Publicist Ronnie Chasen was a model of the best practices described in “Secrets of Highly Effective People.” So her last call before her untimely death was no surprise -- a detailed “to do” list to set priorities for her office today.
So it should be no surprise that I admire these best practices and do the same thing. However, it is a big surprise that Verizon’s real time security scan alerted me and Examiner.com to a security threat on the list that may lead to helpful clues in investigating the Ronnie Chasen shooting. My to do list included online research of Ronnie Chasen for her support of the arts and private equity investor Steven Schwartzman for his role in driving contemporary art prices to new highs.
Verizon’s real time security scanner identified real time searches of “Chasen Schwartzman” as a highest level security threat. The JPEG image of the screen is pictured right here.
Why is this warning on the Internet research connection of a Fine Arts Examiner? As Dr. Clare McAndrew explains in her recent book “Fine Art and High Finance,” art is the world’s second largest category for illegal activity. So art examiners need to have state-of-the-art knowledge about criminal activities impacting the art market. While I have won generous support from the insurance industry for my investigations of tampering with communications lines to museum art collections, the American law enforcement community has asserted that this wire tampering is none of my business. Fortunately, Scott Peters, former Chair of the San Diego City Council understands this issue and has opposed the U.S. law enforcement cover-ups of art crimes.
I have included several reports about the impact of criminal activities on the art market you can read at these links:
The most important information has gotten almost no press coverage in the United States. That is that the Pitkin County Colorado District Attorney’s office has confirmed Brooke Mueller’s serious disclosure that she had been threatened with violence at the hands of a criminal syndicate of former police officers. Did Ronnie Chasen represent clients who have made payments to the criminal syndicate of former police officers? Only the Pitkin County DA’s office can say for sure, but details in Brooke Mueller’s testimony seem to point in that direction. Hint: Do an advanced search for “Clare Danes + art shows” and look for photos with men 6’3” to 6’8” who have no interest in art in the background. Ironically, the Kamala Harris campaign has now filed protests about similar “big guy” abuse as the tight race for California State Attorney General continues.
This important issue has gotten plenty of press coverage in Germany and Austria. Right-of-center politicians in both countries sharply criticize America’s high tolerance for electronic spying and employment of ex-police as security “muscle” at the same time American plaintiffs demand multi-million dollar payments for similar practices by Nazis that ended decades ago. By coincidence, another man who is also named Max Donner is membership chair of Germany’s Free Democratic Party. I have received so much correspondence intended for him on this subject that the German foreign ministry held a lengthy meeting on October 5 to review it.
Does Ronnie Chasen’s violent shooting have anything to do with the Pitkin County DA’s confirmation of Brooke Mueller’s report about ex-cop killers and Steve Cooley’s coolness about GPS monitoring of wealthy donors to public museums? Verizon’s top technology experts seem to think so. The company’s total market value is $91 billion so they are probably right.
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