Weesa gonna LIE?!?
Posted on 07/24/2005 6:35:03 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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
PING ..
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.
Things that make you go hmmmm.
LOLOL!
(#&*$(* nutcase idjut.
Wow, these disloyal CIA agents are really bitter since the Intel community was reorganized and they lost their little fiefdom ,eh?
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Cynthia McKinny is a nut case representing a bunch of nuts who re-elected her - depraved indifference.
It really is so great that mc pigtails is back in the congress. She can't do us any harm, but she keeps reminding people of how deep dpwn f#$%^ing crazy so many rats are. I wish we had about 5 or 6 more of them, Oh I forgot we have lots more than that.
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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
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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
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