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Claims (9)
Ben Barnes member_of
Rennebank documented
“was involved in the Texas Rennebank scandal. He and his partner, Richard Rossmiller and William Wall, bought control of East Texas Bank that was part of Herman Beebe, the mobster, and Ben Barnes' Rennebank circle. Barnes and Beebe then brok…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 18 @ 55:05
Walter Mischer financed_via
Ben Barnes documented
“Although he wasn't directly implicated, he was tarred by the whole scandal and defeated in the 1972 Democratic primary for governor. Barnes was Michener's boy. Not only did Michener support him politically, he loaned him money for business …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Mafia, CIA and George Bush Part 2 @ 46:55
Raymond Nouvelli did_business_with
Ben Barnes host_asserted
“When he was arrested, Novelli told reporters he had flown some politicians around in his Learjet, but he refused to say which ones. 16 years later, the author filmed one of Novelli's pilots, Ronnie Poledge, P-O-W-L-E-D-G-E, who revealed tha…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 7 @ 14:27
Ben Barnes used
Raymond Nouvelli host_asserted
“who was not Novelli's chief pilot, said Barnes, could very well have flown in Novelli's plane. Novelli's former secretary, Helen Spencer, confirmed that Barnes used the plane on several occasions. According to a former Pasadena, Texas, whic…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 7 @ 14:58
Ben Barnes member_of
Herman Beebe book_quoted
“He was a very close associate of Herman Beebe and Walter Michener. And when asked about whether or not they knew each other, Ben Barnes was like, I don't even know if they knew each other, which of course they did. So when the author interv…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part Part @ 3:58
Ben Barnes member_of
Walter Mischer book_quoted
“He was a very close associate of Herman Beebe and Walter Michener. And when asked about whether or not they knew each other, Ben Barnes was like, I don't even know if they knew each other, which of course they did. So when the author interv…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part Part @ 3:58
Ben Barnes member_of
Herman Beebe book_quoted
“Texan politician Ben Barnes was also named in the morning news stories. Barnes promptly sued the Dallas paper for libel to the tune of $20 million. Beebe then had Bozier Bank and Trust sue the newspaper as well in federal court for $12 mill…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia, CIA&George Bush Part 3 @ 34:58
Ben Barnes member_of
Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“He fought every reform movement in the university. He didn't want anything changed. Everything had to stay the same. And Irwin was also a close friend of Ben Barnes, who we've talked about repeatedly. He was considered his chief political s…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 1:56
Ben Barnes recruited
Carol Kelly book_quoted
“first introduced Kelly to Beebe. Kelly was also a Kappa Sigma. In 1970s, Kelly bought Harrelson and Wiley stock in Brasso Sports Savings and then consolidated it with several other savings and loans that he had purchased with financing from…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 14:17
Mentions (26)
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From the CIA, you know, the organization that Jeb's dad used to run. Yeah. And John Connolly makes a big appearance in this, who was the former Texas governor. Charles Keating worked on his 1980 Republican presidential race. And his partner…
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The politician closest to Michener who got swept away by the Sharpsdown scandal was Ben Barnes. He was a golden haired boy from Brownwood that had risen faster than any politician around him. At age 26, he became the youngest speaker of the…
▶ 46:55
Although he wasn't directly implicated, he was tarred by the whole scandal and defeated in the 1972 Democratic primary for governor. Barnes was Michener's boy. Not only did Michener support him politically, he loaned him money for business …
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reminisced about how Michener advised him not to run for governor in 70, but wait until 72, which turned out to be a fatal mistake because he lost the election. Many of the details of the Sharpsdale story was written about in a book called …
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He fought every reform movement in the university. He didn't want anything changed. Everything had to stay the same. And Irwin was also a close friend of Ben Barnes, who we've talked about repeatedly. He was considered his chief political s…
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Barnes said it was Irwin who introduced him to Eagle Pass Rancher Richmond Harper. And Eagle Pass Rancher, remember, is where one of the landing strips was for the CIA. Richmond Harper was the same man that was caught in the 1972 explosive …
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In October 1990, the Houston Post reported that he had received $2.4 million from dog racing interest. At one time, he was the aide to Texas politician and Michener minion, Ben Barnes. He operated the Quorum Club in Austin, which was basica…
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Savings and loan from Lloyd Benson. Back to the Senate. Harrelson took over as president of Brazzo Sports Savings while Wiley was a majority shareholder. Wiley was a partner with Richmond Harper in a meat packing plant in Eagle Pass. Basica…
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Harrelson claimed that he had only met Bebe one time and had never done business with him. But that's basically not true. The half-brother, Carol Kelly, was the same savings and loan executive who had told state regulators that he was Bebe'…
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The possibility that it was increases with three additional pieces of information. One, the warehouse where the explosives were stored in Shreveport was owned by Herman Beebe, the mafia guy, according to a private investigator and a customs…
▶ 45:56
Victor Rogers, the uncle, did not answer questions that the author submitted to him about his stock ownership in Caesars. A letter to me from his lawyer, George Michael Jamal, stated that the questions have no bearing on savings and loan ma…
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Texas Politics and Banking, the author Harvey Katz described a 1969 swearing-in ceremony of Ben Barnes as Lieutenant Governor of Texas after listing all of Barnes' supporters, including Walter Michener and Robert Strauss. He stated the foll…
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Hernandez Cartea, a Cuban exile Bay of Pigs CIA guy, had purchased the savings and loan from Lloyd Benson's father. After he bought out Victor Rogers II, Mann merged Equitable Savings with a successor to Jefferson Savings to form Credit Bon…
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and former Michener employee Joe McDermott. By the end of 86, Credit Blanc Savings was in deep trouble because they had laundered all of their money out the door. Mann and Barnes then went to House Speaker Jim Wright to complain about the a…
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was involved in the Texas Rennebank scandal. He and his partner, Richard Rossmiller and William Wall, bought control of East Texas Bank that was part of Herman Beebe, the mobster, and Ben Barnes' Rennebank circle. Barnes and Beebe then brok…
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Texan politician Ben Barnes was also named in the morning news stories. Barnes promptly sued the Dallas paper for libel to the tune of $20 million. Beebe then had Bozier Bank and Trust sue the newspaper as well in federal court for $12 mill…
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which was part of Texas Rennebake scandal. It was a dress rehearsal for the collapse of the savings and loan. Surety Savings and the Texas Rennebake scandal had it all. Mobsters, CIA, politician, Ben Barnes, which is Neil Bush's future busi…
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When he was arrested, Novelli told reporters he had flown some politicians around in his Learjet, but he refused to say which ones. 16 years later, the author filmed one of Novelli's pilots, Ronnie Poledge, P-O-W-L-E-D-G-E, who revealed tha…
▶ 14:58
who was not Novelli's chief pilot, said Barnes, could very well have flown in Novelli's plane. Novelli's former secretary, Helen Spencer, confirmed that Barnes used the plane on several occasions. According to a former Pasadena, Texas, whic…
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who was indicted with drug smuggler Barry Sill and the Gambino Mafia family associate Murray Kessler in the sale of explosives to the CIA-trained Castro, anti-Castro Cubans, the Cuban exiles, the CIA. The loan was arranged by Ben Barnes, wh…
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made loans, two different loans, to Harper at the urging of Ben Barnes. By May of 1977, Parker signed a $100,000 promissory note to Denver developer Richard Ross Miller. It was secured by 8,000 shares of surety stock. That same day, Ross Mi…
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Luna lined up High Mile Savings and Loan in Denver to make loans to Ross Miller and his partners. In a letter to Beebe and Barnes, Luna stated that the lender had requested that you keep your young man, Mr. Ross Miller, quiet and away from …
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reprimanded Neal for not revealing his business relationship to Walters as he voted on Walters' loans. In 1976, when Donald Luna, Herman Beebe, and Ben Barnes were trying to arrange a loan to Ross Miller and Walters, they went to Mile High …
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who saw the almost $2 million loan to Richmond Harper, who saw the involvement of Ben Barnes and Herman Beebe, and who saw the loan to Walter Michener's associates. And then she apparently did nothing and said nothing when all of those peop…
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Let's get started with this. Remember that we were talking about Ben Barnes yesterday and how he is kind of a person that's in the background, but ties a whole bunch of people together. So he was a very smooth talker, never flustered.…
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He was a very close associate of Herman Beebe and Walter Michener. And when asked about whether or not they knew each other, Ben Barnes was like, I don't even know if they knew each other, which of course they did. So when the author interv…