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Saturday, November 05, 2005

Cheney's staff spied on the NSC!!!!

Cheney had his staff spying on and undermining, the Bush's NSC staff according to Wilkerson. It got to the point that the NSC staff were no longer sending emails to each other. AFP article on Wilkerson's latest revelations. This is from the AFP version of Wilkerson's interview with NPR where Wilkerson claimed that he had built up an audit trail linking prisoner "abuse" directly back to Cheney.

(Again, see Mike's wild-assed theory that Powell is trying to take down Cheney through surrogates.)

Wilkerson also told National Public Radio that Cheney's office ran an "alternate national security staff" that spied on and undermined the president's formal National Security Council.

He said National Security Council staff stopped sending emails when they found out Cheney's staffers were reading their messages.

He said he believed that Cheney's staff prevented Bush from seeing a National Security Council memo arguing strongly that the US needed far more troops for the March 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq.


Holy crap!!!! This is why we need phase II of the senate intel committee investigation into the prewar WMD claims. This is why the democrats' and Harry Reid's "stunt" was so significant. Is Sen Roberts willing to stall the investigation to cover up THIS? In order for the truth to come out, the dems are going to have to reclaim either the house or senate so that there will be a REAL investigation.

The upcoming midterms just got a whole lot more serious.

posted by mikevotes at 7:13 AM

3 Comments:

  • The beauty of this memo is that it protects Bush while sacrificing Cheney. Powell isn't after Bush himself, nor are his surrogates. In the end, Republicans will be happy to sacrifice Cheney if it is the only way to show their integrity. This way Bush is untouched, and the GOP can present itself as the party that is willing to throw its own overboard, unlike the Democrats.

    By the way, I don't think your theory is wild-assed in the least. It's Powell's M.O., and it has served him mighty well.

    By Blogger JUSIPER, at 4:59 PM  

  • Pre-cisely. If Powell intends further politcal activity within the Republican party, he cannot be seen as messing with Bush. BUT, with Cheney's approval at 19 %, Cheney is pretty fair game. And to the rest of the Republicans, he may come out being the ethical hero.

    "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"

    If you can, keep your eyes open if you see anything else that looks to have the Powell fingerprints on it.

    Thanks,

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 5:58 PM  

  • Hey Mike, thanks for your message. The best guess from what I read here is that the date is November 15th, but it's not clear to me exactly how final that is. Also, feel free to write me at sini@jusiper.com.

    I think you are asking all the right questions about Chalabi. But it's all so weird. If neocons now believe he was an Iranian agent all along, why would they still be doing business with him? Would it be because the situation in Iraq is so desperate that they have to do business with it?

    What has most struck me the most about the whole recent Ahmadinejad event is the fact that the poster right in front of his podium was in English. It was, however horrendous, a deliberate, multilayered statement. And one of those layers has to do with Iran's assessment of its relative power position--not a happy one for us.

    By Blogger JUSIPER, at 10:37 PM  

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