Weapons Adviser Named as Possible Source for BBC Story Disappears; Man's
Body Found
LONDON (AP) - Police searching for a missing Ministry of Defense adviser, who was named by the government as the possible source for a disputed news report on Iraqi arms, said Friday they have found a man's body near his home.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGABVMP3AID.html
Maybe he's just hanging out with Ritter in upstate NY...
'Unsubtle" is often what the spooks prefer: like the Mob, they are just as interested in sending a message as in silencing a witness.
In this case, the message going out is "don't speak against the Official Version."
Blair faces much more serious troubles than he would be in for ordering a hostile witness whacked. And, charitably, he may not even have ordered the hit. The intelligence agencies in Britain and the U.S. look to be hip-deep in forgeries of documents, concoction of evidence, and subornation of perjury. They may be killing witnesses just to protect their own asses.
CIA Director Tenet is now looking to be they guy who has been told to fall on his sword. If he gets a cushy job with the Carlyle Group, expect him to remain silent. If he is sent into exile in Ohio or Indiana, he may write a book...if he lives.
But, hey, George Bush is happy about the daily deaths of U.S. soldiers. As he said recently "Bring it on!"
"We gonna open a can of Texas whoop-ass on them bad boys."
Seriously, this clusterfuck is unfolding nicely. U.S. occupation troops are spread so thin in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq that there are now plans being developed to activate National Guard units to relieve them (115 F in full body armor is not pleasant). And the number of countries under occupation may soon increase: Liberia and other African hell-holes are targets.
A half-trillion dollar deficit this year, added to the 5 or 6 trillion dollar total deficit (*).
(* the official deficit, not counting the total lack of reserves/money for Socialist Insecurity, bond indebtedness, pension guarantees, loan guarantees, and other unfunded liabilities; some estimates place the real deficit at about $30 trillion, i.e., $30 thousand billion. With about 100 million taxpayers in the U.S., each owes $300,000. Needless to say, this owed amount, on average, is substantially more than their complete assets, on average. Even with the "official" indebtedness, the amount owed (if one accepts a national debt as a personal indebtedness) is upwards of $60,000. I use the larger amount because the U.S. government actually _has_ incurred that debt, officially reported or not.)
And yet we are occupying countries which have nothing to do with our national interests. Kosovo...not our problem. Afghanistant...not our problem. Iraq. And soon, Liberia and maybe Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
And then there's the Perpetual Occupation of Korea.
Meanwhile, scientists who might have spoken out on the forgeries and hype about the Iraq war are getting the message. Just as microbiologists did a few years ago when half a dozen microbiologists vanished. Just as other weapons experts did after Gerald Bull was executed.
--Tim May
"They played all kinds of games, kept the House in session all night, and it was a very complicated bill. Maybe a handful of staffers actually read it, but the bill definitely was not available to members before the vote." --Rep. Ron Paul, TX, on how few Congresscritters saw the USA-PATRIOT Bill before voting overwhelmingly to impose a police state
