Game Plan

by Kevin D. Freeman

  Some of Those Who Were Willing to Listen

  I went through my travel schedule and emails over the past three years to get an idea of how many briefings I had given all across the country. There were hundreds of people involved, some of whom I briefed as many as six times each. I can’t list all the names, as some must be withheld for security reasons. Thank you to all who took serious time to listen, including Adam Kaufman, Adam Miller, Al Micallef, Al Santoli, Alan Jackson, Alec Bierbauer, Alida Jacob, Andrew Davenport, Andrew May, Andy Marshall, Andy Wehrle, Andy Polk, Ann Canfield, Andrew Stewart, Anthony Arend, Avi Lipkin, Barrett Moore, Barry Smitherman, Bert Dohman, Bill Bergman, Bill Floyd, Bill Pascoe, Bill Posey, Bill Tucker, Bill Walton, Bob Reccord, Bob McEwen, Boone Pickens, Brady Cassis, Brett Heimov, Brian Kennedy, Brian Halstead, Bryan Hughes, Carol Taber, Chris Barkley, Charles Worrell, Christian Beckner, Christine Brim, Clarine Nardi-Riddle, Cliff May, Connie Hair, Craig Shirley, Dagne Florine, Dan Brandt, Dana Crane, Dane Bartel, David Bobb, David Britz, David Hamon, David Jackson, David Kotz, David Lane, David Patch, David Reist, David Yerushalmi, Diana Banister, Don Hodel, Don Nickles, Eamon Blanchard, Ed Koch, Ed McCallum, Ed Royce, Ed Soyster, Edwin Meese, EJ Kimball, Eric Bleiken, Ernest Istook, Everett Piper, Erik Davidson, EW Jackson, Foster Friess, Frank Bragg, Frank Keating, Frank Gaffney, Frank Wolf, Fred Grandy, Gary Fletcher, George and Becky Norton Dunlop, George Cecala, George Strake, Ginni Thomas, Gordon Chang, Hank Cooper, Harold Lanier, Herman Cain, Howard Kaloogian, HT Narea, James Hoge, James McGarrah, Jason Lee, Jay Rosser, Jay Schnitzer, Jeff Nyquist, Jeff Staubach, Jeff Taylor, Jeffrey Starr, Jenny Beth Martin, Jeffrey Roach, Jerry Boykin, Jerry Jones, Jim Gilmore, Jim Woolsey, Joan Neuhaus Schaan, Joe Ficalora, Joe Lieberman, Joe Schmitz, John Craig, John Guandolo, John Lenczowski, John Mauldin, John Miri, John Russo, John Ryan, John Sandoz, John Shadegg, John Sloan, Johnny A. Moncayo, Jon Kyl, Joseph and Sheryl Kaufman, K Carl Smith, Kara Schoeffling, Keith Poole, Kelly Ayotte, Kelly Hancock, Kelly Shackelford, Ken Ivory, Ken Jensen, Ken Timmerman, Kenny Marchant, Kevin Gates, Kevin Gentry, Kevin Hassett, Konni Burton, Lamar Smith, Larry Arnn, Lisa Pollard, Louie Gohmert, Luke Miller, Mac Thornberry, Madeleine Pickens, Marc Colby, Marcus Brubaker, Mark Hafner, Mark Skinner, Matthew Elias, Matthew Marchant, Michael Burgess, Michael Conaway, Michael Del Rosso, Michael Flynn, Michael Grimm, Michael Hoehn, Michael Leary, Michael Mukasey, Michele Bachmann, Mike Lee, Mike Moen, Mike Moore, Mike Moncrief, Mike Pillsbury, Mike Rogers, Nancy Duncan, Neal Freeman, Newt Gingrich, Patrick Byrne, Patrick Maloy, Paul Blocher, Paul Broun, Paul McRory, Paulette Standefer, Peter King, Peter Wallison, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Rsand Paul, Rich Higgins, Richard Stoyeck, Richard Viguerie, Rick Bremseth, Rinelda Bliss, Rob Schwazwalder, Robert Boland, Robert Maguire, Robert Morgenthau, Roger Robinson, Roger Staubach, Ron Burgess, Roscoe Bartlett, Ruben Gonzalez, Russ Ramsland, Ryan Morfin, Sebastian Gorka, Serge Kabud, Sharron Angle, Shaun Brady, Simone Ledeen, Stephen Coughlin, Steve Feiss, Steve Stockman, Steve Weinberg, Stuart Burns, Stuart Epperson, Ted Cruz, Terry Wichert, Thomas Connolly, Thomas Culligan, Tim Cahill, Tim Morrison, Tim Slemp, Todd Wagnor, Tom O’Connell, Tom Pauken, Tom Sass, Tony Perkins, Van Taylor, Walid Phares, William Wright, and Zach Woodworth.

  To all of these and the many others who have blessed us so much I share my heartfelt thanks.

  Notes

  INTRODUCTION

  1.Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui, Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Master Plan to Destroy America (Panama City, Panama: Pan American Publishing Company, 2002), 122. Originally published by People’s Liberation Press, 1999.

  2.James Dison, “A Nation Challenged: The New Tape; In Its Express Delivery and Its Details, Bin Laden’s Latest Tape Differs from Past Ones,” New York Times, December 28, 2001, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/28/world/nation-challenged-new-tape-its-express-delivery-its-details-bin-laden-s-latest.html.

  3.George Soros, “One Way to Stop Bear Raids: Credit Default Swaps Need Much Stricter Regulation,” Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123785310594719693.

  4.Ibid.

  5.Soros, “Does the Euro Have a Future?” New York Review of Books, October 12, 2011, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/oct/13/does-euro-have-future/.

  6.Liang and Xiangsui, Unrestrictred Warfare, 36.

  7.Alistair Barr, “Soros among Firms That Made Money in 2008, 2009: Caxton, Paulson, Brevan Howard, King Street, Bridgewater Also Up Both Years,” MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2010, http://www.marketwatch.com/story/soros-among-firms-that-made-money-in-08-and-09-2010-01-13.

  8.Bill Gertz, “Financial Terrorism Suspected in 2008 Economic Crash: Pentagon Study Sees Element,” Washington Times, February 28, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/28/financial-terrorism-suspected-in-08-economic-crash/?page=all.

  9.Gertz, “Inside the Ring: New WMD threats,” Washington Times, October 10, 2012, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/10/inside-the-ring-new-wmd-threats/?page=all; and “Pentagon Cover-Up: ‘For the Record’ Reveals the Buried Details on Economic Terror Tactics Used by China, Russia, and Al Qaeda against America,” The Blaze, September 18, 2013, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/18/pentagon-cover-up-for-the-record-reveals-the-buried-details-on-economic-terror-tactics-used-by-china-russia-al-qaeda-against-america/.

  10.Juan Zarate, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare (New York: PublicAffairs, 2013), 420–21.

  11.“Jim Rickards: Pentagon’s Financial War Game Playing Out,” Financial Sense, September 20, 2013, http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/jim-rickards/world-playing-out-pentagon-financial-war-game.

  12.“Billion Dollar Soros Bet Right on the Money,” Yahoo! Finance, May 8, 2013, http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/billion-dollar-soros-bet-right-on-the-money—010432812.html.

  CHAPTER ONE

  1.Ruth Sherlock, “Al-Qaeda Chief Calls for Attacks on U.S. in 9/11 Speech to Followers,” Telegraph, September 13, 2013, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10306755/Al-Qaeda-chief-calls-for-attacks-on-US-in-911-speech-to-followers.html.

  2.“Bin Laden: Goal Is to Bankrupt U.S.,” CNN.com, November 1, 2004, http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/01/binladen.tape/.

  3.Susan Crabtree, “FLASHBACK: Obama: Al Qaeda Is on ‘a Path to Defeat’; Calls for Resetting Terror Policy,” Washington Times, May 23, 2013, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/23/obama-al-qaeda-is-on-a-path-to-defeat/?page=all.

  4.Yassin Musharbash, “The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants,” Spiegel Online, Der Spiegel, August 12, 2005, http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-future-of-terrorism-what-al-qaida-really-wants-a-369448.html.

  5.Ibid.

  6.Robert C. Martinage, The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment (Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2008), 41.

  7.Musharbash, “The Future of Terrorism.”

  8.Garry Blight, Sheila Pulham, and Paul Torpey, “Arab Spring: An Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests,” Guardian, January 5, 2012, http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline.

  9.Tim Lister, “New al Qaeda Message Reinforces Focus on Arab Spring,” CNN.com, September 13, 2011, http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/13/new-al-qaeda-message-reinforces-focus-on-arab-spring/.

  10.Keith Wagstaff, “Freedom Fighters or al Qaeda? What You Need to Know about the Syrian Rebels,” Week, September 5, 2013, http://theweek.com/article/index/249178/freedom-fighters-or-al-qaeda-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-syrian-rebels.

  11.Maureen Farrell, “High Speed Trading Fueled Twitter Flash Crash,” CNN Money, CNN. com, April 24, 2013, http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/24/investing/twitter-flash-crash/index.html?iid=EL.

  12.Michael Kling, “CNNMoney: A Dozen Mini Flash Crashes Hit Stock Market Daily,” Moneynews.com, March 21, 2013, http://www.moneynews.com/InvestingAnalysis/flash-crash-stocks-mini-SEC/2013/03/21/id/495652?s=al#ixzz2fZGzbdZK.

  13.Kevin D. Freeman, Secret Weapon
: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why It Can Happen Again (Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2012), 1.

  14.Ibid., 220.

  15.Freeman, “Progress in Washington,” GlobalEconomicWarfare.com, May 13, 2011, http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2011/05/progress-in-washington/.

  16.Jamie Weinstein, “Meet Andrew Marshall, the Unknown but Immensely Influential Figure behind American National Security Strategy,” Daily Caller, July 11, 2011, http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/11/meet-andrew-marshall-the-unknown-but-immensely-influential-figure-behind-american-national-security-strategy/.

  17.Marcus Weisgerber and John T. Bennett, “Pentagon Determining Fate of Revered Net Assessment Office,” DefenseNews.com, October 15, 2013, http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131015/DEFREG02/310150031/.

  18.“Pentagon Cover-Up: ‘For the Record’ Reveals the Buried Details on Economic Tactics used by China, Russia, and al Qaeda against America,” The Blaze, September 18, 2013, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/18/pentagon-cover-up-for-the-record-reveals-the-buried-details-on-economic-terror-tactics-used-by-china-russia-al-qaeda-against-america/.

  19.National Intelligence Council, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2012), 68.

  20.Gertz, “Inside the Ring,” Washington Times, November 10, 2010, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/10/inside-the-ring-716343977/?page=all.

  21.Lauren Tara LaCapra, “Wall Street Goes to War with Hackers in Quantum Dawn 2 Simulation,” Reuters, June 13, 2013, http://blogs.reuters.com/unstructuredfinance/2013/06/13/wall-street-goes-to-war-with-hackers-in-cyber-dawn-2-simulation/.

  22.Ryan Tracy, “Cyber Attack Test Finds Flaws in Equity Market: Results Find Industry, Government Can Do More to Harden System,” Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2013, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303672404579147713406361036.

  23.Juan Zarate, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare (New York: PublicAffairs, 2013), 420–21.

  24.National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (New York: W. W.Norton, 2011), 153.

  25.Philip J. Cooper and Claudia Maria Vargas, Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions: Challenges of War, Terrorism, and Civil Disorder (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008), 65.

  26.Jan Sejna, We Will Bury You (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1985), 107–9.

  27.Charles Duelfer and James Rickards, “Econo-Threats,” New York Times, November 21, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/opinion/21iht-eduelfer.1.18844161.html?_r=0.

  28.John Ware, “Panorama: Faith, Hate, and Charity,” press release, December 30, 2006, http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/30/panorama.shtml.

  29.“Casey,” “The 39 Principles of Jihad,” WorldAnalysis.net, http://worldanalysis.net/smf/index.php?topic=188.0;wap2.

  30.Josh Pollack, “Statement by al-Qai’da Leader Usama Bin Ladin Carried within the ‘First War of the Century’ Program; Place, Date Not Given—Recorded: FBIS Translated Text,” Mideast Web News Service, http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MewNews/conversations/topics/4339.

  31.Interview with Mahathir bin Mohamed, Commanding Heights, PBS, July 2, 2001, transcript, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_mahathirbin-mohamad.htm.

  32.Liu Chang, “Commentary: U.S. Fiscal Failure Warrants a De-Americanized World,” Xinhua News, October 13, 2013, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-10/13/c_132794246.htm.

  33.Freeman, “Money, Money, Money,” GlobalEconomicWarfare.com, March 7, 2013, http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/03/money-money-money/.

  34.Vedant Misra, Marco Lagi, and Yaneer Bar-Yam, “Evidence of Market Manipulation in the Financial Crisis,” New England Complex Systems Institute, December 13, 2011, updated January 4, 2012, http://necsi.edu/research/economics/bearraid.html.

  35.Ibid.

  36.“U.S. Homeland Chief: Cyber 9/11 Could Happen ‘Imminently,’” Reuters, January 25, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-usa-cyber-threat-idUS-BRE90N1A320130124.

  37.Alister Bull and Jim Finkle, “Fed Says Internal Site Breached by Hackers, No Critical Function Affected,” Reuters, February 6, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/net-us-usa-fed-hackers-idUSBRE91501920130206.

  38.Tyler Durden, “Big Oops: Deutsche Borse Says ‘Flash Crash Can’t Happen Here’ a Week before German Flash Crash,” Zero Hedge, April 18, 2013, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-18/big-ööps-deutsche-börse-says-flash-crash-cant-happen-here-week-german-flash-crash.

  39.Mark Clayton, “Terrorist Tweets: How Al Qaeda’s Social Media Move Could Cause Problems,” Christian Science Monitor, February 7, 2013, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0207/Terrorist-tweets-how-Al-Qaeda-s-social-media-move-could-cause-problems.

  40.Simone Foxman, “Recent Cyberattacks Could Be Part of a Chinese Military Strategy Started Nearly 20 Years Ago,” QZ.com, March 14, 2013, http://qz.com/62434/recent-cyberattacks-could-be-part-of-a-chinese-military-strategy-started-nearly-20-years-ago/.

  41.Bill Gertz, “D.C. to Beijing: Stand Down on Cyber,” Washington Free Beacon, March 11, 2013, http://freebeacon.com/d-c-to-beijing-stand-down-on-cyber/.

  42.Freeman, “Why Did We Wait So Long?,” GlobalEconomicWarfare.com, March 30, 2013 http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/03/why-did-we-wait-so-long/.

  43.Liberty Chick, “Islamic Hackers Vow Assault on U.S. Banks Until ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Removed,” Breitbart.com, December 13, 2012, http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/13/Islamic-Hackers-Vow-Continued-Assault-on-US-Banks-Until-Innocence-of-Muslims-Removed.

  44.Nicole Perlroth and Quentin Hardy, “Bank Hacking Was the Work of Iranians, Officials Say,” New York Times, January 8, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/technology/online-banking-attacks-were-work-of-iran-us-officials-say.html.

  45.Freeman, “Is the Cold War Really Finished?,” GlobalEconomicWarfare.com, April 21, 2013, http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/04/is-the-cold-war-really-finished/.

  46.Freeman, “It Started in London……,” GlobalEconomicWarfare.com, February 25, 2013, http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/02/it-started-in-london/.

  47.“Liberated Iraq Calls on Arab States to Use Oil as ‘Weapon’ against U.S.,” FoxNews.com, November 16, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/16/liberated-iraq-calls-on-arab-states-to-use-oil-as-weapon-against-us/.

  48.Jordan Hams, “The EMP Threat: Just a Scare?,” Foundry, Heritage Foundation, March 22, 2013, http://blog.heritage.org/2013/03/22/the-emp-threat-just-a-scare/.

  49.Gertz, “Inside the Ring.”

  50.Gertz, “Chinese Military Engaged in Political Warfare against the United States,” Washington Free Beacon, October 22, 2013, http://freebeacon.com/chinese-military-engaged-in-political-warfare-against-the-united-states/.

  CHAPTER TWO

  1.John Carney, “Jim Cramer Was Right—They Knew Nothing!,” CNBC.com, January 18, 2013, http://www.cnbc.com/id/100392107.

  2.Tom Brennan, “Stop Trading!: Financial Terrorism?,” CNBC.com, September 18, 2008, http://www.cnbc.com/id/26778065/Stop_Trading_Financial_Terrorism.

  3.Randall W. Forsyth, “The Other Lance Armstrongs,” Barron’s, Barrons.com, January 19, 2013, http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703596604578235580880655900.html?mod=djembwr_h#articleTabs_article%3D1.

  4.Jason Raznick, “Even in Death, Did Osama Bin Laden Win?” Forbes, Forbes.com, May 3, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/benzingainsights/2011/05/03/even-in-death-did-osama-bin-laden-win/.

  5.Kevin D. Freeman, “Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses: Analysis of Twenty-First Century Risks in Light of the Recent Market Collapse,” June 2009, contracted report prepared for the Pentagon by Cross Consulting and Services, LLC; archived copy available at http://ia600405.us.archive.org/16/items/EconomicWarfare-RisksAndResponsesByKevinD.Freeman/Economic-Warfare-Risks-and-Responses-by-Kevin-D-
Freeman.pdf.

  6.“Geithner Tells China Its Dollar Assets Are Safe,” Reuters, June 1, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/06/01/usa-china-idUSPEK14475620090601.

  7.Greg McDonald, “Art Laffer: ‘Whole Economy Is Shrinking,’” Newsmax, January 31, 2013, http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/shrinking-output-contraction/2013/01/31/id/488250?s=al.

  8.Freeman, “Stock Prices Up, Economy Down, Fed Printing Money While Social Unrest Builds,” GlobalEconomicWarfare.com, February 1, 2013, http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/02/stock-prices-up-economy-down-fed-printing-money-while-social-unrest-builds/.

  9.Tyler Durden, “Guest Post: Preparing for Inflationary Times,” Zero Hedge, March 31, 2013, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-31/guest-post-preparing-inflationary-times.

  10.Michael Snyder, “Quantitative Easing Worked for the Weimar Republic for a Little While Too,” Economic Collapse Blog, September 22, 2013, http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/quantitative-easing-worked-for-the-weimar-republic-for-a-little-while-too.

  11.“How Much Is Eine Million Mark Dated 1923 Worth?,” WikiAnswers, http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_is_eine_million_mark_dated_1923_worth.

  12.Doug Hagmann, “Intelligence Insider: Obama Administration Agenda to ‘Kill U.S. Dollar,’” CanadaFreePress.com, April 1, 2013, http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54163.

  13.Reuters, “Like Rate Cuts, Unconventional Easing Weakens Dollar: Fed Study,” CNBC.com, April 1, 2013 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100606680.

  14.Terence Jeffrey, “Government Spending per Household Exceeds Median Household Income,” PoorRichardsNews.com, http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/47734771083/unsustainable-government-spending-per-household.

  15.“The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It,” U.S. Treasury, September 27, 2013, http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/current.