The Secret World of Robert Gates
by Robert Parry
consortiumnews.com
Excerpt:
Gates has long faced accusations of collaborating with Islamic extremists in Iran, arming Saddam
in Iraq, and politicizing U.S. intelligence to conform with the desires of policymakers - three key
areas that relate to his future job.
Gates skated past some of these controversies during his 1991 confirmation hearings to be CIA
director - and now Bush is seeking to slip Gates through the congressional approval process again,
by pressing for a quick confirmation by the end of the year, before the Demo Senate is seated.
If Bush's timetable is met, there will be no time for a serious investigation into Gates's past.
Fifteen years ago, Gates got a similar pass when leading Democrats agreed to put "bipartisanship"
ahead of careful oversight when Gates was nominated for the CIA job by President George H.W. Bush.
In 1991, despite doubts about Gates's honesty over Iran-Contra and other scandals, Gates
brushed aside accusations that he played secret roles in arming both sides of the Iran-Iraq War.
Since then, however, documents have surfaced that raise new questions about Gates's sweeping denials.
No, no, no to this crook for Defense.
The Democrats should tell Bush if he's successful at installing Gates it will be his f-ing last success.
Word of warning: If these Democrats, with all their power, decide to lay down for Bush and give him
everything he wants unchallenged, *I* will become their worst enemy - and you should join me.
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