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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33018)	6/3/2005 2:36:29 PM
From: microhoogle!	Respond to of 93284

You talk about SH committing genocide and going to war based on that. Here your heroes (Nixon and Kissinger) are very complicit in genocide in Bangladesh. This is written by your friend Christopher Hutchins before you start calling left wing smear. The eventual civilian death toll has never been placed at less than half a million and has been put as high as three million. Nixon's friendship with China came at the cost of atleast 1/2 million deaths as he could not displease the Pakistani general Yahya Khan who was busy brutally murdering innocents in East Pakistan. thirdworldtraveler.com In November 1974, on a brief face-saving tour of the region, Kissinger made an eight-hour stop in Bangladesh and gave a three-minute press conference in which he refused to say why he had sent the USS Enterprise into the Bay of Bengal three years before. Within a few weeks of his departure, we now know, a faction at the US embassy in Dacca began covertly meeting with a group of Bangladeshi officers who were planning a coup against Mujib. On 14 August 1975, Mujib and forty members of his family were murdered in a military takeover. His closest former political associates were bayoneted to death in their prison cells a few months after that.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33018)	6/4/2005 9:06:14 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

By Gary Aldrich---'Deep Throat'uncut . EDITORIALS/Op-Ed Washington Times By Gary Aldrich June 03, 2005 "Deep Throat" has at last come forward. Arguably the most notorious informant in recent history is former FBI official W. Mark Felt, and it's been confirmed by The Washington Post. Mr. Felt was second-in-command at the FBI during Watergate, and is now 91 years of age. In stepping forward, he not only destroys his reputation, but he takes a chunk out of the reputation of the agency that supported him and his family in a comfortable lifestyle for so many years. Had Mr. Felt used the lawful route to voice his concerns about the Nixon administration he might be remembered with a modicum of respect, if not admiration. Some in the Nixon administration were misusing their powers but not because they were feathering their own nests like Mr. Felt was. For their sins they got lengthy trials and prison sentences. Mr. Felt broke numerous federal laws, but received immunity from prosecution by hiding behind the skirts of two reporters at The Washington Post. They made their careers, and he made a clean getaway. Mr. Felt's whistleblowing didn't cost him the respect of his peers. He was not censored by his agency. He didn't lose his job. An informant for The Post, Mr. Felt avoided cross-examination. He appeared before no grand jury, gave no oath to congressional committees as legitimate whistleblowers often do, nor was he questioned or attacked by political opposition. No one in authority had a chance to examine his motives or credibility. No other media could interview Mr. Felt to look for inconsistencies, or probe critical data. No federal jury ever weighed his evidence. In fact, Mr. Felt's information was second- and third-hand. He was not collecting testimony through the examination of witnesses. He performed no search, made no arrests. He had read report summaries given to him by FBI agents who were doing the real work. Agents briefing Mr. Felt then must wonder today about the real reasons why he asked his questions. How many of his inquiries were based on his promise to a newspaper to keep the information flowing? His subordinates and his boss, the acting FBI Director, believed Mr. Felt was working for the FBI and that's why they gave him highly secret information. But Mr. Felt was serving two masters. Why did The Post believe Mr. Felt? Was it because he was an FBI agent? Contrast that with how The Post treated me, a 26-year veteran of the FBI when I came forward with political allegations against then-President Clinton. They attacked me in many articles, writing that I could not possibly be telling the truth. They accused me of using second- and third-hand information when in fact I worked in the White House day after day for five years. When Mr. Felt came to them with second- and third-hand information about a Republican president, they were not so surgical in their approach to the truth. And consider, Bob Woodward added to his own questionable legacy by getting in-depth interviews with a CIA director who was diagnosed to be in a deep coma. Remarkably, Mr. Woodward sleepwalked through eight years of Bill and Hillary Clinton. There he was, sitting on the second biggest story of his career -- the emerging impeachment of Bill Clinton -- and he didn't act. Travelgate, FBI Filegate, missing Rose law firm documents found in Hillary's residence, the conviction of Webb Hubble, Vince Foster's mysterious death, the endless parade of White House bimbos ... all seemed to add up to nothing in the eyes of Mr. Woodward and his colleagues at The Post. When it came to Mr. Clinton, The Post always seemed late to the party. You can be a whistleblower in this town and survive. But we are a nation of laws, and there is a path for whistleblowers approved by Congress and the courts, and encouraged by the White House. In the event a whistleblower thinks he has important information that should be revealed for the good of the nation, he can do it and in fact, has an absolute obligation to come forward. Mr. Felt broke the law, and if he had been caught he probably would have been indicted and convicted. His actions were not in service to his agency, or to the citizens who paid his salary and now support his retirement. His actions were in service to himself. Gary Aldrich is a 30-year veteran of the FBI and author of "Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House." He now is president and founder of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33018)	6/4/2005 9:13:10 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

When the porn peddler Larry Flynt offered a million dollars to anyone who would tell of sexual escapades with a congressmen it caused a flurry in the MSM. Hundreds came forward with stories about democrat infidelities. Flynt was forced to announced the payment was only to catch Republicans. The MSM looked the other way -- and now we know why.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33018)	6/4/2005 9:14:37 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 93284

Felt chose Woodward and Bernstein for several reasons but the most important was lack of experience. He assumed inexperienced reporters wouldn't ask too many questions about secondary agendas. Felt knew the elders at the Post wouldn't get involved in the early stories. He wouldn't want his motives questioned by seasoned reporters. But it was an unnecessary concern.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33018)	6/4/2005 9:17:51 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The Washington Post is a gossip rag dedicated to leftist propaganda. Felt hated Richard Nixon, this he had in common with the Washington Post.