The_War_Economy

Halper also became the chairman / majority shareholder of two other banks - the National Bank of Northern Virginia in Leesburg, VA; and the George Washington National Bank in Alexandria, VA. https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/detail/stefan-halper …pic.twitter.com/OnT0cWutoF

Oh, apparently Halper's former father-in-law was Ray Cline, who was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OhdZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT415&lpg=PT415&dq=palmer+national+bank+oliver+north&source=bl&ots=M9i_aUv3rG&sig=SbEdeicf6b9Rin-xvV0cGZdnVXo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiapLXYpIraAhVHC-wKHZtvCI4Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=palmer%20national%20bank%20oliver%20north&f=false …pic.twitter.com/ebsa5V2npo

Also, Palmer National Bank made loans to customs who then used it to channel the money to a Swiss bank account controlled by Colonel Oliver North, who then used the same bank account to provide military assistance to the contras. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OhdZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT415&lpg=PT415&dq=palmer+national+bank+oliver+north&source=bl&ots=M9i_aUv3rG&sig=SbEdeicf6b9Rin-xvV0cGZdnVXo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiapLXYpIraAhVHC-wKHZtvCI4Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=palmer%20national%20bank%20oliver%20north&f=false …pic.twitter.com/MmNg9o8CXz

Apparently while working on H. W. Bush's Presidential campaign, a member of Halper's research staff was Robert Gambino, a veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pqevDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT183&lpg=PT183&dq=ray+cline+stefan+halper&source=bl&ots=-s6iYgH4r5&sig=hsr9mKK7ehVvu_cvmV0EnlmJaRs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUno-mpYraAhWDsaQKHTekBQYQ6AEIVDAK#v=onepage&q=ray%20cline%20stefan%20halper&f=false …pic.twitter.com/0dBXJ2MrA1

Stefan Halper was indeed married to Ray Cline's daughter, Sibyl Cline, now known as Sibyl MacKenzie. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/16/us/ray-s-cline-chief-cia-analyst-is-dead-at-77.html … https://www.whitepages.com/name/Sibyl-Mackenzie …pic.twitter.com/n2IuDC9FId

Several Central Intelligence Agency related people were on the H. W. Bush campaign, including Ray Cline, Sam Wilson, Howard Aaron, Henry Knoche, Robert Gambino, Bruce Rounds, Jon Thomas, Jack Coackley and Richard Stillwell. All working with Halper. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/03/01/coming-in-from-the-cold-going-out-to-the-bush-campaign/3758ff60-0d13-43a6-9a6f-c692e20d5378/?utm_term=.d8ec58bb8ef9 …pic.twitter.com/yFyxCBIx91

Halper was on the Board of Directors at the National Intelligence Study Center, alongside Ray Cline, in 1983. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=16&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwio3ofyp4raAhWEC-wKHRabDQc4ChAWCDowBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Freadingroom%2Fdocs%2FCIA-RDP90-00806R000200750005-2.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2xJKPc96iSn3cb-_8pNgjx …pic.twitter.com/4paW1lPjDq

Halper also began writing a weekly syndicated column for 30 newspapers, hosting "World Wise", a television program, and "This Week From Washington", a radio program, from 1986 to 2000. https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/detail/stefan-halper …pic.twitter.com/B8rammMpkn