Adam let that sink in. He watched heads look from left to right. Then he said, “Our process will be as follows. Should you agree to join us, you will not be allowed to leave until the actions we take are being announced and/or implemented, which we anticipate will be within a month. In a few moments, you’ll individually be led into rooms and given a lie detector test. For those of you who pass, we will have assistants at your disposal to help you take care of arrangements such as family matters and business needs. Anyone not interested in undertaking this mission can enjoy a great brunch down the hall, after which you will be released. Those of you who are willing to take on the challenge, please stand by one of the men or women along the side of the room where you see your name. They will take care of you and address your questions.
“When this process is complete, we’ll reconvene, and the president will address the group. Thank you for coming. When you make your decision, your personal assistant will take you to the proper location.”
Adam abruptly turned and left the room.
* * *
Meanwhile, Herwig drove the public road. There was no traffic. He and Brooks paid little attention to the signs that warned people not to get out of their vehicles. They were approaching the designated dropoff location. Every foot of this public road that cut through the massive military base was monitored with cameras. Signs instructed civilians that, if you experienced any vehicle malfunction, to stay in one’s vehicle and someone would help shortly. There were barricaded crossroads and signs on creek beds. They all warned people not to stop.
Herwig took his foot off the gas. The vehicle rolled to a stop at the designated bridge. Looking over the side, he saw a small dry creek bed. Brooks got out and looked down the desolate road in both directions. He opened the rear door, reached in the back seat and pulled out his duffel bag. He drew down the brim of his Filson hat and closed the rear door.
Leaning through the still open front door, he looked at Herwig one more time and extended his hand. He fully realized he might never see his old friend again.
There wasn’t much to be said. They both knew the gravity of the situation.
Herwig, possibly his friend from the CIA said, “Good luck.”
Brooks nodded and said, “Take care and thanks.”
Then they exchanged one last look as Brooks closed the door.
As soon as the door shut, Herwig pushed the gas pedal and drove away.
Brooks turned and stepped into the woods. He side stepped down the embankment and into the dry gulley, turned to his left and looked under the small bridge. There was a large, hulking silhouette.
Brooks walked forward and stepped under the bridge.
He extended his hand and said, “Colonel.”
Krieger reciprocated with a warm greeting of respect and thanksgiving. “Thank you for coming. Every precaution is being taken to protect your identity.”
Brooks nodded. Without another word, they disappeared.
Chapter 31
George greeted John warmly. John’s legal advice as the chief justice of the Supreme Court would be crucial. George had Madison attend the meeting also. He wanted to get the perspective of someone from Congress. She sat next to Adam.
Ten minutes later, John explained that he would need to put together a small team of seasoned lawyers to write executive orders that could be signed within days. The orders would be released to the media so people could see some immediate wins.
John said, “Executive orders can come out daily as they’re drafted and signed. We’ll do everything legally in our power.”
George nodded. “I want an executive order to say that because of the threat of foreign takeover, no politician can spend more money than the government is taking in.”
John nodded. “We can do that. The threat of foreign takeover gives you the angle, and we can use precedence.”
“What precedence is there?” Madison asked.
“Cities all over the country have emergency managers in place who control finances and ensure that elected officials run surpluses. That sets legal precedence to a degree. No one has tried it with the federal government though.” The chief justice looked at the president, and said, “No one before you ever had the balls. They’ll fight it for sure. But we have a friend who will file a law suit in a state where we know that constitutional judges will support you.”
George was appreciative. John always gave great advice. “That’ll buy us enough time.”
George stood and walked. “They’ve slowed the economy to a crawl and I just find it hard to believe most of the gold is gone. I wonder where it went?”
Madison had even more inside knowledge of corruption. “Mr. President, I don’t know where all of the gold went, but I do have some insight about some of it.”
George looked at her and raised his eyebrow, indicating that she should continue.
“Between the years 2000 to 2002, gold prices went down. There was speculation on why and how these prices dropped to a twenty-year low. The president sold over 400 tons of gold to the UK. What’s unexplainable is that he sold it at an average price of under three hundred dollars an ounce! At that point, those of us on a certain committee were privy to know that the UK was in dire financial straits. We learned that he cut a deal with bankers and basically gave them what amounted to doubling their country’s gold supply at this low price. It was an attempt to bail them out. We don’t have time to go into it here, but the politicians in the UK kept spending too much money. Now the people have lost control of their own country. They’re mostly controlled by the globalist bankers. That’s why most of the average middle-class workers in the UK will never own a home in their lifetimes, and they’re being taxed out of their wealth. That’s why they voted to leave the EU.”
Adam slapped the mahogany table violently with his open palms and stood. “That’s it! Why haven’t I thought about it before?” Before anyone could say a word, he continued. “That’s their scheme! Germany asked England for their gold and learned that England didn’t have as much as they were supposed to have, so the bankers drove England broke by bribing their politicians to support massive spending. They knew England would either be under their control or choose their only other option… to get our gold. The dirty bankers could then go after both of us. They win either way. This must have been planned for a long time.”
George was putting it together. “So, that’s why the public never heard of us selling massive amounts of gold to the UK. They didn’t go public. They secretly sold it or took it.”
Adam expounded. “The gold scams are everywhere. Comex gold supplies have decreased by about eighty percent! They’re selling about 80 ounces of paper contracts for every ounce of real gold, so they’re selling 80 times the value we actually say we have in gold.”
Madison further explained. “When Roosevelt called in the gold in 1934, they revalued it from $20.67/ounce to $35/ounce. Washington insiders made seventy percent overnight, while the working class got screwed. The working people had paper money, while the Washington establishment kept their gold. When the Roosevelt called in the gold, if you had a hundred dollars of gold and turned it in, you got a hundred dollars. If you had saved that one hundred dollars, today the purchasing power would be under ten dollars. If you had kept the gold, that amount of gold would be worth almost ten thousand dollars. That’s why Allen Greenspan said, we can guarantee cash benefits as far out, in whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.”
John nodded. “Money is only as good as the assets supporting the liabilities. When governments can’t raise enough money, they go after the free money sitting in retirement and checking accounts.”
Madison agreed. “These poor people who buy gold and silver from companies have no idea that the law allows them to sell many times more gold and silver than they have. This is designed to keep prices down, so truly wealthy people
can purchase the real thing. Then when the poor middle class tries to cash in their piece of paper if the market goes down, they’ll find out the hard way that they’ve been taken again!”
Adam commented, “All of this makes me think something is going on. JP Morgan is declaring that its gold is being ‘removed’. The question is, removed by whom? They, and most other banks, are steadily writing down the amount of actual gold and silver on their books. They even declared that, in ninety days alone during the previous administration, 1.8 billion dollars of gold was removed from their vaults. This is a trend that’s hitting almost all of the major banks, and certainly all of them that are owned by a select few families. They’re taking the gold somewhere and for something.”
With the meeting time about to end, the president stood. “I’m sorry, that’s all the time we have. I’ve got to catch a plane.”
Chapter 32
A few hours later, at the military base in Georgia, Krieger and Adam walked into the small conference room. Adam sat at the first chair to the right, while Krieger walked to the head of the oval walnut conference table.
Krieger began. “Good morning. First, I’d like to say that the reason you were each given a lie detector test last night and again this morning is because of what we’re about to undertake. Lie detector tests give optimal results up to about six or seven questions. Due to the gravity of the situation, we needed assurance in the areas you were questioned. I hope you understand.”
The men nodded. They were keenly aware of what was happening with the country, although they had no idea what their role could be.
Krieger continued. “I want to thank you for coming on such short notice. The reason you’re here is because you’re deemed to be the most loyal and, frankly, the most brilliant military minds in our country today. You were asked here to join a cross functional team brought together to stop the progression to a one world government. Gentlemen, you’re here today to save the United States as we know it.
“Before we get started, I want to make perfectly clear that the president wants to reiterate that this is an optional assignment, and that whatever happens here today and hereafter regarding this assignment will never be documented or disclosed. We’ve even turned off all recordings in the room. If you have any reservations, now is the time to air them, or bow out.”
Krieger paused and looked at steely eyes peering back at him. General Abrams had commanded Krieger years ago. With that relationship in mind, he spoke first to Krieger. “Don, we’ve each been watching the demise of the country and our way of life. Frankly, none of us ever thought anything would be done about it in our lifetimes. You and the president can be assured I’ll do whatever I can — and that means whatever it takes.”
“The same goes for me, Colonel,” the second general affirmed.
In seconds, every individual in the room had affirmed, with the exception of The Shadow, who only nodded.
Krieger knew he was on board. “Okay, that’s all we need to know.”
Krieger looked at Adam, who got up and stepped out of the meeting. Krieger stepped to the side. The president was in the next room over with Madison, listening for the affirmation that they were all on board.
A moment later, the door opened. Adam walked back into the room, followed by Madison and President George Carnegie.
Krieger said, “Gentlemen, let me introduce the president of the United States.”
Then Krieger moved aside and let the president take his place at the head of the table.
George looked around the room at the faces that were eager to understand the gravity of the situation. He saw Adam, Krieger, the generals, a few other military experts, and The Shadow, who didn’t sit at the table, was in a chair with his back against the wall.
He cleared his throat. “We just had a meeting at the White House with another group of individuals. Their mission is to fix our economy and turn it back over to the people for another hundred years… Your mission is different, and I want to be clear that their group has no knowledge of this undertaking. Both groups must succeed to save this country.”
George went on to explain the magnitude of the country’s predicament. He informed them about the missing gold and the threats from world bankers. He finished his short briefing with, “Gentlemen, we have less than two weeks to save the country before they use their media, working with foreign governments and the politicians they control, to take us down. They’ll crash the stock market further in their next orchestrated attack. Internal and external forces will demand that we turn over the nation’s land, natural resources and infrastructure. It will be the same control that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would have started. In short, we’d be forced into turning over the sovereignty of the nation.”
George handed the meeting off to Adam, who debriefed them similarly to how he had informed the group in Washington. When he got to the comment about the sovereignty of the country, this group had a much deeper understanding of what that meant. He had their undivided attention and he had stirred their emotions. They were angry.
Now, Adam thought, for the part he hadn’t told the mastermind group in Washington. For this, Adam turned it over to Krieger, whose credibility among the group had been established long before this administration took office.
Krieger reiterated, as George had confirmed, that the gold was missing and then filled them in on the information that much of the remaining gold had been trucked over the border and then shipped overseas. The room was spellbound.
Krieger finished with a synopsis of what he had uncovered about pressures on presidents in the past, including the assassination of Kennedy, after Kennedy had cut out the Federal Reserve.
Krieger opened the floor to their comments by saying, “Gentlemen, it’s up to us to come up with a plan and execute that plan.”
General Abrams looked to the head of the table. “Mr. President, how far do you want to go?”
All eyes were on George. He wanted to be crystal clear. “The constitution tells us that, when faced with a life endangering threat, it is our duty to defend this country and eliminate that threat. From what I’ve seen, we need to eliminate this threat permanently, or it’ll just come back to attack the next generation.”
That was all they needed to hear.
The Shadow made eye contact with one of the Generals for the first time.
George continued. “I’ve asked the Federal Reserve for a month. We already know they’re planning to escalate their attack in two weeks. You were brought here to put together a plan, create the team to orchestrate that plan, train them, embark on and complete the mission within about two weeks.”
George let that sink in for a minute. Then his tone lowered, and he said slowly, “That’s all the time we’ve got.”
George stepped away from the head of the table, and an eerie silence overtook the room.
General Elder looked at Adam, then quickly at Krieger. Besides many other things, the General was an extremely educated, well-read man. “There’s no time to waste. We need to act swiftly and show the country substantial progress.”
Turning his focus towards George, General Elder continued. “Kotter says that it’s all about creating a sense of urgency - and that’s the first step in a series of actions needed to succeed in a changing world.”48 Everyone was now focused on General Elder. He continued. “Kotter describes four tactics. The first is to bring outside reality into groups that are too inwardly focused. You’ve done that. The second is to behave with a true urgency… every day.49 You’re behaving with a true sense of urgency, although I think you need to show the nation the sense of urgency and some wins immediately. Since this group is the most secretive and we don’t yet have a defined mission, the other group must show the country some wins — now!”
“Great idea,” George said. “I’ll take that one as my action item. That makes sense. I’ve read that we remember the things th
at happen first, and the things that happen last. In times of crisis, people need our reassurance by our first actions. We’ll give them some first wins.”
Several heads in the room now nodded in affirmation. This was a brain trust at work.
Elder continued saying, “the third is to look for upside possibilities in crises, and the fourth is to confront the problem… do not put up with people who relentlessly create experiences that kill urgency.50
“That leaves us with number three, looking for upside possibilities in crises. Does anyone have any ideas?” George said as he looked around the room for input. He sure hoped they would come up with something.
“Mr. President,” General Abrams said.
George looked at General Abrams and aligned with his formality by saying, “General.”
The General stood. “As Sun Tzu says in the Art of War, when the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in. As the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates.”
Everyone in the room knew that the General was headed somewhere, but where?
“When you think back in history,” the General said, “great moments have synergies that sometimes show up opposite each other. The universe works in mysterious ways! We all remember 9/11. What many people don’t realize is, that on 11/9, years before that, the Berlin wall came down.”
General Abrams wanted to acknowledge that what he was about to say was not meant to replace General Elder’s statements. “The groups working on legal and economic matters need to show the people something tangible almost immediately. That’s important. But that’s not our role. Our role, as I see it, is different. We need to stop the fall of the country and take our country back from the world bankers — and I see only one way.” The General looked around the room. Then his nose flared and his voice rasped, “Where the hell is our gold?”
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