key2thecup Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Bilderberg 2014: Reporters Arrested as Cloak of Secrecy Descends Agenda for Copenhagen confab illustrates global elite in panic A cloak of secrecy has descended around the site of the 2014 Bilderberg Group conference in Copenhagen after two reporters were arrested inside the Marriott Hotel for refusing to delete footage of Bilderberg organizers who were confronted about their role in planning the clandestine meeting. Having safely checked into the Marriott two days before 120 of the world’s most influential power brokers gather for their annual confab, it was soon made very apparent that security preparations were in full swing, with the second floor of the hotel completely out of bounds for guests, as security staff working on behalf of Bilderberg made regular patrols around the both inside and outside the premises. People with cameras, whether they were taking photos or not, were harassed and ordered not to take pictures, as Bilderberg organizers began to gather in the lobby of the Marriott. Independent reporters Luke Rudkowski and Dan Dicks decided to take the opportunity to confront the organizers, who at first denied any knowledge of Bilderberg before becoming visibly irate at being asked polite questions. Security staff soon arrived on the scene and demanded that everyone in the vicinity delete their footage. When Dicks and Rudkowski refused to delete their footage and asked to leave the hotel, security staff attempted to physically detain them and called the police. Although police admitted that a judge’s permission is required to delete footage, they were arrested for merely acting suspiciously and taken to jail before being released an hour later. London Guardian reporter Charlie Skelton and myself were later ordered to leave the hotel on orders of the secret service despite having already checked in for the night. The arrests served to highlight the fact that there is such a paucity of mainstream coverage of Bilderberg that independent reporters have to risk being thrown in prison simply to ask questions about a meeting, the security for which is taxpayer funded, that has a huge impact on global affairs. Other security procedures illustrate the paranoia which routinely surrounds Bilderberg, including ice cream sellers a mile away from the hotel being told by police to watch out for “suspicious individuals.” Large barricades were being erected around the site of the Marriott this morning as the Bilderberg wall of secrecy began to descend. 2014 Agenda Revealed Bilderberg’s official list of discussion topics for the 2014 confab were revealed yesterday, confirming our earlier report that much of the weekend would focus around the crisis in Ukraine, the crushing victories enjoyed by anti-EU political parties across Europe and Bilderberg’s desperate bid to rescue their unipolar world system. Other topics on the official agenda include the chillingly posed question of “Does privacy exist?” as well as, “The future of democracy and the middle class trap,” an ironic item given Bilderberg’s inherently undemocratic nature, and the ominous question of, “Is the economic recovery sustainable?” In 2006, leaked information confirmed that Bilderberg were knew two years ahead of time about the 2008 economic collapse and were positioning themselves for the downturn. The participant list, which always fails to include some of the most prominent attendees, nevertheless exemplifies the importance of the delegates, which this year show a significant NATO presence, expected given the crisis in Ukraine, including Secretary General Anders Rasmussen and Supreme Allied Commander of Europe Philip Breedlove. Other notable names on the list include IMF chief Christine Lagarde, who recently oversaw the asset stripping and looting of Ukraine, the Queen of Spain, Goldman Sachs Chairman Peter Sutherland, British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne as well as Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls (illustrating the illusion of choice between the Conservative Party and Labour). Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed is also in attendance, suggesting Bilderberg big wigs may be grooming him for a more prominent political position and possibly even President as they did when Bill Clinton attended as a little known Governor of Arkansas back in 1991. Meanwhile, Bilderberg sleuth Daniel Estulin was also told by sources close to Bilderberg that there are a number of other topics up for discussion which are not included on the official list. These include Iran nuclear diplomacy, the consequences of the recent Russia-China gas deal and the question of whether Obama’s foreign policy is doomed given his actions with regard to Syria and Ukraine. Privacy regulations and the continued effort to censor free speech on the Internet under the guise of cybersecurity will also be covered, as will the global warming agenda which is a cover for further deindustrialization and the introduction of a carbon tax on individuals. Infowars reporters are on the ground in Copenhagen all week to cover Bilderberg 2014. http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-2014-reporters-arrested-as-cloak-of-secrecy-descends/ Bilderberg 2014: List of Participants: Mingling of Military-Intel, Politicians, Finance, Oil, Media, Academia and Neocon Think Tanks War and the Economy on the Agenda? The Bilderberg group has published a list of participants for its meeting this week in Copenhagen. We find, among the attendees: - Several state officials, politicians and monarchs such as the Queen of Spain and the Princess of the Netherlands; - Prominent figures of the oil industry like the Royal Dutch Shell CEO and BP’s Group Chief Executive; The relationship between War and the Global Economy as well as NATO enlargement will no doubt be addressed. In attendance are: - Members of the intelligence community and military, including NATO’s Secretary General and the head of Britain’s’ Secret Intelligence Service. Overlapping functions in military, intelligence and finance, e.g. General (ret) David Petraeus now with KKB specialized in leveraged buyouts. - Representatives of the banking and finance establishment including the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank, the TD Bank Group CEO, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, the Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece, the CEO of HSBC, Goldman Sachs’ Chairman, Managing Director of the IMF -Representatives from Academia (including prominent economists and scientists) and Washington Think Tanks, including CFR, Brookings Institute and American Enterprise Institute. - Members of the media, i.e Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, the Chief Economics Commentator of The Financial Times, Director and Executive Editor of Le Monde; Participants are almost exclusively from Western Europe and North America. None from Eastern Europe with the exception of Hungary and Turkey. Two token participants from China. Huang Yiping is currently Chief Economist of Emerging Asia for Barclays. Several prominent members of Bilderberg who will be in attendance are not in the list. Official Bilderberg 2014 Membership List Released See http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/ CURRENT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS – STATUS 26 MAY 2014 Chairman FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group DEU Achleitner, Paul M. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AGDEU Ackermann, Josef Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG GBR Agius, Marcus Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group FIN Alahuhta, Matti Member of the Board, KONE; Chairman, Aalto University Foundation GBR Alexander, Helen Chairman, UBM plcUSA Alexander, Keith B. Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, National Security Agency USA Altman, Roger C. Executive Chairman, Evercore FIN Apunen, Matti Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA DEU Asmussen, Jörg State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs HUN Bajnai, Gordon Former Prime Minister; Party Leader, Together 2014 GBR Balls, Edward M. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman, Impresa SGPS FRA Baroin, François Member of Parliament (UMP); Mayor of Troyes FRA Baverez, Nicolas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP USA Berggruen, Nicolas Chairman, Berggruen Institute on Governance ITA Bernabè, Franco Chairman, FB Group SRL DNK Besenbacher, Flemming Chairman, The Carlsberg GroupNLD Beurden, Ben van CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc SWE Bildt, Carl Minister for Foreign Affairs NOR Brandtzæg, Svein Richard President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASAINT Breedlove, Philip M. Supreme Allied Commander Europe AUT Bronner, Oscar Publisher, Der STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. SWE Buskhe, Håkan President and CEO, Saab AB TUR Çandar, Cengiz Senior Columnist, Al Monitor and Radikal ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA FRA Chalendar, Pierre-André de Chairman and CEO, Saint-GobainCAN Clark, W. Edmund Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group INT Coeuré, Benoît Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank IRL Coveney, Simon Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine GBR Cowper-Coles, Sherard Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman and Group CEO, HSBC Holdings plc BEL Davignon, Etienne Minister of State USA Donilon, Thomas E. Senior Partner, O’Melveny and Myers; Former U.S. National Security Advisor DEU Döpfner, Mathias CEO, Axel Springer SEGBR Dudley, Robert Group Chief Executive, BP plc FIN Ehrnrooth, Henrik Chairman, Caverion Corporation, Otava and Pöyry PLC ITA Elkann, John Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. DEU Enders, Thomas CEO, Airbus Group DNK Federspiel, Ulrik Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S USA Feldstein, Martin S. Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBERCAN Ferguson, Brian President and CEO, Cenovus Energy Inc.GBR Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc ESP García-Margallo, José Manuel Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation USA Gfoeller, Michael Independent Consultant TUR Göle, Nilüfer Professor of Sociology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales USA Greenberg, Evan G. Chairman and CEO, ACE Group GBR Greening, Justine Secretary of State for International Development NLD Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Economics, Leiden University USA Hockfield, Susan President Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology NOR Høegh, Leif O. Chairman, Höegh Autoliners AS NOR Høegh, Westye Senior Advisor, Höegh Autoliners AS USA Hoffman, Reid Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedInCHN Huang, Yiping Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University USA Jackson, Shirley Ann President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute USA Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman and CEO, Lazard USA Johnson, James A. Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners USA Karp, Alex CEO, Palantir Technologies USA Katz, Bruce J. Vice President and Co-Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings InstitutionCAN Kenney, Jason T. Minister of Employment and Social Development GBR Kerr, John Deputy Chairman, Scottish PowerUSA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. USA Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa TUR Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. DNK Kragh, Steffen President and CEO, EgmontUSA Kravis, Henry R. Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute CHE Kudelski, André Chairman and CEO, Kudelski GroupINT Lagarde, Christine Managing Director, International Monetary Fund BEL Leysen, Thomas Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group USA Li, Cheng Director, John L.Thornton China Center,The Brookings Institution SWE Lifvendahl, Tove Political Editor in Chief, Svenska DagbladetCHN Liu, He Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs PRT Macedo, Paulo Minister of Health FRA Macron, Emmanuel Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency ITA Maggioni, Monica Editor-in-Chief, Rainews24, RAI TV GBR Mandelson, Peter Chairman, Global Counsel LLP USA McAfee, Andrew Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PRT Medeiros, Inês de Member of Parliament, Socialist Party GBR Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist GRC Mitsotaki, Alexandra Chair, ActionAid HellasITA Monti, Mario Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University USA Mundie, Craig J. Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation CAN Munroe-Blum, Heather Professor of Medicine and Principal (President) Emerita, McGill University USA Murray, Charles A. W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchNLD Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the ESP Nin Génova, Juan María Deputy Chairman and CEO, CaixaBank FRA Nougayrède, Natalie Director and Executive Editor, Le Monde DNK Olesen, Søren-Peter Professor; Member of the Board of Directors, The Carlsberg FoundationFIN Ollila, Jorma Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc; Chairman, Outokumpu Plc TUR Oran, Umut Deputy Chairman, Republican People’s Party (CHP)GBR Osborne, George Chancellor of the Exchequer FRA Pellerin, Fleur State Secretary for Foreign TradeUSA Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteUSA Petraeus, David H. Chairman, KKR Global InstituteCAN Poloz, Stephen S. Governor, Bank of CanadaINT Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Secretary General, NATO DNK Rasmussen, Jørgen Huno Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Lundbeck Foundation INT Reding, Viviane Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission USA Reed, Kasim Mayor of Atlanta CAN Reisman, Heather M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. NOR Reiten, Eivind Chairman, Klaveness Marine Holding AS DEU Röttgen, Norbert Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, German BundestagUSA Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury USA Rumer, Eugene Senior Associate and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace NOR Rynning-Tønnesen, Christian President and CEO, Statkraft AS NLD Samsom, Diederik M. Parliamentary Leader PvdA (Labour Party)GBR Sawers, John Chief, Secret Intelligence Service NLD Scheffer, Paul J. Author; Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University NLD Schippers, Edith Minister of Health, Welfare and SportUSA Schmidt, Eric E. Executive Chairman, Google Inc. AUT Scholten, Rudolf CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG USA Shih, Clara CEO and Founder, Hearsay Social FIN Siilasmaa, Risto K. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO, Nokia Corporation ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of USA Spence, A. Michael Professor of Economics, New York University FIN Stadigh, Kari President and CEO, Sampo plcUSA Summers, Lawrence H. Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard UniversityIRL Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; UN Special Representative for Migration SWE Svanberg, Carl-Henric Chairman, Volvo AB and BP plc TUR Taftali, A. Ümit Member of the Board, Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Thiel Capital DNK Topsøe, Henrik Chairman, Haldor Topsøe A/S GRC Tsoukalis, Loukas President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy NOR Ulltveit-Moe, Jens Founder and CEO, Umoe ASINT Üzümcü, Ahmet Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons CHE Vasella, Daniel L. Honorary Chairman, Novartis International FIN Wahlroos, Björn Chairman, Sampo plc SWE Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB SWE Wallenberg, Marcus Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB USA Warsh, Kevin M. Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Lecturer, Stanford University GBR Wolf, Martin H. Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial TimesUSA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company NLD Zalm, Gerrit Chairman of the Managing Board, ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. GRC Zanias, George Chairman of the Board, National Bank of GreeceUSA Zoellick, Robert B. Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group - AUT Austria GRC Greece BEL Belgium HUN Hungary CAN Canada INT International CHE Switzerland IRL Ireland CHN China ITA Italy DEU Germany NLD Netherlands DNK Denmark NOR Norway ESP Spain PRT Portugal FIN Finland SWE Sweden FRA France TUR Turkey GBR Great Britain, USA United States of America emphasis added “Founded in 1954, Bilderberg is an annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, between 120-150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; approximately one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields. The conference is a forum for informal discussions about major issues facing the world. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed. Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights. There is no desired outcome, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.” See http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/ http://www.globalresearch.ca/bilderberg-2014-list-of-participants-mingling-of-military-intel-politicians-finance-oil-media-academia-and-neocon-think-tanks/5384179 Bilderberg 2014 – Copenhagen 29 May to 1 June The 62nd Bilderberg conference will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from tomorrow 29th May to 1st June 2014. About 140 participants from some 22 countries have already confirmed their attendance. These include ‘…a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media’. The following key topics will be included in their discussions: • Is the economic recovery sustainable? • Who will pay for the demographics? • Does privacy exist? • How special is the relationship in intelligence sharing? • Big shifts in technology and jobs • The future of democracy and the middle class trap • China’s political and economic outlook • The new architecture of the Middle East • Ukraine • What next for Europe? • Current events A full list of participants can be found here. The UK is well represented with the following attendees: Marcus Agius, Non-Executive Chairman PA Consulting Group Helen Alexander, Chairman UBM plc Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Sherard Cowper-Coles, Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman and Group CEO HSBC Holdings plc Robert Dudley, Group Chief Executive BP plc Douglas J. Flint, Group Chairman HSBC Holdings plc Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development John Kerr, Deputy Chairman Scottish Power Peter Mandelson, Chairman, Global Counsel LLP John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief The Economist George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer John Sawers, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service Martin H. Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator The Financial Times The following people will be there as International attendees: Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe Benoît Coeuré, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO Viviane Reding, Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship of the European Commission Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons http://www.economicvoice.com/bilderberg-2014-copenhagen-29-may-to-1-june/ NATO chief, former US intelligence director among Bilderberg elite http://rt.com/news/162128-bilderberg-attendee-list-released/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Fascinatingly scary .. thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undrafted Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 A veritable collection of villainy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The harder you try to grasp the sands falling through your fingers. The more it slips through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB007 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The scary part is you don't know what they are really talking about. They might well be coming up with constructive solutions, but we just don't know. The combined influence of these people can buy presidents, start wars, crumble economies and create other men made disasters anywhere. The fact that they blatantly exclude Latin America, Africa, Russia-MidEast-Asia gives you a very good indication who their agenda, whatever it is, is targeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The scary part is you don't know what they are really talking about. They might well be coming up with constructive solutions, but we just don't know. The combined influence of these people can buy presidents, start wars, crumble economies and create other men made disasters anywhere. The fact that they blatantly exclude Latin America, Africa, Russia-MidEast-Asia gives you a very good indication who their agenda, whatever it is, is targeting. Astute summation .. I try to ignore these realities, or else my 'bunker mentality' takes over and I start hoarding bottled water .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 So many questions... The biggest though: Why would the richest and most powerful people in the world be meeting at a Marriott of all places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rypien37 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Bohemian Grove also coming up in July..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockout Casualty Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Bohemian Grove also coming up in July..... Man, I really gotta start marking all these secret annual meetings on my calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdehaan Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The scary part is you don't know what they are really talking about. They might well be coming up with constructive solutions, but we just don't know. The combined influence of these people can buy presidents, start wars, crumble economies and create other men made disasters anywhere. The fact that they blatantly exclude Latin America, Africa, Russia-MidEast-Asia gives you a very good indication who their agenda, whatever it is, is targeting. One guess, what would it be....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdehaan Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The scary part is you don't know what they are really talking about. They might well be coming up with constructive solutions, but we just don't know. The combined influence of these people can buy presidents, start wars, crumble economies and create other men made disasters anywhere. The fact that they blatantly exclude Latin America, Africa, Russia-MidEast-Asia gives you a very good indication who their agenda, whatever it is, is targeting. If this is the case why can't it be mainstream news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Man, I really gotta start marking all these secret annual meetings on my calendar. They are annual secrets so be sure to stay tuned right here for next years secret calander of events update, as per usual. It is interesting how the cynicism has lessen on this forum alone. I don't know if that is any indication of general awaking in the populace, but interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blame Obama Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 bomb it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blame Obama Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 mainstream news? they're planning the depopulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Bilderberg at 60: inside the world's most secretive conference Topics on the agenda for the three-day summit first held on 29 May 1954 will include: does privacy exist? George Osborne is among those attending the high-powered summit. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images It's been a week of celebrations for Henry Kissinger. On Tuesday he turned 91, on Wednesday he broke his personal best in the 400m hurdles, and on Thursday in Copenhagen, he'll be clinking champagne flutes with the secretary general of Nato and the queen of Spain, as they celebrate 60 glorious years of Bilderberg. I just hope George Osborne remembered to pack a party hat. Thursday is the opening day of the influential three-day summit and it's also the 60th anniversary of the Bilderberg Group's first meeting, which took place in Holland on 29 May 1954. So this year's event is a red-letter occasion, and the official participant list shows that the 2014 conference is a peculiarly high-powered affair. The chancellor, at his seventh Bilderberg, is spending the next three days deep in conference with the heads of MI6, Nato, the International Monetary Fund, HSBC, Shell, BP and Goldman Sachs International, along with dozens of other chief executives, billionaires and high-ranking politicians from around Europe. This year also includes a visit from the supreme allied commander Europe, and a return of royalty – Queen Sofia of Spain and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the daughter of the Bilderberg founder Prince Bernhard. Back in the 1950s, when Bernhard sent out the invitations, it was to discuss "a number of problems facing western civilization". These days, the Bilderberg Group prefers to call them "megatrends". The megatrends on this year's agenda include: "What next for Europe?", "Ukraine", "Intelligence sharing" and "Does privacy exist?" That's an exquisite irony: the world's most secretive conference discussing whether privacy exists. Certainly for some it does. It's not just birthday bunting that's gone up in Copenhagen: there's also a double ring of three-metre (10ft) high security fencing. The hotel is teeming with security: lithe gentlemen in loose slacks and dark glasses, trying not to kill the birthday vibe. Or anyone else. Already, two reporters have been arrested trying to interview the organisers of the conference in the Marriott hotel bar. It's easy enough to keep your privacy intact when you're employing so many people to guard it. There's something distinctly chilling about the existence of privacy being debated, in extreme privacy, by people such as the executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, and the board member of Facebook Peter Thiel: exactly the people who know how radically transparent the general public has become. And to have them discussing it with the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, and Keith Alexander, the recently replaced head of the National Security Agency. And with people such as the head of AXA, the insurance and investment conglomerate – Henri de Castries. Perhaps no one is more interested in data collection and public surveillance than the insurance giants. For them, privacy is the enemy. Public transparency is a goldmine. Back in 2010, Osborne proudly launched "the most radical transparency agenda the country has ever seen". However, this transparency agenda doesn't seem to extend to Osborne himself making a public statement about what he has discussed at this meeting. And with whom. We know, from the agenda and list, that Osborne will be there with the foreign affairs ministers from Spain and Sweden, and the deputy secretary general of the French presidency. And from closer to home, the international development secretary, Justine Greening, and fellow Bilderberg veteran and shadow chancellor, Ed Balls. We know that he's scheduled to discuss the situation in Ukraine with extremely interested parties, such as the chief executive of the European arms giant Airbus, Thomas Enders. Not to mention the chief executive and chairman of "the defence & security company" Saab: Håkan Buskhe and Marcus Wallenberg. And billionaire investors including Henry Kravis of KKR, who is "always looking to sharpen" what he calls "the KKR edge". Helping Kravis sharpen his edge is General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA, now head of the KKR Global Institute – a massive investment operation. The Bilderberg Group says the conference has no desired outcome. But for private equity giants, and the heads of banks, arms manufacturers and oil companies, there's always a desired outcome. Try telling the shareholders of Shell that there's "no desired outcome" of their chairman and chief executive spending three days in conference with politicians and policy makers. Try telling that to the lobbyists who have been working so hard to push the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal that is being negotiated. Bilderberg is packed to the gills with senior members of powerful lobby groups. Will members of BritishAmerican Business's international advisory board, such as Douglas Flint and Peter Sutherland, express BAB's fervent support of TTIP when discussing "Is the economic recovery sustainable?" Or will they leave their lobbying hats at the door? MP Michael Meacher describes Bilderberg as "the cabal of the rich and powerful" who are working "to consolidate and extend the grip of the markets". And they're doing so "beyond the reach of the media or the public". That said, every year, the press probes a little further behind the security fencing. Every year the questions for the politicians who attend, but remain silent, get harder. They can try to laugh it off as a "talking shop" or a glorified knees-up, but these people haven't come to Bilderberg to drink fizzy wine and pull party poppers. It's possible that Reid Hoffman, the head of LinkedIn, has turned up for the birthday cake. But I doubt it. This is big business. And big politics. And big lobbying. Bilderberg is big money, and they know how to spend it. From my spot outside, I've just seen three vans full of fish delicacies trundle into the hotel service entrance. I always thought there was something fishy about Bilderberg. Turns out that for tonight at least, it's the rollmops. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/29/bilderberg-60-inside-worlds-most-secretive-conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 It's no secret that these scum bags have been planning and plotting year in and year out, It's just a lot more exposure now, People are aware now and these scums are having a harder time trying to carry out their intentions before getting exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdehaan Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 .... "There is no desired outcome, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.” .... "Ladies and Gentlemen, for the good of the global economy we feel its best (read: mandatory) to support federal policy makers and those at the central banking level. Thank you for your cooperation and see you in one year when we reiterate the importance of this once again." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." Ben Kenobi, A New Hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockout Casualty Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Does it really matter what happens at the Bilderberg conference? We are treated like idiots by our own governments and we aren't doing dick all to change it, and you guys want to complain about global powerplayers calling shots? Ain't a damn thing gonna change until we straighten out our own house. And we know for a fact that we're being treated like idiots at home, who knows what happens at the Bilderberg gathering. Maybe they're solving global warming and working toward world peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Does it really matter what happens at the Bilderberg conference? We are treated like idiots by our own governments and we aren't doing dick all to change it, and you guys want to complain about global powerplayers calling shots? Ain't a damn thing gonna change until we straighten out our own house. And we know for a fact that we're being treated like idiots at home, who knows what happens at the Bilderberg gathering. Maybe they're solving global warming and working toward world peace. We could start in our backyard and demand change in our provincial government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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