Israeli Spy in the Pentagon?

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Monday November 15, 2004 · 1:39 PM PST

2004/11/15 · 13:39

Anyone remember this story?

What the Hell happened to it?

I was thinking about this the other day when I was going over some writing I'd done in the past six months and came across various stories that blew up in a few days then just completely disappeared.

Consider the story about Chalabi and telling the Iranians about how the US had broken their code. Broke on a friday and was a huge buzz for about 48 hours. Chalbi's relatives were pushed out of the interim government and charges were brought against him in Iraq. That story? Who the Hell knows?

Consider Plame, remember her? There was talk about an end to the Grand Jury, there was talk about an impending frog march. Then, right before the elections we hear Rove is testifying. That story? Who the Hell knows?

Consider the Israeli spy in the Pentagon broke on a friday and was a massive buzz. There was talk of a frog march. There was talk about the perp being close to the president and a deputy to a cabinet member! That story? Who the Hell knows?

Is it me, or have some pretty remarkable stories just been forgotten in the briefest period of time?

Anan, Iraqi Invasion "illegal"

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Thursday September 16, 2004 · 5:28 AM PDT

2004/09/16 · 05:28

Well, check out these choice quotes from Kofi Anan about our Iraq Invasion Follies:

"I am one of those who believe that there should have been a second resolution from the UN Security Council to green-light the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime," Annan said.

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"I have indicated that it was not in conformity with the UN charter from our point of view, and from the charter point of view it was illegal," he said.

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"It was up to the Security Council to approve or determine what those consequences should be," he said.

He added that the US decision to go ahead and invade Iraq, with British forces at its side, "was not in conformity with the Security Council, with the UN charter".

Asked if he meant that the decision to invade was illegal, Annan replied: "Yes, if you wish." Read More

What Happened to Facts?

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Thursday September 09, 2004 · 7:27 AM PDT

2004/09/09 · 07:27

Ok, so now there is indisputable evidence that Bush failed to meet his requirements when he was in the Air National Guard. Somehow, despite these facts, the president was still given an honorable discharge. Too top it all off, Bush has publicly claimed many, many times that he fufilled all his service requirements to get his honorable discharge.

Normally, you'd think this would cry out for an investigation. Normally, you'd think the media would rise to the occasion because this is an issue of charecter and credibility. Has the president been lieing? How did the president recieve his honorable discharge? From the facts, it appears the president was AWOL in AL and MA- was the president never held accountable for this because of his political connections? Read More

What is "hatred"?

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Saturday September 04, 2004 · 1:32 AM PDT

2004/09/04 · 01:32

I've been thinking lately about one of the most heard meme's from the many Right-Wingers that I've talked too about Bush over the past two years. If any of you put yourself through this kind of self-immolation very often you are probably familiar with the way things go- you present the facts and the opposition counters with an outright lie, changes the subject or goes personal ("You're just a weak, liberal asshole").

Probably the most used method of changing topics or denying reality is this:

"You just hate Bush. There is a lot of you, Bush Haters. You just hate the guy because he's a man of faith and he's from Texas!" Read More

Sickening

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Monday August 30, 2004 · 8:14 PM PDT

2004/08/30 · 20:14

Well, I intended to avoid watching any part of the RNC but tonight I had this outlandish hope that McCain might actually show a little fire so I put it on about 2 hours ago and began watching. Two hours later and I'm completely sickened and totally disappointed- just what I expected to be and why I intended to avoid watching the goddamn thing.

It's not McCain that turned my stomach. It's not the negative attacks coming from Republicans at the Convention that I've read about. It's the sickening way the Republican Party has politicized a national tradgedy. The way the Republican Party is shamelessly exploiting 9/11. Read More

Scoop- CBS reports Israeli Spy in Pentagon

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Friday August 27, 2004 · 3:40 PM PDT

2004/08/27 · 15:40

I just watched Leslie Stahl in a special segment of the CBS nightly news report that the FBI is about to "roll up" an Israeli spy in the Pentagon.

The spy was a defense analyst that worked with both Fieth and Wolfowitz. The report said that secret policy documents about US posture towards Iran were given to Israel through an Israeli PAC (AIPAC) thus allowing Israel a "spot at the table" in developing US policy.

The report further put into question this analysts relation to the development of policy against Iraq- implying that Israel, through it's spy might also have had a hand in developing Iraqi policy.

AIPAC and Israel have denied the charges. The CBS report did not reveal the name of the spy although they clearly know it.

/sigh

I can't find a link online yet to this story.

A Questionable Kerry Quote..

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Friday July 30, 2004 · 10:44 AM PDT

2004/07/30 · 10:44

I've been trying to find out if Kerry actually ever said either of these lines:

"If You Don't Believe Saddam Hussein Is A Threat With Nuclear Weapons, Then You Shouldn't Vote For Me."

"If you do not think that Saddam Hussein with his weapons program poses a grave threat to the United States, you should not vote for me"

I've found a lot of Right Wing websites link to it as being from this source:

Ronald Brownstein, "On Iraq, Kerry Appears Either Torn Or Shrewd," Los Angeles Times, 1/31/03"

But for the life of me, I can't find this source archived.

I know in January, 2004 Kerry said:

""If you think I would have gone to war the way George Bush did, don't vote for me." -- John Kerry, Jan 2004" Read More

Running on Bush's Record?

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Thursday July 29, 2004 · 9:06 PM PDT

2004/07/29 · 21:06

I keep hearing the Republican soundbites about how Bush will run on his record. This has me thinking- what exactly is Bush's record?

Ineffective and confusing Medicare cards?
Unbalanced tax cuts?
An unfinished Afghanistan?
Continuous intelligence failures?
More jobs lost than gained?
Iraq in anarchy?
Seucrity marginally better in the US today than on 9/10/01?
The Patriot Act?
Osama still free?
North Korea and Iran with operational nuclear programs? Read More

Seeking to Argue...

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Monday July 26, 2004 · 4:02 PM PDT

2004/07/26 · 16:02

Can someone give me a solid argument why Democrats have found it necessary to "tone down" the rhetoric against the policies of the Bush administration and Republican Party at the Convention?

So far, every cable and network media whore show I've seen has drawn on top-level Democrats "censoring" the speeches and asking speakers to drop lines that were overly critical.

Personally, I think this is retarded. Yes, concentrate on the positive- when you're up against these Republicans it's not that hard but at the same time, we need to hit them. Read More

Stewart takes Gibson to task

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Wednesday April 21, 2004 · 8:28 PM PDT

2004/04/21 · 20:28

I gotta say, I am more and more impressed with Jon Stewart as an interviewer everytime I watch the show. He actually seems to read every book from the people he interviews and tonight he takes John Gibson to task big time over his new book, "Hating America".

First he turns Gibsons central argument that "media" outlets have a political agenda around on Gibson's Fox network.

Then he does something so awesome- he actually says al Jazeera could be like the "less professional" or "successful" Fox News. He made the point without saying the word "propaganda" but fuckin-A was it clear.

Gibson looked uncomfortable throughout and couldn't defend himself or his very, very biased view of the world.

700,000 jobs

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Saturday April 17, 2004 · 2:46 AM PDT

2004/04/17 · 02:46

Today I was arguing with some Right Wing goon and the person was swearing up and down that 700,000 jobs have been created in the past 7 months.

Huh?

Now, I suppose if you add up the jobs created over the past 7 months while discounting the jobs lost over that time you might end up with 700,000 but I didn't know the answer so just let it lie (in more ways than one I am assuming).