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To: LindyBill who wrote (4683)	8/10/2003 11:30:15 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793731

Their media control here is a myth Wishful thinking. Its difficult to say that considering the level of influence even 25 years ago. They've only gotten better: . It is their job to do "black" media overseas Yes indeedy -- "Since domestic propaganda was a violation of the their charter, the CIA defined the predictable effects of their foreign publications as "blowback" or "domestic fallout," which they considered to be "inevitable and consequently permissible." But former CIA employees told the Times that apart from this unintended blowback, "some CIA propaganda efforts, especially during the Vietnam War, had been carried out with a view toward their eventual impact in the United States." The Times series concluded that at its peak, the CIA's network "embraced more than 800 news and public information organizations and individuals" namebase.org

To: LindyBill who wrote (4683)	8/10/2003 11:48:26 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793731

Here's an example - take any of the current crop of guests on talk shows and type them into namebase.org's proximity map. Here's Frank Gaffney who appears regularly on Chris Matthews and elsewhere, as a neutral observer. Note his ties to the most radical neocons such as Feith etc etc etc They're all like that namebase.org

To: LindyBill who wrote (4683)	8/11/2003 12:02:21 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793731

Taylor Videotapes Resignation By Samson Mulugeta Africa Correspondent August 10, 2003, 8:57 PM EDT Monrovia, Liberia -- In a rambling 20-minute farewell speech in which he compared himself to Jesus Christ, President Charles Taylor said Sunday he would leave office Monday because the United States wanted him out. "I am being forced into exile by the world's superpower," Taylor said in an address videotaped at his home. "I see myself as in the case of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ... . I hold myself in the same position." The performance was typical of a man whose messianic quest for power has wrecked this nation and destabilized the entire region. While Taylor's message was recorded for airing Sunday night, few Liberians were likely to hear it: Most of Monrovia lacks functioning televisions or electricity to keep TV and radio stations on the air. Now, as Taylor faces his political demise with the routing of his fighters by rebel forces, he appears to have accepted the inevitable. He has said he will leave office one minute before noon Monday, handing power to his vice president, Moses Blah. It is unclear when, or if, Taylor will leave the country, although Nigeria has offered him asylum. Rebels don't want Blah, a Taylor loyalist, to assume office, but mediators are pressuring them to accept him until arrangements for an interim government can be finalized. There was a perceptible sense of tension in Monrovia Sunday as people braced themselves for last-minute maneuvers by Taylor that could continue the state of war. "He's a man we say 'big, big talks,'" said an unemployed man named Joseph sheltering from a drizzle near the U.S. Embassy. "He's so tricky we don't believe anything he says until it actually happens." Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc. nynewsday.com