Posted on 11/20/2005 8:27:01 AM PST by SBD1
Edited on 11/20/2005 9:06:39 AM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
Ooopsy. Too late! We must all archive this piece and get it out there when the time is right.
CDs are awesome and backups can be stored safely at a friend's house. Most CDs now have CD-RW although Microsoft's software isn't as useful as InCD Packet Writing, also known as Nero.
But Microsoft's version is on a gazillion machines so that's quite OK, use what you've got.
I'm here to serve, Renowned Researcherette! ;^)
Perhaps the WP is close to getting zapped on CIA secrets?
LOLOLOL! Thank you for the chuckle and kudo!
Me too. I want to go back through it and see how many lies and misstatements of fact I can actually find.
Thanks very much. "Mommy, why does our Fitzmas present make that ticking sound?"
This Goodman character sounds like a real DemocRAT K-Y cowboy. I've never seen so much hate in my life.
OH NO! I may have learned something. I'm scared.
"Thank you. I have been watching VIPS and the Post and find it interesting that they are scrubbing the record of their promoting this group and Wilson."
If it were anyone else but the WP, I'd say it was from shame.
Since VIPS' mission is to get people to leak secret information to help our enemies.
That's spelled SKEERED!
We's rabid Redneck extreeeemists, remember?
;^)
I scared the cats right out of the room laughing at that one!
LOLOL!
Liar, Liar you pants are gonna be on fire.
Bush administration clearly exaggerated the intelligence and, in some cases, lied about specific factors. A key issue regarding both the intelligence community and the Bush administration is the use of a forged document to make the case regarding Iraq's nuclear program.
It's worth doing. Computers crash, laptops get stolen, houses burn down.
I agree with you.
For those who don't know, here is some background on prof Mel:
As you can see from post #15 Goodman was an analyst on Soviet affairs in the CIA from mid 70s until 1990.
I haven't been able to find any direct quotes, but it is more than likely that Mr Goodman (as he was then) was one of the CIA analyst that most strongly argued against DCI Bill Casey and his view on the Soviet Union, and specifically the link that the reporter Claire Sterling had found between the Soviets and the terrorist movements in the 70s and 80s.
A lot of the criticism directed against Sterling's book in leftist circles can actually be traced back to leaks from the CIA claiming that her book was based on disinformation disseminated by the CIA.
As far as I know it has never been shown that Mr Goodman was directly responsible for these leaks, but that he subscribed to the "analysis" is borne out by a highly public statement he made in front of Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence to try and block the nomination of Robert Gates as DCI in succession to Bill Casey.
Goodman accused Gates of deliberately skewing his anlysts' opinions and rewriting key passages "to conclude there was Soviet complicity in the attempt on the Pope's life".
In his sworn statement in front of the committee he must have come as close as one possibly can, and definitely should not, to committing perjury.
Gates was supported by three other analysts (Oliver, Seger, Haus), and the Committee rejected Goodman's criticism - whereupon Goodman resigned.
Gates was eventually approved for the post of DCI (1991). The criticism leveled against Gates by Goodman still played a part in the confirmation hearings. In the end it appears that it was a very forceful speech by Senator D'Amato that secured the confirmation.
I have posted his speech at this thread (post #6):
Crime of the Century (The plot to kill the pope: Willful CIA & MSM bungling)
One fallout (intentional or unintentional) of Mr Goodman's intervention was that after Gates's stormy confirmation process, very few people dared to raise the topic of precisely who had tried to kill the Pope and why.
It wasn't until these last years, with the opening of the Stasi archives, Bulgarian archives, and some information from the Czechs that it became as clear as anything can be in the murky world of undercover and espionage that the Soviets had been behind the attempt on the Pope's life - just as Casey, Sterling and some other analysts had stated those many years earlier.
And of course Mr Mel Goodman didn't make the connection then - and I'm sure he doesn't make any connections now.
(The parallels between the case of the attempted murder on the Pope, and Iraq's connection to WMDs and al Quaeda is quite astonishing.
But I guess it is only one thing that really matters: The Left was wrong then, and they are wrong now!)
Thanks for the background information!
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