Masters of Deceit - Felons & killers control the White House - Guardian UK

[Pert_UK]

"Convicted felons responsible for thousands of deaths are calling the shots at the White House

The announcement that Admiral John Poindexter's latest brainwave - to encourage betting on the likelihood of a terrorist attack - had been terminated was characteristically bland. It began: "The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced today that DARPA's participation in the Futures Markets Applied to Prediction (FutureMAP) program has been withdrawn". The language does not betray the repugnant nature of the project, but then Poindexter is expert at disguising repugnant projects in bland language.

He came to prominence in the Reagan administration, where the word "freedom" was used to justify renewed support for Latin American military dictatorships guilty of some of the most egregious human rights abuses on the planet. President Jimmy Carter had frozen them out, but Ronald Reagan's election meant a renewed round of invitations to Pentagon cocktail parties for Latin American torturers...

It would be wrong to argue that convicted felons should not get a second chance. But this usually requires payment of a debt to society and even remorse, something Poindexter has never shown...In Washington, under this administration, the crimes of the past have been the passport to power; the methods, far from being discarded, have merely been refined."

Full lengthy and excellent article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1013789,00.html

Isabel Hilton
Thursday August 7, 2003
The Guardian

[scarletwoman]

1. Wow! That's *QUITE* a piece!

Thanks for posting it! I just wish more people were paying attention...

sw

[glitch]

2. hoo-ah!

sunlight in print - very gratifying. Thanks for the post.

[Pert_UK]

3. Bear in mind that this is a top UK broadsheet.....

This isn't some small-time, dodgy rag, it's one of the major UK newspapers printing a big article about crooks and killers in the White House....

Trouble is, with the Guardian you are generally preaching to the converted - its readers will generally already know what a bunch of crooks are in charge in the US.

Now.....when is the US version of The Guardian being released?

P.

[Karenina]

4. Well.......YES!

What's not to know??? Thank you Guardian for stating the obvious so prominently.

[realityboy]

5. One thing to note

Yes, they have been officially branded liars, fraudsters, conspiracists and decievers. But note that doesnt have anything to do with their actual crimes. Never has they been convicted of aiding and abetting murder, terrorism, torture, destruction of property and so on. Nothing they did was deemed to be wrong, its was just wrong that they didnt inform congress about it.

That these guys are still in office is a joke, sure, but Id go further that its a joke that they arent behind bars. Its just indicative of American and Western politics that being disgraced and barred from office is considered a harsh or appropriate treatment for murderers, so long as they murder in the name of the state.

[dArKeR]

6. The news doesn't spread in the U.S. because the media is infiltrated by

U.S. Gov. agents, FBI, NSA, DIA...

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Kick

!!

[Lost_Stash_Of_Dubya]

8. Too bad the US corporate media would never print this sort of article

Americans will never learn about this. Not that they care, but still.

[0007]

9. Here's some more bones to chew on

http://www.fair.org/extra/0109/iran-contra.html