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Claims (17)
Jim Bath member_of
Arbusto Energy host_asserted
“They jointly owned a company called Arbusto, A-R-B-U-S-T-O Energy. And I do know all of this is actually true, which is why this article resonated with me, because I've researched most of all of this separately. The bath guy, it was a go-be…”
▶ Operation Gladio and a look back at 9_11 @ 37:07
Jim Bath did_business_with
Trump administration host_asserted
“everybody being the CIA, on different, he was in business with the Bushes. Yeah, his name shows up everywhere. And we're going to get into Bath in a lot of depth in this book later. Cook was on the board of directors with Lloyd Benson at a …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 7 @ 16:30
Jim Bath financed_via
Arbusto Energy documented
“I've read about him in so many books, was much more than a well-connected Houston dealmaker. When he invested $25,000 in George H.W.'s oil company, Arbusto Energy, in 1980, Bath, who had known the younger Bush since the two of them served t…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 1:03:29
Jim Bath member_of
Main Bank Houston documented
“He got started in the real estate business in 73 by forming a partnership with Lan L-A-N Benson, who was Lloyd Benson's son. In 1978, Bath became a shareholder and director of Main Bank Houston. Other investors in Main Bank were John Conley…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 1:06:20
Jim Bath member_of
Summit Aviation book_quoted
“Let's see. There was also claim that Bath was a front guy for the CIA business operations. A confidential CIA source confirms that Bath has had a long history with the CIA, including employment with Summit Aviation, a firm owned by the DuPo…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 1:08:11
Jim Bath member_of
Adolf Al Schwimmer documented
“after the fact, hedging his bet because he knows that he definitely was. Bass connections also extended to the Israelis and directly into private intelligence networks. He had a long relationship with Al Swimmer, S-D-H-W-I-M-M-E-R, an Ameri…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 1:09:09
Jim Bath associated_with
George H.W. Bush documented
“Azizma said he bought Buffalo as an insurance policy for his leasing business in the event that any company stopped leasing some of his aircraft. Moving on. Now we're going to talk about Jim Bath. Jim Bath arrived in Houston in 1965. He was…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 21:54
George H.W. Bush recruited
Jim Bath guest_asserted
“No shit, Sherlock. White stated that Bass said he was recruited in 76 by George Bush, the future president and then CIA director, and given the assignment of monitoring the activities of Saudi Arabian investments. I'm going to say he wasn't…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 43:04
Jim Bath headed
Skyways Aircraft Leasing documented
“It was registered in the Cayman Islands. 29 days later, they changed their name to Skyway Aircraft Leasing. The directors met in Georgetown, Grand Cayman. And interestingly enough, the meeting was a week before the name change was registere…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 46:40
Lamar Savings financed_via
Jim Bath book_quoted
“to Laddie Howard, who worked at Drew Mortgage. Drew Mortgage was a subsidiary of Lamar Savings. Howard arranged a 100% loan from Lamar, which meant that White and Bath did not have to put any money down. Howard had originally worked at Main…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 1:01:21
Baker & Potts front_for
Jim Bath book_quoted
“and soon-to-be M Corp bought Main Bank from Khalid. In 1979, Khalid purchased River Oaks Mansion from Chester Reed, the father-in-law of John Ballas, who pleaded guilty in savings and loan fraud. The Saudi sheik purchased the house for $4 m…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 40:57
Jim Bath financed_via
Allied Bank book_quoted
“partner in the Cinco Ranch development. Bath and Michener obviously knew each other fairly well. Bath's company borrowed $800,000 from Allied Bank and $200,000 from another Allied Bank. That's a million. Michener said that he knows Bath, bu…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 44:35
Jim Bath supplied_arms_to
Iran-Contra affair documented
“a Michener associate, as well as to the sons of George Bush and Lloyd Benson. One of Bath's partners was named as a supplier of aircraft to the Contra Connected Operations. Bath is also the guy that retrofitted all the aircraft for the Saud…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Mafia, CIA &George Bush Part 12 @ 28:36
Jim Bath front_for
CIA host_asserted
“Let's see. There was also claim that Bath was a front guy for the CIA business operations. A confidential CIA source confirms that Bath has had a long history with the CIA, including employment with Summit Aviation, a firm owned by the DuPo…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 1:08:11
Jim Bath financed_via
Bin Laden family host_asserted
“I forgot about the name of James Bath, who was enlisted. He was a Texas businessman. You want to go into Bath? You probably have more on him than I do. No, you go ahead. I'll play. I'll do the backup here because this guy's fascinating. Go …”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies (Bush family) with War Hamster Brady @ 1:07:12
Jim Bath front_for
House of Saud host_asserted
“Jim Bath was a Houston Airplane Company owner. He had worked numerous times for the CIA. He also was the front man in the United States for the Saudi family.…”
▶ Colonels Corner_ Mafia, CIA & GHWB Part 1 @ 22:11
Jim Bath laundered_money_for
CIA host_asserted
“To basically customize aircraft, he'd go out and buy aircraft. He was a aircraft dealer and he was kind of people say that he actually sold aircraft for the CIA and that most of these aircraft that he retrofitted for the Saudis were all bug…”
▶ Operation Gladio and a look back at 9_11 @ 38:03
Mentions (54)
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because he was long-term friends with Raymond Hill. Okay, Jim Bath. We're going to talk a lot about Jim Bath in this book. Jim Bath was a Houston Airplane Company owner. He had worked numerous times for the CIA. He also was the front man in…
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the Shah's son, the guy who thinks he's going to take over Iran today, and business partner with Lan Benson, the senator's son. Jim Bath was also very good friends with George W. Bush and borrowed from Lamar Savings and Mainland Savings. An…
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that actually talks about this whole deal. That's where I first learned about Zapata Petroleum, and I'll explain why that part's important in a minute. So George Jr. had a business partner in Texas by the name of James Bath, B-A-T-H. James …
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They jointly owned a company called Arbusto, A-R-B-U-S-T-O Energy. And I do know all of this is actually true, which is why this article resonated with me, because I've researched most of all of this separately. The bath guy, it was a go-be…
▶ 37:37
He lived in Houston, just outside of Houston. He did a lot of business, bank, was on the boards of all of the Jim Baker, Jim Baker was the law firm that he used for all of his businesses. And basically what he did is all of the moneyed peop…
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To basically customize aircraft, he'd go out and buy aircraft. He was a aircraft dealer and he was kind of people say that he actually sold aircraft for the CIA and that most of these aircraft that he retrofitted for the Saudis were all bug…
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Because he was one of the only ones that was certified to do what he was doing so the CIA could use him as the person to quote unquote remodel the aircraft to the luxury things that they wanted. So back to the article. It says his business …
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But they tried to kill him like over 400 times. So there was something much more valuable on Cuba than their defeating communism because they went and set up fascist dictatorships all over the world. So it really wasn't the government. I th…
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Both Osama bin Laden and his father's construction company was doing business at the BCCI. And we, of course, know that that is the money laundering for the drugs, weapons, and all that other stuff. And that was Khashoggi's bank as well. An…
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I forgot about the name of James Bath, who was enlisted. He was a Texas businessman. You want to go into Bath? You probably have more on him than I do. No, you go ahead. I'll play. I'll do the backup here because this guy's fascinating. Go …
▶ 1:11:13
just outrageously over the top, gold-plated this, that, and the other. And that's how he originally meets these two people. He also, they did all of their business through National Commercial Bank, which was a very large bank in Saudi Arabi…
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is also the book that I was using for our BCCI series. He shows up in that book. It's called The Outlaw Bank. As part of the whole BCCI and the money laundering stuff, he's right in the middle of that as well. He's also, if you guys want an…
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Azizma said he bought Buffalo as an insurance policy for his leasing business in the event that any company stopped leasing some of his aircraft. Moving on. Now we're going to talk about Jim Bath. Jim Bath arrived in Houston in 1965. He was…
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with Leon Benson, the senator's son. He would work for Edward DuPont's Atlantic Aviation, yes, of the DuPont family. He would take a partner, as a partner, a former Atlantic Aviation executive who was a board member of an organization that …
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intermediary for Oliver Norse, the enterprise, in moving private donations to the Contras. And the companies involved were Buffalo Airlines, Skyways Aircraft Leasing, and Azizma's Global International. He also, during this same time, became…
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this guy's very busy, provided office space for Reza Pavlovi, the late Shaw's son, who was known as Baby Shaw, and was in contact with the CIA doing that. He would also form a company with a former Air America pilot. He also owned stock in …
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Trine Starnes Jr., a big Contra supporter and large borrower from Silverado Savings, and several BB-backed savings and loans. He also did business with Jack Trotter, Walter Michener's close associate, who was the trustee for Senator Lloyd B…
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from none other than the Department of Defense. He would borrow money from Lamar Savings and Mainland Savings, which we covered earlier. Bath is originally from Louisiana. In a deposition in a lawsuit in Houston, he stated that he attended …
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for five years. His service included three years stationed at Richard's Gabar Air Force Base. That's interesting. So he's very familiar with that base where all of these other CIA affiliated airlines are doing business. When he left the Air…
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That would be the same guard that George Bush Jr. was assigned to? Yes, it is. It was at the National Guard that Bath met George Bush. They became very good friends, according to Bush. But according to Bush, never did any business together.…
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Records filed in a lawsuit in Houston involving Bath contradicted Bush Jr. They show Bath was an investor in Bush's oil and gas enterprise. Bush did say that Bath is a lot of fun. Bath also met Lloyd Benson III, one of the senator's sons, a…
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Bath first got a job in Houston selling aircraft for a Dallas-based company called Brown Arrow Corporation. Brown Arrow opened a Houston office where Bath worked for about three years. In 1968, he was hired by Atlantic Aviation Corporation …
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Houston, and Wilmington for the next several years. That's according to Bath himself. Atlantic Aviation is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, where the DuPonts are, and is reportedly the largest business aircraft sales and service compa…
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Active in the Republican Party in Delaware and cousin to the former Delaware governor, Pierre DuPont, Edward was an officer of the $2 billion family holding company, Christina Securities. He and his immediate family owned or controlled more…
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and work with Khashoggi and Mainland Savings to do just that. In 1973, Bath quit Atlantic Aviation and joined Senator Benson's son to form Bath-Benson Interest. They developed an apartment complex outside of Houston, some airport hangars, w…
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in Houston. Although they parted company in 76, according to Benson and Bath's deposition, Bath continued to use Bath-Benson letterhead. In July 1990, Bath wrote a letter on Bath-Benson letterhead to the FAA asking for information about the…
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that he and Bath are periodically involved in the disposition of the properties acquired from 1972 to 76. Bath also stated in his 1987 deposition that Leigh and Benson and I still had ongoing partnerships from when we were actively in partn…
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In March, he started an airplane company, Jim Bath & Associates, with Johnson Taylor, a pilot with 27 years military experience. Tyler Taylor had also worked at the CIA proprietary Atlantic Aviation. On March 7, 1986, a groundbreaking story…
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Dave Dennison said Wings of Hope was also involved in the government health program. Where? Belize. Yeah, you know, where the CIA has their arms camps, terrorist training camps, that Belize. They were flying in and out of there all the time…
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He was named the trustee of Sheikh Salam bin Laden of Saudi Arabia, a member of the family who owns the largest construction company in the Middle East. He's going to be the trustee for his business in the United States. Bath's job was to h…
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listed on his resume a contract that he had with bin Laden that was secured by a November 1984 letter of credit. Several months after Bath was named as trustee for bin Laden, he became the trustee for Sheikh Abdullah Baroom, B-A-R-O-O-M, wh…
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It was NCB that lent some $35 million to Khashoggi in the summer of 1985. Around the same time, Khashoggi was getting $12 million from mainland savings to buy all of those missiles. Sheikh Khalid was an investor in Maine Bank in Houston, al…
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Bank accounts opened by Oliver North and BCCI's Paris branch. BCCI operated, had an account with Adon Khashoggi and an association with Monte Carlo's branch of BCCI that Adon Khashoggi used in his arms deals. Sheet Khalid bought into main b…
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which was also handling all of Bath's dealings. One of Bath's closest business associates was Charles White, who had graduated from the Naval Academy with Oliver North and then went to be a fighter pilot in the Navy. White earned an MBA at …
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to work with him and Bath. So I'm going to say yes. In 1980, White and Bath formed a real estate development company. White and Bath split up in 86 and began a fierce legal battle over a $550,000 certificate of deposit in a Caymans Island c…
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with no liability note. In other words, just move the money around and not keep track of it. White refused to do that. White has lost most of his legal fights and is bitter at Bath and his associates who he claims railroaded him to keep him…
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White said that one time in 82, he and Bath were at the Ramada Club in Houston when Vice President Bush walked in. Bush waved at Bath and said, hey, Jim. So obviously they knew each other on a first name basis. Another Houstonian who knows …
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but no other information ever turned up about who they were and the company, which later changed its name to Intel Cooperation. Not like that was a CIA friend or anything. Several of the principals of IC were principals of a company headed …
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a Michener associate, as well as to the sons of George Bush and Lloyd Benson. One of Bath's partners was named as a supplier of aircraft to the Contra Connected Operations. Bath is also the guy that retrofitted all the aircraft for the Saud…
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in both Washington, D.C. and Texas. Houston became the epicenter of this relationship. Sons of two of the most important families in Saudi, Salam bin Laden and Khalid bin Mahfouz, M-A-H-F-O-U-Z, came to Texas to do business. In 1979, James …
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I've read about him in so many books, was much more than a well-connected Houston dealmaker. When he invested $25,000 in George H.W.'s oil company, Arbusto Energy, in 1980, Bath, who had known the younger Bush since the two of them served t…
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Bye, baby. I love you. Bye-bye, baby. Grandbaby's leaving. With almost no success in the oil fields. By that time, James Bath made his investment in Arbusto. Two things about the younger Bush had become clear. He had a serious substance abu…
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while he eventually acknowledged to having a drinking problem. Bush never did get business relationships profitable. When asked about the investments by Bath, Bush initially denied even having any deals with them, which was weird since they…
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Brusco were made on behalf of Salam bin Laden and Khalid bin Mufsad. And actually, that's more than proven. In the book that I initially did on my sub stack called House of Saad, House of Bush, Bath is one of the primary people in…
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He's the pivot point between those two families. Bath had a business in Houston where he took planes that had been decommissioned from particular airlines and transformed them into multi-million dollar luxury jets for the Islamic jet-settin…
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He did that and made millions and millions of dollars. That was kind of his big thing, in addition to being a CIA asset. And so there's a lot more detail between those people. For example, it says, besides those two people, Bath had ties of…
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He got started in the real estate business in 73 by forming a partnership with Lan L-A-N Benson, who was Lloyd Benson's son. In 1978, Bath became a shareholder and director of Main Bank Houston. Other investors in Main Bank were John Conley…
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Bach had acknowledged being slightly acquainted with Bush Sr. And according to Craig Unger, it was Bush Jr. that introduced Bach to his father. And Bach was a longtime associate of James Baker. So they all knew each other. Yeah, so here's t…
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A Dubai National Oil Company, one of the ones that BAC did up real fancy, $10 million. And he didn't buy it. It was leased for $10 million. That one was controlled by the UAE. And keep in mind, the UAE is the one that was providing money to…
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Let's see. There was also claim that Bath was a front guy for the CIA business operations. A confidential CIA source confirms that Bath has had a long history with the CIA, including employment with Summit Aviation, a firm owned by the DuPo…
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Again, this is coming from CIA people. Bath originally denied White's assertion, saying that he was not a part of the CIA. He told Time Magazine in 1991. He later offered a much different response, saying there's all sorts of degrees of civ…
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George Selman, a flight engineer who worked at Global after three years at Saudi Arabian Airlines, later transferred to CIA-connected Buffalo Airways, which Azima purchased in 1989. So they're using Azima as a front guy for the CIA. Next, S…
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However, Pollage said Benson didn't use the plane, while Spencer said she didn't know if Benson used it or not. I don't think he and Benson had much to do with each other, she said. But Pollage did say that Novelli knew Lan Benson, one of t…
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who was Ian Benson's partner and an alleged CIA operative. Jim Bath was definitely a CIA agent or asset. He's the guy that retrofitted all of the Saudi corrupt princes' aircraft outside of Houston. He's been in several of these books. He wa…