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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (30185)	5/20/2002 6:39:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

More fun with conspiracy theories: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Attack Iraq" hawk James Woolsey is a partner in the law firm of Shea and Gardner. salon.com Shea and Gardner represents the exiled Iraqi National Congress, which wants to overthrow Hussain and take power in Iraq. 209.50.252.70 When Woolsey argues that the US should attack Iraq and put in power the Iraqi National Congress, is he doing so as a lawyer being paid by his client? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most damning evidence against Jonathan Pollard was provided by Cap Weinberger. jonathanpollard.org Weinberger has been Vice President, Director, and General Counse in the Bechtel Corporation, which does not do business with Israel, and lobbies for Arab interests. us-israel.org Jonathan Pollard was represented on appeal by Ted Olsen. Olsen's wife, Barbara, was on the plane that was crashed into the Pentagon on 911. crimelibrary.com When Weinberger wrote that memo, he was general counsel for Bechtel, which derives a significant amount of money from its Saudi connection. In 1983, former Attorney General Ed Meese was forced to resign due to his involvement in a proposed Iraqi pipeline that would cross near the Golan Heights and end at Aqaba. Bechtel was to build the pipeline. Saddam wanted assurances that Israel would never attack the pipeline. According to some, including Netanyahu, Bechtel offered Peres a $700 million bribe. netanyahu.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1995, Woolsey resigned his tenure as chief of CIA, in large part due to allegations of mishandling of the Aldrich Ames spy scandal. the-tech.mit.edu According to Debka, the Russians outed Pollard to draw suspicion away from Ames. Debka also alleges that Pollard was selling secrets to the Chinese. debka.com According to the Jerusalem Post, Weinberger was aware that Pollard was blamed for secrets Ames leaked. jpost.com