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Danna Harman: Bloggers claim WikiLeaks struck deal with Israel over diplomatic cables leaks
The lack of information damaging to Israel in the cables released by WikiLeaks has provided fodder for conspiracy theorists.
PARIS – It was only a matter of time before conspiracy theorists came out of the woodwork to suggest that Israel is behind the publication of the WikiLeaks trove – and is manipulating the information coming out to help Israeli interests.
“Where is the real dirt on Israel?” these conspiracy theorists – messaging back and forth in the blogosphere – are asking one another.
“The answer appears to be a secret deal struck between WikiLeaks’ … Assange … with Israeli officials, which ensured that all such documents were ‘removed’ before the rest were made public,” wrote Gordon Duff, an editor of the anti-war website Veterans Today, who frequently opines about what he believes is Israeli’s secret influence over world events.
Speaking to Haaretz, Duff added that “it sticks out like a sore thumb that WikiLeaks is obviously concocted by an intelligence agency. It’s a ham-handed action by Israel to do its public relations.”
Meanwhile, Al Haqiqa, an Arabic language webzine, citing disgruntled WikiLeaks volunteers, adds more details to the conspiracy, suggesting that this “secret agreement” between Assange and “the Mossad,” which allegedly took place in Geneva, involved Assange’s promise not to publish any document that “may harm Israeli security or diplomatic interests.”
“The Israel government, it seems, had somehow found out or expected that the documents to be leaked contained a large number of documents about the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza in 2006 and 2008-9 respectively,” adds an anonymous blogger on IndyMedia. “These documents, which are said to have originated mainly from the American embassies in Tel Aviv and Beirut, were removed and possibly destroyed by Assange, who is the only person who knows the password that can open these documents, the sources added.”
Remy Ourdon, who is in charge of the WikiLeaks project for Le Monde – one of the five international newspapers that were given advance copies of the cables by Assange – counters that it is incorrect to claim there are no cables of interest about Israel.
“Not everything has come out yet,” he tells Haaretz. “There are tens of thousands of cables and many surprises still coming. There is almost no country which does not have some cables emanating from it.”
Moreover, stresses Ourdon, contrary to the conspiracy theorists’ charges, Assange is not in control of which cables WikiLeaks publishes – that is determined solely by what the person who obtained the cables was able to access and pass along.
Other observers offer an alternative explanation for the lack – so far – of many insightful cables out of Israel. For example, Ed Abington, a former U.S. consul general in Jerusalem (1993-1997 ) suggests, on facebook, that it might have something to do with the level of information being offered out of the country.
“The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv has been so out of the loop for the last six years that their reporting is about what you read in the Israeli press (probably where they get most of their information ). .
“There’s a channel U.S. embassies use for very sensitive information and I don’t think WikiLeaks has those cables. As for Tel Aviv, the last two ambassadors have not been risk-takers and have had a very low profile. I doubt they have been willing to rock the boat, and may not have had much, if any, inside information.”
What would be more interesting, Abington persists, is the reporting from the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem. “Where is that reporting?” he asks.
“Stay tuned,” says Ourdon.
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Is there anything that is more embarrasing to the U.S than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton What a joke and what a very bad reflection on the U.S
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has repeated US demands for North Korea to cease its “provocative behaviour”. We the worlds citizen demand that U.S “cease its provocative behaviour”. on a global scale. NOW!!!!!!
Paul, I thought I was the only one to laugh! There is a pathetic “woman” who will do anything for a buck or here power driven ego. Not much more than a monkey dancing to the organ grinder.
God has a good sense of humor giving Holbrooke a heart attack in her presence. Was he showing Hillary the reward will be for her evil deeds? We know Holbrooke got his just due!
Mike
Great Mike that is a good laugh for sure…..well I am sure she can see what is coming her way… prob is well these idiots just can’t say no to their egos …..what a shame that we all pay for their “F” ups
Hey the squeaky wheel always gets the grease, making it silent,
Definition of SQUEAKY-CLEAN
1: completely clean
2: completely free from moral taint of any kind
So ya, like Duff say’s this is so blatantly obvious who is in charge of Assange and his crew….all of them including the hackers….anyone not connected and atempting something like this would have been shut down permanently and immediately.
Oh and lets get real here …how many rape cases are pendding in Sweden or world for that matter …..and the interpol time and resourses (not to mention the countrys involved) are spent on this one guy!!!!!!!!?????????? very,very smelly on the docks today ……
Brilliant documentary by John Pilger.
“The War You Don’t See”
http://www.seismologik.com/journal/2010/12/17/a-film-by-john-pilger-the-war-you-dont-see-full-movie.html
Well, well, maybe a brilliant documentary but John Pilger is a son of a bitch. He told concerning 9/11 that the Let It Happen was the most plausible story. How many $$$$$ did he earn to tell such stupidities ???
To me, what you suggest indicates Israel somehow “made a deal” with Wikileaks is not that at all, but rather indicators of the degree to which US State Department officials have swallowed whole the Israeli position on Mideast issues, which they regurgitate to win the “approval” of the leadership of US Mideast policymakers, who themselves come out of an AIPAC and neocon oriented milieu. Rather than buy in to a conspiracy theory, think about the more horrific and more likely scenario: there has been a “mind meld” between the leadership of the GOI, The US State Department, and the Congress. This is what Wikileaks is documenting: like the 3 monkeys, as far is Israel is concerned, we hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.
Paul,
Have you seen the latest “THE JULIAN ASSANGE DEFENCE FUND” just release yesterday?
You can find it here:
http://www.fsilaw.com/~/media/Files/The%20Julian%20Assange%20Defence%20Fund.ashx
Pay attention to this part:
Administration
4. The Administrators of the Fund are Hazlems Fenton LLP Chartered Accountants
(www.hazlemsfenton.com) of Palladium House, 1-4 Argyll Street, London W1F 7LD UK
(Reference RT/JA).
Now this is where it gets interesting….
Check this organization, “the United Synagogue”, look at the treasurer:
http://www.theus.org.uk/the_united_synagogue/about_the_us/our_president_and_trustees/c-857/russell-tenzer/
Russell Tenzer – Treasurer
Russell was elected as a Treasurer and Trustee of the US in 2008. He was the Financial Representative of Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue from 2000 to 2005. Russell was a member of the Audit Revenue Committee of the US from 2002 – 2005.
Russell was a trustee of Norwood from 1991 to 2009 and its treasurer from 1995 to 2008. He was a member of the steering committee that merged Norwood and Ravenswood in 1999. Russell was a trustee of JCOSS from 2007 to 2009.
After qualifying as a chartered accountant Russell worked for Peat Marwick (now known as KPMG) and then N M Rothschild. In 1983 he was a founding partner of Hazlems Fenton where he is still in practice.
DO YOU SEE THE CONNECTION?
Yes
yes very clearly seen ……. thank you Kraqus
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This seems more likely than Israel being behind Wikileaks (considering what we know now).
Duff “opines about what he believes is Israeli’s secret influence over world events,” writes Harman in Haaretz.
If Harman thinks that the Lobby’s influence is claimed by Duff or anyone else to be secret, Harman is either foolish or lying.
The pressure on the Democratic Party and GOP to be all-Israel-all-the-time is indisputable to a rational observer.
If Harman really thinks this pressure is alleged to be secret, it’s the worst kept secret in the world.
No, Harman likes to dismiss out of hand anybody who alleges the power of Israeli intelligence and its propaganda apparatus as mere “conspiracy theorists”. This way, no need to engage the facts. Branding a writer as a “conspiracy theorists” is sufficient.
Surprising that Harman did not brand Duff as an anti-Semite too, so that he might join the ranks of everyone from Andrew Sullivan to Noam Chomsky to Jewish Voice for Peace to Norman Finkelstein to Pat Buchanan. … You get the point.
Personally, I have spent a lifetime battling bigotry against blacks, browns, gays, Jews, Muslims; but it was only when I began objecting to Israeli militarism and Israel-supported bigotry that suddenly I became an “anti-Semite” in the measured opinion of Daily Kos and few other Israel-first sites.
Hey Harman, your defence of Israel, branding of critics and your support of war is not going to fly ‘no more.’
Abe Fuxman of the DEFAMATION LEAGUE says the idea of jewish control of America is part of an age old myth, defamatory to the jews and revived by antisemites!
Mike
Pathological liars can do naught but lie. Why Duff would waste his time speaking to any ratbag propagandist from ANY Israeli publication is beyond me.
They have been justifying the terrorist abomination in one guise or another since well before its “official” recognition by equally duplicitous Western Rothschild puppets.
The conspiracy is no longer a theory. Time for the scurrilous little vermin to find a new tune or race for the nearest hole in the ground, history is fast catching up with them and will do to them what they did to Rachel Corrie and countless Palestinians.
“We should look at the countries that are satisfied by the leak, and Israel is very satisfied,” Huseyin Celik, the deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling party AKP.
http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/turkey-who-benefits-from-wikileaks/
Congratulations Gordon Duff, you are visible on israeli/zionist radar and must be over the target. Is this your Haretz debut?
Mike
I wonder about the connection between WikiLeaks and the 9/11 coverup, considering the overwhelming circumstantial evidence implicating neocons in the Bush Administration, the Mossad, Silverstein, Israeli-controlled companies, Blackstone, Giuliani, etc., as well as the scientific evidence proving with unquestionable certainty that WTC 7 was brought down by controlled demolition. Because Assange has stated “conspiracies are everywhere” and explain most major events, and emphatically those earth-shattering events like 9/11, it is inconceivable that WikiLeaks has not been releasing streams of information related to a 9/11 conspiracy. To rule out conspiracies regarding 9/11 a priori, as Assange has done, is circumstantial evidence he is himself involved in the coverup or taking orders from those who are. It’s almost as if WikiLeaks is designed to deflect interest in the 9/11 coverup, which could derail the overall agenda of propagandizing for war against Iran and Pakistan.
The initial “leaks” were carefully selected by the hidden hand behind the curtain so the script now calls for the sheeple of the world to sit on the edge of their seats and wait for the rest of their pathetic performance to enfold.
Buy some popcorn folks and stay tuned!
Just like a Foolywood movie! Long ago before I quit completely watching pathetic Follywood movies completely, I would have to get up and leave, angry once again that I had once again spent even a nickel to sit through their moronic performances.
Mike
They probably said the same thing about the Talmud when gentiles ignored the death threats contained therein for a gentile reading it. Thanks Martin Luther for having the balls to read/translate the talmud. It explains a lot. We wondered why they acted like that, not realizing their “holy” book advocated such atrocious behavior!
Mike
Michael;
Yes we did;they have another “holy” book, the old testament. The story of Jerico says it all. After supposedly receiving the 10 commandments, they killed every man, woman, child and animal in Jerico. Those “commandments” (another bullshit story) apparently only apply to non-jewz.
Mr Duff,
Seen this one ?
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155957.html
[...] Everything since then, certainly 9/11 and now, the news about Iran and, especially Wikileaks, all subterfuge. When former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinsky cited Wikileaks on a PBS interview, televised nationally, that Wikileaks was the word of an intelligence agency, Israel never reported it or responded. Instead, they attributed Brzezinski’s quote to me: [...]
[...] was the word of an intelligence agency, Israel never reported it or responded. Instead, they attributed Brzezinski’s quote to me: “Speaking to Haaretz, Duff added that ‘it sticks out like a sore thumb that WikiLeaks is [...]
[...] obsession of the state of Israel. Predictably, this has earned him the enmity of a Haaretz columnist who brands Duff as a “conspiracy theorist” this [...]