Epstein Secrets

id that the proposal, if approved, would put equipment such as Humvees or Bradley fighting vehicles at sites in countries that might include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria or Hungary. Officials said no decision has been made, but they suggested that Carter could approve the proposal

orld, the leaders who struggled to save it and the ordinary families who got crushed. September 2008 launched an extraordinary chain of events: • General Motors, the world's largest company, went bust. • Washington Mutual became the world's largest bank failure. • Lehman Brothers became the world's larges

tions. During the Cold War, it set up a fake underground in Poland called WIN, modeled on the Trust. It set up false flag groups in Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Albania, and Hungary. It also had agents mas- | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 228 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019716 The Russians

low probability of a security risk. In the private sector, there is usually an unambiguous external measure of failure. An automobile company such as General Motors can measure the per- formance of its executives by reckoning its change in net income. With secret intelligence work, the metrics for failure are far

example, it set up a fake underground in Poland modeled on the Trust. It was called WIN. It also set up other false flag groups in Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Albania, and Hungary. It also had agents masquerade as members of the security services of Israel, South Africa, Germany, France and the US to recru

o quality control. In the private sector, there is usually an unambiguous external measure of failure. For example, for an automobile company such as General Motors can measure the performance of its executive by reckoning it change in net income. With secret intelligence work, the metrics for failure are far les

ldGross Unemploy- Y/Y Rank Country Outstanding ($B) YN Total 2009 2005 Change YIY Total Deficit ($B) Deficit ment Rate (pps) Zambia Macedonia Ecuador Lithuania Peru South Africa Paraguay Venezuela New Zealand Thailand Namibia Tanzania Senegal Mozambique Romania Uganda Bulgaria Nigeria Angola Cameroon China K

of GDP) 1998 — Russia ($73B — 27% of GDP) State / Local Financial Woes 1975 — New York City ($14B* Debt Outstanding) Corporate Bankruptcy 2009 — General Motors ($95B Debt Outstanding) Note: 1) Attributed to Mark Twain. *NYC government and subsidiaries had $14B debt outstanding in 1975. Adjusting for inflat