[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Fwd: Freeman's Attack on "Israel Lobby"]

[Fred Duperrault]

Cheers for Charles Freeman!


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Subject: 	Fwd: Freeman's Attack on "Israel Lobby"
Date: 	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:27:06 EDT
From: 	EarthstarRadio at aol.com
To: 	josutter at juno.com
CC: 	fredd at freeshell.org, mssharei at yahoo.com



Colleagues --
 
More bullying by the Israeli lobby here in the USA.
 
-- Roger
 

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    From: frankscott at comcast.net
    Sent: 3/11/2009 1:53:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
    Subj: Fwd: Freeman's Attack on "Israel Lobby"
     
    at least he didn't go down quietly...

    note the last sentence and then keep repeating, as in prayer , that we 
    have a two party system...

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     >
     > PM Wednesday, March 11, 2009
     >
     > Freeman's Attack on "Israel Lobby"
     >
     >
     > Amb. Chas Freeman, who Tuesday said that he no longer accepts an
    offer 
     > to chair the National Intelligence Council, has released a
    statement 
     > reading in part: "The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the
    depths of 
     > dishonor and indecency and include character assassination,
    selective 
     > misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the
    fabrication of 
     > falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth. The aim of this 
     > Lobby is control of the policy process through the exercise of a
    veto 
     > over the appointment of people who dispute the wisdom of its views, 
     > the substitution of political correctness for analysis, and the 
     > exclusion of any and all options for decision by Americans and our 
     > government other than those that it favors." 
     > http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/03/10/
     > freeman_speaks_out_on_his_exit
     >
     > RAY McGOVERN, rrmcgovern at gmail.com
     > McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years. He said today of Freeman's 
     > withdrawal: "It is unprecedented that pro-Israeli hawks were able
    to 
     > sabotage the innards of the intelligence community in this
    fashion." 
     > He just wrote a piece titled "Timidity Derails Obama Intel Choice." 
     > http://consortiumnews.com/2009/031109a.html
     > McGovern, with several other noted intelligence veterans, wrote
    in a 
     > letter to Director of National Intelligence Denis Blair on March 8: 
     > "We are not surprised that many pundits and other public figures, 
     > aghast at the appointment of a senior intelligence official able to 
     > take a more balanced view of the Arab-Israel issue, have launched a 
     > strong campaign to derail the Freeman appointment. ... It will
    surely 
     > come as no surprise to you that, as DNI, you can expect to be on
    the 
     > receiving end of relentless, agenda-laden lobbying. Reaction to the 
     > Freeman appointment seems a harbinger of things to come." 
     > http://consortiumnews.com/2009/031009a.html
     > McGovern is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for
    Sanity 
     > and was one of the writers/briefers of the President's Daily
    Brief for 
     > Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan.
     > He wrote a piece published in today's Miami Herald titled "Steer
    clear 
     > of attack on Iran." 
     > http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/943518.html
     >
     > JIM LOBE, jlobe at starpower.net
     > Lobe is the chief of the Washington bureau of Inter Press Service
    and 
     > has written extensively on the "neo-conservatives." He blogs at: 
     > http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe .
     > Lobe just co-wrote the piece "Freeman Withdrawal Marks Victory for 
     > Israel Lobby." He said today: "This was a major test of the [Obama 
     > administration's] willingness to stand up to the so-called 'Israel 
     > Lobby,' particularly the right-wing and neo-conservative leadership 
     > vanguard that carried out the public assault on Freeman’s record
    and 
     > character. It's pretty clear that, in this case -- which was a very 
     > important one -- Obama flunked. Nor was it only Obama. The fact
    that, 
     > in contrast to a very distinguished group of retired diplomats, 
     > including former UN Amb. Thomas Pickering, no major Democratic 
     > lawmaker was willing to speak out in defense of Freeman is as 
     > remarkable as it is deplorable." 
     > http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46059
     >
     > For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
     > Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020, (202) 421-6858; or David Zupan, (541) 
     > 484-9167
     >
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