Study of the Hegemony of Parasitism - michaeljgoodnight.com

Arabian operations, C. Stribling Snodgrass, also ran a
CIA firm called LSG Associates. Bechtel built the 1100
mile long Trans Arabia Pipeline for $100 million, the
largest contract let to that time. A worldwide construction
firm, with entree to many countries, can also be a conduit
for intelligence agents. In 1980, Bechtel was building
apartments in Saudi Arabia, a hydropower complex in
Quebec, a coal fueled power project in Utah, an oil
refinery in Indonesia, a $500 million tourist resort in
Malaysia, a copper and gold mine in Paint, New Guinea,
and a $250 million palace for the Sultan of Brunei. It was
an ideal operation for the CIA, even without the
ubiquitous Schroder connection.
Bechtel was awarded the billion dollar contract for
cleaning up the situation at Three Mile Island. In 1979,
about half of its business derived from nuclear power
activity, despite many complaints about its faulty
construction in this field. Bechtel made a $14 million
settlement of complaints from Consumers Power Co.
that the Palisades nuclear plant leaked radioactive water
into the steam generating system. At Bechtel's Midland,
Mich. nuclear power station, the reinforcing bar joints
were found to be defective. Bechtel settled out of court
with Portland General Electric, which had charged
Bechtel with "negligent design" in its Trojan nuclear
power plant at Rainier, Oregan. Nevertheless, when
Brown & Root was removed from construction at South
Texas Nuclear Project, Bechtel took over. A
commentator noted at that time, "Bechtel is politically