Sasha Lilley
Interim Program Director
ipd@kpfa.org

Lemlem Rijio
Interim General Manager for KPFA
igm@kpfa.org

Dear Lemlem and Sasha:

I learned from e-mail which was cc:ed to me yesterday that:

1. My appearance on KPFA Radio/Flashpoints yesterday was canceled shortly before the show;

2. My audio seminar and appearance to help KPFA/Flashpoints fundraising for an additional target of $15,000 was not desired; and

3. My appearance on KPFA Radio/Flashpoints is canceled for the indefinite future.

Before that time, I had no communication from you or any KPFA staff (other than the Flashpoints team) to:

1. Provide me with feedback –positive or negative — on my participation in the Community Business segment of Flashpoints;

2. Learn more about me and my professional or personal activities; and

3. Thank me for providing audio seminars and show participation to raise what I am told by Flashpoints staff was $45,000 to date this year.

I have no understanding of what your concerns are other than an e-mail rant from someone who does not know my name and has apparently not read my website to learn the basics of what I do.

I appreciate that providing citizens with an insiders understanding of how money and resources work is always a sensitive issue. So much political and economic control depends on the financial system remaining overly complex to busy people. My first experience with being censored was in the first Bush Administration. The situation at the New York Times got so ugly that the reporter had to resign. The Times Bureau Chief was rewriting the article without her permission. She caught it and stopped the story, and then resigned from the Times and retired from the industry. After watching numerous examples of censorship subsequently, I experienced a particularly painful experience in 1997 when the Washington Post spiked a story. That was when I decided to withdraw from investing time in response to requests from most corporate media.

I have been doing Flashpoints because I have great respect for Dennis and his team. The Flashpoints team help me accomplish my mission of “navigating toward a financially intimate world.” I miss doing the show. However, at your insistence, I have no choice but to cease and desist from making money and building listenership for KPFA/Flashpoints until some mysterious investigation finishes looking into some mysterious allegations.

Consequently, I would appreciate knowing precisely what your specific concerns are and on what facts and documentation you base them. I would also welcome knowing why you have not communicated them to me before the Community Business show was censored.

I welcome your reply. Please feel free to contact me if a phone conversation can be of assistance. I look forward to a timely clearing of these issues and a positive resolution in the highest and best interest of all concerned.

Sincerely Yours,

Catherine Austin Fitts
President
Solari, Inc.

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CAF Note: This censorship happened immediately prior to the federal takeover of Freddie and Fannie: See Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks

26 Comments

  2. Myrna:

    That is fascinating. I had not thought or read about what had happened at the UN at that time. However, indeed it would have had to have happened.

    Thanks!

    Catherine

  3. My question for Sasha Lilley is does she even listen to Flashpoints and Catherine’s appearances on the show? To read Peter Byrne’s letter, you’d like that all Catherine does is come on the air and say, “buy gold, buy gold, buy it from me.” I’ve listened to every show featuring her for the past six months, and nothing could be farther from the case. Has Sasha Lilley (or for that matter Peter Byrne) even visited Carol’s Catherine’s website? Does Sasha have a clue who Catherine is? Or does she know exactly who Catherine is and what she does, and that’s what’s so threatening? Catherine’s capable of doing this — http://www.solari.com/blog/?p=1299 — which doesn’t look too pretty for KPFA.

    What a sad loss for Flashpoints and for alternative radio.

  5. Catherine: I read your intro to ” Crossing The Ribicon” by Michael Rippert. Of interest was the mention of $ 3.3t of unaccounted funds in the Defense Department. I would like to know where to look, for the most complete account of unaccounted funds in the U.S. Gov’t.
    Thanks, George

  6. George:

    If you go to solari.com, you will see a link to the missing money at the bottom of our home page on the left. That link will take you to a page where we have historically collected some of the links on the missing money.

    Solari – Missing Money
    http://www.solari.com/archive/missing_money/

    If you do a search for “missing money” you can also usually pick it up pretty easily.

    Best,

    Catherine

  7. This morning I received two e-mails from Peter Byrne. I am posting them here along with my response.

    Catherine

    Peter Byrne wrote:
    > Peter Byrne >
    > Dear Mr. Sakowicz & Ms. Fitts,
    >
    > I do apologize for any factual errors that may have appeared in the opinions expressed in my private emails. The substance of those private emails, of which I have not authorized publication–and I do not authorize publication in any format, including on Ms. Fitt’s website–were theories and opinions–i.e. inquiries– sent to my editor at the Bohemian with the intention of eliciting her private response. It was purely an informal matter regarding myself and an editor. It appears that my private email has fanned the flames of an internal struggle at KPFA and it is being used in ways (by multiple factions) that were not intended by me. After becoming aware of this dust-up I immediately sent a explanatory email to Ms. Fitts and the concerned parties explaining that I was not accusing anyone of nefarious activity, but that I simply had concerns about financial advisors appearing regularly on news programs if business-related conflicts are not disclosed. I appreciate the effort that you have each made to clarify your positions, and I have no further interest in pursuing this matter.
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > Peter Byrne

    Catherine Austin Fitts wrote:
    Peter:

    I did not circulate your e-mail. You sent it to Dennis Bernstein and he e-mailed it widely, which put in the public space. That means it was used to libel me in public.

    Catherine

    Peter Byrne wrote:

    Dear Ms. Fitts,

    With all due respect, I request that you remove my private email from your web site. These private emails were not intended for publication in any form and, if they contain factual errors, I would not want such errors to be perpetuated.

    Yours,

    Peter Byrne

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