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AnotherMcIntosh

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11. Another member, of course, was Allen Welsh Dulles, former Director of the CIA

Reply to The Wizard (Reply #9)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 10:24 AM

Aug 2013

"Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg once stated that "The Dulles brothers were traitors." Some historians believe that Allen Dulles became head of the newly formed CIA in large part to cover up his treasonous behavior and that of his clients."
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"... in October of 1942, Prescott Bush was charged with running Nazi front groups, and all shares of the Union Banking Corporation were seized by the U.S. Alien Property Custodian. The elaborate system of holding companies which Bush and Harriman had created in association with the bank started unraveling as well. Things were looking very bad for the old gang.

"But just then, Allen Dulles worked a miracle.

http://www.enter.net/~torve/trogholm/secret/rightroots/dulles.html

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