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==Misdirection of Controlled Media==
 
==Misdirection of Controlled Media==
[[Gerald James]] wrote in 2007 that "The media talk glibly of '[[arms dealers]]' as if private individuals and companies conduct business secretly and illegally. This is total nonsense. There are arms manufacturers and some middlemen or sales companies which are closely monitored by government. Occasionally there is news of some scandal which invariably involves some middleman or company disowned by his or its particular sponsor government due to embarrassment over policies and sales becoming public knowledge.  It is true, however, that sometimes even elected Ministers do not know what is going on as the deals and policies are made by unelected unaccountable senior civil servants and intelligence and security officers. A typical case is the £2bn [[Pergau Dam]] related Malaysian defence deal (pages 270-274). Secrecy is the road to corruption and the two are never far apart."<ref>[[Document:Gerald James 2007 FOIA Appeal Statement‎]]</ref>
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[[Gerald James]] wrote in 2007 that "The media talk glibly of '<nowiki/>''arms dealers''' as if private individuals and companies conduct business secretly and illegally. This is total nonsense. There are arms manufacturers and some middlemen or sales companies which are closely monitored by government. Occasionally there is news of some scandal which invariably involves some middleman or company disowned by his or its particular sponsor government due to embarrassment over policies and sales becoming public knowledge.  It is true, however, that sometimes even elected Ministers do not know what is going on as the deals and policies are made by unelected unaccountable senior civil servants and intelligence and security officers. A typical case is the £2bn [[Pergau Dam]] related Malaysian defence deal (pages 270-274). Secrecy is the road to corruption and the two are never far apart."<ref>[[Document:Gerald James 2007 FOIA Appeal Statement‎]]</ref>
  
 
==Deep State involvement==
 
==Deep State involvement==

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Something of a "third rail" topic for commercially-controlled media.

Back in 2007, Wikipedia has once had a page on "Arms Dealer", as distinct from the "Arms Industry". It contained information about a character from a video game and was deleted after 30 minutes.[1]

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Misdirection of Controlled Media

Gerald James wrote in 2007 that "The media talk glibly of 'arms dealers' as if private individuals and companies conduct business secretly and illegally. This is total nonsense. There are arms manufacturers and some middlemen or sales companies which are closely monitored by government. Occasionally there is news of some scandal which invariably involves some middleman or company disowned by his or its particular sponsor government due to embarrassment over policies and sales becoming public knowledge. It is true, however, that sometimes even elected Ministers do not know what is going on as the deals and policies are made by unelected unaccountable senior civil servants and intelligence and security officers. A typical case is the £2bn Pergau Dam related Malaysian defence deal (pages 270-274). Secrecy is the road to corruption and the two are never far apart."[2]

Deep State involvement

Dealing in arms, like large scale drug trafficking, appears to be the exclusive preserve of deep state affiliates.

 

Examples

Page nameBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
Douglas BernhardtUSArms DealerAmerican arms dealer who received a very mild sentence for selling weapons to British loyalist groups in Northern Ireland.
Bernhard von Biesterfeld29 June 19111 December 2004NetherlandsSoldier
Arms Dealer
Pilot
Deep politician
Nazi arms dealer. Alleged bodyguard of Hitler, early member of the SS, requested presidency under Hitler during WW2. An early leader of the Dutch Deep State, founded Dutch division of Operation Gladio named Inlichtingen en Operatiën, co-founded Bilderberg as Steering Committee chairman. Started 1001 Club, WWF, Rijkens Club. Linked to Klaas Bruinsma.
Victor Bout13 January 1967RussianSpook
Soldier
Arms Dealer
Translator
Polyglot
Businessperson
Russian accused of arms smuggling by the US, was jailed with help from a turned associate, allegedly, on orders of the CIA.
John Bredenkamp11 August 1940Arms Dealer
Rugby player
Businessperson
Founder of the arms trading Casalee Group
John Carbaugh194519 March 2006USSpook
Lawyer
Arms Dealer
Deep state functionary
Cercle attendee linked to political double dealing, arms deals and Iran-Contra.
Carlos Cardoen1 May 1942ChileArms Dealer
Arif DurraniArms Dealer
Shaul Eisenberg22 September 192127 March 1997IsraelArms Dealer
Billionaire
Israeli arms dealer and billionaire tycoon
Manucher Ghorbanifar1945IranArms DealerArms dealer and central figure in the Iran-Contra Affair.
Rolf GraageSpook
Arms Dealer
Arms dealer, Le Cercle...
Cyrus Hashemi193821 July 1986Spook
Arms Dealer
Iran-Contra/Premature death
Spooky arms dealer, Iran-Contra/Premature death
Bernie Houghton25 July 19202000Spook
Arms Dealer
Arms dealer connected to the Nugan Hand Bank.
Adnan Khashoggi25 July 19356 June 2017Saudi ArabiaArms DealerMulti-billionare arms dealer.
Yair KleinIsraelSoldier
Arms Dealer
Israeli arms dealer known for his activities in the 80s
Timothy Landon20 August 19426 July 2007UKSoldier
Arms Dealer
One of Britain's wealthiest men, an arms dealer who facilitated the 1970 coup in Oman.
Nahum Manbar1948Arms Dealer
Businessperson
Israeli arms dealer
Gerhard Mertins30 December 191919 March 1993GermanSpook
Soldier
Arms Dealer
A Nazi who fought for Germany in WW2. After being spotted by US intelligence as a neo-nazi, his business empire flourished as he went into arms dealing with the support of the Western intelligence agencies.
Robert Potter1985AustraliaPropagandist
Arms Dealer
Businessperson
ASPI-connected Australian cybersecurity businessman, with a finger in many $$$-government contracts
Shapoor Reporter19202005Spook
Arms Dealer
Persian born arms dealer
Wafic Saïd21 December 1939Arms Dealer
Businessperson
Al-Yamamah arms deal middleman
Karlheinz Schreiber25 March 1934GermanLobbyist
Arms Dealer
Atlantik-Brücke arms dealer lobbyist
Paul Sjeklocha9 October 1937USSpook
Arms Dealer
Arms dealer in contact with Monique Garnier-Lançon
Tim Spicer12 October 1952UKSoldier
Arms Dealer
UK soldier and arms dealer. Founded Sandline International, former CEO of Aegis Defence Services
Dirk Stoffberg1936July 1994South AfricaSpook
Arms Dealer
South African spook and arms dealer who died suddenly
Daniel StormSouth AfricaDiplomat
Arms Dealer
South African diplomat arms dealer
Lester Suffield19111999UKArms Dealer"The [UK] government's chief arms salesman"
Frank Terpil1940Spook
Arms Dealer
Drug trafficker
A close friend of Ted Shackley who was deeply involved in arms deals and drug trafficking for the US Deep State
Marc TuriUSSpook
Arms Dealer
Fraudster
Deep state operative
In an echo of the Arms for Libya case, Turi was charged in 2014 with illegally providing weapons for Libya. He too stated in his defense that although unregistered, the State Department and the CIA were aware of his arms dealing.
Mitchell WerBel18 March 191817 December 1983Soldier
Arms Dealer
Mercenary
OSS veteran "rumoured to be involved in" the JFK assassination
Edwin P. Wilson3 May 192810 September 2012Spook
Arms Dealer
Deep state operative
Businessperson
CIA, Operation 40 member, US deep state arms dealer caught doing selling a mammoth consignment of C-4 explosive to Libya. He was thrown under a bus by the CIA's plausible deniability policy, but eventually exposed the CIA lie and overturned his conviction after 20 years in jail.
Basil Zaharoff6 October 184927 November 1936France
Greece
Ottoman
Arms DealerThe first modern arms dealer, cunning, aggressive and ruthless.
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