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OB OY Le VEN? KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HEIRS IN LEGAL BATTLE WITH POPE lhe heirs of the Knights Templar have launched a legal battle in Spain to force the Pope to restore the reputation of the disgraced order which was accused of heresy and dissolved seven centuries ago. The Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ, whose members claim to be descended from the legendary crusaders, have filed a lawsuit against Pope Benedict XVI, calling for him to recognise the seizure of assets worth 100 billion euros (£79 billion). They claim that when the order was dissolved by Pope Clement V in 1307, more than 9,000 properties as well as countless pastures, mills and other commercial ventures belonging to the knights were appropriated by the Church. "We are not trying to cause the economic collapse of the Roman Catholic Church, but to illustrate to the court the magnitude of the plot against our Order," said a statement from the self-proclaimed modern-day knights. VISION FOR A GLOBAL INTEL NETWORK lhe US Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, and the Council on Foreign Relations have made public a 28-page document, "Vision 2015", which outlines a plan to integrate the entire US intelligence network into a global intelligence community. Unsurprisingly, there are many in the 16 US intelligence agencies that support it. McConnell stated: "By 2015, a globally networked Intelligence Enterprise will be essential to meet the demands for greater forethought and improved strategic agility. The existing agency-centric Intelligence Community must evolve into a true Intelligence Enterprise established on a collaborative foundation of shared services, mission-centric operations, and integrated mission management, all enabled by a smooth flow of people, ideas, and activities across the boundaries of the Intelligence Community agency members." This mammoth global intelligence project has been under wraps for some time, and now the NGOs, members of elite academia and think-tanks, are going to unveil it as if it were a brand- new concept. Our world has slowly been globalised from the economic sector to health, wealth and trade. They have taken the power from us, the people, and placed it in unelected non- governmental organisations, which has led to heights of corruption never seen before. The effects of IMF, WTO and WHO programs are well known, but just imagine the power and influence that will be wielded by those who will control spy satellites and command intelligence forces around the world. (Source: By Michael Vail, 6 August 2008, http://www.blacklistednews. com; see the July 2008 "Vision 2015" report at http://www.dni.gov/Vision_ 2015.pdf) Va The legal move by the Spanish group follows the unprecedented step by the Vatican towards the rehabilitation of the group when last October it released copies of parchments recording the trials of the knights between 1307 and 1312. The papers had lain hidden for more than three centuries, having been "misfiled" within papal archives until they were discovered by an academic in 2001. (Source: The Telegraph, London, 13 August 2008, http://tinyurl.com/S uxtxq) «Neat ssl ee) ie == > SIR, WHATS z We BEEN Te 5 THE SECRET i pesiene 6 ¢ NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2008