Saying The Unspeakable on America's Front Lawn

......draws the Campus witch-hunter-types out of the woodwork.

Remember...it is not Anti-Semitic to criticize Israeli policy nor is it Anti-Semitic to put United States national security interests above Israel's.

Judy "Mouth Twisting in Hatred" Miller

Arianna Huffington writes about New York Times 'reporter' Judith Miller. All I can say is.....WTF!

New York Times.....if this is true, you have a lot of explaining to do!

Sharon Calls for French Jews to Immigrate to Israel

Sharon not only wants French Jews to make aliyah, but his true wish is for all Jews to immigrate to Israel. Despite Sharon's support for the Gaza disengagement plan, it is clear this disengagement action is only a red herring. Sharon's real motive is to expand the settler movement, put more pressure on the Palestinians, and secure greater control over the middle east. If anything this will create more unrest in the middle east, thereby undermining any chance for peace, hence subjecting Israel and a neoconized-United States to continued terrorist attacks. People wishing to make aliyah need to understand the fallout that will occur and they also need to understand that the United States will not be picking up the pieces for Israel for much longer.

AIPAC/Franklin Spy Scandal

On the investigative trail, the FBI goes to Israel demanding that Noar Gilon, an Israeli embassy official to the United States, answer some questions related to the spy case. However....

According to accepted practice, Israeli civil servants have immunity and
cannot be investigated by foreign countries about actions taken in their work
capacity, and it appears that Israel would like this immunity applied in the
current affair.

....and....

The demand to investigate Gilon's role and possibly also that of other Israeli representatives is the clearest indication that the Americans believe Israel is involved in the Franklin case, which until now has been presented as an internal American affair.

This is getting good.

US-Israeli Relationship In Crisis

Israeli transfer of US weapons technology to China deserves greater media coverage.

Because US national security is important.....right?

Roving Karl Rove

Does Karl Rove have a family values problem? Read.

Ancient Death Curse Put On Sharon

This past week Jewish extremists opposing the disengagement plan held a ceremony at an ancient cemetery asking God to put Sharon to death for his sins. Interestingly, back in 1995 this same ceremony was held to curse prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Several days after the ceremony, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. Rabin's sin? Making peace with the Palestinians.

Sen. Pat Roberts Seems To Be Possessed

.....by the devil himself, Karl Rove. It seems Karl..... um sorry......I mean Pat Roberts is calling for Senate hearings to scrutinize special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the outing of CIA operative Ms. Plame.

Sen. Pat "The Traitor Enabler" Roberts needs to be exorcised out of office the next election.

Setting Up Iran for an Unprovoked Nuclear Attack?

Read.

Now all the Necons need is another Pearl Harbor. Scary stuff.

All patriotic American's must stop these Neocons!

FLASHBACK: Pre-9/11 News

Pulled from the "Sure as Hell They Knew" file is one of my favorite pre-9/11 news articles. About a month and two weeks before 9/11 CBS reports:

In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling
exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice
Department cited what it called a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said
Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his
term.

"There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He is acting under
the guidelines," an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice
Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected or
who made it.

I guess some people are expendable, while others are not.

Gaza Disengagement Equals Settlement Expansion

....and settlement expansion equals more terrorism. After taking one step forward for middle east peace with the Gaza disengagement, Sharon proceeds to take two steps back by proposing settlement expansions in the city of Ariel. The Bush Administrations half-hearted protest against settlement expansion and our continued financial and military support for Israel will only put the United States in more danger of a terrorist attack.

Judith Miller Source on WMD and NS Issues

John Bolton!

The Washington Note has the scoop....here.

Plame's Name Designated as Secret

Just when you thought a Supreme Court nomination would be the key foil for Rove-gate, a front page article in the Washington Post takes the spotlight and reports that the State Department June 10, 2003 memo marks Plame's name as 'secret'. This revelation, I'm certain, will not help Rove's sweating problem. But as I mentioned earlier, this is not about just Rove, rather it is more of an indictment on the leadership system and how it has been run under the Bush Administration.

Helen Thomas Wants Answers!

Helen Thomas at today's White House press briefing.

Q What is his problem? Two years, and he can't call Rove in and find out what
the hell is going on? I mean, why is it so difficult to find out the facts? It
costs thousands, millions of dollars, two years, it tied up how many lawyers?
All he's got to do is call him in.

MR. McCLELLAN: You just heard from the President. He said he doesn't know all the facts. I don't know all the facts.

Q Why?

MR. McCLELLAN: We want to know what the facts are. Because --

Q Why doesn't he ask him?

MR. McCLELLAN: I'll tell you why, because there's an investigation that is continuing at this point, and the appropriate people to handle these issues are the ones who are overseeing that investigation. There is a special prosecutor that has been appointed. And it's important that we let all the facts come out. And then at that point, we'll be glad to talk about it, but we shouldn't be getting into --

Q You talked about it to reporters.

MR. McCLELLAN: We shouldn't be getting into prejudging the outcome.

You go girl!

The Coming Massacre in the Gaza Strip

The Israeli military is currently threatening a major offensive into the Gaza Strip. Ariel Sharon claims the mobilization of military troops and armor on the outskirts of Gaza is necessary in response to continued Palestinian mortar and rocket fire into the soon to be evacuated settlement areas. Despite the 'defensive rationale' for the mobilization, the Palestinian attacks have not been un-provoked as the Israeli army have recently resumed targeted assassinations within the Palestinian territories.

Now that the Israeli military seems to be on the brink of a massive invasion of the Gaza Strip, "A Warning from Israel" is provided here by Uri Davis, Ilan Pappe, and Tamar Yaron who claim that, as history being a guide, the result of this offensive will be the intentional mass killing of Palestinians.......an offensive necessitated through intentional provocation of the Palestinian people.

Is Rove a Little Fish In the Plame-Gate Affair?

It seems that Karl Rove is a small bit player in a bigger scandal that is brewing in the White House. The Plame-Gate Affair has everything to do with forcing down the throats of the American people and the world a false claim that Saddam was seeking uranium yellowcake from Niger. The outing of Plame was done to discredit Joe Wilson's findings in Niger for the sole purpose of keeping on track an ignoble lie that needed to grease the wheels for war in Iraq. Shamefully this treasonous outing of a CIA operative not only jeopardized the safety of Plame and her contacts, but also exposed a CIA-cover company in Saudi Arabia where Plame was responsible for tracking WMD proliferation throughout the middle east. One only knows how much more vulnerable the US is to a terrorist nuclear attack. Yes, Rove is a bad man that should be fired for peddling the CIA operatives identity, but we should not get to mired in just going after Rove....he's just a little fish in this saga. Instead of focusing our attention on Rove as primary culprit, we need to take a good hard look at those that were peddling the forged Niger yellowcake documents and story in the White House, Defense Department, and State Department as they had a lot riding on this lie. It is hard to believe that Rove was involved in the minute of the Niger lie; unlike others in the administration. Although Rove is known to be a very sharp and ruthless political combatant, I really think Rove had no idea.....the wool was pulled over his eyes and played as a patsy on this one. So who setup Rove? This answer may lie with Judith Miller. I think the source Judith Miller is protecting is not Rove, but rather the BIG FISH that both Rove and Dubya are probably curious to know about. Which makes one wonder why the media is just focusing on Rove when clearly the evidence suggests there's a much bigger fish waiting to be caught.

Frist.....Neither a Good Doctor or Investor Be

A complaint filed with the Federal Elections Commission alleges Frist hid a $1.44 million loan his campaign secured and then gave back to him as repayment for a loan he made to his campaign. But the really funny and ironic part about this story is Senator Frist (a pro-Social Security privatizer).....the investor as detail in the Tennessean:

The Tennessee Republican also defended his decision in 2000 to invest $1
million of his contributors' money in the stock market even though that
investment lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Over time, money that is placed in markets will increase faster than
placed in banks," said Frist, who for the first time addressed questions about
his investment and the loan. He fielded questions during a meeting in his office
with regional reporters.

Only $290,000 remains of Frist's $1 million investment, and that money
is being used to pay Frist's routine political expenses, making it less likely
that the investment could recoup its losses.

Outstanding!

Gaza Disengagement and US Tax Dollars

Disengagement 'supporters' are asking for $2.2 billion in US aid to assist in the relocation of 8,000 Israeli settlers from the Gaza territory. That amounts to $275,000 in US tax dollars spent on each settler....$1,100,000 per family of four.

Need I say more....

When the Heats on Make Aliyah!

The embattled Jack Abramoff who is currently under investigation by the Justice Department for bilking an Indian tribe of $60 million dollars sees his case getting a boost with the departure of his two aides to Israel. From The Hill:

They have been planning for some time to move their family to Israel, said their attorney Alyza Lewin at Lewin & Lewin.“Pursuant to longstanding plans that predate any investigation, Shana Tesler and Sam Hook have relocated to Israel…One thing had nothing to do with the other,” Lewin said. Former White House counsel Lanny Davis said that the pair’s relocation could hamper the Justice Department investigation because it would be harder to enforce subpoenas abroad.“Whether you are able to enforce a subpoena in a foreign country depends upon specific treaty commitments,” Davis said, “but in general the answer is no… Even if you could try to enforce it through a treaty, it would be extremely difficult.”E. Lawrence Barcella, a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, said, “If they’ve already testified in the grand jury, if the government already has the evidence it needs or has made agreements with them, it may not affect it at all. On the other hand, if [the government] charges them, [it] would go through extradition proceedings with Israel,” Barcella said, “It could complicate what [the government] is doing but it wouldn’t condemn anything.”Lewin said that Hook and Tesler had been cooperating with the investigation and would continue to respond whenever needed. The two are not Israeli citizens.“They’ll still be able to be reached. They have every intention to continue to cooperate,” Lewin said.

Yeah right Lewin.....

Fox News John Gibson Hates America

This is a train wreck if I ever saw one......watch here.

Neocons vs Hollywood

Go read James Wolcott's "Oliver Stone and Steven Spielberg: The Doublemint Twins of Treason."

Update on the Downed Helicopter in Afghanistan

Sixteen servicemen are confirmed dead in the crash. It is believed that the MH-47 Chinook was brought down by an RPG round hit that was observed by pilots in a second MH-47 Chinook helicopter that was apart of the same mission. What was the mission? The mission was to deliver ground support to a lookout post that was reported to be under attack. In addition to the confirmed helicopter deaths, another four Navy Seal servicemen who occupied the lookout post are now reported missing.

Update: One serviceman rescued, two confirmed dead, and the fourth is still missing.

Update: Fate of the Fourth serviceman?

PM Sharon Gags Israeli Officials

PM Sharon gags Israeli officials not to discuss London bombings.

While We Contemplate the London Attacks

Here's some food for thought........in 2002 Mossad accused of creating fake al Qaeda cells.

Israeli Embassy Denies Being Forewarned of Attack

As reported in the Haaretz, a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy denies being forewarned by Scotland Yard of an imminent bombing attack in London today.

So who's the 'senior Israeli official' or 'government officials' AP writer Amy Teibel quoted earlier as saying they were forewarned by Scotland Yard? Amy, do you have anything to say? Do you stand by your report?

Or could this be a 'false flag' effort to squash any speculation that Israeli Embassy officials already had forewarning of the attacks......forewarning provided by Israeli intelligence or another source, and not from Scotland Yard? Would Netanyahu's delayed departure to the economic conference before the attacks raise suspicion that they might have known more about the attacks than they are admitting? Hence the Israeli Embassy points the finger at Scotland Yard in order to deflect suspicion. Or could it be that Israel had forewarned Scotland Yard and not the otherway around?

Many many questions.

With the Tradegy in London....

.....let me recommend a book that has stood the test of time when it comes to understanding the global war on terror. The book is "Imperial Hubris" by former CIA bin Laden analyst Michael Scheuer.

The indispensable Juan Cole at Informed Comment provides his take on comments made today by Scheuer. Go read.

Did Scotland Yard Get an Early Warning?

According to a 'senior Israeli official', Scotland Yard had received early warning of a terror attack in London.

If this is true or NOT, this is a very interesting claim that deserves a thorough investigation.

Judith Miller in the Clinker!

The question is....who in the White House is the cowardly scum that puts politics ahead of national security?

Matthew Cooper Flips!

I suspect several administration officials are in need of some clean underwear right about now. Via the Huffington Post.

A Positive Development in Network News

Score one for liberty and democracy! Al-Jazeera International will broadcast English langauge news to the United States. Al-Jazeera reports.....you decide! Now Rumsfeld, McClellan etc. will no longer have to decide for you.

For a behind the scene look at Al-Jazeera, see the award winning documentary "Control Room".

Prosecutor Demands Cooper and Miller Testimony

Despite Time magazines release of emails and other documents relating to the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is demanding grand jury testimony from Matthew Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller.

Will this scandal dovetail with the Franklin/AIPAC espionage scandal? To early to say, but the trend lines of these scandals looks as if they are on a collision coarse.

Get the popcorn!

Campus Witch Hunters Take a Soft Approach

While FrontPageMag, National Review, The Weekly Standard, etc. plays the bad cop when it comes to attacking professors and students they perceive as having an anti-Israel or anti-Neocon policy bent, we have here the 'good' cops taking the nice guy approach to driving the pro-Israel crusade on college campuses.