- John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 - May 24, 1959) served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. He was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism around the world. He advocated support of the French in their war against the Viet Minh in Indochina and famously refused to shake the hand of Zhou Enlai at the Geneva Conference in 1954. - John Perkins
John Perkins (b. 28 January 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is an activist and author. His best known book is "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", an insider's account of exploitation or neo-colonization of Third World countries by a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. His 2007 book, "The Secret History of the American Empire", … - Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 - May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century. He is also known for competing with the U.S. Post Office with his American Letter Mail Company, which was forced out of business by the United States government. - David King
Sir David King ScD FRS is Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, and consequently head of the Office of Science and Innovation. He is also the Director of the Surface Science Research Group at the Department of Chemistry at University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens' College. He was Master of Downing College, Cambridge until 2000. In 1988, he was appointed 1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry at Cambridge, … - Elliot Richardson
Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920 - December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal, having refused an order from Nixon to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. As of 2006, Richardson is the only individual to serve in four Cabinet-level positions within the United States government: Secretary of Health, Education, … - Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. His Pike expedition, often compared to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. - Matthew Lesko
Matthew Lesko (born 1943) is an American author and late-night television personality who has authored reference books telling people about how to get "free" money from the United States Government. He is popularly known as "that question mark guy" for the Riddler-like suit that he wears in his television commercials, infomercials, interviews, and in everyday use. Lesko lives in Washington, D.C. with his third wife Wendy Schaetzel Lesko and their two sons, Max and Morgan. - Michael Riconosciuto
Michael Riconosciuto (born?) is (as of 2000) an American activist advocating for several conspiracy theories, and claiming to have expertise in computers, electronics, and explosives. Imprisoned on drug charges as of the early 2000s, he claims to have been involved in the Inslaw affair (a legal case in which the the U.S. Government was charged with illegal use of computer software), the so-called "October surprise" and other plots. - Kip Hawley
Editor's note: Today we unveil a new regular feature called "Five Good Questions." We'll interview an industry newsmaker about current issues and events. Our first interview is with Transportation Security Administration Administrator Kip Hawley . He has served as administrator since July 27, 2005. Hawley brings more than 20 years of transportation and technology experience to TSA, now part of the Dept. - Abdul Rahman Yasin
Abdul Rahman Yasin helped make the bombs used in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing attack. Yasin is of Iraqi heritage, having grown up in Baghdad, Iraq. The history of his childhood and early adult life in Iraq up until 1992 would be the most direct connection possibly implicating the Saddam Hussein regime of Iraq to the 1993 attack in Manhattan, which occurred on the 2nd anniversary (February 26) of the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait, thus ending the Gulf War. - Fred F. Fielding
Fred Fisher Fielding (born March 21, 1939) was selected on January 8, 2007 by President of the United States George W. Bush to replace outgoing White House Counsel Harriet Miers. Fielding was a senior partner at Wiley Rein LLP (formerly Wiley Rein & Fielding), a Washington, D.C. law firm. He has served the American government in a number of roles throughout his career. He served as Associate Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1970 to 1972, … - Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim, also known as Dawood Ebrahim and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, birth name Sheikh Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, is one of the Dons of the organized crime syndicate D-Company in Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for terrorism, organised crime and counterfeiting. Ibrahim is accused of heading a vast and sprawling illegal empire, in which he acquired money and political clout. His name has become a byword in political, … - Robert Meeropol
Robert Meeropol is the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Meeropol was born in New York City. His father Julius, an electrical engineer, was a member of the Communist Party. His mother Ethel (née Greenglass), a union organizer, was also active in the Communist Party. When Robert was six years old, his parents were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage. - Karen Ryan
Karen Ryan is a public relations specialist, and former television news reporter, who became famous for producing controversial video news release created to promote the Medicare and education systems for the United States government. Her appearance in the video was widely shown, including her closing words, "In Washington, this is Karen Ryan reporting." Ryan, in conjunction with the firm Home Front Communications, … - Dov S. Zakheim
Dov S. Zakheim is a former official of the United States government. Zakheim earned his bachelor's degree in government from Columbia University in 1970, and his doctorate in economics and politics at St. Antony's College, Oxford University. He has been an adjunct professor at the National War College, Yeshiva University, Columbia University and Trinity College, where he was presidential scholar. - Dina Powell
Dina Habib Powell (maiden name Habib, born 1973, is the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs for the United States government. She is in charge of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a part of the State Department. She was born in Cairo, Egypt, the daughter of Onsy Habib, a Coptic officer in the Egyptian army. She was raised from the age of four in Dallas, Texas. While studying at the University of Texas at Austin, … - Don K. Price
Don Krasher Price (23 January1910-9 July1995) was an American political scientist who served as the dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government from 1958 to 1977. He was also a professor at Harvard University and the author of a number of books about United States history and government. A native of Middlesboro, Kentucky, Don K. Price died in Wellesley, Massachusetts at the age of 85 as a result of complications from Alzheimer's disease. - Alan Sears
Alan Sears is the President, CEO, and General Counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the largest religious liberty legal alliance in America. Since its launch in 1994, Alan has led the strategy, training, funding, and subsequent litigation efforts of the ministry that have resulted in ADF's critical role in 33 victories at the U.S. Supreme Court and wins in 3 out of 4 of cases litigated to conclusion. - John Magaw
John W. Magaw was a United States Government administrator. He was born in Columbus, Ohio and received a bachelor of science degree in education from Otterbein College, in Westerville, Ohio. He began his career in public service in 1959 as a trooper with the Ohio State Patrol. He then became a special agent with the United States Secret Service in 1967. - George Wolfe
George Wolfe, an employee of the United States government, worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003 and 2004. Wolfe sat on the CPA's Program Review Board, the committee that made the final recommendation to CPA Administrator Paul Bremer over the $20 billion of contracts the CPA awarded. For its final three months Wolfe served as the Board's chairman. As chair of the Board he was also the Senior advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance. - Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin (born September 1 1944) is an American conductor. His father was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet, Felix Slatkin, and his mother was Eleanor Aller, the cellist with the quartet. His brother, Frederick Zlotkin, is a cellist. He studied at Indiana University and Los Angeles City College before attending the Juilliard School where he studied conducting under Jean Paul Morel. His conducting debut came in 1966, and in 1968, … - Patrick F. Philbin
Patrick F. Philbin is an American lawyer and Bush administration appointee. Philbin served as a law clerk for federal appeals judge Laurence Silberman. Philbin was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel. Philbin is notable for being one of the lawyers who helped counsel President Bush that he, as head of the United States' Government's executive branch had the authority to charge Guantanamo captives before military commissions. - Rodrigo Tovar Pupo
Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, (aka Jorge 40 his nom de guerre) was born in Valledupar, Colombia. He was the leader of the northern block of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. He demobilized with his two thousand men strong group on March 10, 2006 in La Mesa, Department of Cesar. - Jacob Golos
Jake Golos (birth name Jacob Rasin or Jacob Raisen) (1890 - November 27, 1943), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet secret police operative in the USSR. He was also a longtime senior official of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) involved in covert work and cooperation with Soviet intelligence agencies. - Jonathan Walker
Jonathan Walker (born 1799 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts - died May 1, 1878 near Muskegon, Michigan), aka "The Man with the Branded Hand," was an American reformer who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom. He was branded on his hand by the United States Government with the markings S.S. for "Slave Stealer." During his youth, Walker was captain of a fishing vessel, … - Nathan Witt
Nathan Witt (1903 - February 16 1982, New York City), was an American labor lawyer. Witt graduated from New York University and Harvard Law School. He was hired by the New Deal Agricultural Adjustment Administration in the early 1930's. In 1936 he joined the National Labor Relations Board as assistant general counsel and became its secretary in 1937. After he resigned from the board in 1941, he became a partner in the New York law firm of Witt & Cammer. - John Macy
John Williams Macy, Jr. was a United States Government administrator and civil servant. Born in Chicago, he received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1938. In 1938 Macy moved to Washington, D.C. where he began his government service and studied at American University. He worked as an intern at the National Institute of Public Affairs from 1938 – 1939 and later became an administrative aide of the Social Security Board (1939-1940). - T. A. Bisson
During World War II, Thomas Arthur Bisson was an Asia specialist and alleged Soviet spy working in the United States Board of Economic Warfare (BEW) and later the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR). He was also a founding editorial board member of "Amerasia" and "China Today". In 1943 Bisson is alleged to have supplied Joseph Milton Bernstein, his GRU contact, … - James W. Walter
James (Jimmy) W. Walter Junior (b. 1947) is an American venture capitalist, and conspiracy theorist involved in the 9/11 Truth Movement. He is best known for sponsoring advertisements suggesting that the September 11, 2001 attacks were an inside job organised by the United States government, and offering awards starting at $130,000 and eventually growing to $1 million for engineering explanations that can verify the government's claim. - William Hurwitz
William E. Hurwitz, M.D., is a Virginia based pain management physician who, in 2004 was aggressively prosecuted and convicted by the United States Government for prescribing pain medication to patients, some of whom subsequently abused and redistributed it on the black market. Before his conviction, Dr. Hurwitz had had a series of running battles with the Virginia Board of Medicine which, … - Vinnie Ream
Lavinia Ellen Ream (Vinnie Ream) (1847-1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work was the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. - Albert Carnesale
Albert Carnesale is UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and holds professorial appointments in UCLA's School of Public Affairs and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. His research currently focuses on issues in international affairs and security and in higher education. Carnesale served as Chancellor of UCLA from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 2006. - Fred T. Goldberg Jr.
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. (born October 15, 1947) is an American tax lawyer who has served in high ranking positions in the United States Government, including holding the position of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. - Su Su Nway
Su Su Nway (born 1971; also known as Su Su Nwe), a democracy activist and member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), is the first Burmese national to have successfully sued local government officials under a 1999 law that prohibits forced labour. The law was issued by Minister of Home Affairs, Col. Tin Hlaing on 14 May 1999. Nway filed a complaint after she, along with other villagers, … - Frederick W. Lander
Frederick West Lander (December 17, 1821 - March 2, 1862) was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet. Lander was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Edward and Eliza West Lander. He was educated at the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont and took up the profession of civil engineering. - John Pedersen
John Douglas Pedersen was a prolific arms designer who worked for Remington Arms, and later for the United States Government. Born in Denmark, he lived for a time in Wyoming, where most of his patents list his home. He is best known for the Pedersen device that converted a standard military Springfield 1903 rifle to a semi-automatic, intermediate-caliber firearm. He designed several guns for Remington, including the novel Model 51 pistol and Models 10, 12, and 14. - Vladimir Pozner
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner was a Russian-Jewish emigré to the United States. During World War II he spied for Soviet intelligence while being employed by the United States Government. The Pozner family fled Soviet Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, and Vladimir Pozner became a Communist sympathizer while living in Europe. He was chief engineer of the European branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in Paris in 1938. - Mordecai Ezekiel
Mordecai Joseph Brill Ezekiel (May 10, 1899 to October 31, 1974) was an American agrarian economist who worked for the United States government and the United Nations for a number of years. He is credited with formulating the details of what was to become the Agriculture Adjustment Administration, and helped prepare a draft of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. After the November 1932 presidential election, he also met with President-elect Franklin Roosevelt, Rexford Tugwell, … - Jack Dragna
Jack Dragna (born Antonio Rizzoti) (April 18, 1891 - February 23, 1956) was a organized crime figure from Chicago active in Los Angeles, California. He acceeded to Joe Ardizonne's capoship after Joe disappeared in 1931 and operated gambling ships off the California coastline until the United States Government shut them down in 1939. His enemies included Bugsy Siegel and Siegel bodyguard Mickey Cohen, … - William A. Newell
William Augustus Newell (September 5, 1817, Franklin, Ohio - August 8, 1901, Allentown, New Jersey), was an American physician and politician, who was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, served as a Republican as the 18th Governor of New Jersey, and as Governor of the Washington Territory from 1880-1884. He is probably best known for, and was most proud of, the Newell Act, …
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