Head of IMF arrested and accused of sexual assault

[Jan Klimkowski]

The fact that he's consulting with former CIA agents might ignite speculation that DSK believes there is a plot against him (like he suggested to the French magazine Liberation a month ago). However Reuters says that DSK's dealings with the PR firm are informal.

Reuters sez so, does it? Why has Reuters reported something clearly significant - long-term Strauss-Kahn contacts with a US intelligence proxy - then put up a sign saying "Nothing to see here"?

So much for Reuters just reporting the facts...

The company, TD International, has done business with DSK in the past. It is the same PR company that DSK hired in 2007 when he made a push to become head of the IMF. It was founded by William Green, a former CIA agent.

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Mr. Newland previously served in the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Senior Intelligence Service (SIS). Mr. Newland specialized in Latin America and completed six overseas tours, five of them in Latin America Bolivia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Argentina.

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Mr. Enochs opened TDI's Houston office in 2008 with a focus on supporting the domestic and international energy, finance and commodity trading sectors. … Prior to joining TDI, Mr. Enochs served as a director for Enron Corporation. …

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Mr. Houghton began his career as an officer in the United Kingdom's security and intelligence community. Over a ten year period he held a series of analytical, operational, and management posts covering counter-espionage, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism operations and international security and intelligence liaison. Mr. Houghton served for three years at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C, coordinating U.K. operational intelligence requirements and analysis efforts with the FBI and the U.S. intelligence agencies.

So "superbrain" "socialist" Strauss-Kahn thinks this bunch of globe-trotting spooks, with connections to corrupt, Bush-friendly, international asset-stripper Enron (Jeb Bush allegedly ordered the President of Argentina to sell the country's national grid to Enron as part of IMF/World Bank restructuring "negotiations"), are the people he should be seeking advice from?

If Strauss-Kahn decides to blow the whistle on the IMF's role in Economic Shock Therapy, then I will respect him.

If Strauss-Kahn decides to hire one faction of the military-multinational-intelligence-complex to buy off the attack dogs of another faction, then he can rot in Rikers Island.