More than 11 million documents from a Panamanian law firm, Monssack Fonseca, were released last weekend that purported to show the company helped clients launder money and evade taxes. This was after a yearlong investigation by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Monssack Fonseca is a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world. These shell companies enable their owners to cover up their business dealings, no matter how shady.
Ordinarily, we would likely welcome these revelations, but something about this whole situation smells bad or as we say in my neighborhood . . . it stinks!!
Not only are businessmen implicated but so are several heads of state including U.S. friends, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, and the father of Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron.
Yet, whose name appears to be the journalistic focus, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, a man whose name does not even appear in the list of those implicated.
Pictures of President Putin could be found on the front pages of highly-respected news publications around the globe. The Guardian and the Mail Online were both at it, despite the fact that in the 11.5 million documents that were published Putin’s name was not mentioned once.
What do we know about The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists? They are based in Washington and include those well known “liberal” organizations like, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Crisis Group and the National Endowment for Democracy, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State, the Westminster Foundation (the British version of the NED), and Rights & Democracy (defunct Canadian version of NED).
Are you beginning to get the picture?
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was founded in 1997. The ICIJ, launched by the Center for Public Integrity, is a non-profit organization that relies heavily on contributions from the “public.”
The so-called “public” contributors are: Adessium Foundation, Open Society Foundations, The Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Fritt Ord Foundation, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Ford Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts and Waterloo Foundation.
I also thought it would be informative to learn more about the Center for Public Integrity (CPI). The CPI is, not surprisingly, funded by George Soros whose public image is that of a good willed, socially conscious rich man. He is a powerful man, by the way, who dislikes Vladimir Putin. This might explain the uncalled for and derogatory publicity Putin received in this debacle.
I would like to address what might be the final nail in the coffin regarding the neutrality of ICIJ’s investigation . . . NOT ONE AMERICAN IS MENTIONED IN THE MORE THAN 11 MILLION DOCUMENTS PRODUCED. It can be assumed then, that Amerikan businessmen and women, as well as its political leaders are the most honest, responsible people who would never consider accumulating or dealing with offshore accounts.
It is also important to note that this extensive investigation was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) which may explain the absence of U.S. names.
REMEMBER, DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU ARE TOLD. Very often, things are not what they appear to be.
GOD BLESS AMERIKA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA!!
Dave Alpert has masters degrees in social work, educational administration, and psychology. He spent his career working with troubled inner city adolescents.
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The political goal of the Panama Papers
Posted on April 8, 2016 by Dave Alpert
More than 11 million documents from a Panamanian law firm, Monssack Fonseca, were released last weekend that purported to show the company helped clients launder money and evade taxes. This was after a yearlong investigation by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Monssack Fonseca is a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world. These shell companies enable their owners to cover up their business dealings, no matter how shady.
Ordinarily, we would likely welcome these revelations, but something about this whole situation smells bad or as we say in my neighborhood . . . it stinks!!
Not only are businessmen implicated but so are several heads of state including U.S. friends, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, and the father of Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron.
Yet, whose name appears to be the journalistic focus, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, a man whose name does not even appear in the list of those implicated.
Pictures of President Putin could be found on the front pages of highly-respected news publications around the globe. The Guardian and the Mail Online were both at it, despite the fact that in the 11.5 million documents that were published Putin’s name was not mentioned once.
What do we know about The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists? They are based in Washington and include those well known “liberal” organizations like, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Crisis Group and the National Endowment for Democracy, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State, the Westminster Foundation (the British version of the NED), and Rights & Democracy (defunct Canadian version of NED).
Are you beginning to get the picture?
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was founded in 1997. The ICIJ, launched by the Center for Public Integrity, is a non-profit organization that relies heavily on contributions from the “public.”
The so-called “public” contributors are: Adessium Foundation, Open Society Foundations, The Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Fritt Ord Foundation, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Ford Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts and Waterloo Foundation.
I also thought it would be informative to learn more about the Center for Public Integrity (CPI). The CPI is, not surprisingly, funded by George Soros whose public image is that of a good willed, socially conscious rich man. He is a powerful man, by the way, who dislikes Vladimir Putin. This might explain the uncalled for and derogatory publicity Putin received in this debacle.
I would like to address what might be the final nail in the coffin regarding the neutrality of ICIJ’s investigation . . . NOT ONE AMERICAN IS MENTIONED IN THE MORE THAN 11 MILLION DOCUMENTS PRODUCED. It can be assumed then, that Amerikan businessmen and women, as well as its political leaders are the most honest, responsible people who would never consider accumulating or dealing with offshore accounts.
It is also important to note that this extensive investigation was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) which may explain the absence of U.S. names.
REMEMBER, DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU ARE TOLD. Very often, things are not what they appear to be.
GOD BLESS AMERIKA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA!!
Dave Alpert has masters degrees in social work, educational administration, and psychology. He spent his career working with troubled inner city adolescents.