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But while BCCI founder Abedi had intended BCCI to finance the development of a Pakistani nuclear bomb, this effort was compromised at the start by the presence of Kamal Adham, who through Credit and Commerce American Holdings (CCAH) was the controlling power behind First American. Adham was both a [[CIA]] and a [[Mossad]] asset. Adham attended CIA training school with the head of the Mossad.

But while BCCI founder Abedi had intended BCCI to finance the development of a Pakistani nuclear bomb, this effort was compromised at the start by the presence of Kamal Adham, who through Credit and Commerce American Holdings (CCAH) was the controlling power behind First American. Adham was both a [[CIA]] and a [[Mossad]] asset. Adham attended CIA training school with the head of the Mossad.

{{Quotebox|"Kamal Adham, who was the CIA's principal liason for the entire [[Middle East]] from the mid-1960's through 1979, was the lead frontman for BCCI in its takeover of First American, was an important nominee shareholder in BCCI, and remains one of the key players in the entire BCCI affair."<ref>Senator John Kerry and Senator Hank Brown, ''The BCCI Affair: a Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations'', United States Senate, December 1992</ref>}}

{{Quotebox|"Kamal Adham, who was the CIA's principal liason for the entire [[Middle East]] from the mid-1960's through 1979, was the lead frontman for BCCI in its takeover of First American, was an important nominee [[shareholder]] in BCCI, and remains one of the key players in the entire BCCI affair."<ref>Senator John Kerry and Senator Hank Brown, ''The BCCI Affair: a Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations'', United States Senate, December 1992</ref>}}

==American branch==

==American branch==