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swordfish69 ago

"A crime family turned respectable"

The Bronfman family emigrated to western Canada from the Russian empire in the late 1880s. At first they farmed and worked in construction, but as the children grew up they moved into the hotel-prostitution business, after the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway line.

Documentation exists that the Bronfmans themselves have been directly involved with intelligence operations. A firm called Space Research was formed in 1968 as a partnership between the Allan Bronfman wing of the family-now represented by Allan's sons Edward and Peter, and A.D. Little, Inc. That firm was ostensibly formed to build howitzers capable of firing warheads into space. It operated, however, as a cover for the smuggling of arms under the sanction of V . S. and British intelligence. Prominent members of Space Research's board included Lt. Gen. Arthur Trudeau, the former head of V.S. Army R&D; Richard Bissell, the former director of operations for the CIA; and various other retired V.S. army officers.

During the pre-1979 period, Space Research sold to Iran howitzers capable of firing short range tactical nuclear warheads. When the Iranian revolution began, the Bronfmans sold their shares in Space Research to Saad Gabr.

migratorypatterns ago

How the hell did I miss this?

Thanks for this @swordfish69. Just actually reading this now. Interesting background for those ''Seagram heir environmentalist''. Whenever I see the word ''environmentalstt'' used to describe a billionaire, I'm just change it to ''scum''.

Thanks again and an UppadaVoat for you.