Rumsfeld served as Gilead (Research)'s chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld. - CNN
This is part five in my never-ending series on the fake bird flu pandemic. And this one's for my sister, who works at CNN, because they called this one ahead of the curve.
I would encourage anyone skeptical of the administration's motivation regarding the fake bird flu pandemic to take a look at the performance of Gilead stock (which receives royalties on Roche's avian flu "vaccine"). Follow the money, connect the dots, etc...
Rumsfeld recused himself from any decisions involving Gilead when he left Gilead and became Secretary of Defense in early 2001. And late last month, notes a senior Pentagon official, Rumsfeld went even further and had the Pentagon's general counsel issue additional instructions outlining what he could and could not be involved in if there were an avian flu pandemic and the Pentagon had to respond.
As the flu issue became trendy (my word), Rumsfeld considered unloading his entire Gilead stake and sought the advice of the Department of Justice, the SEC and the federal Office of Government Ethics.
Those agencies didn't offer an opinion so Rumsfeld consulted a private securities lawyer, who advised him that it was safer to hold on to the stock and be quite public about his recusal rather than sell and run the risk of being accused of trading on insider information, something Rumsfeld doesn't believe he possesses. So he's keeping his shares for the time being.
So while you're buying that Tamiflu and ductape, just remember, Rummy thanks you. He really, really thanks you.