In case you have primary-induced amnesia (and I fear the world will), the UK's Times published an explosive story over the weekend based on an interview with translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, in which she finally was able to tell a great deal of her story which the Powers That Be in the United States and the Bush administration have managed to suppress, by literally gagging her (legally speaking).
Chris Floyd describes this story as "one of the most important stories of the last quarter-century: how American officials sold nuclear arms technology to illegal proliferators -- including ideological allies of al Qaeda -- in return for bribes and other inducements. This widespread corruption has been protected from exposure by the highest levels of the U.S. government, which has gone to enormous lengths to protect the truth from coming out. The entire planet has been put at grave risk by the greed -- and geopolitical gamesmanship -- that lies behind this criminal enterprise, which actually is even more extensive, and goes back further in time, than the newspaper's remarkable revelations."
Floyd ties this story together with the history of the BCCI, past criminal figures, and the Bush family, including George W. Bush:
Edmonds' revelations should be seen in their larger historical context, as an outgrowth of the activities of BCCI, the "Bank of Credit and Commercial International," a supposed financial group that a U.S. Senate investigation called "one of the largest criminal enterprises in history." BCCI was a prime vehicle for clandestine nuclear proliferation, among many other illegal activities, and was also used by the CIA and the White House for various covert operations, including secret military and financial support for Saddam Hussein. It also paid numerous grandees of the Democratic and Republican parties to front its operations – and gave George W. Bush $25 million to rescue one of his many business failures.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/09/433439/-Chris-Floyd-ties-Bush-and-BCCI-to-Sibel-Edmonds-bombshell
I still think that Bush the elder is one of the prolific money launderers of all times (running into the trillions), but it is difficult to nail him down.
The Bush family in general is of course well known for it's support of Fascist ideals and Fascism in general.
Prescott Bush was actually convicted for his role in financing the rise of Adolf Hitler.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar
http://tarpley.net/online-books/george-bush-the-unauthorized-biography/
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/gwh-bush-jfk-cia-drugs.html
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