John H. Meier
| John H. Meier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 28, 1933 Long Island, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Other names | Johnny Meier |
| Known for | Adviser to Howard Hughes, Watergate |
| Website | John H. Meier official website |
John H. Meier (born September 28, 1933) is an American financier and business consultant now living in Vancouver, Canada. He is noted for his involvement with Howard Hughes, his behind-the-scenes involvement in events that precipitated President Richard M. Nixon's resignation, and his work in the environment.
John Meier was born in 1933 and raised on Long Island, New York. He worked briefly for the New York Life Insurance Company before being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1952 and sent to the war in Korea. Upon his honorable discharge in 1954, Meier returned to working for New York Life.
In 1959, Meier was hired in the computer division at Hughes Aircraft and two years later transferred to Hughes Dynamics, a Los Angeles-based information management subsidiary of the Hughes Tool Company."
Investigative reporter Gerald Bellett, who was one of the main reporters covering Meier for over 20 years, detailed Meier’s background in a book called Age of Secrets. In the book, Bellett claims that during the Watergate hearings, Meier wanted to tell the nation secrets about the Nixon White House, the CIA, and Howard Hughes, but to keep him from telling his secrets, he was persecuted, jailed and forced into exile in Canada.
Meier was the first person to reveal everything from the Hughes Organization, and Robert Maheu’s, involvement with the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination, to Thane Cesar ’s connection to Jack Hooper.
According to investigate reporter and New York Times bestselling author Jim Hougan, “John Meier’s story is really interesting and, I believe, important. I’ve spent a number of years studying the American cryptocracy and there is no question in my mind that Meier is dead-right when he says that the CIA was running the Hughes empire. So, too, with Intertel. I was the first journalist to write about the firm (in Harper’s), and it’s apparent to me, as it is to Meier, that its business plan was drawn up in Langley.”
The Hughes Organization supplied the CIA with a "magic box", which is a “cover” organization used by a nation’s spy apparatus which allows its inhabitants to hide anything they possess or do, regardless of the importance of what is being done or hidden. It is from within this organization that the CIA and its corporate and political friends operate. When John Meier opted out of participating, he became an impediment to its continued existence.
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