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Trilateral Commission and <strong>the</strong> Bilderberg Group, employs almost<br />
one hundred CFR members in his administration. Presidents come<br />
and go, but <strong>the</strong> CFR's power--and agenda--always remains.<br />
Closed Circuit--<strong>the</strong> shroud of secrecy around <strong>the</strong> CFR<br />
On its web page, <strong>the</strong> CFR boasts that its magazine, Foreign<br />
Affairs, "is acclaimed for its analysis of recent international<br />
developments and for its forecasts of emerging trends." It's not<br />
much of a challenge to do so, though, when you play a part in<br />
determining what those emerging trends will be.<br />
This point is underscored a paragraph later on <strong>the</strong>ir web page:<br />
"Perhaps best known for <strong>the</strong> history-making "X" article <strong>by</strong> George<br />
Kennan, that defined Cold War containment policy, a recent<br />
Foreign Affairs article <strong>by</strong> Harvard's Samuel Huntington, "The<br />
Clash of Civilizations" has already helped define <strong>the</strong> post-Cold<br />
War debate."<br />
So are <strong>the</strong>y predicting trends or creating <strong>the</strong>m The answer is<br />
fairly obvious to anyone who has earnestly reflected on <strong>the</strong> matter.<br />
The CFR fancies itself to represent a diverse range cultural and<br />
political interests, but its members are predominantly wealthy<br />
males, and <strong>the</strong>ir policies reflect <strong>the</strong>ir elitist biases.<br />
The CFR attempts to maintain <strong>the</strong> charade of diversity via its Non-<br />
Attribution Rule, which allows members to engage in "a free,<br />
frank, and open exchange of ideas" without fear of having any of<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir statements attributed in public. The flip side of this,<br />
obviously, is a dark cloud of secrecy which envelopes <strong>the</strong> CFR's<br />
activities.<br />
CFR meetings are usually held in secret and are restricted to<br />
members and very select guests. All members are free to express<br />
<strong>the</strong>mselves at meetings unrestrained, because <strong>the</strong> Non-Attribution<br />
Rule guarantees that "o<strong>the</strong>rs will not attribute or characterize <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
statements in public media forums or knowingly transmit <strong>the</strong>m to<br />
persons who will," according to <strong>the</strong> Council on Foreign Relations'<br />
1992 Annual Report.<br />
The report goes on to forbid any meeting participant "to publish a<br />
speaker's statement in attributed form in any newspaper; to repeat<br />
it on television or radio, or on a speaker's platform, or in a<br />
classroom; or to go beyond a memo of limited circulation."<br />
The end result is that <strong>the</strong> only information <strong>the</strong> public has on <strong>the</strong><br />
CFR is <strong>the</strong> information <strong>the</strong>y release for public consumption, which