On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:52:22 GMT, in alt.atheism , "torresD"
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14472.htm
Report:
Neocons siphoning secret
intelligence to Israel
Are neocons in the Bush administration
actually siphoning secret intelligence
to Israel in hopes of keeping the war going,
the war Rice is ostensibly trying to stop?
Actually, she is trying to stop terrorist attacks.
James Bamford says so.
Countdown - 08/07/06 MSNBC - Runtime 5 Minutes
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14472.htm
TRANSCRIPT
A growing body of evidence tonight
that the neoconservatives inside the
Bush administration who engineered the
U.S. invasion of Iraq might now be
setting their sights on Iran,
the fight between Hezbollah
and Israel serving as a conduit,
Sidney Blumenthal
reporting on Salon.com that,
with the president's approval,
the national Security Agency, the NSA,
is secretly providing intelligence to
Israel to monitor whether Syria and Iran
are supplying new armaments to Hezbollah
as it fires Katyusha missiles and other
vehicles into northern Israel.
At the same time, Salon reports,
hard-liners in the administration
believe Secretary of State Rice is
not doing enough to push the
neoconservative agenda.
Joining me now to discuss that
revelation is James Bamford,
an expert on the U.S. intelligence
community and the author of
groundbreaking books on the
NSA called "Body of Secrets"
and "The Puzzle Palace."
He now has an article on the prospect
of war in Iran in the current issue of
"Rolling Stone" magazine.
Mr. Bamford, thank you for your time tonight.
JAMES BAMFORD, "ROLLING STONE":
No, my pleasure, Keith.
OLBERMANN:
Is the passing of secret
intelligence to Israel,
with the approval of the president,
a clear sign that the administration
might be looking to widen the conflict
in the Middle East, instead of trying
to contain it now?
Sorry, but if Iran and Syria have begun a war with Israel then the
conflict has already widened. Watching your enemies does not widen the
war, finding that they are fighting just lets you know what is going
on.
BAMFORD:
Well, it's not just intelligence.
If you remember,
last week there was a major
report about how the U.S. was
rushing sophisticated weapons
to Israel for use in the war.
So it's clear that the U.S.,
particularly the Pentagon,
is pushing hard on behalf
of Israel in this war.
Why, yes, we are on the side of the victim of terrorist attacks, we
are on the side of the only real democracy in the area, the only
country in the area that provides human rights.
[snip]
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