The Untold Story of the FBI: Archives of a Wall Street Analyst – DOJ, by John Wilson is now available.
This book/archive documents efforts of John Wilson to hold the FBI to account following his work as a Wall Street mining analyst covering US company Freeport-McMoRan. It’s a chilling account of political retribution as dystopian as any in Kafka.
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Description
This book documents the long-standing efforts of John Wilson to hold the DOJ and FBI to account. It’s a chilling account of political retribution as stark and dystopian as any in Kafka.
It follows FBI retribution after a work report Wilson authored in March 1996 as a Wall Street mining analyst critical of US mining behemoth Freeport-McMoRan’s activities at the Grasberg mine in West Papua, Indonesia. At the time, the company was under investigation by the US State Department following eye-witness allegations it was involved in the killing of Indigenous protestors. At least seven other professionals were targeted at this time in retribution for their work critical of Freeport.
The federal insurance agency OPIC had recently cancelled Freeport’s political risk policy citing environmental concerns. It was a major embarrassment for Freeport and the first time in OPIC’s 25-year history that it had canceled a policy. Henry Kissinger (former US Secretary of State) and James Woolsey (former CIA Director) were advisors to Freeport in 1996. They were in Washington DC desperately lobbying to have Freeport’s rescinded policy re-instated.
Through letters, Declarations and court documents, Wilson recounts FBI tactics to target “dissidents” that include the use of secret surveillance, cancel culture, and gas lighting – all furtive activities that undermines American democracy.
Adding a twist to the tale, and background on the FBI’s secretive programs, John Wilson’s long-term girlfriend at the time was a professional environmentalist and an undercover FBI agent. It was also one of his key relationships the FBI targeted.
Note: The book comprises around 50 pages of background and summary narrative in the front, and an extensive archive-appendix in the back (from page 62) that contains supporting documents and records.
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About the Author
John Wilson was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. He is a dual Australian/US citizen and lived in the USA in the 1990s for eight years, six of which were in New York City. During this time, he worked as a mining analyst on Wall Street for global British investment bank SG Warburg and SBC Warburg (now part of UBS Warburg) where he covered US mining companies, including Freeport-McMoRan. Prior to that he worked as a mining engineer in outback Australia. John has an MBA with a major in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a BA from the University of Queensland and a BE from the University of Sydney. In 1999, he left the USA as a direct consequence of FBI persecution and currently lives in Sydney with his wife and two children.
Review Quotes
[Review excerpt from Andrew Gibbs, Senior Editor at BusinessMK]
I wanted to express my admiration for the incredible work you’ve done with your book.
Your words resonate deeply, particularly when you say, “I feel in a small way I have helped expose an abusive, secretive intelligence agency culture that uses ruthless tactics at home and abroad.” As a reader, you absolutely achieved this. Your detailed exploration of the FBI’s practices opened my eyes to their true interests and methods.
Your relentless efforts, documented through years of writing letters, filing FOIA requests, engaging with elected representatives in Australia and the USA, raising issues in parliament, and consulting with lawyers, journalists, human rights advocates, regulators, and various staffers, speak volumes. The frustratingly slow or non-existent responses and the eventual bureaucratic dead-ends you encountered highlight the enormous challenges you faced. Yet, you persisted. This unwavering commitment is truly inspiring.
Your narrative about how these experiences infiltrated your life to the extent that you had to move countries is both compelling and courageous. It adds a powerful personal dimension to your book, making it even more relevant and impactful.
I believe you’ve written an exceptionally important book, one that is not only relevant to your audience but also deeply engaging for me. [Reading] it has been a unique experience, and unlike any other project I’ve worked on, this one is particularly close to my heart. I have immense respect for your activism against such a powerful agency.
Your book will undoubtedly serve as a valuable resource for current and future citizens and residents of the USA. It provides crucial insights into their countries’ governance and history, and it will help many understand the complexities and the stakes involved.
Further Details
This book/archive documents and tells the story of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) corruption and evasion of accountability when targeting civil society “dissidents”. It also tells of Wilson’s efforts to hold the FBI and DOJ to account.
The official documents and correspondence appended in the archive paint the picture of the corrupt means by which these agencies crush and silence civil society in support of America’s corporate behemoths. Their tactics are Orwellian and Kafkaesque. For the most part, Wilson’s efforts from 2004 to the publication of this work in 2024, and those of his attorneys over the past twenty years, have been thwarted, compromised by hollowed out oversight agencies and regulators.
Intended as a historical record of official documents, appended are Wilson’s notarized Declarations and court documents that include evidence of FBI malfeasance, oppressive surveillance, wiretaps, entrapment, gaslighting and cancel culture. These Declarations contain detailed accounts of events, and disclosure of FBI methods targeting “dissidents”. Agents are named, dates and locations provided, and details of events discussed. The archive comprises correspondence either directly by him, or his attorneys, with various FBI/DOJ departments, elected representatives including Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler, and Freedom of Information requests (FOIA).
Some notable documents in the book’s archive include a detailed letter from Wilson’s attorney Pete Sorenson to Assistant United States Attorney John Moustakas at the DOJ outlining, in detail, multiple FBI abuses directed at Wilson; the Declaration of former FBI agent, Expert Witness, a 25-year veteran of the FBI in support of Wilson’s case that the FBI is not acting in “good faith” in relation to this matter; and a report on undercover FBI operative Dr Steve Garber based in Stamford, CT, instigated by Wilson’s then New York law firm that retained the services of a private investigator to provide background reports on various undercover FBI operatives subject of his complaint.
The book provides backstory of the events that occurred since Wilson’s Wall Street analyst report came out in 1996 critical of US mining company Freeport-McMoRan’s activities in West Papua, Indonesia. It sheds light on the travesty occurring in resource rich West Papua, Indonesia, backed by the US, where New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed Freeport-McMoRan has interests in the massive Grasberg copper and gold mine. The book also contains background on the US surveillance state. It provides context for the complaint letters, included in the appended archive, he has sent over the years to the FBI and DOJ, among others, and outlines FBI retribution against him. Key points and timelines are provided in this volume, however, it is not intended as a narrative that offers a complete account of events. A narrative will be included in volume two.
At least seven other people in the USA were targeted for their criticism of Freeport-McMoRan around this time, including journalists and academics. Our intelligence agencies frequently covertly target professionals, those who speak out, or protest, against establishment interests, typically on business and human rights issues. As one agent, Steve Garber said to Wilson, most people in America don’t even realize they’ve been targeted.
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