http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bilderberg
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Founding & history

Founding member Dr. Joseph Retinger, (economist, political philosopher and communist Poland's Charge d'Affaires) was a major proponent of a united Europe. Other founding members were Prince Bernhard, Colin Gubbins (former director of the British Special Operations Executive) and General Walter Bedell Smith, former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow and CIA Director. Gen. Bedell later became an Under Secretary of State in the Eisenhower Administration. Their first meeting was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg in Oosterbeek, Holland from May 29-31, in 1954. Under the direction of Alastair Buchan, the Chairman of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the governing council was made up of:

• Robert Ellsworth - Lazard Freres
• John Loudon - N.M. Rothschild)
• Paul Nitze - Shroeder Bank)
• C.L. Sulzberger - New York Times
• Stansfield Turner - (later CIA Director)
• Peter Calvocoressi - Penguin Books
• Andrew Schoenberg - RIIA
• Daniel Ellsburg
• Henry Kissinger

Lord Victor Rothschild and Laurance Rockefeller hand picked 100 of the world's elite with the purpose of "regionalizing Europe", according to Giovanni Agnelli, head of the Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Fiat), the 6th largest car maker in the world and the largest car maker in Italy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act
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The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.