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Friday, September 06, 2019

The Proof of Conspiracy Challenge





 The author's note says:
"The 3,350 endnotes for Proof of Conspiracy, comprising 4,300 individual citations, run over 250 pages of this book.  For this reason - and to ensure that this key element of the text is both link-enabled and searchable - it has been published for free online rather than in the pages of this book. You can find it at www.read.macmillan.com/proofofconspricacynotes." [It seems that url doesn't actually work, but I've linked it to the actual site.]

Here's the beginning of the first article cited in the endnotes of Seth Abramson's Proof of Conspiracy. 
"EXCLUSIVE: The secret yacht summit that realigned the Middle East:  Arab leaders from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan plotted to counter Turkey and Iran, and replace the GCC and Arab League


George Nader, the Lebanese-American businessman and convicted paedophile, who is co-operating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign funding, organised a secret summit of Arab leaders on a yacht in the Red Sea in late 2015, Middle East Eye can reveal. 
Nader proposed to the leaders gathered on the yacht that they should set up an elite regional group of six countries, which would supplant both the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the moribund Arab League.
Nader said this group of states could become a force in the region “that the US government could depend on” to counter the influence of Turkey and Iran, according to two sources briefed on the meeting.
Nader brought together Mohammed bin Salman, who was then deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia; Mohammed bin Zayed, crown prince of Abu Dhabi; Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, president of Egypt; Prince Salman, crown prince of Bahrain; and King Abdullah of Jordan onto the yacht."

Below are the endnotes for the Introduction.  (Unfortunately, I couldn't get the links to transfer when I pasted this in.  I've put links in for the first endnote. You can go to the online footnotes  at https://static.macmillan.com/static/macmillan/proofofconspiracy/endnotes.pdf for live links for all the endnotes in the book.

But there are 250 pages of endnotes.  Instead, you could just read Abramson's book which ties the information from all those sources together in a readable way.  I realize a 566 page book sounds formidable, but it's really doable.  And if you want to be able to understand how bad things really are, to be able to write convincing emails to your Congressional representatives, and to challenge your ignorant friends, and to convince people why they shouldn't reelect Trump if he's still in office by then, well this is critical.

And 566 pages is doable.  Here's your challenge:

Option 1:  One chapter a day = eleven days of about 56 pages a day.
Option 2:  One chapter every two days = 22 days
Option 3:  Twenty pages a day = just under a month
Option 4:  Read three random chapters in one week
Option 5:  Create your own plan

Take an hour or so a day to go someplace quiet and read.  Outside at a park.  A coffee shop.  A nook in the library.  Take back your life from the internet.

I'm sure there are other good books that cover the same territory, but this is the best one I know about.  And after climate change, this is the most important issue we face.  And with Trump in the White House, headway on climate change is way too slow.

So, locate a copy.  If you're library doesn't have one, ask them to order a bunch.  Check your local bookstores.  (The Anchorage Barnes and Nobel had three as of yesterday.)   Go online to order.

I'm going to try to blog my way through this book because I think it's that important for people to know the depth of corruption our Republican Senate is tolerating.

Why all the endnotes?  Just to make the point that this book is not opinion.  It's based on reports of things that happened.  I know that people can pad the endnotes, but Abramson is a smart guy with good credentials, and he's offering you a seriously researched book.

NOTES
INTRODUCTION: THE RED SEA CONSPRACY AND THE GRAND BARGAIN
  1. “David Hearst,” Middle East Eye.net (website), accessed June 26, 2019. https:// www.middleeasteye.net/users/david-hearst; David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht- how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi-plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi- gcc-arab-league-867425259
  2. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  3. “Contributor: David Hearst,” HuffPost, accessed June 26, 2019. https://www.huffpost.com/author/davidhearst129-926
  4. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  5. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  6. Dexter Filkins, “A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East,” New Yorker, April 2, 2018. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/09/a- saudi-princes-quest-to-remake-the-middle-east
  7. Max Kutner, “Who is George Nader? Mueller Investigating WhetherMagazine Editor Helped UAE Buy White House Influence,” Newsweek, March 6, 2018. https://www.newsweek.com/who-george-nader-bannon- mbz-mueller-middle-east-791556; Creede Newton, “Mueller probe: Who is George Nader, convicted paedophile?,” Al Jazeera, April 6, 2018. https://
584 | endnotes
www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/mueller-probe-george-nader-convicted- paedophile-180404110222649.html; Desmond Butler, Tom LoBianco andBradley Klapper, “Mueller Probe Witness Secretly Backed UAE Agenda in Congress,” Associated Press, March 26, 2018. https://www.apnews. com/b4946f7bf1fe4328b0c81506434aa082; Mark Mazzetti, David D.Kirkpatrick, and Maggie Haberman, “Mueller’s Focus on Adviser toEmirates Suggests Broader Investigation,” New York Times, March 3, 2018.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/us/politics/george-nader-mueller- investigation-united-arab-emirates.html
  1. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  2. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  3. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  4. Nader Habibi, “How Turkey and Saudi Arabia Became Frenemies—and Why the Khashoggi Case Could Change That,” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. https://theconversation.com/how-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-became- frenemies-and-why-the-khashoggi-case-could-change-that-105021
  5. Nader Habibi, “How Turkey and Saudi Arabia Became Frenemies—and Why the Khashoggi Case Could Change That,” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. https://theconversation.com/how-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-became- frenemies-and-why-the-khashoggi-case-could-change-that-105021
  6. Nader Habibi, “How Turkey and Saudi Arabia Became Frenemies—and Why the Khashoggi Case Could Change That,” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. https://theconversation.com/how-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-became- frenemies-and-why-the-khashoggi-case-could-change-that-105021
  7. Meliha Benli Altunisik, “Bitter Frenemies: The Not-Quite-AllianceBetween Saudi Arabia and Turkey,” Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2012. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/turkey/2012-05-15/bitter-frenemies?cid=soc-twitter-in-snapshots-bitter_frenemies-051612
  8. Nader Habibi, “How Turkey and Saudi Arabia Became Frenemies—and Why the Khashoggi Case Could Change That,” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. https://theconversation.com/how-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-became- frenemies-and-why-the-khashoggi-case-could-change-that-105021
  9. Ismail Numan Telci, “Middle Eastern Supporters of Turkey’s FailedCoup,” editorial, Al Jazeera, July 14, 2017. https://www.aljazeera.com/
endnotes 585
indepth/opinion/2017/07/middle-eastern-supporters-turkey-failed- coup-170714110836313.html; Mehmet Solmaz, “Why Saudi Arabia and
the UAE are targeting Turkey,” editorial, 
Middle East Eye, December 27, 2017. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-saudi-arabia-and-uae- are-targeting-turkey; Haisam Hassanein, “A Break in Saudi and Turkish Relations Could Intensify MBS-Bibi Bromance,” editorial, Jerusalem Post, December 25, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/A-break-in-Saudi-and- Turkish-relations-could-intensify-MbS-Bibi-bromance-575385
  1. Nader Habibi, “How Turkey and Saudi Arabia Became Frenemies—and Why the Khashoggi Case Could Change That,” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. https://theconversation.com/how-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-became- frenemies-and-why-the-khashoggi-case-could-change-that-105021; Benny Avni, “Turkey Loses U.N. Security Council Seat in Huge Upset,” Newsweek, October 16, 2014. https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-malaysia-angola- new-zealand-win-un-council-seats-277962
  2. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  3. David Hearst, “Exclusive: The Secret Yacht Summit That Realigned the Middle East,” Middle East Eye, March 19, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye. net/fr/news/george-nader-yacht-how-mbs-salman-red-sea-summit-mbz-sisi- plotted-qatar-turkey-jordan-saudi-gcc-arab-league-867425259
  4. Mark Mazzetti and Ben Hubbard, “Rise of Saudi Prince Shatters Decadeof Royal Tradition,” New York Times, October 15, 2016. https://www.nytimes. com/2016/10/16/world/rise-of-saudi-prince-shatters-decades-of-royal- tradition.html
  5. Mark Mazzetti and Ben Hubbard, “Rise of Saudi Prince Shatters Decadeof Royal Tradition,” New York Times, October 15, 2016. https://www.nytimes. com/2016/10/16/world/rise-of-saudi-prince-shatters-decades-of-royal- tradition.html
  6. Mark Mazzetti and Ben Hubbard, “Rise of Saudi Prince Shatters Decadeof Royal Tradition,” New York Times, October 15, 2016. https://www.nytimes. com/2016/10/16/world/rise-of-saudi-prince-shatters-decades-of-royal- tradition.html
  7. Mark Mazzetti, David D. Kirkpatrick, and Maggie Haberman, “Mueller’sFocus on Adviser to Emirates Suggests Broader Investigation,” New York Times, March 3, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/us/politics/ george-nader-mueller-investigation-united-arab-emirates.html
  8. Noah Browning and John Irish, “Saudi Arabia Announces 34-State Islamic Military Alliance Against Terrorism,” Reuters, December 14, 2015. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKBN0TX2PG20151215
586 | endnotes
  1. Gulf State Analytics, “The Saudi-Led Sunni Alliance: A Dangerous Stunt?”International Policy Digest, January 25, 2016. https://intpolicydigest. org/2016/01/25/the-saudi-led-sunni-alliance-a-dangerous-stunt/
  2. “Iran Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism With ‘Near-Global Reach’: US,”NDTV (India), September 20, 2018. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ iran-leading-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-with-near-global-reach-us-1919238; Carol Morello, “Terrorism is Down Worldwide, but State DepartmentSays Iran Maintains ‘Near-Global Reach’,” Washington Post, September 19, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/terrorism- is-down-worldwide-but-state-department-says-iran-maintains-near-global- reach/2018/09/19/fc3a85b1-dbac-4496-a295-b78599cd6720_story.html
  3. Mark Mazzetti, David D. Kirkpatrick, and Maggie Haberman, “Mueller’sFocus on Adviser to Emirates Suggests Broader Investigation,” New York Times, March 3, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/us/politics/ george-nader-mueller-investigation-united-arab-emirates.html
  4. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/ middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  5. Holly Fletcher, “State Sponsor: Syria,” Council on Foreign Relations, February 1, 2008. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/state-sponsor-syria
  6. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/ middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  7. Tom Perry and Orhan Coskun, “U.S.-Led Coalition Helps to Build NewSyrian Force, Angering Turkey,” Reuters, January 14, 2018. https://www. reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-sdf/u-s-led-coalition-helps-to- build-new-syrian-force-angering-turkey-idUSKBN1F30OA
  8. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/ middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  9. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/ middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  10. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/ middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  11. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”
endnotes 587Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/
middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  1. Umar Farooq, Nabih Bulos, and Tracy Wilkinson, “Turkey and the U.S.Used to be Close Allies. Today, They Can’t Even Agree on a Phone Call,”Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.latimes.com/world/ middleeast/la-fg-turkey-syria-patriotism-20180125-story.html
  2. Paul Waldman, “Saudi Arabia is Putting Money in Trump’s Pocket. Is That Shaping U.S. Policy?” editorial, Washington Post, October 16, 2018. https:// www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/10/16/saudi-arabia-is- putting-money-in-trumps-pocket-is-that-shaping-u-s-policy/
  3. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), “For the record, I have no financialinterests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter). Any suggestion
    that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!,”
    Twitter, October 16, 2018 6:15 a.m. 
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/ status/1052186219696803841
  4. Paul Waldman, “Saudi Arabia is Putting Money in Trump’s Pocket. Is That Shaping U.S. Policy?” editorial, Washington Post, October 16, 2018. https:// www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/10/16/saudi-arabia-is- putting-money-in-trumps-pocket-is-that-shaping-u-s-policy/
  5. Paul Waldman, “Saudi Arabia is Putting Money in Trump’s Pocket. Is That Shaping U.S. Policy?” editorial, Washington Post, October 16, 2018. https:// www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/10/16/saudi-arabia-is- putting-money-in-trumps-pocket-is-that-shaping-u-s-policy/
  6. Michael Keller, Blacki Migliozzi, Caleb Melby, and Mira Rojanasakul,“Tracking Trump’s Web of Conflicts,” Bloomberg, December 22, 2017.https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/tracking-trumps-web-of-conflicts/
  7. “Donald Trump: I Will Release Tax Returns,” Meet the Press, NBCNews, video, January 24, 2016. https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/ video/donald-trump-i-will-release-tax-returns-607836227723; Betsy Klein,Donna Borak, and Lauren Fox, “Trump Repeats Claim He Won’t Release His Taxes While He’s Under Audit,” CNN, April 10, 2019. https://www. cnn.com/2019/04/10/politics/donald-trump-taxes-release-audit/index.html;Donna Borak and Marshall Cohen, “Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims He’sUnder Audit,” CNN, April 4, 2019. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/ politics/trump-audit-fact-check/index.html
  8. David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell, “’I Like Them Very Much:’Trump Has Long-Standing Business Ties with Saudis, Who Have BoostedHis Hotels Since He Took Office,” Washington Post, October 11, 2018. https:// www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has-long- standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html
  9. “Trump and Saudi Arabia: Deep Business Ties Spark New Scrutiny,” CBS News, October 15, 2018. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-and-saudi-
588 | endnotesarabia-deep-business-ties-spark-new-scrutiny/
  1. “Trump and Saudi Arabia: Deep Business Ties Spark New Scrutiny,” CBS News, October 15, 2018. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-and-saudi- arabia-deep-business-ties-spark-new-scrutiny/
  2. NowThis (@nowthisnews), “Trump on Saudi Arabia then: ‘I deal withthe Saudis.’ Trump on Saudi Arabia now: ‘I don’t make deals with Saudi Arabia.’,” Twitter, November 21, 2018 6:53 p.m. https://twitter.com/ nowthisnews/status/1065437964795166720
  3. David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell, “’I Like Them Very Much:’ Trump Has Long-Standing Business Ties with Saudis, Who Have Boosted His Hotels Since He Took Office,” Washington Post, October 11, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much- trump-has-long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html; Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun, and TamiAbdollah, “’I Love the Saudis’: Trump Business Ties to Kingdom Run Deep,” Associated Press, October 12, 2018. https://www.apnews.com/cafffbc8448e49329e04ef7941c2b85a; Jake Thomas, “A Saudi Prince Helped Save Trump From Bankruptcy Twice In A 4-Year Period,”
    The Intellectualist, March 17, 2018. https://mavenroundtable.io/ theintellectualist/news/a-saudi-prince-helped-save-trump-from-bankruptcy- twice-in-a-4-year-period-S-mR63f8gE6eqlu2FTHx1A/
  4. Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun, and Tami Abdollah, “’I Love the Saudis’: Trump Business Ties to Kingdom Run Deep,” Associated Press, October12, 2018. https://www.apnews.com/cafffbc8448e49329e04ef7941c2b85a;Jake Thomas, “A Saudi Prince Helped Save Trump From Bankruptcy Twice In A 4-Year Period,” The Intellectualist, March 17, 2018.https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/a-saudi-prince- helped-save-trump-from-bankruptcy-twice-in-a-4-year-period-S- mR63f8gE6eqlu2FTHx1A/; Peter Truell, A Saudi Prince Fond of High- Profile Investing,” New York Times, April 12, 1995. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/12/business/a-saudi-prince-fond-of-high-profile-investing.html
  5. Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun, and Tami Abdollah, “’I Love the Saudis’: Trump Business Ties to Kingdom Run Deep,” Associated Press, October12, 2018. https://www.apnews.com/cafffbc8448e49329e04ef7941c2b85a;David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell, “’I Like Them Very Much:’Trump Has Long-Standing Business Ties with Saudis, Who Have BoostedHis Hotels Since He Took Office,” Washington Post, October 11, 2018.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has- long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html; “Trump and Saudi Arabia: Deep Business Ties Spark New Scrutiny,” CBS News, October 15, 2018. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-and- saudi-arabia-deep-business-ties-spark-new-scrutiny/
endnotes 589
  1. Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun, and Tami Abdollah, “’I Love the Saudis’: Trump Business Ties to Kingdom Run Deep,” Associated Press, October12, 2018. https://www.apnews.com/cafffbc8448e49329e04ef7941c2b85a
  2. Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun, and Tami Abdollah, “’I Love the Saudis’: Trump Business Ties to Kingdom Run Deep,” Associated Press, October12, 2018. https://www.apnews.com/cafffbc8448e49329e04ef7941c2b85a;
  3. NowThis (@nowthisnews), “Trump on Saudi Arabia then: ‘I deal withthe Saudis.’ Trump on Saudi Arabia now: ‘I don’t make deals with Saudi Arabia.’,” Twitter, November 21, 2018 6:53 p.m. https://twitter. com/nowthisnews/status/1065437964795166720; Dan Mangan, “TrumpClaims He has ‘No Financial Interests in Saudi Arabia’—But He MakesLots of Money From It,” CNBC, October 16, 2018. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/trump-says-no-financial-interests-in-saudi-arabia-but-makes-money.html
  4. Alana Abramson, “Saudi Lobbying in the U.S. Has Tripled Since TrumpTook Office,” Time, October 18, 2018. http://time.com/5426499/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-influence-lobbying/
  5. NowThis (@nowthisnews), “Trump on Saudi Arabia then: ‘I deal withthe Saudis.’ Trump on Saudi Arabia now: ‘I don’t make deals with Saudi Arabia.’,” Twitter, November 21, 2018 6:53 p.m. https://twitter.com/ nowthisnews/status/1065437964795166720
  6. David D. Kirkpatrick, “Who Is Behind Trump’s Links to Arab Princes?A Billionaire Friend,” New York Times, June 13, 2018. https://www.nytimes. com/2018/06/13/world/middleeast/trump-tom-barrack-saudi.html
  7. Profile of George Nader, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 2000. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=104987&username; Max Kutner, “Who Is George Nader? Mueller Investigating Whether Magazine Editor HelpedUAE Buy White House Influence,” Newsweek, March 6, 2018. https://www. newsweek.com/who-george-nader-bannon-mbz-mueller-middle-east-791556
  8. Profile of George Nader, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 2000. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=104987&username; Max Kutner, “Who Is George Nader? Mueller Investigating Whether Magazine EditorHelped UAE Buy White House Influence,” Newsweek, March 6, 2018.https://www.newsweek.com/who-george-nader-bannon-mbz-mueller-middle- east-791556
  9. Profile of George Nader, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 2000. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=104987&username; Max Kutner, “Who Is George Nader? Mueller Investigating Whether Magazine EditorHelped UAE Buy White House Influence,” Newsweek, March 6, 2018.https://www.newsweek.com/who-george-nader-bannon-mbz-mueller-middle- east-791556
  10. Profile of George Nader, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 2000. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=104987&username; Max Kutner, “Who Is
590 | endnotes
George Nader? Mueller Investigating Whether Magazine Editor HelpedUAE Buy White House Influence,” Newsweek, March 6, 2018. https://www. newsweek.com/who-george-nader-bannon-mbz-mueller-middle-east-791556
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  5. 18 U.S. Code § 2252. Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. http://trac.syr.edu/laws/18/18USC02252.html;Josh Gerstein, “Mueller Witness was Convicted on Child Porn Charge,”Politico, March 16, 2018. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/george- nader-child-porn-467776
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  1. I listened at 1.7 speed, wrapt, over 3 days. The writing was as riviting as my favorite fiction authors. Thanks for this invaluable ref.

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