pertained to management contracts of six major US ports. The purchaser was DP World (DPW), a state-owned company in the UAE. The contracts had already been foreign-owned, by P&O, a British firm taken over by DPW ..
"George Bush argued for the approval of the deal..
Dubai Ports World eventually sold P&O's American operations to American International Group's (AIG) asset management division, Global Investment Group .. The company is now known as Ports America"
"Luke Johnson was a founder and non-executive director of American Port Services PLC, a group providing maritime and aviation facilities based in the USA.
This business was sold to Associated British Ports PLC in June 1998 for £100m"
"The group is chaired by former Capita chief executive Paul Pindar, who in an annual review posted on the website said that since the end of 2013 IDH has successfully raised £400m in the UK high-yield bond market and £100m of new acquisition funding. ..
"IDH was founded in 1996 and backed by Luke Johnson, the entrepreneur who previously owned Pizza Express. Mr Johnson and his partners sold IDH in 2006 for just over £100m, with the private equity arm of Merrill Lynch among its subsequent owners...
"The company was created in its current form from the amalgamation of IDH and Associated Dental Practices in 2011, and now treats some five million patients each year.
Among its recent projects has been opening dental clinics inside several Tesco stores .." 🤔
"A major report by senior business leaders including Jon Moynihan, former executive chairman
at PA Consulting, venture capitalist Luke Johnson.. echoed Capital Economics’ verdict.
It said Britain “has nothing to fear” from pulling out of the EU, and that international banks
and financial institutions would remain in the City despite the change. They could even benefit
from lighter regulation, it added."
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NYT :
"Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released ..
The documents shed new light on the disgraced financier’s relationships with several prominent figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ."..
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" Sergey Brin , the co-founder of Google and one of the richest men in the world, visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in St. Thomas, made plans to dine at Mr. Epstein’s home and corresponded with Ghislaine Maxwell "..
"The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's network reveals the significance of Tim Newcome, his Citrix programmer. This sophisticated setup may have facilitated a remote voyeuristic operation, allowing elite clients to access hidden camera feeds."
FOIA Request for FBI Records on Timothy W. Newcome
"If Timothy W. Newcome — the same man listed as Epstein’s Citrix programmer — was relocated and sanitized in 2013 as part of an FBI or intelligence placement, then the most logical conclusion is this: thestealingofemily.co.uk/2025/08/08/foi…
"Starlink (operated by SpaceX)& Palantir Technologies are two prominent tech companies with growing intersections in the defense and national security sectors, particularly through collaborative efforts, shared ecosystems, and overlapping military applications as of Jan. 2026."
Palantir & Anduril announced a strategic partnership in Dec. 2024 to accelerate AI capabilities for national security, including integrating Palantir's AI Platform with Anduril's Lattice autonomous software for edge-to-cloud data flow in military ops.
Grok : "OpenAI's Sora (now in its Sora 2 iteration as of late 2025) is indeed pushing us toward a future where the boundaries between imagination and reality are blurring in profound ways..
Harvard Kennedy School , Institute of Politics
Spring 1996 :
" Edwina Rogers is a partner in the Washington law firm of Raffaelli, Spees, Springer & Smith." iop.harvard.edu/fellows/edwina…
Mother Jones, 1997
" Terry McAuliffe gathered a dozen or so friends and family members at the Hay-Adams Hotel.. Pres. Bill Clinton had crossed the street from the White House and then lingered to eat, drink, & sing tunes from “Hello, Dolly!”.. Al Gore..motherjones.com/politics/1997/…
" Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker,directed by Tom DeLonge, Edgar Martins, and Sergio Martins. The film focuses on the title character Poet, who discovers his guardian angel and destiny inside the Dream World, an alt universe created by humankind's shared unconscious thoughts.