The Sam Adams Award is given annually to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. The Award is given by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence,[1] a group of retired CIA officers. It is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War, and takes the physical form of a “corner-brightener candlestick”.[2]
Ray McGovern established the Sam Adams Associates “to reward intelligence officials who demonstrated a commitment to truth and integrity, no matter the consequences.”[3]
The 2012, 2013 and 2014 Awards were presented at the Oxford Union.[3][4]
2003: Katharine Gun, former British intelligence (GCHQ) translator; leaked top-secret information showing illegal US activities during the push for war in Iraq[7]
2004: Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator; fired after accusing FBI officials of ignoring intelligence pointing to al-Qaeda attacks against the US[8]
2005: Craig Murray,[5] former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan who blew the whistle on UK complicity in the Uzbek government’s use of torture and involvement in extraordinary rendition
2007: Andrew Wilkie, retired Australian intelligence official; claimed intelligence was being exaggerated to justify Australian support for the US invasion of Iraq[8]
2008: Frank Grevil, Danish whistleblower; leaked classified information showing no clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq[10]
2009: Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell and Iraq War critic.[5]
After all: Ignorance is bliss… isn’t it? (if you take this for real – please give away all your belongings! they have occupied and blocked your mind! THANKS!)
Please note here: it is true – it is not ENOUGH to just give someone money – that is too easy.
You actually have to sit down with the people and think about their “possibilities”.
With “possibilities” most people would associate immediately “what are the chances of a homeless-bum to become a real estate broker? A Doctor? Or a Laywer?”
No i do not mean those “possibilities” – with “possibilities” i mean the “possible ways” of survival for a human being on this planet.
That everyone gets a fair share of this’ planet resources (air, water, soil, energy) – so everyone can live in dignity embedded in a loving-caring-culture community – instead of going to (social)war with each other.
Anastasia EcoVillage Land Reform: one hectar of land for free for every family! Is that “too hard” to do?
If a government – gave away the right to create 90% of the money in circulation – it’s last power is: taxes.
If lobbyists manage to lobby and exploit tax-laws – in order to avoid tax for the super-rich (no one else can afford lobbyists) – then – the tax-system becomes a massive unemployment and injustice scheme – “this shit gotta go” .
Simple solution: WHO EVER EARNS MONEY – PAYS 10% TAX – IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE CUSTOMER PAID THE BILL TO THE GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE CUSTOMER.
This can be easily done: ALL BRUTTO INCOME GOES INTO A BANKACCOUNT “TAX” WHERE COMPUTERS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER 10% TO THE GOVERNMENT.
ALL OTHER TAXES WILL BE ABOLISHED.
THIS NEEDS TO GO (ALONG WITH WHO IS ALLOWED TO CREATE MONEY AND HOW IS MONEY BROUGHT INTO CIRCULATION) INTO THE CONSTITUION OF A COUNTRY!
FINISHED.
BRING DEMOCRACY TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR!
OR YOU HARVEST DICTATORSHIP AND BLACKMAILING!
YES: EVEN GOVERNMENTS CAN FINANCIALLY FAIL / BECOME BANKCRUPT
BUT THERE IS NO LAW YET, THAT HANDLES SUCH CASES? (PRIVATIZATION OF THE COUNTRY IS NOT THE SOLUTION)
“If you not… we tear down the financial system.” (Too big to jail/fail)
You can download an excerpt of the Panama Paper’s Data here.
Wealth Inequality in Germany: “the lower 50% have accumulated 0% wealth”
“die unteren 50% besitzen zusammen genommen 0%”
NettoVermögen Deutschland nach DIW Berlin 2009 – die untere Hälfte der Bevölkerung ist quasi Vermögensfrei – besitzt also kein Vermögen
“Facebook UK’s accounts show specific issues, but point also to the real problem:
that major multinational companies appear to be able to pick and choose, unlike the rest of us, where and how much tax they will pay.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said her government will fight back against tax avoidance – if she is serious, she will immediately implement the tax transparency measure that was passed in the new Finance Bill so that the public can see which companies are meeting their UK responsibilities.”
“We are an independent international network launched in 2003. We conduct high-level research, analysis and advocacy on international tax; on the international aspects of financial regulation; on the role of tax in society; and on the impacts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax ‘competition’ and tax havens. We seek to create understanding and debate, and to promote reform, especially in poorer countries. We are not aligned to any political party.
“It will not be long before those nations that opt to continue with old-style secrecy will be labeled pariah states and be cut off from the global financial system.”
New and abusive games will continue to emerge to fill the vacuum left by old-style secrecy — including new forms of opacity — but he’s certainly onto something.
“More than $12tn has been siphoned out of Russia, China and other emerging economies into the secretive world of offshore finance, new research has revealed, as David Cameron prepares to host world leaders for an anti-corruption summit.
. . . The analysis, carried out by Columbia University professor James S Henry for the Tax Justice Network, shows that by the end of 2014, $1.3tn of assets from Russia were sitting offshore.“
David Cay Johnston, writing in The Daily Beast in the U.S., adds:
“The $12.1 trillion estimate—which amounts to two-thirds of America’s annual GDP being taken out of the economies of much poorer nations—is for flight wealth built up since 1970. Add to that flight wealth from the world’s rich regions, much of it due to tax evasion and criminal activities like drug dealing, and the global figure for hidden offshore wealth totals as much as $36 trillion.”
Cay Johnston goes into detail, and is worth reading. For the raw data behind the numbers, you’ll need to contact Henry directly: he expects to publish some further details soon. We’ll carry updates in the Reports section of our website.
The initial document is here. More data will be uploaded in due course.
March 2016 – More than $12 trillion stuffed offshore, from developing countries alone — James S. Henry
Nov 2015 – The Scale of BEPS: estimating the scale of global corporate tax cheating. See also our report Still Broken: Governments must do more to fix the international tax system.
July 2012 – The Price of Offshore, Revisited. Estimating some $21-32 trillion stashed offshore. See also our June 2014 response to a paper attacking Price of Offshore Revisited by two U.S. academics, funded by the tax haven of Jersey, here. See also our June 2014 supplementary notes and sources for the Price of Offshore Revisited, here.
Nov 2015 – The Scale of BEPS: estimating the scale of global corporate tax cheating. See also our report Still Broken: Governments must do more to fix the international tax system.
Nov 2014 – “The end of bank secrecy”? Bridging the gap to effective automatic information exchange: An Evaluation of OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and its alternatives
June 2014 – TJN’s response to a paper by two U.S. academics, funded by the tax haven of Jersey and attacking Price of Offshore, here. See also our June 2014 supplementary notes and sources for the Price of Offshore Revisited, here.
July 2012 – The Price of Offshore, Revisited. Estimating some $21-32 trillion stashed offshore. See also our June 2014 response to a paper attacking Price of Offshore Revisited by two U.S. academics, funded by the tax haven of Jersey, here. See also our June 2014 supplementary notes and sources for the Price of Offshore Revisited, here.
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