.id AA21492; Wed, 19 Jul 95 13:02:56 CDT
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:02:55 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 5 Num. 61



              Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 5  Num. 61
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                    ("Quid coniuratio est?")


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of the following. Persons mentioned are invited to send their 
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                         -- Brian Francis Redman, Editor-in-Chief

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WALGREEN'S AND THE BOOZE CRIMINALS AND THE BATF
By Sherman H. Skolnick

They are a nationwide drugstore chain, headquartered in the 
Chicago area. Rarely, if ever, are they profiled in the 
mainstream press. They are Walgreen's, with thousands of stores, 
doing many billions of dollars per year business.

One of their main items is selling wine and spirits cheaper than 
others. They have a special, secret deal with the Bronfman 
family, of Montreal, owners of Seagrams, and their cronies, the 
Kennedy family. The Bronfmans are a criminal empire with 
ownership not only in liquor, but Tropicana Juices and Cineplex 
Odeon, the movie theater chain. The Bronfmans own a dope money 
laundry, Bank of Montreal and their unit, Harris Bank, naturally 
transfer agent for Walgreen's stock.

One author who started to write a documented study of the 
Bronfmans was murdered. At the time of the assassination of 
President Kennedy, his family's booze distribution firm, operated 
with mafia helpers, Somerset Importers Ltd., changed hands. The 
Kennedys continue, however, to have the rights to 5 out of 8 
imported liquor labels.

Remember that next time you get a bargain in booze at Walgreen's.

So the drugstore giant, Walgreen's, is tight with major 
gangsters. More recently, the Bronfmans merged their interests 
with MCA, the long-time criminals in the record and entertainment 
rackets. For years, the MCA record octopus has reportedly paid 
off media owners, and radio and TV station managers, to promote 
certain records as well as movies. The print media are no 
strangers to the same corruption.

Lots of documented details are in Dan E. Moldea's book, "Dark 
Victory -- Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob". So the United States 
has had a president tied to organized criminals.

Walgreen's pals, the Bronfmans, have been no strangers to 
murdering witnesses and corrupting federal officials to stop 
grand jury investigations. Because of the Oklahoma City bombing, 
the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of ALCOHOL, Tobacco & Firearms has 
been in the news -- not a single word about how the liquor 
industry corrupted the BATF while talking piously about the need 
for gun grabbing.

The CEO of Walgreen's has been "Cork" Walgreen, reportedly mostly 
a drunken playboy, who spends about 2 weeks of most months in 
Florida. He is just a figure-head -- the real operator of the 
firm has been their Chief Financial Officer, Charles Hunter. 
Because of their muscle with the pressfakers -- not a word about 
a revealing case involving Hunter. At one time, there were at 
least 3 savings and loans in the Chicago area, now defunct, 
actually covert money laundries for CIA's dirty tricks. We told 
you about Clyde S&L and CIA Black Budget Chief Henry Hyde who is 
also a Congressman.

One of those CIA S&Ls was Libertyville Federal Savings & Loan, of 
which Hunter had been a director. The S&L bailout agency, 
Resolution Trust Corp [RTC], sued Hunter and the other directors 
claiming they took certain action causing Libertyville to go 
under with great loss. Case No. 91 C 1741, in Chicago's Federal 
District Court. Judge Harry D. Leinenweber had the case -- his 
wife, Lynn Martin, was the Secretary of Labor when former CIA 
director Bush was president. The RTC was trying to collect some 
42 million dollars from Hunter.

Somewhere between 17 and 42 million dollars was secretly put up 
to let Charles Hunter walk away from the mess. Six million 
dollars came from a bonding company -- the rest apparently was 
siphoned off of Walgreen's funds. Quite a few million dollars 
reportedly went to bribe Judge Leinenweber. Walgreen's is a 
publicly traded stock -- they violated Securities and Exchange 
Commission regulations requiring them to report about their top 
dog, Charles Hunter, and the apparent mis-use of company funds.

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07/19/95 -- Mr. Skolnick phoned and dictated the following 
paragraph, to be added to the above:

  A copy of the above story was put into the federal court 
  record in a pending case, where a lawyer says that, based on 
  this story, he wants Judge Leinenweber to remove himself from 
  the case. Judge Leinenweber says he's aware of the story, and 
  he's going to the U.S. Supreme Court to seek an injunction 
  against Internet in respect to this story and those that are 
  putting it there.

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Mr. Skolnick is chairman/founder, since 1963, of the public-  
interest group, Citizens' Committee to Clean Up the Courts, which  
has for more than 3 decades touched off some of the most profound  
bribery and similar scandals in American history. Since 1971, he  
has been editor, *Hotline News*, a 5-minute recorded phone  
commentary (a regular phone call): (312) 731-1100, changed about  
3 times/week, on 24 hours/day, heard each week by many thousands.  
Since 1991, a regular panel member on a public access Cable TV  
show in Chicago, viewed by hundreds of thousands in Chicago and  
suburbs, 1 hour/week. His commentaries run on Internet, Prodigy,  
and similar computer networks. Office (8 a.m. to midnight, 7  
days/week): (312) 375-5741. 9800 So. Oglesby Avenue, Chicago IL 
60617. Call us before sending FAX please.

Donations to support their not-for-profit work would be 
appreciated.

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