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libdem4life

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32. Yes, John de Camp, Nebraska Senator wrote a book...I have it. It was horrific.
Sun Jan 11, 2015, 04:14 PM
Jan 2015

from Amazon.... "The shut-down of Omaha, Nebraska's Franklin Community Federal Credit Union, raided by federal agencies in November 1988, sent shock waves all the way to Washington, D.C. $40 million was missing. The credit union's manager: Republican Party activist Lawrence E. "Larry" King, Jr., behind whose rise to fame and riches stood powerful figures in Nebraska politics and business, and in the nation's capital.

In the face of opposition from local and state law enforcement, from the FBI, and from the powerful Omaha World-Herald newspaper, a special Franklin committee of the Nebraska Legislature launched its own probe. What looked like a financial swindle, soon exploded into a hideous tale of drugs, Iran-Contra money-laundering, a nationwide child abuse ring, and ritual murder.

Nineteen months later, the legislative committee's chief investigator died - suddenly, and violently, like more than a dozen other people linked to the Franklin case.

Author John DeCamp knows the Franklin scandal from the inside. In 1990, his "DeCamp memo" first publicly named the alleged high-ranking abusers. Today, he is attorney for two of the abuse victims.

Using documentation never before made public, DeCamp lays bare not only the crimes, but the cover-up - a textbook case of how dangerous the corruption of institutions of government, and the press, can be. In its sweep and in what it portends for the nation, the Franklin cover-up followed the ugly precedent of the Warren Commission."

(The VIPs included the Bush Family)

Another version From Amazon books ..."A chilling exposé of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States tells a sordid tale of corruption in high places. The scandal originally surfaced during an investigation into Omaha, Nebraska's failed Franklin Federal Credit Union that went beyond the Midwest, ultimately to Washington, DC. Implicating businessmen, senators, major media corporations, the CIA, and even the venerable Boys Town organization, this extensively researched report includes firsthand interviews with key witnesses and explores a controversy that has received scant media attention.

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Yeah, funny how some things don't get a lot of coverage. bemildred Jan 2015 #1
I'd be interested to hear what you think of this... Turborama Jan 2015 #3
I don't do sound and video on this machine. bemildred Jan 2015 #4
I've looked for something written that details it instead and found this... Turborama Jan 2015 #5
OK, I'll take a stab at it: bemildred Jan 2015 #7
Thanks for finding that link. I wish more of Jimmy Saville was exposed while he was alive. mackerel Jan 2015 #28
You'd think millions of people were marching for peace or economic justice the way it's ignored. nt valerief Jan 2015 #13
I think it's because it is unbelievable yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #26
True enough, and sound thinking too. bemildred Jan 2015 #31
I wonder if there is a Maxwell connection, but I have no clue jakeXT Jan 2015 #2
Tory/Republican/pedophiles Gman Jan 2015 #6
Careful, the left have enough of their own problems with it. Here or abroad. 7962 Jan 2015 #8
The small handful of liberals is greatly surpassed Gman Jan 2015 #9
What's so Liberal about Epstein? Ash_F Jan 2015 #36
Uh huh...yeah. Right. Archae Jan 2015 #10
You do know the rich and powerful are not random daycare providers? starroute Jan 2015 #12
It's just as possible that much of it never happened. Archae Jan 2015 #15
Of course you know that random daycare providers are just the sort of people the rich and powerful notadmblnd Jan 2015 #19
Terry's book, while highly entertaining... Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #38
The death may not be documented, but the players have been. WCLinolVir Jan 2015 #21
Documented? Or accused? Archae Jan 2015 #24
Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #11
Here are a couple of links to DU threads from back in the day starroute Jan 2015 #16
Ding, ding, ding, and we have a winner. Hotler Jan 2015 #17
Right. And look what happened to the Bushes. Nothing. nt valerief Jan 2015 #20
What good is being profoundly rich and powerful if you can't get away with anything? zeemike Jan 2015 #25
that's so true. None of these pedophiles will have anything WhiteTara Jan 2015 #27
Just do like the Bankers and Wall Street HoosierCowboy Jan 2015 #14
Sounds like "Eyes Wide Shut (1999)" HatTrick Jan 2015 #18
Whenever you hear "this person is a pillar of the community" just know that person is perverse Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #22
not so much a media blackout Prophet 451 Jan 2015 #23
These kind of vast rings of exploitation by powerful people Shivering Jemmy Jan 2015 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author hopemountain Jan 2015 #33
Anyone here aware of the Franklin Boys' Town scandal? Man from Pickens Jan 2015 #29
Yes, John de Camp, Nebraska Senator wrote a book...I have it. It was horrific. libdem4life Jan 2015 #32
Torture Advocate Alan Dershowitz Implicated In Related Sex Slave Lawsuit 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #34
habeas corpus... reACTIONary Jan 2015 #35
The Mirror has been Onioned a couple of times in the past Recursion Jan 2015 #37
David Cameron personally orders Tories to open Whips 'dirt books' to child abuse investigators Turborama Jan 2015 #39
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