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To: sea_urchin who wrote (21353)	7/9/2004 3:58:48 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 81187

Told you so....() 7/7/2004 Louis Michel à la Commission ? Filed under: Nomenklatura@ 7:28 am* Le prochain commissaire européen belge pourrait être Louis Michel, annoncent les journaux “La Libre Belgique” et “La Dernière Heure”. Au ministère des Affaires étrangères et au siège du MR, on se refusait mercredi matin à tout commentaire sur ces informations. Certains ministres voudraient cependant que Louis Michel reste au gouvernement pour ne pas affaiblir le poids des francophones. D’autres au MR voudraient qu’il reprenne la présidence du parti, qui n’est pas au mieux de sa forme. (VPT - Belga, 07/07 - 11:31) Selon la DH, “en juillet 2003, c’est le PS qui avait obtenu ce commissariat, déjà occupé par Philippe Busquin depuis 1999. En échange, Elio Di Rupo avait reçu un ministre fédéral en moins. Le mandat de Busquin arrive à échéance fin octobre. Mais l’homme de Feluy pourrait ne pas rempiler”. De plus amples détails dans l’article ”Président ou… commissaire ?” () de la Dernière Heure du 07 juillet 2004. be.altermedia.info () dhnet.be (*) You heard it here first: Message 19050874

To: sea_urchin who wrote (21353)	7/11/2004 11:15:52 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81187

> Amazing how the neocons stuffed the CIA. telegraph.co.uk >>According to dramatic testimony contained in the annexe, Mr Feith's cell undermined the credibility of CIA judgments on Iraq's alleged al-Qa'eda links within the highest levels of the Bush administration. The cell appears to have been set up by Mr Feith as an adjunct to the Office of Special Plans, a Pentagon intelligence-gathering operation established in the wake of 9/11 with the authority of Paul Wolfowitz. Its focus quickly became the al-Qa'eda-Saddam link. On occasion, without informing the then head of the CIA, George Tenet, the group gave counter-briefings in the White House. Sen Jay Rockefeller, the most senior Democrat on the committee, said that Mr Feith's cell may even have undertaken "unlawful" intelligence-gathering initiatives.<< So, Feith is the second one to have to fall on his sword to save his President.