6/12/02
7:08:29 PM
t r u t h o u t
Nicholas Lemann | The Next World Order
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.010B.lemann.order.htm
FBI, CIA, Reagan Illegally Subverted Dissent at Berkeley
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.010A.berkeley.htm
John W. Dean | Could Terrorism Result In A Constitutional Dictator?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.010C.dean.dictator.htm
Stocks Hit Eight-Month Lows on Intel Outlook, War Jitters
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.010D.djia.8.low.htm
An Open Letter to John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.010E.john.john.htm
6/12/02
7:00:03 PM
Tne Way To Peace And Prosperity On Planet Earth
by John McConnell, founder of Earth Day
Stephen Hawkings has answered key questions about time and space in the universe. What we most need to understand is the nature of our planet and the human family -- who will determine its future.
We are now in the greatest global crisis in human history. "Crisis," means danger and opportunity. Never has it been possible for so few to kill so many. Devilish weapons are now available to angry dissidents.
In our global society we have many different creeds and cultures -- with differences and limited mutual understanding. The world is filled with real and imagined injustice. The 9-11 terrorist attack is only a tiny sample of what can happen.
During the brief period of my life I have seen more and more evil at work worldwide. It has reached a point where some scholars believe civilization is doomed and will come to an end in the next few decades.
On the other hand...
Our amazing technologies make possible communication and the rapid spread of solutions -- all over the world.
The Way To A Better Future.
To turn the world right side up and provide a future for ourselves and our children, we need to look at the Big Picture.
In this article I am seeking to look at what we know about the state of the world, the nature of people and planet and the factors that must be addressed in order to provide a future of peace, justice, freedom - and prosperity.
To be practical, we must first look at the enigma of human ignorance. Most people want to do the right thing. But they choose the words and actions that cause conflict, waste, pollution, injustice and diminish freedom and order. "Father, forgive them. They know not what they do."
An example: The United States and its Christian majority spend billions for bombs -- and pennies for peace. Were the money devoted to our vast military establishment given to global education that would foster peace, justice and a sustainable future, there would be no more wars and we could have a future of peaceful progress.
I provided a small demonstration of possibilities in my Earth Day efforts -- which helped His Holiness Pope John Paul II end the Cold War and I obtained support for Earth Trustee solutions. (See www.earthsite.org)
Jesus said, "Love your enemies," and was the world's greatest example of nonviolence. (See Martin Luther King's "Power to Love")
I credit the measure of success in my efforts for peace to my Christian faith. At the same time, I applaud those of other religions who also work for "peace, justice and the care of Earth."
When it comes to ultimate questions regarding reality, we are confronted with profound mystery. I have no proof of what will happen when I die. (No video tape of Heaven.) But I am impressed with the local and global results of actions by devout Christians who put their faith to work.
It is interesting to note that those who have done the most to benefit people and planet have been those who believe in a future life. While only a small minority of those who claim to be Christians do what Jesus taught, without them, the world would be far worse than it is. Jesus told us to love one another and forgive one another.
To choose a better future we not only need to understand the nature of people, but also the nature of institutions. Few people realize how much their words and actions are the result of what they see and hear -- on TV, radio, newspapers -- and now on the Internet web. Then there is the influence of your school, religion, and the nature of the culture in which you live.
In all of this what gets attention is the result of who has the money. One of the tragic problems is that mass media does not accent the positive. They make more money when they accent the negative. A TV anchor man told me the easiest way to keep up their ratings was to identify with peoples hate, fear, greed and lust. Turn on the TV and you will see the result.
Add to this the nature of our banks, corporations and stock market and you see money is made, not in ways that further justice and freedom, but in ways that make millions for the people who best control the system. Lord Acton said, "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
The biggest enigma is the way President Bush invited Christian leaders to the White House to pray that he would make Christian choices in his administration. Then he did the opposite of what Jesus taught. He wanted their backing as he stepped up the killing of people he claimed were our enemy.
The way to eliminate terrorism is to eliminate the causes of terrorism-- poverty caused around the world by the greed and unjust advantage taken by the wealthy Americans. The more they get, the more they want.
But again, it is ignorance of the Big Picture that prevents peaceful progress on our planet.
The Global Solution
Let's spell out the global solution that will appeal to the most people and do the most good.
A Global Earth Trustee Campaign
We must get the backing of powerful leaders and big money who will reward the best examples of Earth Trustee actions. Institutions of every kind will find in the Earth Magna Charta the policies and agenda that will best serve this purpose. (See www.earthsite.org)
Foundations are urged to provide grants for the best examples of Earth Trustee actions. Media can do their part by featuring what they see as the best examples.
A key objective is a change in the global state of mind -- reflected by mass media -- that will inspire the best in people and institutions.
Get this article to religious, business, political and leaders of every kind. Offer a heartfelt prayer that we will succeed in a global effort to think and act as responsible Earth Trustees - with liberty and justice for all.
The best place for an Earth Trustee example would be the City of Jerusalem - holy to Christian, Jew and Muslim.
We need a miracle. But I believe in miracles! Get this message to the White House and to members of Congress. And pray that the President and members of Congress will take action -- Earth Trustee action for a peaceful prosperous future.
Source: http://www.EarthSite.org
6/12/02
6:51:39 PM
Bush Intelligence Plan Meant To Blunt Tough Questions
by James Ridgeway, Village Voice, June 7, 2002
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 7 -- President Bush's proposal for a new homeland security department amounts to dropping a fragmentation bomb on Congress to bust up growing demands for an inquiry into who knew what when about 9-11.
Put forward in a national address Thursday night, Bush's idea for a centralized anti-terror agency will cause members of the Capitol Hill intelligence committees, who already are bickering among themselves over what their inquiry is about, to get consumed with covering their asses and maintaining control over the spy corps they now supervise. The Senate Judiciary Committee, the one congressional committee somewhat likely to take a serious look at the management of the FBI, will now be taken up with parceling out sections of the Justice Department, such as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and other agencies with judicial functions.
Most importantly, it puts Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's call for an independent investigatory commission on the sidelines. As his party's leader on the Hill, Daschle must now concentrate on Democratic responses to the Bush plan, along with managing turf battles. And he will have to rejigger his own underground campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. His main competitor, Senator Joe Lieberman, is already taking credit for the new homeland department, since he proposed the same thing before the president took over the notion.
Despite all the political heavy lifting the proposal will do for Bush, there remain key security concerns that will go untouched:
* Bush's idea won't change intelligence gathering from the FBI, CIA, and National Security Agency. These three don't adequately share information as it is. They will have no reason to change their ways under the Bush proposal.
* It won't take the law enforcement away from the FBI, which will now have to operate with added layers of bureaucracy. Reports such as whistle-blower Coleen Rowley's memo about pre-9-11, or Kenneth Williams's early warnings about terrorists training at flight schools, will be even less likely to see the light of day.
* The new department would leave the task of spying where it is--with the CIA, which has a hard time speaking and reading the languages of countries it is spying on, and with the FBI, which under Attorney General John Ashcroft's reorganization will have more and more power. The NSA stays the same supersecret operation that nobody knows anything about.
Source: http://villagevoice.com/issues/0224/ridgeway2.php
6/12/02
6:43:18 PM
t r u t h o u t
James Ridgeway | Bush Intelligence Plan Meant to Blunt Tough Questions
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.09A.vv.bush.plan.htm
Bush: No Palestinian State Timetable
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.09B.bush.il.pa.plan.htm
GOP 'in Political Shock' Over Card's Magazine Leak
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.09C.esq.shock.htm
Bush Seeks Eradication of Estate Tax
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.09D.bush.est.tx.htm
Frank Rich | Department of Homeland Insecurity
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.09E.rich.insec.htm
6/12/02
6:41:36 PM
APFN WEBMASTER PLEASE ADD LINKS TO APFN WTC PAGE:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/wtc.htm
9/11 - THE WHITEWASH CONSPIRACY SENATE AND HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES SET TO PROBE 9/11 INFESTED WITH CFR, BILDERBERG, TRILATERAL, FREEMASON, SKULL AND BONES AND CARLYLE GROUP INTERESTS
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/whitewash.html
9/11 - The Prior Knowledge Archive
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/priorgif_1.gif
PROTECTING THE TERRORISTS/ALLOWING THEM TO ATTACK
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archiveprior_knowledge.html
There can be no independent investigation while the people doing the investigation are not independent.
9/11 - THE WHITEWASH CONSPIRACY - ALSO POSTED AT:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=28306
May 30, 2002 - FBI Special Agent Robert Wright, Jr. Whistleblower Complains of FBI Obstruction In a memorandum written 91 days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, an FBI agent warned that Americans would die as a result of the bureau's failure to adequately pursue investigations of terrorists living in the country. FBI Special Agent Robert Wright, Jr., who wrote the memo, led a four-year investigation into terrorist money laundering in the United States. Wright began crying as he concluded his remarks at a Washington press conference Thursday.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/WTC_whistleblower3.htm
Are The FBI's New Guidelines Police State Policies? – JPFO
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=28273
`In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.'
http://disc.server.com/Indices/149495.html
6/12/02
6:38:58 PM
Democrats.com Petition Demands
BUSH BE IMPEACHED FOR COMPLICITY IN 9-11!
As you've probably noticed many in Congress are whitewashing this. Saying "we don't want to hold anyone accountable, we just want to fix the problem."
This absolute abdication of responsibility cannot stand!
IT'S TIME TO TURN UP THE HEAT !!!
You have to see this to believe it! Please sign it, and spread it wide, far, and fast as you can. Post it at michaelmoore.com, indymedia.org, etc. etc.
SPREAD THE WORD!!
http://democrats.com/elandslide/petition.cfm?campaign=911