This & That, Ceci et Cela

Oh the ties that bind thee.  A group with members like the Bushes, the Vatican, bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and China's Communist overlords, among others? "It seemed, at first, like nothing more than a novelty item in the news briefs, the kind of odd, meaningless side-fact thrown off by most major stories: "New Pope, President's Brother Had Link in Swiss Group." But a look beneath the surface of this innocuous connection ...