Backers defend Chalabi's service

Washington Times ^ | June 08, 2004 | Bill Gertz

[Tailgunner Joe]

Military and intelligence agency supporters of Iraqi political leader Ahmed Chalabi, who is accused of leaking U.S. secrets to Iran, say data provided by his Iraqi National Congress network identified current leaders of the Iraq insurgency and helped forestall attacks on U.S. troops.

[piasa]

The former ambassador to Gabon and lying, leaking blowhard Joe Wilson's buddy is Ray McGovern, part of a group of supposed former intel people who have popped up in the fringes of the kerry campaign. Ray's been looking high and low to find ways to discredit Chalabi's group- with as much intensity as the French. I'd be curious to know if he and assorted Francophile' in our government have a hand in the recent attempts at defamation.

[meema]

bump for later

[Fedora]

Thanks for that info, piasa. Does McGovern have any links to Anthony Lake? Ping to Shermy. Shermy, do you have anything further on Joe Wilson's connection to Ray McGovern?--I hadn't heard about that before.

[Fedora]

McGovern appears with some intersting folks in this film:

DEADLY MISTAKES: A documentary film in the making - BE IN IT!

Featuring

Reverend Daniel Berrigan peace activist He asked Robert McNamara (see below) to end the Vietnam war "today."

Dr. Bruce Blair former U.S. Air Force Launch Officer, now President, Center of Defense Information It's astonishing, but nuclear weapons are still on hair trigger alert."

General Lee Butler former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command General Butler calls for de-alerting and abolition of nuclear weapons

John Cavanagh President, Institute for Policy Studies On the ABC's of globalization

Noam Chomsky "SOUTHCOM ordered the Contras to hit what they called 'soft targets.'" (See below)

Lawrence Eagleburger former Secretary of State On why he said George W. Bush should be impeached if he took it on himself to invade Syria

J. Michael Finger former lead economist, World Bank The view of an advocate of global trade agreements

Jane Goodall On violence and compassion among our primate ancestors, and our freedom of choice

Julia Butterfly Hill environmental activist On the power of one

Anthony Lake former National Security Advisor On the human cost of foreign policy

Rear Admiral Gene La Rocque, (Ret.) founder, Center for Defense Information On the unpredictability and vulgarity of war

James Loewen Author of Lies My Teacher Told Me On the incredible omissions, distortions, and falsehoods in the high school American history curriculum

Ray McGovern Retired senior CIA analyst "We called them the crazies.... Now they're making policy."

Robert McNamara former Secretary of Defense (and architect of the Vietnam War) On his own culpability as a war criminal, and on the Cuban missile crisis, in which he played a key role

General Merrill McPeak, (Ret.) former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff compares the invasion of Iraq with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. "A new terrorist is now born every second in the Middle East."

Seymour Melman author of Pentagon Capitalism on the de-industrialization of America and on workplace Democracy

Joshua Muravcik Scholar, American Enterprise Institute "The Cold War was a struggle between freedom and democracy versus a totalitarian nightmare."

Major General William Nash, (Ret.) former commander of US forces in Bosnia "The quest for oil has had unintended consequences for the people of the oil-producing countries."

Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax reform Government should be kept to a minimum; but we need it for the military, and for criminal justice.

Grace Paley author and peace activist "People in the United States can give leaflets out on the street without being shot. But they don't."

Marcus Raskin founder, Institute of Policy Studies "Eventually it will dawn on people that the military can't defend."

Gene Sharp author of The Politics of Nonviolent Action On nonviolent struggle throughout history, and on its principles and strategy

Peter Singer Author of Animal Liberation On factory farms

David Suzuki Leading Canadian environmental scientist On the future of the planet Earth: "just fine." And on the outlook for life: "very bleak"

John Sweeney President, AFL-CIO Business owners are concerned about globalization. Workers should be too.

Admiral Stansfield Turner (Ret.) former Director, CIA On the overthrow of democratically elected governments

Robert White former Ambassador to El Salvador "For too long, American foreign policy has been too aggressive. It's really not much more complicated than that."

General Charles Wilhelm, (Ret.) former Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command "Those in the Colombian military with whom I dealt when I was at SOUTHCOM were convinced that one human rights violation was one too many."