Posted on 23 November 2009. Tags: 1913, Alan Grayson, audit, Barney Frank, Chairman, Congress, Democrats, Don Cohn, economists, Federal Reserve Bank, General Counsel Scott Alvarez, Glenn Greenwald, Government Accountability Office, House Finance Committee, HR 1207, Mel Watt, Ron Paul, Ryan Grim, Vice Chairman, Waterloo
For the first time in history, the Federal Reserve Bank may be facing an audit. On Thursday, the House Finance Committee passed a bill (HR 1207) that authorizes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a wide-ranging audit of the Fed’s secretive deals with foreign central banks and major U.S. financial institutions.
HR 1207, sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), currently has 313 co-sponsors in the House from both sides of the aisle, which is a veto-proof majority. A companion bill in the Senate (S 604) has 30 co-sponsors.
Glenn Greenwald, an investigative reporter writing for Salon.com, points out what may be the most significant aspect of the passage of HR 1207: Read the full story
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Posted on 20 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, Board of Directors, Chairman, David Rockefeller, FBI, Federal Reserve Bank, genocide, global biotechnology, Inc, Jerry Speyer, journalist, Larry Silverstein, Len Horowitz, Morton Zuckerman, new york city, Pandemic, President, Rupert Murdock, Sherri Kane, Silverstein Properties, Thomas Glocer, wall street, World Trade Center
Los Angeles, CA— World leading drug-industry investigators have uncovered stunning documents proving an international drug ring, operating from New York City, is behind the H1N1 swine flu fright and vaccination preparations. Read the full story
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