Editor's Note: Former CIA operative David Dastych reminds us that the power elite in New York began to reform the financial market in May, 2007, and did so to retain the coveted ideal of New York City as a world financial centre. "Did they provoke the financial crisis to attain their goals?" he asks. "Now it seems they need the election of Senator Barack Obama as President of the U.S. to ensure political support for their far-reaching plans. The "bailout" plan was ordered in New York city in May, 2007."