Project for the New American Century. The organization, funded by foundations closely linked to the defense and energy industry, outlined their goals in their policy paper


Rebuilding America's Defenses (.PDF).


Their plans for creating an American Empire, toppling regimes unfriendly to their corporate interests, creating an archipelago of military bases throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, control the internet, and militarize space all hinged upon one thing:

According to this document (page 52). "The process of transformation," the plan said, "is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor." September 11th served as the needed "Pearl Harbor".

Upon his appointment to President in 2000, George W. Bush appointed the hierarchy of this organization to the top levels of the White House, The Pentagon, and the State Department:

Dick Cheney Vice President

Donald Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense

Douglas J. Feith (former) Undersecretary of Defense

I. Lewis Libby Vice President Cheney’s former Chief of Staff and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs.

Aaron Friedberg Vice President Cheney’s deputy National Security advisor

Robert Zoelick US Deputy Secretary of State

Paula Dobriansky Undersecretary of State

Elliott Abrams Deputy National Security Adviser

Frank Gaffney Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

Fred C. Ikle Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

Eliot A. Cohen Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

Henry S. Rowen Pentagon's Defense Policy Board

William J. Bennett Presidential speech writer

Jeb Bush Governor of Florida

Paul Wolfowitz World Bank President

John Bolton Ambassador to the U.N.

Zalmay Khalilzad U.S. ambassador to Iraq

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