[#296]:9.21=#(60x4+17)[US#77] #0:"War on Terror": -1."Iraq Conspiracy" -2."Chain of Command". US>Black Sea. School lunch, Yung-ho, "For Rent" Signs

TaiwanHotSpring: http://tinyurl.com/bcyho Maine Secession: http://tinyurl.com/88e6t US>RomaniaBlkSe: http://tinyurl.com/8jcm4 Cloudy cooler then slowly fair mild : Up 6:30, full bath+. Now 11:22am, soon to Hakka School 9:30!-12:30? Dozen or so having lunch from big dishes of bao-tze, mantou, moon cakes, fruits, talking about infidelity of married men. Open House near o.h., then to o.h., "Windter sonata", then 3 to Marina or Yung-ho, pick up 2 free and 50 cents each newspapers. To o.h., then passing house for rent, again a car in the port and no man, so finally open door and stick two signs of "House for Rent" inside of front window, then sweep front driveway and walkway, then dig soil for water pipe. Home, Jun cooks and we all eat, first time, then washes dishes. Book TV: 10/19/05 Scott Ritter & Seymour M. Hersh of "Iraq Confidential : The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein" > #0 only. Not quite finish emails, Jun w computer, bed 12:40. #0. "War on Terror" Reality? #0-1. Scott Ritter: http://tinyurl.com/cyk8o http://tinyurl.com/brahw "" "Iraq Confidential : The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein" (Hardcover), by Scott Ritter, Seymour Hersh; Nation Books (October 10, 2005): http://tinyurl.com/c899r "Iraq Confidential : The Untold Story of America's Intelligence Conspiracy" (Hardcover), by Scott Ritter; Gardners Books (May 31, 2005): http://tinyurl.com/dd9m8 "" Editorial Reviews: Book Description: Scott Ritter is the straight-talking former marine officer who the CIA wants to silence. After the 1991 Gulf War, Ritter helped lead the UN weapons inspections of Iraq and found himself at the center of a dangerous game between the Iraqi and US regimes. As Ritter reveals in this explosive book, Washington was only interested in disarmament as a tool for its own agenda. Operating in a fog of espionage and counter-espionage, Ritter and his team were determined to find out the truth about Iraq’s WMD. The CIA were equally determined to stop them. The truth, as we now know, was that Iraq was playing a deadly game of double-bluff, and actually had no WMD. But to have revealed this would have derailed America’s drive for regime change. Iraq Confidential charts the disillusionment of a staunch patriot who came to realize that his own government sought to undermine effective arms control in the Middle East. Ritter shows us a world of deceit and betrayal in which nothing is as it seems. A host of characters from Mossad, MI6 and the CIA pepper this powerful narrative, which contains revelations that will permanently affect the ongoing debates about Iraq. "" #0-2. Seymour M. Hersh: http://tinyurl.com/cgloo ""Seymour M. Hersh has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, four George Polk Awards, and more than a dozen other prizes, many of them for his work at the New York Times. In 2004, he won a National Magazine Award for public interest for his pieces on intelligence and the Iraq war. He lives in Washington, D.C. Chain of Command is his eighth book."" "Chain of Command : The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib", by Seymour M. Hersh; (Hardcover - September 1, 2004): http://tinyurl.com/byawb > http://tinyurl.com/cgloo "" Amazon.com Seymour Hersh has been a legendary investigative reporter since 1969 when he broke the My Lai story in Vietnam. His considerable skill and well-placed sources inside the government, intelligence community, military, and the diplomatic corps have allowed him access to a wide range of information unavailable to most reporters. Chain of Command is packed with specific details and thoughtful analysis of events since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including intelligence failures prior to 9/11; postwar planning regarding Afghanistan and Iraq; the corruption of the Saudi family; Pakistan's nuclear program, which spread nuclear technology via the black market (and admitted as such); influence peddling at the highest levels; and the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, among other topics. The book collects and elaborates on stories Hersh wrote for The New Yorker, and includes an introduction by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, on Hersh's background and his sources. Part of Hersh's skill lies in uncovering official reports that have been buried because government or military leaders find them too revealing or embarrassing. Chain of Command is filled with such stories, particularly regarding the manner in which sensitive intelligence was gathered and disseminated within the Bush administration. Hersh details how serious decisions were made in secret by a small handful of people, often based on selective information. Part of the problem was, and remains, a lack of human intelligence in critical parts of the Middle East, but it also has much to do with the considerable infighting within the administration by those trying to make intelligence fit preconceived conclusions. A prime example of this is the story about the files that surfaced allegedly detailing how Iraq had purchased uranium from Niger in order to build nuclear weapons. Though the files were soon proven to be forgeries, the Bush administration still used them as evidence against Saddam Hussein and therefore part of the reason for invading Iraq. In these pages, Hersh offers readers a clearer understanding of what has happened since September 11, and what we might expect in the future. --Shawn Carkonen--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. ""