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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren Wants HSBC Bankers Jailed, Regulators Have Ties To Bank - FDL [View all]johnnyreb
(915 posts)33. Baker Botts
Some Baker Botts background:
In a series of rulings, a number of defendants are removed from a 9/11 lawsuit filed in August 2002 (see August 15, 2002). The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 9/11 victims relatives, accuses a number of individuals and organizations of funding and supporting al-Qaeda and thus helping the 9/11 attacks to occur. ....
Some of the Saudi princes, such as Prince Sultan and Prince Salman, are represented in the case by the prestigious Dallas-based law firm of Baker Botts. James Baker, former Secretary of State and close associate of the Bush family, is one of the senior partners of the law firm.
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=baker_and_botts
Some of the Saudi princes, such as Prince Sultan and Prince Salman, are represented in the case by the prestigious Dallas-based law firm of Baker Botts. James Baker, former Secretary of State and close associate of the Bush family, is one of the senior partners of the law firm.
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=baker_and_botts
6,600 9/11 families statement Sept. 20, 2012:
"Until we get everyone who financed and supported 9/11, including the Saudis, we are not going to stop."
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/on-behalf-of-the-911-families-united-to-bankrupt-terrorism-170555486.html
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/on-behalf-of-the-911-families-united-to-bankrupt-terrorism-170555486.html
Plaintiff families' lawfirm:
"Our attorneys are seeking justice for 9/11 victims and families by uncovering the support structures and resources of terrorist groups and bankrupting their material sponsors."
http://www.motleyrice.com/anti-terrorism-and-human-rights/9-11-families-united-to-bankrupt-terrorism
http://www.motleyrice.com/anti-terrorism-and-human-rights/9-11-families-united-to-bankrupt-terrorism
Joe Scarborough, on former-senators Bob Graham and Bob Kerrey supporting the lawsuit ~March 2012
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Elizabeth Warren Wants HSBC Bankers Jailed, Regulators Have Ties To Bank - FDL [View all]
WillyT
Mar 2013
OP
What HSBC is doing is committing terrorism. As such they should be branded enemies of the state.
Initech
Mar 2013
#5
HSBC are the bastards that stole my house (and the $70,000 I gave them). nt
silvershadow
Mar 2013
#9
Thanks, I don't have to start this thread. How this debate is being spun...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Mar 2013
#16
It's worse than that! "Meet David S. Cohen of Treasury and Stuart Levey of HSBC"
JackRiddler
Mar 2013
#31