A STORY THAT MAY NEED TO BE TOLD

As the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes trial begins, we may need to consider a higher level of service here: Has she blocked the development of a Chicago based "Hunger Games"?

As one considers the history of Theranos, and the high-level supporters of this company, including Henry Kissinger and Richard Fuisz, one has to wonder if it was designed to fail for greedy, malintentioned investors.  But it may have gotten out of hand to keep a roof over their heads.

 

"Inventor and businessman Richard Fuisz, 81, speculates there must have been immense pressure on Ms Holmes to succeed. His family lived next door to the Holmes for years but they fell out when Theranos sued him over a patent dispute in 2011 (it was later settled)."

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58336998

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58494912

 

Fuisz, a friend of the Holmes family, a Washington D.C. resident, and inventor penned a patent against Theranos that almost seems like a pro-Theranos publicity Stunt in  Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreryrou. The lawsuit hit the news on time and was settled. This certainly would have been a favorable distraction for Theranos anyway.

This is the same Fuisz outlined in Wikipedia for whistle-blowing Bush era arms sales to Iraq.

"The article described an affidavit Fuisz had submitted to the Operations Subcommittee of U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, which was investigating American heavy equipment manufacturer Terex Corp. Fuisz, who had been involved in business in the Middle East for many years, was representing a Saudi family interested in purchasing a heavy equipment company when he was given a tour of the Terex plant in Motherwell, Scotland in September 1987. During the tour, Fuisz noticed two large armor-plated vehicles painted in desert camouflage with specially attached steel backs; 

the plant manager allegedly told Fuisz that the vehicles were Scud missile launchers being manufactured for the Iraqi military, and that they were being smuggled by modifying their serial numbers to disguise them as civilian mining vehicles. 

 

When Fuisz questioned Terex Vice President David Langevin about the vehicles, he claims he was told that the shipments had been requested by the CIA, with the cooperation of British intelligence. Fuisz's allegations were corroborated by a former Terex employee also interviewed by the House Committee, who had been fired after raising questions about the company's bookkeeping. "

 

The Neoconservative movement is based in Chicago, with its rainbow coalitions.  

Walgreens, a big investor in Theranos, is considered too high priced.  The reason given is that it is a 24/7 pharmacy.  A 24/7 business may have been very interested in a 1 drop system, that would not require a doctors order for a blood draw by a phlebotomist.  This may complement their drug sales, particularly high-priced insulin with needles that do not require a prescription.

Was Theranos a turtleneck-wearing (like in the 1983 movie, Brainstorm) Walgreens killer?

"I played Chicago"

The Young Machiavelli, H.G. Wells