Not since 1798 in the XYZ Affair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ_Affair) has there been an extortion threat of this magnitude against the national financial security of the the United States. The objective of the extortion is to gain more than $100,000,000,000 in tribute from the U.S. Treasury by one multinational corporation, otherwise a greater depression than The Great Depression will be triggered.