[cia-drugs] Rove is the key to Bush downfall.
If the rumors regarding Rove's Plame leak are true, then these bastards have finally jumped the shark and the entertaining recrimination phase can begin in earnest. It will be such fun to watch these pompous assholes go splat on the pavement. Rove is the key to all of this. This kind of reminds me of that scene in Starship Troopers when they capture the Brain Bug. MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in Plame Case By EP Staff Published: July 01, 2005 11:30 PM ET NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Tonight, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group political talk show, Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, claimed to know that name--and it is, according to him, top White House mastermind Karl Rove. Here is the transcript of O'Donnell's remarks: What we're going to go to now in the next stage, when Matt Cooper's e-mails, within Time Magazine, are handed over to the grand jury, the ultimate revelation, probably within the week of who his source is. And I know I'm going to get pulled into the grand jury for saying this but the source of...for Matt Cooper was Karl Rove, and that will be revealed in this document dump that Time magazine's going to do with the grand jury. Other panelists then joined in discussing whether, if true, this would suggest a perjury rap for Rove, if he told the grand jury he did not leak to Cooper. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[cia-drugs] WING TV: Eustace Mullins - Secrets of the Federal Reserve
eustace mullins? i might even listen to that. - Original Message - From: Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:09 PM Subject: [Chaconstitutionalist] WING TV: Eustace Mullins - Secrets of the Federal Reserve Today on WING TV: http://www.wingtv.net Living Legend Eustace Mullins speaks about Secrets of the Federal Reserve Alternative Radio A+ List http://69.28.73.17/radioradio.html Additional Articles 9-11 on Trial reviewed by Chris Emery of the Oklahoma Bombing Investigative Committee http://69.28.73.17/thornarticles/911ontrialemery.html Radio Show Host Peter Schaenk (The Peter Principle) Speaks Out about Alex Jones, Zionism, Illegal Immigration, and Censorship at Radio Free Austin. http://69.28.73.17/thornarticles/schaenk.html Peter Schaenk: Open Letter to Alex Jones http://69.28.73.17/thornarticles/schaenk2.html Victor Thorn - Company Men Puppets (Media Sleaze 101) http://69.28.73.17/thornarticles/mediasleaze.html The Revolution Has Begun - Commentary on Joe Banister's IRS Victory http://69.28.73.17/thornarticles/banister.html Plus, tonight, listen to Victor Thorn and Lisa Guliani on Vyzygoth's From the Grassy Knoll, along with author Adam Gorightly Friday, July 1 11:00 pm est http://www.vyzygoth.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005 Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[cia-drugs] Fwd: draft - chart comparison of official story, limited hang out, best evidence, disinformation - feedback requested - The Archeology of 9/11: unearthing the evidence
Begin forwarded message:From: Mark Robinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 2, 2005 3:54:16 AM PDTSubject: draft - chart comparison of official story, limited hang out, best evidence, disinformation - feedback requested - The Archeology of 9/11: unearthing the evidence I'm not sure if the layout in this chart will translate into anyone else's email system - if not, the chart is at http://www.oilempire.us/911intro.html - it's still under construction - http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/AOPof911p11.html David Ratcliffe, Domestic Terrorism: The Big Lie - The "War" On Terrorism is a Total Fabrication, September 2002 "We are being told to accept an assemblage of facts that would not stand up in a court of law to prove the guilt of a man, bin Laden and his organization, that somehow succeeded in penetrating the most restricted airspace in the world approximately 55 minutes after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center. These facts, while not sufficient to prevent the day that changed the world, nonetheless were more than sufficient to identify the culprit in less than the next 24 hours; who was then the justification for embarking on a war that, according to Dick Cheney, "may never end. At least, not in our lifetime"; and who less than a year later has dropped off the world stage slowing down this lifetime war, on his behalf, not one iota. Whose interests are advanced by this monumental campaign to trade our liberty for security? http://www.unknownnews.net/cdd061002.html SMOKING GUN feedback: Where Was G.W. Bush on the Morning of Sept. 11? by Cheryl Seal, Monday, June 10, 2002 I feel that people cannot have an entire barrel of facts and red herrings dumped in their laps and expect to sort it all out...the tendency is to throw up their hands in despair, confusion and frustration. Which is just what Bush and Co. would like everyone to do. What I tried to do was to sort through and identify the most tangible facts, then present these, along with all the factual connections between people, places and things, then allow people to ponder it for themselves. I did not set out to "sell" a "conspiracy theory," but if the facts presented happen scream conspiracy, that message will be heard loud and clear. One thing I have learned is that people 1. are generally quicker on the uptake than the media gives them credit for, and 2. generally recognize the truth when they see it plainly presented. That is why the corporate powers that be and their pals in the mainstream media work very hard to avoid presenting important facts plainly and work even harder to disguise the truth.http://www.oilempire.us/911intro.htmlThe Archeology of 9/11: unearthing the evidence Sifting through the volumes of 9-11 evidence is analogous to archeology. Only some of the evidence for the distant ancestors of all living beings has been unearthed and catalogued. However, the fact that the currently known fossil record is incomplete does not prevent science from attempting to determine patterns and draw tentative conclusions about the history of life on Earth, knowing that additional evidence is likely to alter the story as we gain further knowledge. The early days of archeology saw spectacular forgeries "revealed" by unscrupulous advocates of particular theories, which parallels current efforts to distract and discredit 9/11 skeptics with disinformation. It is unlikely that any story of 9/11 is completely true, and hopefully enough of the documentation will be made public in the years to come - and enough whistleblowers step forward - so that historians will be able to more fully explain what happened to the United States of America.Whatever details future archeologists of truth will unearth are unlikely to discredit the Reichstag Fire paradigm for understanding 9/11 - they merely will add to our understanding of the details of how the "Reichstag" was burned. The real issue is to explain why the attacks were perpetrated. Official StoryLimited Hang OutBest EvidenceDistracting Disinformationwhat really happened?al-Qaeda attacked us because they hate our freedomsal-Qaeda attacked us because they hate US foreign policiesal-Qaeda, which was vastly exaggerated in size, attacked us - but the attack was allowed to happen and probably given critical technical assistance to ensure its success (without the knowledge of the patsies) no Arabs were involved or were on the planesIsrael did it (a different claim that Israel had foreknowledge, or even played a role)prior warnings about the attacksBush and Rice say that they had no idea planes could be used as weaponsMichael Moore and other liberal critics suggest that the Bush regime was too blinded by its business ties to the Saudis to pay attention to the warningsin reality, warnings came from at least
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] John Negroponte-spying,Herbshysteria,US2Createt1New SpyAgency4Every Terrorist on Earth
Begin forwarded message:From: Skinny [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 1, 2005 9:52:37 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctrl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] John Negroponte-spying,Herbshysteria,US2Createt1New SpyAgency4Every Terrorist on EarthReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Civil Liberties Advocates Question New FBI Division http://www.guerrillanews.com/headlines/3584/Civil_Liberties_Advocates_Question_New_FBI_Division Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:30:57 -0700 Summary: President Bush yesterday handed Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte broad authority over the United States¡¦ disparate and often-competing spy agencies, bringing domestic and foreign intelligence operations more closely under White House control. The new office would be part of the FBI, but Negroponte would have authority over its budget and priorities, a move intended to reduce barriers between domestic and foreign intelligence gathering. Civil-liberties advocates blasted the changes at the FBI, saying they represent a radical step toward creation of a secret-police force in the United States. Given Negroponte¡¦s background, it¡¦s a disturbing prospect. [Posted By Gregoire] By Shannon McCaffrey, Knight-RidderRepublished from Common Dreams The nation's new intelligence czar, John Negroponte, will oversee domestic spying unit. WASHINGTON ¡V A White House plan to create a massive new domestic intelligence division within the FBI raised concerns on Wednesday among civil liberties advocates who feared it could lead to a return to the bureau¡¦s dark days of spying on Americans.The nation¡¦s new intelligence czar, John Negroponte, will have a say over the budget of the new FBI national security section and will help select an official to oversee it. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference Wednesday that agents working in the new division would continue to report to FBI Director Robert Mueller and to respect ¡§the privacy rights and civil liberties of all Americans.¡¨But Timothy Edgar, national security policy counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union, said giving the nation¡¦s spy chief power over the FBI was worrisome.While FBI agents are bound by the nation¡¦s Constitution, he said, spies operate abroad with fewer constraints. ¡§What we could see is the spies in charge of the cops,¡¨ Edgar said.¡§You have a DNI (director of national intelligence) who is in charge of mostly secret foreign intelligence and now is also in law enforcement. So does that mean we have a secret police? Our concern is we could be going down that road.¡¨Justice Department officials said they¡¦d retain control over FBI agents¡¦ day-to-day operations but that key details still need to be worked out. Negroponte¡¦s deputy, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, said Wednesday that the national security service ¡§is not something we¡¦ve done before as a nation.¡¨But, Hayden said, after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the nation came to a ¡§collective judgment¡¨ that it could no longer afford the long-standing walls between foreign and domestic intelligence gathering. Allowing an outsider to help select a powerful post overseeing a massive chunk of the FBI¡¦s manpower is seen as a dramatic step at the bureau, which has guarded its turf over the years. But the FBI has been left vulnerable by a series of withering reports that assessed the bureau¡¦s missteps leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks.The changes at the FBI were part of a larger package of reforms recommended by a presidential commission investigating intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq. The White House on Wednesday accepted 70 of the panel¡¦s 74 recommendations, including the creation of a National Counter-Proliferation Center to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the appointment of an individual to oversee all human intelligence gathering, while keeping the CIA¡¦s clandestine service, the Directorate of Operations, intact. White House Homeland Security Adviser Frances Townsend said Wednesday that she believed the reforms would result in a ¡§fundamental strengthening¡¨ of the nation¡¦s intelligence-gathering capabilities.Under longtime director J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI became notorious for spying on Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr., political dissidents and suspected communists. The Hoover years led to changes in the nation¡¦s intelligence-gathering laws.Knight Ridder Newspapers correspondent Warren P. Strobel contributed to this report. Andy Borowitz: U.S. to Create One New Spy Agency for Every Terrorist on Earth50,000 New Agencies Could Be Up and Running By Early 2020 http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_22402.shtml By: Andy BorowitzPublished: Jul 1, 2005 at 07:28Email this article Printer friendly pageComment on this articleHoping to ramp up its efforts in the war on terror, President George W. Bush announced today that the
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] 911The 100 Yrs War,The Most Cowardly War In History
Begin forwarded message:From: elvis oner [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 1, 2005 11:01:14 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctrl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] 911The 100 Yrs War,The Most Cowardly War In HistoryReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click to join catapultthepropaganda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catapultthepropaganda/joinhttp://issuesandalibis.org/ 911 And The Hundred Years War By Ernest Stewart I don't know but I've heard rumors? Bush and Rumsfeld are wearing bloomers!... Anon ... You've got to hand it to Karl Rove if nothing he's persistent. You could hear the persistence in Smirky's speech Tuesday night as he tried again and again to link our illegal, immoral invasion of Iraq to 911. 911 has been the be all end all for Rove since they engineered it's happening. So in order to gain support for this madness against his slipping polls Bush tried again and again to use 911 for political gain. I know, politicians using someone else's tragedy to sway the mob is hardly news! Bush like other Junta members is fond of saying we're in a never ending war against terror. It truly is a perpetual motion machine; however I can see it's end. Of course like Moses or some other cartoon character I won't live long enough to see this war's end and neither will you! We're in this one to stay and in Iraq as long as the oil flows and at current rates that's about 100 years. In order to do this in Iraq and Afghanistan and in all the other countries where they have brown skinned people and oil we'll need a reason and of course that reason is oil; oops wait a minute, I don't know what came over me, the reason is terrorism. It's better to fight those taxi drivers, school teachers, students, blue collar workers, mom and pop terrorist by all that lovely oil (which by the way is above $60 dollars a barrel, what, you thought an oil man was going to lower prices?) than here in America, right? Have no fear about running out of terrorist folks, like any good perpetual motion machine this one cranks out terrorist at an alarming rate. Every time we bomb some Mosque or hospital. Slaughter some innocent family on the highway, break down the door at three a.m. handcuff and abuse the women and children while rounding up all the males (including children) to disappear in some American Concentration Camp oops American Happy Camp(tm) we make new enemies by the thousands. With all that lovely oil out there to steal and over 1 billion Muslims as the enemy this war on terror shouldn't last much more than the French/English 100 years war of the 14th and 15th centuries CE. We'd only have to kill slightly more than all the people who died in every year of W.W.II i.e. 10 to 11 million so our Muslim enemies should see us through until the oil, gas and other natural resources run out in about 100 years! It makes such good "business sense" America oops Amerikorp.(tm) So mom and dad remember what Karl Rove says... "War is good business, invest your child today!" Please help us if you can ... http://issuesandalibis.org/donate.html So how do you like the 2nd coup d'etat so far? And more importantly, what are you planning on doing about it? Until the next time, Peace Y'all! (c) 2005 Ernest Stewart ... Issues Alibis The Most Cowardly War In History By Arundhati Roy Opening Statement of Arundhati Roy on behalf of the jury of conscience of the world tribunal of Iraq. Istanbul, Turkey - This is the culminating session of the World Tribunal on Iraq. It is of particular significance that it is being held here in Turkey where the United States used Turkish air bases to launch numerous bombing missions to degrade Iraq's defenses before the March 2003 invasion and has sought and continues to seek political support from the Turkish government, which it regards as an ally. All this was done in the face of enormous popular opposition by the Turkish people. As a spokesperson for the jury of conscience, it would make me uneasy if I did not mention that the government of India is also, like the government of Turkey, positioning itself as a ally of the United States in its economic policies and the so-called War on Terror. The testimonies at the previous sessions of the World Tribunal on Iraq in Brussels and New York have demonstrated that even those of us who have tried to follow the war in Iraq closely are not aware of a fraction of the horrors that have been unleashed in Iraq. The Jury of Conscience at this tribunal is not here to deliver a simple verdict of guilty or not guilty against the United States and its allies. We are here to examine a vast spectrum of evidence about the motivations and consequences of the US invasion and occupation, evidence that has been deliberately marginalized or suppressed.
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] Baiting, Not Debating By Robert Parry
Begin forwarded message:From: elvis oner [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 1, 2005 11:14:16 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lib [EMAIL PROTECTED], o [EMAIL PROTECTED], om [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], quiche [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctrl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] Baiting, Not Debating By Robert ParryReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baiting, Not Debating By Robert Parry A few years ago as the Iraq War loomed, I had breakfast in Washington with a prominent out-of-town liberal thinker who was expecting a Great Debate about war and peace, between the merits of invading Iraq and finding a peaceful solution to the crisis. I stifled any overt sign of disbelief so as not to be rude, but I had worked in Washington for a quarter century. I had watched the rise of the neoconservatives in the 1980s and the consolidation of conservative media power in the 1990s. It was painfully clear that the nation was headed for a Great Baiting, not a Great Debate. There should have been no doubt what would happen to anyone who questioned George W. Bush's case for war. The dissenters would be baited, ridiculed, marginalized, and drowned out by accusations of disloyalty as well as epithets about "Saddam sympathizers." Which is, of course, what happened. War critics were treated like fringe nut cases, while nearly every major Washington pundit fell for the Bush administration's deceptions about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Just look at the editorial pages on Feb. 6, 2003, the day after Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations. Now, amid the rising death toll in Iraq, a hopeful new line from some pundits is that the nation is on the cusp of a serious debate about the war's future - as Bush finally levels with the American people, regains their trust and enlists them in the sacrifices ahead. In one of these columns, published by the Washington Post, The New Republic's editor Peter Beinart observed that "a plurality of Americans now believe they were 'deliberately misled' before the war. When the president talks to the country about Iraq on Tuesday night, he needs to address that. "Otherwise, he'll never have the credibility to tell Americans the harsh truth: that Iraqi troops won't be ready to defend their government for two years or more. And until they can, brave young U.S. soldiers will have to keep doing the job." [Washington Post, June 26, 2005] No Exit Of course, Beinart, like other leading pundits, rules out any substantive debate about withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq. He calls that suggestion "breathtakingly irresponsible." So, presumably, the only permissible outcome of this latest Great Debate must be a consensus to "stay the course" and make Bush's Iraq policy succeed. But even that truncated debate, with Bush leveling with the American people, surely will not happen. Does anyone believe that Bush will "address" how he "deliberately misled" the country to war? Or that if he did so, that would somehow earn him the credibility to explain how thousands of additional U.S. soldiers must die in Iraq because Bush and his advisers can't think of a way out of the mess? Rather, Bush has already signaled how he intends to deal with the growing doubts about both his pre-war rationalizations and his foundering war policy. The American people can expect another round of baiting, not debating. That was the significance of Bush's unleashing his deputy chief of staff Karl Rove to mock "liberals" for supposedly demonstrating a cowardly naivety in the face of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. "Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," Rove said in a speech to the Conservative Party of New York State on June 22, 2005. "I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the Twin Towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble," Rove said. Demonizing Durbin More-http://issuesandalibis.org/ Click to join catapultthepropaganda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catapultthepropaganda/join __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == ctrl is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths,
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] I Hope I Die Before The Next Re-Fill By Greg Palast
Begin forwarded message:From: elvis oner [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 1, 2005 11:16:40 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctrl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] I Hope I Die Before The Next Re-Fill By Greg PalastReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]I Hope I Die Before The Next Re-Fill By Greg Palast http://issuesandalibis.org/ I was in the drug store today out here in Podunk. Some old guy in front of me was picking up his little paper bag of prescription medicine. The lady behind the counter handed him a credit card slip and said, "I'm sorry." She was sorry because the bill was over $1,200. The old man stared at the charge card receipt and stared at it some more. Hesitating, he signed, then said, "I hope I die before I have to pay for the next re-fill." He wasn't joking. The lady behind the counter said, "Oh, don't ever say that." And she said it in such a way that it was clear she'd heard the same thought before, in different words, from too many of the old folk that come by. And I was thinking, "I wonder if he voted for Bush?" I mean, did he vote for the man who would stop boys from kissing boys, who would allow big stone icons of the Ten Commandments in the Podunk courthouse, who would get Saddam before he got us? In other words, was he a blind soldier in Karl Rove's army of the angry who would rather vote against themselves, for deadly high drug prices dictated by Big Pharma, for no national health insurance, in return for a promise from George Bush that he will be the malicious defender of their prejudices? The polls tell us that Americans are in an ugly mood: too many jobs leaving for China, too many body bags returning from Iraq, and a bad feeling about a President grabbing for grandma's social security check. America is hurting. But what really hurts is that the wounds are self-inflicted. Happy Fourth of July, compadres. And stay healthy. (c) 2005 Greg Palast's report for BBC Television on the President's evasion of the military draft can be seen in the BBC documentary, "Bush Family Fortunes," updated in a special US edition on DVD. See a segment at. Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." View his writings. For interviews, contact Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == ctrl is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis-directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, ctrl gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. ctrl gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. There are two list running, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and CTRL@listserv.aol.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] has unlimited posting and is more for discussion. CTRL@listserv.aol.com is more for informational exchange and has limited posting abilities. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Omimited posting abilities. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Om SPONSORED LINKS Conspiracy theories American politics YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "ctrl" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] Ivins-Beware Of W's Efforts 2 Boost Pub Support 4 Iraq War
Begin forwarded message:From: elvis oner [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 1, 2005 11:29:01 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctrl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] Ivins-Beware Of W's Efforts 2 Boost Pub Support 4 Iraq WarReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click to join catapultthepropaganda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catapultthepropaganda/join Beware Of Bush's Efforts To Boost Public Support For Iraq War By Molly Ivins AUSTIN, Texas -- The first thing I ever learned about politics was never to let anyone else define what you believe, or what you are for or against. I think for myself. I am not "you liberals" or "you people on the left who always ..." My name is Molly Ivins, and I can speak for myself, thank you. I don't need Rush Limbaugh or Karl Rove to tell me what I believe. Setting up a straw man, calling it liberal and then knocking it down has become a favorite form of "argument" for those on the right. Make some ridiculous claim about what "liberals" think, and then demonstrate how silly it is. Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and many other right-wing ravers never seem to get tired of this old game. If I had a nickel for every idiotic thing I've ever heard those on the right claim "liberals" believe, I'd be richer than Bill Gates. The latest and most idiotic statement yet comes from Karl Rove, who is not, actually, an objective observer. He is George Bush's hatchet man. Last week, Rove, in an address to the Conservative Party of New York, made the following claim: "Conservatives saw the savagery of 9-11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9-11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." This seemed to the editorial writers at the San Diego Union-Tribune such a reasonable summary of the liberal position they couldn't figure out why Democrats were "hyperventilating" and getting "bent out of shape." "What is harder to understand is how Democrats can think they can have it both ways," they wrote. "Even as they beat their chests and profess support for military action, they can't help but criticize the military and do everything they can to undermine the war effort." What a deep mystery. Let's see if we can help the San Diego thinkers solve it. On Sept. 14, 2001, Congress approved a resolution authorizing the president to take military action. The vote in the Senate was 98 to zero; the vote in the House was 420 to one. The lone dissenter was Democrat Barbara Lee of California, who expressed qualms about an open-ended war without a clear target. Find me the offer for therapy and understanding in that vote. Anyone remember what actually happened after 9-11? Unprecedented unity, support across the board, joint statements by Democratic and Republican political leaders. The whole world was with us. The most important newspaper in France headlined, "We Are All Americans Now," and all our allies sent troops and money to help. That is what George Bush has pissed away with his war in Iraq. The vote on invading Iraq was 77 to 23 in the Senate and 296 to 133 in the House. By that time, some liberals did question the wisdom of invasion because: A) Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11 and B) it looked increasingly unlikely that Iraq actually had great stores of weapons of mass destruction, since the United Nations inspectors, who were on the ground, couldn't find any sign of them -- even though Donald Rumsfeld claimed we knew exactly where they were. Since my name is Molly Ivins and I speak for myself, I'll tell you exactly why I opposed invading Iraq: because I thought it would be bad for this country, our country, my country. I opposed the invasion out of patriotism, and that is the reason I continue to oppose it today -- I think it is bad for us. I think it has done nothing but harm to the United States of America. I think we have created more terrorists than we faced to start with and that our good name has been sullied all over the world. I think we have alienated our allies and have killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein ever did. I did not oppose the war because I like Saddam Hussein. I have been active in human rights work for 30 years, and I told you he was a miserable s.o.b. back in the '80s, when our government was sending him arms. I did not oppose the war because I am soft on terrorists or didn't want to get Osama bin Laden. To the contrary, I thought it would be much more useful to get bin Laden than to invade Iraq -- which, once again, had nothing to do with 9-11. I believe the case now stands proved that this administration used 9-11 as a handy excuse to invade Iraq, which it already wanted to do for other reasons. It is one thing for a political knife-fighter like Karl Rove to impugn the patriotism of people who disagree with him: We have seen this same crappy tactic before, just
[cia-drugs] The UN Reform Bandwagon
The UN "Reform" Bandwagonby William F. JasperJuly 11, 2005 "If and when these reforms are enacted, Mr. Speaker, the world will be safer and stronger, the American people will be assured their money is being well-spent, and the United Nations charter to prevent wars, protect human rights, and advance the cause of human freedom will be reaffirmed." So declared House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on June 17 in his concluding remarks in support of H.R. 2745, the United Nations Reform Act of 2005. It must be tempting indeed for a great many folks to believe that merely passing a piece of legislation could transform the United Nations from a corrupt sinkhole of tyrants, thugs, and thieves, and a bastion of world government schemers, into a paragon of global virtue and righteous governance. UN reform, it seems, has become a near universal obsession, with Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives all in agreement that the UN must be reformed and soon. It appears they only disagree on how to do it. But in the current debate on the subject, some of the most important questions aren't even being asked. For instance, is the UN even worth reforming? Was it ever worth reforming? Even more important, can it be reformed? Is it a good idea gone bad, or was it a bad idea from the beginning? And, if the UN was bad from the start, if it is an inherently dangerous, fatally flawed institution, do we really want to "enhance" it and "strengthen" it, as UN reformers are proposing? The current reform drive is being fueled by a series of UN scandals that have been keeping the UN's professional spinmeisters and their allies in Congress and the media operating in nonstop damage control mode. Last December 60 members of Congress called on United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign from his UN post. Among the legislators urging him to step down were eight members of the House International Relations Committee and nine members of the House Appropriations Committee, which provides the UN with 22 percent of its operating budget each year. The issue that galvanized many of these Senate and House members to demand Annan's departure was his ongoing arrogant and high-handed effort to thwart congressional probes into the multi-billion dollar Iraq oil-for-food fiasco. Annan repeatedly refused to turn over documents to congressional committees and ordered UN employees not to cooperate with U.S. investigations into the scandal, which has become infamous as the biggest swindle in the history of humanitarian aid. For cover, he claimed that the congressional probes would interfere with the UN's own investigation, which was being led by his pal Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Volcker-run "Independent Inquiry Committee" dragged its feet and, as its critics predicted, finally issued a report that turned out to be a whitewash. Annan claimed total exoneration. Then on June 14 a memo surfaced showing Annan's direct personal connection to the scandal, reigniting calls for Annan's scalp just as he was preparing to host the world's heads of state at the Millennium Goals Summit in New York City in September. Surfeit of Scandals Without a doubt, the United Nations is suffering one of the worst public relations nightmares of its inglorious 60-year existence. At every turn, it seems, the organization's seamy underbelly is being exposed, belying the claims of UN defenders that it is a noble institution in pursuit of global peace and compassionate aid for the destitute and downtrodden of the world. These are but a few of the outrages, in addition to the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, that are feeding America's growing anti-UN sentiment: Blue-helmeted UN "peacekeepers" and other UN personnel are under fire for sexually exploiting and raping young girls in the Congo and the Central African Republic over the past several years. Human rights workers are now charging that UN troops knowingly and intentionally gunned down unarmed civilians in a crowded market in Congo's Ituri province in March. Ruud Lubbers, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees who was accused of sexual harassment, was let off the hook by his pal Kofi Annan, even though an internal investigation pointed to Lubbers' guilt. Lubbers resigned in February after news reporters revealed what Annan had covered up. In April, Canadian billionaire Maurice Strong resigned as Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to North Korea, amid charges of ties to the oil-for-food scandal through Korean businessman Tongsun Park, whom U.S. prosecutors are accusing of acting as an "unregistered agent" of Saddam Hussein. Strong, who served as secretary-general of the UN's 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, is a longtime personal friend of and senior adviser to Annan. The UN claims to be the world's premier defender of human rights, but its infamous Human Rights Commission is an outrageous assortment
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] Szymanski'=Dark Side Of W Family Taboo In Wash+ $56 BILLION MISSING-MADSEN
Begin forwarded message:Neo Con Thugs Intimidate Publisher To Pull Plug On Book Exposing Corruption Treason Within The Administration"Amy Sasser" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri Jul 1, 2005 7:09 am Subject: Press asasser49 Offline Send Email'Down and Dirty' News And Dark Side Of Bush Family Taboo In Washington Press; Washington writer finds new publisher after neo cons try to silence his work linking the Bush family and the administration to drug smuggling, gun running and the illegal diamond trade. Further, he claims the Bush administration is turning a blind eye and condoning the illegal activity of Victor Bout, a well-known Russian arms dealer.July 1, 2005 By Greg Szymanski Not far from the White House, a man sits alone in a makeshift office, writing stories and covering the dirty side of Bush family politics. It¡¦s a lonely, thankless job, a job most people wouldn¡¦t touch with a ten-foot pole, especially in today¡¦s oppressive political climate. But free lance writer and author Wayne Madsen likes news to be "down and dirty, " likes pushing political dirt aside in an attempt to get at the truth. He can¡¦t work for the mainstream media anymore since anything close to bringing down the neo con stranglehold on Washington is taboo in papers like the Washington Post and New York Times. So he punches out stories on the Internet, primarily at www.waynemadsenreport.com and looks for alternative publications or foreign papers not afraid to uncover "dirt" and take on the powerful Bush family name. And in a town where major newspapers simply ignore President Bush¡¦s dark side, Madsen has more than enough shoveling to do every day but very few places to unload it. In a healthy country where diverse views are accepted and freedom of speech honored, Madsen¡¦s story wouldn¡¦t even be a story. But in a "Bush America" where a strange evangelical stranglehold has silenced critical thinking and writing, a spotlight now shines on his solitary literary story, serving as a stark example just how far down the fascist road we¡¦ve traveled in such a short time. After trying unsuccessfully to sell stories about 9/11 and other assorted neo con scandals and having lost a book publisher through intimidation by Bush political operatives, Madsen didn¡¦t quit or turn in his computer station into the local Gestapo unit. He simply regrouped his journalistic forces, created his small "news shop" along side the big boys and set out on a personal mission, a mission dedicated to the old muck racking journalists like Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson, writers of the old and scandalous Washington Merry-Go-Round column Madsen said these types of journalists, who made a living at digging dirt up on politicians and had a place to print it, have become dinosaurs since major news outlets seem to be protecting politicians instead of actively exposing their misdeeds. And he claims papers like The Post, The Times and others have turned into nothing more than a government mouthpiece, slapping Bush on the hand every now and again but never giving him the body blows he truly deserves. How can major newspapers remain oblivious to the glaring truth about a flawed government story about 9/11? How can they basically give the Bush family a free ride when it comes to their suspicious involvement with the bin Ladens and many other multi-national corporations and defense contractors cheating the American people? How can papers ignore the illegal nature of the Iraqi war and ignore clear evidence showing Bush doctored WMD intelligence reports to justify the invasion? How can they continue to ignore mounting evidence that Bush stole the 2004 election by his operatives tampering with computers? "It¡¦s easy," said Madsen in a telephone conversation from Washington D.C. "When a total of seven corporations control all the major news outlets, all of them in the pocket of the neo cons, it¡¦s pretty easy to quickly get rid of any major dissenting opinions. "That¡¦s what has happened and that¡¦s why if you say anything contrary to Bush or the neo con agenda, you are immediately targeted, black balled and not allowed to publish or work. It¡¦s similar to how it was done in Nazi Germany and the old Soviet Union. "I know because it happened to me. When I started breaking stories about the Israeli and Arab connection with the 9/11 hijackers, as well as solid stories that the FBI had prior knowledge of 9/11, most of my free lance writing outlets stopped mysteriously dried up and stopped carrying any of my stories. "I know for a fact the Bush operatives applied pressure and intimidation since anything contrary to the official story put out by Dick Cheney and Karl Rove is off limits." Madsen said not only where his stories suppressed in the mainstream publications, but the "Bush people" also applied pressure to his original book publisher about a year ago. "When the administration received word I was working on a controversial book, linking the Bush family to
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [IPCUSA] ANTHRAX CASE: Justice Department Attempts To Silence Wife Of Bioweaponeer
Begin forwarded message:From: Friend Liberty [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 2, 2005 11:30:50 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [IPCUSA] ANTHRAX CASE: Justice Department Attempts To Silence Wife Of BioweaponeerReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ANTHRAX CASE: Justice Department Attempts To Silence Wife Of Bioweaponeerhttp://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=2531by Jerzy PollackJuly 2, 2005Exclusive to SiaNews Justice Department attempts to quash testimony by wife of bioweaponeer William Patrick III in STEVEN J. HATFILL, M.D. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (et al).Headed by former federal prosecutor Tom Connelly, pro bono attorney's for Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, the former "person of interest" in the anthrax letters case, have been quietly doing battle behind the scenes with attorney's for the US Justice Department, in the United States District Court for The District of Columbia. BACKGROUNDDr. Steven Hatfill's life was publically dismantled, rendering him persona non grata when John Ashcroft, the former United States Attorney General, labeled Hatfill "a person of interest" in the still unsolved anthrax case. Alleged leaks from the FBI to the news media created a macabre media blitz wherein the news hungry press was culpable, if not instrumental, in perpetuating the tortuous ordeal Dr. Hatfill, who has never been charged with a crime, was forced to endure. He became a pariah, lost his job, is unemployable and reportedly destitute.The FBI shadowed Hatfill to the extent that a state of virtual house arrest existed. At one point, on one of the rare occasions Hatfill left his besieged apartment, one of Hatfill's keepers ran over his foot with an SUV. Ironically, it was Hatfill who received a citation a fine over the incident.The FBI leaks, first appearing in Newsweek and amplified by ABC's Brian Ross, appeared to be uniquely designed to draw public interest. Newsweek's Mark Miller and Daniel Klaidman reported in "The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer", in remarkable detail, how, using bloodhounds that had been given "scent packs" from decontaminated anthrax letters to sniff, "went crazy" upon approaching Hatfill"s apartment:"The dogs, purebred bloodhounds with noses a thousand times more sensitive than a human¡¯s, were barking and howling and straining at their leashes. Early last week FBI agents on the trail of last year¡¯s anthrax attacker turned to a 16th-century technology to help solve a 21st-century crime.AGENTS PRESENTED the canines with scent packs lifted from anthrax-tainted letters mailed to Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy (long since decontaminated), hoping some faint, telltale trace of the perpetrator¡¯s smell still remained months after the fact. The agents quietly brought the dogs to various locations frequented by a dozen people they considered possible suspects -- hoping the hounds would match the scent on the letters. In place after place, the dogs had no reaction. But when the handlers approached the Frederick, Md., apartment building of Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, an eccentric 48-year-old scientist who had worked in one of the Army's top bioweapons-research laboratories, the dogs immediately became agitated, NEWSWEEK has learned. "They went crazy," says one law-enforcement source. The agents also brought the bloodhounds to the Washington, D.C., apartment of Hatfill¡¯s girlfriend and to a Denny¡¯s restaurant in Louisiana, where Hatfill had eaten the day before. In both places, the dogs jumped and barked, indicating they'd picked up the scent. (Bloodhounds are the only dogs whose powers of smell are admissible in court.) " Newsweek reported.No shrinking violet, Hatfill went public pleading his case: "I love my country, I had nothing to do with the anthrax letters and it is terribly wrong for anyone to contend or think otherwise." In a statement at an Accuracy in Media conference, Hatfill noted "They brought this good-looking dog in. I mean, this was the best-fed dog I have seen in a long time. They brought him in and he walked around the room. By the way, I could have left at anytime but I volunteered while they were raiding my apartment the second time, I volunteered to talk with them. The dog came around and I petted him. And the dog walked out. So animals like me"... [complete article here: http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=2531]-Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Yahoo! Groups Links* To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPCUSA/* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] The Octopus
Begin forwarded message:From: RoadsEnd [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 2, 2005 9:02:14 PM PDTTo: CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COMSubject: [CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] The OctopusReply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COM -Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: Our bill of rights [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 2, 2005 12:12:50 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], md [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], OM [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctrl [EMAIL PROTECTED], et [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] The OctopusReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: This is a collection of documents I've gathered from various sources that pretty much sum up the world of conspiracy theory: The Nazi rocket scientists, cattle mutilation, trilateral commission, UFO aliens from Zeta Reticuli, you name it, it¡¦s all here. I call it "The Octopus" or "the big enchilada".Read at your own risk: The Octopus "The death of a journalist in West Virginia, plus the jailing of an alleged CIA computer consultant in Washington State may be elements of a much wider scandal that could have serious implications... "What started out as an investigation of an apparent case of pirated software has grown to be a project involving hundreds of journalists all over the world. "The dead journalist, Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro was found dead August 10th in a motel room in West Virginia. His wrists were slashed seven times on each wrist and a suicide note was found nearby. The only manuscript of his book, with accompanying notes, WAS MISSING. "The book, provisionally titled 'The Octopus', was meant to be an explosive expose of misdeeds by the Justice Department under the Reagan administration. Time Magazine also reported that Casolaro's research centered on gambling and attempted arms deals at the Cabazon reservation near Indio, California. "Indeed, the scope of Casolaro's investigation was so large that any one of a large number of areas of research could have been the trigger for a possible hit. "While authorities declared his death a suicide, his relatives definitely stated that Casolaro's mental state was sound, indeed upbeat, after the completion of his book. "Casolaro started his work nearly two years before, investigating the bankrupting of a small computer software company called Inslaw, allegedly by the U.S. Justice Department. INSLAW, a company headed by Bill and Nancy Hamilton of Washington D.C., (no connection to researcher Bill Hamilton, whose writings on the Dulce enigma appear later in this volume. - Branton) had developed a package known as PROMIS -- short for Prosecutor's Management Information System -- to act as a case management tool for the Justice Department's unwieldy work load. "Inslaw President Bill Hamilton has claimed that Ed Meese associate EARL BRIAN was given control of pirated versions of the PROMIS software by Meese to sell back to different U.S. government agencies for great profit. Two courts have so far agreed with Hamilton, awarding an 8 million dollar judgment, but a higher ('Justice Dept.'? - Branton) court of appeal has quashed the award and the verdict, declaring that it was not the jurisdiction of the lower courts. As of October 9, the case has moved into the realm of the Supreme Court. "EARL BRIAN OWNS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL [UPI] and FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK [FNN]. "According to a Washington man, who claims to have modified the COBOL-based software for the CIA and other intelligence agencies, the software was a reward for Earl Brian's role in arranging the so-called 'October Surprise' gambit, the alleged conspiracy to withhold the American hostages in Iran until after the 1980 election which saw Carter removed from power. The 'October Surprise' scandal has taken some time to emerge. "In a Paris meeting, President Bush is alleged to have met with Ali Akabar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammed Ali Rajai, the future President of Iran and Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian arms dealer with connections to Mossad, according to Navy Captain Gunther Russbacher who claims to have flown Bush, William Casey -- the CIA chief -- and Donald Gregg, a CIA operative to that location. Russbacher, who made these allegations in May is now in jail on Terminal Island, convicted on the charge of impersonating a U.S. Attorney. (Note: Russbacher 'defected' from the CIA with 12 Navy Seals under his command, and was on at least two occasions the target of attempted CIA hits. The would-be assassins attempted to drive Gunther and his wife off of roads and down the side-cliffs to their deaths, however according to Russbacher his SEAL-team agents who were watching over him unbeknownst to the intended assassins, moved up quickly from behind and sent the CIA "hit men"
[cia-drugs] Zbigniew Brzezinski: Israel back to 1967 borders
p102-104 Power and Principle, Brzezinski [Carter admin position pressed by Sec State] Cyrus Vance ...Israel back to 1967 borders...Palestinian self-determination and nation-state...we were more and more inclined to engage in a dialog with the PLO itself regarding its participation[at Geneva]...clearly an effort[by the Israelis]...to convert us into a satellite of their policy rather than an independent agent working for a settlement...[Israeli PM] Begin[speaking for the PLO] said it would be a waste of time to insist that the PLO accept Resolution 242[acknowledge Israeli statehood] ...[but the Palestinians themselves said]...willing to accept Resolution 242[acknowledge Israeli statehood contingent on a preparatory, advance formal assurance of an interpretation of 242 promising a Palestinian state]..."the language of Resolution 242 relates to the rights of all mideastern states to peace[implicitly and expressly including a Palestinian state]". While he was in Alexandria, Vance was handed a draft peace treaty by Sadat...atmosphere became more tense as Israeli settlements multiplied...despite Carter's personal request to Begin to refrain from making any new settlements...State Department denounced the new settlements as being against international law [All Carter and Vance but Brzezinski now] I felt that the draft of a proposed message to the Israelis , warning them that unless they immediately terminated their military operations [in Lebanon, but the settlements are military operations, too] we would halt all military aid to Israel[history has proven this necessary to move the Israeli settlements in the face of assassinations of Sadat and Rabin and October Surprises, and the success of a threat against Syria, why not threaten the Israelis with a US invasion?!] The Soviets no longer insisted on a separate Palestinian state...[another thing wrong with the idea of Soviet participation was] I did subsequently feel that I erred in not consulting our domestic political advisers about its likely internal impact and in not objecting more strenuously to the very notion of a join US-Soviet statement. Sadat at first welcomed the US-Soviet statement of October 1, telling the US ambassador Hermann Eilts that it was "a master stroke" because it would put pressure on the Syrians to be more accomodating. He was then shaken by the manner in which the United States[Carter personally] retreated [from the Israeli US media playing the McCarthy card]. Proposal by Sadat to hold a world summit in East Jerusalem...and the PLO...we worried...that Sadat ...might be losing his sense of reality[his sense of Brzezinski the SB McGeorge Bundy of Carter's Bay of Pigs[JFK was not even president for two of three SB's successfully and strategically failed Bay of Pigs invasions]. Cy was pressing very hard for Soviet participation. I started speaking of a "concentric circles" approach, building on the Egyptian-Israeli accord, then expanding the circle by including the Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza as well as the Jordanians, and finally moving to a still wider circle by engaging the Syrians and perhaps even the Soviets in a comprehensive settlement. Sadat-Begin initiative [could freeze out the Palestinians] freeze out the rest of the middle east[the Palestinians]...we should find some ways that progress on the West Bank[NOT GAZA FIRST. FIRST, *NOT* GAZA FIRST!!!] In the Washington meetings held on December 16 and 17, 1977...At the morning meeting with Begin... Cy was quite upset because Phil Habib, his very close friend, was stricken with a heart attack[Sadat was assassinated, JFK/RFK/MLK, Rabin, so Habib has a timely heart attack. Vince Foster, Charles Briggs, William Casey, all timely ill folks. But] ...[Begin said]"autonomy for the local population... Israeli sovereignty would go to the 1967 line"... [but] military governor...no...withdrawal from West Bank...no self-determination...annexationism[with regard to Greater Israel notion reflected in use of certain biblical terms like "Samaria"]. page 438 1979...president...wanted...a negotiator...Richard Strauss...to provide him a shield domestically... Strauss[himself also cowed by US Israeli press] from the outset particularly concerned with the domestic implications...wanted to get out of the assignment[thoroughly cowed by US Israeli press hegemony, some domestic shield for the president!] along with [VP] Mondale made it clear [to the president] that any[unconditional surrender to US Israel press now!] pressure on Israel would be damaging politically at home[but October Surprise was damaging politically at home]. [Carter's UN ambassador] Andy Young's meeting with a PLO representative became public and he had to resign. Appointment first of Strauss and later of [Sol] Linowitz [negotiated Panama Canal handover, another faux pas as a Palestinian issue move!] was the undermining of Vance[which strategically meant the undermining of]...Vance was
