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Exceptional Failed State: Who really owns NBC? Is Brian Williams kowtowing to the Chinese?

22 April 2014 (17:03 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1435/02 Ordibehesht 1393/23 Wu-Chen 4712

In 2012 news reports by the U.S. NBC’s (National Broadcasting Corporation, aka NBCUniversal) affiliated reporter Steve Handelsman began appearing on China’s CCTV (aka CNTV, China’s largest “broadcast network……launched in 2000”).  CCTV anchors proudly announced Handelsman as their new U.S. reporter, yet if you check NBC’s website Handelsman is still listed as one of their reporters.

As a former number one rated local TV news producer, I remember using many of Handelsman’s reports, and even requesting he use our local NBC affiliate tag out (KPVI, and KYMA before that), but that was back in the mid to late 1990s.

In 2013 General Electric sold off NBCUniversal to Comcast.  But who owns Comcast?   Comcast is a publicly traded corporation, but it’s very hard to find out who is the majority holder of the controversial company.  Comcast is controversial because they’re on their way to becoming a monopoly in the United States, even though monopolies are outlawed (Comcast is currently pushing to take over CNN owner Time Warner).

News anchor poster boy Brian Williams, who is also Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News, just might be licking new boots that are made in China.  Comcast is a major provider of Chinese TV channels within the United States, under a program Comcast calls “The Dragon Pack”.    CCTV-4 is one of those Dragon Pack channels offered by Comcast.

Why would an NBC affiliate reporter (Handelsman) be working for CCTV (as claimed by CCTV) while still working for NBC (even though his current NBC bio makes no mention of CCTV)?  Perhaps CCTV is a new NBC ‘affiliate’ by way of Comcast, or is Comcast really owned by the Chinese, or maybe nobody at NBC or Comcast know that Steve Handelsman is also working for the Chinese?   Makes Comcast’s efforts to control everything news media wise even more ominous.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Masses of U.S. violence on Monday, 21 April 2014! Lot-o-people killed by cops! Cops killing cops!

22 April 2014 (23:34 UTC-07 Tango 21 April 2014)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1435/02 Ordibehesht 1393/23 Wu-Chen 4712

Note: In most of the shooting cases cops admit the suspects were former convicted criminals already banned from owning guns.  So much for your anti-gun laws!

Alaska:  Kodiak police claim they’ve made the biggest meth & heroin bust in the city’s history, $2.2-million worth!  Cops say the drug dealer has a “lengthy criminal record” and set up shop in Kodiak in December.  I bet the heroin came from Afghanistan, brought in by our very own Obama regime special ops guys.

California:  In Los Angeles, police reported to news media they shot a suspect after responding to call about a assault with a deadly weapon.  No other details were released, as the shooting is under investigation.  In Glendale, police blame one arsonist for 17 fires over three months.   In San Jose, an Easter Sunday standoff and shooting ended Monday morning with the suspect giving up.  No apparent reason for the stand off, or why the suspect was shooting into his front lawn.

Illinois:  In Obama’s homie town of Chicago, two cops who shot and killed a man were cleared of wrong doing.  Officials won’t give out the names of the NAZIland cops, who claim their victim was pointing a loaded revolver at them, and refused to put it down.  They both blasted eight rounds at him, hitting him four times.  I’d say that’s lousy shooting on their part, considering it was point blank range in his apartment.  The man was suspected of stealing a pickup truck, and never fired shot.   Any witnesses to the shooting?   Also in Chicago, on Easter Sunday a husband and wife cop team shot and killed each other!  One was a county prison cop, the other a city cop.  On Monday investigators claimed it was murder suicide.

Louisiana:  In anti-gun New Orleans residents were hit with a series of stabbings and home invasions.  At least three people were stabbed from Sunday to Monday.  One man was stabbed while leaving a bar.  Another man was stabbed in the back as he walked his neighborhood, he woke up in the hospital with a punctured lung!  A woman was stabbed after getting in an argument.   Also, a man was arrested for shooting a gun, including shooting at responding cops.   An inmate in the Jefferson Parish Prison attacked a guard.  The inmate was tired of the mind games guards play with them, in this case it was the “mattress stack” game.  Over the weekend a woman was arrested for beating her son-in-law with a baseball bat.  Who said women aren’t violent?   Also over the Easter weekend, two families were victims of home invasions.  In one case the invaders were armed with guns, and looking for drugs.  When they didn’t find any they left, without taking anything.  In the second home invasion the suspect demanded money that was “owed him”.  He made the mistake of letting one of the victims go, to get the money, but instead they got the cops.  There were also six armed robberies.   I wonder what would happen if the anti-gun New Orleans would allow all those victims to have guns?

New Mexico: The proven to be evil (by U.S. Department of Justice) Albuquerque police shot and killed a woman suspected of stealing a car.  As usual the evil cops claimed their victim had a gun.  People in the area say all they heard were three shots, all from the cop.  This is the third deadly Albuquerque cop shooting in the past five weeks.

New Jersey:  In Union County, three gas stations were robbed in a 24 hours period.  Police suspect the same suspects in all three robberies.

Ohio: Wickliffe police arrested two men for improper transportation of firearms.  Cops used the classic excuse of smelling marijuana for why they decided to search the cars belonging to the men.  One man was searched at a park, the other man was searched after a traffic stop.  Interestingly both guns were 9mm pistols.  I smell the old Asset Seizure Scam that cops love to use on innocent people.

Pennsylvania:  Pittsburgh cops shot and killed a man in Wilkinsburg.  They claim he was pointing a gun at them.  They had chased him by car,  then after he crashed, they claim he ran on foot and had a gun.

Texas:  Multiple Dallas police officers blasted to death a man armed and dangerous, after a car chase (just like in Pennsylvania) involving more than six cop cars.  The man had a long criminal record.   Supposedly he was upset about something involving his girlfriend.   A woman was in his car but jumped out once the chase started.  A newspaper report said police gave no reason for why they originally approached the man, they gave the reporter the impression they didn’t know he had a warrant for arrest until after they first approached him.   In fact, they never told the suspect he was under arrest.

Oregon:  Three men in their 20s were arraigned in court on Monday.  They are accused of burglarizing a Southwest Portland cop supply business, stealing 20 bulletproof vests.  They also shot at cops, wounding one cop and killing a cop dog.   No the suspects weren’t going on a Civil War spree, they claim they were planning a series of high stakes robberies.

Washington DC:  Police are looking for two black suspects, after two people were shot and wounded at the National Zoo.  DC police had increased patrols Monday, but told local news they always have increased patrols the day after Easter.  They claim violence goes up the day after Easter.

Wisconsin:  University of Wisconsin Madison police called off a high speed car chase, calling it unsafe.  They claim at least one person in the car had a warrant for arrest.  Somehow the cops managed to arrest two people, even though they called off the chase.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: “Outstanding” Texas cop caught on video harassing students at High School soccer game!

22 April 2014 (21:55 UTC-07 Tango 21 April 2014)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1435/02 Ordibehesht 1393/23 Wu-Chen 4712

In Georgetown, Texas, an asshole cop was videoed tripping, grabbing and shoving students who were running out onto the soccer field after a game.

If you watch the video it looks like the NAZI cop was selecting his victims.  He has been put on paid leave pending an investigation.  This dumb ass cop was named “outstanding” Georgetown cop for the year 2013!

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10-12 January 2014. God can’t stop ObamaCare layoffs! Spy ballon layoffs! More government action killing local businesses! More refinery shutdowns!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Retail giant, Target, announced it will shutdown eight stores in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada and Tennessee.

Turbo engineering company, Concepts NREC, laid off nine employees across several New England states.

Alabama: Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital shutdown its labor and delivery unit, directly blaming Obama Care: “There’s a lot of good people that will lose their job due to no fault of their own……On a national level, we are dealing with the biggest change in the healthcare business since the implementation of Medicare in the 1960s!”-Mike Marshall, CEO

Arizona: In Scottsdale, the owner of the Searsucker restaurant decided to shut it down, with no warning.

Arkansas:  Marketing data collections and management company, Acxiom, laid off 50 employees throughout their operations.  The company is restructuring.  In Clarksville, the Hardwicke Funeral Home shutdown, because the owner died (no joke).

California:  Sutter Health Alta Bates Medical Center continued with its drastic Obama Care layoffs.  This time 120 health care workers lost their jobs in Berkeley and Oakland!  In South gate, Brookshire Tool laid off 90 employees.  In Ontario, Covidien Distribution laid off nine employees.  In Adelanto, Maork laid off 16 employees.  In San Bernardino, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo laid off nine employees.  In San Diego, the owner of the Gaberdine restaurant decided to shut it down, with no warning.  In San Louis Opisbo,  the quirky store Kwirkworld shutdown.  The manager blamed the suck ass economy and the landlord: “We’re not making the money we used to make, and the rents are really high here.”-Pete Ray

Florida: In Brandon, the Babies “R” Us store shutdown.

Idaho:  In Boise, the Saint Luke’s affiliated non-profit Elk’s Rehab Hospital laid off “…less than 20 positions, all licensed practical nurses within the inpatient unit…” in an effort to adjust to reduced funding caused by Obama Care.   Elk’s Rehab Hospital began in 1947 to help victims of polio.

Illinois: In DeKalb, U.S. tax sucker GE (General Electric) warned it will be shutting down the factory by 2015, 94 jobs lost.

Indiana:   The German owned U.S. tax sucking British Rolls Royce killing 400 jobs in Indianapolis!  Company officials blame decreased U.S. military spending.

Iowa: In Marengo, Quad Graphics shutting down its printing presses. 138 jobs lost!  It’s blamed on a merger.

Kentucky: The Newport Kmart shutting down in April, 81 jobs lost!

Maryland:  U.S. tax sucker spy ballon maker, TCOM, laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  It’s blamed on decreased U.S. military spending.  In Annapolis, clothing store Chico’s shutdown.

Massachusetts:  In Malden, a Stop&Shop grocery store shutdown.  Basically company officials don’t think the suck ass economy can support all their stores.

Michigan: What automotive market recovery?  Five Suski’s used car lots across two counties shutdown!

Minnesota: The Elmore Academy and the Wildcat Cafe shutdown to assess “the programmatic needs”.  In Pine Island, Pine Cheese Mart shutdown after 44 years in business.   It’s blamed on local government planners who, in 2013, decided to implement new road construction that actually made it more difficult for customers to get to the shop!

Mississippi: In Ocean Springs, reports say the Salamundi Gifts store shutdown.

Nevada:  In Reno, after 41 years Reno Mountain Sports shutdown.  A co-owner told local TV news because of the suck ass economy the end came sooner than they expected.

New Mexico: In Santa Fe, after 28 years electronics store Baillio’s shutdown.  Company officials blamed the suck ass economy: “Due to current economic conditions we regretfully announce that the time has come to close Baillio’s Santa Fe and liquidate our entire Santa Fe inventory.”

New York:  The Schenectady City School District chief, Larry Spring, warned “We’re going to have staff layoffs, we’re going to have program cuts, absolutely.”  The District is short $10-million USD!  Employees were also laid off last school year.  In Olean, Advanced Monolythic Ceramics shutdown, 65 jobs lost.  In Long Island, fashion designer Carlisle Etcetera shutting down by June, 63 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Cleveland, the Blind Pig restaurant shutdown.  Management refused to say why, but the co-owner of another restaurant blamed the suck ass economy: “People just aren’t coming to the Warehouse District in the numbers you used to have. You don’t see 5,000 people on a Friday or a Saturday and New Year’s Eve was a disaster down there because everyone was at Public Square. Places are struggling and it’s a shame to see a longtime place like the Blind Pig close.”-Hank LoConti

Pennsylvania: In West Chester live entertainment joint, The Note, shutdown.  The owner said he needed a break.

South Carolina: In Columbia, the Sears will close in April, 97 jobs lost.

South Dakota: After 74 years, nonprofit South Dakota CARES (aka South Dakota Society for Crippled Children) shutdown.  It’s blamed on lack of funding: “We stuck it out for as long as we could as a non-profit. We served a lot of great people and made a lot of amazing memories.”-Chad Miner-Ratigan

Tennessee: In Ooltewah, the Southern Burger Company shutdown.

Texas: In Sherman, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ laid off 18 employees.  In Round Rock, Dell computers announced it will kill 20% of its U.S. jobs, along with 30% of its global workforce.  The suck ass economy has killed Dell sales for seven straight quarters!

Washington: In Bellingham, France based Zodiac Aerospace laid off an undisclosed amount of employees.  It’s blamed on a sudden decrease in orders for airliner interior upgrades.

Wyoming: In Rock Springs, oil giant Chevron shutting down their natural gas plant.  Chevron bought out the original owners in 2008.  Chevron officials say they are not happy with the natural gas refinery.

08-09 January 2014. More massive grocery store shutdowns!

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International

Martial Law China: Cops start carrying guns despite outright gun ban!

21 April 2014 (12:08 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Jumada t-Tania 1435/01 Ordibehest 1393/22 Wu-Chen 4712

“Wow, so cool! They were cool before but now they’re even cooler and can do the job of protection even better! Now they have the power to decide one’s life. If some of the police officers’ personalities are not so good, then I’m kind of worried. Will they feel free to shoot? As far as I know from cases I have read online, police might hurt people.”– Liang Jing, Chinese subject, I mean citizen who likes the idea of armed cops but at the same time is afraid

Associated Press reporting that Chinese cops have joined their British Bobby counterparts and have started arming themselves with guns.  This in a country where private ownership of guns is outright banned!

For the first time in ‘Communist’ China’s history, cops will be armed with guns for routine patrols.  Why?  Their own studies into why so many people are killed with knives show it is because there wasn’t anybody armed with a gun who could have stopped the knife attacks!  In other words, they’ve come to the same conclusion that many true U.S. citizens have, that if people are armed with guns then it’s much easier/faster to stop a violent crime.

There have been growing numbers of mass knifings in China, some by disgruntled Han who’ve been screwed over by the move towards capitalism, and others by Uighurs who’re tired of being screwed over by the Han elite.

In China, being an ethnic/religious minority seeking independence because you’re tired of being screwed over is reason to be called a terrorist, officially.

In crony capitalist Communist China, the government is viewed as the “people” while the people are viewed as potential enemies.  Therefore the only “people” allowed to have guns is the government.

Obviously the true people of China do not have the same attitude as their elitist government leaders, as proven by the record number of gun confiscations, year after year.

If China was a true Communist country then everybody should be armed with guns, not just the government.  And then there’s Switzerland, where every household can take part in the country’s militia and is actually issued machine guns they can keep at home.  Go ahead, check the violent crime rate in Switzerland against other countries who ban ownership of guns, I dare you!

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 06-10 April 2014: Red Coat Captain says U.S. occupiers just as stupid as old Soviet occupiers! Oregonians protesting the deployment of their Guard units! Obama regime admits it wants to destroy the Guard! More proof USAID is money laundering!

Helmand Province: A former British Army captain, and now Doctor of History, Mike Martin, spent six years studying U.S./U.K. led NATO ops in the province.  His conclusion was that ignorance of Afghanistan’s history resulted in NATO military ops actually making life worse for Afghans. Martin said war lords took advantage of the U.S. occupation to wage war on their personal enemies and strengthen their positions.  Gee, that’s exactly what happened under the Soviet occupation, I though we in the West were smarter than that!  You mean our exalted ‘elected’ officials are just as stupid as the old soviet leaders who occupied Afghanistan from 1979-89?   Martin’s book is called An Intimate War: An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict 1978-2012, and is an official King’s College in London publication.  The British Ministry of Defence is trying to block the publication of the book.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, a police vehicle ran over a landmine, killing one cop and wounding three.

Kandahar Province: In Maiwand District, a NATO convoy was hit by a car bomber.  NATO and Afghan government officials refused to release any details.   In the same district, a mini-bus ran over a landmine, killing all 15 civilians onboard.  Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) admitted they kidnapped 86 men in the province.  A U.S. Army Captain from South Carolina was killed, supposedly in a “non-hostile” incident.

Kunar Province: Afghan government officials claim they killed 29 Afghan and Pakistani Mujahideen by calling in two U.S. drone strikes over two days.

Pakistan claims 12 mortar rounds were fired from Afghanistan into Zoya-ba village.   No reports of casualties.

While the Obama regime is calling the Afghan elections a success, the Afghan Defense Ministry reported at least 690 attacks.   General Zahir Azimi says about 170 people were killed, at least 100 wounded.  If Obama considers such violence to be a sign of success, then people of the United States are lagging behind!

Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission reports at least 1269 complaints of election fraud, during this latest “democratic” elections.  211 voting stations were actually closed during the elections.

In the past the evil U.S. Agency for International Development swore to the U.S. Congress that it “made 333 recommendations on how to mitigate the risk” of corruption by Afghan agencies.  Then they admitted that they were imposing only 24 of those recommendations on Afghan agencies.  However, U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, discovered that not only are they not imposing any recommendations, but that “USAID admitted to auditors that Afghanistan is the only country in the world where it waived its own strict internal policies before providing such direct assistance.”  As a result, USAID can’t account for at least $17-billion USD spent in Afghanistan, so far.

250 air-militiamen of the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing (South Carolina) returned from Afghanistan.

950 militiamen of Oregon’s National Guard scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan this year.  Now, 18 anti-war groups have petitioned the state’s Governor to stop the deployments: “…as Commander in Chief of the Guard, keep our men and women home to aid in search and rescue, firefighting, and other important functions that are not possibly in violation of international law.”

 160 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 379th Engineer Company (Massachusetts) deploying to Afghanistan.

U.S. Army General Ray Odierno admitted the Obama regime wants to neutralize the state run Guard units: “We are not eliminating aviation brigades in the Guard. What we are doing is transferring the attack capability out of the Guard.“

South Carolina representative Joe Wilson said the Obama plan “…significantly reduces personnel, many of whom are aviation personnel with years of experience as either pilots or in aircraft maintenance. Over 6,000 of these personnel, whom the Army has invested significant time and money, will be forced out of a job and will be cut from the Army National Guard as a result of this proposal.”  Wilson is gaining Congressional support to block the Obama regime’s evil plan.

International

World War 3, East European Front: Obama regime lackies break Cease Fire on Easter Sunday, kill at least 3 unarmed ethnic Russians!

20 April 2014 (11:22 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Jumada t-Tania 1435/31 Farvardin 1393/21 Wu-Chen 4712

At 01:00 hours on Easter Sunday, about three vehicles approached a ethnic Russian manned checkpoint outside the city of Sloviansk (Slaviansk).  When the driver was asked for ID somebody inside the vehicle started shooting at the unarmed checkpoint personnel.

The people in the vehicles then piled out, shooting and killing more unarmed people.  Finally, armed militia came running from the city, destroying the vehicles and chasing off the armed attackers.

Reports say between five and seven people were killed, in total.

Do your research on what happened in Libya, Egypt and Syria.  Every time a ceasefire was arraigned, pushed by the Obama regime, it was Obama regime backed insurgents that deliberately broke the cease fire.  Then when the government, or pro-government citizens, defended themselves the evil Obama regime accused them of breaking the cease fire.

On 17 April 2014, John Kerry stated that a new agreement was made between United States, Russia and the Obama puppet government in Kiev: “All sides must refrain from any violence, intimidation or provocative actions.” 

Obviously the Obama puppets in Kiev have no intention of honoring any cease fire agreements.

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Christian gun “giveback” a big fail! Only 29 piece-o-crap guns turned in!

20 April 2014 (02:17 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Jumada t-Tania 1435/31 Farvardin 1393/21 Wu-Chen 4712

The Peace Lilies for guns “giveback” in South Carolina resulted in a whopping 29 old, worn out, piece-o-crap guns being turned in for a piece-o-crap flower.  However, local unAmerican news media tried to make it out as a big success.

The program to convince people who had guns to give them “back” to law enforcement (as if they came from law enforcement to begin with) was lead by the United Methodist Church along with the Faith Coalition on Gun Violence.  It’s interesting that some local news media did not mention that the gun confiscation was lead by Christian groups, instead calling them “non-profits”.

The overwhelming majority of guns were turned in by people who had inherited them, or were given the guns, even though they didn’t really want them.  Many expressed paranoia over the Sandy Hook shooting.  In other words they weak minded, easily manipulated people.

 

International, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. Mexican Style: New study shows Mexican anti-gun laws a big fail, and don’t blame U.S. guns! Government behind most of the violence!

19 April 2014 (13:36 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Jumada t-Tania 1435/30 Farvardin 1393/20 Wu-Chen 4712

A new study by David Kopel, Adjunct professor of advanced constitutional law, Denver University, Sturm College of Law, has revealed that the anti-gun laws imposed on Mexicans in the 1970s is a big fail, and it is not because of U.S. guns being smuggled in, it’s plain old government corruption!

Here in the U.S. we’ve already had shining examples of ‘elected’ officials, who claimed to be anti-gun, being caught in gun running ops.  And what about the 40 British anti-gun politicians arrested for owning and selling illegal guns?  And then there’s China with an out right ban on guns yet somehow, year after year, record numbers of guns are captured by Chinese NAZI cops!

Kopel’s research shows that since the implementation of Mexican anti-gun bans, in the 1970s, gun crimes and violence has only skyrocketed in Mexico.  And who are the ones with the most guns?  Government agencies and ‘drug lords’!  Two former Mexican federal officials admitted that only 14% of ‘law abiding’ Mexican families actually own illegal guns, and most of them because they live in crime ridden neighborhoods where the cops refuse to go!

The study also shows that government officials, backed up by cops, have created highly publicized false flag gun confiscation ops to justify the anti-gun laws.  Kopel found most of these to be totally bogus (hence “false flag”).  This reminds me of the recent NYC cops who set up a gun buying op (false flag sting) and then tried to claim illegal gun selling was rampant in order to justify more and more anti-gun laws. Turned out the only “customers” buying the guns were the cops under the guise of a “sting” op.  And let’s not forget the son of a NYC cop caught gun running.

Kopel was able to determine that guns in the hands of ‘drug lords’ were not being bought in the U.S. specifically for Mexicans: “…..of the Mexican guns that are successfully traced to the U.S., the average firearms age is fifteen years, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. The age of these guns is strong evidence that they were legal American guns that were stolen and then sold into the black market–and not guns which were bought at a gun store as part of a plan for them to be immediately transported to Mexico.”

Apparently, the only ops to run U.S. guns into Mexico are being done by our own government: “…’Fast & Furious’ and ‘Wide Receiver’ programs run by the Phoenix BATFE office, to facilitate the export of new American guns to Mexican drug trafficking organizations.”

The study is called Mexico’s Gun Control Laws: A Model for the United States?

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Mormon bank caught violating U.S. sanctions against Iran! Money laundering or drug running by Bank of Utah, maybe CIA ops?

18 April 2014 (16:28 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Jumada t-Tania 1435/29 Farvardin 1393/19 Wu-Chen 4712

A small commercial plane owned by the Mormon Bank of Utah was caught by New York Times journalists at the Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.

Iranian airport officials said the plane was considered a “VIP” flight.  Iranian officials also told the New York Times to talk to the owners of the plane for more info.  But, Bank of Utah officials swore up and down that they had no idea why the plane was in Iran.

The U.S. FAA also said they had no idea who was flying the plane.

For some reason amateur photogs have been tracking the plane (tail number N604EP).  Supposedly the plane is being operating by a company out of Ghana, apparently making flights between London and Tehran.

It turns out that the relatively small Bank of Utah is trustee owner of a lot of freakin’ planes, even the big 747s!  In fact the New York Times investigation revealed that the Bank of Utah owns more aircraft than any other U.S. bank! Why for?

Under FAA rules trustee owners of aircraft do not have to reveal who is actually operating their aircraft, or for what reason!

Anybody remember the Iran-Contra operations?