I'm not aware of anything at all Larry Johnson did before the outing of Plame
Well, one of the things he did, which you may wish to consider when assessing his credibility and his grasp of world issues, is author a piece for the New York Times on July 10, 2001, called The Declining Terrorist Threat. It seems that I myself dug that puppy out, on 9/11.
In that piece, written while the Atta Boys were in flight school, Mr. Johnson assured us that Americans had little to fear from terrorism, and especially not from Islamic terrorism.
He was basically selling the line that a trumped-up "fear of terrorism" was being used to justify unwarranted military expenditures:
"I am not soft on terrorism; I believe strongly in remaining prepared to confront it. However, when the threat of terrorism is used to justify everything from building a missile defense to violating constitutional rights (as in the case of some Arab-Americans imprisoned without charge), it is time to take a deep breath and reflect on why we are so fearful. Part of the blame can be assigned to 24-hour broadcast news operations too eager to find a dramatic story line in the events of the day and to pundits who repeat myths while ignoring clear empirical data. Politicians of both parties are also guilty. They warn constituents of dire threats and then appropriate money for redundant military installations and new government investigators and agents."
"Finally, there are bureaucracies in the military and in intelligence agencies that are desperate to find an enemy to justify budget growth. In the 1980's, when international terrorism was at its zenith, NATO and the United States European Command pooh-poohed the notion of preparing to fight terrorists. They were too busy preparing to fight the Soviets. With the evil empire gone, they "discovered" terrorism as an important priority."
So that's Larry Johnson, and that's his axe. Sixty days before the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked, Larry Johnson was saying, "Although high-profile incidents have fostered the perception that terrorism is becoming more lethal, the numbers say otherwise, and early signs suggest that the decade beginning in 2000 will continue the downward trend."
However one poster solds Danger: "Seems a little unreasonable to play Monday Morning Quarterback and then say that he (Larry Johnson" has an axe to grind because he was wrong. "
But Danger responds in part: "The axe he was grinding was the long-time Democrat mantra that we spend too much on defense. What the excuse was this time hardly matters; it's always something.... ..."let's be clear that when he (Larry Johnson) steps into a heated partisan dispute, he does not get to wear the cloak of objectivity. He's just another ax-grinder vying for attention."
UPDATE 07-23-05 10:39:00 EDT by Dales: Nick Danger's info on Larry C. Johnson.
One other interesting factoid..By: kowalski who points out:
"Melvin Goodman and Amy Goodman have actually talked to each other, quite extensively, on this subject. And done an interview together on Democracy NOW! So for anyone who was thinking of responding that I wasn't making the connection clearly enough, I'll let Democracy NOW!s website speak for itself."
"Internationally acclaimed journalist Amy Goodman, host of the national daily, radio/TV program Democracy Now!, is on a national tour to mark the launch of her first book The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them. Join us for this exciting event. Support independent media. Tell your friends about the event:
Spoke in Chicago, yesterday July 23, 12:00-1:30PM
ILCA's 50th Anniversary Convention
Chicago City Centre Holiday Inn
300 East Ohio Street
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care to PONG?
Please, FReepers.
No pics of Cynthia the nitwit.
It's breakfast time.
Larry Johnson is a Clinton chronie and an idiot who has to take more responsibility for intelligence failures concerning 9-11 than anyone.
I am sure the chapter tracing the history of Marc Rich & Company Aktiengesellschaft - from the brokering of Iranian oil to Rich's eventual pardoning by William Jefferson Blythe Clinton - is compelling.
Something wreaks at the Agency.
Wow, these disloyal CIA agents are really bitter since the Intel community was reorganized and they lost their little fiefdom ,eh?
Cynthia McKinny is a nut case representing a bunch of nuts who re-elected her - depraved indifference.
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Amy Goodman was giving some sort of public speech in Santa Cruz, CA about her heroic delusions, when supposedly there was a bomb threat...
I think the bomb threat was a hoax to get media coverage and sympathy. It was probably someone connected with her, since Santa Cruz is an ultra Leftist haven...
July 18th signatories to the letter regarding the Plame leak before mentioned above
_____________________________________
Larry C. Johnson, former Analyst, CIA
JOINED BY:
Mr. Brent Cavan, former Analyst, CIA
Mr. Vince Cannistraro, former Case Officer, CIA
Mr. Michael Grimaldi, former Analyst, CIA
Mr. Mel Goodman, former senior Analyst, CIA
Col. W. Patrick Lang (US Army retired), former Director, Defense Humint
Services, DIA
Mr. David MacMichael, former senior estimates officer, National Intelligence
Council, CIA
Mr. James Marcinkowski, former Case Officer, CIA
Mr. Ray McGovern, former senior Analyst and PDB Briefer, CIA
Mr. Jim Smith, former Case Officer, CIA
Mr. William C. Wagner, former Case Officer, CIA
FYI ping
Yes, Cynthia McKinney is a problem.......But, I'd also worry about the dumb bastards that formed a majority in the district of Georgia that elected her AGAIN!
We have allowed much of the country to fall into the hands of mental migets or worse --- who remain totally unaware they are imbeciles..
Semper Fi
Well, he jumped into the Bush-bashing before the election, but the guy's been a snake in the grass long before that. He signed an online petition to free Sami Al-Arian when he was first (finally) arrested, and he's long been the go-to "security expert" for the NY Times, et al -- guaranteed to refute/criticize any decision by the administration.
I think we should classify the CIA as a subversive organization and have done with it.
WOW! Where to begin?
I think it fair to make a statement regarding these individuals and their contentions and allegations. There is so much that I'll restrict my remarks to views philosophical in the hope that one comes to realize that a person of ulterior motivation can put facts together to attribute just whatever they want to ascribe to them. I think they, generally, fall into three major categories and I'll comment on them:
1. The Conspiracy Theorists> Who generally have a common trait in that they are to a greater or lesser degree paranoid regarding those in power. They distrust them and are bent upon attributing clandestine motivations to what they do. NOW! This is not to say that a little paranoia, based on real historical reference/s isn't justifiable, because it's a fact politicians; especially, are NOT among the most savory of individuals. Such distrust must be tempered with reality and a 'Let's take a step back and view this from a wider perspective' mentality. Failing to do so puts one in the category of the fellow who thinks he's being followed. He notices someone that has followed his path for two blocks across an intersection. He abruptly turns, walks towards the subject, pulls a gun and to a startled pedestrian demands..."Why are you following me?" The shocked fellow exclaims "I'm not following you, just happen to be going in the same direction just like the rest of these folks walking by". At this time, in this Nation...we are so politically polarized with two major, distinct beliefs of diametrically opposed attitudes that those on both sides need to be a bit more the pragmatic realist. "Emotion is the fuel for a rush of s__t to the brain" (me).
Can you spell T-R-I-L-A-T-E-R-A-L C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N ?
2. The Crusaders/Idealists> Cast from a similar mold and a attired from a common bolt of cloth they differ only in how they are attired. The net result is the same though. They perceive a singular factoid to be the preliminary cancerous cell, which if left intact will metasticize and consume us all. With the fervor of a temperance lecturer they focus in on the quarry to the rejection of all knowledge outside their peripheral field of vision and attack. Now, be advised that I'm making generalities herewith and they, by their nature, are inaccurate as they tend to brand all with the same mark. I realize that, but one must also accept how idealistic focus (illustratable by 'Bush hatred' amongst other examples) breeds a very real narrowing of one's intellectual reasoning. When you throw political operatives along with disingebuous politicians and lawyers into the mix you have a bouillabaisse for disaster! The solution, difficult as it may seem, is to take a deep breath and try to view the scenario from the complete opposite perspective, DEVOID of emotional rant. Once gain,"Emotion is the fuel for a rush of sh__ to the brain" (me)
3. The America haters> Of which there is an overabundance. When Bush the First coined the phrase the NEW WORLD ORDER and I first heard it, I literally heard myself think..."What! Are you nuts? You'll come off as a latter day Hitler and an arrogant and pushy ugly American. They won't understand your frame of reference AT ALL." I just COULD NOT believe the sheer ignorance of that remark. Though unspoken it, I firmly belief, became the subliminal image in the minds of the many world-wide, who DON'T KNOW US, and...at home, who DON'T TRUST US (US meaning the government), and the rallying cry for all. Then you have the left-leaning liberals, an offshoot of the '50s Marxist-Leninist Socialist/Communist amalgam whose objective was to use the freedom of our society to destroy us from within. One tool, creatively used by groups like the ACLU, ACP, MOVEON.ORG, et al is to use "personal rights" as a vehicle to literally create a 'tyranny of the minority'. That is to say a society where, bulwarked by judicial activism and sojourns into law changing rather than law interpretation, the individual right is championed at the expense of the MAJORITY. The court rules in favor of whatever minority group (minority opinion in number relative to overall popular opinion) and it becomes the law of the land. In this way the minority has quite effectively forced the majority to abide by what they desire. As is readily seen this is a cauldron of anarchy for when the general public has had enough and the courts have become so out of touch with the needs and wants of the public at large what is left is...VIOLENT REVOLUTION FROM WITHIN. In the history of the world such an event has never occurred, but certain as night follow day...if changes are NOT made to the way the courts function, primarily the USSC, in this society...it is just a matter of time. Decent people will only be pushed so far before they collectively shout 'ENOUGH!' Why? you ask. Simply because...,"Emotion is the fuel for a rush of sh__ to the brain" (me)
I hope this was enlightening.
'Splains all that hot air you guys been having.
Holy cow.
ping.
Democrats and their little play "hearings" again.
They are so cute when they stomp around and throw tantrums.
moron jihad cyndi
hrmn? what the...? let's try that again
moron jihad cyndi
??? darnit! third time's the charm:
MORON jihad cyndi
RATS.
for some reason, if "jihad cyndi" is involved, "more on" automatically defaults to "moron"
How odd.