BBC News on Ultrasecret Gathering of Global Elite - The Bilderberg Group

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BBC News on Ultrasecret Gathering of Global Elite - The

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Some of you will complain this is not about health. Actually it is

because worldwide policies on everything including health are

formulated at these meetings. It's really important to understand

what's going on behind the scenes or we can never make sense of

policies that seem designed to wipe out alternative medicine.....Zeus

 

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The Bilderberg group, an elite coterie of Western thinkers and

power-brokers, has been accused of fixing the fate of the world behind

closed doors. Not a word of what is said at Bilderberg meetings can be

breathed outside. Meetings often feature future political leaders

shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991

while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later

while still an opposition MP. Private networks like Bilderberg have

helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalisation for the

past half a century. "

-- BBC News (from two articles on BBC website dated 9/29/05 and

6/3/04 - links provided below)

November 15 , 2005

Dear friends,

 

As one who has served as a language interpreter for Presidents George

W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and leaders of several other nations, I once

scoffed at the notion that global politics was largely shaped by

secret societies of the global elite. I had participated in a number

of secret meetings myself and had seen no signs of influence by any

secret societies. This all changed in July 2001 when a close friend

sent me an eye-opening video which in two hours managed to convince me

that the world was not what I had once thought. Since that fateful day

four years ago, I have devoted myself full time to learning about the

hidden forces that shape our world and to inspiring others to join in

working for a brighter future.

 

The below excerpts from two BBC News articles reveal that there are

secret societies of a global elite of which very few are aware. I

invite you to inform yourself by reading these articles about the

Bilderberg group, and then to explore the resources listed below the

articles both to learn more about secret societies and for ideas on

what you can do about it. This information may at first be disturbing,

yet I invite you to see this as a powerful opportunity for all of us

to bring these secret societies into public awareness and to work

together for the good of all who share our world.

 

With best wishes,

Fred Burks for the WantToKnow.info Team

Former language interpreter for Presidents Bush and Clinton

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4290944.stm - BBC News,

September 29, 2005

 

Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group

 

How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have

on government policies and international relations? One group, the

Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy

global government.

 

The chairman of the secretive - he prefers the word private -

Bilderberg Group is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon, corporate

director and former European Commissioner. In his office, on a private

floor above the Brussels office of the Suez conglomerate lined with

political cartoons of himself, he told me what he thought of

allegations that Bilderberg is a global conspiracy secretly ruling the

world. " It is unavoidable and it doesn't matter, " he says. " There will

always be people who believe in conspiracies but things happen in a

much more incoherent fashion. "

 

Lack of publicity

 

In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of

Bilderberg in setting the international agenda. " What can come out of

our meetings is that it is wrong not to try to deal with a problem.

But a real consensus, an action plan containing points 1, 2 and 3? The

answer is no. People are much too sensible to believe they can do that. "

 

Every year since 1954, a small network of rich and powerful people

have held a discussion meeting about the state of the trans-Atlantic

alliance and the problems facing Europe and the US. Organised by a

steering committee of two people from each of about 18 countries, the

Bilderberg Group (named after the Dutch hotel in which it held its

first meeting) brings together about 120 leading business people and

politicians.

 

At this year's meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of

the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives

from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi - among other

multi-national corporations, editors from five major newspapers,

members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners, the crown

prince of Belgium and the queen of the Netherlands.

 

" I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a

global ruling class exists. I simply think it's people who have

influence interested to speak to other people who have influence, "

Viscount Davignon says. " Bilderberg does not try to reach conclusions

- it does not try to say 'what we should do'. Everyone goes away with

their own feeling and that allows the debate to be completely open,

quite frank - and to see what the differences are. " Business

influences society and politics influences society - that's purely

common sense. It's not that business contests the right of

democratically-elected leaders to lead " .

 

For Bilderberg's critics the fact that there is almost no publicity

about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Jim

Tucker, editor of a right-wing newspaper, the American Free Press for

example, alleges they organise wars and elect and depose political

leaders. He describes the group as simply 'evil'. So where does the

truth lie?

 

Professor Kees van der Pijl of Sussex University in Britain says such

private networks of corporate and political leaders play an informal

but crucial role in the modern world. " There need to be places where

these people can think about the main challenges ahead, co-ordinate

where policies should be going, and find out where there could be a

consensus. "

 

'Common sense'

 

Will Hutton, an economic analyst and former newspaper editor who

attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these

networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what

he calls " the international common sense " about policy. " On every

issue that might influence your business you will hear at first-hand

the people who are actually making those decisions and you will play a

part in helping them to make those decisions and formulating the

common sense, " he says.

 

And that " common sense " is one which supports the interests of

Bilderberg's main participants - in particular free trade. Viscount

Davignon says that at the annual meetings, " automatically around the

table you have internationalists " - people who support the work of the

World Trade Organisation, trans-Atlantic co-operation and European

integration.

 

Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly

before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while

still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while

still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European

Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed.

 

'Secret Government'

 

This has led to accusations that the group pushes its favoured

politicians into high office. But Viscount Davignon says his steering

committee are simply excellent talent spotters. The steering committee

" does its best assessment of who are the bright new boys or girls in

the beginning phase of their career who would like to get known. It's

not a total accident, but it's not a forecast and if they go places

it's not because of Bilderberg, it's because of themselves, " Viscount

Davignon says.

 

But its critics say Bilderberg's selection process gives an extra

boost to aspiring politicians whose views are friendly to big

business. None of this, however, is easy to prove - or disprove.

Observers like Will Hutton argue that such private networks have both

good and bad sides. They are unaccountable to voters but, at the same

time, they do keep the international system functioning. And there are

limits to their power - a point which Bilderberg chairman was keen to

stress, " When people say this is a secret government of the world, I

say that if we were a secret government of the world we should be

bloody ashamed of ourselves. "

 

Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the

wheels of global politics and globalisation for the past half a

century. In the eyes of critics they have undermined democracy, but

their supporters believe they are crucial to modern democracy's

success. And so long as business and politics remain mutually

dependent, they will continue to thrive.

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3773019.stm - BBC News, June 3, 2004

 

Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory

 

The Bilderberg group, an elite coterie of Western thinkers and

power-brokers, has been accused of fixing the fate of the world behind

closed doors. As the organisation marks its 50th anniversary, rumours

are more rife than ever.

 

Given its reputation as perhaps the most powerful organisation in the

world, the Bilderberg group doesn't go a bundle on its switchboard

operations. Telephone inquiries are met with an impersonal female

voice...reciting back the number and inviting callers to " leave a

message after the tone " . Anyone who accidentally dialled the number

would probably think they had stumbled on just another residential

answer machine. But behind this ultra-modest façade lies one of the

most controversial and hotly-debated alliances of our times.

 

On Thursday the Bilderberg group marks its 50th anniversary with the

start of its yearly meeting. For four days some of the West's chief

political movers, business leaders, bankers, industrialists and

strategic thinkers will hunker down in a five-star hotel in northern

Italy to talk about global issues.

 

What sets Bilderberg apart from other high-powered get-togethers, such

as the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), is its mystique. Not a word

of what is said at Bilderberg meetings can be breathed outside. No

reporters are invited in and while confidential minutes of meetings

are taken, names are not noted.

 

The shadowy aura extends further - the anonymous answerphone message,

for example; the fact that conference venues are kept secret. The

group, which includes luminaries such as Henry Kissinger and former UK

chancellor Kenneth Clarke, does not even have a website. In the void

created by such aloofness, an extraordinary conspiracy theory has

grown up around the group that alleges the fate of the world is

largely decided by Bilderberg.

 

In Yugoslavia, leading Serbs have blamed Bilderberg for triggering the

war which led to the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic. The Oklahoma City

bomber Timothy McVeigh, the London nail-bomber David Copeland and

Osama Bin Laden are all said to have bought into the theory that

Bilderberg pulls the strings with which national governments dance.

And while hardline right-wingers and libertarians accuse Bilderberg of

being a liberal Zionist plot, leftists such as activist Tony Gosling

are equally critical. A former journalist, Mr Gosling runs a campaign

against the group from his home in Bristol, UK.

 

" My main problem is the secrecy. When so many people with so much

power get together in one place I think we are owed an explanation of

what is going on. Mr Gosling seizes on a quote from Will Hutton, the

British economist and a former Bilderberg delegate, who likened it to

the annual WEF gathering where " the consensus established is the

backdrop against which policy is made worldwide " .

 

" One of the first places I heard about the determination of US forces

to attack Iraq was from leaks that came out of the 2002 Bilderberg

meeting, " says Mr Gosling.

 

 

Comments and Resources for More Information

 

Why is this meeting of top leaders of our world kept so secret? Why is

there no website? Why, other than the two articles above, is there

virtually no reporting on the influential Bilderberg Group at all in

the major media? (Note that the alternative media has had some good

articles) If the Bilderbergers truly are supporting the interests of

all of us, why the need for so much secrecy? I invite you to ask the

hard questions and decide for yourself if you are interested in

helping to build a better world.

 

Reliable information on secret societies such as the Bilderberg group

is often most difficult to find. I am most thankful to BBC News for

publishing the two revealing articles above. CBS News thankfully also

has a great article on the powerful Skull and Bones secret society, of

which George W. Bush, his father, and John Kerry were all members. And

the History Channel has made two excellent documentaries exposing

secret societies at www.WantToKnow.info/resources#secret

 

In my four years of research, I have been privileged to become part of

a wonderful network of courageous people from around the globe who are

working to provide reliable, verifiable information on what is

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