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The Really Creepy People Behind the Libertarian-Inspired Billionaire Sea Castles
Written by Mark Ames / AlterNet June 2, 2010
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While neither Bush nor the Bin Ladens are principals in the Frontier Group, its founding director, Frank Carlucci, is a name they know well, and you should too. Carlucci ran the Carlyle Group as its chairman from 1989 through 2005, right around the time that the wars started going undeniably bad, and floating castles started to look like a viable plan. But Carlucci’s past is much weirder and scarier than most of us care to know: whether it’s his strangely timed appearances in some of the ugliest assassinations and coups in modern history, or serving as Carter’s number two man in the CIA, and Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Defense, if Frank Carlucci (nicknamed "Creepy Carlucci" and "Spooky Frank"
is the founding director of a firm that’s building floating castles, it’s a bad sign for those of us left behind.
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https://www.alternet.org/2010/06/the_really_creepy_people_behind_the_libertarian-inspired_billionaire_sea_castles/
Written by Mark Ames / AlterNet June 2, 2010
Excerpt...
While neither Bush nor the Bin Ladens are principals in the Frontier Group, its founding director, Frank Carlucci, is a name they know well, and you should too. Carlucci ran the Carlyle Group as its chairman from 1989 through 2005, right around the time that the wars started going undeniably bad, and floating castles started to look like a viable plan. But Carlucci’s past is much weirder and scarier than most of us care to know: whether it’s his strangely timed appearances in some of the ugliest assassinations and coups in modern history, or serving as Carter’s number two man in the CIA, and Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Defense, if Frank Carlucci (nicknamed "Creepy Carlucci" and "Spooky Frank"
is the founding director of a firm that’s building floating castles, it’s a bad sign for those of us left behind.
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https://www.alternet.org/2010/06/the_really_creepy_people_behind_the_libertarian-inspired_billionaire_sea_castles/
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