Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who has attended meetings of the Bilderberg Group |
The annual secretive meeting of representatives from Western European countries and North American countries, known as Bilderberg Group, is scheduled to begin tomorrow in the Washington D.C. area, but the specific location is still a mystery to the general public.
The Bilderberg Group is an elite invitation-only conference of influential members of the business, media and political community. Past attendees have included Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Tony Blair.
The group meets at luxury hotels and resorts throughout the world. Last year's conference was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Istanbul, Turkey. Every four years the conference is held in the U.S. or Canada. The group has an office located in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.
While the group claims its purpose is to facilitate discussion amongst western powers many see the group as a means toward globalization.
The highly secretive meeting is off limits to press, but past reports from sources that have managed to penetrate the high-security meetings have stated that the meetings emphasize a globalist agenda and dismiss national sovereignty as regressive.
The BBC declared it to be one of the most influential organizations in the world.
"It's officially described as a private gathering," BBC reported, "but with a guest list including the heads of European and American corporations, political leaders and a few intellectuals, it's one of the most influential organizations on the planet."
Attendees of the Bilderberg conference are not allowed to speak a word of what was discussed in the meeting outside of the group. The group has no website and no minutes are kept of the meetings to ensure secrecy.
While there is speculation the conference will be held at the Westfield's Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., hotel employees could not confirm the location venue for WND.
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