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<xml><p>From COVERT ACTION INFORMATION BULLETIN Number 33
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<ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent>'s <ent type='ORG'>Boys Club</ent>: <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones
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To be a member of the ruling elite, <ent type='PERSON'>George Bush</ent> must meet
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certain criteria. He must be white, he must be male, and he must
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be rich. He must also belong to certain elite clubs and
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institutions which help to distinguish him from those he is
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called upon to rule.
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<ent type='PERSON'>George Bush</ent> is a member of <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones, an elite
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secret society open only to a select 15 males in their senior
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year at <ent type='ORG'>Yale University</ent>. If this club appears somewhat
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exclusionary, don't worry; they have made great strides in the
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past few years. Recent Bones inductees include a few blacks,
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gays, and even some foreign students. However, it has been said
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that if women were ever allowed into the secret "tomb" (meeting
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place) of <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones, the tomb would "have to be
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bulldozed."
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The importance of <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones is not that it provides
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good gossip about young males doing strange things in tombs, but
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that it provides a certain bond between members which they carry
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for life. Membership to <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones is the first initiation
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into the world of power politics and capitalism. It is somewhat
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akin to a "junior" old boys' network.
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One of the interesting aspects of this secret society is
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the number of Bones members who, after graduation, move on to do
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intelligence work. There has even been informed speculation that
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there is a "Bones cell" in the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>.
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Whether there is a Bones cell or not in the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> is open to
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interesting debate. We can, however, examine the histories of
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several <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesmen</ent> who have gone on to illustrious careers in
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intelligence work.
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One of the most unusual <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesmen</ent> is the Reverend <ent type='PERSON'>William</ent>
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Sloane Coffin, Jr. Known best for his anti-<ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent> war activities
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and his political activism at <ent type='ORG'>Riverside Church</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>,
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Sloane Coffin was recruited by the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> shortly after he graduated
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from <ent type='ORG'>Yale</ent> in 1949. Although his tenure at the <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> was short,
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he is one example of the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>'s use of the secret society to fill
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their ranks.
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Another illustrious <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones member with close ties
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to the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> is arch-conservative and reknowned propagandist
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<ent type='PERSON'>William</ent> F. <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent>. According to several experts on the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>,
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<ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> began his cooperation with the <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> while he was in
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<ent type='GPE'>Mexico City</ent> in 1952, where his good friend, E. <ent type='PERSON'>Howard Hunt</ent>, was
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<ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> station chief at the time.
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As an interesting aside, <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> (as well as many
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other <ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent> and business elites) are members of the
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"prestigious" older-boys <ent type='GPE'>California</ent> getaway, "The Bohemian
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Club."
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It is not surprising, given the <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> family's wealth and
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status, that <ent type='PERSON'>Bill</ent>'s older brother, James <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent>, is also a
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member of <ent type='ORG'>Skull</ent> and Bones. From 1981-82 <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> was Under
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Secretary of <ent type='ORG'>State for Security Assistance</ent>, Science, and
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Technology where it was his job to see the U.S. military aid went
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to support the right regimes.
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He once stated that <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> covert activities in <ent type='GPE'>Chile</ent>, which
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led to the overthrow of democratically-elected <ent type='PERSON'>Salvador Allende</ent>,
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were necessary because, "It was only by virtue of covert help by
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<ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent> that these free institutions were able to
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survive in the face of increasingly repressive measures by the
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<ent type='PERSON'>Allende</ent> regime."
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<ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> was also directly connected to the work of the
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<ent type='GPE'>Chile</ent>an secret police, <ent type='ORG'>DINA</ent>. In September 1976, <ent type='ORG'>DINA</ent> agents
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assassinated former <ent type='GPE'>Chile</ent>an diplomat <ent type='PERSON'>Orlando Letelier</ent> and his
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colleague, <ent type='PERSON'>Ronni Moffitt</ent>, in <ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent> DC. "Independent
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researchers verified through the <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> and <ent type='ORG'>Department of Justice</ent> --
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that on September 14, 1976, one week before the <ent type='PERSON'>Letelier</ent>
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assassination, <ent type='PERSON'>Michael Townley</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Guillermo Novo</ent> [two <ent type='ORG'>DINA</ent>
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agents involved in the assassination] drove to the office of
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Senator James <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent> for a meeting. <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent> had
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helped finance trips to <ent type='GPE'>Chile</ent> for <ent type='ORG'>Novo</ent> and others close to the
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killing."
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When <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> agent <ent type='PERSON'>David Atlee Phillips</ent> was accused of being
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involved in the assassination he started an organization
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entitled "<ent type='ORG'>Challenge</ent>: An Intelligence Officers' Legal Action
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Fund." The board of "<ent type='ORG'>Challenge</ent>" included former <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> director
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<ent type='PERSON'>William</ent> Colby, former <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> Inspector General <ent type='PERSON'>Lyman Kirkpatrick</ent>,
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former intelligence officer General <ent type='PERSON'>Richard Stillwell</ent>, and
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interestingly, James <ent type='ORG'>Buckley</ent>.
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<ent type='PERSON'>Hugh Cunningham</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent> from the class of 1934, is a
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Rhodes Scholar with a lengthy career in the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>. He was in the
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<ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> from 1947 to 1973 during which time he served in top
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positions with the Clandestine Services, <ent type='ORG'>the Board</ent> of National
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Estimates, and was the Director of Training from 1969-73. He also
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served with the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>'s precursor, <ent type='ORG'>the Central Intelligence Group</ent>,
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from 1945-47.
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<ent type='PERSON'>William</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Bundy</ent> is a <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent> from the class of 1939. <ent type='PERSON'>Bundy</ent>
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began his intelligence career in the <ent type='ORG'>OSS</ent> during <ent type='EVENT'>World War</ent> II.
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From 1951-61 he worked at the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, including at its Office of
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National Estimates. During the <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent> War, he was the Assistant
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Secretary of <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> for Asian Affairs and a vocal advocate for
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escalating the war.
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A true <ent type='EVENT'>Cold War</ent> liberal, <ent type='PERSON'>Bundy</ent> expressed his belief in the
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necessity of <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> covert actions in his foreword to the book "The
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Counter-Insurgency Era": "The preservation of liberal values, for
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<ent type='GPE'>America</ent> and other nations, required the use of the full range of
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U.S. power, including, if necessary, its more shady
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applications." "<ent type='ORG'>Shady</ent> applications" is a veiled euphemism for
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covert activities which support dictators, overthrow legitimate
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governments, and contribute to the destabilization of world
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order.
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From the class of 1950 comes <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent> Dino <ent type='PERSON'>Pionzio</ent>. His
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claim to fame was the time he spent as <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> deputy chief of
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station in <ent type='GPE'>Santiago</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Chile</ent>, in 1970, during the massive <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>
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destabilization of the <ent type='PERSON'>Allende</ent> government. He is also a member of
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the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. The <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> proved
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not to be lucrative enough for <ent type='PERSON'>Pionzio</ent> so he left his
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intelligence career behind and became an investment banker. As of
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1983, he was a vice president at the investment firm <ent type='ORG'>Dillon</ent>,
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Read. (Just to illustrate how small these circles really are --
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<ent type='PERSON'>Nicholas Brady</ent>, the current Secretary of the <ent type='ORG'>Treasury</ent>, was the
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co-chair of <ent type='ORG'>Dillon</ent>, Read, and a graduate of <ent type='ORG'>Yale University</ent>.
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Brady, however, was not a <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent>. He belonged to another <ent type='ORG'>Yale</ent>
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secret society called "Book and Snake.")
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From the days of <ent type='PERSON'>George Bush</ent>'s father, Prescott <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent>, comes
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former spook F. <ent type='PERSON'>Trubee Davidson</ent>. <ent type='PERSON'>Davidson</ent>, a <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent> from the
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class of 1918, was the Director of Personnel at the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> in 1951.
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<ent type='PERSON'>Davidson</ent> then begot little <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesmen</ent>, Endicott Peabody <ent type='PERSON'>Davidson</ent>
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and Daniel Pomeroy <ent type='PERSON'>Davidson</ent>. Endicott <ent type='PERSON'>Davidson</ent> went to work at
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the law firm of <ent type='ORG'>Winthrop</ent>, Stimson, Putnam, and <ent type='PERSON'>Roberts</ent> (Henry
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Stimson was the Secretary of War during <ent type='EVENT'>World War</ent> II and also a
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<ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent>.)
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Another interesting <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent> is <ent type='PERSON'>David Lyle Boren</ent>, the
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<ent type='ORG'>Senate</ent> <ent type='NORP'>Democrat</ent> from <ent type='GPE'>Oklahoma</ent>. While he is not an employee of the
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<ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> (some say this is open to question), <ent type='PERSON'>Boren</ent> nevertheless is
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part of the intelligence community because he is the chair of the
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Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Finally, but certainly not the end of the list, comes
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<ent type='PERSON'>Richard</ent> A. <ent type='PERSON'>Moore</ent>. <ent type='PERSON'>Moore</ent> began his intelligence career in World
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War II where he served as a special assistant to the chief of
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military intelligence. He was rewarded for this service with the
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Legion of Merit for Intelligence Work.
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In the 1970s, <ent type='PERSON'>Moore</ent> was special assistant to President
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<ent type='PERSON'>Nixon</ent> and in the thick of things during the <ent type='EVENT'>Watergate</ent> scandal. At
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his recent congressional confirmation hearing for the post of
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Ambassador to <ent type='GPE'>Ireland</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>Moore</ent> was asked by one of the committee
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members if he was one of 14 unnamed and unindicted
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co-conspirators of the <ent type='EVENT'>Watergate</ent> scandal. <ent type='PERSON'>Moore</ent>, however,
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emphatically denied the accusation. It is interesting to note
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that <ent type='PERSON'>Moore</ent>, a <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent> from 1936, was recently appointed to a
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high-level <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> Department post by <ent type='PERSON'>George Bush</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesman</ent>, 1948.
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The list of <ent type='PERSON'>Bonesmen</ent>-made-good goes on and on and includes
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McGeorge <ent type='PERSON'>Bundy</ent> (<ent type='ORG'>National Security Advisor</ent> to <ent type='PERSON'>Kennedy</ent> and
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<ent type='PERSON'>Johnson</ent>), <ent type='PERSON'>William</ent> Draper (Defense Department Import-Export Bank,
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etc.), <ent type='ORG'>Dean Witter</ent>, Jr. (investment banker), <ent type='ORG'>Potter Stewart</ent>
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(<ent type='ORG'>Supreme Court</ent> Justice who swore in <ent type='PERSON'>George Bush</ent> as Vice
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President in 1981), <ent type='PERSON'>John Forbes Kerry</ent> (Senator from
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<ent type='GPE'>Massachusetts</ent>), <ent type='PERSON'>Winston Lord</ent> (<ent type='PERSON'>Kissinger</ent> protege and former
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Ambassador to <ent type='GPE'>China</ent>), Robert H. Gow (president of <ent type='PERSON'>Zapata Oil</ent>,
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once owned by <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> and which had possible links to the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>), and
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<ent type='PERSON'>Henry Luce</ent> of Time-Life fame.
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This old (and new) boys network helps to illustrate the old
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adage "it's not what you know, it's who you know." Given the
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extent of Bones members in intelligence, it is also "how you come
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to know it." </p></xml> |