When The White House Has Something To Hide…
When The White House Has Something To Hide…
Yesterday, White House adviser to the Supreme Court nomination process, former Sen. Fred Thompson, said the White House is likely to refuse requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee to review memoranda that Roberts drafted while he worked in the Reagan and Bush I administrations.
The White House can’t blame critics who think they’re hiding something. The Bush administration chose to hide the following information:
- The PDB from the 9/11 Commission
- Documents related to the leak investigation
- Cheney’s influence in Halliburton deal
- Cheney’s Energy Task Force deliberations
- The true cost of the Medicare bill
- John Bolton’s secret intercepts
- Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse report
Historical experience dictates the lesson to be learned is that when the White House has something they refuse to disclose, there’s bad news to be found:
Presidential Daily Brief
What They Hid:
There was a “contentious battle between the September 11 panel and the White House over access to the President’s Daily Briefs or PDBs–the intelligence briefing report that is given to the president every morning.”
What We Learned:
Bush received PDB prior to 9-11 entitled “Bin Laden determined to strike in US“
Leak Investigation
What They Hid:
When the Justice Department announced it was launching an investigation into who leaked the identity of an undercover CIA agent, the White House refused to do so in a timely manner. Senators Tom Daschle, Chuck Schumer, Carl Levin, and Joseph Biden wrote to White House, saying: “When the Justice Department finally asked the White House to order employees to preserve documents, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales asked for permission to delay transmitting the order to preserve evidence until morning. The request for a delay was granted. Again, every former prosecutor with whom we have spoken has said that such a delay is a significant departure from standard practice.”
What We Learned:
On the disclosure of Valerie Plame, Karl Rove was the primary source for Matt Cooper and a second source for Bob Novak. Cheney chief of staff Lewis Libby served as a source for Matt Cooper.
Halliburton
What They Hid:
The Bush administration refused to release information on contacts between Vice President Cheney’s office and the Department of Defense regarding the award to Halliburton of a sole-source contract worth up to $7 billion.
What We Learned:
In March 2003, the Pentagon awarded a subsidiary of Halliburton a no-bid contract worth $7 billion to help rebuild Iraqi oil fields. According to Time magazine, an internal Pentagon e-mail said “action” on the contract was “coordinated” with the Vice President’s office.
Cheney Energy Task Force
What They Hid:
The White House rejected demands “to turn over documents sought by Congress in an inquiry into how the Bush administration’s energy policy was formed.”
What We Learned:
According to the Washington Post, “A first review of the 11,000 pages of documents bolsters the contention of Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups that the Bush administration relied almost exclusively on the advice of executives from utilities and producers of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy….” Enron met with Vice President Cheney six times to discuss energy policy.
Medicare Prescription Drug Bill
What They Hid:
The Bush administration refused to reveal the true cost of the Medicare prescription bill.
What We Learned:
Within weeks of the bill’s final passage, Bush released a revised cost estimate $600 billion higher than what had been previously been announced and promised as the cost ceiling.
John Bolton
What They Hid:
The White House refuses to hand over records of communications intercepts Bolton sought from the secretive National Security Agency.
What We Learned:
One of the 10 intercept requests made by John Bolton was about Libya. The identity of the U.S. official requested by Bolton was William Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
What They Hid:
The Pentagon “banned any discussion” of the classified report on Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse written by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba.
What We Learned:
Pentagon memo laid the foundations for torture to occur, saying “The president, despite domestic and international laws constraining the use of torture, has the authority as commander in chief to approve almost any physical or psychological actions during interrogation, up to and including torture.”
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July 25th, 2005 at 3:03 pmYou lefties never fail to amaze. The Courts just recently ruled The Lefies in Congress had no right to look at at Cheney’s notes. The Court indicated that for Congress to have access to these notes would have a detrimental effect on an Administration (Any Administration) trying to get expertise from the private sector. Oh, thats right, you lefties don’t give a hell whats good or bad for this nation. You only give a hell about political power and pinning anything you can on Bush or his surrogates. To that end you have been outright failures. You’ll never get him, never. All you morans have to offer is hate and lies. Everyone knows it. This is why you cannot win elections to change the majority. This is why your Cult cannot be trusted to run this country. Your to selfish, all of you. Take care.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:09 pmSo when will the MSM being to question every administration official, “Just what are you concealing now?” or how about, “It is true the administration is engaged in a massive conspiracy to hide the true incompetence this Bush and his administration?”
Or,
July 25th, 2005 at 3:11 pm“What crimes are you hiding and currently engaged in?”
You lefties never fail to amaze. The Courts just recently ruled The Lefies in Congress had no right to look at at Cheney’s notes. The Court indicated that for Congress to have access to these notes would have a detrimental effect on an Administration (Any Administration) trying to get expertise from the private sector. Oh, thats right, you lefties don’t give a hell whats good or bad for this nation. You only give a hell about political power and pinning anything you can on Bush or his surrogates. To that end you have been outright failures. You’ll never get him, never. All you morans have to offer is hate and lies. Everyone knows it. This is why you cannot win elections to change the majority. This is why your Cult cannot be trusted to run this country. Your to selfish, all of you. Take care
That’s what John Gotti thought, too. He died in prison. There is always a stool pigeon.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:12 pmAll you morans
ALL YOU MORANS!!!!
July 25th, 2005 at 3:13 pmI think it is about time that Mike D. and his ilk bring think about calling the rest of us Americans. It is obvious that they are not Americans. They are only interested in being GOPgoons.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:14 pmSister- Your name says it all! I rest my case.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:17 pmThe MBBS* News Service has just released a Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) reportedly leaked from the White House. The POAM, prepared by Karl Rove, and marked Top Secret, No Foreign, Code Word Required, Eyes Only DUHbya describes the actions Bush will take in the event the Iraqgate, Plamegate, Rovegate, Robertsgate become too hot to handle. Those actions are:
1. Condo Rice resigns for reasons of health (” I would just be sick if I had to go to jail.”)
2. DUHbya names his brother Jeb as Secretary of State.
3. Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the Right-wingnuts resign for reasons of health (See 1 above).
4. Daddy Bush makes Hassert and Stevens an offer they can’t refuse except for the presidency (Only FDR used a wheelchair and he had polio not busted kneecaps).
5. Jeb is sworn in as President.
6. Jeb orders immunity from prosecution for all involved in the various gates.
7. Jeb names DUHbys as vice-president.
8. Jeb resigns.
9. DUHbya is sworn in as Prresident.
10. It’s Deja Vu to you too except Tom DeLay has to change his name to Jeffy.
*More Bush Bull Sheet
July 25th, 2005 at 3:17 pmThis is why you cannot win elections to change the majority.
These people really are delusional. I’d say right about now there are barely 30% of the hard core base left. This includes the Klan and the other organizations of their ilk, the religious zealot fundies, and the hard core evangelistic libertarians like the freaks in the Federalist society, and they think a minority of liberals have kept them down for years, and a minority of wackos can do the same now that they this minority party stole it’s way into office. Bizarro world people.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:19 pmMy name is made up, Mike. God gave you a last name that sounds like one of your favorite sex toys.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:21 pmHere is some additional questions that needs to be asked:
To: Senator Reid, July 21, 2005
I think all the Democrats need to be asking all nominees what organizations or institutes they are or have ever been involved with. Require them to identify all such organizations, and provide information on the political slant thereof.
Follow up with requests for membership lists and donors lists, and issues and policies advocated by these organizations.
Of real interest is the Council for National Policy (CNP). Do they know members? Are they a member? What is their relationship to organizations that has had or has members to CNP?
Have they been involved with organizations that have political slants that want to change the direction of America, or influence the moral direction of America?
Thanks,
July 25th, 2005 at 3:24 pmxxx
#2 – “Your to selfish, all of you”
The great “private sector expertise” you talked about wanted to push for an MTBE liability shield in the Energy Bill. How selfless…
The good Democrats fought the Tom Delays in Congress on behalf of the people and WON. You hear that, Mike, the people WON and your “private sector expertise” LOST.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:25 pmDear Sister, No one with any brains believes you Leties will ever have political power again. Not unless you can stop the HATE, come up with some good ideas to move he country forward,
July 25th, 2005 at 3:26 pmand take the DEFENSE of this country seriously. I for one believe the three tasks I indicated above are impossible for you lefties to complete. Take care.
“Paranoia strikes deep,
Into your heart it will creep.
It starts when you’re always afraid . . .”
- Stephen Stills
It is paranoid to assert that a refusal to disclose privileged documents is evidence of “bad news to be found.” No one, not even the President, is required to disclose documents protected by the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine. Ted Kennedy wasn’t required to disclose internal memos by Stephen Breyer. The ACLU wasn’t required to turn over internal memos by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
As a government lawyer John Roberts represented two GOP presidents. As a private lawyer he has represented Democratic governors and attorneys general, plus at least one civil rights group. If one of these clients can be compelled to turn over privileged communications by Mr. Roberts, so can they all.
Be careful what you wish for in your paranoid dreams . . .
July 25th, 2005 at 3:27 pmOh yeah, buy my book and vote for me. Buy several copies of my incredibly bad book. They make wonderful gifts for people you don’t like much, and vote for me as often as you can, or until you get arrested.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:33 pmDon’t bother with trolls like Mike D. They take the focus off a good thread & get folks to spinning their wheels while going nowhere.
On thread – Yea, it’s been true so far. I still want to know what the energy boys wanted from Cheney & what he promised them.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:45 pmKindness,
Maybe the wrong questions were asked for the courts to rule on. We need to reframe the requests in a manner that will require the White House to expose the material.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:58 pmDear Kindness,
July 25th, 2005 at 4:07 pmYou don’t get it! Your never going to know. The Courts ruled
the request for that info. as inappropriate! That your problem. Inappropriateness. Your like spoiled children. You want what you want, when you want it! Don’t give a hell what the consequences might be! Where were you when the Goddess on Earth, Hillary wouldn’t give up the names working on her disasterous Health Care plan? Were you shrill or were you a shill? We all know the answer to that.
Take care.
last time I checked the “lefties had done all three Mikey. Here in Washington State, our democratic senators have been fighting to get funding for port defense only to be blocked over and over again by the republicans.
hate to break it to you, but when the hate and name calling starts its the republicans who start it. you yourself started with such terrible terms as “lefties” etc.
As for moving the country forward many ideas have been expressed. However you and many like you refuse to acknowledge that. As the saying goes you can lead a horse to water……
July 25th, 2005 at 4:08 pmAmerican Citizens — little privacy left
^
v
Bush admin. — as much privacy as they want
= no accountability
July 25th, 2005 at 4:09 pmAs the war on terra goes forth this gap will conveniently widen, unless……
Apparently the concept of transparency hasn’t penetrated the thickness that is Mike D. When Dick Cheney wants to keep private documents that delve into his personal life, he has every right. When he’s making policy to be executed with OUR tax dollars, secrecy is unacceptable. It cannot be a democracy if public policy is hatched in secrecy. Mike D., you are a fool.
July 25th, 2005 at 4:10 pm[...] Think Progress (my Site of the Week) on the White House’s position that it will refuse to turn over memoranda written by Roberts while he worked for Reagan and Bush I: The White House can’t blame critics who think they’re hiding something. The Bush administration chose to hide the following information: [...]
July 25th, 2005 at 4:13 pmOy vey – the blood is in the water and the trolls are circling. Nay, clinging for dear life as they are left without any possible defense of this filthy regime. All that is left is thier last gasp of name calling and WE WON. What did you win, actually?
July 25th, 2005 at 4:16 pmThis kind of political cowardice makes up the majority of the Bush Top 10 Flip-Flop List.
July 25th, 2005 at 4:19 pmHey Mike D.,
Calm down, brother. You accuse liberals of hating, yet the tenor of your tirades is laden with hate, mainly for liberals themselves, who, in case you haven’t understood it, are AMERICANS. Studies have shown that your kind of manic stress can inflict serious harm to your heart. You have got to chill out.
It really is a futile endeavor to help people like you to step back from your blind acquiescence to GOP dogma to accept it’s possible that your party has done things that have not helped our fight against terror. If the GOP was so perfect, as you seem to believe, would we not have 100% employment after four years of Bush, high enough wages to build national prosperity, a totally clean environment, clean and cheap energy, a strong dollar, affordable health care for all, the respect of the world, the end of terrorism and a complete absence of scandal? Do yourself a pre-emptive favor and do not suggest that Democrats have placed obstacles to these successes. The GOP holds all the power. They own all the problems. The mess in which this nation finds itself, stuck in a fruitless and counterproductive war, its citizens enslaved to amoral corporate hegemony, its gap between rich and poor grown into a chasm, its air and water growing more foul by the day, its stature in the world plunging, its educational system getting worse and producing minds insufficiently competitive to the coming years, its airwaves and programming growing more crass and puerile and almost entirely birthed by uber-conservative Rupert Murdoch… Democrats have not caused these things. Your party did.
Pick one thing: THE ENVIRONMENT. Just answer this simple, damn question: Which party is more interested in preserving and restoring a healthy environment? And please, restrain yourself from suggesting we had it out of balance. An biosector lost removes a critical part of the entire biosystem, the fallout of which we can’t even begin to guess. Take a bolt out a skyscraper here and there and one day the whole thing crashes down.
The earth is your home. If your home is choked with toxic fumes, if strangers come by to yank away your siding and roofing because they can make some money on it, bit by bit, if the canary in your cage has a chronic cough, would you not stand up and protest the destruction of your home and the assault on your well-being? Would you not tell those taking away your birthright in the name of profit that this activity is wrong and harmful to you?
How about this analogy: God paints the most beautiful work of art. Someone says, “Hey, I could make some money if I took a piece of that.” So little swatches of the painting are snipped. A few at first and finally whole sections. Eventually the painting is just tatters. Is it still beautiful? Looking at these rags of its former self, can you admire it in the same way you once did?
No one is saying all progress must stop. But like the Three Little Pigs, there are different ways of building a house to last. When Bush refuses to edge up gas mileage standards even a frickin’ mile per gallon, which would help stop our dependence on foreign oil, which also helps drain financing from terrorists, you have to see where his priorities lie. Do you side with people who hate God’s creation? Do you side with people who hate the earth?
July 25th, 2005 at 4:40 pmI don’t have an Axe to grind reguarding those that want to support conservative politicians or causes. But I do think discussing the actual topics moves concessus forward. Pointing fingers and name calling (both of which I am guilty of) do not.
What strikes me as being so ass-backwards is that those who state they support smaller government and less government intrusion are frequently supporting bushco. We’ve all seen that bushco has made federal control even more concentrated than ever before. They’ve expanded the Government and grown it well beyond population growth. Now if they had expanded it in areas like cleaning up superfund sites, more teachers, more forestry replanting people, we would probably support it fully. But the huge increase has been in security and areas that we aren’t given full access to because of “national security”.
Funny that you get liberals as being the ones that don’t trust the government or it’s press releases and “conservatives” that don’t ask for explainations or audits.
How the world has paradoxically turned.
July 25th, 2005 at 4:47 pmI wonder if Sanitorium took pictures of his “family.” The mere thought of him holding up a dead fetus to his very small children’s horror is enough to make one gasp. And after seeing what goes on in the WH, I have developed quite a thick skin. There just HAS to be pictures, please please let all see what a whackjob this guy is.
July 25th, 2005 at 4:51 pmYes, Kindness, they are “Big Gov’t Conservatives” It is a real term. Wait until they try to suppress the additional Abu Ghurab documentation.
July 25th, 2005 at 5:41 pmOh, thats right, you lefties don’t give a hell whats good or bad for this nation. You only give a hell about political power and pinning anything you can on Bush or his surrogates. To that end you have been outright failures.
Speak up Mike (the Troll), we still can’t hear you!
July 25th, 2005 at 5:42 pmRegarding the above statement lets talk about the 8 year clinton hunt pal.
July 25th, 2005 at 5:58 pmKindness…You are so right. Bush is clearly not a supporter of a limited government role (I don’t feel the need to list reasons, as it should be obvious). Unless, of course, we are talking about corporate welfare..then by all means we as taxpayers need to do our part to make up for CEO incompetence.
One more thing: in all the rhetoric about what it means to be “American” when is someone going to be honest and articulate that PAYING TAXES IS AMERICAN–trying to AVOID PAYING TAXES is not. This point is often a great source of confusion for me and any comments on this are welcome.
Franklin
July 25th, 2005 at 6:42 pmI’d agree with you Franklin, but I’ve done everything I could legally do to pay as little as possible.
On the other hand, I’m not pissed to pay them as I do have a stake in this government and expect to have to pay for services. We’ll agree that the system needs to be fair and it currently isn’t.
Sorry miketroll, I ain’t biting.
July 25th, 2005 at 6:50 pmFranklin…Nice point. Hiring lawyers by corporations and the rich is not about staying within the law but how to stay outside the law and not get punished for doing so. After all if the corporate executives know they are bankrupting a corporation they just buy a veryexpensive home or two, then declare bankrupty themselves. Wait a few years and then sell their poor little homes.
All the while we common gruns loose healthcare coverage. Get sick, forced into bankrupty, and still have to pay back the corporations who stole the money by charging you more for healthcare services than is humanly possible to pay.
Good lawyers are always in the pay of the rich and famious, (and corporations). Gruns don’t need lawyers, “Trust Me!” Vasoline works better.
July 25th, 2005 at 7:01 pm#26 Clandy Stein – Muy elegante response! Thanks for putting it so eloquently. If you don’t mind, Id’ like to send it to a few “conservatuves” I know…
July 25th, 2005 at 7:22 pmEasy Rider,
Where did you ever find a “good” lawyer?
July 25th, 2005 at 7:44 pmHey folks, you always have the right to study law and represent yourself.
July 25th, 2005 at 8:52 pmI’m a supporter of the progressive tax that is like what we are supposed to have now. Unfortunately, it seems as if every congressman around puts through bills to give credits and tax reductions for this and that. That’s how we ended up with this spagetti against the wall program as it stands.
Makes me think that a flat tax w/ no deductions would end up fairer. It’d be the only way to keep it fair too. No adding tax & accounting favors through ledgislation. Is the flat tax my preferance? No. But if it ends up being fairer by forcing those who gots to pay their fair share, I could be persuaded to support it. Now that whole No Deductions thing, that’s the hard sell. The middle class doesn’t want to part with their home mortgage interest deduction. No dependent writeoffs, no charity writeoffs. You can see how unpopular and radicle a suggestion like that could be. But it may very well be the only truly fair way to go about it.
One more reason I’d never be a successful politician.
July 25th, 2005 at 11:42 pmI wonder if the flat tax, at a nice attractive low rate (I would be thrilled to pay less than 15% myself),would actually come out ahead as many very rich people pay nothing at all after deducting the Lear jet, etc? Anybody have some figures on this?
July 26th, 2005 at 12:42 amSarah,
The flat tax is kind of like McTax. It will hit the poor and middle classes hardest. All the different forms of taxation that are proposed are designed to milk the middle class and the poor. I do think a simple, fair and progressive tax system could be devised as easily as pie. Forgive me for not knowing why there isn’t one, except that such a system would not meet the requirements of the wealthy corporate interests. I will see if I can come up with some links, but I would start you here, the very first single tax idea proposed. It will surprise you.
http://www.progress.org/books/george.htm
Henry George also invented the game we now call “Monopoly”. He intended it as a teaching device. That idea was taken from him and no credit was given, either. It’s odd when you realize that he was as well know as Twain and Edison over 100 yeas ago, and no one today has ever heard of him. I think there is a reason for that.
July 26th, 2005 at 4:15 amSarah,
http://evans-legal.com/dan/tpfaq.html
This refutes many of the arguments made by “tax protesters” and wingnuts on the right.
http://www.psnw.com/~bashford/taxation.html
I hope this helps.
July 26th, 2005 at 4:24 amA few more…
http://world.std.com/~mhuben/taxation.html
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/tma68/geo-faq.htm
July 26th, 2005 at 4:41 amAnd finally…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_tax
July 26th, 2005 at 4:44 amComment by Mike D.  July 25, 2005 @ 3:09 pm
Mike,
Thank you for supporting my lies. I wish the hate would go away; afterall, I know I ripped America and the world apart. I know my thugs stole the election both times. I have to help my rich masters who bought my soul and I know when I’m at heaven’s gate the gate will remain shut to me forever. but I’ll pray for you to get help really quickly.
Don’t do what I did buddy…get out while you can! For the “left” is RIGHT. I am a theif, a thug, a selfish conman, and I pray that my destructive actions on earth will help my friends here so much that it will make my loss of heaven worth it in the end.
July 26th, 2005 at 7:48 amWe know how they came to power. It should be painfully obvious to most that their agenda was really more likw what Grover Norquist has suggested it was. To bankrupt the federal government so they can drown the baby in the bathtub. They don’t even bother trying to hide it. That should be treason, too.
http://www.mediatransparency.org/personprofile.php?personID=52
July 26th, 2005 at 10:05 amLET’S PLAY: CONNECT THE DOTS
1. Plame outing ==> BULLSHIT YELLOWCAKE STORY
2. B.S. YC S ==> Other bullshit WMD stories
3. O. B.S. WMD S==> 9/11
4. 9/11 ==> PNAC
5. PNAC ==> Adolescent world domination fantasy. READ ABOUT IT HERE:
http://www.newamericancentury.org/publicationsreports.htm
Now, the PNAC report you want to start with is the one entitled “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century”. Here is an excerpt that should be of particular interest. It appears on page 51, left column, paragraph two:
“Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.”
Actually, all of page 51 is of special interest. Especially the part about controlling space and cyberspace.
But most importantly, what luck! They got just such a catalyzing, catastrophic event on September 11, 2001, just months after returning to power! (Read below the history of the personnel in this administration) Now, couple that with what you can read here. . .
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf (More on this important document below)
Here is a great site that will give you any details you want to know about the people at PNAC
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/pnac.htm
And to watch a video that explains PNAC in simple terms, click here
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/barrysays.wmv
for a Quicktime version of this video, click here
http://www.knife-party.net/flash/barry.html
“PNAC is not America. They are the radical, idealistic, terrorists who have hijacked it, and are well on their way to completely destroying it. Not in the empty rhetorical way that conservatives have been shreiking about “liberals are ruining America”, I mean the actually systematic destruction of Americas image, military, economy, environment, constitution, educational system, workers rights, manufacturing industry, future, the list goes on and on. And it isn’t conservatives who are responsible for this destruction. It’s just this group of radicals within the conservative camp.” SHIFTERX @ SPOCK’S
ALL OF THESE EVENTS ARE TIED TOGETHER. THE TRAIL OF BLOOD AND GORE LEADS DIRECTLY TO DICK CHENEYBURTON AND THE INTERNATIONAL BANKING AND “INVESTMENT” COMMUNITY THAT PROFITS DIRECTLY BY THE MISERY OF OTHERS.
The United States has a three-part manifest for bringing smaller nations under its thrall.
First, an “economic” approach is attempted. The nation is offered a ridiculously high, mega-interest loan that it can never, ever pay off. As a condition to the loan, the nation agrees to “privatize” all of its industries and eliminate social programs, thereby promptly disenfranchising and impoverishing a majority of its population.
Second if that doesn’t work, then a coup is attempted, usually with the assistance of friendly locals.
Third if neither one nor two above works, then an all-out military invasion is staged.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
During the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. attempted to oust newly installed Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who had destroyed and displaced the U.S. puppet Batista regime. Oh, how they hate Fidel.
Fidel rejected the “free (uhm I mean “rigged”) market capitalism” and “free trade” policies of the U.S. He recognized how terrible they were for the vast majority of people. Fidel refused U.S. aid; refused a loan, which of course, set plan “B” into action. Obviously, the many attempts that have been made covertly to depose Fidel over the last 70 years have failed abysmally.
During Kennedy’s administration, efforts were made to drum up American support for Option “C” — an all-out invasion of Cuba. First, there were a series of strange hijackings of commercial airliners, by Cuban nationals who had escaped from Castro’s Cuba. Yet now, for some inexplicable reason (never given of course) they were hijacking American airliners and demanding to be flown to Havana!
These hijackings failed to engender sufficient American support to justify war with Cuba. Though there was a contingency plan, which contemplated escalating these “terror” attacks.
You can find it in a document called “Operation Northwoods”.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf
Fortunatley, the Kennedy administration never was crazy enough to go to the extremes advocated in the Northwoods document; Johnson and Nixon had Vietnam. But Chimpy? What did he have? Questionable legitimacy; a failed economy; 45 million uninsured for health care; 25% of the population of the Land of the Free IN PRISON; extreme unpopularity; no ideas; growing discontent and then….
VOILA! a catalyzing, catastrophic event
Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Cheney, et. al., ALL OF WHOM WERE INVOLVED (and behind) IN THE WOULD-BE IMPERIAL NIXON ADMINISTRATION (as well as Reagan and Bush I) had access to Operation Northwoods documents. You can see how it starts to come together, but you have to look at this thing as an operation that spans decades, not just the few years since they came to power.
THIS IS A PLAN OF DECADES COMING TO FRUITION: TO CREATE A CORPORATE THEOCRACY WHERE A SERVANT CLASS PROVIDES LABOR TO THE FILTHY RICH IN EXCHANGE FOR ROOM, BOARD AND MINIMUM HEALTH CARE (got to keep the slaves alive)
Why hasn’t it come to fruition yet? PNAC’s plan for world domination isn’t working out how they had planned because it was delayed by about 8 years. They were counting on a second term for Bush the elder. 9/11 likely would have taken place on September 11, 1993, 20 years to the day of Nixon’s Chilean coup (see Plan “B” above) During this time of course, Bush Sr. was CIA director. The CIA is the agency that carries out these black ops on behalf of the U.S. Also On September 11, 1991 Bush Sr. first announced the onset of The New World Order.
However, they did not count on H. Ross Perot gumming up the works in ‘92. He split the conservative vote and thwarted the Bush Sr.’s second term.
These guys went though Watergate….hell they cut their teeth on it. They learned from Watergate that the press had to be controlled. So they spent the next 40 years buying up media. That’s why the mass media is a marketing and advertising tool instead of a legitimate journalistic enterprise.
And, in light of 1992 and 1996, in 2000 they made sure the pesky choice of American voters wouldn’t thwart them again . . . they have DieBold now.
HOWEVER:
Like all short-sighted, live-for-the-moment and care about only immeidate profit and gain corporate asshats, their solutions are/were not far-reaching enough.
MEDIA CONTROL HAS NOT WORKED:
If Bush Sr. had been reelected, it is unklikely that we would have the internet, at least in it’s current form, and frankly the net is the biggest reason this group is having so much trouble. They control all the mainstream press (making an adjustment from another mistake, when they tried to establish an imperial presidency under Nixon), but the net let’s people circumnavigate the newscasters and find out what’s really going on in the world. Thank you H. Ross Perot!!!:D However, BEWARE! They want to control the internet TOO and they are already dreaming up numerous bullshit reasons to do it.
DIEBOLD WORKED IN 2000 AND 2004 BUT WON’T WORK AGAIN
The sheeple are on to these paperless black boxes and many jurisdictions are simply refusing to use them. Also several state legislatures have begun to enact or draft rules governing access to voting equipment before during and after a vote, as well as making efforts to distribute access more evenly.
It is extremely unlikely that another rigged vote will work because there is no basis for the media to claim that the choice of the American people is “evenly divided”. If anything the lie has been given to that claim, particularly in light of “meat” issues like Schiavo that have demonstrated that these fringe lunatics are still in the extreme, even if they have bought and cheated their way into power.
But the point is, the delay in the execution of their evil plot by the intervening Clinton terms forced them to reach to fast and too far to make up for lost time when they finally got back into power in 200. Though it would have been much easier to connect Saddam’s Iraq to 9/11 if it had happened on schedule, just 2 years removed from the Gulf War, they did not have that advantage any longer. Such a tenable connection would have made it easier to build a stronger coalition to invade and secure Iraq.
Instead, they got arrogant, sloppy and desparate.
IN FACT, they have already planned the next 9/11 attack and who they intend to pin it on:
“The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option.”
READ MORE: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/22/164841/163
Now, before the next 9/11 happens (and you know it will) ask yourself: What would IRAN have to gain by staging a terrorist attack on U.S. SOIL?
Ergo, why does the Cheney administration already have plans to NUKE IRAN after the next terrorist attack? How can they possibly know there will be one (*choke*) and even assuming so, how can they possibly know it will have been IRAN that did it?
Does anyone besides me smell a rat?
GET A CLUE PEOPLE. 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB. THEY PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN, WITH THEIR POLLS IN THE TOILET; THE LAW CATCHING UP WITH THEM AT LONG LAST AND LITERALLY NOTHING TO LOSE
And when it happens, will you then believe?
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.� BEN FRANKLIN
July 26th, 2005 at 11:54 amMarblex,
Whew….you’ve said a mouthful. Excellent post as always.
July 26th, 2005 at 12:52 pmThe American people were so offended by the bin laden memo, they re-elected Bush and his party with historic majorities. Most people blame Clinton anyway except for the very far left.
You people should take the advice of every living solicitor general, Dem and Repub, and knock off the doc request. I think litmus testing candidates the way liberals do is called McCarthyism. Pretty scary – good thing polls show Roberts will get confirmed.
July 26th, 2005 at 1:04 pmIn the interest of assisting the No-necks, who have difficulty getting past, “Liar, liar, pants on fire,” when they launch their blathering rodomontades against “Lefties,” I offer the following taken from my sainted mother’s thesaurus: DECEPTION–N. deception, falseness,untruth,imposture, fraud, deceit, guile, covin, knavery, cunning, misrepresentation, gullery, bluff, jugglery, sleight of hand, legerdemain,hocus-pocus, trickery, coggery, chicanery [also: dick chicanery], cozenage, trick, cheat, wile, ruse,feint, plant, bubble, thimble-rig, artful dodge, machination, swindle, hoax, counterfeit, sham, scagolia, ormolu, man of straw.
There are, of course, more, but let’s get these under control. Thank you for your very kind attention and lots of other things that I could mention.
July 26th, 2005 at 1:36 pmRoberts, of course, was rewarded with a SCOTUS nomination for rubber-stamping Chimpus Maximus’ Imperial power to throw anyone he likes into prison indefinitely, for any reason, providing only the most razor thin sham of a “trial” where the accused enjoys no presumption of innocence and has no fifth or sixth amendment rights whatsoever to confront witnesses or see evidence against him. In fact, any American citizen can now be incarcerated, tortured, “tried” and convicted on secret evidence and charges at der Shrubenfuehrer’s whim.
Yeah. Roberts should have no trouble being confirmed here in the Land of the Free, which proudly incarcerates 25% of its population.
Welcome to New Weimar.
LIBERTY REQUIRES VIGILANCE AND SOON ELUDES THOSE WHO SLEEP.
July 26th, 2005 at 1:38 pm49 P.S Next week, we will work on the homonyms: YOUR, YOU’RE, YORE. (Do not get all crawly about “homonyms.”)
July 26th, 2005 at 1:43 pmreally good post. Tied up and wrapped like a nice present. How do we get the majority of the press to publish it?
ned – what a twit. C’mon, do better than that inept attempt.
July 26th, 2005 at 1:59 pmKindness – I just think it’s a little disingeunous for terrorist sympathizers like yourself to bring up that Aug 6th memo. If we did catch Bin Laden before 9/11, you would just complain about his treatment at any detention facility we put him in.
You don’t get it – LIBERALS have NO credibility whatsoever on the issue of terrorism. People tune you out. The sooner you realize that, the better off you will be.
July 26th, 2005 at 2:02 pmYeah, you’ve tuned us out so successfully that you argue with us every day. Whose the nutty one?
July 26th, 2005 at 2:30 pmHey Sara, thanks for the comment. Of course you may pass along my post.
To Northeast Dilemma,
Bro, you need to go back to school. Historic majorities? Where do you get that math? Bush BARELY edged out Kerry, and only by winning a state whose voting procedures were rife with problems, almost always in Democratic precincts.
Also, shut you trap once and for all about liberals being terrorist sympathizers. I don’t mind insulting fools and you deserve the full brunt. Your kind of inane and overly sweeping comment is the same sort of generalization used to paint entire populations as inferior. You systemically think and act like a racist. I do not think all Republicans and conservatives are bad people. I think most of their leaders genuinely are. Do you really think half the citizens of this country are terrorist sympathizers? If you believe so, this proves your egregious intolerance and inability to nuance. It makes you an idiot, an intellectual pit of ignorance.
Blah, blah, blah… that is the substance of what you offer. Your opinions are devoid of insight because you stereotype millions and millions of people. Do you personally know every single liberal? If not, then you must accept your ignorance about their private beliefs. If you continue sticking to your accusations, b.s. that is COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED, then you’re nothing but a divisive and juvenile contrarian. The only group in this country that seems to operate with a cohesive mindset is your beloved GOP, and much of what they do and say grows from a fear of being ostracized by their peers. They may not believe that Bush is truthful, but saying so will risk their relationships.
Your party has always been against diversity, and again, don’t bring up Lincoln. I’ve already explained the process by which the antbellum Republican party, in those days the good guys, took a turn away from core principle following Reconstruction, mainly by appealing to xenophobia and racism. Antebellum Republican beliefs are now owned by Democrats. Antebellum Democrat beliefs are now owned by Republicans. Your party used to be Luke Skywalker. Now it’s Darth Vader.
Anyway, when you say such pointless things as liberals have no credibility, you fail to understand that even many Republicans support their core principles, such as quality education, a woman’s right to choose, protection of the environment, etc., which gives these issues a majority support and majority credibility. Further, liberals have credibility among themselves, which is at least HALF of the nation. So let’s get this straight: in your smug self-righteousness, in your refusal to acknowledge the errors of your leaders, you suggest that every other American is a traitor, simply because we question the actions of those who now run the government. Now you don’t just need a math refresher, you need some boning up on what it MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. A true American NEVER takes the word of our leaders at face value. A true American reserves the right and even the duty to hold out leaders accountable. That’s all we’re doing, Mac. We’re asking why and we’re trying to remind Bush and all that they work for us. We do not work for them.
July 26th, 2005 at 3:14 pmThe American people were so offended by the bin laden memo, they re-elected Bush and his party with historic majorities. Most people blame Clinton anyway except for the very far left.
Most people blame our Bush now. And I don’t know what you are smoking but the 2004 win was a squeaker. It was the smallest margin in history.
July 26th, 2005 at 7:19 pmND,
why are you so angry? You’re party controls everything -
and soon up to and including the Judiciary.
Excuse some of us for not liking the air we breathe being
July 27th, 2005 at 2:07 pmdirtier. Not liking tax cuts for the rich at the expense
of everyone else. Not liking health care being ignored.
Not liking a b.s. war for profit. Not liking the same
that proclaim support for the troops – short change them
on armor. Not liking the attempt to eliminate Social
Security. Not liking being lied to about WMD, Al-Queda/Iraq
connection, prison with no trail, staining our reputation
by Abu Grhaib torture, taking away our overtime,
acceleration of outsourcing. The list of grievences are
huge and we a just supposed to shut up? Your party is
in power and your STILL complain. Just cause the GOP
says they are the party of ideas – what EFN ideas might
those be – and which have benefited the average American.
– mike