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Ground Zero Heisted

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Our thanks to Michelle Malkin for highlighting an article from the Wall Street Journal Online. The article entitled, The Great Ground Zero Heist, gives a rundown on the new owners of Ground Zero. The following are the new owners, and the organization they belong to:

“The driving force behind the IFC is Tom Bernstein, the dynamic co-founder of the Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex who made a fortune financing Hollywood movies. But his capital ventures appear to have funded his true calling, the pro bono work he has done his entire adult life — as an activist lawyer in the human rights movement. He has been a proud member of Human Rights First since it was founded — as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights — 27 years ago, and has served as its president for the last 12.

The public has a (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)


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