Bilderberg 'Summit' Opens In Sintra Under Massive Security

The News www.the-news.net 6-4-99 A massive security operation was launched in Sintra on Wednesday, in preparation for the arrival of some of the world's most powerful people. A special unit from the PJ (Judicial Police) was reported to be sweeping Penha Longa for listening devices late Wednesday. A film crew from the UK's Channel 4 were being trailed by a team of plain clothes police and security men after they attempted to film inside the hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Veteran Washington reporter and Bilderberg specialist Jim Tucker, a regular and unwelcome visitor at Bilderberg conferences since 1980, is also under constant surveillance. He told The News that he was spotted near the hotel by the Bilderberg security team. Since the Bilderberg meeting was first revealed by The News on May 1, scooping the world's media, the internet site of The News has been experiencing unprecedented international interest. In the last four days the site has accumulated over 368,000 hits, being linked to some of the largest media sites on the net. Only on Wednesday did the Portuguese media start to comment on the upcoming 'summit' in Sintra, despite the fact that the Portuguese press agency LUSA had alerted them to the story in The News four weeks ago. Much of the information now being published is relying heavily on The News reporting of this event over its last five issues. Guests confirmed by the Bilderberg Meeting to The News on Thursday morning included in alphabetical order; Pinto Balsemco, Conrad Black, Kenneth Clarke, Joco Cravinho, Paulo Fresco, Margal Grilo, Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Peter Mandelson, Vasco de Mello, Murteira Nabo, Her Majesty Queen of the Netherlands, David Oddsson, David Rockefeller, Richardo Salgado, President Jorge Sampaio, Rudolf Scharping.

The Bilderberg wall of silence suffered substantial damage this week. The Edinburgh based Sunday Herald, WorldNetDaily and the famous Drudge Report all commented on the rendezvous of world leaders currently taking place in Sintra.

The Scottish Sunday Herald published the story (May 30) and the internationally-respected WorldNetDaily led with the agenda linking directly to The News site. The Portuguese national radio station, RFM, reported on Wednesday the expected presence of Bill Clinton who, they reported, would be unaccounted for over this weekend.

The Sunday Herald said in its article: "Every year the international media competes to be the first to reveal the location and agenda for the conference". The Herald continued by saying: "The winner of the Bilderberg scoop this year was a Portuguese newspaper, The News, which boasts that it is the country's largest-circulation English language newspaper. It has published the location and the detailed agenda of the conference".

Pzblico refers to a "Lusa News Agency alert" quoting a newspaper, 'The News'.

The BBC Worldwide Monitoring Service this week printed a text of a report by the Yugoslav News Agency, Tanjug, which said the plan to bring about a Balkan Vietnam was drawn up secretly back in 1996 and reactivated at a meeting of the Bilderberg Group held in Scotland last year, citing the May 27 edition of the Yugoslav newspaper "Vojska".

Vojska said that a thorough investigation conducted by independent US journalists had disclosed that the group members included David Rockefeller, Giovanni Agnelli, Helmut Kohl, Lord Peter Carrington, Queen Sophia of Spain, Valery Giscard D'Estaing, Baron Rothschild, Margaret Thatcher, Lord Robert Owen and Henry Kissinger. The newspaper claimed that US journalists had disclosed that the Bilderberg Group had in fact made plans for the "third Balkan war" in this century.

Under the plan, drawn up at a session chaired by Lord Carrington, the first move was to be to try and arrest "war criminals from among the Serbs" with extensive help of the Hague tribunal, set up for that very purpose. The move was to provoke a stormy reaction by Serbs, which was to be used as a pretext for a military intervention.

However, developments prevented the idea from being translated into practice, which required a reserve variant - the fanning of interethnic conflicts in Kosovo-Metohija.

All indications are that a group is now going back to the original variant, the outcome of which is the indicting of Yugoslav officials by the Hague tribunal, said the newspaper.

According to the same scenario, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia and Turkey are to be drawn into the war, in addition to Yugoslavia, with Nato adding fuel to the fire.

In yet another 'extraordinary coincidence' one of the items on the Bilderberg agenda for this weekend (as revealed to The News by Canadian based researcher John Whitley) is the formation of a Western European Army which is high on the agenda of the meeting of European leaders in Cologne on Thursday.

Stop press: As we went to press on Thursday we received the official press release from the Bilderberg Meeting. It said: "The 47th Bilderberg Meeting will be held in Sintra Portugal June 3 to 6 to discuss the Atlantic Relationship in a Time of Change. Among others the conference will discuss NATO, Genetics, Emerging Markets, The New Economy, European Politics, US Politics, International Financial Architecture, Russia. Approximately 120 participants from North America and Europe will attend the discussions. The meeting is private in order to encourage frank and open discussion.

"What is unique about the about Bilderberg as a forum is the broad cross-section of leading citizens that are assembled for nearly three days of informal and off-the-record discussion about topics of current concern especially in the fields of foreign affairs and the international economy; the strong feeling among participants that in view of the differing attitudes and experiences of the Western nations, there remains a clear need to further develop an understanding in which these concerns can be accommodated; the privacy of the meetings, which has no purpose other than to allow participants to speak their minds open and freely. In short, Bilderberg is a small, flexible, informal, off-the-record international forum in which different viewpoints can be expressed and mutual understanding enhanced.

"Bilderberg's only activity is its annual Conference. At the meetings, no resolutions are proposed, no votes taken, and no policy statements issued. Since 1954, forty-six conferences have been held. The names of the participants as well as the agenda are made available to the press. Participants are chosen for their experience, knowledge, and their standing; all participants attend Bilderberg in a private and not an official capacity.

"There usually are about 120 participants of whom about two-thirds come from Europe and the balance from North America. About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from finance, industry, labor, education, communications.

"Participants have agreed not to give interviews to the press during the meeting. In contacts with the news media after the conference it is an established rule that no attribution should be made to individual participants of what was discussed during the meeting.

There will be no press conference. A list of participants is appended."

http://www.the-news.net/archives/bilburg05-6.htm

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), June 05, 1999

Answers

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http://www.inforamp.net/~jwhitley/HERALD.HTM

We don't normally do this, but for the sake of the record, here are the e-mails exchanged between ourselves and the PORTUGAL NEWS. They establish exactly which publication actually scooped the world's media on the detailed agenda for this year's 1999 Bilderberg Conference - the New World Order Intelligence Update, although we generously permitted it to be published in advance in the PORTUGAL NEWS in recognition of their courage and to embarrass the Bilderbergers as they secretly meet to discuss their now not-so- secret agenda; and because they provide additional details which the PORTUGAL NEWS, for reasons of space, left out of its report and which will no doubt intrigue serious Bilderberg-watchers:

---------- > From: Paul Luckman > To: jwhitley@inforamp.net > Subject: Bilderberg Portugal > Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 5:02 AM >

> Dear John > You may have come across our newspaper, www.the-news.net we have been > covering (as much as we can) the upcoming Bilderberg conference in Sintra. > We are running out of information, so if you have anything you feel able to > share, please drop me an e-mail. I may give you a call this afternoon, until > all this came up I had never heard of the Bilderbergs. Now I want to know > more. > God Bless > Paul > Editor@the-news.net >

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> From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: Re: Bilderberg Portugal > Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 11:31 AM >

> Hi, Paul: >

> Thanks for your note. We do have some reliable > indications of the agenda items for this year's > meeting, but I would point out that these are > always treated as "tentative" and "flexible" > until a few days before the meeting itself > actually occurs. Then they're finalized, generally > around a core group of issues decided some > time in advance. >

> I'm doing you a considerable and exceptional > favour in sharing these with you in advance, in > large part because of the courage you've displayed > in your own local efforts to expose this secretive > cabal, so please credit them to the > NEW WORLD ORDER INTELLIGENCE UPDATE. > Because you are a weekly, and we are a monthly, > publication, I'm permitting you to "scoop" us in doing this! >

> REPORTED 1999 AGENDA ITEMS: >

> * Global Governance, including a review of progress > in the formation of an Asian bloc under the leadership > of Japan, with a common trade and monetary framework > along the lines of the European Union; and a review of > progress in extending free trade, monetary union and then > political union throughout the Western Hemispere to > form an American Union [a key followup meeting to > further this has already been scheduled for Quebec > City next year]. A quick review of the coming breakup > of Canada, postponed by the Bilderbergers in 1997 > and re-set for the year 2000, will form part of this > latter discussion [the details of this were finalized at > last year's meeting: interested Canadians will quickly > detect from the 1998 attendees list which three people > were invited specifically because of this topic] as will > the commencement of press agitation for Continental > Union between the remnants of Canada and the US > [to be followed by full hemispheric union in the years > immediately thereafter]. Conrad Black, a key Bilderberger, > now has a huge press presence in Canada, and recently > launched a new national newspaper there. >

> * The Kosovo war, including the formation of a Greater > Albanian state following "trusteeship" of an "independent" > Kosovo, the dismemberment of Yugoslavia [by the return > of its northern province, which has 350,000 ethnic Hungarians, > to Hungary] as part of a general re-drawing of borders in > the region [calculated to continue regional instability and > conflict], and the reconstruction [worth billions of dollars] of > the destroyed regional infrastructure at Western taxpayers' > expense. >

> * The ultimate replacement of NATO with a Western European > Army, probably sooner than later due to the bad press NATO > has endured over this current campaign. Efforts will be urged > to speed up the transformation of the W.E.U. into a credible > European military force, initially relying on American backup. > This will complete American military disengagement from > Western Europe and leave US forces available for wider > global policing, if necessary with W.E.U. backup in return [We > first reported on this Bilderberg plan in our 1996 Bilderberg > Report].The key point here is that the Bilderbergers win > no matter what happens to NATO - if it survives a little > longer, they can use it as an emergency global police force; > if it loses credibility over the Kosovo affair, then they just > accelerate its replacement in Europe with the W.E.U., which > they had planned on doing anyway. >

> * the global impact of, and opportunities offered by, Y2K [which > is going to be far, far worse than many people have yet > realized]; the possible appointment of a "Y2K Czar" to > oversee global passage through the "Y2K Emergency" [one > name repeatedly coming up as the most likely candidate > here is Mikhail Gorbachev, whose international standing would > win him ready acceptance] >

> Those are the key topics, Paul, so far: there are some oil items > and financial [IMF; US economy and stock market; gold market > manipulation] topics to be reviewed, too, but I've highlighted the > ones which most interested us. >

> Hope this helps you. > > Best wishes, > > John W. > >

---------- > From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: More on Bilderberg Portugal > Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 2:36 PM >

> Paul: >

> Hope these extracts from our Web site, which I mentioned in > passing in our phone conversation, help you as backgrounders.... >

> WINDSWEPT HOUSE: A Vatican Novel - Malachi Martin [646 pages, US$24.95,

> Canadian$32.95]

> U.S. News & World Report, June 10, 1996, carried the following astonishing > interview with Malachi Martin: >

> Plotting World Order in Rome.

> Vatican expert Malachi Martin tries to scope out papal succession. >

> "Windswept House: A Vatican Novel" >

> Conversation with Jeffery L. Sheler & Malachi Martin. >

> Your novel depicts an international plot by Vatican insiders and > internationalists to install a new Pope and establish a "New World Order."

> How fictional is this story line? >

> Not very. There is an unspoken alliance today between powers inside the > Vatican and leaders of major international humanist organizations who would > change the Roman Catholic Church from a sacred institution to one whose > primary function is to act as a stabilizing social force in the world. They > see the church as the only global structure able to do this. The one > obstacle is John Paul II. He is seen as a defender of medieval traditions. > They want a Pope who shares their more liberal, globalist view. >

> Who are these powers? >

> Cardinals of the church, the men who will elect the next Pope. I describe > them as conciliarists. The Church today is divided. Monolithic faith is > gone. The new rival factions: traditionalists who prefer the church as it > was before the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and conciliarists who > want to liberalize church doctrine on everything from divorce and > contraception to abortion and homosexuality. The numbers are about even, > but conciliarists hold the positions of power. They think John Paul II is > too conservative; traditionalists don't think he is conservative enough. >

> What about the non-church part of the alliance? Who are they? >

> Academia, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, even some > governmental agencies. They have vast resources devoted to population > control, education and economic and social stabilization. If they can get > the Roman Catholic Church to side with them in the social and cultural > field in a world that is dysfunctional, they'll have another element of > stability. >

> This sounds rather conspiratorial. >

> It's not a conspiracy, but it's deliberate. Conciliarists and non- church > globalists think the same way. Neither likes the Pope's policies. They are > preparing for the selection of the next Pope. >

> Why write this as fiction? Why not name names? >

> Some of the cardinals involved are well respected and loved. > Understandably, many people would react emotionally in defense of the > cardinals and would miss the larger point. I plan to write a monograph in > the fall that names some names. > >

> And from our June 20th, 1997, Jim Quinn interview.... > [http://www.inforamp.net/~jwhitley/quinn.htm] > > <...>

> Whitley: Yes, we've always had good sources. I wouldn't like to be too

> specific because they're people who very cautiously we've developed links > with, and who kind of work at a secondary level but who are directly > involved with people who are at the Bilderberger meeting. They are becoming > increasingly concerned themselves with where this stuff is going. So, yes, > we do find out what's going on. Basically what happened at that meeting was > they picked up a theme that was also discussed at Davos and [that] they're > really pushing - and this was discussed at the Trilateral meeting in Tokyo, > too - they're pushing for three regional governments and for the military > anchoring of those... >

> Quinn: The military anchoring of three regional governments? >

> Whitley: Yes. The whole idea is that you divide the world up into three > governmental zones, and each one will have an enforcement army; and then > you merge those government zones into one, and you merge those three armies > into one. In essence, you get a three-fold world state. And this has been > the long-term plan of the Trilateral Commission, which is how it got its > name. They're going along three lines, trilateral, to one World State. And, > of course, you've got the Asian Union, the European Union, and coming into > existence now, first announced at Davos, privately, is the American Union. > Now we did publicly announce this one week after Davos finished, from our > own sources. We went on the Internet and in our own Newsletter and we said > that it was agreed that there would be a fast-tracking of NAFTA, the North > American Free Trade Agreement, plus SAFTA, the South American Free Trade > Agreement, for a full union by the year 2003, even if just the structure > was in place. And that Newt Gringrich would be backing this and that Bill > Clinton will be announcing it. A month and a half after Davos, Clinton > announced this. So either this was a plan - part of a global plan - or we > got very lucky. [laughs] But we seem to get very lucky most of the time, so > obviously there is a plan there. >

> <....> >

> A couple of other things, Jim. Energy. They're really discussing that, if > there's a Middle east conflict apart from that [the coming Bosnian war], > which is not unlikely given the situation in the Middle East right now. > Then oil prices will go through the roof! And, of course, the Bilderbergers > are intimately interested in that because numbers of their members, > including Rockefeller and Queen Beatrix, have massive investments in oil > companies and in oil operations. That will also impoverish us. >

> And, of course, NATO. They were looking at NATO because the more that > expands, the more they can overwhelm American resistance at home to foreign > adventures of any kind and foreign influence. American troops are being > used as surrogates in foreign countries. And, of course, the more it > expands, the more opportunity they've got to use it as a "police force", > even outside of Europe. >

> The last thing I would say, just adding to that, of course, we've already > mentioned an increased UN role. That is the one thing that they are really > pushing for hard. >

> And, Jim, just as a treat for you and your listeners, I just found the AP > press release that we were talking about earlier. I'll just read part of it > very quickly. This is about the Davos meeting. >

> "The world's elite meet in Geneva to wheel, deal and have fun," is the > headline. Alexander G. Higgins of the Associated Press, the 29th of > January, 1997. >

> Quinn: "To wheel, deal and have fun"? [laughs] >

> Whitley: Yeah, "Geneva, Switzerland. Many of the world's power- brokers and > power-seekers will wind their way up a narrow, avalanche-prone Alpine > valley in the remote eastern resort of Davos, Switzerland, this week for > six days of deal-making, deep thinking, and fun. Headliners at this year's > economic forum [which is the follow-up to the Bilderberg meeting] which > will open tomorrow include Bill Gates, U.S. House Speaker Newt Gringrich, > top Russians and, as usual, key players from the Middle East. The group of > Illuminati, including top scientists and experts...will have their pick of > a bewildering array of meetings, discussions and dinners, many of them held > simultaneously." You know, as I do, that the Illuminati is the group that's > been behind this for a couple of centuries at least, now. Now it's the push > for world government. >

> Quinn: Now, you see, heretofore we've been told that the Illuminati were a > figment of conspiracists' imaginations. >

> Whitley: Well, here is an AP press release, dated the 29th of January, by > Alexander G. Higgins, [laughs], which actually tells you that this is the > group that's meeting. > > <...> > ----------

> From: Paul Luckman > To: John K. Whitley > Subject: RE: More on Bilderberg Portugal > Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:49 AM >

> Dear John

> Very many thanks for all the info, both on the phone and via e- mail. Right > now my head is still reeling following our conversation yesterday...Let's keep in touch. > God Bless > Paul > ----------

> From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: Bilderberger update... > Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 1:14 PM > >

> Paul: >

> I hope this reaches you in time to include in your > forthcoming Bilderberger agenda account! >

> We now have two key additional topics confirmed > to us for this meeting. >

> 1. Preparation for a "mid-East peace settlement" > [ie - the declaration of a Palestinian State and the > final disposition of Jerusalem - quote: "The results > for Israel will not be good."] This explains the heavy > emphasis on Israeli and international Jewish > representation, plus the attendance of key > representatives of Arab regimes which are > implacably opposed to Israel - quote: "The deal > on Jerusalem has already been done, and the > Golan issue is being ironed out right now." >

> 2. Global taxation in support of the UN, as the > emerging "global governance" centre, to begin > with a world-wide tax on e-commerce [this is > why the CEO's of so many key computer > companies, plus Bill Gates, are in attendance] > and to be followed by an individual direct tax > collected on the UN's behalf by national > governments [we first drew attention to the > first steps in implementing this plan at the > end of our 1998 BILDERBERG UPDATE, > at http://www.inforamp.net/~hjwhitley/bild98.htm] >

> We have also been cautioned to keep a close eye on > Yehoshua Yaacov Ben-Avraham, innocuously listed > as "Yehoshua, A.B,. Israeli Writer" and originator > of the mysterious "Ben-Avraham Plan". >

> You'll recollect that some weeks ago Ariel Sharon > said words to the effect of "Now, Kosovo - next, Israel" > and got soundly rebuked for it. Now we see the > significance of that comment, particularly as NATO > now has free reign to intervene outside Europe in > 'defense of human rights'! Any Israeli resistance > to an imposed Palestinian settlement would > inevitably lead to...another Bilderberger-created > and -controlled conflict!. >

> Now perhaps the full significance of Bilderberger > Bill Clinton's and Bilderberger Tony Blair's active > assistance in getting Barak elected is also, in > consequence, becoming obvious. >

> All the Bilderberg players will be in place for the next > Act in their script...! >

> You're welcome to utilize this information, if credited > to the NEW WORLD ORDER INTELLIGENCE UPDATE, > and if you severely embarrass this cabal > of secretive globalists by revealing it just as they > are meeting! > > With best wishes, > > John > ----------

> From: Paul Luckman > To: John K. Whitley > Subject: RE: Bilderberger update... > Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 5:51 AM >

> Dear John

> And the cry rang across the office 'hold the front page'. Its actually a > very small office, and such display of unbridled excitement was totally > uncalled for, but we enjoyed it!. > It's in! > God Bless > Paul > ----------

> From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt

> Subject: BBC Bilderberg story... > Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 4:10 PM >

> Paul... you've probably already seen the Tanjug > [Yugoslav news agency] report on the Bilderberg > plans for the Kosovo war, recently carried by > the BBC's web site. >

> Once again, they quote our Web site at >

> http://www.inforamp.net/~jwhitley/bild98.htm >

> virtually word-for-word, and then attribute the whole > thing to "independent U.S. journalists." What is > it with this - why does everyone seem insistent > on attributing our exclusives to [U.S. journalists]? > Is this some new Bilderberg ploy to tie up our > time just prior to their meeting...:)? >

> Anyway, if you quote it [and it's too juicy a > followup to overlook] please do add a note (sigh) > attributing it to its correct source. >

> Canadians don't appreciate being termed "U.S. > journalists", or "U.S." anything else! > > Many thanks, > > John > ----------

> From: Paul Luckman > To: John K. Whitley > Subject: RE: BBC Bilderberg story... > Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 4:54 AM >

> It's a conspiracy!!! (Sorry, but you really have to wonder) > How much credence do you give to the BBC story? > Kind regards > Paul > ----------

> From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: Re: BBC Bilderberg story... > Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:59 AM >

> Hi, Paul: >

> Sure gets you wondering what *is* a > conspiracy and what isn't, doesn't it :) ? >

> I give 100% credence to the BBC account > of what Tanjug itself reported. It mirrors exactly > what we have on our 1998 Bilderberg Summary > Web site and in our earlier 1996 BILDERBERG > REPORT [and numerous copies of that were > ordered by - among other people - Serbs living > in Canada and the UK. I've no doubt that they > were widely copied - in fact, one of the Serb > expatriate leaders in the UK was roundly > criticized for publicly stating making the > same assertions there thereafter]. >

> We've had numerous direct e-mails from Yugoslavia > over the past few weeks, querying us on the > statements in that Web page. We've also > kept in close touch with Bob Djurdjevic in > the US, whose daily Truth In Media summary > of media and press coverage of events in > this war is widely read in Yugoslavia and > by Serbs, others, and media around the > world, and Bob [and experienced and > widely-published analyst] has run some > of our material and openly and independently > agrees that this is a NWO-inspired assault. >

> So the channels into Yugoslavia have been > wide open for these insights for some time. >

> If you check the BBC report of Tanjug's > press release for the 29th May, in particular, > you'll see that Tanjug reports virtually in > detail from our Web page. Hard to believe > when they first read it there no doubt, but > reported as hard news now that it's happening. >

> If you want independent confirmation of the > existence of the article and its contents, > e-mail Tanjug directly, or check with the > Webmaster of http://www.beograd.com [who, > no doubt, also has the right contacts to have > this independently confirmed for you]. >

> With best wishes, > > John > ----------

> From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: 1999 Bilderberg agenda begins to be confirmed... > Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 10:04 AM > > > Paul: >

> Here's virtually immediate confirmation of the New World > Order Intelligence Update scoop on the Bilderberg plan to > carve up Yugoslavia, which is now receiving its final approval > at the current Bilderberg Conference in Sintra, Portugal. This > story was first given to, and published in, the PORTUGAL NEWS, > by the New World Order Intelligence Update *a week* ago - that is, > five days *before* this Hungarian announcement - was featured >

> The accuracy of our Bilderberg warnings has been proven right, > again and again, in detail over the years, and, sadly, this will > prove no exception. >

> [You may quote this preliminary note to you by way of > introduction to the item below, if you wish: at least readers > will then see the clear connection between this future event and > current Bilderberg scheming when it does in fact occur] > >

> 1750 GMT, 990602 - Hungarian far-right > leader Istvan Csurka called on June 2 for > Belgrade to return an ethnically Hungarian > northern area of its territory to Hungary, > simultaneously with accepting a peace plan > for Kosovo. Csurka, who leads the Party of > Hungarian Life and Justice, said part of the > northern Serbian province of Voivodina -- > which is a home for 300,000 ethnic > Hungarians and used to belong to Hungary > before WWI -- should be given back to > Hungary. Csurka referred to the area > stretching 36 miles into Yugoslavia, from the > Hungarian border to a line drawn by the > Yugoslav towns Sombor, Vrbas, Srborban, > Novi Becej and Kikinda. >

> With best wishes, > > John > > ----------

> From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: ..And here's the first hint on another Bilderberg item! > Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 10:56 AM >

> Paul: >

> Intriguingly, US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, a magazine > well-connected with the the elite through David Gergen, is > now running *this* story, presumably as the first of many. > Note the last line. >

> Remember the proposal for a tax on "Internet transactions" > to support the UN? Well, right as they are meeting, this item > appears in an influential US news magazine to prepare the way, > presumably, for the acceptance of part of just such a taxing > agenda! Now its "Internet postage"; next it's internet commerce... > > Best wishes, > > John >

> At least the coffee and pens are still free >

> At the office, and at home, E-mail could cost you >

> BY KIM CLARK >

> When Jeremy Gross first learned about E-mail, he thought it was "the > greatest productivity improvement ever." But now the managing director of > technology for Countrywide Home Loans is not so sure. Of the 300 E- mails he > gets a day, about 200 are bad jokes, spam, or irrelevant memos copied to > him. "The guy who invented that damn 'cc' [carbon copy] should be lined up > against a wall and shot," Gross jokes. >

> In all seriousness, however, Gross is proposing a solution that many E-mail > fans consider only slightly less drastic. He has joined a growing number of > employers and Internet service providers who want to charge heavy E- mail > users more. If they succeed in these first steps toward a kind of > "E-stamp," the days of free E-mail may be numbered. >

> The E-stamp, known in the industry as a "chargeback" because providers > charge the cost of a message back to its sender, is hardly revolutionary. > People are used to paying extra for each telegram, letter, or long- distance > telephone call. In the early days of E-mail, many service providers charged > 25 or 50 cents for each message. It also makes good economic sense. It > allows Internet service providers and corporate E-mail departments to > collect higher revenues as their costs rise. >

> Worse than Hitler? But chargeback provokes passionate opposition because it > violates the Internet ethic of unfettered use. Kevin O'Connor, an executive > director of Detroit-based Superior Consultant Inc., says he understands the > economic reasoning, but will "rebel" against usage charges because > unlimited E-mail makes him and everyone he knows more productive and > happier. Chargeback would not only be like "dialing back the oxygen" but > also smacks a "little of Machiavelli and a lot of Big Brother." Some E-mail > addicts are far less rational. Robert Metcalfe, a founder of 3Com and > currently a vice president of International Data Group, has received two > death threats after speeches promoting chargeback. "One young student said > I was worse than Hitler," he says. >

> The companies installing the chargeback systems say they can't afford to do > otherwise. The problem is that the flat-rate pricing schemes launched to > encourage E-mail usage worked too well. At Countrywide, the nation's > biggest independent mortgage company, E-mail traffic has skyrocketed from > 1,000 messages a week five years ago to 1 million now. >

> E-mail overload isn't just annoying, it's expensive. Each spam costs > recipients about 3 cents in wasted worker time and computer memory, says > Bright Light Technologies, which makes antispam programs. E-mail can be > even more expensive for those who provide the backbone servers and Internet > connectionsemployers or companies such as America Online. In support > equipment and services, it costs providers about 9 cents to process each > message, according to the Electronic Messaging Association, which opposes > these pricing schemes. >

> Little wonder then that about 75 major employers and Internet service > providers, such as Bank of America, Unisys, and MasterCard, have bought and > installed computer programs that allow them to trackand chargeby > individual E-mail. Most are approaching chargeback gingerly. None has > adopted a strict pay-as-you-send policy, says Randy Britton, spokesman for > the biggest chargeback-software company, Tally Systems Corp. Some ISPs are > also phasing in usage charges. EDS, the Plano, Texas-based information > services company, for example, is charging its E-mail clients for usage > over a generous ceiling. >

> But the economic logic, so far, anyway, hasn't been sufficient to overcome > popular distaste. Countrywide's Gross has already experimented with, and > abandoned, a system that charged users for storing lots of messages in > their computers' electronic memory. The reason: Even he found it to be a > hassle. So now he's looking for some easy way to fairly recoup his > department's costs without discouraging useful communication. These days, > he's considering a three-tiered system in which each department will be > charged differently for heavy, average, or light E-mail users. This, too, > seems logical, but he thinks it will be a tough sales job. "We don't want > to shove it down people's throats," he says. >

> Unfortunately, just like banks did with those annoying cash-machine > charges, that's probably what will happen. > > [Story located at: > http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/990607/nycu/epost.htm]

> ---------- > > From: John K. Whitley > To: paul.luckman@ip.pt > Subject: ...And *another* Bilderberg Agenda confirmation! > Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 11:18 AM >

> Paul: >

> ....And, lastly, *another* 1999 Bilderberg current agenda > item, this time from THE TIMES of London, and > being pushed by Bilderberg Tony Blair, just as > the Bilderberg Conference commences. >

> Remember that we warned that they would > accelerate the replacement of NATO in Europe > with a European army, via the W.E.U.....? >

> John >

> EU shift towards common defence >

> BY CHARLES BREMNER IN COLOGNE > > GALVANISED by the conflict in Kosovo, Tony Blair and other European leaders > today lay the foundations for a common defence policy that will enable the > European Union to mount military operations in countries near its borders. >

> The defence accord, described by the Government as historic, falls well > short of creating a combat-ready "European army". >

> The pact to be settled at the Cologne EU summit envisages European troops > being used to intervene in crises to keep the peace and offer humanitarian > aid under the aegis of Nato, but without American involvement. >

> An EU capacity to field forces separately from the American-led alliance is > seen as vital to equipping the Union with the diplomatic and security > muscle that it has long lacked. >

> Reinforcing the push for diplomatic clout to match the EU's economic might, > the leaders are expected to appoint Javier Solana, the Nato > Secretary-General, to the new post of EU head of foreign and security > policy. >

> As a European socialist with a strong record at Nato, the Spanish alliance > chief is seen as the ideal man to become the EU's first "foreign minister" > and give the union a higher profile. >

> To pave the way for bringing more states into the EU over the next decade, > the leaders are expected tomorrow to endorse the opening of negotiations to > revamp the Commission and decision-making rules. > > [http://www.the- times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/06/03/timkoskos01002.html?1124027 >

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), June 05, 1999.

Thanks for the post Andy. I was wondering what was going on. This doesn't seem to be in the mainstream media coverage. No surprises there!

-- Gia (Laureltree7@hotmail.com), June 06, 1999.

Andy : great thing you are doing by the posting of these items; most of us just do not have the time to do the research that you must be able to do; please know that there are some of us who appreciate your effort greatly!

Thanks,

Perry

-- perry Arnett (pjarnett@pdqnet.net), June 06, 1999.

Global tax, ho hum. Will that tax be on cigarettes, whisky, and wild wild women?Or will it be on water, food, and energy?What do you think?

-- Betty Alice (Barn266@aol.com), June 06, 1999.

Thanks Andy!

A week or two ago, a list of invitees included Pope John Paul. As I recall, there was some anti-Catholic rhetoric on this forum saying that the Catholic Church is in on the NWO plot to take over the world.

Your post rebuts that. We know that Pope John Paul is in Poland. It should surprise no one that there are sinister people in the Catholic Church who dream of making it an evil organization. Naturally, those people hat Pope John Paul.

The fact that the Catholic Church must remain vigilant against those who would corrupt it does not mean that it has already been corrupted and is already allied with Henry Kissinger. But the anti-Catholic bigots don't want to admit that.

By the way, I have noticed that Henry Kissenger's name and photo has been in the newspaper a few times since the beginning of the year. If he is not part of the NWO conspiracy as the right wingers claim, why is he in the news? Nobody cares what he thinks.

-- GA Russell (ga.russell@usa.net), June 06, 1999.