Richard C. Cook — "Monetary Crisis and Solutions" (WTPRN Tue., June 3, 2008)

Richard Cook is a former federal government analyst who was one of the key figures in the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger disaster.

In 1985, he went to work for NASA as the lead resource analyst for the space shuttle solid rocket boosters, external tank, and Centaur upper stage. Cook’s first assignment led to his writing a memo on engineers’ concerns that flaws with the solid rocket booster O-ring seals could cause the shuttle to blow up. In 1986, after the Challenger disaster, he disrupted a NASA cover-up when he provided his memo, along with other documents on the hazards of the O-rings, to the New York Times. His disclosures paved the way for revelations by engineers from Morton Thiokol, Inc., about how they opposed the launch of Challenger the night before lift-off.

Called to testify before the Presidential Commission at an internationally televised public hearing, Cook stood his ground when his experience and competence were challenged. He continued to contribute to the investigation during interviews with Commission staff and the NASA Office of Inspector General and in meetings with Senator Ernest Hollings, who was trying to raise issues before the Senate on whether there had been White House pressure to launch Challenger.

In addition to extensive interviews with the media after the disaster, Cook published articles in the Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Space and Security News, and the Houston Post; gave a press conference with the Institute of Space and Security Studies, where he said that the Presidential Commission had been created to cover-up the role of the White House in the launch decision; and wrote a report which he submitted to the U.S. Justice Department with a request for a new investigation. In 1991, he was the recipient of the Cavallo Foundation Award for Moral Courage in Business and Government, sharing the award with Roger Boisjoly of Morton Thiokol.

Before joining NASA, Cook worked as an analyst for the U.S. Civil Service Commission, where he received extensive training in federal government operations. He then worked for the Food and Drug Administration and next served in the Jimmy Carter White House under Esther Peterson, special assistant to the president for consumer affairs. He also taught history at the Field School, a private high school in Washington, D.C.

Cook left NASA to become an analyst with the U.S. Treasury Department in 1986. There he developed and taught training courses on policy analysis and led project teams on financial policy and organizational restructuring. He authored Challenger Revealed- An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age in 2006. He retired from the federal government in January 2007 and works today as a writer, lecturer, and consultant. His website is richardccook.com.

Cook graduated with honors from the College of William and Mary, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He resides in College Park, Maryland.

One of his areas of interest has been the monetary system and he has written a series of articles about the current financial crisis including- Extraordinary Times, Intentional Collapse, and Takedown of the U.S.A., Has the Battle for America Begun?, and An Emergency Program of Monetary Reform for the United States.

He spoke recently on Will We See the End of the Empire in Our Time? at the Building a New World Conference". His forthcoming book is entitled We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform and he can be contacted regarding the book at economicsanity@gmail.com.

Richard spoke about the current crisis we're in, particularly what is not reported in the press or widely understood by the public about money creation, debt, and credit and the financial shenanigans that are impoverishing the country. He also oferred his ideas for monetary reform, including the abolition of the Federal Reserve, national control over the creation of credit and a citizen's dividend.

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Richard C. Cook's website is: http://www.richardccook.com

Source: We The People Radio Network (WTPRN)
Aired: 6/03/08 12:00 AM

Part 2: Stephen Zarlenga — THE AMERICAN MONETARY ACT: Solving the Financial Crisis by Monetary Reform

Part 2: Congressman Dennis Kucinich has posted the following on his web site: “The U.S. monetary reform is urgently needed: It is long past time we look at the implications of . . . the privatization of money created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the bank fractional reserve system and our debt-based economic system. Unless we have dramatic reform of monetary policy, the entire economic system will continue to accelerate wealth upwards. I am currently working on drafting legislation for an ‘American Monetary Act’ to address these and other issues in order to protect the economic well being of America.” Observers believe that this single measure has the potential of bringing together tens of millions of people who have realized that our bank-run debt-based monetary system lies at the center of the financial crisis. The question is of course - how are these tens of millions going to find out that there is such legislation being developed?

Kucinich is working closely with Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute and author of: The Lost Science of Money. Zarlenga was interviewd in May 2009 after his return from Washington, DC, where he had briefed members of Congress. A report on the briefing was done by Richard Cook


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Stephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/

Source: TUC Radio
Aired: 6/17/09 12:10 AM

Part 1: Stephen Zarlenga — THE AMERICAN MONETARY ACT: Solving the Financial Crisis by Monetary Reform

Part 1: Congressman Dennis Kucinich has posted the following on his web site: “The U.S. monetary reform is urgently needed: It is long past time we look at the implications of . . . the privatization of money created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the bank fractional reserve system and our debt-based economic system. Unless we have dramatic reform of monetary policy, the entire economic system will continue to accelerate wealth upwards. I am currently working on drafting legislation for an ‘American Monetary Act’ to address these and other issues in order to protect the economic well being of America.” Observers believe that this single measure has the potential of bringing together tens of millions of people who have realized that our bank-run debt-based monetary system lies at the center of the financial crisis. The question is of course - how are these tens of millions going to find out that there is such legislation being developed?

Kucinich is working closely with Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute and author of: The Lost Science of Money. Zarlenga was interviewd in May 2009 after his return from Washington, DC, where he had briefed members of Congress. A report on the briefing was done by Richard Cook


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Stephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/

Source: TUC Radio
Aired: 6/17/09 12:00 AM

Richard C. Cook — Bailout for the People, "The Cook Plan."

GUEST: Richard Cook is an author, consultant, and publisher with interests in public policy, economic and monetary reform, and much else. He's also a former US government analyst and 1986 whisleblower who exposed multiple layers of cover-up after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that year.

Cook is a frequent contributor to Global Research.

Discussion will focus on his recent writing, including his December 15 article: Bailout for the People, "The Cook Plan."


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Richard C. Cook's website is: http://www.richardccook.com

Source: Republic Broadcasting Network Global Research News Hour
Aired: 3/03/09 12:00 AM

Richard C. Cook — Interview #044 on The Corbett Report (2008/09/12 )

Former US Treasury Department analyst Richard C. Cook joins us to offer his opinion on monetary reform and how to fix the economy.


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Richard C. Cook's website is: http://www.richardccook.com

Source: The Corbett Report
Aired: 9/12/08 12:00 AM

Richard C. Cook — The Economic Crisis

GUEST: Richard C. Cook is a former U.S. federal government analyst, whose career included service with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury Department. He is a frequent contributor to Global Research focussing on the US financial meltdown. He is the author of a forthcoiming book entitled We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform, Tendril Press. He is also the author of Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age, called by one reviewer, “the most important spaceflight book of the last twenty years.”

Discussion will focus on the Economic Crisis


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Richard C. Cook's website is: http://www.richardccook.com

Source: Republic Broadcasting Network Global Research News Hour (mp3)
Aired: 9/01/08 12:00 AM

Richard C. Cook — We Hold These Truths: The Promise of Monetary Reform

GUEST: Richard C. Cook is a former U.S. federal government analyst, whose career included service with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury Department. His articles on economics, politics, and space policy have been published by numerous websites including Global Research. His book on monetary reform entitled We Hold These Truths: The Promise of Monetary Reform is in preparation. He is also the author of Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age, called by one reviewer, "the most important spaceflight book of the last twenty years."

Discussion will focus on Cook's new book on monetary reform entitled We Hold These Truths: The Promise of Monetary Reform


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Richard C. Cook's website is: http://www.richardccook.com

Source: Republic Broadcasting Network Global Research News Hour (mp3)
Aired: 4/14/08 12:00 AM