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Okke Ornstein in Panamá

Wasting Away in Noriegaville

Emerald Passport MLM Scheme Deploys Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard to Panama

Posted by Okke Ornstein - October 28, 2008 at 1:06 am

Monday's foiled assassination plot against Barack Obama and more than a hundred others shows that racially motivated terrorism by white supremacists is no imaginary threat. In that light, it is all the more surprising that former Canadian Ku Klux Klan "Grand Wizard" and convicted coup plotter James Alexander McQuirter, while not allowed to enter the United States, is freely entering the strategic Republic of Panama where he supposedly hosts seminars for a shadowy multi-level marketing scheme "Emerald Passport" - right next to the Canal.

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About Okke Ornstein

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Okke Ornstein is from the Netherlands where he worked for about 15 years in the wonderful world of television and radio before accidentally moving to Panama. Since then, he has been chased by gangsters and many unsuccessful attempts have been made to shut him up, have him thrown out of the country, or in jail for crimes against the honor. He published The Noriegaville News for some years (a combination of investigative journalism, satire, analysis and opinion) until threats were getting out of hand and he closed it down. His written work in English can be found in publications ranging from The Narco News Bulletin to NewsMax - for the latter he dodged sniper fire and car bombs in Kabul, among other things. None of this has stopped him from briefly becoming a consultant for the election campaign of Miguel Antonio Bernal, a well known human rights activist who runs for mayor of Panama City. Ornstein continues to work as a journalist for publications in and outside of Panama, is writing a book and runs the publication The Isthmian.

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bad link

Submitted February 6, 2009 - 2:38 pm by pt paul (not verified)
when trying to click link for complete story i see that is is: http://www.bananamarepublic.com/index.php/gossip/emerald-passport-deploy... incomplete and perhaps why link doesnt work.

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