AuthorAlexandra Robbins(1) returned to the show to further discuss her investigation of Yale’s infamous secret society, Skull & Bones, which she chronicled in her book Secrets of the Tomb(2). The "Tomb," a crypt-like building on the Yale campus that is headquarters to the club, is filled with human and animal skulls and relics of death and war, as well containing an underground tunnel, she noted. Various rituals take place among its undergraduate members, Robbins detailed, including paying homage to the Goddess of Eloquenceâ€"Eulogia, as well as a sharing of their sexual histories in what is called "Connubial Bliss."
Skull and Bones which was started in 1832, has around 800 living members at any one time, and according to Robbins its main purpose is to get members into roles of power, who then often help other members attain important positions. Interestingly, she noted that the CIA has a number of members who were Bonesmen, and at various meetings with members they were said to casually share secretive documents. Working for the CIA has been known to undergraduate members as an "employer of last resort," she added.
After a number of attempts, women were finally allowed as members of Skull and Bones in the 1990's, said Robbins, who also touched on her undercover investigation into sororities. While containing some secretive elements and initiations, she said she found that there were a lot of positive elements to sororities.

1. http://www.alexandrarobbins.com/
2. http://www.secretsofthetomb.com/

Ralph Nader on Skull & Bones

In his recent appearance(1) on C2C, presidential candidate Ralph Nader(2) commented on the unlikely coincidence that Bush and Kerry attended Yale University within two years of each other and were both members of the secretive fraternity there known as Skull & Bones. He questioned the oath of secrecy they took as undergraduates. "How long does it last? What does it cover? And at what point might it conflict in their presidential duties or their relations with other Bonesmen...who may be [part of] corporations, have business with federal government or be exposed to [potential] law enforcement?"
According to an article(3) by Kris Millegan, both Bush and Kerry when questioned, have deflected questions about their membership in Skull & Bones, referring to secrecy. Nader believes this isn't a trivial issue. "I think they ought to...discuss it candidly because their oaths of secrecy are supposed to go for the duration not just when they were undergraduates," he said.

1. http://archive.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2004/09/24.html
2. http://www.votenader.org/
3. http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/09/30/ed.col.millegan.0930.html

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