THE DOVE POND--READER'S DIGEST VERSION

Just 2 short items this time, to save space...

1. ASHCROFT'S LATEST WHOPPER

"Recently, some in Washington have created an hysteria that local libraries are under siege of the FBI, that we are somehow rifling through the reading records of Americans," Ashcroft said. But he said "not a single American's library records have been reviewed under the Patriot act."

http://startribune.com/stories/1576/4107876.html

Dear John:

You forgot to mention that the USA-PATRIOT Act MAKES IT A CRIME FOR ANYONE TO DISCLOSE THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED ANYONE'S LIBRARY RECORDS. So, how may we conclude that you're telling us the truth? Would you tell us if you were wiretapping us and intercepting our emails?

--Terry Lodge

[My pal Terry, a lawyer and fellow NWOPC member, hits the nail on the head there I think.--DJP]

2. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON...THINK ABOUT IT, WON'T YOU?

On September 11, 1990, President George H. W. Bush, addressing a joint session of Congress, claimed “120,000 Iraqi troops with 850 tanks have poured into Kuwait and moved south to threaten Saudi Arabia.” But an enterprising journalist, Jean Heller, reported in the St. Petersburg Times on January 6, 1991 (a bare ten days before the Gulf War began) that commercial satellite photos taken on September 11, the day the president spoke, showed no sign of a massive buildup of Iraqi forces in Kuwait. When the Pentagon was asked to provide evidence to support the president’s claim, it refused to do so—and continues to refuse to this day.

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/EX_CIA_professional_052503.htm

[Deja vu.--DJP]

PS: Apparently I've gotten away with posting the previous post. Then again, they might be trying to lull me into a false sense of security. Not a chance, I'm too paranoid! :)