Carlyle Group

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The Carlyle Group, headquartered in Washington DC and established in 1987, specializes in seizing control of aerospace and defense contractors and then strong-arming, contracts out of the Department of Defense (i.e. United Defense Industries). Carlyle describe themselves as "a private global investment firm". Most famous investor in the Carlyle Group has been George Herbert Walker Bush (->). The Carlyle Group includes former cabinet members of the Elder Bush White House and other oil monopolists, such as James A. Baker III (->), once Secretary of State. Chairman of Carlyle is Frank Carlucci, co-chair of the RAND Center (->). Source: http://www.rand.org/nsrd/cmepp/advisory.html

, Carlucci was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears World Trade, Inc. and former Deputy Director of the CIA. Managing Director of Carlyle is Jonathan E. Colby, who was a General Partner of The Blackstone Group (1989 to 1996). Colby served in the Nixon Administration as Staff Assistant (Foreign Affairs) on the National Security Council under the direction of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger. (->) On January 8th, 2002, business magazine Red Herring revealed, that on September 11th 2001, Frank Carlucci, James Baker III, and representatives of the bin Laden family met in Hotel Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., without being interrogated by the FBI. "Present were former secretary of defense Frank Carlucci, former secretary of state James Baker III, and representatives of the bin Laden family." Source: http://www.redherring.com/vc/2002/0111/947.html

In March 2002, United Defense, Carlyle's subsidiary, received over $470 million by Donald Rumsfeld's Department of Defese to continue development on the "problem-riddled" Crusaders. Source: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0218/gray.php

On August 23rd 2002, the BlackstoneGroup and the Carlyle Group, have joined forces to bid for TRW's (-> Peter G. Peterson) automotive parts division. The deal joined the $7bn sale of QwestDex to Carlyle and Welsh Carson as one of the largest buy-out deals of all time. Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/ft/020823/1028185977530_1.html

In late 2002, it was announced that IBM's Louis v. Gerstner will replace Carlucci in 2003: "...Louis V. Gerstner, IBM Corp.'s outgoing chairman, will take the helm of The Carlyle Group, the politically connected investment league whose rarefied leadership and investor roster ranges from former president George Bush to the Saudi family of Osama bin Laden. Gerstner will become chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle on Jan. 7, replacing Frank Carlucci, who was defense secretary during the Reagan Administration." Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=Gerstner%20Carlyle

Thecarlylegroup.com was created in 1996 in Washington DC. More detailed and investigative details on Carlyle are located at: http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html http://www.pushhamburger.com/expres.htm http://www.bushnews.com/bushmoney.htm http://www.judicialwatch.org/1045.shtml http://www.fromthewilderness.com/members/carlyle.html http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/11.01E.htm http://www.skolnicksreport.com/ootar3.html

http://forums.delphiforums.com/carlylegroup/ Carlyle's way (by Knoten)

http://www.redherring.com/vc/2002/0111/947.html 

Carlyle's Portfolio http://www.publishingtrends.com/copy/8-2000/0200carlyle.htm 

Carlyle's tentacles stretch far 
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/12/11/3c15aae1abad4

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