{"id":88004,"date":"2021-10-06T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=88004"},"modified":"2021-10-06T07:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:00:17","slug":"whats-the-best-way-to-completely-control-the-potus-have-the-cia-hire-a-corrupt-closeted-communist-and-career-criminal-politician-and-then-install-him-in-the-oval-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=88004","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the best way to completely control the POTUS? Have the CIA hire a corrupt closeted communist and career criminal politician, and then install him in the Oval office."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Company Family: The Untold History<br \/>\nof Obama and the CIA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Despite his liberal pretensions, Obama\u2019s foreign policy was dreamed up at Langley\u2014which should not have been surprising given his background<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>[This essay is another in CAM\u2019s series on the history of the CIA. Obama has been in the news this week for overseeing groundbreaking on his presidential center. This center has sparked controversy because it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2021\/08\/20\/the-new-ozymandias-twilight-reflections-on-the-obama-presidential-center\/\">not house any actual documents and is being built on the supposedly protected Jackson Park on Chicago\u2019s southern lakefront.<\/a> Hugh Iglarsh wrote in Counterpunch that the main tower\u2014which resembles a giant upraised cell phone\u2014will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2021\/08\/20\/the-new-ozymandias-twilight-reflections-on-the-obama-presidential-center\/\">\u201ca Great Tower of Nothing, a monument to hubris, chutzpah and Chicago-style clout\u2026which rivals the Pyramid of Khufu in its brutal, enigmatic grandiosity.<\/a>\u201c\u2014Editors]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Jeremy Kuzmarov &#8211;<br \/>\nCovert Action Magazine<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In the summer of 2012, President Barack Obama signed a secret order authorizing the CIA and other U.S. agencies to support rebels in Syria seeking to oust Syrian leader Bashir al-Assad\u2014a nationalist who had allied with Iran and stood up to U.S. proxy Israel.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-0\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-0\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Costing more than $1 billion, Operation Timber Sycamore evolved into the largest covert operation since the arming of mujahadin fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Special Forces under Timber Sycamore again trained Islamic fundamentalists, this time in Jordan, who again carried out a reign of terror.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-1\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-1\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22150 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?resize=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"A picture containing ground, sky, outdoor, person\n\nDescription automatically generated\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" data-attachment-id=\"22150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?fit=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?fit=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-ground-sky-outdoor-person.jpeg?fit=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>U.S. Special Forces operative training Syrian fighter at terrorist training camp financed by the Obama administration in Jordan. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldinwar.eu\/timber-sycamore\/\">worldinwar.eu<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A voracious consumer of intelligence, Obama\u2019s trademark throughout his presidency was to move war into the shadows, a light-footprint approach designed to expand U.S. power covertly.<\/p>\n<p>General Joseph Votel, head of the special operations command (SOCOM) characterized the Obama era as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2016\/03\/obama-doctrine-wars-numbers\/474531\/\">\u201cgolden age for special operations<\/a>.\u201d Green Berets were deployed to 133 countries\u201470 percent of the world\u2014in 2014 alone.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-2\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-2\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In a meeting about Afghanistan, Obama told CIA Director Leon Panetta that the CIA would \u201cget everything it wanted.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-3\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-3\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22151 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?w=1048&amp;ssl=1 1048w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w\" alt=\"This Shadowy General Is Expected to Be the Next Leader of America's Special  Operations Forces\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" data-attachment-id=\"22151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?fit=1048%2C786&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1048,786\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-le.jpeg?fit=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"22151\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">General Joseph Votel [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/this-shadowy-general-is-expected-to-be-the-next-leader-of-americas-special-operations-forces-2016-1\">businessinsider.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22152 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her.jpeg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her.jpeg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her.jpeg?resize=150%2C130&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Report: Obama picks Panetta for CIA \u2013 Monterey Herald\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" data-attachment-id=\"22152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her.jpeg?fit=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,259\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her.jpeg?fit=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia-monterey-her.jpeg?fit=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"22152\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Leon Panetta [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montereyherald.com\/2009\/01\/05\/report-obama-picks-panetta-for-cia\/\">montereyherald.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> reported that, \u201cin the 67 years since the CIA was founded, few presidents have had as close a bond with their intelligence chiefs as Mr. Obama forged with Mr. [John] Brennan,\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-4\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-4\">[5]<\/a><\/sup> an architect of the CIA\u2019s extraordinary rendition program and former CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s worldview meshed so closely with this \u201cunsentimental intel warrior\u201d and \u201cterrorist hunter\u201d that Obama \u201cfound himself finishing Brennan\u2019s sentences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous Cabinet member explained that \u201cpresidents tend to be smitten with the instruments of the intelligence community [but] Obama was more smitten than most\u2014this has been an intelligence presidency in a way we haven\u2019t seen maybe since Eisenhower.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-5\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-5\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22153 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Image may contain John O. Brennan Furniture Chair Human Person Sitting Plant Lamp and Table Lamp\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" data-attachment-id=\"22153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?fit=660%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-may-contain-john-o-brennan-furniture-chair.jpeg?fit=660%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>President Barack Obama with John Brennan in the Oval Office, May 1, 2009. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2009\/07\/rising-politicos-024586\">politico.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The consequences could be seen in Obama\u2019s boosting funding for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which promotes regime change in countries defiant of the New World Order, and his drastic expansion of the use of drones\u2014for both surveillance and targeted killings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22154 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?resize=696%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"More than 2,400 dead as Obama's drone campaign marks five years \u2014 The  Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB)\" width=\"696\" height=\"431\" data-attachment-id=\"22154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?fit=600%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?fit=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-than-2400-dead-as-obamaand39s-drone-campaign.jpeg?fit=600%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/stories\/2014-01-23\/more-than-2-400-dead-as-obamas-drone-campaign-marks-five-years\">thebureauinvestigates.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Obama administration further; a) backed coups in Ukraine and Honduras; b) pivoted the U.S. military to Asia, ramped up arms sales to Saudi Arabia and expanded military bases in Africa; c) helped suppress evidence about CIA torture, d) refused to pursue a criminal case against the CIA\u2019s money laundering bank, HSBC, e) eavesdropped on U.S. allies and a U.S. congressman (Dennis Kucinich) who opposed his administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/03\/19\/on-10th-anniversary-of-the-u-s-nato-attack-on-libya-powerful-perpetrators-have-yet-to-face-justice\/\">illegal invasion of Libya that devastated that country<\/a>, f) <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html\">stepped up surveillance and efforts to destroy Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange<\/a>, and g) presided over the prosecution of a record number of whistleblowers under the Espionage Act of 1917.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22155 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?resize=696%2C487&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?resize=696%2C487&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;\" width=\"696\" height=\"487\" data-attachment-id=\"22155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?fit=800%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lessbgreaterless-bgreater\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?fit=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lessbgreaterless-bgreater.jpeg?fit=696%2C487&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/opinion\/hc-obama-nsa-curbs-20140117-story.html\">courant.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the Obama administration a) protected longtime CIA assets from prosecution, like Rwandan mass murderer Paul Kagame; b) waged war by proxy in Yemen through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to which it sold nearly $27 billion worth of arms; c) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/realspin\/2011\/09\/28\/fast-and-furious-just-might-be-president-obamas-watergate\/?sh=65e5c6e4752a\">provided weapons to drug cartels in Mexico under the Operation Fast and the Furious<\/a> while ramping up the War on Drugs through the Plan M\u00e9rida; and d) oversaw establishment of a clandestine arms pipeline from Libya to Syria by Ambassador Chris Stevens as part of Operation Timber Sycamore.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-6\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-6\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27103 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=696%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=1024%2C702&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=768%2C527&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=1536%2C1054&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=218%2C150&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?resize=696%2C477&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?w=1618&amp;ssl=1 1618w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"477\" data-attachment-id=\"27103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/screen-shot-2021-10-01-at-1-30-28-am-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?fit=1618%2C1110&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1618,1110\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?fit=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.30.28-AM-1.png?fit=696%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Obama and Rwandan President Paul Kagame <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/04\/06\/still-unsolved-the-great-crime-that-triggered-the-1994-rwandan-genocide\/\">who killed three heads of state and whose forces ran open air crematoria to more efficiently dispose of the bodies in the Rwandan killing fields<\/a>. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/chimpreports.com\/u-s-kagame-disagree-on-3rd-term\/\">chimpreports.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22157 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?resize=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?resize=150%2C94&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"US envoy Chris Stevens speaking to local media in Benghazi in 2011. (photo credit: AP\/Ben Curtis)\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"22157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-envoy-chris-stevens-speaking-to-local-media-in.jpeg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi in 2011 before he was killed by terrorists. Described as having a \u201ctalent for breaking bread with men in camouflage fatigues,\u201d Stevens oversaw an illegal arms pipeline from Libya to Syria as part of Operation Timber Sycamore designed to overthrow the Assad government in Syria. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/obama-condemns-killing-of-us-ambassador-to-libya-says-his-legacy-will-endure\/\">timesofisrael.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/mcs\/media\/images\/75290000\/jpg\/_75290542_75290541.jpg?w=696&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ukraine crisis: Timeline - BBC News\" width=\"484\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption>Obama shakes hands with the \u201cbutcher of Eastern Ukraine,\u201d Petro Poroshenko, who gained power after an Obama administration backed coup in Ukraine. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-27691607\">bbc.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>CIA Family Connection\u2014Ann Dunham<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Obama\u2019s record as president should not have been surprising given his family background.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Ann Dunham, worked for U.S. government agencies and allied NGOs\u2014the Ford Foundation, Asia Foundation, Development Alternatives Inc., and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\u2014in Indonesia in the 1960s and 1970s as well as Ghana, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Ann had training in the Russian language which, with everything combined, made her a \u201cCIA recruiter\u2019s wet dream.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-7\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-7\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The microfinancing projects that she worked on to help turn traditional craft industries into sustainable businesses were designed to \u201ctether third world masses to the mentality of finance capitalism,\u201d as Obama\u2019s unauthorized biographer put it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22158 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?resize=696%2C429&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Stanley Ann Dunham at Borobudur in Indonesia, in the early 1970s.\" width=\"696\" height=\"429\" data-attachment-id=\"22158\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?fit=600%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,369\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanley-ann-dunham-at-borobudur-in-indonesia-in-t.jpeg?fit=600%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Ann Dunham at Borobudur in Indonesia in the early 1970s. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/24\/magazine\/mag-24Obama-t.html\">nytimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dunham\u2019s boss at USAID in Indonesia, Dr. Donald Gordon Jr., author of <em>Credit for Small Farmers in Developing Countries for USAID<\/em> (1976), was identified in Julius Mader\u2019s 1968 book, <em>Who Who\u2019s in the CIA,<\/em> as a CIA agent.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-8\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-8\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Another boss, Peter Geithner, was future Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22159 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peter-franz-geithner.jpeg?resize=162%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peter-franz-geithner.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=162%2C236&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peter-franz-geithner.jpeg?zoom=3&amp;resize=162%2C236&amp;ssl=1 486w\" alt=\" Peter Franz Geithner\" width=\"162\" height=\"236\" data-attachment-id=\"22159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/peter-franz-geithner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peter-franz-geithner.jpeg?fit=189%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"189,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"peter-franz-geithner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peter-franz-geithner.jpeg?fit=189%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/peter-franz-geithner.jpeg?fit=189%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Peter Geithner [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/167930096\/peter-franz-geithner\">findagrave.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ann obtained her Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree in anthropology at the University of Hawaii, writing a thesis which argued that Indonesian villagers were dynamic and could produce greater wealth if they had access to market incentives and capital.<\/p>\n<p>Ann went to Indonesia in the mid 1960s at the time that the CIA supported a military coup led by General Suharto against the left-wing regime of Sukarno.<\/p>\n<p>Over two million suspected members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) were rounded up and massacred in its aftermath and thousands more were imprisoned\u2014many for decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22160 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?resize=450%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Indonesian leftists being herded off to public execution. [Source: Unknown]\" width=\"450\" height=\"263\" data-attachment-id=\"22160\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?fit=450%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,263\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?fit=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indonesian-leftists-being-herded-off-to-public-exe.jpeg?fit=450%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Indonesian leftists being sent to their deaths during mass pogroms supported by the U.S. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timorarchives.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/26\/indonesia-1965-timor-echo\/\">timorarchives.wordpress.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.voltairenet.org\/local\/cache-vignettes\/L220xH289\/mth-2-aadb2.jpg?resize=267%2C363&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"363\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Ann Dunham winning the \u201chearts and minds\u201d of Javanese villagers. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article166759.html\">voltairenet.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Much of Ann\u2019s anthropological and consulting field work was carried out in East and Central Java, which provided a hotbed of support for the PKI\u2014including among members of the Javanese women\u2019s association and labor federation.<\/p>\n<p>The CIA at this time employed anthropologists and development workers as undercover agents to gather information on villagers\u2019 political affiliations, in which Ann, according to her thesis adviser, Alice Dewey, had taken an interest.<\/p>\n<p>After her arrival in Indonesia, Dunham taught English at the American Embassy in Jakarta, which also housed one of the largest CIA stations in Asia and had significant satellite stations in Surabaya in eastern Java and Medan on Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>Dunham also worked for the Indonesian-American Friendship Institute in Jakarta, a suspected CIA front. One of her closest colleagues, Adi Sasono, had been the leader of the Muslim students during the overthrow of Sukarno.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27105 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?resize=395%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?w=395&amp;ssl=1 395w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"264\" data-attachment-id=\"27105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/obama_395-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?fit=395%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"395,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obama_395.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?fit=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama_395.1.jpg?fit=395%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Ann in Indonesia in the later 1970s. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/14\/us\/politics\/14obama.html\">nytimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Ann\u2019s recruitment as a CIA agent has never been openly acknowledged, she was among the few U.S. government employees with the language skills and access to fulfill this role effectively. Development projects in the region were explicitly designed to pry villagers away from the PKI orbit, and Ann\u2019s work would have contributed to this.<\/p>\n<p>In March 1965, Ann married an Indonesian Lieutenant Colonel, Lolo Soetoro, whom she met at the University of Hawaii\u2019s East-West Center, a \u201ckinder, gentler version of the School of the Americas,\u201d according to one writer, and \u201ccover for a training program in which Southeast Asians were brought to Hawaii and trained to go back to create agent nets,\u201d as U.S. Information Service (USIS) Director Frank Scotten described it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22162 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?resize=696%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?resize=768%2C615&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?resize=696%2C557&amp;ssl=1 696w\" alt=\"eastwest road66 | EastWest Center Sept. 7, 1966. Honolulu Ad\u2026 | Flickr\" width=\"696\" height=\"557\" data-attachment-id=\"22162\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?fit=1024%2C820&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,820\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eastwest-road66-or-eastwest-center-sept-7-1966-h.jpeg?fit=696%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eastwestcenter\/39523424674\">flickr.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The head of the East-West Center in 1965 was Howard P. Jones, U.S. ambassador to Indonesia from 1958 to 1965.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-9\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-9\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Jones was present in Jakarta as Suharto and his CIA-backed military officers planned the 1965 overthrow of Sukarno, who was seen, along with the PKI as an ally of China.<\/p>\n<p>Jones later defended the coup in <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, writing that Suharto was merely responding to a communist coup against Sukarno led by Colonel Untung\u2014which was actually set up by the CIA.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-10\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-10\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27107 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=696%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=1024%2C621&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=768%2C465&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=1536%2C931&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=696%2C422&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=1068%2C647&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?resize=1920%2C1164&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"422\" data-attachment-id=\"27107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/screen-shot-2021-10-01-at-1-36-03-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?fit=2000%2C1212&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1212\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?fit=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.36.03-AM.png?fit=696%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Howard P. Jones with Sukarno against whom the U.S. plotted. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/larouchepub.com\/eiw\/public\/2001\/eirv28n22-20010608\/eirv28n22-20010608_034-attempt_to_break_up_indonesia_br.pdf\">larouchepub.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A friend of Ann\u2019s told her biographer that the marriage to Lolo was arranged, suggesting that Ann may have acted as a female \u201choneypot\u201d for the CIA whose job was to recruit assets and help them obtain U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22164 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?resize=696%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?resize=768%2C464&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?resize=696%2C420&amp;ssl=1 696w\" alt=\"Obama's Young Mother Abroad - The New York Times\" width=\"696\" height=\"420\" data-attachment-id=\"22164\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?fit=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,618\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-young-mother-abroad-the-new-york-tim.jpeg?fit=696%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Lt. Col. Lolo Soetoro, left, with Ann Dunham, and Maya Soetoro, and Barack Obama, aged 6, in Indonesia in 1967. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/24\/magazine\/mag-24Obama-t.html\">nytimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hailing from an aristocratic family which lost out in Sukarno\u2019s land reform, Soetoro was recalled to active duty in July 1965 before General Suharto\u2019s right-wing coup and worked as an army geographer in Java and Papua New Guinea, where the Indonesian army brutally suppressed popular revolts.<\/p>\n<p>Soetoro went on to become an executive at Mobil Oil and its liaison to Suharto, whose economic policies Dunham praised.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>CIA Family Connection\u2014Stanley Armour Dunham<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22165 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?resize=696%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"A group of people sitting together\n\nDescription automatically generated with low confidence\" width=\"696\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"22165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?fit=600%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?fit=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-group-of-people-sitting-together-description-au.jpeg?fit=600%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Ann Dunham with her father, Stanley, and her children, Maya and Barack. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=111892135\">npr.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obama\u2019s grandfather Stanley Armour Dunham\u2014who helped raise him\u2014served with the 9<sup>th<\/sup> Air Force Division in World War II.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22166 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=696%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=696%2C492&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=1068%2C755&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w\" alt=\"FILE - This undated photo provided by the presidential campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows Obama's maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, in Cambridge, Mass., during World War II. Dunham was a 26-year-old supply sergeant in the Army Air Force when the Allied invasion of Normandy at last began. (AP Photo\/Obama Presidential Campaign, File) ** FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **\" width=\"696\" height=\"492\" data-attachment-id=\"22166\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?fit=1200%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?fit=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/file-this-undated-photo-provided-by-the-presiden.jpeg?fit=696%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Stanley Armour Dunham and Madelyn Dunham in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during World War II. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Obama-s-grandfather-s-war-service-revealed-3228354.php\">sfgate.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was pictured in a military uniform with no insignia, which suggests an intelligence unit.<\/p>\n<p>Another photo featured his daughter Ann, with the insignia of an elite school in Lebanon on her shirt in the 1950s, where Stanley may have worked with the CIA or another U.S. government agency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22167 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?resize=640%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?resize=218%2C150&amp;ssl=1 218w\" alt=\"A picture containing person, outdoor, old, black\n\nDescription automatically generated\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" data-attachment-id=\"22167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?fit=640%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-person-outdoor-old-black.jpeg?fit=640%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Stanley Armour Dunham, center, with his wife Madelyn, right, in the early 1950s and young Ann. The insignia on Ann\u2019s uniform reads NdJ which is thought to stand for College Notre-Dame de Jamhour, a private Jesuit Catholic French language school in Beirut\u2014whose graduates included three former presidents of Lebanon\u2014Amine Gemayel, Bashir Gemayel and Charles Helou who were all close to the U.S. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algora.com\/268\/news\/details.html\">algora.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the early 1960s, Stanley Dunham was part of a group photo taken with Barack Obama, Sr., on his departure from the University of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Obama Sr. had been part of a State Department\/CIA exchange financed in part by the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation that brought future African leaders to the U.S. who were being groomed to serve U.S. interests in the Cold War.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27110 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=696%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=1024%2C729&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=768%2C547&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=696%2C496&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=1068%2C760&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?w=1528&amp;ssl=1 1528w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"495\" data-attachment-id=\"27110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/screen-shot-2021-10-01-at-1-37-51-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?fit=1528%2C1088&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1528,1088\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.37.51-AM.png?fit=696%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Barack Obama, Sr., with leis, with Stanley Armor Dunham to his right. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/eslkevin.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/20\/43457\/\">eslkevin.wordpress.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The photo would suggest that Dunham was one of the coordinators of the exchange, indicating work for the State Department or CIA.<\/p>\n<p>According to his official biography, Dunham worked as a furniture salesman for the Standard-Grunbaum Furniture Company, which led to his frequent travel and family moves.<\/p>\n<p>Independent researchers believe, however, that this job was a cover for his work as an intelligence agent, who surveilled radical groups, or military or Air Force production facilities, which is what brought him to Hawaii.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27154 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/articleInline.jpg.webp?resize=190%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/articleInline.jpg.webp?w=190&amp;ssl=1 190w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/articleInline.jpg.webp?resize=150%2C182&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"230\" data-attachment-id=\"27154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/articleinline-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/articleInline.jpg.webp?fit=190%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"190,230\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"articleInline.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/articleInline.jpg.webp?fit=190%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/articleInline.jpg.webp?fit=190%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>William J. Lederer [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/14\/arts\/14lederer.html\">nytimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dunham\u2019s favorite bar in Honolulu, to which he brought young Barry, perhaps not coincidentally was owned by William J. Lederer, a known CIA agent who wrote the Cold War classic, <em>The Ugly American.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Barack Obama, Sr. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Obama\u2019s purported Kenyan-born father, Barack Obama, Sr., had met his mother in 1960 when he was twenty-three and she eighteen in a Russian-language class at the University of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22170 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?resize=400%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?resize=150%2C171&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?resize=300%2C342&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham.\" width=\"400\" height=\"456\" data-attachment-id=\"22170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?fit=400%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?fit=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-sr-and-ann-dunham-.jpeg?fit=400%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Barack Obama, Sr., and Ann Dunham [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-york\/albany\/story\/2016\/05\/was-barack-obama-sr-eased-out-of-harvard-and-america-for-dating-white-women-048282\">politico.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22171 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=210%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?w=455&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=150%2C233&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=300%2C466&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Tom Mboya - Wikipedia\" width=\"210\" height=\"326\" data-attachment-id=\"22171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/tom-mboya-wikipedia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?fit=455%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"455,707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tom-mboya-wikipedia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?fit=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tom-mboya-wikipedia.jpeg?fit=455%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Tom Mboya [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Mboya\">wikipedia.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The leader of the opposition Kenyan African Democratic Union (KADU) condemned the exchange Obama was part of for favoring certain tribes\u2014the majority Kikuyu and minority Luo\u2014over other tribes to support the Kenyan African National Union (KANU).<\/p>\n<p>The latter\u2019s leader, Tom Mboya, was a favorite of the CIA and opposed the Pan-Africanist currents on the continent. He was the one who selected Obama Sr. for the scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Obama Sr. returned the favor by going back to Kenya to work for the Kenyan Finance and Transport Ministries and an oil firm in Kenya before dying in a car crash in 1982. Mboya himself was assassinated in 1969.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22172 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?resize=600%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?resize=150%2C108&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?resize=324%2C235&amp;ssl=1 324w\" alt=\"Barack Obama with his father, Barack Obama Sr., in an undated family photo from the 1970s released by Mr. Obama\u2019s presidential campaign.\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" data-attachment-id=\"22172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?fit=600%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/barack-obama-with-his-father-barack-obama-sr-in.jpeg?fit=600%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Barack Obama, Sr., and Barack some time in the 1970s. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/19\/nyregion\/letters-by-and-about-barack-obamas-father.html\">nytimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Far-fetched as it sounds, Obama Sr. may not have been Obama\u2019s real father.<\/p>\n<p>Obama Sr. and Ann never lived together or had a real wedding, and Obama Sr. had no contact with his son, except for a short two-week visit to Hawaii when Obama was ten, which may have been for the purpose of securing Obama a spot in the coveted Punahou Prep School.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-11\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-11\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26116 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?resize=696%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?w=719&amp;ssl=1 719w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?resize=696%2C521&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"521\" data-attachment-id=\"26116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/image-2-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?fit=719%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"719,538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-2.png?fit=696%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Punahou School in Honolulu. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.punahou.edu\/\">punahou.edu<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22173 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=202%2C249&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?resize=150%2C185&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Frank Marshall Davis - Wikipedia\" width=\"202\" height=\"249\" data-attachment-id=\"22173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?fit=284%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?fit=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/frank-marshall-davis-wikipedia.jpeg?fit=284%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Frank Marshall Davis [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Marshall_Davis\">wikipedia.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The photo of Stanley and Obama Sr. is suspicious because what father in his right mind would be pictured smiling with the man who impregnated his teenaged daughter and then abandoned her?<\/p>\n<p>There is evidence to suggest that Obama\u2019s real father was Frank Marshall Davis, an African American journalist, sexually libertine poet, political radical and alleged target of Grandpa Dunham\u2019s surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s friend Keith Kakugawa told an interviewer that Ann had had an affair with Davis because she was angry that the family had to move to Hawaii, away from her high-school friends who were all attending the University of Washington.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22174 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=696%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?w=1053&amp;ssl=1 1053w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=1024%2C505&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=768%2C379&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=150%2C74&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=696%2C343&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?resize=324%2C160&amp;ssl=1 324w\" alt=\"Obama's childhood best friend charged in brutal rape\" width=\"696\" height=\"343\" data-attachment-id=\"22174\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?fit=1053%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1053,519\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?fit=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obamaand39s-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-bruta.jpeg?fit=696%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Keith Kakugawa, left, and Obama, right, in Punahou high school yearbook. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2013\/09\/25\/obamas-childhood-best-friend-charged-in-brutal-rape\/\">nypost.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ann became pregnant and, to hide the truth, Dunham paid Obama Sr.\u2014whom he knew through the University of Hawaii exchange\u2014to marry Ann, giving him the opportunity to extend his visa to attend Harvard.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27113 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=696%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=1024%2C790&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=768%2C592&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=696%2C537&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?resize=1068%2C823&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?w=1354&amp;ssl=1 1354w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"537\" data-attachment-id=\"27113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/screen-shot-2021-10-01-at-1-40-04-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?fit=1354%2C1044&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1354,1044\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?fit=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.40.04-AM.png?fit=696%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Ann in her yearbook at Mercer Island High School in Seattle in 1959. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/politics\/obamas-mother-known-here-as-uncommon\/\">seattletimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barack eventually found out the truth, writing in his first memoir, <em>Dreams from My Father<\/em>, that \u201cthe visits to Frank\u2019s house always left me feeling vaguely uncomfortable as if I were witnessing some complicated, unspoken transaction between the two men, a transaction I couldn\u2019t understand.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-12\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-12\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Obama paid tribute to his actual father in a 1981 poem published in the Occidental College Literary Journal called <a href=\"https:\/\/thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com\/the_best_american_poetry\/2008\/09\/pop-by-barack-o.html\">\u201cPop,\u201d<\/a> which attributes to him features that resemble Davis, and references \u201cPop\u2019s poetry, written before his mother died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barack Sr. was not a poet and, although Stanley dabbled in poetry, Barry called him \u201cgramps\u201d and his mother committed suicide before his eighth birthday.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-13\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-13\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Madelyn Dunham<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One other connection between Obama and the U.S. national security state lies with his grandmother Madelyn\u2014whom Obama called Toot.<\/p>\n<p>Though lacking a college degree, Madelyn rose to the rank of Vice President of the Bank of Hawaii\u2014which suggests she had high level personal connections.<\/p>\n<p>In that job, Madelyn handled escrow accounts used to pay American Cold War clients in Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, South Korea and elsewhere\u2014including through CIA proprietaries.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank of Hawaii further had dealings with Nugan Hand Bank of Australia through which the CIA funded the constitutional coup d\u2019\u00e9tat against Australian Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-14\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-14\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27115 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=696%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=1024%2C705&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=218%2C150&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=696%2C479&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=1068%2C735&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?w=1514&amp;ssl=1 1514w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"479\" data-attachment-id=\"27115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/screen-shot-2021-10-01-at-1-41-39-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?fit=1514%2C1042&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1514,1042\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?fit=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.41.39-AM.png?fit=696%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Madelyn Dunham on right with the future president. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/alchetron.com\/Madelyn-Dunham\">alchetron.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Covering Up the Truth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Obama and his handlers effectively covered up the truth about Obama\u2019s family history.<\/p>\n<p>They marketed Obama as a multi-racial candidate whose sensitivity to divergent cultures around the world would help restore America\u2019s international reputation following the Bush years.<\/p>\n<p>In his 2020 memoir, <em>A Promised Land<\/em>, Obama presents his mother as a 1960s rebel and beatnik who partook in civil rights protests, opposed the Vietnam War, married outside her race twice, and decided to devote her career to setting up micro-lending projects for poor women in Indonesia and later Pakistan whose language and culture she absorbed.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-15\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-15\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Obama claimed that his mother did not know about the countless atrocities that were committed by the Suharto government, which is implausible given her background and the fact that they were reported on by mainstream newspapers at the time\u2014favorably.<\/p>\n<p>Of further significance, Obama underplayed his stepfather Lolo\u2019s army rank in his 2006 book, <em>The Audacity of Hope<\/em>.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-16\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-16\">[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Regarding his own story, Obama has promoted falsehoods at every step.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>A Promised Land<\/em>, he neglects to mention that, after graduating Columbia University in 1983, he <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_International_Corporation\">worked for about a year for Business International Corporation (BIC),<\/a> a Manhattan-based consulting house to multinational corporations, where his job was to edit newsletters on business conditions in countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Headed by a close friend of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Orville Freeman, Jr., the former Governor of Minnesota who was involved with Humphrey in the purge of suspected communists in the Farmer-Labor Party, BIC had functioned as a CIA front.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22212 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?resize=364%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?w=364&amp;ssl=1 364w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?resize=150%2C94&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"229\" data-attachment-id=\"22212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/obama29a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?fit=364%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"364,229\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obama29a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?fit=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/obama29a.jpg?fit=364%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Hubert Humphrey, with Kennedy and Johnson Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Jr., the former governor of Minnesota and BIC head, during the 1968 presidential election. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/outlet.historicimages.com\/products\/dfpy15929\">outlet.historicimages.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its sub-specialty was in recruiting left-wing organizers to use as assets, and in infiltrating foreign labor unions with the goal of promoting disruptions in targeted economies.<\/p>\n<p>An activist with the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) described BIC as the guys who wrote the Alliance for Progress (Marshall Plan for Latin America): \u201cThey\u2019re the left-wing of the ruling class.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-17\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-17\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Besides underplaying his employment with BIC, Obama in his writings omits the fact that his work as a community organizer was for the Gamaliel Foundation, a satellite of his mother\u2019s old employer the Ford Foundation, whose underlying aim was to prevent class solidarity and the revival of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s inter-racial poor people\u2019s movement.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-18\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-18\">[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22178 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"The End of Community Organizing in Chicago? \u2013 Chicago Magazine\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" data-attachment-id=\"22178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-end-of-community-organizing-in-chicago-chic.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Obama as a community organizer. He actually worked for a large corporate foundation. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomag.com\/Chicago-Magazine\/April-2011\/The-End-of-Community-Organizing-in-Chicago\/\">chicagomag.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obama further leaves out that as an Illinois state senator, he partook in pay-to-play schemes granting favors to political donors like <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2007\/4\/23\/18442866\/obama-and-his-rezko-ties-sen-long-affiliated-with-problematic-development-firm\">slumlord Tony Rezko<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/politics\/editorials\/a-curious-land-deal\/\">helped him purchase his Hyde Park mansion for below market value<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2008-apr-27-na-killerspin27-story.html\">the CEO of a technology firm, Robert Blacwell Jr., who paid Obama $112,000 in legal fees for work that appears impossible for him to have done<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/ad1e411\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x%3E\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fs3-origin-images.politico.com%2F080305_rezko2_redo.jpg\" alt=\"Obama's Rezko ties escape national radar - POLITICO\" \/><figcaption>Obama embraces Tony Rezko, one of his earliest and top fundraisers who was sentenced to ten years in federal prison in 2011 for participating in political kickback schemes. Obama helped Rezko secure more than $14 million in taxpayer subsidies to build low income housing facilities of poor quality after promoting the privatization of public housing. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2008\/03\/obamas-rezko-ties-escape-national-radar-008855\">politico.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obama\u2019s timeline for his life story, meanwhile, is often wrong. In <em>A Promised Land<\/em>, for example, he claims to have spent three years in New York after transferring from Occidental College to Columbia after his sophomore year; however, it is believed that Obama spent the 1981-1982 school year in Pakistan and only studied at Columbia for one year.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-19\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-19\">[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Obama: Defender of the U.S. Empire <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Obama\u2019s abysmal foreign policy record was telegraphed in his three major books where he promotes a defense of U.S. foreign policy while maligning and advancing stereotypes about the 1960s movements and critics of U.S. foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>In his first memoir, <em>Dreams from My Father<\/em> (1995), Obama describes 1960s Black Power icon and anti-imperialist Stokely Carmichael as a \u201cmadman\u201d and claims to have witnessed two women selling literature outside a lecture hall where he heard Carmichael speak calling each other names like \u201cStalinist pig\u201d and \u201creformist bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22179 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?resize=683%2C455&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Whatever You Think of Stokely Carmichael, You're Probably Wrong | History  News Network\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" data-attachment-id=\"22179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/whatever-you-think-of-stokely-carmichael-youand39.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Anti-imperialist Stokely Carmichael. Obama ridicules him in his first memoir, <em>Dreams from My Father<\/em>. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/155517\">historynewsnetwork.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obama editorialized that movement activists who clung to the ideals of the 1960s had become completely \u201cremoved from the struggles of those they purported to serve\u201d or \u201cjust plain crazy.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-20\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-20\">[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In his latest memoir, <em>A Promised Land<\/em>, Obama pats himself on the back for \u201cquestioning his own assumptions,\u201d which he writes \u201cinoculated me against the revolutionary formulas embraced by a lot of people on the left at the dawn of the Reagan era.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-21\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-21\">[22]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Obama goes on to recount arguments he allegedly had with friends in college who insisted that \u201cthe American hegemon was the root of oppression worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama writes that he knew better, having \u201clived overseas,\u201d and would extol the \u201cidea of America, the promise of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22180 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?resize=219%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?w=547&amp;ssl=1 547w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?resize=150%2C201&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?resize=300%2C402&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Amazon.com: A Promised Land (9781524763169): Obama, Barack: Books\" width=\"219\" height=\"293\" data-attachment-id=\"22180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?fit=547%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"547,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?fit=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amazon-com-a-promised-land-9781524763169-obama.jpeg?fit=547%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Obama\u2019s second memoir is filled with falsehoods and omissions, yet it received glowing reviews in major newspapers and has made Obama even richer than he already was. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Promised-Land-Barack-Obama\/dp\/1524763160\">amazon.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Obama, the argument \u201cwould usually end with some smug bastard dropping a newspaper in front of me, its headline trumpeting the U.S. invasion of Grenada.\u201d<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-22\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-22\">[23]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>These arguments could not actually have taken place in the way Obama suggests because Obama graduated from Columbia University in May 1983, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada\">the U.S. invaded Grenada in October 1983<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of that invasion, Obama was actually working for the CIA front corporation, BIC, whose employees were unlikely to have insisted that the American hegemon was the root of worldwide oppression or to have condemned the U.S. invasion of Grenada\u2014which had been based on false pretexts.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Obama\u2019s Ties to the Crowns and Pritzkers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One other thing omitted by Obama is his close connection to the Crown and Pritzker families.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown family\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/crown\/?sh=6b47075b6044\">whose net worth stands at over $10 billion dollars<\/a>\u2014has long owned a significant stake in General Dynamics, manufacturer of Trident missiles, Stryker troop carriers, bunker buster bombs, LAV-25 amphibious armored vehicles, Abrams tanks, sniper rifles, and nuclear-powered submarines and naval destroyers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22181 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?resize=678%2C381&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?w=678&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"US Army's Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Programme \u2013 Global Defense  Corp\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" data-attachment-id=\"22181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?fit=678%2C381&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"678,381\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/us-armyand39s-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw.png?fit=678%2C381&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaldefensecorp.com\/2020\/10\/31\/us-armys-next-generation-squad-weapons-ngsw-programme\/\">globaldefensecorp.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22182 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?resize=198%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?w=509&amp;ssl=1 509w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?resize=150%2C183&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?resize=300%2C365&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Lester Crown reflects on buying Aspen Skiing Co. on dawn of induction into  Hall of Fame | AspenTimes.com\" width=\"198\" height=\"241\" data-attachment-id=\"22182\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?fit=509%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"509,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?fit=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-o.jpeg?fit=509%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Lester Crown [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/trending\/lester-crown-reflects-on-buying-aspen-skiing-co-on-dawn-of-induction-into-hall-of-fame\/\">aspentimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>During Obama\u2019s presidency, General Dynamics bought out 11 firms specializing in satellites, geo-spatial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and amassed contracts from 16 intelligence agencies after investing $10 million in annual lobbying.<\/p>\n<p>The company further embraced \u201cevery intelligence driven style of warfare,\u201d developing small target and identification systems and equipment that could intercept insurgents\u2019 cell phone and lab-top communications and computer software used for cyber and psychological warfare.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-23\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-23\">[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The Crown family gave at least $86,636 to Obama campaigns between 1990 and 2012 and raised an additional $3,205,233 between 2007 and 2012 while paying $135,000 for Obama\u2019s inauguration in 2009.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22183 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?resize=209%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?resize=150%2C195&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?resize=300%2C390&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Susan Crown | Crain's Chicago Business\" width=\"209\" height=\"272\" data-attachment-id=\"22183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?fit=375%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"375,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?fit=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/susan-crown-or-crainand39s-chicago-business.jpeg?fit=375%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Susan Crown [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/awards\/susan-crown\">chicagobusiness.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Susan Crown, Lester\u2019s daughter, sat on the board of Northern Trust, which gave Obama a sweetheart loan for purchase of a $1.65 million Georgian revival mansion in Chicago\u2019s Hyde Park complete with a thousand-bottle wine cellar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22184 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/james-schine-crown.jpeg?resize=202%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/james-schine-crown.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=202%2C211&amp;ssl=1 404w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/james-schine-crown.jpeg?zoom=3&amp;resize=202%2C211&amp;ssl=1 606w\" alt=\"James Schine Crown\" width=\"202\" height=\"211\" data-attachment-id=\"22184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/james-schine-crown-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/james-schine-crown.jpeg?fit=480%2C531&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,531\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"james-schine-crown\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/james-schine-crown.jpeg?fit=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/james-schine-crown.jpeg?fit=480%2C531&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>James Crown [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.org\/our-people\/james-schine-crown\/\">aspeninstitute.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>James Crown, who was the target of a congressional and criminal probe as chairman of the J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Company\u2019s risk committee, was Obama\u2019s fundraising chair in his 2004 campaign for the Senate.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-24\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-24\">[25]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The Crowns\u2019 investments in Obama paid off \u2014General Dynamics\u2019 revenues shot up to over $30 billion in 2016, a three-fold increase from 2000. The Crowns\u2019 net worth doubled in the Obama years, causing the family to rise in the Forbes ranking to the 27<sup>th<\/sup> richest family in the United States.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-25\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-25\">[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27096 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=696%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C551&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=768%2C413&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=1536%2C826&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=150%2C81&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=696%2C374&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?resize=1068%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?w=1580&amp;ssl=1 1580w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"375\" data-attachment-id=\"27096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/obama-west-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?fit=1580%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1580,850\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obama-west-001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?fit=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obama-west-001.jpg?fit=696%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Obama\u2019s Hyde Park mansion. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enjoyillinois.com\/travel-illinois\/obama-home-chicago-hyde-park\/\">enjoyillinois.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22185 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?resize=598%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?w=598&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?resize=150%2C68&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"A picture containing tree, outdoor, snow, road\n\nDescription automatically generated\" width=\"598\" height=\"273\" data-attachment-id=\"22185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?fit=598%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,273\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?fit=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-picture-containing-tree-outdoor-snow-road-de.jpeg?fit=598%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The Crown mansion in Winnetka, Illinois. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomag.com\/real-estate\/february-2010\/all-in-the-crown-family-mdash-winnetka\/\">chicagomag.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Penny Pritzker of the Pritzker banking dynasty\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/pritzker\/?sh=4a732bfc70f2\">ranked number 9 on the Forbes list with a fortune of $32.5 billion<\/a>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2013\/04\/23\/Pritzker-gave-500000-to-inauguration\/74261366722968\/\">gave $500,000 to Obama\u2019s second inauguration<\/a>\u2014earning her appointment as Obama\u2019s Secretary of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker had helped finance Obama from the beginning of his political career, having allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2013\/03\/four-things-to-know-about-penny-pritzker-a-billionaire-and-obamas-commerce-secretary-pick\/438270\/\">met him in the early 1990s when her kids were playing on a basketball team coached by Michelle Obama\u2019s brother, Craig Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Obama\u2019s 2008 White House run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2013\/03\/four-things-to-know-about-penny-pritzker-a-billionaire-and-obamas-commerce-secretary-pick\/438270\/\">Pritzker served as the national chairwoman of his campaign finance team, which shattered fundraising records, and in the 2012 reelection effort, she was a top bundler.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27118 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?resize=696%2C633&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?resize=1024%2C932&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?resize=768%2C699&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"633\" data-attachment-id=\"27118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/screen-shot-2021-10-01-at-1-44-29-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?fit=2422%2C2204&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2422,2204\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?fit=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-1.44.29-AM.png?fit=696%2C633&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>You scratch my back, I\u2019ll scratch yours. Obama announces Penny Pritzker\u2019s nomination as Commerce Secretary in May 2013. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2013\/05\/harvard-alumna-pritzker-nominated-commerce-secretary\">harvardmagazine.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pritzker family\u2014which made its fortune through ownership of Hyatt hotels\u2014had long ties to the CIA. They were leading depositors in the Bahamas-based Castle Bank, a CIA outfit founded by one of the CIA\u2019s mob liaisons, Paul Helliwell, which specialized in off-shoring money.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-26\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-26\">[27]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The Pritzkers were also war profiteers. In 1953, family patriarchs Jay and Robert Pritzker founded the Marmon Group, an industrial holding company which includes the subsidiary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marmon-ad.com\/\">Marmon Aerospace and Defense<\/a> which manufactures wires and cables for aerospace, military vehicles, combat systems, radar installations and naval shipboards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\" data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/covertactionmagazine.com\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/01\\\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\\\/&quot;}\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22187 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?resize=394%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?w=394&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?resize=150%2C196&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?resize=300%2C391&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Robert A. Pritzker, 85; Family Conglomerate Included Hyatt - The New York  Times\" width=\"394\" height=\"514\" data-attachment-id=\"22187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?fit=394%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"394,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?fit=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robert-a-pritzker-85-family-conglomerate-includ.jpeg?fit=394%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"22187\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Robert Pritzker [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/31\/business\/robert-a-pritzker-dies-at-85-family-conglomerate-included-hyatt.html\">nytimes.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22188 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-person-in-a-suit-description-automatically-gene.jpeg?resize=130%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"A person in a suit\n\nDescription automatically generated with low confidence\" width=\"130\" height=\"166\" data-attachment-id=\"22188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/a-person-in-a-suit-description-automatically-gene-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-person-in-a-suit-description-automatically-gene.jpeg?fit=130%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"130,166\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-person-in-a-suit-description-automatically-gene\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-person-in-a-suit-description-automatically-gene.jpeg?fit=130%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/a-person-in-a-suit-description-automatically-gene.jpeg?fit=130%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"22188\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jay Pritzker [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jay_Pritzker\">wikipedia.org<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22189 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/paul-helliwell.jpeg?resize=150%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Paul Helliwell\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" data-attachment-id=\"22189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/paul-helliwell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/paul-helliwell.jpeg?fit=150%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paul-helliwell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/paul-helliwell.jpeg?fit=150%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/paul-helliwell.jpeg?fit=150%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"22189\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Paul Helliwell [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/JFKhelliwell.htm\">Spartacus-educational.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Pritzkers\u2014like the Crowns\u2014thus personally profited from Obama\u2019s mammoth military budgets, which outstripped those of President Bush by an average of $18.7 billion per year, Obama\u2019s naval buildup in the South China Sea and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2016\/05\/obama-international-arms-weapons-deals\/\">overseeing more sales of military weaponry than any other president\u2014$60 billion more than President Bush<\/a>.<sup><a id=\"post-22147-footnote-ref-27\" href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-27\">[28]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22190 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=696%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?w=1180&amp;ssl=1 1180w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=696%2C497&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=1068%2C762&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w\" alt=\"Obama military. \" width=\"696\" height=\"497\" data-attachment-id=\"22190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/obama-military\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?fit=1180%2C842&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1180,842\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"obama-military-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/obama-military-.jpeg?fit=696%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Obama flanked by military Generals. He pleased his donors with large military budgets that outstripped those of war hawk George W. Bush. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2016\/02\/president-obamas-military-budget-is-still-one-of-the-biggest-ever.html\">slate.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As the first Black president, Obama is often placed on a pedestal as a moral beacon and compared to such historic figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n<p>These comparisons are off base, as Obama is an opportunistic and often deceitful politician who has shown a lack of moral integrity throughout his career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/resizer\/KOaQJ_HJQt6fjVdb4KsPeTcUMb4=\/1200x0\/top\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5c6dbfc1\/turbine\/ct-met-obama-center-presidential-library-chicago-lawsuit-20190219\" alt=\"In blow to Obama Presidential Center backers, judge allows lawsuit  challenging Chicago's Jackson Park location to proceed - Chicago Tribune\" width=\"1068\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption>Blueprint of Obama presidential center. Chicago writer Hugh Iglarsh characterized the central tower as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2021\/08\/20\/the-new-ozymandias-twilight-reflections-on-the-obama-presidential-center\/\">\u201cGreat Tower of Nothing, a monument to hubris, chutzpah and Chicago-style clout\u2026 which rivals the Pyramid of Khufu in its brutal, enigmatic grandiosity.\u201d<\/a> [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/obama-center\/ct-met-obama-center-presidential-library-chicago-lawsuit-20190219-story.html\">chicagotribune.com<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obama\u2019s deep ties to and support of the CIA and offshoot agencies like the NED fueled great foreign policy disasters which ravaged numerous countries.<\/p>\n<p>After he left the presidency, Obama worked through his consigli\u00e9re John Brennan to help <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/30\/the-russiagate-games-politicized-us-intelligence-too\/\">conjure up the \u201cRussia Gate\u201d scandal<\/a>, which revived Cold War-era demonologies, poisoned U.S.-Russia relations and greatly increased the threat of nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets including those on the Left continue to perpetrate many myths about Obama and to assume a defensive posture in the face of right-wing attacks.<\/p>\n<p>While these attacks may be nefarious, they should not preclude sober and critical analysis about America\u2019s forty-fourth president and the dark forces behind his rise to power and reign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19341 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?resize=20%2C20&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20px) 100vw, 20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?resize=150%2C151&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" data-attachment-id=\"19341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=19341\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?fit=300%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,302\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?fit=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/covertactionmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CAM-logo-circular-20210506b-300.png?fit=300%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<ol>\n<li>Mark Hosenball, \u201cExclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels,\u201d <em>Reuters<\/em>, August 1, 2012, https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-syria-obama-order\/exclusive-obama-authorizes-secret-u-s-support-for-syrian-rebels-idUSBRE8701OK20120801<a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-0\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See Mark Taliano, <em>Voices From Syria<\/em> (Montreal: Global Research, 2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The size of SOCOM expanded by almost 25 percent during Obama\u2019s presidency, increasing from 55,800 people to 69,700. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-2\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leon Panetta, <em>Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace<\/em> (New York: Penguin Press, 2014), 252. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-3\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peter Baker and Mark Mazetti, \u201cBrennan Draws on Bond with Obama in Backing CIA,\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, December 14, 2014, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/15\/us\/politics\/cia-chief-and-president-walk-fine-line-.html <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-4\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State<\/em> (Atlanta: Clarity Press Inc., 2019), 21. Brennan was head of the Analysis Corporation, a CIA contractor firm during the period before the 2008 election when employees of it rifled through Obama\u2019s passport file at the State Department. This may have been a major factor behind Brennan\u2019s closeness to Obama and promotion.<\/li>\n<li>Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>, 100, 135, 267. In Libya, the Obama administration supported the overthrow of pan-Africanist Muammar Qaddafi, who resisted the establishment of a giant AFRICOM military base in Libya. Libya\u2019s first president after Qaddafi\u2019s overthrow, Mohammed Magariaf, was recruited by the CIA in the 1980s into a counter-revolutionary force in Chad. The Obama administration also supported General Khalifa Hiftar, who had coerced people into joining the CIA\u2019s anti-Qaddafi Contra army in the 1980s by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2016\/06\/28\/enabling-dictator\/united-states-and-chads-hissene-habre-1982-1990\">putting them in hot, windowless, crowded rooms with floors ankle-deep in sewage for long periods of time if they did not agree<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-6\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mondo Frazier, <em>The Secret Life of Barack Hussein Obama<\/em> (New York: Threshold editions, 2010), 113. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-7\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gordon helped barricade the U.S. embassy during the 1965 Suharto coup. Julius Mader, <em>Who\u2019s Who in the CIA<\/em> (Berlin: Julius Mader, 1968), 139. In the latter book he is listed as Dr. Gordon Donald Jr. He is said to have been a U.S. naval veteran who served as special advisor of the Office of Analysis and Research for the Soviet Bloc in the Department of State and in Djakarta and Lahore, where Dunham followed him. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-8\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The section on Ann Dunham is drawn from Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>; Wayne Madsen, <em>The Manufacturing of a President <\/em>(self-published, 2012); Webster Tarpley, <em>Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography<\/em> (Joshua Tree, CA: Progressive Press, 2008). For more on Dunham\u2019s background, see also Janny Scott, A <em>Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama\u2019s Mother<\/em> (New York: Penguin Books, 2011). <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-9\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wayne Madsen, \u201cThe Story of Obama: All in the Company,\u201d <em>Wayne Madsen Report<\/em>, August 18, 2010, https:\/\/eslkevin.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/20\/43457\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-10\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>After Barack was born, Ann moved to Washington State for a period while Barack Obama Sr. completed his studies at the University of Hawaii before going to Harvard. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-11\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barack Obama, <em>Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance<\/em> (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1995); discussed in Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>, ch. 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-12\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-13\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>After the bank\u2019s collapse, its founder, Frank Nugan, was shot to death near Sydney. Nugan Hand had been used to launder CIA drug money at the end of the Indochina War. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-14\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barack Obama, <em>A Promised Land<\/em> (New York: Crown Publishers, 2020), 6, 7. Ann\u2019s mentor at the University of Hawaii, Alice Dewey, described her as a \u201cgarden variety democrat\u201d and not a leftist radical. There is no evidence of her having attended civil rights or anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, which were rare when Ann was a student in the early 1960s. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-15\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barack Obama, <em>The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream <\/em>(New York: Crown, 2006). Obama claimed that the \u201cstory of the coup and purge was slow to appear in American newspapers,\u201d which was not the case.<a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-16\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>James Kunen, <em>The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a Revolutionary<\/em> (New York: Avon Books, 1970), 112; Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars. <\/em>Kunen notes that BIC supported the left-wing Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) on issues related to civil rights and student control of universities but differed on the question of imperialism. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-17\">An informed source told journalist Wayne Madsen that Obama\u2019s tuition debt at Columbia University was paid off by BIC. <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tarpley, <em>Barack H. Obama<\/em>, 62.<\/li>\n<li>Madsen, <em>The Manufacturing of a President<\/em>, 145, 146. <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=7e0TEAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT257&amp;lpg=PT257&amp;dq=barack+obama+columbia+University,+1981-1982,+Pakistan&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=IJVkTEMRcK&amp;sig=ACfU3U0FgvwBfYXRsMXvGOfxDApGWKsJOw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjW_52Qld_xAhXJU80KHWEBD1QQ6AEwEnoECCsQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=barack%20obama%20columbia%20University%2C%201981-1982%2C%20Pakistan&amp;f=false\">University Clearinghouse records indicated that Obama only attended Columbia University in 1982-1983, though the school later claimed there was a \u201ccomputer error,\u201d which appears rather dubious, and that Obama attended in 1981-1982<\/a>. Obama himself refused to release his college transcripts or name a single classmate or associate from his time at Columbia. There are no photos and very few people, students and faculty, remember him at the school, prompting suspicion and conspiracy theories. Obama\u2019s passport records meanwhile have been destroyed. During his time in Pakistan, where his mother was then working, Obama stayed at the home of the family of Muhammed Soomro, who became acting president after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf in August 2008. According to unidentified sources, Obama and his stepfather partook in unknown CIA business. At the time, Pakistan was a major hub for the recruitment of Islamic fundamentalists to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Andrew Kreig, <em>Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters <\/em>(Washington, D.C.: Eagle View Books, 2013), 23, 24.<\/li>\n<li>Obama, <em>Dreams from My Father<\/em>, 139, 140. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-20\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barack Obama, <em>A Promised Land<\/em> (New York: Crown Publishers, 2020), 13. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-21\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Obama, <em>A Promised Land<\/em>, 14. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-22\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars, <\/em>20, 21, 37, 38. Henry Crown, Lester\u2019s father, established Material Services Corporation (MSC), which was one of the government\u2019s largest World War II contractors but was sued for over $1 million by the Office of Price Administration for price gouging. In 1962, its successor, General Dynamics, in which Crown remained the largest investor, was target of a major influence-peddling investigation by the Senate Government Operations Committee after being awarded a $7 billion Pentagon contract for TFX fighter bombers (later F-111) that was quashed after John F. Kennedy\u2019s assassination. In the 1970s, Crown was implicated in a major bribery scandal in the state of Illinois which led to the imprisonment of some state legislators. In the 1980s, the firm was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/06\/16\/business\/lester-crown-blames-the-system.html\">fined over $650,000 for paying bribes to Admiral Hyman Rickover, the Director of Naval Submarine programs, over a 16-year period<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-23\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>, 37, 38. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-24\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>, 20, 21. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-25\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>, 36, 37. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-26\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kuzmarov, <em>Obama\u2019s Unending Wars<\/em>, 20; Bryan Schatz, \u201cThe Obama years Have Been Very Good to America\u2019s Weapons Makers,\u201d <em>Mother Jones<\/em>, March\/April 2016, https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2016\/05\/obama-international-arms-weapons-deals\/. <a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/#post-22147-footnote-ref-27\">\u2191<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/\">https:\/\/covertactionmagazine.com\/2021\/10\/01\/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Company Family: The Untold History of Obama and the CIA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}