former Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown and former Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust.

John Deutch - This retired CIA Director from the Clinton Administration currently sits on the board at Citigroup, the nation’s second largest bank, which has been repeatedly and overtly involved in the documented laundering of drug money. This includes Citigroup’s 2001 purchase of a Mexican bank known to launder drug money, Banamex.

Nora Slatkin – This retired CIA Executive Director also sits on Citibank’s board.

Maurice “Hank” Greenburg – The CEO of AIG insurance, manager of the third largest capital investment pool in the world, was floated as a possible CIA Director in 1995. FTW exposed Greenberg’s and AIG’s long connection to CIA drug trafficking and covert operations in a two-part series that was interrupted just prior to the attacks of September 11. AIG’s stock has bounced back remarkably well since the attacks. To read that story, please go to .

One wonders how much damning evidence is necessary to respond to what is now irrefutable proof that CIA knew about the attacks and did not stop them. Whatever our government is doing, whatever the CIA is doing, it is clearly NOT in the interests of the American people, especially those who died on September 11.

[golden-bear]

Die israelische (!!!) Tageszeitung "Ha´aretz" meldete am 17.09.01, dass 5 Israelis, die am 11.09.01 das brennende WTC von New Jersey aus filmten und dabei gejubelt haben sollen, verhaftet wurden!


Quelle: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=7…


Last update - 01:10 17/09/2001

5 Israelis detained for `puzzling behavior` after WTC tragedy

By Yossi Melman

Five Israelis who had worked for a moving company based in New Jersey are being held in U.S. prisons for what the Federal Bureau of Investigation has described as "puzzling behavior" following the terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York last Tuesday. The five are expected to be deported sometime soon.

The families of the five, who asked that their names not be released, said that their sons had been questioned by the FBI for hours on end, had been kept in solitary confinement for three days, and had been humiliated, stripped of their clothes and blindfolded.

The mother of one of the young men explained the chain of events as she understands it to Ha`aretz:

She said that the five had worked for the company, which is owned by an Israeli, for between two months and two years. They had been arrested some four hours after the attack on the Twin Towers while filming the smoking skyline from the roof of their company`s building, she said. It appears that they were spotted by one of the neighbors who called the police and the FBI.

The mother said that the families and friends of the five in Israel had known nothing of the men`s whereabouts for a number of days.

"When they finally let my son make a phone call for the first time to a friend in the United States two days ago, he told him that he had been tortured by the FBI in a basement," the mother said. "He was stripped to his underwear; he was blindfolded and questioned for 14 hours. They thought that because he has citizenship of a European country as well as of Israel that he was working for the Mossad [Israel`s secret service]."

Seven FBI agents later stormed the apartment of one of the Israelis, searched it and questioned his roommate. The Israeli owner of the company, who has U.S. citizenship, was also questioned. Both men were subsequently released.

The families here complained that the Israeli consulate in New York and the situation room set up by the Foreign Ministry there to locate missing Israelis had done nothing to help their sons. The Foreign Ministry told the families that the FBI had denied holding the five and that the consulate had chosen to believe the FBI, the mother said.

The five were transferred out of the FBI`s facility on Saturday morning and are now being held in two prisons in New Jersey by the Immigration and Naturalization Services. They are charged with illegally residing in the United States and working there without permits.

The Foreign Ministry said in response that it had been informed by the consulate in New York that the FBI had arrested the five for "puzzling behavior." They are said to have had been caught videotaping the disaster and shouting in what was interpreted as cries of joy and mockery.

[spekulativ]

UND ????

GRUSS SPEKULATIV

PS: ÄNDERT SICH DOCH EH NICHTS.

[gholzbauer]

Wie wir soeben erfahren, sollen mehrere Mitglieder eines Börsenforums "wallstreet-online.de" bereits vor dem 11.9.2001 in Gold investiert haben. Zudem sollen die fraglichen Personen in diesem Forum ihre Genugtuung über die Anschläge des 11.9. kaum zu zügeln gewußt haben.
Die Internet-Abteilung des FBI soll bereits Ermittlungen aufgenommen haben. Es wurde bestätigt, daß eine erste Spur zu einer extremistischen, antisemitischen amerikanischen Sekte führt.

[Goldhotline]

Und wenn jetzt noch der private Goldbesitz von gholzbauer (enge Verbindungen zum WGoldboard) konfisziert wird jubelt die Weltpresse, weil dem weltweiten Terrorismus wieder eine Geldquelle abgegraben wurde.

[gholzbauer]

Der Goldbär mit seinen suspekten Verbindungen wird uns noch alle in die Bärensch... reiten.

[golden-bear]

16.10.2001 (junge Welt)

Rubrik Ausland / Artikel von Barry Grey

Insiderhandel

In USA laufen Untersuchungen: Wußten Investoren vor den Anschlägen Bescheid?

In den zwei Wochen vor den Terroranschlägen vom 11. September auf New York und Washington gab es eine plötzliche und unerklärliche Welle von spekulativem Handel an den amerikanischen Aktien- und Anleihemärkten, die darauf hinweist, daß einige reiche Investoren mit guten Beziehungen im voraus von der bevorstehenden Katastrophe wußten. Diese Kreise setzten erhebliche Summen auf eine kommende große Krise, die den Wert der Aktien von Fluglinien, Touristikunternehmen und Versicherungsgesellschaften in den Keller treiben und das Vertrauen in die amerikanische Wirtschaft insgesamt unterminieren würde.

Die US-Börsenaufsicht SEC, der Secret Service und das FBI führen gegenwärtig Untersuchungen durch. Im Gegensatz zu der rund um die Uhr laufenden Berichterstattung über Warnungen vor neuen Terroranschlägen und Verhaftungen von Verdächtigen in den USA und Europa haben diese Untersuchungen in den Medien jedoch nur geringe Aufmerksamkeit gefunden.

Kurz angebunden hat die SEC bestätigt, daß sie verdächtige Finanztransaktionen daraufhin untersuche, ob sie mit terroristischen Organisationen in Verbindung stünden. Aber das schiere Ausmaß der in Frage stehenden Aktien- und Anleiheaktivitäten widerlegt den Verdacht, daß sie das Werk von Osama bin Ladens Guerillagruppen oder gar der Fanatiker sein könnten.

Das »Wall Street Journal« berichtete am 2. Oktober, daß sich der Secret Service der im Gang befindlichen Untersuchung verdächtiger Aktienverkäufe durch die SEC angeschlossen hat und jetzt umfangreiche Käufe von US-Schatzbriefen mit fünfjähriger Laufzeit unmittelbar vor den Attacken untersucht. Eine der Schatzbrieftransaktionen hatte allein einen Wert von fünf Milliarden Dollar.

Das Blatt schrieb: »Schatzbriefe mit einer Laufzeit von fünf Jahren sind in etwa die beste Investition im Fall einer Weltkrise, besonders wenn sie die USA trifft. Die Briefe beziehen ihre Attraktivität aus ihrer Sicherheit und ihrer Garantie durch die Regierung und erleben normalerweise ihre Hochzeit, wenn Investoren riskantere Investitionen wie Aktien meiden.« Der Wert dieser Briefe ist seit den Ereignissen des 11. September stark gestiegen, wie das Journal anmerkte.

Der Artikel zitierte dann den Anlagestrategen Michael Shamosh mit den Worten: »Wenn jemand so etwas täte, dann im Fünf-Jahre-Sektor dieses Marktes. Er ist äußerst liquide, und die Spuren sind nur schwer zurückzuverfolgen.«

Die SEC untersucht eine Welle von kurzfristigen Verkaufsaktivitäten bei verschiedenen Werten in den Tagen vor den Angriffen. Sie hat amerikanische Wertpapierhäuser aufgefordert, Kundenkonten und Belege offenzulegen. In der Woche vor dem 11. September mußten die Aktien von Fluglinien, Versicherungsgesellschaften, Touristikunternehmen und Finanzfirmen mit Büros im World Trade Center überdurchschnittliche Wertverluste hinnehmen, was nach den Anschlägen den Verdacht der Aufsichtsbehörde erregte. Nach den Angriffen waren diese Werte besonders stark von den Verkäufen an der Wall Street betroffen.

Die SEC war über ihre Untersuchung bisher alles andere als auskunftsfreudig. Dabei hat sie Wertpapierhäuser und Behörden in Europa, Kanada und anderen Ländern um Mithilfe gebeten. Aber am vergangenen Dienstag stellte die Vertretung der kanadischen Wertpapierhäuser eine Liste von 38 Aktienwerten in ihre Website ein, die ihr von der amerikanischen SEC übersandt worden war. Die amerikanische Agentur hatte die Kanadier gebeten, sich den Handel mit diesen Werten vom 27. August bis zum 11. September einmal genauer anzuschauen. Sobald die US-Beamten dieser Veröffentlichung gewahr wurden, verlangten sie von den Kanadiern, sie wieder aus dem Netz zu entfernen, was diese auch taten. Journalisten hatten jedoch die Liste zwischenzeitlich heruntergeladen, bevor sie wieder gelöscht wurde.

Die Liste enthält u. a. die Fluggesellschaften American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United und US Airways, den Flugzeughersteller Boeing und den Rüstungskonzern Lockheed Martin. Mehrere Versicherungskonzerne sind aufgeführt – American International Group, Axa, Chubb, Cigna, CNA Financial, John Hancock und MetLife. Auch finden sich zahlreiche große Firmen, die Büros im World Trade Center gemietet hatten: die Investmentfirmen Morgan Stanley und Lehman Brothers, die Bank of Amerika und der Finanzkonzern Marsh & McLennan. Auf der Liste stehen auch General Motors, American Express oder die Citigroup.

Bei seiner Aussage vor dem Ausschuß des Repräsentantenhauses für Finanzdienstleistungen sagte Dennis Lormel, der Chef der FBI-Abteilung für Wirtschaftskriminalität: »Bis jetzt gibt es noch keine Belege, ... daß jemand das ausgenutzt hat.« »USA Today« zitierte jedoch den Mitbegründer von PTI-Wertpapiere, Jon Najarian, der als »aktiver Spieler« an der Optionsbörse von Chicago gilt, mit den Worten: »Die Volumina lagen weit außerhalb der Norm.«

Es läßt sich im Moment nicht sagen, welche Personen, Gruppen oder Firmen im voraus Kenntnis von den Angriffen am 11. September hatten und dies nutzten, um Kasse zu machen. Man weiß auch nicht, ob jemand davon in den USA residiert. Aber die andernfalls unerklärliche Welle von Schatzbriefkäufen und von Blankoverkäufen bestimmter Aktien sind ein weiterer Hinweis darauf, daß an der Planung der Angriffe auch bestens ausgebildete Leute mit großem Vermögen beteiligt waren, die so manche Facette der amerikanischen Gesellschaft sehr genau kennen.

* www.wsws.org

[Goldhotline]

Der Goldmarkt 19/01

"Meldung vom 17.19.01: US-Behörden ermitteln, ob Vertraute bin Ladens über Termingeschäfte und Leerverkäufe Gewinne erzielt haben.
Kommentar: Über diese Untersuchungen werden wir nie wieder etwas hören."

Begründung: Solche Geschäfte können nicht an der Börse in Karachi durchgeführt werden. Es müssen die Topadressen der Investmentbanken beteiligt sein. Die Aufdeckung dieser Geschäfte würde direkt zu den Tätern führen und echte Beweise bringen.

Die Goldhotline

[Sep]

Nch meinen Informationen - wer weiß schon, was die taugen - ist dei Sache über Fernost ( Japan ? Singapur? Hongkong ? Habs vergessen) gespielt worden, im Auftrag von arabischen Banken aus London.

Das läßt jede Interpretation zu, auch die des schwarzen Peters, oder aber die der vertrauten Bankenumgebung.

Es hat Monate vorher Hinweise aus Ägypten gegeben, die man heute in das Geschehen einpassen kann.

Es wird um den Kern der Täter - wir sind uns einig, daß es Täter gibt ? - verschiedene Schichtungen von Mitwisserschaft gegeben haben, wer immer die Täter waren.

Das bedeutet dann allerdings auch, daß es Leute gegeben haben mag, die wesentlich konkreter ahnen konnten, und entsprechend disponiert haben. Auf den Tag genau disponiert haben.

SEP