"By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations
of personal liberty and individual rights
are performed by governments ...
The major crimes throughout history,
the ones executed on the largest scale,
have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals
but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments ...
that is, by the official representatives of governments,
acting in their official capacity."
- John Hospers



Obama Team Tilts Toward Gates
Despite protests from rank-and-file Democrats, Washington insiders surrounding Barack Obama are pushing him to keep pro-Iraq War Robert Gates on at Defense, reports Jason Leopold. November 20, 2008

Dems see new signs Gates will stay 19 Nov 2008
Democratic officials said they see new signs that President-elect Barack Obama will ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay in his post. If Gates stays, no reconfirmation hearing would be needed.

Robert Gates: As Bad as Rumsfeld?
Some Democrats are urging President-elect Obama to retain Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern asks whether Gates is really better than his reviled predecessor. November 19, 2008

"A step toward 'as soon as possible'."

The Robert Gates File
The Iran-Contra Scandal, 1991 Confirmation Hearings, and Excerpts from new book Safe for Democracy

The Danger of Keeping Robert Gates
According to press reports, President-elect Obama is considering keeping on Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but Obama first might want to examine Gates's record, writes Robert Parry. November 13, 2008



Finding North...And the Rest of Those Dillweeds

Donald Rumsfeld's replacement, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, served as deputy CIA director while the illegal Iran-Contra operations were taking place. "I was trying to learn the ropes while all this was going on,"

John Negroponte A 1997 CIA inspector general's report concluded that Negroponte covered up reports on human rights abuses committed by the U.S.-backed Honduran military that was linked to "death-squad activities."

Otto Reich
??Under Reagan, Otto Reich headed the Office of Public Diplomacy. "The purpose of his office was none other than to get the American people to side with war over peace, using propaganda methods determined to be 'improper,"

??During Iran-Contra, Elliott Abrams pleaded guilty on two counts of unlawfully withholding information, but was later pardoned by the outgoing President George H.W. Bush.

Ollie North is on Fox News! Yay!



FINAL REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
FOR IRAN/CONTRA MATTERS

Robert M. Gates Chapter 16
Robert M. Gates was the Central Intelligence Agency's deputy director for intelligence (DDI) from 1982 to 1986. He was confirmed as the CIA's deputy director of central intelligence (DDCI) in April of 1986 and became acting director of central intelligence in December of that same year. Owing to his senior status in the CIA, Gates was close to many figures who played significant roles in the Iran/contra affair and was in a position to have known of their activities. The evidence developed by Independent Counsel did not warrant indictment of Gates for his Iran/contra activities or his responses to official inquiries.

Defense Secretary Nominee Robert Gates Tied to Iran-Contra Scandal and the Secret Arming of Saddam Hussein

Nominee for Sec. of Defense Robert Gates Advocated Air Strikes on Nicaragua
In 1984, Robert Gates, then the No. 2 CIA official, advocated U.S. airstrikes against Nicaragua's pro-Cuban government to reverse what he described as an ineffective U.S. strategy to deal with communist advances in Central America, previously classified documents say.

Gates & the Iran Arms Sales
In November 1987, as the Reagan administration was still scrambling to contain the Iran-Contra scandal, then-deputy CIA director Robert M. Gates denied that the spy agency had soft-pedaled intelligence about Iran??s support for terrorism to clear the way for secret U.S. arms shipments to the Islamic regime.

President Bush nominated former CIA director Robert Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. We take a look at Gates?? role at the CIA in connection to the Iran-Contra scandal and the secret arming of Saddam Hussein with former CIA analyst Mel Goodman, who testified before the Senate in 1991 against the nomination of Gates as CIA director, and investigative journalist Bob Parry who helped expose Iran-Contra. [includes rush transcript]

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consortium news

CIA Withheld Details On Downing, IG Says By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 21, 2008; Page A08

Shooting in Peru Killed Missionary, Infant

An internal CIA probe has concluded that agency officials deliberately misled Congress, the White House and federal prosecutors about key details of the 2001 downing of an airplane carrying U.S. missionaries in Peru, according to a senior lawmaker who called yesterday for a new criminal inquiry into the case. continued...

Contra Crack Series
Gary Webb's Enduring Legacy * The War on Medical Marijuana * CIA's Anti-Drug Message for Kids * CIA Admits Tolerating Contra-Cocaine Trafficking * Hyde's Blind Eye: Contras & Cocaine * Contra-Cocaine: Falling Between the 'Crack' * L.A.'s Other Coke Pipeline * The Contras?? Narco-Terrorists * Special Report: CIA??s Drug Confession * John Hull's Great Escape * Special Report: Contra-Cocaine -- Justice Denied * The NYT's Contra-Cocaine Dilemma * Reality Bites Back: Contra-Coke Proof * Two New Contra-Coke Books * Listen to Bob Parry & Gary Webb Discussing * New Contra-Cocaine Report on "Democracy Now." * Contra-Coke: Evidence of Premeditation * Contra Cocaine: Bad to Worse * Contra-Crack Guide: Reading Between the Lines * Hung Out to Dry: 'Dark Alliance' Series Dies * CIA, Contras & Cocaine: Big Media Rejoices * CIA & Cocaine: Agency Assets Cross the Line * Contra-Crack: Investigators vs. Brickwall * Contra Crack Controversy Continues * CIA, Drugs & National Press * The Kerry-Weld Cocaine War * Contra-Crack Story Assailed (Part 1/Part 2)) * Blacks Angered by Contra-Crack

Kill the Messenger

Who Is Bob Gates?



The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Vincent Buglios

Bugliosi Wants Bush Charged with Murder by Russell Mokhiber
Published on Monday, May 26, 2008 by Corporate Crime Reporter



Paulson Behind Martial Law Bait And Switch Scam
On a Tulsa Oklahoma radio program Wednesday, Senator James Inhofe revealed that it was Henry Paulson who was behind the threats of martial law and a new great depression prior to the passage of the bailout bill.

Sen. Inhofe said Paulson made the dire warnings during a conference call on September 19th, around two weeks before the legislation was approved by both the Senate and Congress. The Oklahoma senator said that Paulson told members of Congress the crisis would be ??far worse than the great depression? if Congress didn??t authorize the bill to buy out toxic debt. Inhofe added that Paulson abandoned this proposal the day after he got the money. Instead Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, had pulled a fear-mongering bait and switch scam and ordered the money be injected directly into unidentified banks.

DdC222 Reviewed by DdC222 on . Obama Tilts Toward Iran Contra Gates "By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments ... The major crimes throughout history, the ones executed on the largest scale, have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments ... that is, by the official representatives of governments, acting in their official capacity." - John Hospers Rating: 5