Experts in war on terrorism, mob
retained by News Corp. directors
News Corp.'s independent directors, including one who crafted the Patriot Act, have hired two top figures with backgrounds in the war on terror and mob prosecutions to guard their interests as the Murdoch media phone-hack crisis sends shockwaves through the political and media worlds.
The Murdoch press was a chief backer of the invasion of Iraq, and left those who relied on its news with the false impression that Saddam Hussein was linked to the 9/11 attacks. The Murdoch press also has savaged critics of official 9/11 accounts. Murdoch's organization is under suspicion of being a continuing criminal enterprise.
The company's independent directors have brought Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney for New York, and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who has made clear his view that rights of those presumed to be terrorists must be curtailed, aboard to advise Viet D. Dinh, one of News Corp.'s independent directors, according to a statement released by Debevoise & Plimpton, the New York law firm where both attorneys practice.
Dinh, also an attorney, is supervising -- on behalf the independent directors -- News Corp.'s management and standards committee, which is cooperating with authorities investigating the scandal. Dinh is regarded as the chief architect of the Patriot Act.
As U.S. attorney, White brought racketeering charges against mobster John Gotti and prosecuted terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
With the arrest of Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News Corp subsidiary News International, and the possibility of further charges or allegations against other executives, independent directors want to make sure that the company's interests are protected, according to a Reuters report Tuesday.
Senator prods feds on cyber-hack case
Meanwhile, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, is urging federal authorities to move on possible criminal cyber-hacking by Murdoch's News America Marketing. The head of that firm, Paul Carlucci, had prodded employees to adopt a ruthless attitude by playing a scene from a film in which Al Capone beats a victim to death with a baseball bat.
(See Murdoch arm paid off in cyner-hacking... http://conantcensorshipissue.blogspot.com/2011/07/praising-mobster-methods-murdochs-u.html)
Lautenberg wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller yesterday to highlight the 2005 hacking case. In 2005, Lautenberg had written Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez about the matter but nothing came of it. The Murdoch press was a ferocious backer of President Bush and his wars.
The senator had already joined several lawmakers in urging an FBI inquiry into the possibility of criminal hacking of the cell phones of 9/11 victims.
"As the Department of Justice and FBI examine the recent hacking allegations involving News Corp. and its subsidiaries more closely, I wanted to make sure that you were fully aware of the case of FLOORgraphics and News America, as it may be relevant to your current investigation," Lautenberg wrote.
Scientist faults a Harper's 9/11 theory
A scientist is upbraiding a Harper's magazine article as biased in favor of the Bush administration's narrative of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
http://mathforum.org/~josh/
http://www.mathforum.org/~josh/academic.html
In a letter sent to the editors, Joshua J. Mitteldorf, a biologist with a background in physics, expressed "disappointment on reading David Rieff’s article, The Limits of Remembrance, offering perspectives that are confined by the Bush administration’s narrative about the perpetrators and the crimes of 9/11."
About half of Americans disbelieve the official accounts, Mitteldorf said, adding: "The doubting half comprises not the usual gullible and superstitious crowd, but a great many independent thinkers, especially scientists, who realize that the official version of events is not just implausible but physically impossible."
Mitteldorf's resume:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:e09kaHf2d7UJ:www.electionassessment.org/Submissions/2005-06-29EAH/Mitteldorf_J/extdoc/Mitteldorf_J%2520Josh-Mitteldorf-cv.pdf+josh+mitteldorf+physics&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjW9W4BZEPex26RxH7NSovXpFhiqSEz2yuc8V1pGKuc8tVv2N0dQLGa52rPhGcE5JlRU6xgVm_AU1YwBo5l6aKvFL2JxA1EeurdoH7Q5VCzQGMbnN6Cqp7yhnBeT7HR4n4QNBnd&sig=AHIEtbQ-mtxtILCobtG-vWa0Yx8hN9BVaA&pli=1
A copy of Mitteldorf's letter:
20 July 2011
To the Editors:
I subscribe to Harper’s because you are willing to discuss realities that are censored by other newspapers and magazines. My subscription began, in fact, after reading Mark Crispin Miller’s August, 2005 article describing George Bush’s theft of the 2004 election. Publication of this article was an act of courage which occasioned, I believe, the largest single-issue readership in the Magazine’s history.
Imagine my disappointment on reading David Rieff’s article, The Limits of Remembrance, offering perspectives that are confined by the Bush Administration’s narrative about the perpetrators and the crimes of 9/11.
Diverse public opinion polls reveal that only half of Americans subscribe to this version of reality, despite the fact that it is the only one represented in the nation’s print and broadcast media. The doubting half comprises not the usual gullible and superstitious crowd, but a great many independent thinkers, especially scientists, who realize that the official version of events is not just implausible but physically impossible. Among independent-minded Harper’s readers, I would venture to guess that the number who believe the standard narrative about Osama bin Laden’s brown-skinned men with boxcutters is substantially lower than 50%. 20 July 2011
To the Editors:
I subscribe to Harper’s because you are willing to discuss realities that are censored by other newspapers and magazines. My subscription began, in fact, after reading Mark Crispin Miller’s August, 2005 article describing George Bush’s theft of the 2004 election. Publication of this article was an act of courage which occasioned, I believe, the largest single-issue readership in the Magazine’s history.
Imagine my disappointment on reading David Rieff’s article, The Limits of Remembrance, offering perspectives that are confined by the Bush Administration’s narrative about the perpetrators and the crimes of 9/11.
Diverse public opinion polls reveal that only half of Americans subscribe to this version of reality, despite the fact that it is the only one represented in the nation’s print and broadcast media. The doubting half comprises not the usual gullible and superstitious crowd, but a great many independent thinkers, especially scientists, who realize that the official version of events is not just implausible but physically impossible. Among independent-minded Harper’s readers, I would venture to guess that the number who believe the standard narrative about Osama bin Laden’s brown-skinned men with boxcutters is substantially lower than 50%.
Speaking for this majority of your readership, I write to inquire whether you are planning to address the topic in a manner that acknowledges the diversity of convictions concerning actualities of 9/11.
Yours,
Josh Mitteldorf
The Murdoch press was a chief backer of the invasion of Iraq, and left those who relied on its news with the false impression that Saddam Hussein was linked to the 9/11 attacks. The Murdoch press also has savaged critics of official 9/11 accounts. Murdoch's organization is under suspicion of being a continuing criminal enterprise.
The company's independent directors have brought Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney for New York, and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who has made clear his view that rights of those presumed to be terrorists must be curtailed, aboard to advise Viet D. Dinh, one of News Corp.'s independent directors, according to a statement released by Debevoise & Plimpton, the New York law firm where both attorneys practice.
Dinh, also an attorney, is supervising -- on behalf the independent directors -- News Corp.'s management and standards committee, which is cooperating with authorities investigating the scandal. Dinh is regarded as the chief architect of the Patriot Act.
As U.S. attorney, White brought racketeering charges against mobster John Gotti and prosecuted terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
With the arrest of Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News Corp subsidiary News International, and the possibility of further charges or allegations against other executives, independent directors want to make sure that the company's interests are protected, according to a Reuters report Tuesday.
Senator prods feds on cyber-hack case
Meanwhile, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, is urging federal authorities to move on possible criminal cyber-hacking by Murdoch's News America Marketing. The head of that firm, Paul Carlucci, had prodded employees to adopt a ruthless attitude by playing a scene from a film in which Al Capone beats a victim to death with a baseball bat.
(See Murdoch arm paid off in cyner-hacking... http://conantcensorshipissue.blogspot.com/2011/07/praising-mobster-methods-murdochs-u.html)
Lautenberg wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller yesterday to highlight the 2005 hacking case. In 2005, Lautenberg had written Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez about the matter but nothing came of it. The Murdoch press was a ferocious backer of President Bush and his wars.
The senator had already joined several lawmakers in urging an FBI inquiry into the possibility of criminal hacking of the cell phones of 9/11 victims.
"As the Department of Justice and FBI examine the recent hacking allegations involving News Corp. and its subsidiaries more closely, I wanted to make sure that you were fully aware of the case of FLOORgraphics and News America, as it may be relevant to your current investigation," Lautenberg wrote.
Scientist faults a Harper's 9/11 theory
A scientist is upbraiding a Harper's magazine article as biased in favor of the Bush administration's narrative of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
http://mathforum.org/~josh/
http://www.mathforum.org/~josh/academic.html
In a letter sent to the editors, Joshua J. Mitteldorf, a biologist with a background in physics, expressed "disappointment on reading David Rieff’s article, The Limits of Remembrance, offering perspectives that are confined by the Bush administration’s narrative about the perpetrators and the crimes of 9/11."
About half of Americans disbelieve the official accounts, Mitteldorf said, adding: "The doubting half comprises not the usual gullible and superstitious crowd, but a great many independent thinkers, especially scientists, who realize that the official version of events is not just implausible but physically impossible."
Mitteldorf's resume:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:e09kaHf2d7UJ:www.electionassessment.org/Submissions/2005-06-29EAH/Mitteldorf_J/extdoc/Mitteldorf_J%2520Josh-Mitteldorf-cv.pdf+josh+mitteldorf+physics&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjW9W4BZEPex26RxH7NSovXpFhiqSEz2yuc8V1pGKuc8tVv2N0dQLGa52rPhGcE5JlRU6xgVm_AU1YwBo5l6aKvFL2JxA1EeurdoH7Q5VCzQGMbnN6Cqp7yhnBeT7HR4n4QNBnd&sig=AHIEtbQ-mtxtILCobtG-vWa0Yx8hN9BVaA&pli=1
A copy of Mitteldorf's letter:
20 July 2011
To the Editors:
I subscribe to Harper’s because you are willing to discuss realities that are censored by other newspapers and magazines. My subscription began, in fact, after reading Mark Crispin Miller’s August, 2005 article describing George Bush’s theft of the 2004 election. Publication of this article was an act of courage which occasioned, I believe, the largest single-issue readership in the Magazine’s history.
Imagine my disappointment on reading David Rieff’s article, The Limits of Remembrance, offering perspectives that are confined by the Bush Administration’s narrative about the perpetrators and the crimes of 9/11.
Diverse public opinion polls reveal that only half of Americans subscribe to this version of reality, despite the fact that it is the only one represented in the nation’s print and broadcast media. The doubting half comprises not the usual gullible and superstitious crowd, but a great many independent thinkers, especially scientists, who realize that the official version of events is not just implausible but physically impossible. Among independent-minded Harper’s readers, I would venture to guess that the number who believe the standard narrative about Osama bin Laden’s brown-skinned men with boxcutters is substantially lower than 50%. 20 July 2011
To the Editors:
I subscribe to Harper’s because you are willing to discuss realities that are censored by other newspapers and magazines. My subscription began, in fact, after reading Mark Crispin Miller’s August, 2005 article describing George Bush’s theft of the 2004 election. Publication of this article was an act of courage which occasioned, I believe, the largest single-issue readership in the Magazine’s history.
Imagine my disappointment on reading David Rieff’s article, The Limits of Remembrance, offering perspectives that are confined by the Bush Administration’s narrative about the perpetrators and the crimes of 9/11.
Diverse public opinion polls reveal that only half of Americans subscribe to this version of reality, despite the fact that it is the only one represented in the nation’s print and broadcast media. The doubting half comprises not the usual gullible and superstitious crowd, but a great many independent thinkers, especially scientists, who realize that the official version of events is not just implausible but physically impossible. Among independent-minded Harper’s readers, I would venture to guess that the number who believe the standard narrative about Osama bin Laden’s brown-skinned men with boxcutters is substantially lower than 50%.
Speaking for this majority of your readership, I write to inquire whether you are planning to address the topic in a manner that acknowledges the diversity of convictions concerning actualities of 9/11.
Yours,
Josh Mitteldorf
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