#Cover-up Dutch government

• Author: Bas Haan  – Dutch investigative journalist = Bravo!
  
• Winner of the Brusse Prize (see Google) 2018

• Title: De Rekening van Rutte
  
• Genre: non-fiction  (241 pg)
• Language: Dutch
  
• #20BooksOfSummer24

Conclusion:

1. Unbelievable…I’m just speechless.
2. Yet another cover-up in Dutch government.
3. I read about the Indonesian cover-up (review) concerning war crimes
4. …during 1945-1949 committed by Dutch forces.
5. Now this:  February 2000 “illegal deal”
6. …to launder drugs money with the help of Dutch government.
7. The plan was “catch a bigger thief by helping another thief”…but still
8. …the plan was NOT approved by the all departments in the cabinet.
9. Cabinet Rutte-II was determined to conceal unflattering facts…
10. to preserve the “honest” image of the political ministers at the time.
11. “Damn the facts….just lie”!
    
12. What is Rutte’s next challenge?
13. Mark Rutte will be the next NATO secretary-general after all
14. 32 members of the alliance agreed that the
15. outgoing Dutch prime minister will succeed Jens Stoltenberg.