Excerpts taken from Money Morning

After 9/11, the CIA launched “Project Prophecy” to detect threats to the US from terrorists and weaknesses and threats to the economy.

On August 7, 2006, the Prophecy system uncovered warning signs of an impending terrorist attack in London. A plot to blow up passenger jets in London was thwarted shortly thereafter and 24 Pakistanis were arrested.

In 2007, “Prophecy” spotted a fast-approaching crash of the mortgage ind...