Recently, I read about Dennis Hastert's ties to the Al Queda Heroin Trade. This article was based on an interview given by whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg.
More after the jump
Daniel Ellsberg was interviewed by Kris Welch of radio station KPFA in September 2005. Ellsberg states:
"The major effect of that is that terrorist gangs are taking a cut of this, including Al Qaeda, which essentially taxes this traffic as it goes through the various lands where each 'band' pays a percentage as they hand it off. In other words, the US is in effect, endorsing - well, 'endorsing' is too strong a word - 'permitting', definitely permitting, or 'not acting against,' a heroin trade - which not only corrupts our cities and our city politics, AND our congress, as Sibel makes very specific - but is financing the terrorist organization that constitutes a genuine threat to us. And this seems to be a fact that is accepted by our top leaders, according to Sibel, for various geopolitical reasons, and for corrupt reasons as well. Sometimes things are simpler than they might appear - and they involve envelopes of cash. Sibel says that suitcases of cash have been delivered to the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, at his home, near Chicago, from Turkish sources, knowing that a lot of that is drug money.
Now these are pretty inflammatory allegations, let's say, and it's note-worthy that they haven't even been picked up by the mainstream press. The Vanity Fair article made that plain, though not in as much detail as the other interviews - but not one major newspaper I don't think has picked up her allegations against Hastert which are very specific, and one would think very important."
I would agree that these allegations are noteworthy, particularly for an elected official who is third in line to our Presidency.
If you would like to listen to the audio interview in full here is the link:
http://www.kpfa.org/...
In an article written on 08/15/05, by By David Rose for "Vanity Fair" titled "An Inconvenient Patriot", the author details the experiences of Sibel Edmonds, a former translator for the FBI and a government whistleblower, who states Dennis Hastert received tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for political favors. According to the article:
"Edmonds has given confidential testimony inside a secure Sensitive Compartmented Information facility on several occasions: to congressional staffers, to investigators from the O.I.G., and to the staff from the 9/11 commission. Sources familiar with this testimony say that, in addition to her allegations about the Dickersons, she reported hearing Turkish wiretap targets boast that they had a covert relationship with a very senior politician indeed--Dennis Hastert, Republican congressman from Illinois and Speaker of the House since 1999. The targets reportedly discussed giving Hastert tens of thousands of dollars in surreptitious payments in exchange for political favors and information. "The Dickersons," says one official familiar with the case, "are only the tip of the iceberg."
Here is the link to the Vanity Fair Article:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/...
There is another interview that briefly mentions Dennis Hastert's "alleged bribe-taking and the Armenian genocide issue".
Here is the link: http://www.armeniandiaspora.com/...
Scott Horton, had a more detailed interview with Sibel Edmonds, titled "Cracking the Case". This interview reveals more information about our corrupt Republican elected officials, and their ties with the illegal drug and the arms trade, and genocide. The Horton interview states:
"[David Rose] talked to the debriefers from the different agencies, the FBI, the congressional investigators and, I believe, also the Sept. 11 commissioners, and they shared with him some interesting allegations that Sibel is not allowed to talk about or she'll go to prison. Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House of Representatives, at least is implicated, in cooperating on some very important issues with the ATC, and that one of the phone calls overheard was that one of the ATC officials bragging that they bought the Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert for $500,000, they gave him half a million in order to change his vote on an Armenian genocide resolution."
Here is a link to the rest of the interview:
http://www.antiwar.com/...
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/...
It appears Dennis Hastert isn't embroiled in just one major scandal, but he is involved far more scandals than we might have imagined. At the very least, Dennis Hastert should resign from both his position as Speaker of the House, and from his role as Representative of Illinois.
My only question is "Why is Dennis Hastert running for re-election?"
