Joseph B. Ehrlich
(Cont'd) All the pieces fit and increasingly
Tue Mar 23 21:38:34 2004
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Joseph B. Ehrlich
Democrats Sending Bush A Deeply Covert And Subtle Message

Democrats Sending Bush A Deeply Covert And Subtle Message
Not To Strive For A Second Term
By Joseph B. Ehrlich
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http://www.rense.com/general50/covert.htm

(Cont'd)
All the pieces fit and increasingly so. Our point is that we did not set out to be right but to make you aware that your future was going to be dim dire and dark. The entire bull market during the Clinton tenure was for you to wallow in your own greed and wealth, while this country's true wealth was being stripped away from it layer by layer - your allowing the covert shadow government to emerge and implement their evil design primarily attested and seen by the events of 9-11. When Israel sat stupid and silent after the assassination of its Prime Minister, it opened the portal to its destruction. History will surely show that if the US sits equally stupid and silent regarding 9-11, that it will join Israel in the slide into the deeper and darker levels of the abyss.

Joseph B. Ehrlich
Sender, Berl & Sons Inc.
March 22, 2004

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NOTE: Richard Clarke will testify before 9/11 Commission
tomorrow 3/24/04


ABC "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" INTERVIEW WITH: RICHARD CLARKE


Transcript: 9/11 Commission Hearing
Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago 3/23/04

SPEAKERS: Commission Chairman Thomas H. Kean, Commission Vice Chair Lee H. Hamilton, Commission Member Richard Ben-Veniste, Commission Member Max Cleland, Commission Member Fred F. Fielding, Commission Member Jamie S. Gorelick, Commission Member Slade Gorton, Commission Member John F. Lehman, Commission Member Timothy J. Roemer, Commission Member James R. Thompson, Commission Executive Director Philip Zelikow, Commission Senior Counsel Michael Hurley

WITNESSES: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers

So that said, let me say that, with great respect, I'm having difficulty with, you know, we spent eight months developing a plan because I don't think that's the central problem here. And my recollection of the presidential campaign, and by the way, my history, my actions in presidential campaigns were kept intact in 2000. I supported the loser in the primary so my memory may not be very good.

But I don't recall terrorism being much if even an issue at all in the 2000 campaign, in part, even though it was on the policy- maker's minds, they were aware of the threat, they were aware of what's going on, but I just don't recall it being a driving force in either one of the campaigns.

Maybe I've got that wrong, but I don't think so.

And I think the central problem, Mr. Secretary, is something that all three of us have dealt with from time to time and that was the use of military force in dealing with al Qaeda.

I said earlier to Secretary Albright, I think it was one of the big mistakes of the Clinton administration. In fact, I think it was also a fault of the Bush administration. Although I'm sympathetic that the secretary of defense was not a primary actor in the war on terrorism. Indeed, striking, his recollection of the briefings on al Qaeda were considerably different than yours. His recollection may be different when he's testifying.

But it wasn't as clear and shouldn't be because under presidential directive 62, which was signed by President Clinton in '98, that presidential directive didn't give the Department of Defense a primary role in the war on terrorism. It just didn't in counterterrorism activity.
CLICK FULL REPORT:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17798-2004Mar23.html

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