Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil

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The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies key suspects—finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government—by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result. Crossing the Rubicon is unique not only for its case-breaking examination of 9/11, but for the breadth and depth of its world picture—an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narcotraffic, intelligence and militarism—without which 9/11 cannot be understood. The US manufacturing sector has been mostly replaced by speculation on financial data whose underlying economic reality is a dark secret. Hundreds of billions of dollars in laundered drug money flow through Wall Street each year from opium and coca fields maintained by CIA-sponsored warlords and US-backed covert paramilitary violence. America’s global dominance depends on a continually turning mill of guns, drugs, oil and money. Oil and natural gas—the fuels that make economic growth possible—are subsidized by American military force and foreign lending. In reality, 9/11 and the resulting “war on terror” are parts of a massive authoritarian response to an emerging economic crisis of unprecedented scale. Peak Oil—the beginning of the end for our industrial civilization—is driving the élites of American power to implement unthinkably draconian measures of repression, warfare and population control. Crossing the Rubicon is more than a story. It is a map of the perilous terrain through which, together and alone, we are all now making our way. Title......Page 3 Dedication......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Foreword......Page 13 Introduction......Page 21 Part I: Motive......Page 41 Petroleum Man......Page 42 Cheney Knew......Page 61 The CIA is Wall Street, and Drug Money is King......Page 70 Connecting Drugs and Oil......Page 89 A Criminal Meltdown......Page 96 Laying The Foundation: Destroy Russia, Prepare the Battlefield......Page 102 Caspian Corruption......Page 114 Setting Up The War......Page 123 Business With The Bin Ladens: The Real Saudi Arabia......Page 143 Part II: Means......Page 171 Promis: Controlling The Data......Page 172 Vreeland I......Page 195 Executing a Conspiracy......Page 223 Penetration......Page 245 9/11 Insider Trading......Page 258 Israel......Page 274 Silencing Congress......Page 289 Vreeland II: Silencing Me......Page 311 Part III: Opportunity......Page 327 The Attacks......Page 328 Wargames & High Tech......Page 353 Q & A: Many Asked, Some Answered......Page 377 The Last Hearing......Page 413 Giuliani and Tripod II......Page 424 Dick Cheney, FEMA, and "Persons of Interest"......Page 432 The Secret Service and National Special Security Events......Page 447 The Commission's Wild Blue Yonder......Page 457 Part IV: Empire and Decline......Page 467 The Record......Page 468 "We Don't Need No Badges"......Page 491 Conquering The American People......Page 502 Biological Warfare......Page 525 The Order of Battle......Page 547 Peak Oil Revisited......Page 574 Summation: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury.........Page 590 Appendix A: Joint Chiefs of Staff "Northwoods" Document......Page 615 Appendix B: Vreeland Financial Document Sample......Page 629 Appendix C: Iraq/Saudi Oilfields Information......Page 630 Endnotes......Page 638 Index......Page 678 Glossary of Acronyms......Page 692 About The Author......Page 695