Re: [CTRL] Fw: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story
-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=67dept=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
[CTRL] Fw: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story
-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=67dept=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=67dept=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
