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"Collateral? None.

"Collateral? None.

"Documents? Well, no, though Lance's lawyer, Robert Altman, says some are being drawn up now."<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601780403,00.html Another 'Loan' for Lance,] [[Time magazine]], April 3, 1978 </ref>}}

"Documents? Well, no, though Lance's lawyer, Robert Altman, says some are being drawn up now."<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601780403,00.html Another 'Loan' for Lance,] [[Time magazine]], April 3, 1978</ref>}}

Bert Lance had approached Financial General on behalf of BCCI London with a bid for control of the bank. Lance was also was responsible for introducing BCCI founder Abedi to [[Jimmy Carter]], and for bringing [[Clark Clifford]] in on the take-over attempt. Ghaith Pharaon was another investor in the deal.

Bert Lance had approached Financial General on behalf of BCCI London with a bid for control of the bank. Lance was also was responsible for introducing BCCI founder Abedi to [[Jimmy Carter]], and for bringing [[Clark Clifford]] in on the take-over attempt. Ghaith Pharaon was another investor in the deal.

==Noriega and the Afghan rebels==

==Noriega and the Afghan rebels==

BCCI became a important conduit for CIA intelligence and the [[NSA]]. When Norman Bailey at the [[National Security Council]] urged NSA to "follow the money" as part of the "wars" on terrorism and drugs, the NSA had BCCI as an obvious banking target. The CIA was there also to assist in the monitoring of BCCI related money flows of other intelligence and criminal enterprises. BCCI had become a giant laundry machine, and the CIA made use of BCCI for their own covert money transfers.

BCCI became an important conduit for CIA intelligence and the [[NSA]]. When Norman Bailey at the [[National Security Council]] urged NSA to "follow the money" as part of the "wars" on terrorism and drugs, the NSA had BCCI as an obvious banking target. The CIA was there also to assist in the monitoring of BCCI related money flows of other intelligence and criminal enterprises. BCCI had become a giant laundry machine, and the CIA made use of BCCI for their own covert money transfers.

The CIA used BCCI branches in Pakistan to launder payments to the [[Afghan Mujahideen]], and Pakistani officials used the same bank to launder [[heroin]] profits. The finance minister of Pakistan confirmed that the bank laundered CIA contributions to the Afghan rebels, but claims it was "not even handling 1 percent of total drug money."<ref>Financial Times, July 25, 1991</ref>

The CIA used BCCI branches in Pakistan to launder payments to the [[Afghan Mujahideen]], and Pakistani officials used the same bank to launder [[heroin]] profits. The finance minister of Pakistan confirmed that the bank laundered CIA contributions to the Afghan rebels, but claims it was "not even handling 1 percent of total drug money."<ref>Financial Times, July 25, 1991</ref>

====Harken Energy====

====Harken Energy====

Stephens and his Worthen National Bank invested in Harken Energy, a [[Texas]] company in which [[George W Bush]] was a board member. "The money Stephens invested came through the Swiss BCCI subsidiary."<ref>Rachel Ehrenfeld, '' Evil Money'' </ref>

Stephens and his Worthen National Bank invested in Harken Energy, a [[Texas]] company in which [[George W Bush]] was a board member. "The money Stephens invested came through the Swiss BCCI subsidiary."<ref>Rachel Ehrenfeld, '' Evil Money''</ref>

===Systematics, Hillary Clinton and Vince Foster===

===Systematics, Hillary Clinton and Vince Foster===

Jackson Stephens was the American front man for BCCI. When Stephens group tried to take over Washington Bank Holding Co., the [[SEC]] blocked them at the time, partly because they were insisting that Systematics be brought in to do data processing for this multistate bank holding company in Washington DC. Hillary Clinton represented Systematics in that action.<ref>[https://ia800203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/Allegations%20Regarding%20Vince%20Foster%2C%20the%20NSA%2C%20and%20Banking%20Transactions%20Spying/03%20Vince%20Foster%20oversaw%20covert%20money%20laundering%20at%20Systematics.txt  Hillary Clinton and Web Hubbell represented Systematics during the BCCI takeover of First American], by Orlin Grabbe</ref> Systematics for many years had been laundering covert funds for the [[CIA]] and the intelligence community - legally at the time, as well.

Jackson Stephens was the American front man for BCCI. When Stephens group tried to take over Washington Bank Holding Co., the [[SEC]] blocked them at the time, partly because they were insisting that Systematics be brought in to do data processing for this multistate bank holding company in Washington DC. Hillary Clinton represented Systematics in that action.<ref>[https://ia800203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/Allegations%20Regarding%20Vince%20Foster%2C%20the%20NSA%2C%20and%20Banking%20Transactions%20Spying/03%20Vince%20Foster%20oversaw%20covert%20money%20laundering%20at%20Systematics.txt  Hillary Clinton and Web Hubbell represented Systematics during the BCCI takeover of First American], by Orlin Grabbe</ref> Systematics for many years had been laundering covert funds for the [[CIA]] and the intelligence community - legally at the time, as well.

In the early takeover maneuvers Financial General Bankshares, First American's predecessor company, brought a 1978 lawsuit naming 'Bert Lance, Bank of Credit & Commerce International, Agha Hasan Abedhi, Eugene J. Metzger, Jackson Stephens, Stephens Inc., Systematics Inc. and John Does numbers 1 through 25.' The suit was ultimately settled, but intriguingly, briefs for Systematics, a Stephens property, were submitted by a trio of lawyers including C.J. Giroir and Webster L. Hubbell and signed by Hillary Rodham.<ref>Who is Jack Ryan? ''Wall Street Journal'', August 1, 1994 </ref>

In the early takeover maneuvers Financial General Bankshares, First American's predecessor company, brought a 1978 lawsuit naming 'Bert Lance, Bank of Credit & Commerce International, Agha Hasan Abedhi, Eugene J. Metzger, Jackson Stephens, Stephens Inc., Systematics Inc. and John Does numbers 1 through 25.' The suit was ultimately settled, but intriguingly, briefs for Systematics, a Stephens property, were submitted by a trio of lawyers including C.J. Giroir and Webster L. Hubbell and signed by Hillary Rodham.<ref>Who is Jack Ryan? ''Wall Street Journal'', August 1, 1994</ref>

Hillary Clinton was the intellectual property lawyer for Systematics.<ref>According to The ''American Lawyer'', July 1992: "[Hillary] Clinton also was attracted to intellectual property litigation. 'We did not have any intellectual property expertise when she joined us,' says [Vince] Foster, who adds that Clinton got involved in this area through her work for the firm client, Systematics Inc., a company based in Little Rock that provided computer systems for financial institutions. 'She became sort of self-taught in all of this,' explains Foster. 'And you don't find a lot of intellectual property subspecialists in Arkansas. Quite frankly, the rest of us here thought of it as a foreign language.'"</ref> Part of this "intellectual property" would involve a banking transaction software system based on the stolen PROMIS software. A federal bancruptcy court had ruled in 1987 that the US Justice Dept. 'stole' the PROMIS software from small company called [[Inslaw Inc]] when the DOJ refused to pay Inslaw for it. US intelligence took the PROMIS software and added a hiden "backdoor" for monitoring banking transactions and money laundering. Systematics was the marketing firm the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) was using to get the PROMIS software with the hidden backdoor into the hands of banks worldwide. The intellectual property that Hillary handled and that Systematics was marketing had been stolen from Inslaw.

Hillary Clinton was the intellectual property lawyer for Systematics.<ref>According to The ''American Lawyer'', July 1992: "[Hillary] Clinton also was attracted to intellectual property litigation. 'We did not have any intellectual property expertise when she joined us,' says [Vince] Foster, who adds that Clinton got involved in this area through her work for the firm client, Systematics Inc., a company based in Little Rock that provided computer systems for financial institutions. 'She became sort of self-taught in all of this,' explains Foster. 'And you don't find a lot of intellectual property subspecialists in Arkansas. Quite frankly, the rest of us here thought of it as a foreign language.'"</ref> Part of this "intellectual property" would involve a banking transaction software system based on the stolen PROMIS software. A federal bancruptcy court had ruled in 1987 that the US Justice Dept. 'stole' the PROMIS software from small company called [[Inslaw Inc]] when the DOJ refused to pay Inslaw for it. US intelligence took the PROMIS software and added a hiden "backdoor" for monitoring banking transactions and money laundering. Systematics was the marketing firm the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) was using to get the PROMIS software with the hidden backdoor into the hands of banks worldwide. The intellectual property that Hillary handled and that Systematics was marketing had been stolen from Inslaw.

Hillary obtained access to important materials from Systematics clients, such as the operating system for a new national security computer at E-Systems of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].

Hillary obtained access to important materials from Systematics clients, such as the operating system for a new national security computer at E-Systems of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].

[[Vince Foster]] had a professional reputation for integrity. In the early 1980s Foster started cooperating with Israeli intelligence. But Foster began playing a dangerous game in the mid 1980s when he became the link between Systematics and the [[NSA]],<ref>[https://ia600203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/Allegations%20Regarding%20Vince%20Foster%2C%20the%20NSA%2C%20and%20Banking%20Transactions%20Spying/01%20Jim%20Norman%20sends%20a%20memo%20to%20the%20White%20House%2c%20which%20leaks%20it%20to%20a%20Starr%20assistant.txt Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and Banking Transactions Spying], by Orlin Grabbe </ref> the main US government agency that was looking for fronts to market the stolen [[Inslaw]] [[software]]. Foster had a Swiss bank account and was making one-day trips to [[Switzerland]] every six to eight months.<ref>An FBI interview report by agent Russell Bransford and a handwritten note from the Office of Independent Counsel found at the National Archives refer to Vincent Foster's Swiss bank account. [http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/VWF%20Swiss%20Account.pdf FBI Agent Bransford interview report] April 21, 1994 and Independent Counsel notes November 13, 1995. The account was at the Banca Della Svizzera Italiana in Chiasso, Switzerland.</ref> Foster was the bagman for the Arkansas political machine. When he was serving in the [[White House]], on July 1 1993, Foster purchased a round-trip ticket to Switzerland. This prompted [[surveillance]] by [[CIA]] [[counterintelligence]], [[NSA]], [[FBI]], and a four-person [[IRS]] team, putting a tremendous amount of [[psychological]] pressure on him. Foster became alarmed that he was under investigation when he phoned ahead of time and discovered the Swiss bank account had been drained of the $2.73 million deposited there. The account had been drained by ex-CIA hackers who placed the funds in an [[escrow]] account for the CIA.<ref>[http://www.constitution.org/quinnorm.htm Jim Quinn interview with James Norman,] WRRK Radio Pittsburgh, December 7, 1995.<br>Editor's note: James Norman of Media Bypass Magazine published ''Fosergate'', an article detailing the background and circumstances of Vince Foster's death. Norman, formally a Senior Editor of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, was terminated due to ''Fostergate's'' controversial and national security concerns regarding Foster being investigated for [[espionage]], and Foster's link to a foreign intelligence organization. ''Fostergate'' originally had been written for ''Forbes'' magazine. </ref><ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/James%20Norman%20Media%20Bypass.pdf ''Fostergate''], Media ByPass, October, 1995</ref> Foster hired James Hamilton, a high-powered Washington lawyer specializing in white-collar [[crime]] who handles cases before [[Congress]]ional [[committee]]s.  

[[Vince Foster]] had a professional reputation for integrity. In the early 1980s Foster started cooperating with Israeli intelligence. But Foster began playing a dangerous game in the mid 1980s when he became the link between Systematics and the [[NSA]],<ref>[https://ia600203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/Allegations%20Regarding%20Vince%20Foster%2C%20the%20NSA%2C%20and%20Banking%20Transactions%20Spying/01%20Jim%20Norman%20sends%20a%20memo%20to%20the%20White%20House%2c%20which%20leaks%20it%20to%20a%20Starr%20assistant.txt Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and Banking Transactions Spying], by Orlin Grabbe</ref> the main US government agency that was looking for fronts to market the stolen [[Inslaw]] [[software]]. Foster had a Swiss bank account and was making one-day trips to [[Switzerland]] every six to eight months.<ref>An FBI interview report by agent Russell Bransford and a handwritten note from the Office of Independent Counsel found at the National Archives refer to Vincent Foster's Swiss bank account. [http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/VWF%20Swiss%20Account.pdf FBI Agent Bransford interview report] April 21, 1994 and Independent Counsel notes November 13, 1995. The account was at the Banca Della Svizzera Italiana in Chiasso, Switzerland.</ref> Foster was the bagman for the Arkansas political machine. When he was serving in the [[White House]], on July 1, 1993, Foster purchased a round-trip ticket to Switzerland. This prompted [[surveillance]] by [[CIA]] [[counterintelligence]], [[NSA]], [[FBI]], and a four-person [[IRS]] team, putting a tremendous amount of [[psychological]] pressure on him. Foster became alarmed that he was under investigation when he phoned ahead of time and discovered the Swiss bank account had been drained of the $2.73 million deposited there. The account had been drained by ex-CIA hackers who placed the funds in an [[escrow]] account for the CIA.<ref>[http://www.constitution.org/quinnorm.htm Jim Quinn interview with James Norman,] WRRK Radio Pittsburgh, December 7, 1995.<br>Editor's note: James Norman of Media Bypass Magazine published ''Fosergate'', an article detailing the background and circumstances of Vince Foster's death. Norman, formally a Senior Editor of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, was terminated due to ''Fostergate's'' controversial and national security concerns regarding Foster being investigated for [[espionage]], and Foster's link to a foreign intelligence organization. ''Fostergate'' originally had been written for ''Forbes'' magazine.</ref><ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/James%20Norman%20Media%20Bypass.pdf ''Fostergate''], Media ByPass, October, 1995</ref> Foster hired James Hamilton, a high-powered Washington lawyer specializing in white-collar [[crime]] who handles cases before [[Congress]]ional [[committee]]s.  

A weekend meeting was held with Webster Hubbell and both their wives at the estate of Michael Cardoza who later headed the [[Hillary_Clinton_First_Lady#Legal_Defense_Fund_and_influence_peddling|Clinton Legal Defense fund]]. [[George Stephanopoulos]] is also said to be at this meeting.<ref>Letter from James R. Norman, Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine to Michael D. McCurry, Press Secretary at the White House, April 17, 1995 </ref> $286,000 was deposited into the account of Vince's wife, Lisa Foster, shortly before the meeting. The money was paid evidently as hush money, and for legal fees. The hope apparently was that Foster would not break under stress and name names of others in the [[Clinton administration]].<ref>Jim Quinn interview with James Norman, December 7, 1995</ref>

A weekend meeting was held with Webster Hubbell and both their wives at the estate of Michael Cardoza who later headed the [[Hillary_Clinton_First_Lady#Legal_Defense_Fund_and_influence_peddling|Clinton Legal Defense fund]]. [[George Stephanopoulos]] is also said to be at this meeting.<ref>Letter from James R. Norman, Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine to Michael D. McCurry, Press Secretary at the White House, April 17, 1995 </ref> $286,000 was deposited into the account of Vince's wife, Lisa Foster, shortly before the meeting. The money was paid evidently as hush money, and for legal fees. The hope apparently was that Foster would not break under stress and name names of others in the [[Clinton administration]].<ref>Jim Quinn interview with James Norman, December 7, 1995</ref>