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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:47 PM
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Randi Rhodes talking about our government running drug trades
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:00 PM by ray of light
and money laundering in the 80's. There's an excellent article on this called follow the money. It also traced the terrorism money too.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0409.sirota.html

It's called BCCI and Iran Contra. It was the Reagans and the Bush's who were deeply involved in these illegal actions. John Kerry was deeply involved in the investigations and hearings. He fought against the CIA, the Congress, and our government to get these hearings to happen.

In 1992, Bill Clinton stopped those investigations. These investigations were pointing lots of fingers directly at George H. Bush and George W. Bush.

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2008/1/22/16257/1860/8#c8

Funny how one decision by Bill Clinton is kicking us in the a$$ now. And that's only commenting on ONE BAD decision!

Edited to add this link to the Kerry committee that Blarch posted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Committee_report




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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:49 PM
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1. Why did Bill Clinton stop the investigation? Thanks. nt
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:55 PM
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4. Remember? He stopped the investigations because he wanted
the Congress to work together. That's when they passed NAFTA, media consolidation, and other of those unmentionable programs that are biting us in the a$$ now.

But the thing is..if you remember, JK and the investigation would have found the information that would have impeached GHB had he won instead of Clinton.

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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:56 PM
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5. Also... Bill Clinton HID all the information related to these investigations.
Even now, they are not available under FOI requests. That is my understanding of it.


It is BURRIED. And Clinton cuddles up to GHB now, remember?
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:58 PM
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7. Also Important! Rich was a named figure in both Iran-Contra and BCCI operations.
Bill HAD to know he was pardoning another operative for Poppy Bush's illegal
dealings.


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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:30 PM
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12. Wow. Thanks. I don't like the sound of this at ALL.
It kind of reinforces the Clinton's "playing the game" meme.

Hmmmm.
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:42 PM
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14. You're welcome
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:49 PM
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2. That guy who ran From the Wilderness had lots of CIA
Drug running stuff up on his website. Michael something? I think he moved to South America.
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fedupinBushcountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:53 PM
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3. K&R
for thr real TRUTH.

:kick:
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:14 PM
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11. thanks for the K/r!
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:57 PM
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6. Yep, more covering for the Bushs
Jr. would love for Hillary to win so she can sweep everything under the rug just like Bill did.

Some info on the Kerry Committee >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Committee_report
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 04:59 PM
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8. Thanks for the link. I'll add it to the top while I can. Can you rec? Also..
Welcome!!!

:hi: :hi: :hi:
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:45 PM
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16. K&R
You bet.

I can't believe anybody would want to put this liar back in the WH.

I wonder if the idiot has finally figured out the meaning of 'IS' ...is ?
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:06 PM
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9. No duh, the war on drugs in nothing more than a money laundering
outfit for the government.

And now that not only Afghanistan is showing record poppy production, but so is Iraq, the little US drug cartel isn't going to shut down anytime soon.

It provides jobs and greases the palms of many a politician, banana republic dictator, small town boarder sheriff, drug lord, DEA, ATF and the rest of the alphabet agencies.

It's a money maker that no one tracks. :)

It's the same methodology that is being employed in Iraq. Iraq is their big score! You think pallets of money really just vanished? And they forgot to have any accounting procedures in place? LOL It's the biggest money laundering operation in the history of the world!!
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:08 PM
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10. need more recs for those who don't know.
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:33 PM
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13. time for you to read Gary Webb's book: Dark Alliance
Those who tried to expose the drugs/black-ops/money-laundering/mafia schemes often wound up very dead. Gary was a "suicide".

This has been going on for some time; anyone remember the movie "The French Connection"?
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:43 PM
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15. However...the investigation in the Senate which John Kerry headed was
STOPPED by Bill Clinton.

Time for you to read the complete record as well.
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:54 PM
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17. does not change -the system continues to this day
investigations or not. Most of their deeds will never see the light of day, and would be quashed if taken to court.
The only way the mess can be stopped is to disband the CIA/DIA, etc. They are behind the drug running, puppet dictators, and the blowback that was 9/11. All done in "our" name (actually for the big corporations).

We have found the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:02 PM
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18. we're on the same page
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:35 PM
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19. kcik
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:52 PM
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20. thanks!
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 07:46 PM
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21. k&r and a link for those of us who thought: "i vaguely remember mark rich"
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:07 AM
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22. They would not succeed in this IF we had a real media with real facts!
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:06 PM
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23. well--that ain't gonna happen. (re: having a *real* media) n/t
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