gives me pause to reflect ... oh, there'll be the guilt through association rebuttal - but, that's rather superficial; plus, it's been like that for at least a year here -- but Jackson Stephens just doesn't let anybody to be within his group ... it's not like Wesley applied for the job from an advert in the jobs listing of the local Arkansas newspaper ...
of course, Wesley 'cut' that tie as of about February 2003
... and, then, there is being on the Board of Directors of Acxiom, with a Board of Directors with links to the military, Henry Kissinger and other interesting arenas ...and, likely links to Homeland Security and Poindexter's DARPA IAO
frankly, I don't care whatever those who will likely take exception to these concerns - but, we have right to them and others should have the information available to make of it what they will ... and, certainly outside of DU, others have had concerns about Jackson Stephens, his role in this world of ours, and Acxiom ... and, the people associated with them ...
Acxiom has information on at least 180 million of us
... who would associate in that world? Would you?
I've had relatives in politics ... and, shamefully, who had connections to the good ol'boys ... I wasn't part of that world ...
No, we as a Nation, a People, have lost much opportunity to progress as a Society over the last 30 years -- too much is at stake ...
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"Why Quit, Henry? Is It Acxiom?"
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Permission is granted to reproduce this article in its entiretyby Jim Rarey
When Dr. K (Kissinger) withdrew as co-chairman of the commission to investigate the 9/11 terrorist attacks after refusing to make his client list public, he bitterly asserted his consulting business represented no foreign companies or governments that would constitute a conflict of interest with his duties on the commission.
Although there is no particular reason we should believe anything Kissinger says, for purposes of this article, let’s take that assertion at face value. That would mean if there is a conflict, it must be with one or more of his domestic (U.S.) clients.
Kissinger’s two consulting firms (Kissinger & Associates and Kissinger-McLarty & Associates) advise a large number of U.S. companies. Yes, it is that McLarty, Mack McLarty who was Bill Clinton’s chief of staff and is now vice-chairman of the first firm and partner in the second.
The client lists of the two firms are closely guarded. However, from time to time some information leaks out. Although Dr. K has his own share of skeletons in his closet, (e.g. his involvement in the overthrow of an elected government in Chile and the resulting thousands of deaths that have branded both Kissinger and Pinochet as war criminals), some of his domestic clients have their own scandals with which he may not want to be associated.
One that is, or has been, a Kissinger client is J.P. Morgan Chase, implicated in the Enron frauds as well as money laundering along with other New York investment banks. (But that’s only drug money and U.S. taxpayers’ dollars recycled through the Russian KGB/Mafia, not known to relate to terrorism.) Kissinger sits on the Morgan/Chase International Advisory Board.
Other examples could be cited, but in this writer’s opinion, the association Dr. K is most afraid might be made public is with the little known company Acxiom.
Hardly a household name (we will try to change that), Acxiom has been selected the lead company to provide software and pull together the network to furnish the information to DARPA’s “Information Awareness Office” (IAO) where John Poindexter of Iran-Contra infamy will prepare individual dossiers on every American citizen and the millions of aliens (legal and illegal) in the country.
The plan calls for the collection of information from a staggering number of sources, such as banks, credit unions, health care organizations, the IRS and Social Security agencies, the INS, the FBI, grocery chains and any number of other companies and government agencies (federal, state and local) that have records of individual transactions.
But even this association might be covered up in these days of managed news. No, what scares Kissinger the most is the control and history of Acxiom itself. The company may be more than just a client. Mack McLarty sits on its Board of Directors, which implies some kind of investment to protect.
While the name of the company means nothing to almost all Americans, perhaps a couple of the names under which it operated earlier will generate a spark of recognition. Before it morphed into Acxiom, the company was named Alltel. Still nothing? Then how about its original name, Systematics? Now memories come flooding back of the PROMIS software scandal and those associated with it.
The powerful PROMIS software was developed by Bill Hamilton’s company Inslaw. It was virtually stolen by the U.S. Treasury Department. It was then combined with software from Systematics and farmed out to the CIA for final modification (installation of a backdoor feature).
When Treasury forced Inslaw into bankruptcy (by withholding payments due Inslaw) ownership of the software wound up with a CIA cutout named the Hadron Corp. Hadron peddled the software to governments and financial institutions around the world, thus giving the CIA backdoor access to the secret information of a number of governments and banks.
But it doesn’t stop there. The person who controls Acxiom/Alltel/Systematics is Arkansas billionaire Jackson Stephens. Stephens, and those working with him, have been involved in myriad shady operations too numerous to cite here. We can only hit some of the highlights.
At Systematics, one of the lawyers Stephens hired to represent the company was a bright young attorney named Hillary Rodham. After she joined the Rose law firm (then Hillary Rodham Clinton), Stephens employed the firm (mainly its partners Hillary, Vince Foster and Webster Hubbell) in several of his ventures.
Stephens was a financial angel to both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He gave final impetus to Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign with a large “loan” from his Worthen bank. Stephens (along with the Harvard University endowment) rescued one of Dubya’s companies from bankruptcy with sizeable investments.
Another scandal suppressed by the “watchdogs of the press” was the cocaine smuggling aspects of the Iran/Contra affair. In return for arms smuggled to the Contras in Nicaragua, cocaine was being brought back to the U.S. and dropped off at a small airport at Mena, Arkansas. Pilot Barry Seal, a CIA asset and drug runner, was also dropping bales of cash in Mena. The drug money was laundered (among other channels) through Stephen’s Worthen bank and an Arkansas state agency set up by Governor Bill Clinton (the Arkansas Development Finance Authority). Overseer of the Iran/Contra operation was then Vice-President George H.W. Bush, as later proved with a memo from Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
A partner with Stephens in the Worthen bank was Mochtar Riady, one of the principals in the Indonesian Lippo Group. The Lippo Group was heavily involved in the campaign financing scandals of the second Clinton presidential campaign, with links to the Chinese military.
Our final example is perhaps the most important unfinished investigation of the last 40 years. The Bank of Commerce and Credit International (BCCI) was started by a Pakistani banker ostensibly to service Arab clients in the Middle East. It quickly became a money laundering mechanism for various terrorist organizations in the area. It then branched out to London and other locations and became a repository and laundering channel for a broad spectrum of organizations, including the terrorists as well as Mossad and the CIA.
BCCI established a branch in Florida and took over the largest bank in Washington, D.C. (First American) with the assistance of Stephen’s Worthen bank and the Rose law firm (Hillary, Foster and Hubbell). When the Florida branch was exposed, it was shut down, but the investigation was limited to Florida.
Later, Assistant District Attorney Robert Morgenthau in New York launched a comprehensive investigation into BCCI until it was shut down by Robert Mueller in the Department of Justice (now FBI Director) and Mary Jo White, Clinton-appointed U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York. White was held over by George W. Bush long enough to deep six the investigation of Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich. She also closed the investigation of Terry McAuliffe (who was on the verge of being indicted) in the Teamster/Democratic National Committee campaign money swap conspiracy.
Yes Henry, it is understandable why you ducked and ran when it looked like you might have to disclose your relationship with Acxiom/Alltel/Systematics and Jackson Stephens.
December 18, 2002
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Acxiom's Board of Directors
Dr. Ann Hayes Die
William J. Henderson
Charles D. Morgan
Chairman of the Board and Company Leader
General Wesley K. Clark
William T. Dillard II
Harry C. Gambill
Rodger S. Kline
Director and Company Operations Leader
Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, III
Stephen M. Patterson
James T. Womble
Director and Client Services Leader
Bios
Dr. Die is Managing Director of Academic Search Consultation Service in Washington, D.C., the oldest and largest higher education consultation and academic search firm in the United States focused on college and university presidencies. Prior to assuming that position, Dr. Die was Vice President and Partner in A.T. Kearney, Inc.'s higher education practice. From 1992-2001, Dr. Die was President of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She is a member of the Board of Visitors of Air University of the U.S. Air Force and a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. She is past Chair of the Board of Directors for Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Presidents Council, and the American Council on Education's Council of Fellows. Her memberships have included the American Council on Education Board, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre Board, and the NCAA Executive Committee. She formerly served as Dean of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College and Associate Provost at Tulane University. Dr. Die graduated summa cum laude from Lamar University, earned a master's degree from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Texas A&M University.
Mr. Henderson was the 71st Postmaster General of the United States and the fifth career employee to lead the world's largest postal system. He served in that position from May 1998 until his retirement in May 2001. From 1994 until his appointment as Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Henderson served as Chief Operating Officer. From 1992-1994, he served as Vice President of employee relations, then became Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President. In addition to his service in Washington, D.C., he has served in postal management positions in Chicago, Greensboro, Memphis and Stockton, among other locations. In 1997, Mr. Henderson received the Postal Service's John Wanamaker Award, and in 1998 he received American University's Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership. In 1998, Mr. Henderson also received an honorary Mailing Excellence Award from the National Postal Forum for his work with the nation's professional mailing industry. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served in the U.S. Army.
Mr. Morgan joined Acxiom in 1972. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1975, and serves as Acxiom's Company Leader. He is also a Director and past Chairman of the Board of the Direct Marketing Association. In addition, he serves as a member and is the past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hendrix College. He was employed by IBM Corporation prior to joining Acxiom. Mr. Morgan holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Arkansas.
General Clark (U.S. Army, Retired) is chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a business services and development firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is senior military analyst for Cable News Network (CNN) and is Chairman of the Board of WaveCrest Laboratories, a technology company that specializes in electric propulsion systems that transform electrical energy into mechanical motion. General Clark is a noted speaker presenting key insights on strategic leadership, foreign and military policy and high technology to
corporate leaders and other audiences. He serves pro bono as a distinguished senior advisor for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), as a Director of the Atlantic Council, and as a member of the board of the International Crisis Group,
Messer-Griesheim and SIRVA Corporation. General Clark began his
military career by graduating first in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1966. Upon becoming the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, in 1997, he was in overall command of NATO's military forces in Europe. He also served as the Commander in Chief of the U.S. European Command. In 1999, General Clark commanded the alliance's military response to the Kosovo crisis. He retired in 2000 after a highly distinguished and decorated 34-year military career. In that same year, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Following his retirement from the Army, he was employed by Stephens Group, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, working in high technology venture capital as Managing Director-Merchant Director. He resigned from this position in February 2003 to pursue other interests. In addition to his degree from West Point, General Clark received a master's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Mr. Dillard has served since 1968 as a member of the Dillard's, Inc. Board of Directors and is Chief Executive Officer of Dillard's, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, a chain of traditional department stores with 338 retail outlets in 29 states. In addition to Dillard's, Inc., Mr. Dillard is also a director of Barnes & Noble, Inc. and serves on the J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. National Advisory Board. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree in the same field from the
University of Arkansas.
Mr. Gambill is a director and has held the position of Chief Executive Officer/President of TransUnion LLC, a company engaged in the business of providing consumer credit reporting services, analytic models and real estate settlement services since April 1992. Mr. Gambill joined TransUnion in 1985 as Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Division. Mr. Gambill is also the Chairman of the Consumer Data Industry Association. He holds degrees in business administration and economics from Arkansas State University and is a member of their Business School Advisory Board.
Mr. Kline serves as Acxiom's Operations Leader. He joined Acxiom in 1973 and has served as a Director of the Company since 1975. Mr. Kline holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he has served since 1990 as Chairman of the College of Engineering Advisory Council. Prior to joining Acxiom, Mr. Kline spent seven years with IBM Corporation and two years as an officer in the U.S. Army.
Kissinger's partner:
Mr. McLarty is Vice Chairman and serves on the Board of Directors of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., which is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. He is also Chairman and CEO of McLarty Companies, Inc. and McLarty Management Company, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, and is President of Kissinger McLarty
Associates of Washington D.C. He is a board member of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas of New York City, the Inter-American Dialogue of Washington, D.C., Ross University, the Center for the Study of the Presidency, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He also serves on the advisory boards of various other entities. In 1983 he became chairman and chief executive officer of Arkla, a Fortune 500 natural gas company. He was appointed by President George Bush to the National Petroleum Council and the
National Council on Environmental Quality, and he was a member of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board from 1989 through 1992. Beginning in 1992, he served President Clinton in several key positions: Chief of Staff, Counselor to the President, and Special Envoy for the Americas, with over five years of service in the President's Cabinet and on the National Economic Council. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Patterson is the former President, CEO, and major shareholder of Leisure Arts, a publishing and direct mail company. Leisure Arts was acquired by Time Warner in 1992. Mr. Patterson is currently an investor in Patterson Enterprises for which he served as President from 1994 -2000. He currently is serving as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hendrix College. Mr. Patterson served on the Board of Directors of Worthen Bank and its successor, Bank of America-Arkansas, for 12 years. From 1978 - 1980, Mr. Patterson served as Assistant Treasurer of First Arkansas Bankstock Corporation, a public company, and as President of various subsidiaries of that company. Mr. Patterson has a bachelor of arts degree from Hendrix College, an
electrical engineering degree from Columbia University, and a master's of business administration degree, also from Columbia University.
Mr. Womble joined Acxiom in 1974 and serves as a Director of the Company as well as one of Acxiom's Client Services Leaders. Mr. Womble is also a director of Sedona Corporation. Prior to joining Acxiom, he was employed by IBM Corporation. He holds a degree in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas.
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