Saturday, November 29, 2014

2014-11-30 US: NSA spying on the UN as part of the WMS deception that led to the war in IRAQ

2014-11-30 US: NSA spying on the UN as part of the WMS deception that led to the war in IRAQ
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Daniel Ellsberg, who himself leaked the Pentagon Papers, has called Katharine Gun's leak "the most important and courageous leak I have ever seen. ... No one else — including myself — has ever done what Gun did: tell secret truths at personal risk, before an imminent war, in time, possibly, to avert it."
The leak came in the midst of the US efforts to deceive the international community regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction as the justification for war on Iraq. The Gun's leak:
"As you've likely heard by now, the Agency is mounting a surge particularly directed at the UN Security Council (UNSC) members (minus US and GBR of course) for insights as to how to membership is reacting to the on-going debate RE: Iraq, plans to vote on any related resolutions, what related policies/ negotiating positions they may be considering, alliances/ dependencies, etc – the whole gamut of information that could give US policymakers an edge in obtaining results favorable to US goals or to head off surprises. ... to revive/ create efforts against UNSC members Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea, as well as extra focus on Pakistan UN matters."
http://www.truth-out.org/…/27710-katharine-gun-s-risky-trut…
Truth-telling can be a dangerous undertaking, especially when done by government insiders trying to expose wrongdoing connected to war-making.
TRUTH-OUT.ORG|BY SAM HUSSEINI

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