Monday, October 6, 2003

Just What Is Going On Here?

Two items. Laboratory equipment that is especially useful in making bio-weapons is being sold over the Internet. By the Pentagon. At least some of it at about one-tenth of the market price. (Via Tom Tomorrow.) Including items like "protective suits required for the production of biological agents." I hope there's less to that story than appears on first glance.

The other is the new Iraqi Stabilization Group headed by National Security Adviser Condi Rice that's supposed to "crack the whip" on Iraq occupation issues. Or, only slightly less vaguely, "is intended to remove a bottleneck in decision-making by identifying and resolving problems faced by the U.S.-led occupation." Now, maybe this is just another committee among many. It's not really clear what it's supposed to do. But this sounds to me an awful lot like giving the National Security Adviser a direct operational role. Isn't that part of what caused the disaster we now remember as the Iran-Contra affair?

Just wondering.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

again, putting it here in case you don't see the one below:

thanks for the link. tried to find the original article also but could not. perhaps it has been taken down for obvious reasons. anyway, i understand that you do not want to post for copyright issues. therefore, is it possible to send a copy to me by email? am very interested to see the picture. thanks.