AMERICA BETRAYED - Brain & Mind

America BetrayedAs to bin Laden, Prince Bandar tells us, however, that theSaudi Royal family never considered Osama to be a threat. Accordingto prince Bandar, Osama was “not expelled” from SaudiArabia, but left on his own accord and went to the Sudan. “He left,but we didn’t say, ‘Get out.’ He left.” And, when he moved to theSudan he continued his relationship with his family who, alongwith the Saudi Royal family, did business with him in the Sudan(22).During and after this same period, the bin Ladens and theSaudis were also still doing business with the Bush family and theBush-connected Carlyle group. However, although bin Laden, whowas also a business man, may have privately approved or at leastaccepted this relationship between his family and the Americans,publicly it was important that he maintain his persona as an Islamicpurist, otherwise his credibility among those groups whotruly hated America, would be lost.BUSH & BIN LADENS: PARTNERS IN THE BUSINESSOF T ERRORISMThe Bush family, the Saudis, and the bin Laden had establishedbusiness relationships together, back in the 1970s—a relationshipwhich included the illegal selling of arms to the terroristregime of Iran, and the training of terrorists who were set lose onthe men, women, and children of Central- and South America (seechapter 6).In 1995, the bin Laden’s again joined with the Bush familyby becoming partners in the Carlyle Group, a well-connected Washingtoninvestment bank and defense consortium, whose director isformer CIA deputy director and Secretary of Defense, FrankCarlucci. The bin Laden’s made an initial investment of over 2million dollars in the Carlyle Group (28).George H.W. Bush is a highly paid consultant to the CarlyleGroup. Mr. Bush generally receives $80,000 to $100,000 perspeech—money which is then placed in the Carlyle group’s investmentfund. In other words, Carlyle gives Bush money which Bushthen invests in the Carlyle group.Likewise, during this same time period, when Bush jr. wasgovernor of Texas, the board that he appointed took 10 million390