http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hersh/ en-us Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:41:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362279/posts DURHAM — The U.S. military is not just fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, America’s most renowned investigative journalist says. The army is also “in a war against the White House — and they feel they have [President] Obama boxed in,” Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh told several hundred people in Duke University’s Page Auditorium on Tuesday night. “They think he’s weak and the wrong color. Yes, there’s racism in the Pentagon. We may not like to think that, but it’s true and we all know it.” In a speech on Obama’s foreign policy, Hersh, who uncovered the My Lai... The Herald-Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362279/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254418/posts US journalist Seymour Hersh yesterday contradicted news reports being published in South Asia that quote him as saying a “special death squad” made by former US vice-president Dick Cheney had killed Benazir Bhutto. The award-winning journalist described as “complete madness” the reports that the squad headed by General Stanley McChrystal the new commander of US Army in Afghanistan had also killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafique al-Hariri. The Gulf Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254418/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 02:55:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252589/posts Seymour Hersh says that Dick Cheney headed a secret assassination wing and the head of the wing has just been named as the new commander in Afghanistan. Hersh said that there is a special unit called the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) that does high-value targeting of men that are known to be involved in anti-American activities, or are believed to be planning such activities. According to Hersh, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) was headed by former US vice president Dick Cheney and the former head of JSOC, Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal who has just been named the new... Press TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252589/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 12:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038070/posts U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran: report Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:53am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday. The article by reporter Seymour Hersh, from the magazine's July 7 and 14 issue, centers around a highly classified Presidential Finding signed by Bush which by U.S. law must be made known to Democratic and Republican House and Senate leaders and ranking... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038070/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:02:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038029/posts NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday. The article by reporter Seymour Hersh, from the magazine's July 7 and 14 issue, centers around a highly classified Presidential Finding signed by Bush which by U.S. law must be made known to Democratic and Republican House and Senate leaders and ranking members of the intelligence committees. reuteurs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038029/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:38:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852380/posts Retired Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who was the lead investigator of military personnel working at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, tells New Yorker magazine that he was forced into retirement because of his findings. Seymour Hersh, investigative reporter for the magazine, talks with Michele Norris about his interview with Taguba, who gave some details that were not made public before his comments were published this week in the magazine. All Things Considered - National Public Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852380/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:05:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814246/posts “New Yorker” journalist Hersh gave an interview to Islamic Republic of Iran radio discussing US plans for air and ground invasion of Iran. Transcript here. http://english.irib.ir/ARCHIVE/INTER/March07/Seymour%20Hersh.htm Excerpt: Question: As our supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has stated in case of any attack upon us we have got the right to retaliate against American interests and bases at any place of our choice. So doesn’t US administration fear about targeting its bases around our country and its establishments or killing its forces and etc? Answer: You know I can just tell you it should and again as I wrote in the New... Pajamasmedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814246/posts#comment Mon, 9 Apr 2007 05:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801735/posts TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Deep in a violent and lawless slum just north of this coastal city, 12 men whose faces were shrouded by scarves drilled with Kalashnikovs. In unison, they lunged in one direction, turned and lunged in another. “Allah-u akbar,” the men shouted in praise to God as they fired their machine guns into a wall. The men belong to a new militant Islamic organization called Fatah al Islam, whose leader, a fugitive Palestinian named Shakir al-Abssi, has set up operations in a refugee camp here where he trains fighters and spreads the ideology of Al Qaeda. He has... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801735/posts#comment Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:31:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792326/posts If there were any doubt as to the degree to which the MSM loathes and distrusts President Bush, it should be dispelled by the performance of Sy Hersh on today's Hardball and the way he was applauded by Chris Matthews. At the end of Hersh's appearance, Matthews put this question to the investigative reporter: "What's your biggest worry in the world? Is it Iran? Is it this administration going to war with Iran? Is it a civil war in Iraq? Is it Musharraf's inability to fight the Taliban on his own soil? What's your biggest worry?" Hersh was nothing if... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792326/posts#comment Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790687/posts U.S. developing contingency plan to bomb Iran: report Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:52 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue. The special planning group was established within the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in recent months, according to an unidentified former U.S. intelligence official cited in the article... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790687/posts#comment Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:12:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731190/posts Pulitzer Prize-winning journo Sy Hersh was speaking to an audience of college students a McGill University in Montreal yesterday. He said: "There has never been an American army as violent and murderous as the one in Iraq." You could say this is Kerry part duh. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731190/posts#comment Fri, 3 Nov 2006 02:07:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731036/posts In one case -- after I did Abu Ghraib, I got a bunch of digital pictures emailed me, and – was a lot of work on it, and I decided, well, we can talk about it later. You never know why you do things. You have some general rules, but in this case, a bunch of kids were going along in three vehicles. One of them got blown up. The other two units -- soldiers ran out, saw some people running, opened up fire. It was a bunch of boys playing soccer. And in the digital videos you see everybody... Democracy Now! (ht Hugh Hewitt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731036/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 21:56:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730526/posts “The bad news,” investigative reporter Seymour Hersh told a Montreal audience last Wednesday, “is that there are 816 days left in the reign of King George II of America.” The good news? “When we wake up tomorrow morning, there will be one less day.” Hersh, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine, has been a thorn in the side of the U.S. government for nearly 40 years. Since his 1969 exposé of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, which is widely believed to have helped turn American public opinion against the Vietnam War, he has... The McGill Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730526/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730516/posts This guy needs to provide proof or STFU. I am sick of his insane garbage! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730516/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695207/posts by Mark Finkelstein September 4, 2006 - 09:11 Talk about your Dubious Distinction Awards. In his recently-released videotape, Adam Gadahn, né Pearlman, a nice boy from California turned Al-Qaeda spokesman, names Sy Hersh as a “sympathetic” personality, along with British MP George Galloway and Brit journalist Robert Fisk. As per the Counterrorism Blog, Gadahn "asks . . . Hersh to 'reveal more' than what was published in a New Yorker article on the war." The New Yorker article in question was one of a series Hersh has written, critical of the Bush adminstration's Iraq policy. In a speech last year... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695207/posts#comment Mon, 4 Sep 2006 13:35:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695239/posts Al-Qaida's list of favorite, least favorite Westerners Latest warning video from terror group names enemies, friends in U.S., Britain WASHINGTON – In the latest video from al-Qaida warning of an imminent terrorist attack on the U.S., five specific "Zionist crusader missionaries of hate" are named, while three Westerners, including one American, are actually praised for their efforts toward "peace." Those singled out as enemies of al-Qaida are Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Steven Emerson, Michael Scheuer and, of course, President Bush. The first three are WND contributors and outspoken media figures who warn about the growing threat of Islamo-fascism. Scheuer is... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695239/posts#comment Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:17:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686147/posts ALTHOUGH it is not clear who won the battle of southern Lebanon, the conflict is unlikely to have advanced America's standing in the propaganda battle. Television pictures this week showed a banner over the rubble of a Lebanese building saying "Made in the USA". An article in The New Yorker by the award-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that the US was aware of, and approved, Israel's plans before the start of the war on July 12. The article has gained wide currency in the Middle East - not surprising, given the closeness of the US and its chief ally... Sydney Morning Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686147/posts#comment Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:31:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684231/posts Israel's bombing of Lebanon over the past month was not merely a response to the unprovoked attack by Hizbullah on July 12 but a planned operation coordinated ahead of time with the Bush administration - this, at least, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, in an article published in this week's The New Yorker magazine. Hersh wrote that Israeli officials "visited Washington separately to get a green light for the bombing," and that the IAF bombing offensive could "serve as a prelude to a potential American preemptive attack to destroy Iran's nuclear installations, some of which are also buried... Jerusaleum Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684231/posts#comment Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:44:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682743/posts Excerpt - US involved in planning Israel operations -- The New Yorker Lebanon offensive prelude to strike on Iran NEW YORK -- The US government was closely involved in the planning of Israel's military operations against Islamic militant group Hezbollah even before the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, “The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue. The kidnapping triggered a month-long Israeli operation in South Lebanon that is expected to come to an end on Monday. But Pulitzer Prize-winning US journalist Seymour Hersh writes that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were convinced that... Agence France-Presse (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682743/posts#comment Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:20:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659358/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Pentagon officers have told the Bush administration that bombing Iranian nuclear facilities would probably fail to destroy that country's nuclear program, the New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT The senior commanders also warned that any attack launched if diplomacy fails to end the standoff over Iran's nuclear ambitions could have "serious economic, political, and military consequences for the United States," the article said, citing unidentified U.S. military officials. "A crucial issue in the military's dissent, the officers said, is the fact that American and European intelligence agencies have not found specific evidence of clandestine activities... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659358/posts#comment Sun, 2 Jul 2006 18:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1028202/posts The sordid tale now making the rounds in the "mainstream" press of a rogue Pentagon intelligence operation has all the elements of an urban legend: heavy breathing, a secret basement office "down by the ramp" and government officials who form a hidden alliance based on long-ago ties to an obscure but influential university guru. Only the work of a few good men with the courage to face up to this "cabal" - and a few crusader-journalists to help them - can make the demons scatter and scare the dark ones into the light. Or so the story goes on those... Insight Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1028202/posts#comment Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:19:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617356/posts LAST WEEK, the rattling of sabers filled the air. Various published reports, most notably one from Seymour M. Hersh in The New Yorker, indicated that Washington is removing swords from scabbards and heightening the threat aimed at Iran, which refuses to suspend its nuclear project. It may be that such reports, based on alarming insider accounts of planning and military exercises, are themselves part of Washington's strategy of coercive diplomacy. But who can trust the Bush administration to play games of feint and intimidation without unleashing forces it cannot control, stumbling again into disastrous confrontation? An Iranian official dismissed the... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617356/posts#comment Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1613342/posts A friend of a friend was driving late at night . . . no, this really happened . . . Stories that begin that way are called urban myths. The origins are very difficult to trace and the truth, if any, is very difficult to establish. Many of them are self-evidently absurd. This is now the quality of journalism in the New Yorker. Seymour Hersh - an American author of left-wing rants - has an article in the New Yorker claiming that the Bush administration is planning to attack Iran. The truth of his claims almost certainly depends how far... QuentinLangley.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1613342/posts#comment Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:59:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613045/posts April Morning Reverie - or- An Imaginary Conversation with Seymour Hersh It's a beautiful April morning , and I'd like to sit out back and enjoy it: (at my age, you never know if you'll see another Spring) ; but I've got other things on my mind. I find myself engaging in an imaginary conversation with "investigative reporter", Seymour Hersh. Me: Good morning, Mr. Hersh . SH: (Expansively) Call me Sy. Everyone else does - and this IS an imaginary conversation. Me: That Iran article of yours in The New Yorker created quite a stir. SH: Which one ? The... The Morning Paper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613045/posts#comment Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:21:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612497/posts One hears not an encouraging word about US President George W Bush these days, even from Republican loyalists. Yet I believe that Bush will stage the strongest political comeback of any US politician since Abraham Lincoln won re-election in 1864 in the midst of the American Civil War. Two years ago I wrote that Bush would win a second term as president but live to regret it. Iraq's internal collapse and the president's poll numbers bear my forecast out. But Bush's Republicans will triumph in next November's congressional elections for the same reason that Bush beat Democratic challenger John Kerry... Asia Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612497/posts#comment Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:28:11 GMT