Swiss Banker: CIA Behind Panama Papers


As Truth And Action reported on Monday, it is highly suspicious that no American politicians or officials were implicated in this month’s trove of documents known as the Panama Papers.  The documents that were leaked to the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung contain the names of many prominent world leaders, their family members, and close associates.

Now, Bradley Birkenfeld — widely considered the most significant financial whistleblower in history — makes an alarming claim.

In an exclusive interview Tuesday from Munich, Birkenfeld said he doesn’t think the source of the 11 million documents stolen from a Panamanian law firm should automatically be considered a whistleblower like himself. Instead, he said, the hacking of the Panama City-based firm, called Mossack Fonseca, could have been done by a U.S. intelligence agency.

“The CIA I’m sure is behind this, in my opinion,” Birkenfeld said.
Birkenfeld pointed to the fact that the political uproar created by the disclosures have mainly impacted countries with tense relationships with the United States. “The very fact that we see all these names surface that are the direct quote-unquote enemies of the United States, Russia, China, Pakistan, Argentina and we don’t see one U.S. name. Why is that?” Birkenfeld said. “Quite frankly, my feeling is that this is certainly an intelligence agency operation.”

Asked why the U.S. would leak information that has also been damaging to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, a major American ally, Birkenfeld said the British leader was likely collateral damage in a larger intelligence operation.
“If you’ve got NSA and CIA spying on foreign governments they can certainly get into a law firm like this,” Birkenfeld said. “But they selectively bring the information to the public domain that doesn’t hurt the U.S. in any shape or form. That’s wrong. And there’s something seriously sinister here behind this.”

Although Birkenfeld’s claims have not been substantiated, very few would be surprised if they turn out to be even remotely accurate.

Source: CNBC

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