Foreign Policy/Intelligence Columnist Says McGreevey Sex Scandal was Israeli Intelligence Operation

US Newswire ^ | 8/16/04

[Libloather]

Foreign Policy/Intelligence Columnist Andy Martin Says McGreevey Sex Scandal was Israeli Intelligence Operation

8/16/2004 8:49:00 AM

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- America's most respected foreign policy/intelligence analyst, Out2.com's Andy Martin, will publish a column and hold a news conference in New York today (Aug. 16) to disclose that the New Jersey sex scandal involving Gov. James McGreevey was really an Israeli intelligence operation gone sour.

NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

Time/date: today (Aug. 16) at 1 p.m. EDT

Location: Southwest Corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, New York City

"People have been confused by the McGreevey sex scandal," says Martin. "But McGreevey's dilemma is not a gay sex scandal. It is an Israeli intelligence operation gone sour. This is not a scandal about 'sex.' It is a scandal about 'secrets.'

"McGreevey said he had sex. He did. Golan Cipel says he is not gay. He's not. They are both right. Mr. Cipel was a junior Mossad case officer, originally posted to New York under official cover. The Mossad is well known for using human sex toys. McGreevey was lured into a relationship that was intended to penetrate New Jersey's homeland defenses.

"Since 9/11 there has been barely suppressed anger at the fact Israeli intelligence knew about the hijackers and said nothing. Israelis have found themselves under suspicion and restricted by some intelligence channels. The state homeland security position was seen as a back door way of spying on anti-terror preparations in the New York-New Jersey area, and possibly nationally.

"The media have focused on the wrong blackmail scheme. This was not a sexual blackmail situation, although threats and demands have been made. 'Gay sex' is being used to conceal the real nature of the betrayal. This was a blackmail scheme intended to place Golan Cipel in a position of intense interest to Israeli intelligence.

"I am asking the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey to refocus his investigation into a breach-of-security investigation instead of a sex scandal.

"Based on my extensive experience with foreign intelligence agencies, I think you will see Mr. Cipel, who is now exposed by his non-official cover, on a plane back to Israel very soon.

"Gov. McGreevey was a 'fool for love,' but the root cause of his weakness was his mistaken belief that Cipel was a lover, when he was in fact Cipel was a trained intelligence asset trying to exploit McGreevey's weakness to benefit Israeli security interests," says Martin.

America's Daily Briefing is an investigative opinion column syndicated nationally by Out2.com, where Andy Martin serves as independent chief national and foreign correspondent. Martin has been Baghdad Bureau Chief for Out2.com since April 2003. His specialty is investigative analysis in the Middle East where he harvests information from numerous official and unofficial sources and breaks stories with intelligence overtones on a regular basis.

RESOURCES: Martin's columns at Out2.com (Govt & Politics); E-MAIL reactions/opinions: andy@andymartin.com

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[thoughtomator]

So the gays have resorted to blaming the Jews, the final refuge of the scoundrel.

[atomicpossum]

[xJones]

Did the Mossad tell him to get a lawyer and try to blackmail McGreevy for $50 million?

[nwrep]

This reads like an Onion article with phrases like "penetrated the Homeland Security" and "backdoor entry".

[pitinkie]

Ys I saw this earlier on Al Jazeeeeeera!

[pitinkie]

Yes.......nice catch phrases he uses.

[cricket]

"Gov. McGreevey was a 'fool for love,' but the root cause of his weakness was his mistaken belief that Cipel was a lover, when he was in fact Cipel was a trained intelligence asset trying to exploit McGreevey's weakness to benefit Israeli security interests," says Martin. "

Well, true or not; this was my first thought when this story broke; and 'offered as much' - just thought it was strange that he was placed in Homeland Security; as opposed to say 'waste removal' or some other NJ favorite. Wondered just whose idea this was. . .from the very. . .begining.

Hope everybody up there in NJ; that even imagines they know stuff on this; better drive carefully.

It is not just 'dirty politcs'. . .

[tomnbeverly]

Oh no... its now a Gay 007 super duper secret spy affair with a cheating lover twist... When will it end...

There is something seriouslyyyyyy wrooong with the Democrats...

[x]

Out2.com doesn't look like a very serious site. It's more a do-it-yourself local paper than a serious monitor of intelligence information.

The idea that Golan might be an agent probably crossed a lot of people's minds. That would be the case with any other foreign national who gets appointed to a homeland security post through having a hold on a high-ranking official. But really, the way he's conducted himself doesn't suggest that he's an intelligence professional either. If he were he wouldn't have left himself so exposed by threatening a law suit.

If Golan were a foreign agent he would have behaved in a far more circumspect manner. Even if he wanted to destroy McGreevey for some reason, he wouldn't have brought his own career to such an abrupt end.

[Maria S]

"So the gays have resorted to blaming the Jews, the final refuge of the scoundrel."


Don't you remember when Clinton-protectors were blaming the Jews for putting Monica in to "tempt" him and cause his downfall? Seems to me that one falls on its face, since the general US Jewish population votes more democrat than republican. (or it seems to me that way, anyhow)

[dawn53]

If you can't blame it on Bush, blame it on Americans.

And if you can't blame it on Americans, then blame it on the Jews!

[sockmonkey]

Paging Alex Jones! Paging Alex Jones! Tinfoil alert on Aisle seven.

[Jim Noble]

America's most respected foreign policy/intelligence analyst, Out2.com's Andy Martin

Shuuuuure he is...

[CyberAnt]

HUH ..?? Why on earth would the Mossad want somebody in the NJ Gov's office ..?? Doesn't sound very plausible to me.

[JediForce]

I guess the liberal demonrats figure they have enough of the Arab vote that they can throw the Jews under the bus. I always knew in the back of my mind that the socialists would eventually get to the Jewish Americans. After all the other conservative groups in this country have been trashed by the left...they were next on the list. I welcome the Jewish community into the giant tent of the Republican party with open arms and one question....what took you so long ?

[Alberta's Child]

Based on my extensive experience with foreign intelligence agencies, I think you will see Mr. Cipel, who is now exposed by his non-official cover, on a plane back to Israel very soon.

The guy sounds crazy, but he certainly nailed this one.

Cipel never had any intention of filing a sexual harassment suit against McGreevey, and for good reason -- he's never coming back from Israel, and he can't be extradited to the U.S. from there.

[brivette]

Could this be the consequence of the Dem's "wink wink, nod nod" attitude towards homosexuality being exploited by a foreign government who's agenda is inconsistent with that of the US? Sad, if true.

[Bonaparte]

Ahem! On another McGreevey thread a few days ago, I posted my belief that Mossad is involved in this. It just fits their MO to a tee.

[ken5050]

Is your source Cynthia McKinney's website?