Our World In Balance

The Story of William Fallon

2008-03-11T03:11:00.001+01:00

As the White House talked up conflict with Iran, the head of U.S. Central Command, William "Fox" Fallon, talked it down. Now he has resigned. 1.If, in the dying light of the Bush administration, we go to war with Iran, it'll all come down to one man. If we do not go to war with Iran, it'll come down to the same man. He is that rarest of creatures in the Bush universe: the good cop on Iran, and a

The Story of Dennis Kucinich

2008-01-22T01:47:00.000+01:00

Mr. William GardnerSecretary of StateState House, Room 204Concord, NH 03301Mr. Secretary:We are hereby requesting that based on the following information and evidence, you use your constitutional authority to order a complete and accurate recount of all ballots in the New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary election.Above and beyond any concerns for the integrity of the physical chain of

The Story of Stuff

2007-12-25T01:44:00.000+01:00

The Story of Scott McClellan

2007-11-20T20:30:00.000+01:00

The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and

The Story of Tim Flannery

2007-10-25T15:26:00.000+02:00

Tim Flannery. Leading Australian scientist and climate change campaigner. He was named 2007 Australian of the Year. He is author of several books including "The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change."Audio (Realplayer required)A group of scientists in Britain are warning global warming could wipe out more than half the earth's species in the next few centuries. That

The Story of Larry Merculieff

2007-10-21T21:52:00.000+02:00

This message comes from Larry Merculieff. Larry gave this speech to a meeting of Aleut (Alaskan) elders, who had assembled to hear his important message.The afternoon tastes good.You are the second group of people that have invited me to talk on something that is very special. I have been asked to give you some messages from the spiritual leaders of the Hopi and (also the) Maori people from New

The Story of Leverett and Mann

2007-10-18T01:04:00.000+02:00

Two former high-ranking policy experts from the Bush Administration say the U.S. has been gearing up for a war with Iran for years, despite claiming otherwise. It'll be Iraq all over again.In the years after 9/11, Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann worked at the highest levels of the Bush administration as Middle East policy experts for the National Security Council. Mann conducted secret

The Story of the Army Captains

2007-10-16T00:18:00.000+02:00

This column was written by 12 former Army captains: Jason Blindauer served in Babil and Baghdad in 2003 and 2005. Elizabeth Bostwick served in Salah Ad Din and An Najaf in 2004. Jeffrey Bouldin served in Al Anbar, Baghdad and Ninevah in 2006. Jason Bugajski served in Diyala in 2004. Anton Kemps served in Babil and Baghdad in 2003 and 2005. Kristy (Luken) McCormick served in Ninevah in 2003. Luis

The Story of Ricardo S. Sanchez

2007-10-12T21:44:00.000+02:00

Some of you may not believe this but I am glad to be here. When Sig asked me if I would consider addressing you there was no doubt that I should come into the lion's den. This was important because I have firmly believed since desert shield that it is necessary for the strength of our democracy that the military and the press corps maintain a strong, mutually respectful and enabling relationship

The Story of the USS Liberty

2007-10-02T18:56:00.000+02:00

Bryce Lockwood, Marine staff sergeant, Russian-language expert, recipient of the Silver Star for heroism, ordained Baptist minister, is shouting into the phone."I'm angry! I'm seething with anger! Forty years, and I'm seething with anger!"Lockwood was aboard the USS Liberty, a super-secret spy ship on station in the eastern Mediterranean, when four Israeli fighter jets flew out of the afternoon

The Story of David Korten

2007-10-01T01:29:00.001+02:00

It is scarcely news that we live in troubled times. We are just beginning, however, to grasp the reality that business as usual is over. A mounting perfect economic storm born of a convergence of peak oil, climate change, and an imbalanced U.S. economy dependent on debts it can never repay is poised to bring a dramatic restructuring of every aspect of modern life, including in these United

The Story of Peter W. Galbraith

2007-09-29T02:46:00.000+02:00

1. In his continuing effort to bolster support for the Iraq war, President Bush traveled to Reno, Nevada, on August 28 to speak to the annual convention of the American Legion. He emphatically warned of the Iranian threat should the United States withdraw from Iraq. Said the President, "For all those who ask whether the fight in Iraq is worth it, imagine an Iraq where militia groups backed by

The Story of Keep the American Dream Alive

2007-09-25T15:37:00.000+02:00

The Story of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

2007-09-24T20:05:00.000+02:00

A transcript of the speech by the President of Iran given at Columbia University in the city of New York, USA.INTERPRETER: The president is reciting verses from the Holy Koran in Arabic. (Not translated.)PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD: Oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al- Mahdi and grant him good health and victory, and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.Distinguished Dean,

The Story of Daniel Ellsberg

2007-09-20T15:21:00.000+02:00

I think nothing has higher priority than averting an attack on Iran, which I think will be accompanied by a further change in our way of governing here that in effect will convert us into what I would call a police state.If there’s another 9/11 under this regime … it means that they switch on full extent all the apparatus of a police state that has been patiently constructed, largely secretly at

The Story of MoveOn

2007-09-20T15:08:00.000+02:00

The U.S. Senate just told you to sit down and be quiet. They passed a resolution condemning MoveOn.org and it has one purpose: to intimidate all of us who care about responsibly ending this war. They wanted to send a message that anyone who speaks unpleasant truths about this war will pay. To make everyone--especially politicians--think twice before they accuse the administration of lying.We

The Story of the Letter to Al Gore

2007-08-02T14:57:00.000+02:00

Dear Mr. Gore, I hope you have the time to take a look at these few paragraphs I put together. These, unlike many that you must have read, does not have to do with running for President of the United States of America. Allow me to explain. The idea started when I was very young, during elementary school, and no, I will not be quoting you about the African and American coasts :-)It was about

The Story of Eric S. Edelman

2007-07-16T01:22:00.000+02:00

The Under Secretary of Defense2000 Defense PentagonWashington, D.C. 20301-2000The Honorable Hillary ClintonUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510Dear Senator Clinton:Thank you for your letter to Secretary Gates regarding Iraq contingency planning. I am responding on his behalf.We remain committed to achieving our strategic objective of a united Iraq that can govern, defend, and sustain itself

The Story of Naomi Wolf

2007-04-24T22:20:00.000+02:00

Book: The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers into residential areas, took over radio

The Story of Richard Porter

2007-02-27T22:49:00.000+01:00

Campaign: WT7.netThe 9/11 conspiracy theories are pretty well known by now. The BBC addressed them earlier this month with a documentary, The Conspiracy Files, shown within the UK.Until now, I don't think we've been accused of being part of the conspiracy. But now some websites are using news footage from BBC World on September 11th 2001 to suggest we were actively participating in some sort of

The Story of E. Howard Hunt

2007-02-01T17:44:00.000+01:00

Everette Howard Hunt, Jr. was an American author and spy. He worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and later the White House under President Richard Nixon. Hunt, with G. Gordon Liddy and others, was one of the White House's "plumbers" — a secret team of operatives charged with fixing "leaks." Information disclosures had proved an embarrassment to the Nixon administration when defense

The Story of Leverett and Mann

2006-12-22T23:39:00.000+01:00

Below is the redacted version of a draft Op-Ed article we wrote for The New York Times, as blacked out by the Central Intelligence Agency’s Publication Review Board after the White House intervened in the normal prepublication review process and demanded substantial deletions. Agency officials told us that they had concluded on their own that the original draft included no classified material,

The Story of the IAEA

2006-09-12T21:34:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Stop the War Now!The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has protested to the US government over a report on Iran's nuclear programme, calling it "erroneous" and "misleading". In a leaked letter, the IAEA says a congressional report contained serious distortions of the agency's own findings on Iran's nuclear activity. Signed by a senior director at the IAEA, Vilmos Cserveny, the

The Story of Lauro Jones Chavez

2006-08-03T00:53:00.000+02:00

Sergeant Lauro Jones Chavez decided to write a letter to the editor of the Cincinnati Post in response to an article. "I felt it necessary to follow up to a recent story that was published in Cincinnati Post. It was the 1 in 3 believe 9-11 conspiracy theory. I must admit that at first I was overwhelmed with joy that our local paper was actually starting to have real

The Story of Aaron Russo

2006-07-28T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: America: Freedom to FascismVideo Aaron Russo is an American entertainment businessman, film maker, and Libertarian political figure. Russo has completed America: Freedom to Fascism, a feature film documentary that is presented as an exposé of the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Reserve System, and the New World Order.“Freedom to Fascism” – that’s a pretty in-your-face title, and

The Story of Saddam Hussein

2006-07-07T12:00:00.000+02:00

Saddam Hussein’s defense lawyers released a letter Mr. Hussein recently wrote in prison that tries to convince the American people that the United States should leave Iraq because President Bush misled them into a deadly quagmire.In the name of God, the Merciful, the Mercy-giving.“And among the Believers are men who are true to that which they pledged to God. Some of them have fulfilled their

The Story of Julius Arile Lomerinyang

2006-06-26T20:47:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Control Arms (Amnesty International, International Action Network on Small Arms, Oxfam) VideoJulius Arile Lomerinyang was the millionth person to support the Million Faces petition for tougher arms controls.Today was the first day of the United Nations' Small Arms Review Conference; the day I presented the Million Faces petition to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.I woke up early, at

The Story of Mearsheimer and Walt

2006-06-23T07:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: If Americans Knew (Alison Weir) Paper: The Israel Lobby (London Review of Books, 23 March 2006)C-SPAN Videolink malfunctioning.Videolink (Council on American-Islamic Relations News Conference on Israeli Influence, 28 August 2006)"The Israel Lobby" is a controversial working paper written by John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt,

The Story of Ben Scott

2006-05-25T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Save the Internet (Free Press, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, and many others)VideoCongress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet's First Amendment -- a principle called Network Neutrality that prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work best for you -- based on what site pays them the most. If the public doesn't

The Story of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

2006-05-08T12:00:00.000+02:00

This letter was submitted to U.S. president George W. Bush via the Swiss embassy in Tehran. It was originally written in Persian. This translation was provided by the Islamic Republic News Agency, the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The original letter in Persian is available at the website of the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Mr. George Bush,President of the

The Story of Stephen Colbert

2006-04-29T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: The Colbert Report VideoStephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian and satirist known for his dramatic style and deadpan comedic delivery. He is most famous for his work on The Daily Show, and as the star of its spin-off, The Colbert Report. On Saturday, April 29, 2006, Stephen Colbert was the featured entertainer for the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner,

The Story of Richard Andrew Grove

2006-04-23T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: 9-11 SynchronicityAudioRichard Andrew Grove was terminated from his job in the summer of 2001 for raising questions about 'anomalous' fiscal transactions. On 21 August 2001, he was bribed by his ex-employer to 'keep quiet'. On 7 September 2001, he contacted ex-coworkers and was urged to present his evidence in a staff meeting the following Tuesday morning. That morning, on his way to

The Story of Alexander Alvaro

2006-04-13T12:00:00.001+02:00

Campaign: International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance (American Civil Liberties Union, Focus on the Global South, Friends' Committee on National Legislation, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, Statewatch) . More documentation available at Statewatch and Data Retention is No Solution. Since 1948, governments worldwide have been attempting to bypass accountability in building a

The Story of Katherine Gun

2006-03-20T12:00:00.000+01:00

Campaign: The Truth Telling Project (Daniel Ellsberg), National Security Whistleblowers Coalition.Document: The Leaked Memo.Katharine Gun, a British former government employee, faced two years imprisonment in England for the "crime" of telling the truth. She was charged with leaking an embarrassing U.S. intelligence memo indicating that the U.S. had mounted a spying "surge" against U.N.

The Story of John Sawers

2006-03-16T14:18:00.000+01:00

John Sawers, a leading British diplomat, outlined his strategy for winning Russian and Chinese support for tougher action against Iran in a confidential letter. It was addressed to his counterparts in France, Germany and the US.Stanislas de Laboulaye, Michael Schaefer, Nick Burns, Robert Cooper.Nick, Michael and I had a word yesterday about how to handle the E3+3 meeting in New York on Monday. We

The Story of Al Gore

2006-01-16T12:00:00.000+01:00

VideoIn an address delivered in Washington to multiple standing ovations, Vice President Al Gore repeatedly attacked the Bush Administration for the expansion of executive power -- the ability of the government to wiretap its own citizens without legal authority and kidnap Americans abroad. His speech -- which compares the wiretapping of Martin Luther King to the broad surveillance now imposed on

The Story of Harold Pinter

2005-12-07T12:00:00.000+01:00

Campaign: Harold PinterVideoHarold Pinter is a British playwright, director, actor, poet, and political activist. He has written works for theater, radio, television and film. In 2005, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Harold Pinter "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms".In 1958 I wrote the following:'There are

The Story of Webster Griffin Tarpley

2005-11-27T12:00:00.000+01:00

Audio: [part 1] [part 2]Webster Tarpley is an author and lecturer based in Washington, D.C. He is the author of ‘Against Oligarchy: A Collection of Essays and Speeches from 1970 to 1996’, ‘Surviving the Cataclysm: A Study of the World Financial Crisis’ and co-author of the critical study, ‘George Bush: the Unauthorized Biography’. His latest book, ‘911 Synthetic Terror: Made in the

The Story of Bob Bowman

2005-09-18T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Bob Bowman for CongressDr. Robert M. Bowman, Lt. Col., USAF, ret. is President of the Institute for Space and Security Studies, Executive Vice President of Millennium III Corporation, and retired Presiding Archbishop of the United Catholic Church. He flew 101 combat missions in Vietnam and directed all the “Star Wars” programs under Presidents Ford and Carter. He is the recipient of the

The Story of Hugo Chavez

2005-09-16T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: The Revolution Will Not Be TelevizedAudio: [ONE] [TWO]Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 53rd President of Venezuela. As the leader of the "Bolivarian Revolution", Chávez promotes his vision of democratic socialism, Latin American integration, and what he terms anti-imperialism. He is also a radical critic of neoliberal globalization and United States foreign policy.Mr. President Hugo

The Story of Cindy Sheehan

2005-08-27T09:51:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Gold Star Families for Peace Cindy Sheehan became a prominent American anti-Iraq War activist after the death of her son, Casey Sheehan, during his service in Iraq. She has attracted international attention for her demonstration at a peace camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch. I finally figured out George Bush's NEW reason for staying in Iraq. This reason has also been

The Story of Chen Alon

2005-06-16T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Combatants for Peace, Courage to RefuseVideoThe Combatants for Peace movement was started jointly by Palestinians and Israelis, who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence; Israelis as soldiers in the Israeli army (IDF) and Palestinians as part of the violent struggle for Palestinian freedom. After brandishing weapons for so many years, and having seen one another only

The Story of Ray McGovern

2005-06-11T12:00:00.000+02:00

AudioRay McGovern is a retired CIA analyst where he worked for 27 years for presidential administrations from John F. Kennedy to George H.W. Bush. Ray’s responsibilities at CIA included chairing national intelligence estimates and preparing the president’s daily brief, and that’s the PDB you’ve heard so much about lately. During the mid ‘80s, Ray was one of the senior analysts conducting early

The Story of Indira Singh

2005-04-27T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Justice for 9/11 (9/11 Citizens Watch)Audio: [Part 1] - [Part 2 ] Indira Singh has been working on Wall Street since 1975. On 9/11 she was working as a senior consultant for JPMorganChase. She was tasked with developing a next-generation, operational, risk-blueprint. Which would proactively identify exposures, including money laundering, rogue trading, and illicit financing patterns.

The Story of Kevin Ryan

2004-11-11T02:05:00.000+01:00

From: Kevin R Ryan/SBN/ULITo: frank.gayle@nist.govDate: 11/11/2004Dr. Gayle,Having recently reviewed your team's report of 10/19/04, I felt the need to contact you directly.As I'm sure you know, the company I work for certified the steel components used in the construction of the WTC buildings. In requesting information from both our CEO and Fire Protection business manager last year, I learned

The Story of John Perkins

2004-11-09T10:23:00.000+01:00

Book: Confessions of an Economic Hit ManVideoConfessions of an Economic Hit Man, which many people warned Perkins not to write, exposes the little known inner workings of a system that fosters globalization and leads to the impoverishment of millions of people across the planet. It is a compelling story that also offers hope and vision for realizing the American dream of a just and compassionate

The Story of Wendy Campbell

2004-10-01T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Truth: Exposing Israeli ApartheidWendy W. Campbell, is an Oakland, California-based documentary film-maker and writer.I have found that there is nothing more inspiring than taking a trip, especially to a foreign country where I leave behind my daily routine, including e-mails and the internet, to get to think outside the box and to get a chance to write down my thoughts.The moment of

The Story of Sibel Edmonds

2004-08-01T15:29:00.000+02:00

Thomas Kean, ChairmanNational Committee on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States301 7th Street, SWRoom 5125Washington, DC 20407Dear Chairman Kean: It has been almost three years since the terrorist attacks on September 11; during which time we, the people, have been placed under a constant threat of terror and asked to exercise vigilance in our daily lives. Your commission, the National

The Story of Craig Murray

2004-07-04T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Craig Murray CampaignVideoAs Britain's outspoken Ambassador to the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, Craig Murray helped expose vicious human rights abuses by the US-funded regime of Islam Karimov. CONFIDENTIAL FM TASHKENT TO IMMEDIATE FCOTELNO 63 OF 220939 JULY 04INFO IMMEDIATE DFID, ISLAMIC POSTS, MOD, OSCE POSTS UKDEL EBRD LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS MEW YORKSUBJECT: RECEIPT OF

The Story of Ron Paul

2003-07-10T01:33:00.000+02:00

Ron Paul is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician. Paul has been called conservative, Constitutionalist, and libertarian. He advocates non-interventionist foreign policy and voted against the Iraq War Resolution, but voted for the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists", passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 2001. He

The Story of Joseph Wilson

2003-07-06T12:00:00.000+02:00

Joseph C. Wilson 4th, United States ambassador to Gabon from 1992 to 1995, is an international business consultant. Did the Bush administration manipulate intelligence about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs to justify an invasion of Iraq?Based on my experience with the administration in the months leading up to the war, I have little choice but to conclude that some of the intelligence related

The Story of the Israeli Source

2003-05-11T01:17:00.000+02:00

AN ANALYSIS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AMERICAN TARGETS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WITH APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThe Initial attack on the World Trade CenterOn Friday, February 26, 1993, at approximately 12:18 PM, a huge car bomb exploded in the Secret Service section of the underground garage of the World Trade Center in New York. The blast killed five people and injured many more The

The Story of José María Aznar

2003-02-22T17:07:00.000+01:00

Crawford Ranch, Texas, United States. President Bush hosts Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar. They have an informal dinner on Friday evening, and hold working sessions on Saturday morning. Spain is a staunch ally in the so-called 'war on terrorism'.President Bush: We are in favor of obtaining a second Resolution in the Security Council and would like to do it quickly. We would like to

The Story of Gerard Holmgren

2003-02-15T12:00:00.000+01:00

Campaign: Team8PlusAstute observers of history are aware that for every notable event there will usually be at least one, often several, wild conspiracy theories which spring up around it. "The CIA killed Hendrix", "The Pope had John Lennon murdered ", "Hitler was half Werewolf", "Space aliens replaced Nixon with a clone", etc, etc. The bigger the event, the more ridiculous and more numerous are

The Story of Gore Vidal

2002-10-27T12:00:00.000+01:00

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, known simply as Gore Vidal, is a prolific and versatile American writer of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays and has been a public and often controversial figure on both the American literary and political scenes for nearly sixty years.On 24 August, 1814, things looked very dark for freedom's land. That was the day the British captured Washington DC and set

The Story of the UK Cabinet Office

2002-07-21T19:18:00.000+02:00

PERSONAL SECRET UK EYES ONLYIRAQ: CONDITIONS FOR MILITARY ACTION (A Note by Officials)Summary Ministers are invited to:(1) Note the latest position on US military planning and timescales for possible action.(2) Agree that the objective of any military action should be a stable and law-abiding Iraq, within present borders, co-operating with the international community, no longer posing a threat to

The Story of Coleen Rowley

2002-05-21T12:00:00.000+02:00

Campaign: Coleen Rowley for US CongressColeen Rowley is a former FBI agent. In 1990, she was assigned to the FBI's Minneapolis office where she became the chief legal advisor to the office. After the September 11 attacks, Rowley wrote a memorandum to FBI Director Robert Mueller claiming that FBI HQ personnel in Washington D.C. had mishandled and neglected to take action on information provided by

The Story of the German Intelligence Service

2002-04-05T00:45:00.000+02:00

T O P S E C R E TB a c k g r o u n d R e p o r to n 9 / 1 1 / 2 0 0 1– DO NOT RUBBERSTAMP –– DO NOT SIGN –– DO NOT WRITE ON –– DO NOT MARK –On Monday August 6, 2001, at 17:50, [German] Ambassador Ischinger personally notified the President of the United States that information developed by the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz [German domestic secret service] as well as the BND [

The Story of G. Edward Griffin

2001-09-14T18:27:00.000+02:00

Thirteen Predictions for the War on Terrorism It is always dangerous to make predictions – especially if they are put into print. If they prove to be wrong, they can haunt you for the rest of your life. Nevertheless, here are thirteen predictions I published three days after the 9/11 terrorist attack against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I said then that I fervently hoped they would

The Story of David Icke

1999-10-23T23:54:00.000+02:00

Book: The Biggest SecretWhat I am about to outline is the information the Brotherhood most want to suppress. It is the knowledge that you are in control of your destiny and no-one else is. You always have been and always will be.The Brotherhood have controlled the world for thousands of years. How have they done that? By manipulating the way humanity thinks and feels. How we think and feel

The Story of Paul van Buitenen

1998-12-10T12:00:00.000+01:00

Campaign: Europa TransparantVideoPaul van Buitenen was a Dutch assistant auditor in the European Commission's Financial Control Directorate becoming the whistleblower who first drew the attention of a Member of the European Parliament to the irregularities, fraud and mismanagement within the Commission. He was suspended, had his salary halved and ordered to face disciplinary action. He fought on

1990-12-21T11:45:00.000+01:00

The Story of Robert Strecker

1990-08-17T00:01:00.000+02:00

Campaign: The Strecker MemorandumVideo Dr. Robert B. Strecker, M.D., Ph.D. practices internal medicine and gastroenterology in Los Angeles. He is a trained pathologist and holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology. In 1983, Dr. Strecker and his brother, Ted Strecker, an attorney, were preparing a proposal for a health maintenance organization (HMO) for the Security Pacific Bank of California, and needed to