-Caveat Lector- Funny that I never saw such obsessive digging for 'facts' over the last 8 years. Hmm. Was there nothing to dig up on all those saints?? Beyond the filth and corruption that was of such a magnitude that it oozed out beyond their control was MUCH MUCH MUCH more. But we certainly don't want to talk about all that, do we? On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:19:00 -0800 Michael Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -Caveat Lector- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 6:46 AM > Subject: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A > Trick > Story > > > >More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story > >http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39001-2000Dec21.html > >Ann Veneman, Bush choice for Agriculture Secretary, according to > the > >article at the url above served on the board of Calgene, described > in > >that article as "a biotechnology company working on genetically > >engineered foods" > >.http://www.ucsusa.org/Gene/F97.agribusiness.html > >"Calgene (is) now a subsidiary of Monsanto" > >http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/media/00/00nov13_stock.html > >http://www.social-ecology.org/library/tokar/monsanto.html "In 1947, > a > >rench freighter carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up at a > dock > >270 feet from Monsanto's plastics plant outside Galveston, > Texas.More > >than 500 people died in what came to be seen as one of the chemical > >industry's first major disasters.- The herbicide "Agent Orange," > which > >was used by U.S. military forces to defoliate the rainforest > >ecosystems of Vietnam during the 1960s was a mixture of 2,4,5-T and > >2,4-D that was available from several sources, but Monsanto's Agent > >Orange had concentrations of dioxin many times higher than that > >produced by Dow Chemical, the defoliant's other leading > manufacturer. > >This made Monsanto the key defendant in the lawsuit brought by > Vietnam > >War veterans in the United States, who faced an array of > debilitating > >symptoms attributable to Agent Orange exposure. When a $180 million > >settlement was reached in 1984 between seven chemical companies and > >the lawyers for the veterans, the judge ordered Monsanto to pay > 45.5 > >percent of the total." > >http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/about_us/company_timeline/index3.html > >"Through the Dayton Laboratories, Monsanto became involved in > research > >on uranium for the Manhattan Project, which led to the first > nuclear > >bombs. "Monsanto Company, an 85 percent owned subsidiary of > Pharmacia > > Corporation." > >http://microrim.samovar.ru "On April 3, 2000, a new first-tier > >competitor in the global pharmaceutical industry was created. > >Pharmacia Corporation is the result of a merger between Pharmacia & > >Upjohn and Monsanto > >Company. http://www.pharmacia.com http://www.pnu.com/ > >http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/2000/january2000/27012000_monsanto.html > >"Pharmacia & Upjohn's board of directors is comprised of Frank > >C. Carlucci (and others) > >http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/1999b/4_29_9 > >999298_Carlucci_appt.html > >"Frank C. Carlucci Becomes Nortel Networks' New Chairman of the > Board > >of Directors" "Carlucci of McLean, Virginia, a member of the Nortel > >Networks board of directors since 1989, currently serves as the > >chairman of the Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based merchant > >banking firm as well as chairman of the board and a director of > >Neurogen Corporation. Earlier, Carlucci enjoyed a long and > >distinguished career in the U.S. government. His periods of > service > >which spanned both Democratic and Republican administrations, > included > >appointments as Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989, National > >Security Advisor to President Reagan in 1987, Ambassador to > Portugal, > >Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Deputy > >Secretary of Defense, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and > >Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget." > >http://www.njdc.org/readNews.php3?show=67&dept=4 "Cheney agreed > with > >his predecessor, Frank Carlucci, that congressional opposition to > US > >arms sales to friendly Arab states has hurt American interests in > the > >region. 'I think the United States does have a role to play in the > >area that does involve providing our Arab friends with the > equipment > >they need in order to provide for their defense,' Cheney said." > >http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm > >"Richard B. Cheney March 21, 1989- January 20, 1993 17th > Secretary > >of Defense Bush Administration President George Bush initially > chose > >former Texas Sen. John G. Tower to be his secretary of defense. > When > >the Senate in March 1989 rejected his nomination, Bush selected > Rep. > >Richard B. (Dick) Cheney of Wyoming. Cheney, born in > Lincoln,Nebraska, > >on 30 January 1941, attended Yale University- For chairman > >of the Joint Chiefs of Staff he selected General Colin L. Powell, > who > >assumed the post on 1 October 1989.- Cheney and Secretary of State > >Baker were old friends - Panama, controlled by General Manuel > >Antonio Noriega, the head of the country's military, against whom a > >U.S. grand jury had entered an indictment for drug trafficking in > >February 1988, held Cheney's attention almost from the time he > >took office." http://www.njdc.org/readNews.php3?show=67&dept=4 > "DICK > >CHENEY'S OWN WORDS AND ACTIONS 1.In Congress, Cheney was a leader > of > >the forces pushing for a constitutional school prayer amendment, > >working as Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee to > force > >a vote in the House on the measure. "House Democratic leaders 'have > >denied the American people a voice on school prayer for 13 years > and > >it is time for the people to be heard,' said Rep. Dick Cheney, > R-Wyo., > >chairman of the policy group. '[T]his most basic human right of > >Americans especially school children - that their right to pray > not > >be abridged has been tampered with" (Associated Press, March 7, > 1984). > >The Austin-American Statesman confirms that Cheney is "pro-public > >school prayer" (The Austin-American Statesman, July 22, 2000). In > >1984, Cheney backed a measure that would have cut off federal > >education assistance to states and school districts that prohibit > >silent or vocal prayer in public schools (1984 Congressional > Quarterly > >Almanac, p. 88-H, vote #287). 2.In both 1979 and 1985, Rep. Cheney > >voted for across-the-board foreign aid cuts that would have reduced > >Israel's aid by five percent. According to Doug Bloomfield's > >syndicated Washington Watch column dated July 27, 2000, "An > >examination of Cheney's congressional service from 1979 to 1989 > >reveals a mixed voting record on foreign aid and no sign that he > >opposed any of the arms sales to Israel's enemies. He opposed > moving > >the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his signature was > rarely > >if ever found on any of the myriad congressional letters, > resolutions > >and initiatives circulated by his pro-Israel colleagues on both > sides > >of the aisle."3.According to The Forward (April 21, 2000), Dick > Cheney > >was listed on invitations to a May 3rd event of the Mosaic > Foundation > >as a member of its Finance Committee. The Foundation, which The > >Forward reports is "an Arab charity with a policy of excluding > >Israelis," refused to invite Israeli diplomats to its May 3rd > benefit > >"when virtually the entire rest of the diplomatic corps in > Washington > >is invited." Both First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senate > >Democratic Leader Tom Daschle withdrew their support for the event > >when its full nature became apparent. Cheney refused comment when > >contacted by The Forward. Of the Mosaic Foundation event, the > >executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major > >American Jewish Organizations, Malcolm Hoenlein, said, "I think > public > >figures have to take into account the message it sends if they > >participate in such an event." Added Dr. Mandell Ganchrow, the > >president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, > >"When the facts become known, then people have to understand that > >there is significance to attending or not attending. Such conduct > is > >not something that we should tolerate in this kind of pluralistic > >society." 4.According to Salon.com (July 27, 2000), "Only weeks > ago, > >at the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Alberta, [Dick] Cheney > >called for economic sanctions against Iran to be lifted." Cheney, > who > >attended in his role as CEO of the world's biggest oil-field > services > >provider, said, "I would hope we could find ways to improve" > US-Iran > >relations. He continued, "One of the ways I think is to allow > American > >firms to do the same thing that most other firms around the world > are > >able to do now, and that is to be active in Iran." The Salon.com > >article also notes that "Cheney opposes restrictions on doing > business > >with countries that have an economic boycott against Israel." 5.In > a > >lengthy 1989 interview with reporter Scott Farris of Cheney's > hometown > >Caspar, Wyoming Star-Tribune, Cheney argued on behalf of arming > >Israel's Arab neighbors: "Cheney agreed with his predecessor, Frank > >Carlucci, that congressional opposition to US arms sales to > friendly > >Arab states has hurt American interests in the region. 'I think the > >United States does have a role to play in the area that does > involve > >providing our Arab friends -with the equipment they need in order > to > >provide for their defense,' Cheney said." In 1981, Rep. Cheney > voted > >against a resolution disapproving the sale of AWACS and other > military > >equipment to Saudi Arabia, and in 1986, Rep. Cheney was one of only > 62 > >members of the House voting against a resolution disapproving this > >major arms sale to Saudi Arabia. 6.Cheney also lamented in the > same > >article that the U.S. should have been "tougher on Israel" in the > >1980's: "Following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Cheney > >said he was 'disappointed that the administration has not been > >somewhat tougher on Israel... I think we should have expressed our > >displeasure in no uncertain terms.' He argued then that Israel had > >faced no security danger that would have provoked such an attack. > >'Literally thousands of innocent people have been killed or > injured. I > >find that difficult to accept,' he said then." Cheney went on to > argue > >for his vision of a more "balanced" Middle East policy: "Cheney > vows > >to 'argue as persuasively as I know how' with his former colleagues > on > >Capitol Hill to adopt a 'more balanced policy' in terms of > improving > >relations with Arab nations."7.Cheney argued as early as 1982 on > >behalf of a Palestinian state,according to the same interview, > which > >appeared in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (July > 1989, > >p. 8): "In July 1982, however, Cheney said, 'Any resolution in this > >conflict which has lasted for more than 30 years must include the > >formation of a Palestinian state. -" 8.According to the same > >interview, "As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, Cheney > >expressed outrage at the Jonathan Pollard spy case, saying it > >demonstrated that Israel had waged a deliberate and successful spy > >campaign against the United States. 'I consider it an unfriendly > >act,' Cheney said in March 1987, adding that Israel had betrayed > its > >unique bond with the United > >States. 'They, on the one hand, plead for a special relationship > with > >the United States - a special relationship that has existed for > nearly > >40 years now. On the other hand, [they] run a major intelligence > >operation against us,' Cheney said."9.Cheney "was one of just 21 > >members of Congress in December of 1985 to vote against a ban on > >armor-piercing bullets, called 'cop-killer' bullets. Three years > >later, he was one of only four members of the House voting against > a > >ban on plastic guns that could slip through airport security > machines > >undetected. The NRA did not oppose this ban" (CNN Newstand Live, > July > >24, 2000). http://www.usatoday.com/news/e98/e2406.htm "Like Bush, > >Cheney attended Yale University and did less than spectacularly > >there. A scholarship student, he dropped out in 1962 because of > poor > >grades.- As a House member, Cheney opposed funding for a number of > >proposals to regulate business and the environment, including the > >Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Endangered > >Species Act.. He voted against a wide range of gun-control > measures. > >During the Iran-contra scandal, he was one of the staunchest > >defenders of Lt. Col. Oliver North,-. Cheney voted no on the > Equal > >Rights Amendment and later, at the Pentagon, refused to change the > >policy barring women from combat.. At the Pentagon, Cheney also > >supported the ban against gays in the military. " > >http://www.africa2000.com/CNDX/cpowell.htm "Frank C. Carlucci III-A > >former assistant director of the CIA under Jimmy Carter and > Secretary > >of Defense and National Security Adviser to Ronald Reagan. Powell > has > >frequently referred to Carlucci as his "mentor" and as such an > >understanding of Carlucci's covert career is revealing. In a book > >written by Karl Evanzz, -Carlucci's appointment as appointed consul > >and second-secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Stanleyville, The > Congo > >(now Zaire), was a cover for the CIA and that Carlucci's presence > in > >the capital was intimately connected with a CIA-sponsored plot to > >assassinate recently-elected president Patrice Lumumba in 1961. > While > >en route to the home of one of Lumumba's chief enemies Moise > Tshombe, > >Carlucci was in a motorcade which was involved in an accident which > >killed a Congolese pedestrian. In the ensuing altercation, Carlucci > >was stabbed in the back of his neck and on his left shoulder. Five > >months after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba Carlucci was > >arrested and expelled from the Congo and sent back to the U.S. In > 1965 > >he was expelled from another African country, this time Tanzania, > >after being implicated in the CIA-linked assassination of Burundi > >Prime Minister Pierre Ngendandumwe whose government was then > lending > >support to anti-Tshombe forces in the Congo -With a mentor who has > >demonstrated such utter contempt for international law and African > >sovereignty, one might expect Powell to be a severe detriment to > >African efforts to resist the resurgent Western effort towards re- > >colonization. Carlucci is currently head of his own investment > banking > >house and is reported to have offered a position to his protege." > >http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/carlucci.htm > >"Frank C. Carlucci November 23, 1987 - January 20,1989 16th > Secretary > >of Defense Reagan Administration Carlucci joined the Department of > >State as a foreign service officer.His State Department assignments > >took him to South Africa, the Congo, Zanzibar, and Brazil between > 1957 > >and 1969. He left the State Department in 1969 to join the Office > of > >Economic Opportunity as assistant director, and moved up to > director > >late in 1970. He then became associate director and deputy > director > >of the Office of Management and Budget (1971-72) and under > secretary > >of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1972-74). At > both > >places he worked under Caspar Weinberger. In 1975 Carlucci > returned > >to the State Department to serve as ambassador to Portugal until > 1978, > >when he went to the Central Intelligence Agency as deputy director, > >staying until January 1981. The next month he joined Weinberger at > the > >Department of Defense as deputy secretary. Strongly supported by > >Weinberger, Carlucci was selected for the post even though some of > >President Reagan's advisers opposed him because he had served in > the >Carter administration. As deputy secretary he worked closely with > >Weinberger, assuming responsibility for the day-to-day management > of > >the Pentagon and overseeing the defense budget and procurement." > Frank > >C. Carlucci, who had served as Caspar Weinberger's deputy secretary > >between1981 and 1983, succeeded him as secretary of > >defense.http://www.alamo-girl.com/04562A1.htm "CARLUCCI FRANK > CHARLES > >The Carlyle Group TC - DOD, ambassador, HHS, Intelligence, NSC, and > >OMB Chairman and a Partner in The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C. > >based merchant bank. Prior to joining The Carlyle Group in 1989, > >Carlucci served as Secretary of Defense from 1987 - 1988. He served > as > >President Reagan's National Security Advisor in 1987.Before > returning > >to Government service, Carlucci was Chairman and CEO of Sears World > >Trade, a business he joined in 1983. His Government service > included > >positions as Deputy Secretary of Defense (1980 - 82), Deputy > Director > >of Central Intelligence (1978 - 80), Ambassador to Portugal (1975 - > >78), Under Secretary of Health Education and Welfare (1973 - 75), > >Deputy Director of OMB (1970 - 72), and Director of the Office of > >Economic Opportunity (1969). Carlucci was a Foreign Service Officer > >from 1956 to 1980. Carlucci serves on the following corporate > boards: > >Ashland, Inc.; BDM International, Inc.; East New York Savings Bank; > >General Dynamics Corporation; Kaman Corporation; Neurogen > Corporation; > >Northern Telecom Limited; The Quaker Oats Company; Sun Resorts, > Ltd., > >N.V.; Texas > >Biotechnology Corporation; Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.; Westinghouse > >Electric Corporation; and the Board of Trustees for the RAND > >Corporation." > >http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/week007.htm > >"U.S. Senator John Ashcroft, (R-Missouri) a staunch Christian > >conservative, may be the first Republican to enter the 2000 > >presidential race (Reuters Dec. 8,1998). Ashcroft, who is a 1964 > Yale > >graduate." > http://www.powells.com/biblio/66600-66800/0679432965.html > >"It was Powell whom President Reagan summoned to the White House > to > >help National Security Advisor Frank Carlucci clean up the mess > after > >the Iran-contra debacle." Below is excerpted from: > >http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin8.html "Behind Colin > >Powell's Legend-Saving Reagan By Robert Parry & Norman Solomon "We > >need you, Colin," the familiar voice of new national security > adviser > >Frank Carlucci pleaded over the phone in December 1986. "This is > >serious. Believe me, the presidency is at stake." With those words, > >Colin Powell re-entered the Iran-contra affair, a set of events he > had > >dangerously advanced in January 1986when he arranged missile > >deliveries to Iran, while keeping Pentagon colleagues in the dark. > But > >just as Powell played an important behind-the-scenes role in those > >missile shipments, he would be equally instrumental in the next > phase, > >the scandal's cover-up in 1987-88 The documentary record-some of > it > >recently declassified at the request of The Consortium-reveals > >disturbing new questions about Colin Powell's own "character and > >competence," including clear discrepancies in his sworn testimony. > >But in late 1986, as Carlucci called Powell in West Germany, the > White > >House needed some cool heads and some steady hands. President > Reagan > >was reeling day after day from disclosures of the reckless > >arms-for-hostage scheme with Iran and diversion of money to the > >Nicaraguan contra rebels. After sounding Powell out about his > >willingness to join the National Security Council staff, Carlucci > made > >sure he could wall Powell off from the scandal. On Dec. 9, 1986, > the > >White House obtained from the FBI a statement that Powell was not a > >criminal suspect. The next day, Carlucci asked Defense Secretary > >Caspar Weinberger "to call Peter Wallison, WH Counsel-to tell them > >Colin had no connection with Iran arms sales-except to carry out > >President's order," Weinberger wrote down. He then "called Peter > >Wallison-Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on > Iran." > >With Carlucci satisfied that his old friend, Powell, could sidestep > >the spreading Iran-contra stain, Reagan formally asked the general > on > >Dec. 12, 1986, to quit his post as commander of V Corps in West > >Germany and to become deputy national security adviser. Powell > >accepted, taking over those new duties on Jan. 2, 1987. As always, > >Powell took to his task energetically. To put the Iran-contra > scandal > >behind the White House, he helped draft a limited mea-culpa speech > by > >Reagan on March 4, 1987. The president admitted that the > >arms-for-hostage deal "was a mistake." But Powell failed to force > in > >some phrasing exonerating his patron, Weinberger, and by inference, > >Colin Powell. A Confident General Powell testified before both the > >congressional committees and special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh. > Under > >oath, the general asserted that he did not know about the early > 1985 > >arms shipments to Iran a key point given the fact that those arms > >transfers represented a felony under the Arms Export Control Act. > He > >insisted that he did not know that U.S. weapons were being shipped > >until mid-January 1986 when President Reagan signed a "finding" > that > >made the deliveries legal. The distinction was crucial to Powell's > >defense of himself and Weinberger. Powell stuck to his story even > as > >evidence emerged proving that he and Weinberger were reading > >top-secret intelligence intercepts in September and October 1985 in > >which Iranians described the delivery of U.S. weapons. The > Consortium > >obtained one of those reports, dated Oct. 2, 1985. It was marked > >"SECRET SPOKE ORCON" and was signed by Lt. Gen. William Odom, the > >director of the National Security Agency. The sensitive electronic > >intercept had picked up a phone conversation a day earlier between > two > >Iranian officials, identified as "Mr. Asghari" who was in Europe > and > >"Mohsen Kangarlu" who was in Tehran. "A large part of the > conversation > >had to do with details on the delivery of several more shipments of > >weapons into Iran," wrote Odom in the "exclusive" report which went > >only to top officials at CIA, the NSC and the Pentagon. "Asghari > then > >pressed Kangarlu to provide a list of what he wanted the 'other > four > >planes' to bring. ... Kangarlu said that he already had provided a > >list. Asghari said that those items were for the first two planes. > >Asghari reminded Kangarlu that there were Phoenix missiles on the > >second plane which were not on the first. ...[Asghari] said that a > >flight would be made this week." When asked about this and other > >touchy points by congressional investigators on June 19, 1987, > Powell > >pleaded a weak memory. He repeatedly used phrases such as "I cannot > >specifically recall." At one point, Powell said, "To my > recollection, > >I don't have a recollection." When asked if Weinberger kept a > diary, > >Powell responded, "The Secretary, to my knowledge, did not keep a > >diary.Whatever notes he kept, I don't know how he uses them or what > he > >does with them. He does not have a diary of this ilk, no." As for > his > >own notebooks from the Iran-contra period, Powell announced that he > >had destroyed them. Weinberger offered similar testimony, claiming > >that he took notes "occasionally, but comparatively rarely" and > that > >they were not "kept in any formal way." Whatever their condition, > >however, Weinberger's notes were not delivered to Congress or to > the > >special prosecutor. That gap of evidence was crucial in the failure > of > >the early Iran-contra investigations to breach the White House > >stonewall. Fall-Guy Plan In 1987, the White House cover > story-blaming > >the scandal on Oliver North and other out-of-control NSC > >officers-held, even though North had publicly denounced the > official > >version as a "fall-guy plan." Thanks in no small part to Powell's > >fencing with his inquisitors, the investigation was blunted, Ronald > >Reagan's presidency was saved and George Bush could tell the voters > >that he had been "out-of-the-loop" on Iran-contra. The Consortium > >investigation found that Powell's records at the NSC and at the > >Pentagon revealed no information about-or apparent interest > >in-longstanding allegations that the contras engaged in cocaine > >trafficking -(Ironically, recent disclosures in federal court > records > >cite Bermudez as the contra leader who gave a green light to > massive > >contra cocaine shipments into the United States.) After Congress > ended > >its Iran-contra investigation in fall 1987, Powell mounted a > >counter-attack -To his surprise, though, Powell was not quite > through > >with Iran-contra. In 1991, Walsh's investigators stumbled upon > >Weinberger's long-lost notes which had been filed away in an > obscure > >corner of the Library of Congress. Among those papers was a note > from > >Oct. 3, 1985. It indicated that Weinberger had received information > >from an NSA intercept that Iran was receiving "arms transfers"-the > >point that Powell had tried so hard to obscure. The belated > discovery > >of Weinberger's diaries led to the former defense secretary's > >indictment for obstruction of justice. The notes also prompted > Powell > >to submit a pro-Weinberger affidavit that stunningly contradicted > >Powell's own earlier sworn testimony in which he had insisted that > >Weinberger maintained no "diaries." In the affidavit dated April > 21, > >1992, however, Powell argued that he regarded Weinberger's daily > notes > >as a "personal diary" and that it was "entirely possible" that > >Weinberger would not have understood these personal papers to be > >within the scope of the Iran-contra document requests. Though the > >contradiction was clear, Powell was never held to account.. The > only > >threat to Powell's reputation would be the trial of Caspar > Weinberger > >which was scheduled to start in January 1993 and which listed > Powell > >as a prospective witness. Bush -pardon(ed ) Weinberger, on > Christmas > >Eve 1992. Weinberger thus was spared a trial-and Powell was saved > the > >embarrassment of public attention over his dubious role in the > >Iran-contra affair." Above sent for non-commercial purposes of > >discussion. Note: Bush was also spared being named by Weinberger > for > >Bush's KEY role in Iran-Contra. As Vice President Bush had > allegedly > >used BOTH Jordan's King Hussein & Egypt's President Mubarak to > send a > >message to Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War to start bombing > >Iran. The following weekend Saddam staged over 300 bombing raids > >against Iran. Bush then allegedly offered missiles to Iran to > defend > >itself from Saddam. Thus beginning what was to become Iran-Contra. > >http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/NSChistory.htm "The Tower Board, > headed > >by Senator John Tower and including former Senator Edmund Muskie > and > >former National Security Adviser Scowcroft, not only reviewed the > >events of Iran-Contra but made a body of recommendations for the > >reform of the NSC. The spirit of the reforms was given more content > by > >the new NSC leadership appointed by President Reagan in November > 1987: > >National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci and Deputy National > Security > >Adviser Lieutenant General Colin Powell. In the autumn of 1988, > >Carlucci was called to the Defense Department to succeed Caspar > >Weinberger, and for the third time among his six appointments to > the > >position of National Security Adviser during his presidency, Reagan > >promoted the Deputy (Powell)".Reagan had referred to Powell as " > >Frank's Right-Hand Man".Butterfly Ballot Designer Le Pore Khashoggi > >Bush The Wall Street Journal of December 1st, 2000 page one states: > " > >'Madame Butterfly' Theresa Le Pore wasn't always an embattled Palm > >Beach ballots chief. In the 1980s she moonlighted as a flight > >attendant on private planes owned by Saudi weapons dealer Adnan > >Khashoggi, a middleman in Reagan administration arms sales to > Iran." > >Theresa Le Pore designed the infamous Butterfly Ballot in Palm > Beach > >Florida. The Plot Thickens as they say, or does it, time will tell. > >Pamela Harriman was married to Randolph Churchill before she > married > >Averell > >Harriman. Averell Harriman was the partner in Brown Brothers, > >Harriman, with Prescott Bush, the father of former President Bush, > & > >with George Herbert Walker, former President Bush's grandfather. > The > >W in George W. Bush stands for Walker. Pamela's son was named > after > >his grandfather, Winston Churchill. Pamela's son ,Winston's > alleged > >former mistress was Soraya Khashoggi, who was the former wife of > >arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. Small world isn't it. Khashoggi was > also > >allegedly deeply involved with former President Bush in the > >Iran-Contra Affair. I have not had time to check out all of the > links > >below but would hope we would All research as well as we can any > >relationships between any or all of the parties mentioned. "The > >Churchill Society London ... Mr Churchill, whose former mistress > >Soraya Khashoggi, the former wife of arms dealer > >Adnanhttp://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/wscminor.html > >"THE TIMES NEWSPAPER 19th February 1997 By Andrew Pierce & Tom > >Rhodes WINSTON CHURCHILL who spent most of his life living in the > >shadow of > >his glamorous mother Pamela Harriman, was left $10 million (6.2 > >million pounds) in her will it was disclosed yesterday." > >http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/dom/970915/princess.outside_lok > >in.html > >"OUTSIDE LOOKING IN > >... to Saudi Arabia. The company took off, and not long after, al > >Fayed married Khashoggi's sister Samira, who gave birth to Dodi in > >1955. He divorced her after""Article24b.htm ... to prove, but > Richard > >Taus, former FBI agent, states that Al Fayed and Khashoggi were > >connected to the Iran/Contra scandal through Castle Securities. > >Castle ..". http://paranoiamagazine.com/24Article2.htm "of Europe. > >Dodi Fayed, beloved of Lady Diana, is a cousin of Adnan Khashoggi, > a > >CIA asset involved in sales of arms to Iran-he and Oliver North. > >Adnan" > >http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/cdps/FireSafety/OthTops/ammonium.htm > >... In the wake of the Oklahoma City tragedy, much attention has > been > >paid to the safety and availability of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. > >Unfortunately, some media ... > >http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/cdps/FireSafety/OthTops/ammonium.htmNo. > >1138: The Texas City Disaster... On April 19, 1995, some murderers > >parked a U-Haul truck filled with ammonium nitrate fertilizer in > >front of an Oklahoma City office building. They ignited it > >http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1138.htm > >[More results from www.uh.edu] Court TV Casefiles: Oklahoma City > >Bombing Trial Transcript (4 ... ... bomb that blew up the federal > >building in Oklahoma City. They got 4,000 pounds- that's 2 tons > >of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. They bought it at a farm supply > >http://www.courttv.com/casefiles/oklahoma/transcripts/0424am.html > >The Oklahoma City Federal Building, destroyed in a daytime bomb > >blast in the 1990s, was the location for both investigators & > evidence > >in the Iran-Contra scandal & the site of the 1992 election eve > >indictment of former US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger (later > >pardoned > >by outgoing US President George Bush). > > > > > > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~-~> > >eGroups is now Yahoo! 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