John's brother, Joseph E. Schmitz, was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Defense Department Inspector General on June 18, 2001. He quit in 2005 to work for Blackwater. He is a member of Opus Dei and Knights of Malta. Joseph is known to have a fascination with German Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, having installed seals bearing the Von Steuben family motto in the Inspector General's office during the time he served there.
In 2005, brother Joe was accused of slowing or blocking investigations of senior Bush administration officials, spending taxpayer money on pet projects and accepting gifts that may have violated ethical guidelines, according to interviews with current and former senior officials in the inspector general's office, congressional investigators and a review of internal e-mail and other documents. (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/25/nation/na-schmitz25).
John P. Schmitz, Columba's sister's husband, is also marinated in the love of Germany. He is the head of Schmitz Global Partners. At their website they write that:
"In September 2009, together with former Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, John established Gray & Schmitz LLP in September 2009 (renamed Schmitz Global Partners LLP in 2011). In 1993, John joined Mayer Brown as a partner to open its first German office in Berlin. From 1993 to 2009, John helped lead and develop a prominent and thriving German practice at Mayer Brown. Before joining Mayer Brown in 1993, John held a wide range of significant public policy positions" (http://schmitzglobalpartners.com/Professionals/John Schmitz/index.html).
Columba's brother-in-law emphasizes his special emphasis on US and German political regulatory concerns and has experience with numerous high-profile business and regulatory matters involving both American and German public policy and legal activities.
John's clients have included the US Chamber of Commerce, General Electric, Bayer AG, Bertelsmann, Bosch GmbH, Deutsche Welle, Gillette, Pfizer, Microsoft, Verizon, Eli Lilly Co., Ford Motor Co., and Arkema, amongst other clients.
Thanks to the work of reporter and author Jeremy Scahill (http://www.amazon.com/Blackwater-Rise-Worlds-Powerful-Mercenary-ebook/dp/B0097CYTYA), we now know that tied to the Bush crime family through marriage and to right-wing extremist and racist groups and with political connections and money, Blackwater set up shop in North Carolina in 1997. Securely hidden on a former military base in North Carolina and saddled with money as a result of Pentagon contracts ensured by Joseph Schmitz and the Bush crime family, Academi LLC (formerly Blackwater) began to expand its role nationally and internationally. The company specialized in targeting small communities in order to establish regional military training centers. Today, it is one of the largest, murderous, private mercenary groups in the world.
The syndicate is notorious for its assassinations overseas, arms smuggling and unauthorized possession of automatic weapons (http://www.thewire.com/business/2012/08/time-blackwater-change-its-name-again/55532/).
Drug Cartels, Columba and Jeb
Due to the fact that Jeb has been married to Columba for so many years and that she is from Mexico, one might say this is why 'Jeb the Smart One' feels so comfortable in Mexico; this and his father's past ties with oil companies there.
And of course, the two both speak fluent Spanish, which is one reason the Republican Party has their eyes on Jeb for the presidency of the United States. Getting the Latino vote is a necessity and with a Mexican wife, fluent Spanish and ties to Latin America, 'The Smart One' is counted on to secure the American Latino vote.
In 2000, El Andar media released an extraordinary report noting that in 1989 Jeb and his wife were present at an extravagant celebration for then president of Mexico, Carlos Salinas. The on-line zine, when speaking of the Bush's connections to Mexico, reported:
"If one event could be said to make that relationship visible, it had to be the state dinner given eleven years ago by President Bush for Mexico's president, Carlos Salinas. It was an elegant yet boisterous gala, where the biggest movers and shakers in Texas and Mexico congregated and celebrated. This group was to become W's Mexican legacy, a gift of ties and connections passed on from the father to his son" (http://www.elandar.com/bush/amigos.html).
At the gala event the group included two men with numerous links to drug cartel figures. These men helped George W. Bush win the Latino vote in Texas.
George Bush Sr. met Carlos Salinas's father, Raà ºl Salinas Lozano, back when the latter was Mexico's commerce secretary. The families' friendship continued through the years. Raà ºl Salinas, the president's brother, told investigators that Jeb and Columba Bush joined him three times for vacations at his hacienda Las Mendocinas. It was the same estate where he reportedly hosted an infamous 1990 party for the elite of Mexico's drug cartels.
According to the report by El Andar:
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