Will Pitt-The Crime and the Cover-Up

[realFedUp]

(Jodie Evans-great eye-witness source! Good one Will, hope you
submit it to big papers.)

http://truthout.org/docs_03/072103A.shtml

The Crime and the Cover-Up
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Monday 21 July 2003

The scandal axiom in Washington states that it is not the crime that destroys you, but the cover-up. Today in Washington you can hear terms like 'Iraqgate' and 'Weaponsgate' bandied about, but such obtuse labels do not provide an explanation for the profound movements that are taking place.

-snip-

When the OSP wanted to change or exaggerate evidence of Iraqi weapons capabilities, they sent Vice President Cheney to CIA headquarters on unprecedented visits where he demanded "forward-leaning" interpretations of the evidence. When Cheney was unable to go to the CIA, his chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, went in his place.

On three occasions, former congressman Newt Gingrich visited CIA in his capacity as a "consultant" for ultra-conservative hawk Richard Perle and his Defense Policy Board. According to the accounts of these visits, Gingrich browbeat the analysts to toughen up their assessments of the dangers posed by Hussein. He was allowed access to the CIA and the analysts because he was a known emissary of the OSP.

-continued- (be sure and read what Jodie Evans had to say....

[CheshireCat]

1. Excellent

Will,

The progressives in SC love your work.

This article is especially good. It needs to be printed in newspapers all over the world.

[indepat]

2. "This is as crime without peer in the annals of American history":

what a provocative summation. I'll add my two cents worth: don't be surprised should this turn out to be just one, albeit the biggest, of many, many for the media is just beginning to scratch the surface.

[realFedUp]

3. Tuesday kick

Will, I sent this one out and got great feedback.
Submit this to the big ones.