Posted by
april15bendovr on Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:00:43 AM
Understanding left-Wing Fecal Spoons and Iraq
The Left has been trying hard for years to interfere with the dissemination of any information that could help the American public understand Saddam's links to Al Qaeda or terrorism. By doing so, it has provided aid to our enemy.
The most notorious example of this was when the NY Times actively acted to destroy the Docex Project.
What is the Docex Project?
The Docex Project consists of millions of captured pre-war documents that had resided deep within a warehouse. These documents have shed light on links between Saddam and Al Qaeda. They were originally headquartered in Doha, Qatar, and were released by John Negroponte for volunteers to translate.
What did The NY Times do?
The newspaper used ideological-driven so-called experts to destroy the program. The focus of their activism was to point out nuclear fears in order to destroy any evidence that could bolster our reasons for being in Iraq.
Please visit the links at the end of this article provided by Joseph Shahda, a translator who worked on the Docex Project. He provided me with two letters to descibe how he felt when the program was terminated.
Let's examine the NY Times article titled,
U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/03documents.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=ba99ceafb0f67900&ex=1320210000
The article mentions three so-called experts. I could only find information on two.
First, expert Peter D. Zimmerman worked for the Clinton Administration at the State Department's ACDA.
He wrote an article published on Thursday, August 14, 2003, by the Washington Post titled "The Bush Deceit."
He states,
"How can one conjure up a benign explanation for the president's assertions?
The claim that Niger was selling uranium was based on disputed intelligence, since retracted by the White House and CIA. The National Intelligence Estimate on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction carried prominent warnings that knowledgeable agencies and analysts dissented from its conclusions. It is hard to believe that national security adviser Condoleezza Rice or her deputy, Stephen J. Hadley, missed or forgot about the red flags.
If the Bush administration had been wrong only about the Niger purchase, it would have indicated carelessness. But the references to nuclear weapons, taken as a whole, indicate dissatisfaction with the truth of the matter and a disregard for inconvenient facts."
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0814-04.htm
I guess it's easy to say that Peter is a big fan of Valerie Plame and her husband.
The second expert is another lefty named Thomas S. Blanton, a big wig who worked, ironically, for the ACLU on the Freedom of Information Act.
Check out the bio of him appearing on SourceWatch.org, which makes him look like a hit man for the Left.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Blanton
I find it interesting that many of these members of government were in a position to be chummy with the monolithic press and remain in a position to manipulate and influence policy.
Interesting that Jamie Gorelic, our notorious 9/11 Commissioner, was in the position to create the famous (information wall). She coveniently became immune from her actions leaving America more vulnerable to terrorism. I can't help but wonder if she knew Peter D. Zimmerman at the State Department while she worked at the Justice Dept setting up administrative protocols.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WENDSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1997
GORELICK TO LEAVE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
"One of Ms. Gorelick's principal priorities was to help
prepare the Justice Department to be able to respond effectively
to the new challenges of transnational crime and terrorism. To
do this, she forged new relationships and administrative
protocols with the Departments of State, Treasury and Defense,
and with the intelligence community."
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1997/January97/018dag.htm
The timing of the NY Times story fell, ironically, around the same time Scott Ritter became the favorite source for notable left-wing media giants. Did he have any influence on the NY Times?
Examples:
Rick MacArthur and Scott Ritter On The Lies of Our Times
John R. (Rick) MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper's Magazine
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/01/142200
Scott Ritter played a big role in the documentary "Bill Moyers Journal: Buying the War."
Transcript: Excerpts from Producer Kathleen Hughes' interview with Scott Ritter
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/transcript2.html
Scott Ritter and Seyour Hersh spoke together after working on their book.
Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh: Iraq Confidential
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051114/ritter
“Al-Khafaji first came to public notice after revelations that he gave former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter $400,000 to produce a film that criticized the United States for its role in the inspection process. Al-Khafaji, who is listed as a “senior executive producer” of the film, arranged meetings for Ritter with high-level officials in Saddam’s government, a feat New York Times magazine writer Barry Bearak found “impressive.” Ritter had previously been an outspoken critic of Saddam Hussein, and issued dire warnings about the status of the Iraqi dictator’s weapons of mass destruction. His sudden flip—he is now a leading apologist for Saddam’s regime—and revelations about Ritter’s 2001 arrest for soliciting sex with minors have fueled speculation about the nature of his relationship with al-Khafaji.”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/605fgcob.asp
That's right. The same Scott Ritter mentioned in the Weekly Standard article here:
Look at what Scott Ritter's former boss, Richard Butler,
said about him at the time:
“His turnaround has caused consternation, to say the least, among many of his former colleagues and current critics. “I have no idea what has overtaken him,” his former boss Richard Butler said. On another occasion, Butler said, “I’ll say this about Scott, either he’s misleading the public now, or he misled me then.” Ritter, however, insists he has been saying the same thing all along — people just paid attention to what fit their political agendas.”
http://dir.salon.com/story/people/feature/2002/03/19/ritter/index_np.html
While the Left and NY Times were focused on ignoring evidence, I hear from Lt. Buzz Patterson that Henry Waxman was helping Code Pink bring cash and supplies to terrorists in Faluja.
Waxman alleged to have helped Iraqi insurgents
http://insight-report.com/2007/070724/waxman.html
I also recently learned this from the Captains Quarters, a conservative blog:
The Huffington Post published a plea to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs today to arrest George Bush for "conduct unbecoming" -- essentially, a military coup against the elected government of the United States. Martin Lewis claims that the military can arrest a President while not conducting a coup d'etat by focusing only on his role as Commander in Chief of the military:
General Pace - you have the power to fulfill your responsibility to protect the troops under your command. Indeed you have an obligation to do so.
You can relieve the President of his command.
Not of his Presidency. But of his military role as Commander-In-Chief. ...
In addition to relieving him of his command as Commander-In-Chief, you also have authority to place the President under MILITARY arrest.
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/012106.php
U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Peter Hoekstra Statement on DOCEX
“These documents also raise several additional issues of interest. First, it is extraordinary that the New York Times now acknowledges that the captured documents demonstrate that ‘[Saddam] Hussein’s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away.’ This only reinforces the value of these documents in understanding the threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s regime. Only 1 percent of the estimated 120 million pages of captured documents have been reviewed, and we must continue working to promptly understand these materials. If there is concern about Saddam’s nuclear program, there should be similar concern about potential connections between Saddam and al-Qaeda suggested in the documents.
http://fas.org/sgp/news/2006/11/index.html
I would like to complete this informational exercise by adding two letters that Joseph Shahda sent me. He is truly a patriot for translating work on the Docex Project. They describe how he felt when the program was shut down.
Chris
"I wrote the thread below on November 2nd and 3rd as a respond to the New York Times article on Saddam nuclear program that lead to the shut down of the DOCEX project."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731259/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731668/posts