Ruppert, Michael C.

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

Acknowledgments ix Foreword xiii Catherine Austin Fitts Introduction 1(21) Part I --- Motive Petroleum Man 22(19) Cheney Knew 41(9) The CIA is Wall Street, and Drug Money is King 50(19) Connecting Drugs and Oil 69(7) A Criminal Meltdown 76(6) Laying the Foundation: Destroy Russia, Prepare the Battlefield 82(12) Caspian Corruption 94(9) Setting Up the War: Pakistan's ISI, America's Agent for Protecting the Taliban and al Qaeda 103(20) Business with the bin Ladens: The Real Saudi Arabia 123(29) Part II --- Means PROMIS: Controlling the Data 152(23) Vreeland I 175(28) Executing a Conspiracy: Shame and Honor in the FBI -- An Air Force Colonel Blows the Whistle 203(22) Penetration 225(13) 9/11 Insider Trading, or ``You Didn't Really See That, Even Though We Saw It'' 238(16) Israel 254(15) Silencing Congress 269(22) Vreeland II: Silencing Me 291(17) Part III --- Opportunity The Attacks 308(25) Wargames and High Tech: Paralyzing the System to Pull Off the Attacks 333(24) Q&A: Many Asked, Some Answered -- and a Golden Moment 357(36) The Last Hearing: FTW Confronts on the Wargames; NORAD Runs 393(11) Giuliani and TRIPOD II 404(8) Dick Cheney, FEMA, and ``Persons of Interest'' 412(15) The Secret Service and National Special Security Events 427(10) The Commission's Wild Blue Yonder 437(11) Part IV --- Empire and Decline The Record 448(23) ``We Don't Need No Badges'' 471(11) Conquering the American People 482(23) Biological Warfare 505(22) The Order of Battle 527(27) Peak Oil Revisited -- The Bill Collector Calls 554(16) Summation: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury 570(25) Appendix A: Joint Chiefs of Staff ``Northwoods'' Document 595(14) Appendix B: Vreeland Financial Document Sample 609(1) Appendix C: Iraqi/Saudi Oilfields Information 610(8) Endnotes 618(40) Index 658(14) Glossary of Acronyms 672(3) About the Author 675