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George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

US President. Republican. Yale University (Skull and Bones). Harvard University. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

19 Dec 2008 - Bush issues a $17.4 billion auto bailout to General Motors and Chrysler.

16 Dec 2008 - Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero percent.

7 Sep 2008 - Federal Reserve takeover of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac.

5 Jun 2008 - The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence finds, after a five-year study, that President George Bush (S&B 1968) and other officials greatly exaggerated the evidence showing that Saddam Hussein held weapons of mass destruction.

2007 / 08 - Sub Prime Mortgage Crisis

War on Terror - 18 Jun 2006 - President George W. Bush (S&B 1968) announces mission accomplished.

6 Jun 2006 - Javier Solana presented Ali Larijarani (Iran’s top nuclear negotiator) a proposal aimed at persuading Iran to abandon it’s uranium-enrichment program.

16 Apr 2007 - Virgina Tech Massacre. Seung-Hui Cho kills himself and 32 fellow students.

6 Mar 2007 - Scooter Libby (VP Cheney Chief of Staff) convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the case of CIA operative. (Later commuted by President George W. Bush S&B 1968)

War On Terror - 2007 to Present - Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War.

28 Aug 2005 - Hurricane Katrina strikes.

30 Sep 2004 - Election - George W. Bush (S&B 1968) Vs John F. Kerry (S&B 1966) - First election debat

3 Jun 2004 - CIA Director Tenet resigns (for intelligence failures in the months leading up to Sep 11)

War On Terror - 2004 to 2017 - War in North-West Pakistan. Using CIA Drone strikes (See Linden Stanley S&B 1958)

30 Sep 2003 - Justice Department probes operative leaks (Bush administrative officials had leaked the name of a covert CIA operative to the media in July).

22 Jul 2003 - U.S. Forces kill Hussein’s sons (Uday and Qusay in Mosul, Iraq.)

War On Terror - 2003 to 2011 - Iraq War

War On Terror - 19 Mar 2003 - Delares War on Iraq. Invasion of Iraq.

12 Feb 2003 - CIA director George Tenet announces that North Korea possesses a nuclear ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States.[23]

3 Feb 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia Diaster. 28th mission (STS-107) is destroyed on re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. All seven crew members perish.

2 Dec 2991 - Enron files bankruptcy

War On Terror - 2001 to Present - War in Afghanistan.

7 Oct 2001 to Present - War on Terror. 17y 3m and 6 days.

26 Oct 2001 - Patriot Act - Second person to be prosecuted under the Patriot Act was CIA Susan Lindauer (Daughter to Senator Lindauer), who was a CIA back channel negotiater working with Saddan Hussain. See links.

17 Oct 2001 - D.C. Anthrax scare. The Capital shuts down amidst Anthrax scare.

11 Sep 2001 - Terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers, Pentagon and Shanksville. Blind 11? (False Flag Attack)

29 Mar 2001 - Kyoto Protocol (internation treaty signed by 180 countries to reduce global warning that set limits on industrial emissions) rejected.[23]

16 Feb 2001 - United States airplanes attack Iraqi radar sites to enforce a “no-fly zone.” Bush calls the military action a “routine mission.” [23]

20 Jan 2001 to 21 Dec 2009 - 43rd President of the United States. VP Dick Cheney (aka Darth Vadar)

17 Jan 1995 to 21 Dec 2000 - 46th Governer of Texas

1968 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch

Age 72. Born 6 Jul 1946

2001 to 2009 - George W. Bush (S&B 1968) - President of the United States

Father, George Herbert Walker Bush (S&B 1948)

Grandfather, Prescott Bush (S&B 1917)

Sister-in-law, Sharon Bush (knee Smith)

Great grand father, Samuel P. Bush (co-founder of Wolf’s Head) - Member of WW1 War Production Board.

Uncle, Jonathan James Bush (S&B 1953)

Great Uncle, James Smith Bush (S&B 1922)

Great Uncle, George Herbert Walker Jr. (S&B 1927)

Great Uncle, John Mercer Walker (S&B 1931)

Great Uncle, Louis Walker (S&B 1936)

Cousin, George Herbert Walker III (S&B 1953)

Cousin, Ray Carter Walker (S&B 1955) - George Herbert Walker Jr (S&B 1927)’s son.

Brother-in-law of father, George H. W. Bush (S&B 1968), Alexander Ellis Jr. (son of Alexander Ellis S&B 1944) married Bush (S&B 1948)’s sister Nancy Walker Bush.

War on Terror

2007/08 - Financial Sub Prime Crisis

Homeland Security

Patriot Act 2001

Linden Stanley Blue (S&B 1958)
Co-owner and Vice-chairman General Atomics, the U.S. military contractor that manufactures the Predator drones used by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Reuben A. Holden (S&B 1940) - George Herbert Walker Jr.’s (S&B 1927) son-in-law; married George Herbert Walker Jr.’s (S&B 1927) daughter Elizabeth C.Walker

Michael J. Warren (Rhodes 1990)
Member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition as co-lead for the Treasury and Federal Reserve agency review teams.

Seth Harris (Quill and Dagger 1983)
2008 / 09 - Member of the Agency Review Working Group of the Obama-Biden Transition Team.

W. Bowman Cutter (Rhodes 1964)
Office of Management and Budget Review Team Leader for the Obama-Biden Transition Committee Agency Review Groups.

Thomas Alexander Boasberg (S&B 1986)
14 Nov 2017 - George W. Bush (S&B 1968) - Presidential Center - Tom Boasberg: The “A” World Interview Series on Accountability. Prior to the FCC, he served for three years as Chief of Staff to Lee Chu-Ming, Chairman of Hong Kong’s largest political party, working on constitutional and political issues relating to Hong Kong’s change of sovereignty in 1997.

James Emanuel Boasberg (S&B 1985 and brother of T.A.B S&B 1986)
26 April 2012, Boasberg (S&B 1985) ruled that the public had no right to view government photos of a deceased Osama Bin Laden. Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, had filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but were unsuccessful in convincing the Judge that FOIA rights outweighed national-security factors.

Lonnie Dean Henley (Rhodes 1977)
May 2016 to May 2019 [left position] - Defense Intelligence Officer for East Asia, Defense Intelligence Agency. President Barack Obama and Donald Trump
Sep 2008 to Sep 2014 - Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst for China, Defense Intelligence Agency. President George W. Bush (S&B 1968) and Barack Obama

John K. Tien, Jr. (Rhodes 1987)
Jul 2008 to Jun 2011 - Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, National Security Council by President Barack Obama.
Jul 2008 to Jun 2009 - Director for Iraq, National Security Council by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

Daniel Cushing Esty (Rhodes 1981)
2007 to 2008 - Served as an energy and environmental policy advisor on the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign and as a member of the Presidential Transition Team.

Eli Whitney Debevoise II (Manuscript)
6 Apr 2007 to 2009 - U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank Group by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Jared Andrew Cohen (Rhodes 2004)
2006 to 2010 - Member of the State Department Policy Planning Staff to Secretary Condoleeza Rice, William Joseph Burns and Hillary Rodham Clinton by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968) and Barack Obama.

Douglas Preston Woodlock (S&B 1969)
2005 - Judge - Woodlock accepted a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and Ahmed F. Mehalba, a translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp who pleaded guilty to removing a disc containing classified documents from the base. Woodlock sentenced Mehalba to 20 months in prison. Search mind map. Search Mind Map … Tali Farimah Farhadian (S&B1997)

Alan Douglas Bersin (Rhodes 1968)
2010 to 2011 - Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection by President Barack Obama.
2009 to 2011, 2012 to Present - Assistant U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security for International Affairs by President Barack Obama. (Informally Known as “Border Czar”)
2008 to 2009 - Co-Chair of Mexico/U.S. Task Force – Rethinking the Mexico-U.S. Border: From Nagging Problems to Cooperative Solutions.
2005 to 2006 - California Secretary of Education by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Wendell Lewis Willkie, II (Rhodes 1973)
2005 to 2007 - A member of the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

Porter Goss (Book and Snake 1960)
21 Apr 2005 to 5 May 2006 - 1st Director of Central Intelligence Agency by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
24 Sep 2004 to 21 Apr 2005 - Director of Central Intelligence Agency by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Sandy Berger (Q&D 1967)
Jul 2004 - Justice Department revealed it was investigating whether Berger had removed classified documents and notes from the National Archives several months before his testimony to the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Alison J. Nathan (Q&D 1994)
2004 - Acted as John F. Kerry’s (S&B 1966) “Associate National Counsel” for the Kerry-Edwards Democrat Campaign for President against George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

Victor Henderson Ashe (S&B 1967)
30 Jun 2010 to 1 Aug 2013 - Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors by President Barack Obama
2004 to 26 Sep 2009 - United States Ambassador to Poland by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968) and Barack Obama

Tali Farimah Farhadian (S&B 1997. Rhodes)
2009 to Jun 2010 - Counsel to the U.S. Attorney General by President Barack Obama.
One of the seven anonymous Justice Department lawyers who represented Guantanamo terrorist suspects.
2004 to 2006 - Counsel to the Attorney General of the United States, Washington by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

Porter Goss (B&S 1900)
21 Apr 2005 to 5 May 2006 - 1st Director of Central Intelligence Agency by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
24 Sep 2004 to 21 Apr 2005 - Director of Central Intelligence Agency by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

George Herbert Walker III (S&B 1953)
2003 to 2006 - U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

William H. “Bill” Donaldson (S&B 1953)
2003 to 2005 - Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Samuel Hopkins Francis (S&B 1964)
2003 to 2011 - Consultant, Homeland Security.

Richard Allen Stengel (Rhodes 1977)
14 Feb 2014 to 7 Dec 2016 Present - Under U.S. Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs by President Barack Obama.
Time - Managing Editor. Under his leadership, Time has reported on significant world events such as its coverage of the Iraq war, which he describes in an editorial as necessary in order to remind people not to “turn away”, and the 2008 presidential campaign (Barack Obama)

Donald Etra (S&B 1968)
2008, George W. Bush (S&B 1968) reappointed Etra , to the executve committee of the Holocaust museum.
2005, Appointed to the executive committee of the Holocaust museum and became the chair of the governance committee.
2003 - Appointed by his friend George W. Bush (S&B 1968) to the board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Stephen Friedman (Q&D1962)
Jan 2008 to 7 May 2009 - Chairman, New York Federal Reserve Bank. (During Subprime Financial Crisis)
From Apr 2005 to 2009 - Goldman, Sachs & Co. Board.
20 Dec 2005 to 28 Oct 2009 - Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968) and Barack Obama.
12 Dec 2002 to 10 Jan 2005 - 5th Director of the National Economic Council by George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Brad Rogers Carson (Rhodes 1989)
2 Apr 2015 to 8 Apr 2016 - Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to Assistant Secretary of the Army, Debra S. Wada to Secretary Ash Carter (Rhodes 1976) by President Barack Obama.
28 Mar 2014 to 30 Jun 2015 - Under U.S. Secretary of the Army by President Barack Obama.
2011 to 2014 - General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Army to Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta (Dir CIA. Chief of Staff Bill Clinton [Rhodes 1968]. Nixon) and Chuck Hagel (CEO of Election systems & Software, computerised voting machine) by President Barack Obama.
*10 Oct 2002, 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the invasion of Iraq by President George W. Bush S&B 1968**.

Charles Edward Allen (S&B 1958)
2005 to 2009 - Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Michael Chertoff by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
1974 to 1977 - Stationed in Canberra, Australia, in an intelligence liaison capacity. Served under CIA Station Chiefs M. Corely Wonus (1934 to 1992) and John Walker (1921 to 2002)

Kent A Jordan (Father, Amos Azariah Jordan (Rhodes 1947))
From 13 Dec 2006 to Present - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Court by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
15 Nov 2002 to 15 Dec 2006 - Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Stewart McClellan Patrick (Rhodes 1988) Sep 2002 to Jan 2005 - Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, U.S. State of Department, Secretary of State, Colin Powell (CFR. Pershing Rifles) by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

David Lyle Boren (S&B 1963. Rhodes 1963)
11 Sep 2001 - Boren (S&B 1963. Rhodes)** and Tenet (Central Intelligence Director) were having breakfast together when Tenet was called away to respond to the terror attacks.

Robert D. McCallum Jr. (S&B 1968)
2006 to 2009 - U.S. Ambassador to Australia
2003 to 2006 - Associate U.S. Attorney General
2001 to 2003 - Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Civil Division

Viet D. Dinh (Phoenix - S K Club)
31 May 2001 to 31 May 2003 - United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968). He was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 96 to 1, with the sole No vote coming from Hillary Clinton (Pizza fan).**
- As the official responsible for federal legal policy, Dinh worked with issues of illicit drugs, racial profiling in federal law enforcement, exploitation of children, human trafficking, DNA technology, gun violence, and civil and criminal justice procedural reform.
- He played a key role in developing legal policy initiatives to combat terrorism, including the USA Patriot Act. Viet also represented the Department of Justice in selecting and confirming federal judges, contributing to the appointment of 100 district judges and 23 appellate judges during his tenure.

William Howard Taft IV (Honary S&B. Related to S&B co-founder Alphanso Taft)
16 Apr 2001 to 1 Mar 2005 - Legal Advisor of the Department of State by George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Roy Lesley Austin (S&B 1968) - White House Office of Urban Affairs, Justice, and Opportunity by President Barack Obama.
6 Dec 2001 to 18 Dec 2009 - 15th United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago by George W. Bush (S&B 1968) and Barack Obama.

John Negroponte (Psi Upsilon)
27 Feb 2007 to 23 Jan 2009 - United States Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (CFR) by George W. Bush (S&B 1968) and Barack Obama
21 Apr 2005 to 13 Feb 2007 - 1st Director of National Intelligence by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
29 July 2004 to 17 Mar 2005 - United States Ambassador to Iraq by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
19 Sep 2001 to 23 Jun 2004 - 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968). 8 days after 9/11.

Edward E. McNally (S&B 1979)
2006 to 2009 - Senior Counsel, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
2005 to 2006 - U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois
2001 to 2005 - General Counsel, Homeland Security Council by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
2001 to 2005 - Senior Associate Counsel to the President of the United States by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Roy L. Austin (S&B 1968)
**2001 to 2009 - U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago

Charles Stevenson Abbot (Rhodes 1967)
Deputy Homeland Security Advisor by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Robert Lawson Earl (Rhodes 1968)
Chief of Staff to acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

Dana Timothy Milbank (S&B 1990)
After Bush won the 2000 election, Karl Rove asked The Washington Post not to assign Milbank to cover White House news.

Dennis Cutler Blair (Rhodes 1968)
29 Jan 2009 to 28 May 2010 - 3rd Director of National Intelligence by President Barack Obama. He led sixteen national intelligence agencies, managed a budget of $50 billion and provided integrated intelligence support to the President, Congress and operations in the field.
1999 to 2002 - Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command.

John Prescott Ellis - Son of Alexander Ellis Jr (S&B 1944)
2002 to 2004 - A Senior Fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
On the night of the 2000 U.S. presidential election Ellis was working as a consultant for Fox News, where he analyzed data from the Voter News Service. According to an interview Ellis gave to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker magazine in 2000, he was responsible for Fox News’s decisions in calling states for Gore or Bush based on statistical results from the VNS data. Fox News was the first (at 2:16 am ET) to call Florida for Bush (S&B 1968). Ellis also admitted sharing exit-poll data with his cousins by phone. After the interview was published, Fox News Vice President John Moody admitted that Ellis had broken rules by sharing the data and said he was considering disciplinary action.

Clark Kent Ervin (Rhodes 1980)
2008 to 2010 - One of Eight on bi-partisan Commission on War Time Contracting In Iraq and Afghanistan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 2008, Clark served as the co-chairman of then-President-elect Barack Obama’s Transition Team for Department of Homeland Security, adding to the experience he gained while previously serving as the department’s first Inspector General.
2006, Published Open target : where America is vulnerable to attack by Clark Kent Ervin.
24 Jan 2003, Acting, 27 Dec 2003 to 8 Dec 2004 - Inspector General of U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Secretary Tom Ridge (CFR) by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
3 Aug 2001 to 23 Jan 2003 - Inspector General of U.S. Department of State to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (CFR, Married grandson of Joseph Medill Patterson (S&K 1901)) by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Richard Nathan Haass (Rhodes 1973) 5 Feb 2001 to 20 Jun 2003 - United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968) 6 Feb 2001 to 20 Jun 2003 - Director of State Department Policy Planning Staff to Colin Luther Powell (CFR. Pershing Rifles) by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
1989 to 1993 - Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council by President George H. W. Bush (S&B 1948)

David Sheronas (S&B 1993)
Apr 2004 to May 2014 - Defense Intelligence Agency
Feb 2000 to Apr 2004 - Military Intelligence Officer; Chief, Police Intelligence Operations; Staff Officer, US Army.

Daphna Renan (S&B 2000)
- Served as a member of President-Elect Obama’s Justice Department transition team.

John Joseph O’Leary Jr. (S&B 1969)
19 Aug 1998 to 29 Jun 2001 - United States Ambassador to Chile by President Bill Clinton (Rhodes 1968) and George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Richard Frank Celeste (Rhodes 1960)
1997 to 2001 - U.S. Ambassador to India for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (CFR. Related to S&B) by President Bill Clinton (Rhodes 1968) and George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

Barbara Anne Grewe (Rhodes 1977)
Apr 2014 to Jan 2015 - Senior Director 9/11 Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation.*May 2003 to Aug 2004* - 9/11 Commission - Senior Counsel, Special Projects by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
Formed 27 Nov 2002 to 21 Aug 2004 - 9/11 Commission - Senior Counsel by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)
Nov 2002 to Jul 2005 - Associate General Counsel in the Government Accountability Office.
Jan 1989 to Nov 2003 - Assistant United States Attorney. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (Freemason, Yale), William Barr (Father OSS, hired Jeffrey Epstein as math teacher, despite Epstein having dropped out of College.[7]), Stuart M. Gerson (acting), Janet Reno (Hon. Quill and Dagger. National Honor Society, Waco seige), Eric Holder (Boule/ Sigma Pi Phi, “Guardians of Skull and Bones”) and John Ashcroft (St. Elmo Society) by President George H. W. Bush (S&B 1948), Bill Clinton (Rhodes 1968) and George W. Bush (S&B 1968).

Carol Kuntz (Q&D 1984)
Approx 2001/02 to 2006 - After 9/11 Attacks, Homeland Security Advisor to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (MJ-12).
1989 to ? (Included positions up to 9/11) - At the end of the Cold War, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Secretary of Defense.

James “Jim” Hadley Billington (Rhodes 1950)
14 Sep 1987 to 30 Sep 2015 - Librarian of Congress by President Barack Obama, George W. Bush (S&B 1968), Bill Clinton (Rhodes 1968), George H. W. Bush (S&B 1948) and Ronald Reagan (Bohemian. Freemason. VP George H. W. Bush (S&B 1948). Preceded by Daniel J. Boorstin (Rhodes 1934).

Alan Greenspan (MJ-12. Brown Brothers Harriman)
1987 to 31 Jan 2006 - 13th Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Glenn Alan Fine (Rhodes 1979)
14 Jan 2016 to 6 Apr 2020 - Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense by President Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
22 July 2004 - 9/11 Comission Report published - Borders, Money, and Transportation Security - Glenn Fine [Rhodes 1979], Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice.
10 Aug 2000 to 28 Jan 2011 - Inspector General of U.S. Department of Justice to Attorney General.

John Michael Farren
2007 to 2009 - Deputy White House Counsel to the President of the United States by President George W. Bush (S&B 1968)

[1] - Whitehouse.gov - President George W. Bush (S&B 1968. Delta Kappa Epsilon.)

[2] - MillerCenter.org - President George W. Bush (S&B 1968. Delta Kappa Epsilon.)

[3] - Presidential-Power.org - President George W. Bush (S&B 1968. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

[4] - FYI - Wiki - George W. Bush (S&B 1968. Delta Kappa Epsilon.)

[5] - List of Wars involving the United States.