-Caveat Lector- Forwarded Message: Subj: SNET: HIGH NOON Date: 98-12-13 08:01:43 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Sterling) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> SNETNEWS Mailing List From: Sandi Brockway / Macrocosm USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HIGH NOON In the 1950s classic western about honor and conformity, fear and courage, Marshal Gary Cooper faces a murderous gang of killers all by himself while a town, paralyzed by fear, does nothing to help. Cooper risks not only his life but the love of Grace Kelly and does what honor, and a higher moral compass require of him. The spineless town, which had hired him to do for them what they would not do for themselves, vacillates, cringes and waffles. Cooper, terrified and abandoned, faces the gunmen alone. At the end of the movie the killers are dead but there is no resolution. The only thing that remains is an empty street awaiting the next group of bandits. There is no Marshal, no hero, no martyr. He has left in disgust, happily for him, with Grace by his side, his badge lying in the dust. There is nothing there worthy of sacrifice. The San Jose Mercury News reported, on November 22, that hearings in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) will take place sometime in mid to late January on Volume II of the CIA Inspector General's report on Contra drug trafficking. The Mercury calls the pending hearings, Congress' "final look" at the issue. With those hearings every issue raised by Gary Webb's stories and all the efforts of many men and women, for decades, will be laid to rest. There will be no more chances in our lifetimes. The matter will be officially closed. I offer you two scenarios. Scenario One: Moved by a massive outcry from the public and enormous pressure on the news media, HPSCI holds well publicized hearings, with advance publicity, and calls Gary Webb, Cele Castillo, Mike Levine, Mike Ruppert, Dee Ferdinand, Danillo Blandon, Oliver North, John Poindexter, Robert Gates, Alan Fiers and a dozen others as witnesses. The hearings result in a massive public outcry and Congress, faced with overwhelming evidence of CIA wrongdoing, condemns the Agency and opens the door for reparations, abolition of CIA, and long overdue reforms in our criminal justice system. Scenario Two: Due to the fact that no public interest was expressed, HPSCI holds sudden hearings, which are covered only by C-SPAN with no notice. The witness list is short and limited only to Fred Hitz, George Tenet and Maxine Waters. The major media does not cover the hearings live and brief spots on the evening news report only that CIA was sloppy and received a minor wrist-slapping for its association with drug dealers during the Contra war years. Vague recommendations are made that the CIA undertake a review of its procedures with no time-specific period for completion. The matter is closed. As CIA apologist David Korn of The Nation has predicted - "CIA gets away with it." The bandits all head for the saloon to get more whiskey, women and song. The town is doomed. Each citizen returns to hoping that someone else will be the next victim. There's a time for reading, for learning, and for waiting. There's also a time for doing. The scenario, which plays out in January, is entirely up to you. Make no mistake about the stakes. As reported by Alex Cockburn in his book Whiteout, New York Times reporter Keith Schneider wrote in 1987 that, "such a story could shatter the Republic." If you believe that life cannot exist without the Republic then do nothing. If you believe that life rests on something more fundamental and pure then get off your behind and do something - now. CIA is still dealing drugs and if they are not challenged then the saloon door, the entire town and you are standing wide open. With what has been revealed in Volume II we will never have a chance like this again. Throw Your Weight Around! FROM THE GOVERNMENT WE WANT: 1. Disqualification of retired CIA covert operative J. Porter Goss as Chairman of the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence before any hearings on grounds of conflict of interest. 2. Adequate public notice in advance of the hearings so that the press may cover them. 3. Testimony from all relevant witnesses including Celerino Castillo, Mike Levine, Rick Horn, Mike Ruppert, Bob Parry and Gary Webb. GOVERNMENT CONTACTS THE WHITE HOUSE President William Clinton, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500. 202-456-1414 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Hon. Bob Livingston, 2406 Rayburn, Washington, D.C. 20515, 202-225-3015 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE Rm H-405, US Capitol, Wash., D.C. 20515 Phone 202-225-4121. FAX 202-225-1991 SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE Room 211, Hart Bldg., Washington, D.C., 20510. Phone 202-224-1700. FAX 202-224-1772 BARBARA BOXER 112 Hart Senate Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510. 415-403-0100 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DIANNE FEINTSTEIN 331 Hart Senate Bldg., Wash., D.C. 20510. 310-914-7300 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO FIND YOUR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES call the House switchboard at (202) 225-3121 or look it up by entering your zip code at http://www.house.gov/ FROM THE MEDIA WE WANT: FULL PUBLIC COVERAGE OF HEARINGS ON Volume II of the CIA IG report! MEDIA CONTACTS ARE: ABC Arita Krichman 1717 De Salles St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 202-222-7777 CBS Lois Dyer 2020 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 202-457-4385 fax 202-659-2586 NBC 4001 Nebraska Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016 202-885-4200 fax 202-362-2009 CNN National Assignments Desk CNN Center, P.O. Box 105366 Atlanta, GA 30374 404-827-0234 fax 404-681-3578 LOS ANGELES TIMES Times Mirror Square, L.A., CA 90053 1-800-LA TIMES e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WASHINGTON POST Walter Pincus 1150 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 202-334-6000 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW YORK TIMES Tim Weiner 1627 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 202-862-0300 WALL STREET JOURNAL Carla Robbins 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036 202-862-9200 TIME Walter Isaacson 1271 Ave. of The Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020 202-861-4000 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWSWEEK Gregg Vistica 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 202-626-2000 FOX NEWS 888-369-4762 202-824-6300 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael C. Ruppert P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413 * (818)788-8791 * fax(818)981-2847 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) COPYRIGHT 1998, MICHAEL C. RUPPERT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. http://www.copvcia.com/ * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * Macrocosm USA, a nonprofit clearinghouse for progressives Box 185 -*- Cambria, CA 93428 -*- (805) 927-2515 http://www.macronet.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The life of the individual only has meaning in so far as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful." 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