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Vietnam War

In Vietnam, the cost in lives and lies was long and historic, 58,000 dead, 150 billion spent, 300,000 injured and a 30 year conflict. We sprayed an agent orange defoliant, that was said to be safe, but it took until 1984, and a 180 million dollar lawsuit, before the dyeing vets could get some help.

Our program of “Vietnamization,” moving the person to protected and occupied reservation like areas was a total failure, thousand of people seem to hate that. The blowing up of their food supplies, crushing of their economy, with all targets selected to amplify the economic and psychological impact; most people were starving, they had to look for any economic opportunity. One of the only jobs they were forced to take, was to be apart of our,

Vietamization force. Their loyalty would go as far as you paid them, and 275,000, South Vietnam solders, ended up paying a very royal price.

The 1964 gulf of Tonkin Resolution was made after the attacks on the USS Maddox and the Turner C.Joy. For two days, August, 2-3, of 1964, the ships were repeatedly fired on by three

North Vietnamese PT boats, 30 miles off the coast, in international waters. Congress then supplied President Johnson with a “blank check” to declare war on North Vietnam. Both of the US war ships were operating in support of South Vietnamese forces; that were attacking targets in North Vietnam, for six months. History shows there was only one torpedo attack that actually may have happened; to the Destroyer USS Maddox, on August 2.

The election of September 3, 1967 was our attempted to legitimize a very corrupt regime, where the military ticket of Thieu and Ky received only 35% of the vote. Even the millions of tons of bombs and millions of dollars over many years, from supporting the French since 1950

we tried to; indoctrinate,dominate,infiltrate,motivate,escalate,poison,force,betray,divide, coerce, subvert, fabricate,revitalize,starve, implement, guarantee,secure,train,mold, pacify, democratize, colonize, imperialize; in order to help win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people, any way we could, whether they wanted it or not, dead or alive. During the conflict, 2 - 4 million citizens were having their hearts and minds won; but never made it, they died in the process.

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Persian Gulf War

From Desert Storm and Desert Shield we know that there are thousands of sick vets that need help. The Gulf War Syndrome with its, nerve gas protectant PB, (pyriostigmine bromide), antitank and gun rounds of U- 238, (depleted uranium), insect repellent DEET, (diethyltoluamide), nerve gas decontaminate, (ethylene glycol mono methyl ether), pesticide (permehtrin), experimental anthrax vaccines, experimental botulism vaccines, experimental small pox vaccines, now, with the results of devastating birth defects. Even In small scale safety trials, Air Force pilots reported, impaired breathing, vision, stamina, and short term memory problems. Being under the threat of article 15 or court martial, solders were not to discuss their vaccinations, not even with their medical doctors who treat them.

Many sick vets tried to get help and were told it was just stress, or all in their heads. The Pentagon maintains that chemical release from the site is unrelated to the so-called Gulf war syndrome. The Pentagon says, there is no evidence that they were exposed to poison gas;

They have “no new or unique illness,” and vehemently denounced the existence of War Syndrome. Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, the Department of Defense has affirmed to veterans and sworn to the U.S.Congress that “there is no information, classified or unclassified, that indicates that chemical or biological weapons were used in the Persian gulf ” and that “there were no confirmed detections of any chemical or biological agents at any time during the entire conflict”

The blowing up of the Iraqi ammunition depot by the 37Th Engineering Battalion of the U.S. Army; with hundreds of 122 mm sarin gas rockets in it, at Khamisiyahin in southern Iraq, on march 10, of 1991; was so inexcusable, there are no words for it. The CIA knew the location, and the weapons there. We also bombed 24 chemical bunkers, and 19 biological bunkers. Our solders were exposed to 21 reproductive toxicants. The visible and infrared satellite imagery shows there was toxic debris traveling directly towards US military personnel. This just goes show, the reckless disregard the Pentagon has for our solders. How you could not know, that there is a chance, our solders might breathe that stuff. In June of 1996 the Pentagon disclosed that US troops may have been exposed to poison gas, in March of 1991.

For 230,000 Gulf War vets, does this sound a lot like Vietnam, and Agent Orange again? Yes, the Pentagon is out of control, and needs a revolutionary change.

“Follow the money”

Iraq War

It all most seems scripted, as the benefits to Carlyle, Bechtel, and Halliburton go up, the benefits to veterans goes down. You guessed it, the health care funding in 2006, for the Veterans Administration, is being cut by one billion dollars. It is, Carlyle, Bechtel, Halliburton and etc. who seem to shape the pace of support, with millions in cost over-runs, and over charges. Halliburton’s KBR division, had a 284% increase in operating profits. The Pentagon awarded $ 70 million in “award” fees, for ratings of “excellent” for troop logistics work. KBR also had 1 billion in “questioned” expenses, and another 442 million in “unsupported” expenses.KBR received a five year no bid contract to put out the oil fires that the Pentagon officials believed the retreating Iraqi troops would set, as the Unites States invaded. They also had been hired to write the plans for how the work would be conducted. Normally, contractors are excluded from bidding on work that arises from their own plans. The terms of the Restore Iraqi Oil contract stipulated that the contractor had to know the plans that KBR had been hired to write.

There is no opportunity like a war where you can make so much profit, for so long, from so many.

Now we are tied up in this war with Iraq, and some say it will go on for another 12 years; you think in 12 years, the cost in lies and lives will be just the same, or, far more long and historic. I sure hope the people of Iraq don’t start resist our protection zones, Iraqifiation programs, and permanent military bases; other wise it will likely be a long war, for our global protection services. For years now we have been “trying to pacify Iraq by bombing it,” but thousands of people seem to hate that.

We are lucky we don’t have to do it, like those strange looking barbaric terrorists do it. In Iraq they chop people’s heads off that is just so barbaric! When we do it, we drop 500 pound bombs, it blow everything into surgically small, little pieces. Where lucky we don’t behead people, where more civilized. Many barbaric people will have to understand what our democracy and freedom is actually all about; whether they ever truly get a chance at real, democracy and freedom, or not.

The President said, ” if your not with us your against us ” and the French have been against us. In order to bring France back into the “coalition of the willing”, we will have to have them see our, “shock and awe” program. Within 48 hours we could bring dignity and respect back to the name French, and French Fries. We will only have to bomb Paris, then they will all come quickly, running back to the “coalition of the willing”. There is still a chance; we may have to nuke Russia and Germany, to convince them.

The 1,000 - 2,000 tons of carcinogenic and toxic U-238 depleted uranium rounds that burn on impact; and create a dust with traces of plutonium in it, will be around for the next four and one half billion years. Have we started something with no return, as we are selling these depleted uranium rounds to dozens of other countries; are we taunting the law of unintended consequences again, this time for keeps.

The massive artillery bombardment to retake Fallujah with napalm, shows that given enough time, war, will always find the lowest common denominator.

When you think of all the dead dinosaurs that are used to make our oil possible, and you think of all the dead American solders that have been used, toward protecting it; it makes it very hard to know, with war, what the final price will be, for our new found oil supply. It is the poor 18 and 19 old, when forced look for an economic opportunity, most often find themselves, recruited for these purposes.

I support the troops staying in Iraq because the 9-11 attackers were mostly from Saudi Arabia.

I support the troops staying in Iraq because the terrorist won’t have Americans to shoot at.

Plus we need more time to Americanize the Iraqis, so that they can learn to like us when we drop bombs on them. Time is also needed to convince the American people with much better lies and propaganda that we can not bring our troops home with out protecting all that oil. With only two thousand not dead, it is much too soon to save them; from being targets, in the middle of a civil war.

I admire all people who want to support their troops, and you can see the many stickers on their cars showing support; but I know that if they took that money spent on stickers showing support, and sent it to the children with devastating birth defects; then, the Gulf War veterans will know, as we all should know, that when you are truly proud of your accomplishment, there is no doubt in your heart telling you, that this is now, something, powerfully more than just show.

Can big people with big minds, tell small people with small minds, to do big things, with little mind?

Propaganda wars

Some people think that real TV is scripted, some people think it is too real to be scripted, some people think it is just, real TV. There are also many of us that can easily see when these events are solely based on a foundation of fiction and public relations efforts at manufacturing consent of the people; in order to cover the dangers and liabilities, of some political and commercial policies. All these programs are needed, to the molding of a more socially acceptable agenda that will win the hearts and minds of those now calling for a more patriotic duty. Do we need to make more patriots out of our people, for patriotism?

Not all that is seen is scripted, and not all that is scripted is seen. When Progress for a New American Century, ( PNAC ) was written in 1998; page 51, calls for –”creating tomorrow’s dominate force” — ” to exert global political leadership”– “to preserve American military preeminence”– “in general to maintain American military preeminence that is consistent with the requirements of a strategy of American global leadership,”– “Further, the process of transformation even if it brings revolutionary change is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor. Domestic politics and industrial policy will shape the pace and content of transformation as much as the requirements of current missions.”

What if we could stage an event, where there is no doubt in your heart, telling you, that this is truly barbaric? Something to develop a framework in provoking a crisis where you can build public support and legal cover; in knowing “it was necessary to create the conditions in which we could support military action,” in truthfully depicting American and administrative policies; even if it brings about a revolutionary change, something— “like a new Pearl Harbor”. It could even come as a surprise attack on the September the 11TH.This could be —

“some catastrophic and catalyzing event”, that would, — “further the process of transformation even if it brings about a revolutionary change. God only knows, this change is — “likely to be a long one;”—”. “to exert global political leadership, “— “to preserve American military preeminence”. The madness of this is — “consistent with the requirements of a strategy of American global leadership,”— “in creating tomorrows dominate force,”– “to further, the process of ” military domination of the world, even if we have to end up nuking it.” Domestic politics and industrial policy will shape the pace and content of transformation,” for the militarization of a one world government —, “as much as the requirements of current missions.” like, in Iraq. For this transformation we should wear brown shirts, goosesteps, carry lots of flags, and amend the Constitution like 1936. Hitler never asked permission before invading other countries, why should we. When Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, which are all oil -producing regions of the world start to resist corporate globalization, it is now time for the U.S. to “manage” the global distribution of resources, people, energy, and money.! The Pentagon’s job is to develop a political framework in provoking a crisis that will help assert the legitimacy of American occupation, in keeping the boots on the necks of the people of the third world, to benefit our corporate globalization policies.

Would anyone notice the small change if we said, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Oil Protection Services, for which it stands, one force, under god, indivisible, with freedom and justice for one.?

For those followers that like to show there is no difference in your goal as long as you as long as you can achieve it, and that you should rap your self in the American Flag so tight you can’t breath, so that nothing else will matter; for the ” Straussians” know only a corrupt and immoral society will be the end result of lies and deception. There is just no peace in imperialism when you’re exerting global preeminence. Yes, the ignorant masses have to be led, but does it have to be; an egregious liar.

Most people are ignorant of the lies, and the lying liars who tell them.

The Big Lie

We were told that:

there were aluminum tubes being used for enriching uranium, there was yellow cake bought form Nizaire for nuclear weapons, and there were secret weapons of mass destruction sites holding 500 tons of WMD’s, with all the precise satellite photo’s; while being told Iraq is the one connected to that catastrophic and catalyzing event; like the surprise attack on September 11Th. All this so we could get a transformation to prop up our domestic policies with the much needed coalition of the coalition of the willing; congress and the American people, plus a few million dollars to some small, bought, and arm twisted countries. The talk of

WMD’s is for selling the war, not necessarily because they exist; it is to build public support and legal cover. We should be careful what we wish for because, some day we just find the 500 tons of WMD’s; but not quite in the exact place, we may go looking.

The Office of Global Communication (O.G.C) was formed in 2002 to coordinate strategic communications overseas that integrate the President’s themes, and truthfully depict American and Administration policies. Countering propaganda and disinformation is an important role for the O.G.C.

Only so many people can lie, but so long about so much.

A friendly Hand

The Downing Street memos that show that “the intelligence and the facts were being fixed around the policy”, we started planning, so we could start up a war almost a year in advance. It is a policy of lying, to go with the the lies, that had already been told. In a July 23, minutes of a meeting, Blair agreed at Crawford that “the UK would support action to bring about regime change.” Because this was illegal, the official noted, “it was necessary to create the conditions in which we could legally support military action.”—”If the political context was right, people would support regime change. The key two issues were whether the military plan worked and whether we had the political strategy to give the military plan the space to work.”— “The Prime Minister said that it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in, the UN inspectors.” British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said that “the U.S.has already begun ’spikes of activity’ to put pressure on the regime.” The British government figures for the number of bombs drooped on southern Iraq show an average of 10 tons a month, between May and August. These initial “spikes of activity” did not have the desired effect. Iraq did not retaliate and Saddam allowed the UN inspectors in. This did not provide the excuse that Bush and Blair needed so the allied bombing of southern Iraq intensified to 54.6 tons in September and steadily increased into 2003; then becoming apart of the initial air war. American military planning for the Iraq war began as early as the spring of 1997 or, November 2001, or, April 2002, or, August 2002, or, February 2003, or March of 2003.

“One of the first casualties of war is the truth”

The Setup

Ahmad Chalabi, in an interview, (London’s Daily Telegraph on Feb. 19) triumphantly admitted that he had knowingly provided false information about Iraq’s weapons, and its ties to terrorist. “We are heroes in error. As far as where concerned, we’ve been entirely successful. That tyrant Saddam is gone and the Americans are in Baghdad. What was said before is not important”. We now know why, “what was said before is not important” for a convicted fugitive from Jordan in massive bank fraud, and on a U.S. Government handout, with millions of our tax dollars in his pocket.

He says, “we are heroes in error.” H e might be a hero in error to the, Carlyle, Bechtel, Halliburton, and etc, because of the billions of dollars they are siphoning off, for this war.

H e may be a hero in error, to the conspirators in treason and lies, and he could be a hero in error, to the power of Satan in the world of death and destruction. It seem like he is a hero in error to all the terrorist, that have traveled from all parts the world, to righteously help, blow things up in Iraq; for the 70% unemployment in Iraq, he is no hero.

Yes, our Pentagon paid pitchman has been entirely successful in getting us into a war, but he is the only one that seems to know, and admit, he is in error. Do you think the entirely successful error was invented just by Chalabi, or was there orchestrated help, that included

the Pentagon, the President, and the press?

Ahmad Chalabi said, “The Bush administration is looking for a scapegoat. We’re ready to fall on our swords if he wants.” Why would Chalabi even think that the Bush administration need a scapegoat, and why would he be so ready to fall on his sword for them, if they ever wanted it. He also seems to just as proudly tell, a new reporter all about it. Could it be that he knows the whole story of how this war was put together. Was he in on the plot of conspiracy, treason, lies, and money, from the start? Is he the type that would do just about anything, say just about anything, to help protect something like, resources, people, energy, and money? Now, does this make him an official member, in “the coalition of the willing”?

It does not take a rocket scientist to connect the dots, Ahmad Chalabi was paid off. The President needed to further his policy in finding a rational for invading Iraq. Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi exile group the Iraqi National Congress, (INC) one that that is supported with millions of our tax dollars through the Department of Defense; even the CIA has known these people to be untrustworthy liars. Ahmad Chalabi, the leader and fugitive from Jordan for massive bank fraud, is just the kind of choice in people, the Pentagon most often uses, to be our friends. This is just one small part of a criminal conspiracy of treason and lies, for a cabal of war profiteers with military domination; that has to stop. As far as we are concerned, we the good people of United States of America, this has been a suicidal sacrifice and a economic disaster with all of our tax money. Your terror alert color, for this kind of an event, should be red, with black and blue. !

The Pentagon can now make more history more costly for more people, than any time in history. It could be said of the Pentagon, “I don’t make history I am history” and “if you don’t learn form history, you are bound to repeat it,” could be said, for all of us.

“Beware of the military industrial complex, for now it maybe even to late.”

Selected Constitution

The new Iraqi government, with the order # 39 that allows for (1) privatization of Iraq’s 200 state -owned enterprises (2) 100% foreign ownership of Iraqi businesses; (3) national treatment -which means no preferences for local over foreign businesses; (4) unrestricted, tax-free remittance of all profits and other funds; and (5) 40 year ownership licenses. Order # 17 grants foreign contractors, including private security firms’ full immunity from Iraq’s laws. This is a constitution with some real teeth; that have been filed down to the gums, almost like ours. In our effort to set up our own controlled system, Iraq is being divided into many protectorates; it promotes divisions and civil strife. Designed like the old English law of divide and conquer, it promotes occupation and the U.S.imperial agenda. We should be very careful what we wish for, some day we could even have our own ”green zone,” and these could be our laws.

“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”

By The Law

Investigations based on a classified UNICEF report, as many as 100 children 8 to 16 are being held indefinitely without access to families or lawyers, other reports accuse US Marines of kidnapping children and holding them as hostages. The malnutrition of some 400,000 Iraqi children and the death of half a million under sanctions, sound like something as criminal as the evil Saddam. Today more Iraqis are imprisoned than at any point in Iraq’s history. Under article 85 of the Geneva Convention it is a war crime to launch “an indiscriminate attack affecting the civilian population, in the knowledge that such an attack will cause an excessive loss of life to civilians.”

When you tell lies it can cost lives, when you tell a lie you have to tell a bigger one to cover it,

It has a domino effect. Are lies now acceptable, and what do these kinds people tell there children?

“The strength of a nation is first of all, not in its army but in its will, and before conquering the external enemy, the enemy at home must be eliminated”. When a person’s lies are the cause of so many people to be needlessly killed in a war that bankrupts a country; we now know the President has to be impeached. By the time this disaster is finally over, and all of his lying thieves are in jail, then we all can say, mission accomplished!

If you keep going to the right, the faster you go, the harder it is to stay up-right.

Testing Testing 1234

The Pat Tillman story, the NFL foot ball player that joined the Army. You just have to pick the part of the story that looks best to you!

(Part # 1); Tillman was killed during an ambush as unidentified enemy fighters fired on his vehicle.

(Part # 2), Tillman was killed after his platoon was split into two sections for what officials called a ground assault convoy. His group was safely out of the area when the trailing group came under mortar and small arms fire, according to the Army, he ordered them to return.

(Part # 3) A land mine had exploded, American and Afghan solders just began firing wildly, in the confusion, an American was killed and three Afghan solders were injured, there were no enemy forces in the area. Tillman brother was not informed about what had happened, and was flown back to the United States with his brother’s body. What the the real story is, of friendly fire, only your Pentagon knows for sure.

David bloom story the 39 year old “embedded” NBC Reporter in Iraq.

(Part # 1). Whose death was possibly caused by hours he spent reporting, cramped in an Army vehicle, — just another way war kills. Tragically it may have been the long hours he spent cramped in the Army vehicle that caused his death. Bloom had complained of cramps behind the knee.

(Part # 2) Background– The CDC officials are investigating 17 cases, 10 military program vaccinated suffered from heart inflammation, three civilian women had heart attacks, two died of heart attacks, two with angina or chest pain. In the two months of the program, seven immunized people have experienced cardiac-related problems. Pentagon health officials saw, 37 solders that had a swelling of the tissue around the heart, probably caused by vaccine. The Pentagon said, they had seen no deaths that might have caused by, the smallpox vaccine.

(Part # 3) NBC’s David Bloom who also received anthrax and smallpox vaccines, complained of pain in his legs, presumably form blood clot that has been attributed to cramped quarters in his armored vehicle. Bloom had complained of cramps behind his knee, he died of pulmonary embolism, blood clot in the lungs, and heart inflammation.

Lt.Col. Anthony Sherman 43, Marathon runner and triathlete. Lisa Ann Sherman said her husband complained of pain in his legs after getting anthrax shots, he went to sick call complaining of pain in his legs on the day he died. An Army spokeswoman at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, said there was no indication any vaccinations Lacy received were involved in her death.

Lacy A. Rachael a 22 year old Army reservist became ill and died a month later, after receiving several mandatory anthrax and smallpox vaccinations; she also had pneumonia and swelling of the tissue surrounding the heart.

Nurse’s aid 57 Years old, dies, two weeks after being vaccinated against smallpox.

National Guardsman, 55 year old, died, six days after receiving smallpox vaccinations.

The Pentagon is investigating cases of a mysterious pneumonia that has killed two solders and put 17 more on ventilators. This blood clotting when it occurs, in most cases, is often preventable and treatable, called the silent killer, DVT, deep vain thrombosis. With so many different forms of biological warfare that can be used in the battlefield, many vaccines will have no effect at all. The DryVax form of smallpox vaccine is called “the most dangerous vaccine existing,” unlike other vaccines, smallpox is a live virus.

Bioport Corp. the only company manufacturing anthrax has a 29 million dollar contract with the Defense Department. The company gave away 22.5% ownership to Admiral William J.Crowe, a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The company was granted protection from any liability for its product, when it was passed it on to us, tax payers, by Army Secretary Louis Caldera. The San Diego Union reported; he wrote, that the “vaccine involves unusually hazardous risks associated with the potential for adverse reactions in some recipients and the possibility that the desired immunological effect will not be obtained by all recipients.” The company has also threatened bankruptcy if it doesn’t get three times its current price, for a vaccine dose. Is this now, our new form of home grown bio-terrorism.?

“The action in the domestic sphere is decisive for

the character of the success of the foreign sphere.”

Small Secrets

The number of lies and lives around the killer or killers with deadly anthrax that were after Democrats in congress, is just way to long of a story; where only a small number of people had access, to our government anthrax, at Fort Dietrich. Just looks a little to much like, an Inside job.

From March 20, 2003, 66 journalist and assistants have been killed, 22 kidnapped, two missing, that is more than in the 20 years of the Vietnam War; said Reporters Without Borders.

From March 20, 2003, 66 journalist and assistants have been killed, 22 kidnapped, two missing, that is more than in the 20 years of the Vietnam War; said Reporters Without Borders.

October 24, of 2000, a military exercise was conducted of a simulated plane crashing in to the Pentagon, about 10 months later it happened for real.

September 11, 2001, at that same morning the CIA Chantilly Virginia Reconnaissance Office was running a preplanned simulation attack of a plane striking a building, it happened for real.

July 7, 2005, at the same time and the same place, Peter Powers the managing director of Vison Consulting, was having a mock terror drill of bombs going off in a London subway, it happened for real. Scotland Yard had called the security office at the Israeli Embassy to say, they received a warning, of possible attacks.

Can you imagine if people knew the Pentagon’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in 1999, had a top secret global information gathering organization, which uses patterns and associations to develop targeting information was also connected to the 9-11 hijackers. The project Able Danger had identified Atta and three other hijackers, a year before the attacks. According to Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer when he informed the FBI and urged them to arrest Atta, the Pentagon lawyers intervened and protected Atta. Many people know the black boxes from the airplanes have been found.

Who knows how many “green card solders” were injured or killed; who’s counting?

Four Bush biographers, Mark Lombardi, J.H.Hatfield, Danny Casalaro, Gary Web all “suicide” victims! “Two can keep a secrete when one is dead”

If it was only the 10 - 30 billion dollars missing in Iraq, we could eventually make it up.

How no one seem to know who stole it, is another story.

When the lies and lives hit 2,000, will it then be enough this time around? Can you tell what the final price is, and does three years, 450 billion dollars, 4,000 tons of bombs, 1000 tons of depleted uranium, 400,000 starving children 100,000 Iraqi’s killed, 40,000 US solders injured, 2,000 of Iraqi army killed, 238 private contractors killed; just makes you want help, or start to scream help.!

When the lies and lives among us have sold their last penny, and where even the most slow and child-like among us would be hard pressed to parse words not to see the most obvious; there is a point in the stories to be told, that would incite only the very most, momentary, laughter and surprise.

When god experimented with planet earth and intelligent life; I sure hope he does not

have to start from scratch again !

Anthony Davis

Ridgecrest

I addressed some of the issues regarding Able Danger in my article Able Danger and the Secretary of State, pointing out that the full, classified threat matrix generated by Able Danger included Republican luminaries such as Condoleeza Rice, then a rising star in the Republican ranks who would eventually sit in the inner council of the Bush Administration.

The program was shut down by Bill Clinton largely on concerns that the names of business leaders and Republicans being generated by the data mining project had the appearance of an “enemies list,” although that was far its purpose.

That Mr. Weldon makes issue of Able Danger is, to some extent, suspect: his speech before the Heritage Foundation, a speech in which he presented an “unclassified,” graphical version of the threat matrix, was his platform for a litany of bragging about all of his connections to the military. The video of his speech may still be available in the online archives of the Heritage Foundation.

One important revelation in that speech was that Mr. Weldon implied that he was in possession of the classified version of the matrix. He said that he “didn’t bring it along” because of it was classified due to on-going counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan, the implication being that people in the matrix were still the subjects of neutralization projects.

This, of course, leads to an obvious question: if the threat matrix was abandoned as an instrument of operational guidance, why would elements on the matrix still be considered “packages” in reference to it?

Setting aside that question, and setting aside the perception of Mr. Weldon as an embarrassment of loopy proportions among some of his own constituents, the deeper question remains one of how that data mining project came up with names like Condoleeza Rice, connecting her in some statistical, algorithmic way with a web of business interests centered on China, of all places. (Rice is an expert in Eastern Europe, not Asia, by the way.)

Was data mining at Able Danger spitting out spurious results? Apparently not, at least not with Atta; but one “hit” in a sea of “misses” doesn’t constitute a good result, especially if we’re looking in hindsight. If Weldon is to be believed, though, Atta wasn’t the only hit: were we to know for certain that Able Danger had created a product of high reliability for prospective consumers in the intelligence communities, it would be far more troubling, not because we failed to stop the attacks of September 11, 2001, but rather because we continue to employ in the highest ranks of government individuals who were in the matrix right along with the terrorists of that awful, melancholy day.

This is the perspective of the Dark Wraith.