-Larry Johnson, a former counter-terrorism official at the CIA and the State Department.I'm sorry, but this mini-bio is an oxymoron that casts doubt on Johnson's credibility.
"...and savage a stupid policy, an erroneous policy, and frankly what was a false policy of suggesting that there was nuclear material in Iraq that required this war."
And this passage indicates his motivation for his comments.
Cliff May (another reporter) has said that on at least two occasions he was told by political types (at least one of them a democrat) that Wilson's wife was in the CIA. If these people knew she was in the CIA in whatever capacity, don't you think that every intelligence agency in the WORLD knew it too?
Here's Larry Johnson's bio from the Foxnews website:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41773,00.html Larry C. Johnson joined Fox News Channel as a contributor in December, 2001.
Mr. Johnson is an owner and founder of BERG Associates, LLC, which specializes in money laundering investigations, financial analysis, and counter terrorism. As one of the principals of BERG, Mr. Johnson has directed or participated in the forensic audits of banks and casinos Latin America, tested procedures and systems for detecting and preventing money laundering, and directed the forensic audit of a multi-million dollar business suspected of money laundering in the Colon Free Zone of Panama.
Mr. Johnson manages and directs BERG Associates investigations of international fraud and product counterfeiting, which has resulted in the confiscation of products worth one million dollars, fines totaling $500,000, and criminal penalties for the offenders. In addition, Mr. Johnson helps design and implement counter terrorism exercises for the US military forces with the counter terrorism mission. He is knowledgeable of conventional and unconventional threat scenarios, including chemical, biological, and nuclear threats.
As a Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, Mr. Johnson managed crisis response operations for terrorist incidents in Lebanon, Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, the Persian Gulf and Europe. He helped organize and direct the US government’s debriefing of U.S. citizens held in Kuwait and Iraq, which provided vital intelligence on Iraqi operations following that country’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Mr. Johnson’s expertise includes aviation and maritime security. He participated in the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103 and directed crisis management operations that resolved several hijackings. Under Mr. Johnson’s leadership the U.S. airlines and pilots agreed to match the US Government’s two million-dollar reward. Mr. Johnson also supervised the multi-million dollar U.S. Anti-Terrorism Assistance Training Program, which provided training to more than 15,000 security officials from over 70 nations.
From 1985 through September 1989 Mr. Johnson worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. During his distinguished career, he received training in paramilitary operations, worked in the Directorate of Operations, served in the CIA’s Operation’s Center, and established himself as a prolific analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence. In his final year with the CIA he received two Exceptional Performance Awards.
Mr. Johnson routinely analyzes terrorist incidents for TV, radio, and print, including the Jim Lehrer News Hour, CNN, National Public Radio, ABC’s Nightline, NBC, the New York Times, and the BBC. Mr. Johnson has authored several articles for publications, including Security Management magazine, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Johnson received his BS from the University of Missouri in 1976, and his MS in Community Development from the University of Missouri, 1978.