by system
failure
From the
beginning of the revelations through the Panama Papers leak, someone
could sense that something was wrong. The first names that came out
to publicity were related to countries like Russia, China, or other
considered Western rivals, together with some "collateral
damage", like the prime minister of Iceland, and the father of
British prime minister Cameron.
Yet, even
this latest "collateral damage" may not be considered
accidental. Remember that the British citizens will vote in June
referendum on whether the UK will remain part of the European Union
or not. The leak concerning Cameron's father could be a warning shot
for Cameron to take a clear position against Brexit. Concerning
Iceland, all you have to do is to remember that it was the only
country that put banksters in jail after the explosion of the latest
big financial crisis.
The
impressive amount of data in Panama Papers, indicates that the
establishment, in global scale, attempts to create aggressively -
faithful to the neoliberal tradition and methods - another monopoly
in the field of the leak "industry".
Naturally, a
war has started between the system "outsiders" and
"insiders". WikiLeaks immediately and justifiably rang the
bell when they saw the names of the funders of the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists that had a major role in the
revelations. As described in previous article : “Who is funding the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists that had a major role in the
revelations? The Centre for Public Integrity US, which in turn is
funded by the Open Society Foundation (Soros mogul), the Ford
Foundation, the Rockefeller Family Fund and other "charitable"
institutions. While at the bottom of the website of Organized Crime
and Corruption Reporting Project which published the Panama Papers,
the Open Society Foundation and USAID are listed as sponsors. The
USAID is infamous for hidden interventions in other countries to
support US geopolitical agenda.”
Another
thing that went unnoticed, is that the Panama Papers leaks came
almost simultaneously with another big scandal revealed by WikiLeaks.
The Panama Papers revelations came right after WikiLeaks exposed the IMF economic hitmen, who have been caught
discussing the probability to stage a “credit event” against
Greece, in order to force the government to take every last cruel
measure according to the Greek experiment.
This
coincidence of course may be irrelevant, but it would be useful to
keep it in mind. The convenient timing of the Panama Papers leaks,
right after the WikiLeaks revelations concerning Greece, quickly
overshadowed the latest, as the global public opinion turned
immediately to the Panama Papers that came with an impressive amount
of data. The scale of the Panama Papers is truly incomparable, but if
you think about it, they didn't reveal something we didn't know. Many
were not surprised, while probably most of the transactions exposed
could be considered legal inside the deregulated framework of the
global financial system.
On the
other hand, nearly everyone knows the dirty role of the IMF and its
policies that destroyed many national economies so far. Yet, it was
the first time that its executives have been caught of thinking to
design a financial coup against a country. Concerning the degree of
importance, this revelation could be considered much more
significant.
The latest
example suggest a possible tactic that could be expanded in future
cases. The establishment could feed the mainstream information
channels with huge amounts of controlled data, to overshadow crucial
revelations by WikiLeaks, Snowden, or other truly independent
whistleblowers, and gradually wipe them out from the field of the
leak "industry". It's easy someone to understand that such
a development would mean the end of real leaks and revelations.
We could be
wrong of course. We will have to wait to see whether all the amount
of data in Panama Papers will be given to publicity without
discrimination. The developments leave little room for us to be
optimistic. It appears that the "outsiders" of the leak
"industry" are right and the battle between WikiLeaks and
MainstreamLeaks will be continued.
Recently
“WikiLeaks took to Twitter to criticize what the organization
describes as the continued “censorship” of the Panama Papers
archive by the organizations and reporters who control the contents
of the leak.” and “the investigative unit at Süddeutsche
Zeitung argued that limiting access to the archive was a way to
protect the source of the leak: “As journalists, we have to protect
our source: we can’t guarantee that there is no way for someone to
find out who the source is with the data.” In response, WikiLeaks
slammed this as an “entirely bogus” justification by ICIJ that
allows for “lucrative privatization” of the Panama Papers.”
[fa.ev/2016/04/wikmain]
Furthermore,
beyond the attempt of the mainstream information channels to wear the
anti-establishment mask and conquer the leak "industry",
there is, suspiciously, another deeper target. The establishment
probably attempts to equalize everyone under the dominant "ideology"
and spread the message: you can't find a moral system of values
outside the neoliberal doctrine, so, you have to compromise with it
and play by its "rules".
Especially
the revelation concerning Iceland fits perfectly into such an
objective. The prime minister of the only country that jailed the
banksters has been found in Panama Papers. To be honest, the fact
that most of us slightly got angry or surprised with Panama Papers
revelations, shows that the Matrix that we live in has already
affected the moral centers of our brain. However, there are hopeful
signs of resistance. Only one example is the mass movement created by
Bernie Sanders in the United States. And that's one of the most
serious reasons for the fierce hunt of the real whistleblowers by the
establishment, in order to take the monopoly of the leak "industry".
Good analysis.
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