3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? xiii
5. 1. Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State 1
6. 2. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State 26
7. 3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney 50
8. 4. Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan 65
9. 5. Carter’s Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran 80
10. 6. Casey, the Republican Countersurprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 93
11. 7. Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda 114
12. 8. The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988–98 138
13. 9. The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda 151
14. 10. Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment 161
15. 11. Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government 180
16. 12. The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney 194
17. 13. The 9/11 Commission Report’s and Cheney’s Deceptions about 9/11 212
18. 14. Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government 236
19. 15. Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America 246
20. Glossary of Open Politics 267
21. Notes 273
22. Bibliography 391
23. Index 405