WEEKLY PAPER: DO NOT DELAY—MAILED: 2-13-04 ★ American Free Press AFP Volume IV #8 February 23, 2004 americanfreepress.net $1.50 Will Bush Be Censured? Big Shots Call for Bush to Pay for Lying About Iraq

By James P. Tucker Jr.

ormer high officials of the CIA and State Department and a former congressman have called on Congress to censure President George W. Bush for misleading the nation into war. Such anF action would be the harshest punishment possible, short of impeachment. “This is not about a failure in intelligence—it’s a fail- ure of integrity,” Tom Andrews, national director of Win Without War and a former congressman from Maine, said during a Washington press conference Feb. 10. Andrews was joined by a former CIA analyst and a State Department terrorism expert. Patriots Score “Each day new evidence dribbles out that the presi- dent knew,” Andrews said. “He knew the evidence was- n’t sufficient to support his claims that Iraq posed an Partial Victory ‘imminent threat’ to the American people.” Former Rep. Tom Andrews made an impassioned The White House said Bush never said Iraq “was” an speech in Washington Feb. 10 calling on Congress imminent threat but action was necessary to “prevent” to censure President George W. Bush for willfully Government Drops Effort to Iraq from becoming an “imminent threat.” misleading the American people in order to go to Improperly Use Anti-Terrorism See WHAT WE HAVE, Page 10 war against Iraq. Laws Against Peace Activists White House Tap Dances Over 9-11 By John Tiffany By Pat Shannan n what may only be a temporary move, a federal prosecutor has withdrawn subpoenas against n a showdown with the White House, panel members Quakers, Catholics, Mennonites and others who on the independent commission investigating 9-11 attended a conference at Drake University in Des have been given access to edited intelligence docu- Moines,I Iowa, to demonstrate against the ongoing wars in ments prepared daily for the president. However, Iraq and Afghanistan. investigatorsI have expressed concerns that the redacted ver- While some are calling it a victory for the First sions may cover up vital information the group needs in Amendment, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in order to conclude just what top officials knew prior to the Iowa has warned that a grand jury investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks. protest is not over. In early February, President George W. Bush reversed his On Feb. 3, Detective Jeff Warford of the Polk County course, amidst public pressure, and agreed to extend a May Sheriff’s Office-FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force visited the deadline for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Catholic Peace Ministry’s office in Des Moines with a sub- Upon the United States to finish its investigation. The poena for Brian Terrell, executive director of the peace See SEPT. 11 INVESTIGATORS, Page 5 Kowtowing to Alan See ANTI-TERRORISM, Page 4 The world’s top bankers and finance ministers met AREA BELOW FOR MAILING ADDRESS The Inside Scoop: in early February at the annual Group of 7 meetings • Kerry, Bush have secret society in common. Page 6. held this year in Boca Raton, Fla. The issue that • Spotlight on Congress. Page 8. topped the agenda this time around was the declin- • Ron Paul: Blame it on Congress. Page 9. ing value of the U.S. dollar and its impact on the • Shiites pushing for power in Iraq. Page 10. world economy. Pictured left to right are: Ger- • Giving Iraq Back to Iraqis: Page 12. many’s president of the Deutsche Bank, Ernst • Iraq’s neighbors leery of Kurdish presence: Page 13. Welteke; Japan’s governor of the Bank of Japan, • Charley Reese: Democracy for Mideast? Page 15. Toshihiko Fukui; chairman of the Federal Reserve • Cheney a Liability for Bush? Page 16. Bank, Alan Greenspan; David Dodge, governor of • Paul Craig Roberts: Propaganda becomes truth. Page 18. the Bank of Canada; and Francis Mer, France’s min- • The Ryan Report: “Justifying” war. Page 19. ister of economy and finances. 2 AMERICAN FREE PRESS • February 23, 2004 appropriate funds for the wars, mili- SUITED FOR PERSONAL New York City tary officials say they will have to dip COMBAT NEWS into money allocated to run the mas- Says Patriot Act YOU MAY sive military machine. From the Editor HAVE MISSED POLITICALLY CORRECT ARMY This week, a group of retired U.S. officials ‘Unpatriotic’ Secretary of Defense Donald Rums- gathered in Washington to publicize their feld, when he’s not trying to explain demand that President George W. Bush be cen- New York City, site of the nation’s away faulty intelligence that led to his sured for lying about Saddam Hussein’s stockpiles most horrific terrorist attack, has NO AFP ISSUE devastation of Iraq, acts surprised at of weapons of mass destruction and frightening become the latest in a long list of NEXT WEEK! the many instances of alleged rapes Americans into supporting an invasion of Iraq. cities and towns that have formally of female “soldiers” by male GIs. The But really, when you think about it—that’s opposed the expanded investigative AFP will not be putting out a military is not a social experiment; its powers granted to law enforcement paper next week in honor of not the worst of what’s been done. sole function is to effectively and effi- agencies under the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Washington’s birthday. But American taxpayers have already spent more ciently use force when diplomacy The city council approved a resolution we will be in the office work- doesn’t work. Iraq is still a battlefield. than $100 billion to fight this war that we now Many soldiers and their families condemning the law in its chamber a ing hard on our next issue Rumsfeld should not be surprised know was not necessary. Almost 600 U.S. sol- are having to purchase their own few blocks from the gaping hole at which will be an expanded that, when women are introduced diers have been killed and an estimated 12,000 combat equipment because the Ground Zero. “The Patriot Act is real- double issue. —EDITOR into chaotic combat zones, sexual military is short of such supplies. have been injured—often seriously—since com- ly unpatriotic, it undermines our civil relations—both wanted and unwant- Pene Palifka spent $1,100 of her bat began in March 2003 and it shows no sign of rights and civil liberties,” said Bill ed—will occur. It’s human nature own money to buy armored abating. In addition, an estimated 10,000 inno- Perkins, the bill’s sponsor. rejected the measure by a 3-2 margin and it’s a good argument against put- chest plates for her son, Billy, cent Iraqis were needlessly killed as a result of on Feb. 3. This automatically triggers ting women on the frontlines. who is currently deployed with the fighting. OREGON VOTERS NIX TAX HIKE $544 million in spending cuts on May 1. the National Guard to Iraq. Rep. So, the real question that should be asked is: Oregon voters rejected an $800 mil- IMAGE ABROAD lion tax increase approved last year by John Larson (D-Con.) has intro- Should we consider censure enough of a pun- In an interview with The New York the state legislature, which bodes well TAX DEBTS Times, Margaret Tutwiler, the State duced legislation to reimburse ishment for what has been done? In the worst for opponents of tax increases in New We all know what happens to indi- Department’s official in charge of them. case, Bush would suffer in the upcoming elec- Hampshire, Ohio and Nevada. Voters vidual Americans who fail to pay public diplomacy, has acknowledged tions as a result of the official dressing-down. their taxes. However, an estimated that America’s standing abroad has make such routine business as going What about all those American families who 27,000 Defense Department contrac- FEDERAL AGENTS deteriorated to such an extent, “it will to the bathroom or getting a cup of have lost their sons and daughters in this need- tors owe at least $3 billion in back take us many years of hard, focused coffee “the most threatening time” in less war? And what of those widows who have NEED HELP taxes to the government and little is work” to rehabilitate it. “Unfortun- a flight, he said. The TSA has effective- being done to collect on them, re- lost husbands? Children who have lost fathers? Federal agents need help in cap- ately, our country has a problem in ly told terrorists they need only buy a ports the General Accounting Office. We don’t presume to know what kind of justice turing thousands of convicted far too many parts of the world, a first-class ticket, wait until the cockpit The Pentagon could have taken at they could get for their supreme sacrifices. But aliens now on the problem we have regrettably gotten is opened and then rush in. least $100 million from contractors we do know this: There should be more than just loose in the United into over many years through both under procedures that allow officials States, says Rep. Democrat and Republican adminis- GOOD GUN CONTROL an official condemnation or a few bureaucrats to take back up to 15 percent of each Charlie Norwood trations, and a problem that does not Norman Woodall shot and killed one losing their jobs for what’s been done here. contract for tax debts, but only col- (R-Ga.), right, who lend itself to a quick fix or a single of two men who broke into his home lected $687,000. The names were not has introduced legislation to solution or a simple plan,” she said. about 1:40 a.m., The Philadelphia disclosed, but in 47 case studies, the boost funding. He said 80,000 Inquirer reports. He told police one of amount of taxes owed ranged from aliens who served time in DISARMING PILOTS the men had been armed with a gun over $10,000 to nearly $10 million. 30,000 airline pilots want to carry when the two kicked open his front Christopher Petherick prison, including murderers, rapists, drug dealers and child guns to protect against terrorists but door and stormed in. Woodall strug- Managing Editor MORE MONEY molesters, have eluded capture. the Transportation Security Adminis- gled with the two and shot one of the The U.S. military will run out of “Sending 2,000 federal agents tration is sabotaging their efforts. men in the face, causing the second IMPORTANT NOTE: AFP will not be putting money for operations in Iraq and into the field to find 80,000 “They walked when they saw the actu- to flee. Darnell Woodward was pro- out a paper next week in honor of Washington’s Afghanistan by September unless criminal aliens is like trying to al program TSA put in place,” said nounced dead at the scene. birthday. But we will be in the office working President Bush asks for more, reports stop a tidal wave with hand Capt. Dave Mackett, president of the hard on our next issue which will be an expand- Knight Ridder. Because the Bush towels,” Norwood said. Airline Pilots Security Alliance. Only SAME-SEX MARRIAGES BANNED ed double issue. administration’s $400 billion budget giving pilots access to their guns Ohio became the 38th state to adopt for the Defense Department failed to behind locked cockpit doors would a “defense of marriage act” when Gov. Bob Taft signed the bill into law Staff/Bureaus Contact/Change Address/Advertise Subscribing to AFP Feb. 6. 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BEHIND THE SCENES BY MICHAEL COLLINS PIPER Justice Department attorneys failed to turn the CIA memos vindicating Wilson over to Wilson’s attorneys which, under the laws of criminal procedure, they were required to do. The memos only surfaced following Government Framed Spook; determined efforts by Wilson’s attorneys to pry the mate- rial loose through the Freedom of Information Act. In her opinion vacating Wilson’s conviction, Hughes wrote: “In the course of American justice, one would have Sent Former Spy to Prison to work hard to conceive of a more fundamentally unfair process with a consequently unreliable result than the fabrication of false data by the government, under oath Judge blasts high-level conspiracy to carry out injustice by a government official, presented knowingly by the prosecutor in a courtroom with the express approval of his superiors in Washington.” Wilson’s late-coming vindication confirms an explo- sive series of stories by the late Andrew St. George whose detailed, “inside” ground-breaking reports on the Wilson affair were published in the pages of The Spotlight as far back as the early 1980s. The arms deal orchestrated by Wilson with the Libyan regime of Muammar Qadaffi was, at the time, described as the largest illegal weapons deal in American history. Wilson claimed, in his own defense, that although he had retired from the CIA in 1971 he had still carried out covert operations for the CIA and that this deal, in fact, had been given official CIA approval. St. George was able to piece together the murky cir- cumstances surrounding the Wilson case largely because Wilson agreed to a series of exclusive interviews with St. George during his imprisonment. This is particularly ironic inasmuch as St. George’s arti- cles about Wilson—prior to his conviction—exposed aspects of Wilson’s international dealings that Wilson himself would have undoubtedly preferred to keep under wraps. The articles by St. George were the only articles that demonstrated—beyond any doubt—that many of Wilson’s operations on behalf of the CIA were actually intermeshed with covert operations of Israel’s Mossad—a point that continues to remain the “big secret” surround- ing the Wilson affair. Among others, St. George fingered former CIA Deputy Director Ted Shackley, Maj. Gen. Richard Secord—who later popped up as a key player in the now-infamous Iran-contra affair—and Eric von Marbod, a Pentagon fter serving 21 years in federal prison—fol- that Justice Department officials had “knowingly used arms specialist. lowing his conviction for a “crime” he car- false evidence against Wilson” that had been supplied by All were working closely with Israeli intelligence ried out with the approval of the Central a CIA official. throughout the course of their global arms trades. Unlike Intelligence Agency—75-year-old former At Wilson’s trial, Justice Department prosecutors sub- Wilson, the other intriguers escaped punishment. high-ranking CIA covert operations officer mitted an affidavit from the CIA’s then executive director, Former Spotlight editor Vince Ryan, now editor emeri- Edwin Wilson will finally be released. Charles A. Briggs, denying Wilson was working for the tus of American Free Press, hailed St. George’s work, com- AOn Feb. 6, U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes in CIA in the Libyan arms venture. menting: “Although we all took a lot of heat for our sto- Houston dismissed the original indictment against After Wilson’s conviction—but before his sentenc- ries on the Wilson case, we were proven right once again. Wilson who had been convicted in 1983 of selling arms ing—a CIA investigator wrote yet another memorandum Andrew St. George pioneered many big stories and it’s a to Libya. He will be eligible for release this fall. disputing Briggs’s denials. This memo was sent by the CIA credit to his integrity that Ed Wilson finally turned to Following Hughes’s decision, Justice Department to the Justice Department and, at the time, a Justice attor- Andrew to tell the whole amazing story. What a shame prosecutors announced that they would not seek to re-try ney advised the department’s criminal division of the Andrew isn’t here today to relish his own vindication as a Wilson on the charges. This may come as some satisfac- likelihood that Briggs’s claims included “possibly false hard-charging journalist who had a knack for digging out tion to Wilson who spent much of his time in solitary testimony.” real news that the rest of the media wouldn’t touch.” confinement in the dungeons of the notorious federal Although CIA attorneys asked the lead prosecutor in St. George died on May 2, 2001, although his hard-hit- maximum security prison at Marion, Ill. the Wilson case, Theodore Greenberg, not to use the ting journalism clearly continues to reverberate today. ★ As AFP reported on Nov. 17, Judge Hughes overturned memo, Greenberg ignored them and used the document Wilson’s 1983 conviction in the fall of 2003, affirming anyway, saying it was “essential” to convict Wilson. A journalist specializing in media critique, Michael Collins Piper is the author of Final Judgment, the controversial “under- PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE: Edwin Wilson emerges from court 21 years ago. Recently, a U.S. district judge blast- ground bestseller” documenting the col- ed the U.S. government for its role in fabricating evidence which resulted in the conviction of retired spook laboration of Israeli intelligence and the Edwin Wilson, who was involved in an official capacity in weapons deals with Libya. “In the course of Lansky crime syndicate alongside the CIA American justice, one would have to work hard to conceive of a more fundamentally unfair process with a con- in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He has lectured on these topics in places sequently unreliable result than the fabrication of false data by the government,” ruled Judge Lynn N. Hughes in as diverse as Moscow and Abu Dhabi. dismissing the original indictment against Wilson, a retired CIA covert operations officer. 4 AMERICAN FREE PRESS • February 23, 2004 The War Against Terror Anti-Terrorism Provisions Invoked To Investigate Pro-Peace Conference

Continued from Page 1 attempt to intimidate lawful expression. We have no organization, to testify before the grand jury on Feb. 10. intention of turning anything over. The subpoena has Papers were also served on Elton Davis at the Catholic nothing to do with national security and everything to do Worker House and Patti McKee, who, until recently, was with intimidating lawful protesters and suppressing First coordinator of the Iowa Peace Network. Amendment freedom of expression and association,” Terrell was among several dozen activists who attend- declared Heidi Boghosian, the guild’s executive director. ed a Nov. 15 conference at Drake called “Stop the Guild President Michael Avery commented that the Occupation! Bring the Iowa Guard Home!” law was clear that the use of a grand jury to investigate The activists believe the subpoenas were an attempt by protected political activities or to intimidate protesters government officials to link the organizations to a protest exceeded its authority and the government had no busi- on Nov. 16 in which 12 demonstrators were arrested at ness investigating legal conferences held in academic the Iowa National Guard headquarters in Johnston. institutions. One of the detained included a Grinnell College Drake University law professor Sally Frank, appear- librarian who was charged with a misdemeanor assault ing at a rally at the federal building in Des Moines, on a peace officer. She has pleaded innocent, saying she One of the detained included a wears tape across her mouth to protest a gag order only went limp and had to be carried away. Activists have Grinnell College librarian who was imposed on university employees. claimed they are concerned that this was a bid by the gov- ernment’s “terrorism task force” to clamp down on dis- charged with a misdemeanor assault Also withdrawn was the earlier court order that barred sent and civil liberties. Drake officials from speaking publicly about the case. In one of the most bizarre aspects of the case, a sealed on a peace officer. She has pleaded David E. Maxwell, president of the university, said he order from U.S. District Judge Ronald Longstaff had ini- innocent, saying she only went limp was deeply relieved, but the subpoenas concerned him tially prohibited Drake employees from commenting because they threatened essential values of the university about a separate subpoena demanding university records. and had to be carried away. like the right to free assembly and the sense of the uni- American Free Press asked Drake’s spokeswoman, versity as a “safe haven” for ideas, even unpopular ones. Brooke Benschoter, about the subpoena on Feb. 10, 2004 However, on February 11, in the wake of growing pub- Civil liberties advocates said they still have questions and she replied: “We really cannot comment on that at lic pressure from civil liberties advocates, federal prosecu- about the intent of the investigation and whether it might this time.” tors dropped the subpoenas they had issued the previous signal a broader worry for protesters nationwide. The AFP then obtained a copy of the subpoena, which week against all parties concerned. Iowa Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) intends to investigate confirmed that Drake University was being asked to pro- “It’s a great victory for both freedom of speech and the the matter, and its executive director, R. Ben Stone, duce all records and documents relating to the conference cause of peace,” said Terrell. warned that, “If this was an attempt to chill protests, held on Nov. 15 at the university’s Olmstead Center and Civil liberties advocates welcomed the withdrawals, we’ve got a serious problem in America.” hosted by the Drake chapter of the National Lawyers but said troubling questions remained. He added that the ICLU pledged to file legal motions Guild. Before a crowd of about 100 people at the federal and “use other avenues’’ to find out why the subpoenas The Drake subpoena also demanded information courthouse, in what had been planned as another protest were served in the first place. about leaders of the National Lawyers Guild, location of but turned out to be a surprise victory celebration, Terrell Al Overbaugh, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s the guild’s offices and any annual reports since 2002. told his audience: “We made them want to stop. We’re office, said the federal investigation was not over, but he “It’s a clear First Amendment violation and a clear here to make them want to never let it happen again.” would not comment further. ★

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However, dubious of the administration’s lack of cooperation, some mem- bers have quietly related that they are concerned that the White House may have edited out vital or embarrassing information on just what officials knew just before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. 9-11 commission members wanted access to more than 360 documents from the presidential daily briefings known as PDBs. These are intelligence briefings given to Bush by high-ranking senior intelligence officials such as CIA Director George Tenet or his deputy. White House lawyers have guarded these docu- ments, claiming “executive privilege.” Some panel members had wanted to sub- poena the unedited versions but that idea failed on a vote Tuesday by the full panel. While some commissioners were satisfied with the agreement, others said they believe Bush broke its promise to be forthcoming with information. “I’m disappointed,” said commissioner Bob Kerrey, a former Democratic sen- ator from Nebraska who voted for a subpoena. “The White House, I believe, did The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks has been stymied by Washington’s reluc- not keep its word. The agreement narrows the scope of the report.” tance to turn over intel documents. Above, people place notes on a wall near the World Last year, Commission Chairman Thomas Kean and other commissioners Trade Towers soliciting information on missing 9-11 victims. complained that they couldn’t write their final report without seeing exactly what Bush and Clinton had been told about the threat of al Qaeda. Help Pledged for Destitute Military Families The White House finally agreed, but said panel members could only see edited versions. 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THE TIES THAT BIND BY CHRISTOPHER BOLLYN Skull & Bones The secret society that ties Bush and Kerry

By Christopher Bollyn provides the names of the organization’s members from its creation at Yale in 1833 f Sen. John Forbes Kerry (D-Mass.) succeeds in win- until 1985. ning his party’s nomination, the resulting presidential No fewer than six members of the Bush contest between Kerry and President George W. Bush family, nine from the Cheney would be the first in U.S. history in which both candi- clan, and 15 from the Walkers Idates are members of the Yale University secret society (a family related to the Bushes) known as the Order of Skull and Bones. have belonged to this most While the junior senator from Massachusetts has been secretive of Yale’s senior soci- George Bush in alumni robes. John Kerry, inset. the Democratic front-runner since his political comeback eties. in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary in Unlike other college frater- versity, giving the CIA the atmosphere of a class reunion.” January, little has been discussed about a tie that links Bush nities, Yale’s senior societies are Skull and Bones, she claims, is “influential among the and Kerry: their membership in “Bones.” geared to post-collegiate life. spooks” at Langley. Although the media may occasionally mention Skull Skull and Bones is not sim- President George H.W. Bush, the director of central and Bones, there has been little discussion of the allegation ply a microcosmic subset of a intelligence from 1976 to 1977, is one of many that its members, historically, have wielded a great deal of wider American elite, it is the “Bonesmen” who held senior positions at the CIA. influence in U.S. politics. However, a recent article in top of the pile and in the driver’s seat. These people run the In September, American Free Press asked Alexandra Britain’s highly regarded Telegraph calls Skull and Bones country. They are responsible for what goes on,” wrote Robbins, author of a recent book about Skull and Bones, “America’s most elite and elusive secret society.” Andrei Navrozov, Yale graduate and author. Secrets of the Tomb, if she thought the Order exercised influ- The Telegraph article by Charles Laurence was entitled: CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE ence within the U.S. government and the intelligence agen- “The secret society that ties Bush and Kerry.” However, the According to Sutton, the Order has held considerable cies. She had this to say: first significant book to analyze history of the group’s sway influence at Yale University for over 100 years, and there are “Four out of the nine current presidential candidates are on American society is America’s Secret Establishment by the Skull and Bones alumni who sit on the Council on Foreign Yalies. Three of them are Yale secret society men. I think late Antony C. Sutton. Relations, Bilderberg group, and the Trilateral Com- that says a lot. It is staggering that so many of the candi- Sutton’s book is unique in its analysis of the political mission. “A secret society within a secret society” is how dates are from Yale, and even more so that we are looking influence of “the Order,” as it is sometimes referred to and Sutton described the role of Skull and Bones. And, in a New at a presidential face-off between two members of the Skull Yorker article, Joe Klein referred to Skull and Bones as and Bones. It is a tiny club, with only 800 living members, “Yale’s not-so-secret society.” and 15 new members a year. But there has always been a And then there is the question of the secret society’s links sentiment at Yale to push students into public service—an to the CIA. Gaddis Smith, professor of history at Yale, notes ethos of the elite making their way through the corridors of that “Yale has influenced the CIA more than any other uni- power—and the sole purpose of the Bones is power.” Hide your handgun in plain sight with the … GOLD HIDEAWAY GUN . . . Insurance for PICTURE FRAME Your Paper Assets Each Hideaway Gun Picture Frame is crafted by We insure everything from homes to our lives, why not our wealth? Insure what you hand and easily, safely and quickly conceals your have worked so hard for! Buy Gold! handgun—still accessible—right on the wall! Swiss 20 Franc Helvetia Send your $64.95 check or money order (S&H included) to: Brilliant, Uncirculated Slim Parrino, 5043 Darrah Road, Mariposa, CA 95338. Privacy and Liquidity — 8% over melt. For more information or to order you may call 209-966-5113. STANFORD COINS & BULLION, INC. 1-800-627-3015 (Allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.) Secret Societies February 23, 2004 • AMERICAN FREE PRESS 7

She added that the elevation of a Bonesman creates opportunities for his fellow members. President Bush, a member of Skull and Bones since 1968, has appointed 10 members to his administration, including the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The elder Bush is also a Bonesman since 1948, as was his father, Prescott Sheldon Bush since 1917. Among Bonesmen George H.W. Bush is known by the codename “Magog.” “You both were members of the Skull and Bones; what does that tell us?” Kerry was asked during a recent television interview. “Yup. Not much,” he replied. AVOID THE ISSUE A number of mainstream media outlets have avoided the issue of Skull and Bones and a recent cover story in Time magazine, entitled “What Kind of President Would John Kerry Be?” carefully avoided mentioning the secret society by name. “Which Kerry will America come to see,” Time asked, “the one in preppie duck boots, shaped by a Swiss board- ing school and [a] Yale secret society? Or the one in sweats and khaki, baptized in the Mekong Delta?” However, it’s not that the writers at Time are unaware of Skull and Bones. Time and Life magazines were both found- ed by Henry R. Luce, a Bonesman from the class of 1920.

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ore mischief has been uncovered in the omnibus spending bill, passed by Congress in a rush to keep the government function- ing:M a requirement that food products bear Museum in Philadelphia—just a few examples of a long country-of-origin labels has been delayed for list. two years. Product Country of Origin? Such a rule could significantly reduce pork, congres- Consumers, farmers and ranchers wanted of Chile sional staffers said, because members would be too this labeling because food produced in embarrassed to have their names and “justifications” put America is regarded by many as the safest in in front of the public. the world. Consumers, obviously, wanted Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) opposes such “earmarks” alto- safe food. Farmers and ranchers saw larger gether and expects to present a proposal to the House markets. leadership soon. “Earmarks” refers to when legislation stipulates that a certain amount of money will be spent But multinational agribusinesses, food Made processors, wholesalers and retailers, who the USA on a specific project. would bear the cost of labeling, lobbied hard The number of pork projects leaped from under to get Congress to pass legislation abolishing 2,000 five years ago to 9,362 in the 2003 budget, accord- the rule. Failing that, they pressured Con- ing to the Heritage Foundation. gress to insert language requiring a two-year BUSH ON ALIENS delay—a window of time in which they hope to have it legislation by requiring lawmakers to justify in writing Twenty-three Republican congressmen warned Presi- abolished permanently. why they want to put their noses in the taxpayers’ trough. dent Bush in a letter that he faces an election-year back- “This provision, which was added in the dead of night Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) came up with the lash from voters if he continues to press for amnesty for without negotiation . . . will not stand,” said Senate idea and is discussing it with leaders and committee illegal aliens. Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.). chairmen. Their congressional offices have received floods of “The American people deserve to know where their Details are still being worked out, but the idea is that angry calls, letters and emails from constituents vowing food comes from and those of us who know the impor- a member who wants a bridge, playground or other strict- that they will refuse to vote for the president if his pro- tance of the labeling law will be back very soon to force ly local project to be funded by taxpayers throughout the posal is approved, they told Bush. the administration to uphold and enforce the law.” nation would have to provide written justification for the “Since the president’s speech, our offices have been But industry vows to keep fighting. “A two-year delay request. The congressman’s name and written justifica- inundated with calls from dismayed constituents express- is nice, but we want this thing repealed,” said Tamara tion would be linked to the pork item when it appears in ing vehement opposition to the administration’s propos- Somerville of the National Food Processors Association. the final legislation. al,” said the letter, signed by several members of the GOP HOPES TO CONTROL PORK There was a laundry list of pork projects in this year’s House Immigration Reform Caucus. Democrats could be forgiven for considering it akin to spending bills, including $325,000 for a swimming pool “It is a matter of great concern to us that these con- the proverbial fox guarding a henhouse, but House in Salinas, Calif.; $360,000 for Citrus Waste Utilization in stituents—politically active American citizens—are so Republicans are talking about cutting pork from future Winter Haven, Fla.; $725,000 for the Please Touch See DISILLUSIONED, Page 9 Excerpt of New Bill to Station CIA Agents With Local Police

HR 3439 IH DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES WITH STATE AND (b) PERIOD OF DETAIL- Details shall be for such LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES periods as are agreed to between the director and the 108th CONGRESS head of the state or local agency. SEC. 23. (a) DETAIL- Notwithstanding any other To promote the sharing of personnel between feder- provision of law— (c) BENEFITS, ALLOWANCES, TRAVEL, INCEN- al law enforcement agencies and other public law TIVES- An employee detailed under subsection (a) may enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. (1) upon request of the head of state or local law be authorized any benefit, allowance, travel, or incen- enforcement agency, the director of Central Intelligence tive otherwise provided to enhance staffing by the SEC. 4. DETAIL PROGRAM FOR STATE AND may detail any employee within the Central organization from which the employee is detailed. Intelligence Agency to that state or local law enforce- LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO THE ment agency on a nonreimbursable basis; and (d) APPROPRIATIONS- (1) There are authorized to CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry (2) subject to the approval of the director of Central out this section. The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 Intelligence, the head of a state or local law enforce- U.S.C. 403a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end ment agency may detail any employee of that state or (2) Details under subsection (a) are subject to the the following new section: local law enforcement agency to the Central Intel- availability of appropriations for such purpose. ligence Agency on a reimbursable basis. Political Commentary February 23, 2004 • AMERICAN FREE PRESS 9

STRAIGHT TALK BY CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL their congressional responsibility to declare or reject war, who timidly voted to give the president the power he want- ed, while posturing as his harshest critics. Pin the Blame on Congress The administration rushes to claim that the justifica- tions for war do not matter, because Saddam was worthy of ontroversy is brewing in Washington over intelli- The president’s status as commander-in-chief grants him removal anyway. But we’ve heard that tired argument a mil- gence failures underlying the administration’s the power only to execute war, not to decide whether war is lion times. Is the president prepared to commit troops to claims about the threat once posed by Iraq. The justified. remove every bad guy around the globe? Of course not. president has appointed a new commission to Various weak and disingenuous arguments have been Iraq has been in this administration’s crosshairs since well studyC the issue, but its true mission may be political dam- made claiming that watered-down congressional resolu- before Sept. 11, 2001. It does matter if the administration age control for the November election. CIA Director tions authorizing force are adequate, and that war has been lied or exaggerated to win public support. It does matter if George Tenet, knowing he is the most convenient scape- waged in the past without express declarations. But the let- our war in Iraq was just or unjust. goat, had carefully distanced himself from the White ter of the Constitution trumps political expediency, and The president stated in a recent speech that had Saddam House. He admitted that bad information caused the past sins hardly justify ignoring the rule of law today. It is remained in power, the UN resolutions and condemna- agency to “overestimate” Iraq’s weapons capability, and pathetic to hear supposedly strict-constructionist conserva- tions would be “scraps of paper amounting to nothing.” In that the Iraqi threat was never labeled “imminent.” tives use verbal gymnastics to justify their party’s unconsti- the eyes of many people, it is our own Constitution that is We should not make Tenet the scapegoat. The issue is tutional actions. being treated as a meaningless scrap of paper. ★ not whether our intelligence was perfect, but rather the The furor over bad intelligence is a little late, to put it process by which we allow our government to commit mildly. A proper investigation and debate by Congress Ron Paul, a medical doctor, is a Republican troops to war. That process bypassed Congress almost clearly was warranted prior to any decision to go to war. member of the U.S. Congress who represents entirely. The consequences cannot be undone. Hundreds of the 14th District of Texas. He is now in his Congress is to blame for its craven failure to seriously American soldiers have been killed, thousands more eighth term. Often called “Dr. No” because he frequently bucks his party establishment, refus- debate, much less declare, war in Iraq. The Constitution maimed or injured. More than $100 billion has been spent, ing to support policies contrary to traditional squarely charges Congress with the duty to declare war, a and billions more will be needed to support our open- constitutional principles, Paul was the Liber- weighty responsibility that our founders thought should ended occupation of Iraq. The current after-the-fact debate tarian Party presidential candidate in 1984. rest with the body most directly responsible to the people. is hollow and political. We now see those who abdicated

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INSIGHT BY MARTIN DILLON Shiites Demanding Direct Democracy Fundamentalist Clerics Can Activate Millions of Protesters, Voters

o U.S. policymakers, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is the inscrutable leader of Iraq’s Shiites who can put a million protesters onto the streets of Baghdad with one wave of his hand. If he so wished, he Tcould even declare a fatwa—a holy decree—against the United States that would have devastating consequences for the U.S.-led occupation of the country. During Sadaam Hussein’s reign, Sistani was placed HANI AL-OBEIDI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES under house arrest and fled to his native Iran, where he established close links with the clerics who have run that country since the revolution that overthrew the shah in 1979. He was an admirer of Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the man best associated with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and its spread across the Middle East. Sistani came from a family of clerics and, in the mid- 1950s, moved to the holy city of Najaf in Iraq, regarded as the site of one of Shiism’s holiest shrines. He distanced Iraqis hold up posters of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during a protest in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa in the himself from politics and became known as an introvert- al-Muthanna province. Thousands of Muslim Shiites swarmed through Samawa in a mass demonstration behind ed intellectual and brilliant theologian. In that sense, par- the cleric’s demand for direct elections. The rally, a day after similar displays in Najaf and Karbala and a huge allels have been drawn between him and Khomeini demonstration in Baghdad, marks growing support for al-Sistani's rejection of Bush plans for Iraq's future. because the latter, before he became the politico-religious leader of Iran, had a similar reputation. Khomeini spent Paris, viewed him as a benign figure because he did not makers as they try to determine the true intentions of much of his time in the Iranian holy city of Qom before promote anti-Western political concepts. Sistani. They wonder if, like Khomeini, he is keeping his fleeing to Paris during the shah’s reign. Qom is where Little did they know that behind the calm, serene exte- distance from the U.S.-led coalition because he is plan- Sistani based himself after fleeing persecution in Iraq. rior lurked a fundamentalist personality. When later ning an Iranian-style revolution for Iraq by employing Prior to the Iranian revolution, Khomeini had no asked why he had not revealed his intentions for a new the power of its Shiite majority. apparent political designs and, in fact, convinced the Iran led by clerics, he explained that the Koran permitted On his web site—sistani.org—there is no evidence of West of that fact. The West, and many western diplomats, one to deceive one’s enemies. political ambitions but merely his views on how to lead who visited him in his apartment on the outskirts of The Khomeini experience has troubled U.S. policy an Islamic life, including his advice about matters ranging from banking to sexual relations, marriage and alcohol. While his detractors argue that he is hiding his politi- What We Have Here is a ‘Failure of Integrity’ cal ambitions, waiting for the right moment to push for Continued from Page 1 neous and misleading information as part of a broader Shiite control of the country, others regard him as a man However, during the 2003 State of the Union address strategy to build public opinion for an invasion,” devoid of any desire for political power. His supporters to Congress, Bush all but said so: “If this threat is permit- Johnson said. point to the fact that he has opposed the Iranian princi- ted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, Adam Ruben, of the grassroots organization Move- ple of clergy ruling the country and has advised his Iraqi and all recriminations would come too late . . . Trusting On.org, said it collected more than 450,000 signatures in clerics not to crave political power. in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a a week urging Congress to begin a process leading to cen- His critics, however, believe that, like the late strategy, and it is not an option.” sure. Khomeini in Iran, he is cunning and will not show his Bush “knew that the intelligence community’s assess- “There should be consequences when the president of hand to the United States until Shiites have majority con- ment of Iraq’s arms programs did not support the admin- the United States misleads the people and the Congress,” trol of a new Iraqi government. istration’s pre-conceived notion that Iraq had chemical Ruben said. “Congress devoted considerable attention In response, his supporters say his opposition to the and nuclear weapons,” Andrews said. “He knew better and, eventually, voted to impeach President Clinton for U.S. government plan for regional caucuses is based sole- but he chose to mislead us.” misleading the public about a sexual relationship. It isn’t ly on his conviction that such a process would deny Iraqis “The president has created the worst intelligence scan- unreasonable to think that misleading the nation about the right to direct, “one man-one vote” elections. dal in history, falsely creating a case to go to war when no the necessity of going to war constitutes an abuse of But detractors say that is a clever ploy. They argue that national interests were at stake,” said Mel Goodman, who power of much greater significance.” Sistani is deliberately exploiting the U.S. promise of served at both the CIA and State Department under Two parents of casualties also appeared. democracy for Iraq, by pointing out that democracy is Republican and Democratic administrations. “I want to know there was a good reason for what hap- about direct elections. If Sistani has his way, Shiites will “The reasons we were given for going to war were pened to my daughter and to all the others killed in Iraq,” quickly have overall control of political structures in Iraq false,” said Larry Johnson, who served as deputy director said Adele Kubein of Corvalis, Or., whose daughter was because of their numbers. of the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism injured by a mortar round while serving with her While Sistani continues to refuse to have direct deal- and, earlier, for the CIA. He worked under Presidents National Guard unit. ings with U.S. representatives, the guessing game about Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. He “It’s very difficult to accept the reality that my son died his real intention will continue. The White House knows contributed money and voted for Bush in 2000. in a war that was not at all necessary,” said Fernando there is the dreaded possibility that, with a single edict, he “The Bush administration engaged in a deliberate Suarez of San Diego. His son, a Marine, was killed in has the power to change the political and military fabric ★ campaign of information warfare, which employed erro- combat. ★ of the country. February 23, 2004 • AMERICAN FREE PRESS 11

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By Christopher J. Petherick

n an effort to avoid a bloody civil war among rival groups in Iraq, the Coalition Provisional Authority, the CPA, run by former ambassador Paul Bremer, has placed its hopes on a complicated strategy for the electionI of a representative Iraqi government. But some powerful religious leaders and nationalists are accusing the West of trying to impose its will on them. United Nations officials were in Iraq in early February discussing the current U.S. program and are expected to deliver a report on whether a U.S. timetable for elections is realistic. U.S. administrators would like to see an Iraqi legisla- ture selected by caucuses composed of local and provin- cial councils assembled by U.S. military authorities American officials prefer the cau- through a variety of means, including elections and appointments. cus-style elections to direct democ- Once the assembly is in place, the CPA expects to hand over sovereignty to a new Iraqi government and then dis- racy because of concerns that the solve itself. The Iraqis could then be expected to organize elections for themselves and create a constitutional con- largest group of Iraqis, the Shiites, Above: Ambassador and Iraq occupation administra- vention. would dominate elections, displac- tor Paul Bremer makes a point during a press confer- According to the CPA, an Iraqi law-making body has ence. Above left: A U.S. convoy is attacked by Iraqi to be elected by May 31. It would choose a transitional ing Sunni Muslims in the middle of insurgents. Mounting U.S. casualties from Iraqi government, which would take power by June 30. The resistance fighters are not something President Bush newly elected body would then govern until a constitu- Iraq and the Kurds in the north. would like to see in the news around election time. It tion was formulated and direct elections held, hopefully is believed that Bush has made the return of the Iraqi as soon as 2005. the U.S.-appointed CPA, forced Washington to contem- government to the Iraqis a priority for this reason. American officials prefer the caucus-style elections to plate holding early elections. An important dynamic in Lower right facing page: Iraqi children hold placards direct democracy because of concerns that the largest U.S. government thinking was the fact that more than asking for the United States to get out of Iraq—soon. group of Iraqis, the Shiites, would dominate elections, 530 American troops have been killed and nearly 12,000 displacing Sunni Muslims in the middle of Iraq and the wounded, many seriously, since the war began on March and other Republicans during his election campaign. Kurds in the north. 20, 2003. In Iraq, there has been growing frustration with the The plans for the transition were first announced in a Political analysts have speculated that Republicans are CPA and its failure to provide security for ordinary Iraqis. Nov. 15 blueprint. However, rising numbers of attacks on concerned that the targeting of U.S. occupation forces In major cities such as Baghdad, murders and robberies U.S. soldiers, and growing frustration among Iraqis with and the troubles in Iraq will come back to haunt Bush have soared, and unemployment is over 60 percent. In addition, American officials have been unable to restore electricity and water supplies to their prewar levels. More significantly, there are also grave concerns that IMF May Be Iraq’s Worst Enemy the country could slide into a bloody civil war as the Shiites, who make up the majority of the population, he Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is the BANKERS READY TO PILLAGE IRAQ seek revenge for years of repression under the secular rule name of the temporary governing body On Jan. 31, the CPA announced that it was working of Saddam Hussein and his Sunni tribesmen. As a conse- appointed by the U.S. government as the gov- with the Iraqi Central Bank to begin awarding licenses quence of those fears, U.S. officials have resisted calls for ernment of Iraq until elections are held later for foreign banks to operate in Iraq, and over 15 banks early elections; and the recent bombings of two Kurdish Tthis year. It has been the acting government of Iraq have applied for the six five-year licenses on offer. To compounds, which killed a number of leading Kurd offi- since U.S. forces took Baghdad in April 2003. date, licenses have been issued to the National Bank of cials, further enforced a need for caution. It is the administrative authority responsible for Kuwait, Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Adnan Pachachi, the president of the Iraqi Governing rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure so that the country will Despite claims by the Bush administration that Council, has said he would like to see power turned over be ready to provide for its own defense and adminis- Iraqi oil would fund reconstruction, the CPA recently to the Iraqis as soon as possible. At the National Press ter basic services once an elected government is in negotiated an $850 million loan from the Interna- Club in Washington, Pachachi told journalists that, “[T]o place. tional Monetary Fund, increasing the country’s mas- keep the country under occupation and keep the country While plans for local elections are in the works, the sive foreign debt. being administered by foreigners is unacceptable.” CPA is pressing ahead with its own reforms. But there So far, the CPA has been unwilling to turn sover- To make matters worse, since Bush forces deposed have been widespread reports of companies such as eignty over to the Iraqis amidst fears that the country Saddam, there have been violent demonstrations, rarely Halliburton and Bechtel overcharging for oil, food and could descend into bloody civil war among the three reported in the U.S. media. In early February, armed, other services to the U.S.-led coalition. major “tribes”—Sunni Arabs, Kurds and Shiite Arabs. angry protesters surrounded the U.S.-appointed council in Nasiriya in southern Iraq. And on Jan. 28, an estimat- The War in Iraq February 23, 2004 • AMERICAN FREE PRESS 13

Turkey, Iran, Syria Want Iraqi Kurds Kept in Check—or Else

he Iraqi Kurds represent only 17 percent of Iraq’s population but are a powerful ingredient in the overall political mix. Saddam Hussein’s alleged use of weapons of mass destruction Tagainst them continues to be one of the oft-repeated justifications by President Bush for going to war with Iraq. After the first gulf war, they were afforded protec- tion under a no-fly zone and gradually developed a long-sought political autonomy. The greatest threat to the Iraqi Kurds has not always come from the Baathists in Iraq but from the Turks, who have a large Kurdish population within their own borders. However, the Iraqi Kurds see the U.S. govern- ment as their protector, having fought alongside U.S. Special Forces and armored units during the recent campaign in Iraq. But, with the prospect of a Shiite majority taking control of Iraq in direct elections, the Kurds are con- EPA/SHAWN BALDWIN cerned that they could again find themselves being per- secuted. For that reason alone, there are Kurdish leaders who favor forming a breakaway Kurdish state in north- ern Iraq and taking control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Presently, Kirkuk has a population evenly divided between Arab Sunnis and Kurds, but that could change if civil war engulfed the country. The Kurds know that if they controlled the oil refiner- Iraqi Kurdish women weep during the funeral for Shakawan Abas, a top official with the Patriotic Union ies at Kirkuk they would be economically self-sufficient. of Kurdistan in Irbil, northern Iraq, recently. A pair of suicide bombers infiltrated holiday celebrations at That is what most concerns the Turks and they have the northern Iraq offices of the nation's two main Kurdish political parties and blew themselves up, warned that any attempted takeover of Kirkuk would be killing at least 56 people and injuring hundreds in nearly simultaneous strikes. Will the United States followed by a Turkish military invasion. abandon the Kurds, possibly America’s best ally in the region? Like the Turks, Syria and Iran, with their own Kurdish populations, believe that Kirkuk oil revenues Turkish Kurds. themselves facing off in northern Iraq. would quickly flow to Kurdish opposition groups in Should a civil war take place in Iraq, it has been Several weeks ago, the deputy commander of the their countries. speculated that the Turkish government would attempt Turkish army, Gen. Basbug, warned of the dangers of a The West, because of Turkey’s membership in to seize Kirkuk. In such an eventuality, two NATO civil war in Iraq, hinting that Turkey would not stand NATO, has ignored human rights abuses against the nations—the United States and Turkey—could find idly by. ★ ed 10,000 residents marched on the same council ing and establishing 180 town councils demanding the resignation of all U.S.-appointed leaders, in Iraq—the local governmental bodies who they accused of being American pawns. The gover- which officials hoped would ultimately nor of the province was forced to flee the building even define the future government there. after the arrival on the scene of his bodyguards armed Three American contractors made with rocket-propelled grenade launchers. bids for a “local governance” contract, PRIVATIZING SOVEREIGNTY? estimated to be worth $500 million. The Recent reports have unearthed a rather bizarre twist in winning bid went to the Research the U.S. government’s plan to turn government over to Triangle Institute (RTI), a non-profit the Iraqis. government contractor based outside On Feb. 10, several press reports surfaced that Durham, N.C., even though the compa- Washington was “outsourcing” plans to set up the local ny is known more for its research on and provincial caucuses, which officials hoped would pharmaceuticals than its work in nation elect the next legislative body. building. “If you believe the White House, the future govern- In November, The Washington Post ment of Iraq is being designed in Iraq. If you believe the reported that, in some parts of the coun- Iraqi people, however, it is being designed in the White try, RTI has run into trouble trying to set House. Technically, neither is true; Iraq’s future govern- up local councils. In the province of Taji, ment is being engineered in an anonymous research park RTI contractors visited with local leaders to assist them The founding managing editor of American Free in suburban North Carolina,” reported Naomi Klein for with the process and discovered that “the Iraqi people Press, Christopher J. Petherick, has written The Guardian newspaper in Britain. formed their own representative councils in this region many detailed exposes on government policy, political reform, free trade and American inter- Just 15 days before U.S. forces raced across Iraq’s bor- months ago, and many of those were elected, not select- ventionism. In his free time, Christopher is an der, on their way to take Baghdad, the State Department’s ed, as the occupation is proposing.” amateur blacksmith, traditional bowhunter, Agency for International Development issued a task order The Post reported that one local man told a RTI con- recreational farmer and avid history buff. for companies to begin bidding for the job of formulat- tractor: “We feel we are going backwards.” ★ 14 AMERICAN FREE PRESS • February 23, 2004 ADVERTISEMENT

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COMMENTARY BY CHARLEY REESE Bringing Democracy to Mideast Like Herding Cats

f I had a choice of catching 1,000 feral cats or bringing democracy to Iraq, I’d take the cat job in a New York second. The Shiites want immediate elections; the Sunnis have justI organized themselves and oppose imme- diate elections. The Kurds want autonomy, but the Turks have warned that they’ll cause big trouble if the Kurds get it. On top of all of that is an ongoing guerrilla war that, despite the claims of success by the United States, contin- ues to take a steady toll of American and Iraqi lives. Unemployment is still close to 60 per- ERIC DRAPER/WHITE HOUSE VIA GETTY IMAGES cent. Some say it would not take much of a spark to set off a civil war, and you can bet the guer- rillas will be more than happy to strike that spark if they can. In the meantime, back at the ranch, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney remain in denial, refusing, it seems, to accept the fact that there are no stock- piles of weapons of mass destruction, nor were there any when they led us to war. Playing the Blame Game . . . Sooner or later it will sink into the minds of the American people that more than 500 Former chief weapons inspector David Kay now says he believes that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction. Americans have been killed, thousands have Kay has pinned the blame on intelligence agencies for failing to provide accurate information on Iraq’s stockpiles of been wounded, and $100 billion has been weapons prior to the U.S.-led invasion. Kay’s cover for the Bush administration neglected to mention the vast amount spent on false pretenses, and there is no end in of evidence put forth by international organizations and researchers that cast doubt on administration claims that Iraq sight. would become an imminent threat to the United States. Above, President Bush greets Kay at the Oval Office on Feb. 2. David Kay, who just quit as the chief weapons searcher, now says there are no stockpiles and until after the November election so he can always say the Whether Iraqis will agree to that kind of “limited sov- probably never were any. Loyal as a lap dog, however, he issue hasn’t been settled. ereignty” remains to be seen. If the past is indicative of has given Bush an out by blaming the CIA. The amazing Yeah, I know that the Bush administration says it plans the future, Iraqis will view the government as a front for thing is that Bush doesn’t have the smarts to take the hint. to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqis this summer, but the United States and eventually overthrow it and kill off He keeps insisting he “did the right thing based on good you can’t believe anything the Bush administration says. the leaders. In that case, all the lives and limbs lost, all the intelligence.” We’ll have to wait to see how the administration defines billions of dollars poured down a Middle East rat hole, That’s so typical of an ideologue. When the facts con- sovereignty. My guess is it defines sovereignty as an obe- will have been in vain. tradict the theory, ignore the facts and stick with the the- dient Iraqi government that will allow large numbers of It’s too bad that we elected a president who had no ory. Bush apparently intends to keep the search going American military forces to remain in the country. knowledge of foreign policy, but, far worse, who had no interest in or curiosity about it. Richard Perle, one of the neo-con architects of the war, has said in public Suit Filed to Stop U.S. from Arming Israel print that Bush knew nothing. That’s why Bush became a willing victim of the neo-con ideologues he put in his ennis L. Wirth of Clearwater, Fla., has sued in Wirth cited names, dates and details in presenting administration. federal court in Tampa to stop the United the court with a long list of atrocities. For example: That would have been all right if he had surrounded States from arming Israel, citing federal and • About June 15, 2001, three Arab women were himself with wise and experienced people, but he chose a international law. sleeping in a tent in a populated area of Gaza. None pack of mad-dog ideologues with delusions of grandeur DWirth’s petition cited, in detail, numerous instances were involved in hostile action. Israeli forces fired two who are itching to impose American will on the rest of the of Israelis using American-made-and-supplied wea- tank shells, each containing thousands of razor-sharp Earth, and they are fanatically committed to their theory. pons to kill innocent men, women and children in the darts. The women were “literally shredded to death.” Let’s hope that Bush’s replacement will be somebody occupied territories. This, he pointed out, is a crime These “Flechettes” were made by U.S. defense contrac- with a functioning and engaged brain who is more inter- under the Geneva Conventions. tors under direction of the Defense Department and ested in solving problems for the American people than As a signatory to the Geneva accords, it is a viola- DCAA and funded by American taxpayers. in keeping fit, dressing sharp and reading quips some- ★ tion of U.S. law to arm Israelis who commit the atroc- • On March 4, 2002, a physician was killed and five body else wrote at carefully staged photo ops. ities, Wirth points out, because the Constitution of his staff members wounded when Israelis fired pro- © 2004 BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. makes treaty agreements the law of the land. jectiles into their ambulance, which was driving slow- Wirth sued on behalf of himself and American tax- ly down a narrow street in the Jenin refugee camp. Charley Reese is a nationally syndicated columnist whose no-holds-barred style has payers—who give Israel billions of dollars each year to • Nearly 2,000 Arabs, including 300 children, have won him a host of devoted followers who rel- procure arms—in U.S. District Court. Defendants been killed by Israeli occupying forces between ish his free-wheeling, unabashed devotion to include Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and September 2000 and January 2002. Most were civil- the truth, no matter whose oxe is gored. Long William Reed, the director of the Defense Contract ians and not engaged in hostile action. associated with The Orlando Sentinel, Reese was formerly active in a variety of state, local Audit Agency (DCAA) at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Wirth’s website is: www.justiceworldwide.org. and national political endeavors. 16 AMERICAN FREE PRESS • February 23, 2004 Political Analysis Cheney a Liability? Noises in the “mainstream” media suggest Vice President Dick Cheney may be in political—even legal—trouble. If Cheney decides (or is forced) to retire, there are two dark horse candidates in line who could logically replace him.

By Michael Collins Piper inside the administration, allegations of war profiteering and other corruption by the Halliburton Corporation ill Vice President Dick Cheney be a liability (which Cheney previously served as chief executive offi- for George W. Bush as the president moves cer) continue to hang over the vice president’s head. toward his 2004 reelection campaign? Time— Forward was far more forward, reporting that an ongo- the weekly voice of the Bronfman family- ing criminal investigation of Halliburton being conduct- influencedW media empire—and Newsweek, the weekly sis- ed by a French investigative judge “could lead to charges” ter magazine of the Meyer-Graham family’s daily against Cheney. Washington Post, echoed one another in stories published Although the judge, Renaud van Ruymbeke, has said in issues dated Feb. 16 that read as if they could have that he has ruled out bringing bribery charges against been written by the same person. Cheney, Forward reported that it is possible that the vice These side-by-side efforts to undermine Cheney by president may be charged with complicity in the “misuse two ostensibly competing publications came on the heels of corporate assets.” of an even more devastating front-page headline article The corruption allegations stem from reports that a targeting Cheney published in the Feb. 6 issue of Forward, Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), the nation’s most influential Jewish community weekly. along with several other firms, bribed government offi- Time asked “Is Cheney an Asset or a Liability?” sug- cials in Nigeria in order to win a $6.7 billion contract for KRT IMAGE gesting that Cheney may be “dragging Bush down.” a natural gas project. Newsweek similarly asked, “Is Dick Cheney a drag on However, Halliburton’s international intrigues go Democratic Party, Bush might reach across the political the ticket?” Both articles pointed out that although Che- much further. Recently, the popular CBS program, “Sixty aisle and ask Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Conn.) to come on ney has traditionally been considered a strong figure Minutes,” broadcast a segment that suggested that— board as his running mate. through an offshore “dummy” subsidiary—Halliburton Such a scenario is not out of the realm of possibility. under Cheney’s tenure as CEO was violating longstand- Lieberman is said to be very bitter that his former patron ing U.S. regulations barring American corporations from and 2000 running mate, Al Gore, endorsed former engaging in business with Iran because of charges that Vermont Gov. Howard Dean over Lieberman this year Iran has funded terrorism. without even giving Lieberman a courtesy call in advance. If the allegations about Halliburton’s dealings with In addition, over the past year, many grassroots Repub- Iran are true, the report exposes Cheney as a hyp- lican Party operatives have been quoted in the press as ocrite. Cheney has frequently attacked Iran, one of wistfully saying, “I just wish Lieberman was a Repub- the nations that Bush said was part of the “axis of lican.” At the same time, many reports were pointing out evil,” despite news that Cheney and Halliburton that Lieberman was being greeted with “boos” and cat- reaped vast profits through oil service deals with calls at many Democratic Party gatherings. the Islamic country. Another name that has surfaced is Rudy Giuliani, who If that were not enough, Cheney recently flew many have suspected has been waiting in the wings for Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on such an opportunity. his private jet to a duck-shoot in Louisiana. Democrats Giuliani would bring with him the acclaim that he immediately seized on the news, pointing out that was the savior of New York in the wake of the 9-11 Scalia was due to vote on whether Cheney’s records of attacks. He is also a formidable speaker with a reputation energy task force meetings should be unsealed. The jus- for being the prosecutor who took down organized crime tice, they declared, should recuse himself immediately. in New York, although the “Russian” mob has since Cheney called the reaction a typical political ploy by established itself in New York quite comfortably. his opponents, but some observers said the trip called He is widely regarded as a clever political operator, yet, into question his judgment. Making such a trip with prior to the Sept. 11 attacks, his political halo was fading Scalia, they pointed out, was bound to be perceived, as a result of a messy divorce from his second wife, rightly or wrongly, as creating a conflict of interest. Donna. 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LEARNING FROM HISTORY BY PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Watching Propaganda Become ‘Truth’

n 1961, I returned from the Soviet Union with a col- lection of propaganda posters. I used the posters to The Misadventures illustrate to students how government in a closed of Lord Curzon society can substitute propaganda for fact. Here, Lord George Nathaniel IThe most dramatic poster in my collection depicts a Curzon (top hat), 1st Mar- fascist who has climbed the upraised arm of the Statue of quess Curzon of Kedleston, Liberty. A fiery torch in the fascist’s hand overlays the stone torch in Liberty’s hand, sending forth the flames of leaves No. 10 Downing war. Bombs are falling on dark-skinned, white-robed Street, London, during the Arab women and children. Empire Conference in 1923. This was Soviet propaganda’s portrait of the attempt in In the early 1900s, Curzon 1956 by Britain, France and Israel to reclaim from Egypt led a contrived and ill-fated the Suez Canal, an effort that would have succeeded but “pre-emptive” invasion of Tibet, ostensibly to protect for President Eisenhower’s intervention. The Soviet ARCHIVE PHOTO HULTON/GETTY Union was not about to credit the United States for stop- British India from Russians ping the invasion. massed there. There were Looking at the colorful poster, one is struck that a half- no Russians, and columnist century later events have turned deceitful propaganda Paul Craig Roberts believes into truth. American bombs have been falling on Arabs, it opened Tibet to further killing thousands. invasion from China—much The entire world now knows that the reason Bush and as Iraq will be opened for Blair gave for invading Iraq was false. The invasion was a even more terrorists. strategic blunder. It has created new enemies for America throughout the Muslim world, and perhaps beyond. In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson concludes his histo- Iraq. Imagine what this enormous sum could have become a threat to British India. Curzon sent off an inva- ry of World War I: “It was nothing less than the greatest achieved by ensuring the prosperity of an Israeli- sion force that managed to slaughter several hundred error in modern history.” Is Bush’s invasion of Iraq the Palestinian settlement. Peace is always cheaper than war. Tibetans but failed to find any Russians or weapons. second greatest error in modern history? Has Bush set As we are belatedly learning in Iraq, there are no easy By humiliating the hitherto impenetrable, mysterious into motion the unification of hundreds of millions of military solutions to terrorism. If there were, Israelis country, Curzon opened the door for the Chinese. Muslims under religious leaders? would have achieved security many years ago. 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THE RYAN REPORT BY VINCE RYAN Justifying the Unjustifiable

resident George W. Bush is desperately trying to jus- the failure of American intelligence and the search for tify the unjustifiable by throwing out lame excuses weapons of mass destruction, he admits that the search for for America’s undeclared, expensive war in Iraq. A WMDs was not the real reason for going to war but only the major attempt to perform this impossible task of pretext. “Pdamage control” was when he appeared on a special edition De Borchgrave writes that he “first heard from prominent of NBC’s Meet the Press, Sunday, Feb. 9. neo-conservatives in April 2002 that war was no longer a Bush’s one-on-one taped interview with program host question of ‘if’ but ‘when.’ . . . The Bush administration, they Tim Russert did not get to the heart to the matter. Bush waf- explained, starkly and simply, had decided to redraw the

fled and strained to answer the various questions in the “con- geopolitical map of the Middle East.” The key to peace in the AMERICA GETTY NORTH text” of the time during which he made judgment calls about area would be “democracy.” our devastation of Iraq or the matter of Iraq’s having De Borchgrave does not spell out that the “neo-conserva- weapons of mass destruction tives” had their genesis in Trotskyite communism. American One of the primary reasons for Bush’s preemptive strike against, and destruction of, Iraq is well known to regular readers of American Free Press, members of Congress, the According to the neo-cons’ scenario, American people and the media and it has nothing to do PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH with America’s interests. It is that maintaining Israeli hege- the fledgling “democracies” of the Desperately trying to justify invasion of Iraq. mony in the Middle East dominates the foreign policy of the United States. Consequently American arms were used to Middle East would ally themselves De Borchgrave says, “The Bush doctrine of preemption is destroy Israel’s number one enemy. to progressive Israel and would be now badly frayed at the seams. Operations Enduring Still, Bush asserts, as he always has, that he is in charge of Freedom and Iraqi Freedom have stretched deployable U.S. our foreign policy. He said last fall that “In all due respect to technologically transformed. forces, including the guards and reserves, to the point where politicians here in Washington, D.C., who make comments, another preemption campaign would break the system—and they’re just wrong about our strategy. We’ve had a strategy Free Press has exposed their background and activities in bring back the draft. from the beginning. Jerry Bremer [U.S. civil administer in many articles since its inception in 2001. “A steady stream of would-be jihadis, or Islamist holy Iraq] is running the strategy and we are making very good According to the neo-cons’ scenario, the fledgling warriors, is making its way into Iraq across the unmarked, progress about the establishment of a free Iraq.” No kidding! “democracies” of the Middle East would ally themselves to mostly desert, borders of Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Camel Bush also wants to push the American people deeper into progressive Israel and would be technologically transformed. caravans trekking from the Saudi kingdom all look the same, debt. He would add another trillion dollars to the $7 trillion De Borchgrave adds that the neo-cons failed to take into whether they are carrying dates or detonators.” of debt already on the books. The U.S. is bankrupt, but account the “unintended consequences” resulting from such He concludes: “Iraq’s nonexistent WMDs were never a thanks to the never-audited Federal Reserve the money magi- a policy. threat to anyone. But they have already struck a devastating cians keep the system going. Since Bush declared an “end” to the war on May 1, blow to the credibility of the Bush White House.” Congratulations to Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor at large American casualties keep mounting. And the United States The full truth is that America’s subservience to Israel of The Washington Times, who is always the informed reporter is more hated as each day unfurls and the occupation con- brought on the mess we are in now and it’s time to say so. and incisive news analyst. Writing in a recent column about tinues. Let’s carry on the good fight. ★ Stop WithholdingADVERTISEMENT

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By Michael Collins Piper Loss of Liberty, which is undoubtedly the premier work on that subject. he death on Feb. 5 of legendary Adm. Thomas H. Although both The Washington Post and The Washing- Moorer was sad news for America’s real patriots. ton Times—the “liberal” and “conservative” newspaper ARCHIVE PHOTO REURTERS The 91-year-old former chief of naval operations competition in the nation’s capital—featured extended (1967-70) and later chairman of the Joint Chiefs obituaries, describing Moorer’s remarkable accomplish- Tof Staff (1970-74), Moorer—who spent 41 years in the ments in both war and peace, the two dailies carefully Admiral Navy—capped his stellar career (which continued even ignored Moorer’s outspoken support for the Liberty’s sur- Thomas up until just several weeks before his death) as a vocal vivors. This is especially notable because Moorer was even Moorer public advocate on behalf of the survivors of Israel’s a member of the Times’ editorial advisory board, begin- unprovoked June 7, 1967, attack on the USS Liberty. ning as far back as 1982. The assault on this American naval vessel resulted in Born in Alabama, Moorer graduated from the U.S. admiral and then, two years later, full admiral. the deaths of 34 men and the wounding of 172 others. Naval Academy in 1933 and after his eight years of wide- During the Nixon years, it is said, Moorer harbored Moorer—along with a host of other famed American mil- ranging experience at sea during peacetime, the advent of deep concerns and suspicions about the activities of then- itary heroes—was convinced that the attack by Israeli mil- World War II saw the future chief of naval operations national security advisor (and later secretary of state) itary forces was deliberate and dared to say so publicly. As engaged in heavy combat in the South Pacific, after his Henry A. Kissinger, although, at the time, this was not recently as Jan. 26, AFP featured a front-page commen- initial baptism under fire at “Pearl.” publicly known. tary by Moorer on the subject of the Liberty incident and On one occasion, Moorer and his crew were shot A distinguished man revered by his colleagues at all the subsequent cover-up by both the American and Israeli down by the Japanese and managed to survive, being ranks, Moorer was nonetheless genial and approachable, governments. picked up by a freighter, which, in turn, was sunk by a and over the years a number of AFP correspondents had That Moorer, an internationally respected American subsequent Japanese attack. Moorer led the survivors to the pleasure of making his acquaintance. military figure—a battle-tested hero who was one of the safety on an uninhabited island. After he drew a large Moorer is survived by his wife of 68 years, four chil- first pilots in the air over Pearl Harbor after the Japanese “SOS” signal in the sand, he and his colleagues were res- dren, two brothers, 10 grandchildren and two great- attack on Dec. 7, 1941—was so forthright in his insis- cued by Australian pilots. grandchildren. ★ tence that the Israeli attack was deliberate ultimately con- Considered a brilliant naval tactician and a hard-driv- USS Liberty: Dead in the Water (VHS or DVD, 70 minutes, #1095, vinced even many of those who had had doubts. ing administrator, too, Moorer moved up fast in the ranks $25, please specify VHS or DVD) and Loss of Liberty (VHS, 1 hour, Moorer played an instrumental part in helping inde- and in 1958 became, at that time, the youngest officer #1037, color and black & white, $30) are available from FAB. Call toll pendent filmmaker Tito Howard produce his video, The named rear admiral. Four years later he became vice free 1-888-699-6397 to charge your videos to Visa or MasterCard.

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Real Danger to Our Rights Lies in Hands of Judicial Branch

Finally someone is speaking out against the REQUIRED READING stealth branch of government: The U.S. injustice Five months ago I bought a get-acquainted system. [“U.S. ‘Justice’ System Criminal; Police subscription to American Free Press. Now after State Feeding on the Innocent” by Paul Craig receiving several issues I can say I’m glad I did. Roberts]. I believe the U.S. media and AFP AFP is the most important newspaper I’ve expend far too much time and energy reporting ever read. As far as I’m concerned it should be on executive and legislative branch shenani- required reading for all high school and college gans, while ignoring the branch of government students in this country. with the final say: the courts. LARRY JONES The quest for justice, intellectual honesty Liberal, Kansas and impartiality is in a state of crisis in WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION America. And, as usual, ordinary Americans are WANTS MORE BUSH BASHING Patriotism is easy to under- There seem to be no weapons of mass being hammered with increases in court fees, Last month you mentioned that some read- stand in America. It means destruction. I am sick of hearing such trash. fines and sentences. Injustice in America has ers were bashing AFP because you are bashing How many people are they fooling? We know become blatantly a matter of status, class, race Bush. I, for one, want to say I appreciate your looking out for yourself by look- what they were after: oil and to rule Iraq. The and gender. To be truly populist, it is imperative Bush bashing because in doing so you are ing out for your country. same in Afghanistan. I’m tired of hearing, that AFP devote more time and space to the telling us the facts we need. “Oops, we made a mistake.” What is happening ideologically and agenda-driven judicial branch Opposing the powers-that-be who would —CALVIN COOLIDGE over there is no surprise to anyone who under- of the American government. destroy our country is reason enough to hold stands the way the New World Order works. DONALD WELKY your head high and keep up the great work. with an exclusive number on it” and “posting A. CROUCH Kincheloe, Michigan Truth is hate to those who hate the truth. the vote count and . . . voter receipt number on Breckenridge, Michigan CHUCK ROBERTS a web site.” If AFP could prepare a special arti- COLLAPSING COUNTRY Parkersburg, West Virginia cle as a primer on the mechanics of such an KING GEORGE I liked the article on Benton Harbor, idea, and make the article a special reprint for The time is close for the tax paying peasants Michigan in AFP’s Jan. 5 & 12 issue. AFP does a VOTE COUNT subscriber order and private circulation, per- to contribute money to Uncle Sam. Remember: great service reporting on America’s failing Presidential election years are a good time haps we can sow the critical seed of vote count King George, the leader of the United States, infrastructure such as the electrical grids, water to publish stories highlighting the necessity of reform to indeed “create a system that is totally needs tons of money so he can pay for the edu- works, canals and railroads and the country’s establishing a vote count verification system, open and transparent . . . all the way . . . to the cation of the children of Iraq and provide jobs collapsing health care and education systems. which could be adaptable for recounting local, national level,” to again quote AFP. for millions of aliens. We could use more articles like this. state and national election results. Preventing election result tampering will K.E. BROWN BRUCE HUTSON As AFP said: vote count accuracy “could be assure the American electorate they still have Fairbanks, Alaska Alexandria, Virginia [achieved] simply by issuing a receipt to a voter some degree of control over who is elected to public office. This much-needed reform should REVISIONIST HISTORY take a higher priority over such things as I was dumbfounded to read the recent arti- “homeland security.” cle [in the Feb. 9 issue of AFP] by Christopher ERIC CHOLERTON Bollyn in which he discussed a book called The Santa Paula, California Fire, pertaining to the bombing of the German

General Predicts Iraq Civil War

Gen. Anthony Zinni, chief of Central Command from 1997 to 2000, who commanded all U.S. Military forces in the Middle East and Persian Gulf regions: “I believe there will be a civil war in Iraq come July.” Above, Zinni (right) stands next to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a meeting in April 2002 at Arafat’s compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Zinni was the first high-ranking official to meet with Arafat while the Israeli army besieged Arafat’s headquarters. PPO/GETTY IMAGES Book Review February 23, 2004 • AMERICAN FREE PRESS 23 Weapons of ‘Mass Deception’

BOOK REVIEW MICHAEL COLLINS PIPER in advancing public support for the war plans of Bush and his “neo-conservative” on’t be misled by the cartoon-style cover of advisors. Weapons of Mass Deception is none- Weapons of Mass Deception, which might be a theless a valuable catalog of the facts—and “turn-off” to some people. This well-written and the myths—about Iraq and the weapons of carefully documented 248-page paperback vol- mass destruction that we now know never Dume is an excellent introduction to “the uses of propagan- existed. da in Bush’s war on Iraq.” It is an absolutely authoritative Every page in the book contains informa- expose of the lies, distortions and deceptions used by the tion of value that will be useful to all readers president and his handlers—both public and behind the in some fashion or another, whether in writ- scenes—to drag us into another unnecessary foreign war. ing letters to the editor or debating friends And how many wars have there been like that? Count and foe alike. Rampton and Stauber cite ’em. If the warmongers have their way, there are going to be media and government misrepresentations a lot more, if their words are to be believed. about the Iraq affair and demonstrate con- The authors, Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, are clusively that, bottom line: we were lied to. firms that AFP was on target all along. longtime critics of the often incestuous ties between big Of course, discerning readers of American Free Press Weapons is a practical handbook that you’ll refer to time business and big media, and they’ve done yeoman’s work knew better than to believe the lies, but even AFP suf- and time again, especially as America gets further bogged in this lively, easy-to-read expose of the scheming that fered the consequences of daring to contradict “our down in Iraq and everyplace around the world where the helped stoke up the war on Iraq. wartime president” when he was pounding away neo-conservatives want to use our tax dollars to finance a Although the authors fall down in failing to mention demanding war against Saddam. Some AFP subscribers military machine that will enforce their agenda. ★ the influence of pro-Israel pressure groups in helping shape wrote angry letters to the editor because they felt AFP public perceptions about Iraq and the Arab and Muslim was being “unpatriotic” for questioning the president. Weapons of Mass Deception (softcover, 248 pages, #1114, $14) is available from FAB. Call toll free 1-888-699-6397 to charge a copy to worlds in general. This influence played a considerable part But page after page in Weapons of Mass Deception con- Visa or MasterCard. S&H included in price. city of Dresden. The author, German revisionist NO ONE BELIEVES THAT Joerge Friedrich, claims that this story had never How can AFP in its Feb. 2 issue state been described in any book previous to his. unequivocally, “under enormous media pres- Did They Really Say That? This is incorrect. In 1964, English revisionist sure, the scientist [Dr. David Kelly] committed “I was wrong. I am not pleased about it at all and I think all, historian David Irving wrote a comprehensive suicide”? Almost nobody in Britain believes Americans should be concerned about [weapons of mass destruction and factual account about this horrendous that Kelly committed suicide. not being found in Iraq],” said Bill O’Reilly in an interview with event. All should read his book Apocalypse 1945: ALLEN WIEGAND ABC’s Good Morning America. The Destruction of Dresden for more. Port Townsend, Washington ★★★ INGRID GLENNON ON CHINA Gregory Mankiw, chairman of the White House Council of San Antonio, Texas I do not recall AFP doing any news about Economic Advisers and prominent Harvard University economist, in COSCO and Pier J or the Chinese in Panama. releasing the annual Economic Report to the President on Feb. 9, PORK BILL You repeat some things over and over again, so boasted that “offshoring” of U.S. jobs is only “the latest manifesta- The $40 billion that Bush wants for Iraq why do you avoid these two about China on tion of the gains from trade that economists have talked about” for and the $373 billion pork bill just passed our doorsteps? Are they not true? centuries. Democrats are having a lot of fun with that comment. O’REILLY should be deducted from the personal assets of WAYNE KEFAUVER ★★★ senators, congressmen and the president since Mooresville, Indiana “Iraq is now a contaminated environment, and [Secretary of Defense Donald] they voted for it. Why should we have to pay Rumsfeld and his people want out,” a senior administration official told Knight-Ridder. for all of their pet projects? (Correspondent Mike Blair wrote on the “They can’t wait for July 1 when the CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority] turns into S. McCAW China Ocean Shipping Company in AFP’s the U.S. Embassy and the whole mess they’ve made becomes Colin Powell’s.” Parachute, Colorado Sept. 3, 2001, issue.–Ed.) 24 AMERICAN FREE PRESS • February 23, 2004

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