This debacle in Iraq, looks more and more like Vietnam the more you look at it. It has come to light lately that a translation of a message about the casualties, was purposely mistranslated as the lost of two ships, when in fact it was, that they had lose two comrades. With that incentive to goto war with the North Vietnamese, with that false flag information, Vietnam escalated.
The historian's conclusion represents the first serious accusation that the agency's communications intercepts were falsified to support the belief that North Vietnamese ships attacked American destroyers on Aug. 4, 1964, two days after a previous clash.
The National Security Agency has kept this secret, since 2001. A finding by an agency historian that NSA officers deliberately distorted critical intelligence during the Tonkin Gulf episode that helped precipitate the Vietnam War.
Matthew M. Aid, an independent historian said, ''This material is relevant to debates we as Americans are having about the war in Iraq and intelligence reform, `' said Aid, who is writing a history of the NSA. ''To keep it classified simply because it might embarrass the agency is wrong.''
President Lyndon B. Johnson cited the Aug. 4 episode to persuade Congress in 1964 to authorize broad military action in Vietnam, despite doubts about the attack that arose almost immediately.
A NAS spokes' person said when ask about the cover up, that the agency was going to release the information later this month to coincide with an article after declassification.
High-level officials initially expressed support, but the idea lost momentum in 2003, in part because of the concerns about parallels with the Iraq intelligence, the official said. Aid said he had heard from other intelligence officials the same explanation for the delay in public release.
So now we have another case of, false information to push our nation into a war that was not winnable. It shows that the military complexes, with its needs, and blood thirst, still call the shots.
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Parts of this article in italics are from www.gainsville.com
Could This Be Strike 2?
Well at 8:03 this morning, we learned who The (P)Resident in charge nominated to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. The envelope please. And the winner is, Judge Samuel, Alito, a conservative Federal Judge, who was appointed to the bench by George H. W. Bush. Judge Alito, is against abortion to the point that in one case, he ruled that a state could put restrictions on abortions, up to the point of making it illegal, but not make it illegal. He has ruled the other way on whether a student could be expelled, for obscene language. In that case he ruled that a student should not be expelled unless the language becomes disrupting to the class, or degrading to a person. But then he has also written, that to ban Machine Guns, would go against the right to bare arms.
So now we will find out more and more about this Judge, probably more than we need or want to know about the man. We already know that his nickname is Scalito, and Scalia light. So stay tuned, I will find out what I can, to help you stay informed. So that you can let your senator how you feel.
Side note : It is really no surprise, that Joe Wilson is calling for Karl Rove to be fired. Wilson says that Rove should not be given the chance to resign because these are firing offenses. I have to agree with Mr. Wilson. ABA