Did the Neocons Take Down Petraeus? --- couldn't say jews, eh? when you cross a chicago thug like Obama, payback is swift
On Nov 12, 12:07 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/13579/14/> > Home <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/13579/15/> | > Blog<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/11722/16/>| > Subscribe <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/11669/17/> | > Podcasts <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/113507/18/> | > Donate > <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/69687/19/> > * A Covert Affair: Petraeus Caught in the Honeypot?* > > *by Justin Raimondo > <[email protected]>Antiwar.com<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168137/20/> > * > > *Recently by Justin Raimondo: Romney’s > Neocons<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168138/21/> > * > > The outing of Gen. David Petraeus as an > adulterer<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168139/22/>, > and his subsequent resignation as CIA Director, was carried out by an > unknown FBI “whistleblower” who leaked the facts of the FBI investigation > into the General’s private life to Rep. Eric Cantor. The *New York Times* > reports <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168140/23/>: > > “*Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, said Saturday an F.B.I. employee > whom his staff described as a whistle-blower told him about Mr. Petraeus’s > affair and a possible security breach in late October, which was after the > investigation had begun. * > > “’*I was contacted by an F.B.I. employee concerned that sensitive, > classified information may have been compromised and made certain Director > Mueller was aware of these serious allegations and the potential risk to > our national security,’ Mr. Cantor said in a statement. * > > “*Mr. Cantor talked to the person after being told by Representative Dave > Reichert, Republican of Washington, that a whistle-blower wanted to speak > to someone in the Congressional leadership about a national security > concern. On Oct. 31, his chief of staff, Steve Stombres, called the F.B.I. > to tell them about the call.”* > > The FBI probe apparently started in late > spring<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168141/24/>, > when several people associated with Petraeus not just the one > woman<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168142/25/>, > as has been reported elsewhere received harassing emails. The emails were > traced to 40-year-old Paula > Broadwell<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168143/26/>, > national security analyst, military intelligence veteran, and author of a > biography of Petraeus. Authorities believed his email account may have > been<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168144/27/>hacked, > and this led to a remarkable irony: the CIA chief’s emails were > monitored, without his knowledge, whereupon it was discovered Broadwell may > have either had access to his account or tried to obtain access. In any > case, in the course of their spying, FBI monitors discovered a large volume > of emails to and from Broadwell. Looking for evidence of a security breach, > all they found was evidence of a “human drama,” as one anonymous FBI > official put it: an illicit affair between Petraeus and Broadwell. > > Petraeus was only informed of the investigation on October 25 or > 26<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168145/28/>. > So here we have the astonishing fact of the CIA’s head honcho being spied > on for a period of months by our own law enforcement officials. > > Or maybe it wasn’t a simple case of complaints about “harassing” or > threatening emails. Fox News > avers<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168146/29/>: > > “*The FBI had been investigating an unrelated and much broader case before > stumbling on the affair. Fox News has learned that during the course of > this investigation, the name of biographer Paula Broadwell came up. The FBI > followed that lead and in doing so, uncovered his affair with her.”* > > What was this “much broader case”? Almost certainly it was a > counterintelligence investigation, i.e. a pushback against efforts by some > foreign entity to penetrate or otherwise compromise US secrets. We can only > guess at the specifics, however we do know that in the course of that > investigation Broadwell’s name “came up.” > > On the surface, at least, Broadwell is not the sort of person whose name > would come up in a counterintelligence investigation: a West Point > graduate, where she earned degrees in political geography and systems > engineering, she seems like the veritable embodiment of All-American > red-white-and-blue super-patriotism. This biographical > account<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168147/30/>on > her high school website says > > “*Paula pursued a military intelligence career abroad, serving in Asia, > Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During her service, especially after > 9-11, Paula’s intensity was directed toward the war against terror; her > contributions and efforts to thwart terrorism have been commended by the > U.S. Army and by Europe’s Special Operations Forces Commanding General. In > this arena, she has planned counter-terrorism initiatives presented to NATO > and worked on transnational counter-terrorism issues with foreign and > domestic agencies, U.S. Special Forces, and the FBI.”* > > Graduate studies at the University of Denver in Middle East studies enabled > her to travel to “Jordan and Israel,” and make a swing through the Persian > Gulf and Europe where she spoke at various conferences. This triumphal tour > was capped by a Harvard fellowship “for study in Syria and Iran.” > > While Broadwell’s current academic affiliation is with Harvard’s Kennedy > School of Government, her previous post was deputy director of the Jebsen > Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies at Tufts University’s Fletcher School. > The Center, according to its > self-description<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168148/31/>, > “distinguishes itself by a philosophy that maintains counter-terrorism > should be predictive, preventive and preemptive, with the latter being a > last resort.” Founded in 2005, the Jebsen Center was made possible by the > generous donation of one Jan Henrik Jebsen, heir to the Norwegian shipping > fortune, who gave $1.3 million to set it up. Jebsen, a former investment > banker with Lazard Freres, is the principal of Gamma Applied Visions Group, > an international octopus with tentacles all over the place: part arms > dealer<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168149/32/>and > weapons > developer <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168150/33/>, > part “green” > energy <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168151/34/> company. > As one might expect from someone who has so much of his multi-billion > dollar fortune invested in making and selling armaments, Jebsen is on the > board <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168152/35/> of > directors of the distinctly warlike Hudson Institute, where Scooter > Libby<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168153/36/>, > Douglas Feith <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168154/37/>, > Michael > Ledeen <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168155/38/>, and > practically every neocon you’ve ever heard of have found refuge. > > While, in true neocon fashion, Hudson scholars conjure a wide diversity of > imminent “threats” to the US, including > China<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168156/39/>and > Russia <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168157/40/>, their > main focus is the threat of Islamist radicalism, especially as it impacts > Israel. Indeed, Hudson operates inside > Israel<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168158/41/>, > where it pushes the far-rightist views of the most extreme elements in > Israeli society: the settler movement, and the faction of Likud angling for > war with Iran. It has also focused its attention on > purging<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168159/42/>universities > of academics who don’t toe the right-wing ultra-nationalist > Likudnik line. > > More recently, former Hudson president and “trustee emeritus” Max Singer > who has since moved to Israel, where, as a “public policy consultant” at > Bar Ilan University, he spends his time inciting > violence<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168160/43/>against > Palestinians is on a mission to protect Israel from the alleged > threat <http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168161/44/> posed by > the President of the United States. > > The Jebsen Center has been equally useful to the neocons. Richard H. > Schultz, head of Tufts’ International Studies program (of which the Center > is a part) was a > signatory<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168162/45/>to > the Project for a New American Century’s “open letter” to President > Bush > urging war with Iraq and a number of other Middle Eastern actors in the > wake of 9/11. Here he > is<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168163/46/>recommending > the importation of Israeli “anti-terrorist” techniques to > pacify the restless natives of Iraq. Here is > another<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168164/47/>Jebsen > Center scholar describing alleged terrorist actions engaged in by > Iran worldwide. And then there’s the testimony of this > guy<http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2702457/31021098/168165/48/> > : > > “*The idea of overthrowing the Iranian government through covert but > peaceful means is not original. The project was first brought to my > attention in August 2006 when I worked as an intern research assistant at > Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Diplomacy’s Jebsen Center for > Counter-terrorism. I worked for the then director of the center Brigadier > General Russell Howard (Ret.) on a project titled Bringing Down Iran > Without Firing A Shot. I wasn’t very experienced in the world of covert > operations in the field or in the academic realm but I was very interested > in ... > > read more » -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
