Catherine Austin Fitts
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This is 2005, before I'd settled the litigation. And I went home. I was working in Montana on a food project. So I'm in a ranch in Montana. I got home and I said, something's wrong. Something's really wrong. And they had tried to force me to settle and I wouldn't.
This is 2005, before I'd settled the litigation. And I went home. I was working in Montana on a food project. So I'm in a ranch in Montana. I got home and I said, something's wrong. Something's really wrong. And they had tried to force me to settle and I wouldn't.
And the negotiation was just, you know, I was like, you are going to pay me the money you owe me, and I'm not going to settle until you give me the money. And it got really mean. And they had pushed and pushed. It got mean and mean. And I think they really wanted to settle because they knew they were going to bring the mortgage bubble down. And I got home and I said, something's wrong.
And the negotiation was just, you know, I was like, you are going to pay me the money you owe me, and I'm not going to settle until you give me the money. And it got really mean. And they had pushed and pushed. It got mean and mean. And I think they really wanted to settle because they knew they were going to bring the mortgage bubble down. And I got home and I said, something's wrong.
And the negotiation was just, you know, I was like, you are going to pay me the money you owe me, and I'm not going to settle until you give me the money. And it got really mean. And they had pushed and pushed. It got mean and mean. And I think they really wanted to settle because they knew they were going to bring the mortgage bubble down. And I got home and I said, something's wrong.
There's something I'm missing here. So I got online and researched and I discovered that Russia and their wealth funds were the number two holder in the world of U.S. mortgage securities. What? Yeah. Yeah. And I said, that was Fannie and Freddie were trying to get me out of town. That wasn't the Russians. That was Freddie and Fannie. And it was right after that that they finally settled.
There's something I'm missing here. So I got online and researched and I discovered that Russia and their wealth funds were the number two holder in the world of U.S. mortgage securities. What? Yeah. Yeah. And I said, that was Fannie and Freddie were trying to get me out of town. That wasn't the Russians. That was Freddie and Fannie. And it was right after that that they finally settled.
There's something I'm missing here. So I got online and researched and I discovered that Russia and their wealth funds were the number two holder in the world of U.S. mortgage securities. What? Yeah. Yeah. And I said, that was Fannie and Freddie were trying to get me out of town. That wasn't the Russians. That was Freddie and Fannie. And it was right after that that they finally settled.
They paid me the money. Wow. Right. That's crazy. Well, things, you know, here's the thing. It's not... The world, you know, when you look at things through money, things look very different than they do. Yes. Right.
They paid me the money. Wow. Right. That's crazy. Well, things, you know, here's the thing. It's not... The world, you know, when you look at things through money, things look very different than they do. Yes. Right.
They paid me the money. Wow. Right. That's crazy. Well, things, you know, here's the thing. It's not... The world, you know, when you look at things through money, things look very different than they do. Yes. Right.
Right. So I think it was just a way of getting me out of town and because then they wouldn't have to pay me the money if I was a trader. Right.
Right. So I think it was just a way of getting me out of town and because then they wouldn't have to pay me the money if I was a trader. Right.
Right. So I think it was just a way of getting me out of town and because then they wouldn't have to pay me the money if I was a trader. Right.
A lot of the people who were following me, You know, they're funded by the U.S. government, but they have contractors. But then the contractors have what I call stringers. You know, people they just pay daily. Enforcers. No, it's just gig work.
A lot of the people who were following me, You know, they're funded by the U.S. government, but they have contractors. But then the contractors have what I call stringers. You know, people they just pay daily. Enforcers. No, it's just gig work.
A lot of the people who were following me, You know, they're funded by the U.S. government, but they have contractors. But then the contractors have what I call stringers. You know, people they just pay daily. Enforcers. No, it's just gig work.
You get an assignment on your smartphone that tells you to follow this person around for the day or something. But they're gig workers. And a lot of them are stringers. You know, they've been, you know, they're like drug addicts or, you know, and they're just making gig money.
You get an assignment on your smartphone that tells you to follow this person around for the day or something. But they're gig workers. And a lot of them are stringers. You know, they've been, you know, they're like drug addicts or, you know, and they're just making gig money.
You get an assignment on your smartphone that tells you to follow this person around for the day or something. But they're gig workers. And a lot of them are stringers. You know, they've been, you know, they're like drug addicts or, you know, and they're just making gig money.