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'''Pete Brewton''' is the author of the book ''[[The Mafia, CIA and George Bush]]'', which is based on his investigations of [[Texas]] [[businessmen]], [[politician]]s, and their connections to the [[1980s]] [[Savings and loan fraud]].<ref>http://unwelcomeguests.net/732</ref><ref name=Bethell>{{cite news|last1=Bethell|first1=James|title=Once he was a `billionaire': now divorce has put him in jail;John Dick|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/318053570/fulltext/4BB7CCAFCD244FD0PQ/1?accountid=10226|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=Times of London|date=19 December 1993}}</ref> The book grew out of an 8-part investigative reporting series that ran in the [[Houston Post]], a series that the [[Seattle Times]] columnist [[John Hinterberger]] described as "a bombshell series backed up by eight months of investigation."<ref name=Hinterberger>{{cite news|last1=Hinterberger|first1=John|title=Who Will Ask Hard Quesiton: Where iIs It All?|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/384718857/87123DDA160F4C02PQ/8?accountid=10226|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=Seattle Times|date=12 August 1990}}</ref> The series won the Galvaston Press Club award for best investigative series.<ref name=Galveston>{{cite news|title=GDN Photographer Rizzo's Work Wins First Place|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13844845/|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=Galvaston Daily News|date=29 March 1990}}</ref> In 1991 PEN awarded the Journalism prize to Brewton,  "Awarded for his series on the Savings & Loan scandal," in the Houston Post.<ref name=PENcenter>{{cite web|title=past winners|url=https://www.penusa.org/awards/winners|website=penusa.org|publisher=Pen Center USA|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref>
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'''Pete Brewton''' is the author of the ''[[The Mafia, CIA and George Bush]]'', an [[expose of George H. W. Bush]].
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==''The Mafia, CIA and George Bush''==
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''The Mafia, CIA and George Bush'' is based on Brewton's investigations of [[Texas]] [[businessmen]], [[politician]]s, and their connections to the [[1980s]] [[Savings and loan fraud]].<ref>http://unwelcomeguests.net/732</ref><ref name=Bethell>http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/318053570/fulltext/4BB7CCAFCD244FD0PQ/1?accountid=10226</ref> The book grew out of an 8-part investigative reporting series that ran in the [[Houston Post]], a series that the [[Seattle Times]] columnist [[John Hinterberger]] described as "a bombshell series backed up by eight months of investigation."<ref name=Hinterberger>http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/384718857/87123DDA160F4C02PQ/8?accountid=10226</ref> The series won the Galvaston Press Club award for best investigative series.<ref name=Galveston>http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13844845/|accessdate=12 May 2015</ref> In 1991 PEN awarded the Journalism prize to Brewton,  "Awarded for his series on the Savings & Loan scandal," in the Houston Post.<ref name=PENcenter>https://www.penusa.org/awards/winners|website=penusa.org|publisher=Pen Center USA</ref><ref>https://rense.com/general76/hunt.htm</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 12:32, 4 August 2021

Person.png Pete Brewton   Amazon IMDB SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(author, journalist, academic)
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Interests • Savings and loan fraud
• JFK assassination
AN investigative journalist who exposed the Savings and loan fraud.

Pete Brewton is the author of the The Mafia, CIA and George Bush, an expose of George H. W. Bush.

The Mafia, CIA and George Bush

Full article: The Mafia CIA and George Bush

The Mafia, CIA and George Bush is based on Brewton's investigations of Texas businessmen, politicians, and their connections to the 1980s Savings and loan fraud.[1][2] The book grew out of an 8-part investigative reporting series that ran in the Houston Post, a series that the Seattle Times columnist John Hinterberger described as "a bombshell series backed up by eight months of investigation."[3] The series won the Galvaston Press Club award for best investigative series.[4] In 1991 PEN awarded the Journalism prize to Brewton, "Awarded for his series on the Savings & Loan scandal," in the Houston Post.[5][6]

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