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Assertion 02 / fact-02

Clark Clifford was a director and counsel in the U.S. group BCCI secretly controlled.

The Federal Reserve’s 1998 agreement identifies Clifford and Altman as former directors of CCAH and First American and former counsel to BCCI. The file includes the administrative notice, and the settlement addresses Clifford’s advanced age and ill health.

SUPPORTED

Official roles and administrative settlement

Confidence assessment: documentary support, without numerical probability.

Supporting evidence (2)

A056 / reviewed summary

Federal Reserve Clifford / Altman agreement

primary-origin record

PDF pp.1–2; February 3, 1998 file

The agreement identifies the two men’s directorships and legal roles; the following page discusses Clifford’s advanced age and ill health.

What this establishes: Who occupied the documented positions and the settlement context.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/enforcement/1998/19980203/Attachment.pdf
Source record
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1. Raw source

Federal Reserve Clifford / Altman agreement

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2. Passage

The agreement identifies the two men’s directorships and legal roles; the following page discusses Clifford’s advanced age and ill health.

PDF pp.1–2; February 3, 1998 file

reviewed summary; not a verbatim quotation
3. Interpretation

Who occupied the documented positions and the settlement context.

Scope: The quoted or summarized proposition is limited to the entity, period and procedural context identified in this document.

Alternative reading / remaining record

The agreement and attached charges should be read as their respective instruments; a settlement is not a conviction.

4. Assertion linkagefact-02

primary-origin documentary supportWho occupied the documented positions and the settlement context.

S48 / reviewed summary

Senate Clifford / Altman chapter

primary-origin record

Chapter 13, “Clark Clifford and Robert Altman”

The Senate investigation discusses their roles in First American and BCCI’s concealed-control arrangement.

What this establishes: The investigative account connecting the people to the banking group.

https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/13clifford.htm
Source record
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1. Raw source

Senate Clifford / Altman chapter

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2. Passage

The Senate investigation discusses their roles in First American and BCCI’s concealed-control arrangement.

Chapter 13, “Clark Clifford and Robert Altman”

reviewed summary; not a verbatim quotation
3. Interpretation

The investigative account connecting the people to the banking group.

Scope: The quoted or summarized proposition is limited to the entity, period and procedural context identified in this document.

Alternative reading / remaining record

The agreement and attached charges should be read as their respective instruments; a settlement is not a conviction.

4. Assertion linkagefact-02

primary-origin documentary supportThe investigative account connecting the people to the banking group.

Counter-evidence and qualifications (0)

No contrary item has been curated for this exact claim. This does not mean a comprehensive contrary-evidence search is complete.

Test source-exclusion scenarios

Temporarily exclude documents and inspect whether the remaining record establishes the exact claim.

SUPPORTED

Official roles and administrative settlement

Baseline documentary assessment for this exact claim. Evidence type describes the record; it is not a numerical probability.

A056S48

Where this meets litigation

Places Clifford’s documented roles beside the enforcement record for the group’s concealed control.

What record would resolve the remaining question?

The agreement and attached charges should be read as their respective instruments; a settlement is not a conviction.

Litigation phase / historical source status

Where the records meet the proceedings

Phases describe the dated documents. Proposed requests and background relationships do not establish an active lawsuit.

Federal Reserve bank-control enforcement

Administrative charges, decisions and settlements; distinguish each instrument

S44 supplies an administrative notice, despite its register description as a criminal indictment. Read each instrument before assigning a case outcome.

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