After reading SOME of those links... I think it's all b.s...
The one guy lenre or whoever (
http://www.illuminati-news.com/) Yammers on about every B.S. conspiracy theory ever...
In one section he mentions "the protocols of the elders of zion" which is a PURELY FICTICOUS PIECE...
It was written in mock first person by a russian anti-semite... it was written to convince people of the "evils" of being a jew.
It's a load of crap. As are a LOT of what's mentioned... the history channel did a GREAT special on secret societies...
I don't know how real or not any of them are... but the trilateral commission ACTUALLY MEETS.... it's been well covered and documented in reality.
The whole 13 families bit about the illuminati is a bunch of B.S. also... most of those names hold little to NO power anymore... I'd bet that collectively they don't have more money then bill gates has personally.