Kerry and John Bolton ("Human Scum"), John Poindexter (Terrorism Gambling)

[DrFunkenstein]

A couple of members from the Bush administration have come upon recent scandals. John Bolton was referred to by the North Koreans as "human scum," and John Poindexter is the genius who brought the world gambling on human tragedy and terrorism.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030812/wl_nm/korea_north_talks_dc_10

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_military_poindexter

But both have been in the news before, coincidently on opposite ends of investigations by Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry during the Iran-Contra scandal.

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John Bolton:

Supported the Nicaraguan "contras" during the Reagan era. "Undermined efforts by Sen. John Kerry to investigate drug smuggling and gunrunning by the contras," and was "put in charge of stonewalling Congressional efforts to obtain Justice Department documents and interview Meese's deputies about their role in the Iran-Contra scandal."

http://home.earthlink.net/~platter/neo-conservatism/bolton.html

An old Eric Alterman article provides a little background on Poindexter, who is also responsible for DARPA's Total Information Awareness brainfart:

"Oh, and guess who's in charge? John Poindexter, the man who, during the Reagan/Bush administration, claimed under oath that he approved the payoff to the Contras of the profits garnered from selling missiles to terrorists without even so much as mentioning it to President Reagan. He did this, he said at the time, 'on my own authority' in order to 'preserve deniability.'

"But Poindexter could not produce a single piece of paper to support this alarming contention. He also admitted to discussing the implementation of a 'fall guy' plan should the program ever become public, and repeatedly misled Congress about his own involvement in order to hide the illegal program. While being questioned during the Iran-Contra hearings, Poindexter helpfully explained: 'I didn't want Congress to know the details of how we were implementing the president's policy.' To prevent this, he was willing, as he put it, to substitute an 'untruth,' which he did repeatedly."

http://hughhewitt.com/past_news_links_11.02/11.20.02.Kerry_Rises.html

Oliver North, who met with Noriega's representative, described the meeting in an August 23, 1986 e-mail message to Reagan national security advisor John Poindexter. "You will recall that over the years Manuel Noriega in Panama and I have developed a fairly good relationship," North writes before explaining Noriega's proposal. If U.S. officials can "help clean up his image" and lift the ban on arms sales to the Panamanian Defense Force, Noriega will "'take care of' the Sandinista leadership for us."

North tells Poindexter that Noriega can assist with sabotage against the Sandinistas, and suggests paying Noriega a million dollars -- from "Project Democracy" funds raised from the sale of U.S. arms to Iran -- for the Panamanian leader's help in destroying Nicaraguan economic installations.

The same day Poindexter responds with an e-mail message authorizing North to meet secretly with Noriega. "I have nothing against him other than his illegal activities," Poindexter writes.

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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/nsaebb2.htm

[blm]

1. The 2004 campaign can bust up the BFEE.

I have been hoping for these thugs to be exposed for almost two decades. It looks like almost everything happening today has its roots in BCCI. Kerry is the only one who can make this case once the American people are focused on the two candidates.